List of African XI ODI cricketers
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
. An ODI differs from Test matches
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in that the number of overs
Over (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....
per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings.
Designed as a fund-raiser for the African Cricket Association
African Cricket Association
The African Cricket Association is an international body which oversees cricket in African countries. The ACA was founded in 1997, and has 20 member countries...
and the Asian Cricket Council
Asian Cricket Council
The Asian Cricket Council is a cricket organization which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. It is the regional administrative body and is sub-ordinate to the International Cricket Council. The Conference became the Asian Cricket Council in 1995 and its...
, the Afro-Asia Cup debuted in 2005 and the second tournament is being played in 2007
2007 Afro-Asia Cup
-2nd ODI: -3rd ODI: -External links:*...
. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first ODI cap
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
for the African XI. Where more than one player won his first ODI cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. All the players have represented their respective member teams of the ICC at either Test or ODI level, but only the records of their games for the ACA African XI are listed.
The rules of ODIs have changed since the first Afro-Asia Cup. During the tournament, the ICC experimented with a rule called supersub
Supersub
Supersub may mean:* supersub, a cricket term for a type of substitute player/player substitution* super-submarine sandwich, a larger, longer or more stuffed hero sandwich* a super-submarine, a superior underwater vehicle...
- where the twelfth man would be allowed to take to the field in the place of one of the players and would be allowed to bat and/or bowl in his place, gaining a full cap in the process. As a result this meant there were generally 12 capped players per match instead of the regular 11 - even though a player may have not participated in either batting or bowling in a match. For example, Monde Zondeki
Monde Zondeki
Monde Zondeki is a South African cricketer who has played five Tests and 7 One Day International for South Africa, and three One Day Internationals for the African XI...
bowled for Africa XI during the second match, but was substituted for Steve Tikolo
Steve Tikolo
- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...
during the innings break and Tikolo went on to bat in his place instead; both players are listed as receiving a cap for this match. These rules were not in place for the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup.
Of the six matches to have been played to date, the ACA African XI has only won one match: the inaugural match at Centurion. However, they went on to lose the next ODI, and the final match of the 2005 competition was called off due to rain, leading to the trophy was shared.
In the 2007 competition, the African XI suffered a 3-0 whitewash
Whitewash (sport)
A whitewash is an informal term in sport describing a game or series in which the losing person or team fails to score.A whitewash may be in a single game where the loser fails to score any points or goals, or in a series where the loser fails to win a game...
, losing the first two matches by 34 and 31 runs respectively. Despite half-centuries from AB de Villiers, Justin Kemp
Justin Kemp
Justin Miles Kemp is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. Kemp is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. His batting is noted for the high frequency of sixes, particularly those which are hit out of the stadium...
and Shaun Pollock in the final ODI they went on to lose by 13 runs.
Shaun Pollock was the first player to score a century in the competition, during the first ODI of the 2007 competition, which led to him being named Man of the Match. He also has the most runs to his name between both African XI and Asian XI players.
Morne Morkel
Morne Morkel
Morné Morkel is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman. Some believe he has the ability to become a genuine...
has the highest number of wickets for the African XI with 8, all captured during the 2007 series, and the second most wickets in the Afro-Asia Cup's history.
Statistics are correct as of June 10, following the conclusion of the 2007 series.
Cricketers
| African XI ODI cricketers | Batting Batting (cricket) In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke... |
Bowling Bowling (cricket) In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder... |
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| Cap | Name | Nationality | Debut | LaTest match | Mat | Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... |
HS | Avg Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :... |
50 / 100 | Wkt Wicket In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch... |
Best | Avg Bowling average Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned... |
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| 1 | Nicky Boje Nicky Boje Nico "Nicky" Boje is a South African cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 115 One Day Internationals for South Africa, and attended Grey College in Bloemfontein... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 20, 2005 |
2 | 4 | 3 | 2.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 1/40 | 64.00 | 0/0 | |
| 2 | Mark Boucher Mark Boucher Mark Verdon Boucher is a South African cricketer, who holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Selborne College and has represented Border, Africa XI, ICC World XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League, and... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
5 | 163 | 73 | 32.60 | 1/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 3 | AB de Villiers | v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
5 | 150 | 70 | 30.00 | 1/0 | 0 | 0/22 | - | 0/0 | |
| 4 | Boeta Dippenaar Boeta Dippenaar Hendrik Human Dippenaar , known as Boeta Dippenaar, is a cricketer who has played Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa and the ACA African XI. He has played as a specialist batsman in most of his matches, and has played Test cricket in all batting positions from one through seven... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
