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CHENNAI - Sri Lanka paceman Dilhara Fernando grabbed four for 36 to bowl the Asia 11 to a 31-run win over an Africa 11 in the second game of the Afro-Asia Cup for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day cricket series today.
India's Saurav Ganguly scored a chancy 88 to help Asia amass 337 for seven after skipper Mahela Jayawardene chose to bat on a good pitch.
Africa were 306 all out with five balls to spare despite half-centuries from South African duo Boeta Dippenaar, who made 67, and Mark Boucher, 73.
Asia won the first match by 34 runs.
Fernando earned the man-of-the-match award with his spell after he bowled African skipper Justin Kemp for a duck to take his first two wickets within three deliveries.
SCOREBOARD
Asia 11
V Sehwag M c Morkel b Chigumbura 52
S Jayasuriya c Dippenaar b Odoyo 11
S Ganguly c sub b Chigumbura 88
M Dhoni b M Morkel 33
M Jayawardene run out 45
M Yousuf c Boucher b M Morkel 51
Y Singh not out 30
M Rafique c de Villiers b Morkel 1
Z Khan not out 0
Extras 26
Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 337
Fall: 37, 77, 134, 214, 298, 331, 333.
Bowling: A Morkel 6-0-49-1, M Morkel 10-1-48-2, T Odoyo 8-0-60-1, E Chigumbura 10-0-84-2, J Botha 10-1-51-0, V Sibanda 6-1-37-0.
Africa 11
AB de Villiers c Dhoni b Asif 13
V Sibanda c Dhoni b Fernando 35
B Dippenaar c sub b Yuvraj Singh 67
J Kemp b Fernando 0
M Boucher c Asif b Fernando 73
S Pollock c Asif b Sehwag 35
A Morkel c Ganguly b Rafique 13
E Chigumbara c sub b Rafique 7
J Botha b Fernando 13
T Odoyo not out 12
M Morkel b Asif 25
Extras 13
Total (49.5 overs) 306
Fall: 20, 80, 80, 159, 217, 234, 247, 263, 263, 306
Bowling: M Asif 9.5-0-82-2, Z Khan 2.4-0-9-0, M Jayawardene 2.2-0-19-0, D Fernando 10-0-36-4, M Rafique 10-0-62-2, Y Singh 7-0-43-1, S Ganguly 3-0-14-0, V Sehwag 5-0-37-1.
Result: Asia 11 won by 31 runs, lead three-match series 2-0.
- REUTERS
