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Kenya: Afro-Asia Tourney Deferred

Kenya: Afro-Asia Tourney Deferred The second edition of the Afro-Asia Cup cricket tournament scheduled for September in India has been postponed again. The event will now take place in June 2007 and Africa, once again, are the hosts. The inaugural competition in 2005 was held in South Africa. Asia is expected to host the next competition in June 2008 in Malaysia, according to Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The event has in the past been dogged with uncertainty. The tournament involves sides from the two continents and was accorded full one-day status by the International Cricket

India to host Afro-Asia Cup

India to host Afro-Asia Cup India have agreed to host the revived Afro-Asia Cup in Mohali next June, a Pakistan cricket board (PCB) official said on Tuesday. To get live international cricket scores sent to your cell phone, check out the SuperSMS page for country codes. Each SMS costs R2. India will host the three-match series on June 6, 8 and 10 between the Asian X1 and African X1, PCB director of operations Saleem Altaf told Reuters. The Afro-Asia Cup was launched two years ago but not held after that because of the hectic international calendar. It has now been