6 | 121 | 67 | 20.16 | 1/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 5 | Jacques Kallis Jacques Kallis Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 12,000 runs and 250 wickets in both... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
2 | 8 | 4 | 4.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 3/42 | 14.00 | 0/0 | |
| 6 | Justin Kemp Justin Kemp Justin Miles Kemp is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. Kemp is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. His batting is noted for the high frequency of sixes, particularly those which are hit out of the stadium... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
6 | 141 | 86 | 23.50 | 1/0 | 3 | 2/40 | 33.33 | 0/0 | |
| 7 | Thomas Odoyo | v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI June 9, 2007 |
5 | 54 | 39 | 54.00 | 0/0 | 4 | 3/45 | 39.25 | 0/0 | |
| 8 | Justin Ontong Justin Ontong Justin Lee Ontong is a South African cricketer, who currently plays domestic cricket for the Cape Cobras. He has played two Tests, 26 One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals as an all-rounder.-Cricket career:... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 9 | Shaun Pollock Shaun Pollock Shaun Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
6 | 298 | 130 | 74.50 | 1/1 | 4 | 3/32 | 18.50 | 0/0 | |
| 10 | Ashwell Prince Ashwell Prince Ashwell Gavin Prince is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. A left-handed middle order batsman, he has a high-batted stance and is strong through the offside. He is noted for his gritty style of batting and also for being an athletic fielder in the covers... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
3 | 78 | 78* | 39.00 | 1/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 11 | Dale Steyn Dale Steyn Dale Willem Steyn is a South African cricketer who plays in Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. He is currently the number one ranked Test bowler in the world and achieved the 900+ points benchmark on 13th Nov 2011. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Cape Cobras... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
2 | 4 | 3 | 2.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 1/2 | 21.00 | 0/0 | |
| 12 | Steve Tikolo Steve Tikolo - Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh... |
v Asia XI August 17, 2005 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
4 | 59 | 43 | 14.75 | 0/0 | 1 | 1/49 | 108.00 | 0/0 | |
| 13 | Jacques Rudolph Jacques Rudolph Jacobus Andries Rudolph , popularly known as Jacques Rudolph, is a South African Test and ODI cricketer currently playing in England with Yorkshire CCC and in South Africa with Titans.He had an unbeaten 222 in his debut Test inning... |
v Asia XI August 20, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
2 | 17 | 10 | 8.50 | 0/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 14 | Heath Streak Heath Streak Heath Hilton Streak is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan 1993/1994 making his mark by taking 8 wickets in the 2nd Test at Rawalpindi... |
v Asia XI August 20, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
2 | 42 | 28 | 21.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 2/64 | 32.00 | 0/0 | |
| 15 | Monde Zondeki Monde Zondeki Monde Zondeki is a South African cricketer who has played five Tests and 7 One Day International for South Africa, and three One Day Internationals for the African XI... |
v Asia XI August 20, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0/0 | 0 | 0/64 | - | 0/0 | |
| 16 | Graeme Smith Graeme Smith Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup... |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 17 | Tatenda Taibu Tatenda Taibu Tatenda Taibu is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a wicketkeeper and batsman, and can also bowl right arm off spin. On 6 May 2004, he became the youngest Test captain in history, when he captained his team against Sri Lanka.... |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
v Asia XI August 21, 2005 |
1 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 0/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 18 | Loots Bosman Loots Bosman Lungile Edgar Bosman is a South African international cricketer. He is a top order right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He plays domestic cricket for Dolphins, and has appeared for South Africa in both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals... |
v Asia XI June 6, 2007 |
v Asia XI June 6, 2007 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0/0 | - | - | - | -/- | |
| 19 | Elton Chigumbura Elton Chigumbura Elton Chigumbura is a Zimbabwean cricketer currently playing for English county club Northamptonshire. He is a current Zimbabwean international and former captain of the national side, who played 6 Test matches from the age of 18 before Zimbabwe were barred from Test cricket... |
v Asia XI June 6, 2007 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
3 | 51 | 40 | 17.00 | 0/0 | 6 | 2/56 | 36.16 | 0/0 | |
| 20 | Albie Morkel Albie Morkel Johannes Albertus Morkel , better known as Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm- medium fast and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket... |
v Asia XI June 6, 2007 |
v Asia XI June 9, 2007 |
2 | 22 | 13 | 11.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 2/64 | 37.66 | 0/0 | |
| 21 | Morne Morkel Morne Morkel Morné Morkel is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman. Some believe he has the ability to become a genuine... |
v Asia XI June 6, 2007 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
3 | 29 | 25 | 29.00 | 0/0 | 8 | 3/50 | 20.75 | 0/0 | |
| 22 | Johan Botha | v Asia XI June 9, 2007 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
2 | 31 | 18* | 31.00 | 0/0 | 0 | 0/49 | - | 0/0 | |
| 23 | Vusimuzi Sibanda | v Asia XI June 9, 2007 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
2 | 80 | 45 | 40.00 | 0/0 | 0 | 0/24 | - | 0/0 | |
| 24 | Peter Ongondo | v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
v Asia XI June 10, 2007 |
1 | - | - | - | -/- | 3 | 3/35 | 11.66 | 0/0 | |