Asia lifts the second edition of the Afro-Asia Cup

Asia completed a clean sweep as they won the series 3-0. The Asian captain won the toss and elected to bat first. But things didn’t go right for the Asians at first. Africa was obviously on top of the game as Asia kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. The scoreboard read 5/72 when the Sri [...]

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Dilhara secures Afro-Asia Cup 2007 for Asia

Asia secured the Afro-Asia Cup 2007 yesterday with a series win 2-0. Asia winning the toss in the 2nd ODI, openers Virender Sehwag laid the foundation with a typically aggressive half-century, allowing middle order batsman Sourav Ganguly, Mahela Jayawardene and Mohammad Yousuf to carry on the attack against the African bowlers. Mahendra Singh Dhoni contributed [...]

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Asians Triumph in Afro-Asia Cup

Asian Women’s XI pulled off a victory over the African Women’s XI yesterday in the opening Twenty20 match of the Afro-Asia Cup for 2006. India’s Rumeli Dhar and Jhulan Goswamy picked up four and three wickets respectively. Wicketkeeper Sulakshana Naik top scored with 31 runs in 34 balls. In the Men’s Twenty20 game that followed, [...]

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