The 2008 international cricket season took place between April 2008 and August 2008. As the summer season, mainly home games for teams from Europe were played. The tests carried out on the international tours formed the basis for the ICC Test Championship . The ODIs formed the basis for the ICC ODI Championship . As part of the ICC Intercontinental Cup , in addition to the first-class matches played by the Associates, numerous ODI matches between the teams took place in order to give them more game practice on an international level.