# ACC Asia XI cricket team

ACC Asian XI cricket team was a team that took part in World Cricket Tsunami Appeal and Afro-Asia Cup. The ACC Asian XI played their first in a one-off match the 2005 World Cricket Tsunami Appeal which was designed to raise funds for charities following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami. As of now, Asia XI had played 7 matches, the Asian XI have won 4 of them.
The team also competed in an Afro-Asia Cup against an Africa XI which was designed as a fund-raiser for the African Cricket Association and the Asian Cricket Council. The Afro-Asian Cup debuted in 2005 and the second tournament was played in 2007.

## History
### 1999/00 ICC Cricket Week

Asia XI and Rest of the world XI played a one Match series on 8 April 2000 as a part of 1999/00 ICC Cricket Week.

#### Squad

Asia XI :
| Player | Nationality |
| Wasim Akram (c) | Pakistan |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India |
| Sourav Ganguly | India |
| Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka |
| Ajay Jadeja | India |
| Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan |
| Moin Khan (wk) | Pakistan |
| Anil Kumble | India |
| Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka |
| Robin Singh(12th Man /Reserve) | India |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan |
| Saeed Anwar | Pakistan |
| Duleep Mendis (Coach/Manager) | Sri Lanka |

#### Scorecard

* 8 April 2000 (D/N) scorecard
| Asia XI 320/9 (50 overs) | v | Rest of the World XI 319/8 (50 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 80 (77) Nantie Hayward 3/39 (7 overs) | | Michael Bevan 185* (132) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/45 (9 overs) |
* Asia XI won by 1 run Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Attendance: 36,000 Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Dave Orchard Player of the match: Michael Bevan (Rest of the World XI)
* Asia XI won the toss and elected to bat

### Tsunami Appeal Match

Their first match resulted in a heavy 112 run loss to the World XI in the Tsunami Appeal match at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Travelex sponsored the first match, which was a 78,000 sell-out, for A$1 million. Two C-130H Hercules aircraft, similar to those used by the Royal Australian Air Force to carry supplies to regions devastated by the massive earthquake and resulting tsunamis, flew over the MCG during the break between innings.
The first ODI, which the World XI won by 112 runs, raised approximately A$17 million, while original estimations suggested only A$5 million would be raised from the Australians. The games were designated as One Day Internationals by the ICC, the first time a game between teams not representing separate cricketing nations was so designated. This designation attracted criticism from cricket statisticians.

#### Squad

Asia XI :
| Player | Nationality |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | India |
| Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan |
| Rahul Dravid | India |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka |
| Alok Kapali | Bangladesh |
| Zaheer Khan | India |
| Anil Kumble | India |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka |
| Kumar Sangakkara (wk) | Sri Lanka |
| Virender Sehwag | India |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India |
| Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka |
| Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan |
| Bob Woolmer (Coach/Manager) | South Africa |

#### Scorecard

* 10 January 2005 14:15 UTC+11 (D/N) Scorecard
| ICC World XI 344/8 (50 overs) | v | Asia XI 232 (39.5 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 115 (102) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/59 (10 overs) | | Rahul Dravid 75* (71) Daniel Vettori 3/58 (10 overs) |
* ICC World XI won by 112 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Attendance: 70,101 Umpires: Billy Bowden and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (World XI)
* ICC World IX won the toss and elected to bat

### 2005 Afro-Asia Cup

Afro-Asia Cup was an idea to raise money for the Asian Cricket Council and the African Cricket Association and the whole venture was given a massive boost when the ICC somewhat controversially agreed to give the series of one-day matches full ODI status.
They went on to lose the opening match of the 2005 Afro-Asian Cup by two runs to the African XI. They bounced back and won the next match, however, including half centuries for each of the Sri Lankan pair Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. During the deciding match, the Asian XI bowled the African XI out for 106, but soon after starting their batting performance rain fell and the game was called off: the trophy was shared.

#### Squad

Asian XI :
| Player | Nationality |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) | Pakistan |
| Kumar Sangakkara (wk) | Sri Lanka |
| Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan |
| Anil Kumble | India |
| Ashish Nehra | India |
| Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka |
| Irfan Pathan | India |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh |
| Mohammad Ashraful | Bangladesh |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | Pakistan |
| Rahul Dravid | India |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan |
| Virender Sehwag | India |
| Yousuf Youhana | Pakistan |
| Zaheer Khan | India |
| Khaled Mashud (Reserve players) | Bangladesh |
| Marvan Atapattu (Reserve players) | Sri Lanka |

### 2007 Afro-Asia Cup

In the 2007 competition, the Asian XI recorded a 3–0 whitewash of the Africans – winning the first two matches by 34 and 31 runs (respectively), the latter helped by Dilhara Fernando recording ODI career best bowling figures of 4/36. In the final match, the Asians fell to 72/5, but following centuries from Mahela Jayawardene (107) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (139*) – the latter being the highest individual score ever recorded in an Afro-Asia Cup match – they posted a score of 331/8. Despite half-centuries from three of the African batsmen, however, the Asian XI won by 13 runs.
Mahela Jayawardene is the highest run-scorer of the Asian XI in the Afro-Asia Cup, with two half-centuries and a century to his name, second to Shaun Pollock, and was named Man of the Series for the 2007 competition. Zaheer Khan tops the list for most wickets with 11.

#### Squad

Asia XI :
| Player | Nationality |
| Mahela Jayawardene (c) | Sri Lanka |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) | India |
| Dilhara Fernando | Sri Lanka |
| Sourav Ganguly | India |
| Harbhajan Singh | India |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka |
| Zaheer Khan | India |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh |
| Mohammad Asif | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh |
| Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan |
| Virender Sehwag | India |
| Rohit Sharma | India |
| Yuvraj Singh | India |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India |
| Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka |
| Upul Tharanga | Sri Lanka |