International cricket in 2008–09

The International cricket in 2008-09 is defined as the season of international cricket between September 2008 and April 2009 in all cricket playing countries. Matches between May 2008 and August 2008 are defined as belonging to the 2008 season, while matches between May 2009 and August 2009 will fall under the 2009 season.

ICC Championship Tables At Start of 2008 Season

ICC Test Championship 13 April 2008 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 Australia 26 3597 138 2 South Africa 34 3953 116 3 India 35 3819 109 4 Sri Lanka 28 3032 108 5 England 38 3965 104 6 Pakistan 19 1895 100 7 New Zealand 21 1738 83 8 West Indies 22 1791 81 9 Bangladesh 14 0 0

ICC ODI Championship 13 April 2008 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 Australia 28 3658 131 2 South Africa 25 2938 118 3 England 27 3142 116 4 New Zealand 21 2443 116 5 India 36 4051 113 6 Pakistan 25 2752 110 7 Sri Lanka 27 2838 105 8 West Indies 21 1994 95 9 Bangladesh 27 1209 45 10 Ireland 8 174 22 11 Zimbabwe 15 237 16 12 Kenya 3 0 0

October

World Cricket League Division 4

Main article: 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

Group Stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st Match	4 October	Afghanistan	Nowroz Mangal	Fiji	Colin Rika	Kinondoni Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Afghanistan by 80 runs
2nd Match	4 October	Hong Kong	Tabarak Dar	Italy	Joe Scuderi	University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Hong Kong by 46 runs
3rd Match	4 October	Tanzania	Hamisi Abdallah	Jersey	Mathew Hague	Annil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania by 34 runs
4th Match	5 October	Afghanistan	Nowroz Mangal	Jersey	Mathew Hague	University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Afghanistan by 122 runs
5th Match	5 October	Fiji	Colin Rika	Italy	Joe Scuderi	Annil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Italy by 254 runs
6th Match	5 October	Tanzania	Hamisi Abdallah	Hong Kong	Tabarak Dar	Kinondoni Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Hong Kong by 134 runs
7th Match	7 October	Fiji	Colin Rika	Hong Kong	Tabarak Dar	University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Hong Kong by 129 runs
8th Match	7 October	Italy	Joe Scuderi	Jersey	Matt Hague	Kinondoni Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Italy by 29 runs(D/L)
9th Match	7 October	Tanzania	Hamisi Abdallah	Afghanistan	Nowroz Mangal	Annil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Afghanistan by 8 runs(D/L)
10th Match	8 October	Afghanistan	Nowroz Mangal	Hong Kong	Tabarak Dar	Annil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Afghanistan by 4 wickets
11th Match	8 October	Fiji	Colin Rika	Jersey	Matt Hague	Kinondoni Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Jersey by 79 runs
12th Match	8 October	Tanzania		Italy		University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Replay of 12th Match	9 October	Tanzania	Hamisi Abdallah	Italy	Joe Scuderi	University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Italy by 9 wickets
13th Match	10 October	Afghanistan	Nowroz Mangal	Italy	Joe Scuderi	Kinondoni Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Afghanistan 93 runs
14th Match	10 October	Hong Kong	Tabarak Dar	Jersey	Matt Hague	Annil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Hong Kong by 100 runs
15th Match	10 October	Tanzania	Hamisi Abdallah	Fiji	Colin Rika	University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam	Fiji by 4 runs

Group Table
Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Afghanistan	5	5	0	0	0	1.33	10
Hong Kong	5	4	1	0	0	1.67	8
Italy	5	3	2	0	0	0.91	6
Tanzania	5	1	4	0	0	-0.66	2
Jersey	5	1	4	0	0	-0.91	2
Fiji	5	1	4	0	0	-2.38	2

Playoff matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
3rd Place Playoff	11 October	1		2		Annil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
5th Place Playoff	11 October	5		5		Kinondoni Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
1st Place Playoff	11 October	3		4		University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam

Australian cricket team in India

Main article: Australian cricket team in India in 2008-09

Test Series
No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	9-13 October			M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
2nd Test	17-21 October			Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
3rd Test	28 October-1 November			Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
4th Test	5-9 November			Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh

Main article: New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
ODI Series
ODI 2763	9 October	Mohammad Ashraful	Daniel Vettori	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh	Bangladesh by seven wickets
ODI 2764	11 October	Mohammad Ashraful	Daniel Vettori	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh	New Zealand by 75 runs
3rd ODI	14 October			Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Test Series
1st Test	17-21 October			Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
2nd Test	25-29 October			Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh

Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada

Main article: 2008 Twenty20 Four Nations Tournament in Canada

No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Group Stage
T20I 69	10 October	Sri Lanka	Mahela Jayawardene	Zimbabwe	Prosper Utseya	Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario	Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
T20I 70	10 October	Canada	Sunil Dhaniram	Pakistan	Shoaib Malik	Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario	Pakistan by 35 runs
T20I 71	11 October	Canada	Sunil Dhaniram	Zimbabwe	Prosper Utseya	Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario	Tie, Zimbabwe win bowl-off 3-1
T20I 72	11 October	Sri Lanka	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Pakistan	Shoaib Malik	Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario	Pakistan by 3 wickets
5th match	12 October	Pakistan		Zimbabwe		Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario
6th match	12 October	Canada		Sri Lanka		Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario

