Afro-Asia Cup

[hassan]

oh so will they show that in UK Zee TV

 

[icyman]

Zee Sports in India too.

 

[anakwalajinn]

I think Ary are showing it, I think the guy on the 14 august progam interviewing inzi said it.. i hope so.. what time does the matches start btw?

 

[ZexyZahid]

Match will start at 10:00 GMT.

I hope Asia wins and we will the 'dream couple' of Afridi and Sehwag starting the innings. I hope it works out for Asia. Also South Africa has Kemp. I really want to see him in action. So I have never seen him.

 

[anakwalajinn]

I don't think Sehwag is that good as people say, allright he plays some good innings sometimes and can be crucial, but often get out without making double figueres, I think Jayasurya and Afridi should open!

 

[ZexyZahid]

Jayasuriya doesn't play. And I see in the first post there isn't the lately squad posted.

Here it is:

Africa XI team: (from)
*SM Pollock, HH Dippenaar, AB de Villiers, JH Kallis, AG Prince,
JM Kemp, +MV Boucher, M Zondeki, JA Rudolph, N Boje, JL Ontong,
SO Tikolo, CO Obuya, TM Odoyo, HH Streak, T Taibu, DW Steyn,
GC Smith.

Asian XI team: (from)
*Inzamam-ul-Haq, V Sehwag, +KC Sangakkara, Yousuf Youhana,
Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, M Muralitharan, Mashrafe Mortaza,
Mohammad Ashraful, A Kumble, Shoaib Akhtar, A Nehra, Z Khan,
Khaled Mashud, MS Atapattu.

 

[Ryand]

I cant wait to see colins obuya.He had a good county season in england.Hopefully he'll play,he's the best leggie in africa

 

[jeromedascorp]

I don't think Sehwag is that good as people say, allright he plays some good innings sometimes and can be crucial, but often get out without making double figueres, I think Jayasurya and Afridi should open!

Hmm. Sehwag is really as good as people say. Every batsman has his slump (We can think of so looong a slump for afridi), but they do bounce back from it pretty well (40+ is a pretty good comeback after not reaching double figures in 4 previous innings).

I think he is better than Afridi because he is much more consistent. Ill take nothing away from Afridi as he has scored the fastest 100 and does play good quickfire knocks. Maybe it will be a nice scare and give Asia some good starts.

 

[aussie1st]

If Afridi fires watch our Africa. He is awesome when he does. On paper that Asian side looks way better then the African side. The African side basically is South Africa for the first game given the Zim players are in a test.

 

[ZexyZahid]

In that 48 that Sehwag, if you watched the match, you'll notice that he was lucky that he even reached double figures.

And about Africa: I read an article in where was said that each player would play in at least one match. Don't know if they will keep that word.

But I already want to see Kemp play. :cool:

 

[scorpion_rulezz]

Asai XI won the toss & elected To field First
both Teams Have Got Nice Line ups
Would be A interesting match :happy

 

[anakwalajinn]

Inzi, why field?
But that's your opinion, I think Afridi is better than Sehwag, call me a patriot or an asshole I don't care, I hope we win the match together!
Anyway, I can't see any coverage on ARY yet..... =O

 

[scorpion_rulezz]

Inzi, why field?

Shaun Pollock Was Also In Favour Of Bowling First

 

[ZexyZahid]

These are the teams:

Africa XI team:
HH Dippenaar, AB de Villiers, JH Kallis, JL Ontong, AG Prince,
SO Tikolo, +MV Boucher, *SM Pollock, N Boje, TM Odoyo, DW Steyn.

Asian XI team:
V Sehwag, +KC Sangakkara, Yousuf Youhana, *Inzamam-ul-Haq,
Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, A Kumble, Z Khan, Shoaib Akhtar,
M Muralitharan, A Nehra.

Dippenaar and De Villiers opening the innings. Shoaib Akhtar bowled the first over. Next over bowled Nehra.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Nicky Boje instead of Collins Obuya? Why?

Just noticed that Dale Steyn is making his ODI debut in this game. Now wouldn't it be funny if he didn't play ODI cricket for South Africa after these matches!