Pakistani national cricket team in South Africa in the 2006/07 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to South Africa in the 2006/07 season took place from January 11 to February 14, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2006/07 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . South Africa won the Test Series 2–1, the ODI Series 3–1 and the Twenty20 Series 1–0.

prehistory

South Africa last played a tour against India , Pakistan against the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Pakistan in the 2003/04 season .

Stages

Centurion Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on June 10, 2006.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	1st test; 1. ODI
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	2. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	5. ODI; 1. T20
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test; 4. ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	2. test; 3. ODI

Squad lists

Pakistan named its test squad on December 29, 2006 and its ODI squad on January 27, 2007. South Africa named its test squad on January 6 and its limited-overs squad on January 30, 2007.

test		ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	Pakistan	South Africa	Pakistan	South Africa	Pakistan
Graeme Smith ( K ) Jacques Kallis ( UK ) Paul Adams Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Paul Harris Morne Morkel Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Ashwell Prince Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn	Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Younis Khan ( UK ) Asim Kamal Danish Kaneria Faisal Iqbal Imran Farhat Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Sami Mohammad Yousuf Naved-ul-Hasan Shahid Nazir Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Yasir Hameed Zulqarnain Haider ( wk )	Graeme Smith ( K ) Jacques Kallis ( UK ) Loots Bosman Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Justin Kemp Charl Langeveldt Andrè Nel Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Shaun Pollock Ashwell Prince Roger Telemachus	Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Younis Khan ( UK ) Abdul Razzaq Abdur Rehman Imran Farhat Imran Nazir Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Sami Mohammad Yousuf Naved-ul-Hasan Shabbir Ahmed Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Yasir Hameed Zulqarnain Haider ( wk )	Graeme Smith ( K ) Shaun Pollock ( UK ) Loots Bosman Gulam Bodi AB de Villiers ( wk ) Justin Kemp Albie Morkel Robin Peterson Roger Telemachus Alfonso Thomas Johan van der Wath Morne van Wyk	Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Younis Khan ( UK ) Abdul Razzaq Abdur Rehman Imran Farhat Imran Nazir Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Sami Mohammad Yousuf Naved-ul-Hasan Shabbir Ahmed Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Yasir Hameed Zulqarnain Haider ( wk )

Tour match

January 6-8 Scorecard	Kimberley	Pakistanis 485-9d (111.1) & 96-2 (20)	-	Rest of South Africa 383 (113.1)
		draw

Testing

First test in Centurion

11-15 January Scorecard	Centurion	Pakistan 313 (96.5) & 302 (96.2)	-	South Africa 417 (117.5) & 199-3 (60.5)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

The South African player Herschelle Gibbs was banned from the rest of the test series because of racist comments to viewers after they had provoked him.

Second test in Port Elizabeth

January 19-23 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 124 (40.0) & 331 (133.2)	-	Pakistan 265 (76.0) & 191-5 (57.3)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

Third test in Cape Town

January 26th - 30th scorecard	Cape Town	Pakistan 157 (43.1) & 186 (51.2)	-	South Africa 183 (53.0) & 161-5 (64.0)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Twenty20 International in Johannesburg

February 2nd scorecard	Johannesburg	Pakistan 129-8 (20)	-	South Africa 132-0 (11.3)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Centurion

February 4th scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 392-6 (50)	-	Pakistan 228 (46.4)
		South Africa wins with 164 runs

The Pakistani player Shahid Afridi was punished with four ODI bans for threatening with a bat in the direction of a spectator. The suspension also included the first two games of the 2007 Cricket World Cup .

Second ODI in Durban

February 7th scorecard	Durban	Pakistan 351-4 (50)	-	South Africa 210 (40.0)
		Pakistan wins with 141 runs

Third ODI in Port Elizabeth

February 9 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Pakistan 245-8 (49.5)	-	South Africa
		No result

Fourth ODI in Cape Town

February 11th scorecard	Cape Town	Pakistan 107 (45.4)	-	South Africa 113-0 (14.0)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

Fifth ODI in Johannesburg

February 14th scorecard	Johannesburg	Pakistan 153 (40.5)	-	South Africa 156-1 (28.2)
		South Africa wins with 9 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	3	6th	272	54.40	91	0	3
Ashwell Prince	South Africa	3	5	240	60.00	138	1	1
Younis Khan	Pakistan	3	6th	226	45.20	68	0	2
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	3	6th	198	39.60	92 *	0	1
Graeme Smith	South Africa	3	6th	167	27.83	64	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mohammad Asif	Pakistan	3	125.5	19th	18.47	5/76	2	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	3	103.1	19th	18.68	6/59	2	0
Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	3	179.1	15th	26.33	4/105	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	68	10	25.00	4/42	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2	67	8th	23.37	3/60	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	5	5	245	61.25	101 *	1	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	5	4th	231	115.50	71 *	0	3
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	3	193	193.00	88 *	0	2
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	5	4th	155	77.50	52 *	0	1
Younis Khan	Pakistan	5	5	155	31.00	93	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	5	50	9	18.66	5/23	1	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	5	46.5	8th	28.25	3/51	0	0
Andrew Hall	South Africa	3	22.4	7th	12.71	4/35	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	29	7th	21.85	3/34	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	3	19th	5	13.40	3/25	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Graeme Smith	South Africa	1	1	71		71 *	0	1
Loots Bosman	South Africa	1	1	53		53 *	0	1
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	1	1	25th	25.00	25th	0	0
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	1	1	21st	21.00	21st	0	0
Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan	1	1	17th		17 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Alfonso Thomas	South Africa	1	4th	3	8.33	3/25	0	0
Albie Morkel	South Africa	1	4th	1	16.00	1/16	0	0
Roger Telemachus	South Africa	1	4th	1	22.00	1/22	0	0
Johan van der Wath	South Africa	1	3	1	23.00	1/23	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	1	4th	1	26.00	1/26	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Jacques Kallis
ODI	Shaun Pollock

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Hashim Amla
2nd test	Inzamam-ul-Haq
3rd test	Jacques Kallis
1. T20	Loots Bosman
1. ODI	Jacques Kallis
2. ODI	Younis Khan
4. ODI	Shaun Pollock
5. ODI	Shaun Pollock

Web links

• Tour on Cricinfo
• Tour on Cricket Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Africa face hectic schedule ( English ) Cricinfo. June 10, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
2. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Shoaib left out for South Africa tour ( English ) Cricinfo. December 29, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
3. ↑ Imran Nazir returns to ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. January 27, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
4. ↑ South Africa retain squad for Pakistan Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. January 6, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
5. ↑ South Africa reveal World Cup hand ( English ) Cricinfo. January 30, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
6. ↑ Gibbs banned for two tests ( English ) Cricinfo. January 15, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
7. ↑ ç ( English ) Cricinfo. February 10, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan in South Africa ODI Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Pakistan in South Africa ODI Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Pakistan in South Africa T20I Match, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Pakistan in South Africa T20I Match, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 2, 2016.