New Zealand national cricket team in Australia in the 2007-08 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Australia in the 2007/08 season took place from 11 to 20 December 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included three ODIs and one Twenty20 . Australia won the ODI series 2–0 and the Twenty20 series 1–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against Sri Lanka , New Zealand in South Africa . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2006/07 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Adelaide Hobart Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on April 19, 2007.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	1. ODI; 1. T20
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	3. ODI
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on December 6, 2007.

ODI		Twenty20
Australia	New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand
Ricky Ponting ( K ) Nathan Bracken Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist ( WK ) Brad Haddin Matthew Hayden Brad Hogg James Hopes Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Andrew Symonds Shaun Tait	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Craig Cumming Mark Gillespie Jamie How Chris Martin Michael Mason Brendon McCullum ( WK ) Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Mathew Sinclair Scott Styris Ross Taylor Lou Vincent	Michael Clarke ( K ) Nathan Bracken Stuart Clark Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Brad Hodge Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Ashley Noffke Luke Pomersbach Andrew Symonds Shaun Tait Adam Voges	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Craig Cumming Mark Gillespie Jamie How Chris Martin Michael Mason Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Mathew Sinclair Scott Styris Ross Taylor Lou Vincent

Tour matches

December 7th scorecard	Perth	CA Chairman's XI 285 (47)	-	New Zealanders 278-9 (50)
		CA Chairman's XI wins with 7 runs

Twenty20 International in Perth

December 11th scorecard	Perth	Australia 186-6 (20)	-	New Zealand 132 (18.3)
		Australia wins with 54 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Adelaide

December 14th scorecard	Adelaide	New Zealand 254-7 (50)	-	Australia 255-3 (42.3)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in Sydney

December 16 scorecard	Sydney	New Zealand 30-3 (6)	-	Australia
		No result

Third ODI in Hobart

December 20 scorecard	Hobart	Australia 282-6 (50)	-	New Zealand 168 (34)
		Australia wins with 114 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ricky Ponting	Australia	3	2	241		134 *	2	0
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	3	3	107	35.66	96	0	1
Scott Styris	New Zealand	3	3	92	46.00	75	0	1
Andrew Symonds	Australia	3	2	80	80.00	52	0	1
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	3	3	68	34.00	50	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Brett Lee	Australia	3	22nd	7th	15.28	3/47	0	0
Shaun Tait	Australia	3	18th	5	17.80	3/59	0	0
Brad Hogg	Australia	3	16	4th	24.50	3/49	0	0
James Hopes	Australia	3	16	3	19.00	2/17	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	3	20th	3	42.33	2/68	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Andrew Symonds	Australia	1	1	85		85 *	0	1
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	1	1	66		66 *	0	1
Michael Clarke	Australia	1	1	33	33.00	33	0	0
Adam Voges	Australia	1	1	26th	26.00	26th	0	0
Michael Hussey	Australia	1	1	22nd	22.00	22nd	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ashley Noffke	Australia	1	3.3	3	6.00	3/18	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	1	4th	2	8.50	2/17	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	1	3	2	9.50	2/19	0	0
Shaun Tait	Australia	1	4th	2	11.00	2/22	0	0
Mark Gillespie	New Zealand	1	4th	2	19.50	2/39	0	0
Jeetan Patel	New Zealand	1	4th	2	20.00	2/40	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Ricky Ponting

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Andrew Symonds
1. ODI	Ricky Ponting
3. ODI	Ricky Ponting

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia alter summer schedule to satisfy India ( English ) Cricinfo. April 19, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Tait recalled while Clark misses out ( English ) Cricinfo. December 6, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Australia T20I Match, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Australia T20I Match, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.