New Zealand national cricket team in South Africa in the 2007-08 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to South Africa in the 2007/08 season took place from November 8th to December 2nd, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included two tests , three ODIs and one Twenty20 . South Africa won the Test Series 2–0, the ODI Series 2–1 and the Twenty20 Series 1–0.

prehistory

South Africa previously did a tour in Pakistan , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season after the ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2005/06 season in South Africa .

Stages

Centurion Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	2nd test
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	1. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	1st test; 1. T20
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3. ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

New Zealand named its test roster on September 26 and its ODI roster on October 23, 2007. South Africa named its test roster on November 2 and its ODI roster on November 20, 2007.

test		ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand
Graeme Smith ( K ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) Abraham de Villiers Herschelle Gibbs Paul Harris Jacques Kallis André Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Shane Bond Craig Cumming Stephen Fleming Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Jamie How Chris Martin Michael Mason Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Kyle Mills Iain O'Brien Jacob Oram Michael Papps Jeetan Patel Scott Styris Ross Taylor Lou Vincent	Graeme Smith ( K ) Johan Botha Mark Boucher ( wk ) Abraham de Villiers Jean-Paul Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Charl Langeveldt Albie Morkel André Nel Makhaya Ntini Vernon Philander Shaun Pollock Dale Steyn Morne van Wyk	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Shane Bond Craig Cumming James Franklin Mark Gillespie Gareth Hopkins Jamie How Chris Martin Michael Mason Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Scott Styris Ross Taylor Lou Vincent	Graeme Smith ( K ) Johan Botha Mark Boucher ( wk ) Abraham de Villiers Jean-Paul Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Charl Langeveldt Albie Morkel André Nel Makhaya Ntini Vernon Philander Shaun Pollock Dale Steyn	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Shane Bond James Franklin Mark Gillespie Gareth Hopkins ( wk ) Jamie How Chris Martin Michael Mason Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Mathew Sinclair Scott Styris Ross Taylor Lou Vincent

Testing

First test in Johannesburg

November 8-12 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 226 (74.3) & 422-3d (126)	-	New Zealand 118 (41.3) & 172 (51)
		South Africa wins with 358 runs

Second test in Centurion

November 16-20 Scorecard	Centurion	New Zealand 188 (56.4) & 136 (34.3)	-	South Africa 383 (97.3)
		South Africa wins with 59 runs

Twenty20 International in Johannesburg

November 23 scorecard	Johannesburg	New Zealand 129-7 (20)	-	South Africa 131-7 (19.5)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Durban

November 25th scorecard	Durban	New Zealand 248-6 (50)	-	South Africa 249-8 (49.5)
		South Africa wins with 2 wickets

Second ODI in Port Elizabeth

November 25th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 209-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 210-3 (38.4)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Cape Town

December 2nd scorecard	Cape Town	New Zealand 238-8 (50)	-	South Africa 242-5 (45.2)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	3	346	115.33	186	2	0
Hashim Amla	South Africa	2	4th	291	145.50	176 *	2	0
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	2	4th	154	38.50	54	0	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	2	3	96	32.00	63	0	1
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2	4th	78	39.00	46 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2	56	20th	9.20	6/49	3	2
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	2	54.4	6th	30.00	3/47	0	0
Chris Martin	New Zealand	2	63.3	6th	33.83	3/67	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	23	5	15.80	2/11	0	0
Shane Bond	New Zealand	1	33	5	26.60	4/73	0	0
Mark Gillespie	New Zealand	1	30th	5	27.20	5/136	1	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jamie How	New Zealand	3	3	181	60.33	90	0	2
Scott Styris	New Zealand	3	3	124	62.00	60	0	1
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	3	3	121	40.33	81	0	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	2	2	119	59.50	119	1	0
Mark Boucher	South Africa	3	3	109	109.00	48	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	3	28	9	11.33	5/25	1	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	3	30th	5	21.80	3/33	0	0
Andre Nel	South Africa	3	28	4th	41.00	3/46	0	0
Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	2	18th	3	28.66	2/46	0	0
Mark Gillespie	New Zealand	3	27	3	54.33	3/55	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
AB de Villiers	South Africa	1	1	52		52 *	0	1
JP Duminy	South Africa	1	1	33	33.00	33	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	1	1	33		33 *	0	0
Scott Styris	New Zealand	1	1	30th	30.00	30th	0	0
Lou Vincent	New Zealand	1	1	15th	15.00	15th	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	1	4th	3	9.33	3/28	0	0
Jeetan Patel	New Zealand	1	4th	2	8.50	2/17	0	0
Albie Morkel	South Africa	1	4th	2	14.50	2/29	0	0
Scott Styris	New Zealand	1	1	1	4.00	1/4	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	1	4th	1	17.00	1/17	0	0
Johan Botha	South Africa	1	4th	1	19.00	1/19	0	0
Mark Gillespie	New Zealand	1	4th	1	22.00	1/22	0	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	1	4th	1	24.00	1/24	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	1	3.5	1	34.00	1/34	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Dale Steyn
ODI	Kyle Mills

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Dale Steyn
2nd test	Dale Steyn
1. T20	AB de Villiers
1. ODI	AB de Villiers
2. ODI	Jamie How Brendon McCullum
3. ODI	Herschelle Gibbs

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Papps returns to New Zealand Test team ( English ) Cricinfo. September 26, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ↑ How earns one-day recall ( English ) Cricinfo. October 23, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Pollock included in squad for first test ( English ) Cricinfo. November 2, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Steyn included in South African one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa T20I Match, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa T20I Match, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.