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South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08

The South Africa cricket team toured Pakistan for two Test matches and five One Day Internationals in October 2007.

South Africa in Pakistan in 2007–08
 
  South Africa Pakistan
Dates 27 September – 29 October 2007
Captains Graeme Smith Shoaib Malik
Test series
Result South Africa won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Jacques Kallis (421) Younis Khan (265)
Most wickets Paul Harris (12) Abdur Rehman (11)
Player of the series Jacques Kallis (SA)
One Day International series
Results South Africa won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Graeme Smith (228) Mohammad Yousuf (286)
Most wickets Makhaya Ntini (12) Iftikhar Anjum (12)
Player of the series Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)

South Africa won the Test series 1-0 and the ODI series 5-0.[1]

Squads edit

Tests ODIs
  Pakistan   South Africa   Pakistan   South Africa
Shoaib Malik (c) Graeme Smith (c) Shoaib Malik (c) Graeme Smith (c)
Kamran Akmal (wk) Hashim Amla Kamran Akmal (wk) Johan Botha
Mohammad Asif Mark Boucher (wk) Shahid Afridi Mark Boucher (wk)
Salman Butt AB de Villiers Mohammad Asif AB de Villiers
Umar Gul JP Duminy Salman Butt JP Duminy
Mohammad Hafeez Herschelle Gibbs Umar Gul Herschelle Gibbs
Iftikhar Anjum Paul Harris Mohammad Hafeez Jacques Kallis
Faisal Iqbal Jacques Kallis Iftikhar Anjum Justin Kemp
Danish Kaneria Morné Morkel Khalid Latif Charl Langeveldt
Misbah-ul-Haq André Nel Misbah-ul-Haq Albie Morkel
Abdur Rehman Makhaya Ntini Imran Nazir André Nel
Taufeeq Umar Shaun Pollock Abdur Rehman Makhaya Ntini
Yasir Hameed Ashwell Prince Shoaib Akhtar Vernon Philander
Younis Khan Dale Steyn Sohail Tanvir Shaun Pollock
Mohammad Yousuf Yasir Hameed
Younis Khan
Mohammad Yousuf

Tour matches edit

First-class: Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI v South Africans edit

27–29 September
Scorecard
v
467 (136 overs)
Mark Boucher 109* (184)
Rizwan Ahmed 7/144 (37 overs)
302/8 (98 overs)
Rizwan Ahmed 56 (103)
Paul Harris 3/75 (32 overs)
  • Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI won the toss and elected to field.

50-over: Pakistan Cricket Board XI v South Africans edit

16 October
Scorecard
South Africans  
328/4 (45 overs)
v
AB de Villiers 113* (95)
Abdur Rauf 2/84 (9 overs)
Mansoor Amjad 42 (37)
Albie Morkel 3/22 (4.3 overs)
South Africans won by 176 runs
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak)
  • Pakistan Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Amin (Pakistan Cricket Board XI) made their List A debuts.

Test series edit

1st Test edit

1–5 October
Scorecard
v
450 (136.3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 155 (249)
Abdur Rehman 4/105 (31 overs)
291 (97.3 overs)
Shoaib Malik 73 (170)
Paul Harris 5/73 (36 overs)
264/7d (89 overs)
Jacques Kallis 100* (201)
Abdur Rehman 4/105 (38 overs)
263 (84.5 overs)
Younis Khan 126 (160)
Dale Steyn 5/56 (15 overs)
South Africa won by 160 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Abdur Rehman (Pak) made his Test debut.

2nd Test edit

8–12 October
Scorecard
v
357 (125.1 overs)
Ashwell Prince 63 (132)
Danish Kaneria 4/114 (43.1 overs)
206 (63 overs)
Kamran Akmal 52 (64)
Makhaya Ntini 3/42 (8 overs)
305/4d (110.3 overs)
Graeme Smith 133 (296)
Abdur Rehman 2/112 (42 overs)
316/4 (107 overs)
Younis Khan 130 (246)
Paul Harris 2/60 (40 overs)
Match drawn
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Inzamam-ul-Haq's last test match.

ODI series edit

1st ODI edit

18 October
Scorecard
South Africa  
294/5 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
249 (46.3 overs)
AB de Villiers 103* (95)
Shahid Afridi 1/48 (10 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 53 (75)
Makhaya Ntini 4/69 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 45 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sohail Tanvir (Pak) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI edit

21 October
Pakistan  
265/9 (50 overs)
v
  South Africa
266/5 (49.3 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 117 (143)
Albie Morkel 2/43 (9 overs)
Graeme Smith 95 (96)
Iftikhar Anjum 3/43 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI edit

23 October
South Africa  
197 (49.2 overs)
v
  Pakistan
190 (48.1 overs)
Graeme Smith 48 (68)
Iftikhar Anjum 3/33 (8 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 58* (113)
Albie Morkel 5/30 (9.1 overs)
South Africa won by 7 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Zameer Haider (Pak)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI edit

26 October
Scorecard
Pakistan  
230/9 (50 overs)
v
  South Africa
233/3 (37.4 overs)
Younis Khan 82 (110)
Johan Botha 2/41 (8 overs)
Shaun Pollock 90 (84)
Iftikhar Anjum 2/27 (5.4 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI edit

29 October
Scorecard
South Africa  
233/9 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
219 (46.3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 86 (130)
Shoaib Akhtar 4/43 (9 overs)
Younis Khan 58 (65)
Makhaya Ntini 4/61 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 14 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Makhaya Ntini (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

References edit

  1. ^ Grundlingh, Albert (2018), "Diffusion and Depiction: How Afrikaners Came to Play Cricket in Twentieth-Century South Africa", Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 191–206, ISBN 978-3-319-93607-9, retrieved 28 January 2024

External links edit

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