Group Table
Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0

Playoff matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
3rd Place Playoff	13 October	3		4		Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario
Final	13 October	1		2		Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario

Associates Tri-Series in Kenya

Main article: 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya

Group Stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st Match	17 October	Ireland		Zimbabwe		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
2nd Match	18 October	Kenya		Ireland		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
3rd Match	19 October	Kenya		Zimbabwe		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
4th Match	21 October	Ireland		Zimbabwe		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
5th Match	22 October	Kenya		Ireland		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
6th Match	23 October	Kenya		Zimbabwe		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

Group Stage
Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR	T	Points	NRR	For	Against
1	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Final	25 October	1		2		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

November

Bangladesh cricket team in South Africa

Main article: Bangladesh cricket team in South Africa in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
Twenty20 Series
Only T20I	5 November			New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
ODI Series
1st ODI	7 November			Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa
2nd ODI	9 November			Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
3rd ODI	12 November			Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa
Test Series
1st Test	20-24 November			The OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa
2nd Test	28 November - 2 December			SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa

England cricket team in India

Main article: England cricket team in India in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
ODI Series
1st ODI	14 November			Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India
2nd ODI	17 November			Nehru Stadium, Indore, India
3rd ODI	20 November			Green Park, Kanpur, India
4th ODI	23 November			Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, India
5th ODI	26 November			Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India
6th ODI	29 November			Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, India
7th ODI	2 December			Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
Test Series
1st Test	11-15 December			Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, India
2nd Test	19-23 December			Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India

New Zealand cricket team in Australia

Main articles: New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008-09 § Test Series, and New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
Test Series
1st Test	20-24 November			Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
2nd Test	28 November-2 December			Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
ODI Series
1st ODI	1 February			WACA, Perth, Australia
2nd ODI	6 February			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
3rd ODI	8 February			Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
4th ODI	10 February			Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
5th ODI	13 February			Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
Twenty20 Series
Only T20I	15 February			Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia

Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka (2 Tests & 3 ODIs)

December

West Indian cricket team in New Zealand

Main article: West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
Test Series
1st Test	11-15 December			University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand
2nd Test	19-23 December			McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
Twenty20 Series
1st T20I	26 December			Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
2nd T20I	28 December			Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
ODI Series
1st ODI	31 December			Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown, New Zealand
2nd ODI	3 January			AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
3rd ODI	7 January			Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
4th ODI	10 January			Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
5th ODI	13 January			McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand

South African cricket team in Australia

Main article: South African cricket team in Australia in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
Test Series
1st Test	12-16 December			WACA, Perth, Australia
2nd Test	26-30 December			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
3rd Test	3-7 January			Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Twenty20 Series
1st T20I	11 January			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
2nd T20I	13 January			Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
ODI Series
1st ODI	16 January			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
2nd ODI	18 January			Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia
3rd ODI	23 January			Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
4th ODI	26 January			Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
5th ODI	30 January			WACA, Perth, Australia

India in Pakistan (3 Tests & 5 ODIs)

Sri Lanka in Bangladesh (2 Tests & 3 ODIs)

January

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh (3 ODIs) Tri-Series in Bangladesh (Ban, SL & Zim)

February

New Zealand cricket team in Australia

Main article: New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008-09 § ODI Series

New Zealand will conduct their second leg of the tour which consists of 5 ODIs and a Twenty20 International. (Go to November to see the results of this leg and the first leg or click on the main article).

England cricket team in West Indies

Main article: England cricket team in West Indies in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
Test Series
1st Test	4-8 February			Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
2nd Test	13-17 February			Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
3rd Test	26 February-2 March			Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
4th Test	6-10 March			Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Twenty20 Series
1st T20I	15 March			Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
ODI Series
1st ODI	20 March			Providence Stadium, Guyana
2nd ODI	22 March			Providence Stadium, Guyana
3rd ODI	27 March			Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
4th ODI	29 March			Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
5th ODI	3 April			Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Australia in New Zealand (5 ODIs)

India in Pakistan (3 Tests & 5 ODIs)

Australia in South Africa (3 Tests & 5 ODIs)

India in New Zealand (3 Tests & 5 ODIs)

Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe (2 Tests & 3 ODIs)

March

Indian cricket team in New Zealand

Main article: Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2008-09

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
Twenty20 Series
Only T20I	6 March			Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
ODI Series
1st ODI	8 March			McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
2nd ODI	11 March			Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
3rd ODI	14 March			Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
4th ODI	17 March			Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
5th ODI	20 March			AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Test Series
1st Test	26-30 November			Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
2nd Test	3-7 April			Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand

April

West Indies in Bangladesh (2 Tests & 3 ODIs)