South African national cricket team in Bangladesh in the 2007/08 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Bangladesh in the 2007/08 season took place from February 22 to March 14, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . South Africa won the Test Series 2–0 and the ODI Series 3–0.

prehistory

Bangladesh previously played a tour in New Zealand , South Africa against the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2003 season in Bangladesh .

Stages

Chittagong Dhaka

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chittagong Divisional Stadium	Chittagong	20,000	2. test; 1. ODI
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Dhaka	26,000	1st test; 2nd & 3rd ODI

Squad lists

Bangladesh named its test squad on February 6th and its ODI squad on March 4th, 2008. South Africa named its test squad on February 11th and its ODI squad on February 28th, 2008.

test		ODI
Bangladesh	South Africa	Bangladesh	South Africa
Mohammad Ashraful ( K ) Aftab Ahmed Abdur Razzak Enamul Haque Jr Habibul Bashar Junaid Siddique Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Rafique Mushfiqur Rahim ( wk ) Rajin Saleh Sajidul Islam Shahadat Hossain Shahriar Nafees Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal	Graeme Smith ( K ) Hashim Amla Johan Botha Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Morné Morkel André Nel Makhaya Ntini Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn	Mohammad Ashraful ( K ) Abdur Razzak Abdur Razzak Dhiman Ghosh ( wk ) Farhad Reza Junaid Siddique Mashrafe Mortaza Mosharraf Hossain Nazimuddin Raqibul Hasan Shahadat Hossain Shahriar Nafees Shakib Al Hasan Syed Rasel Tamim Iqbal	Graeme Smith ( K ) Hashim Amla Johan Botha AB de Villiers ( wk ) JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Paul Harris Charl Langeveldt Albie Morkel Morné Morkel André Nel Alviro Petersen Vernon Philander Dale Steyn

Tour matches

February 17-19 scorecard	Fatullah	South Africans 397 (109.3) & 47-0 (9)	-	BCB XI 412-9 (102.3)
		draw

March 7th scorecard	Chittagong	BCB XI 243-7 (50)	-	South Africans 243-8 (50)
		draw

Testing

First test in Dhaka

February 22-26 Scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 192 (54.4) & 182 (73)	-	South Africa 170 (60.3) & 205-5 (67.5)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Second test in Chittagong

February 29th - March 4th scorecard	Chittagong	South Africa 583-7d (161.1)	-	Bangladesh 259 (70.4) & 119 (39.5)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 205 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Chittagong

March 9 scorecard	Chittagong	Bangladesh 178 (48.2)	-	South Africa 180-1 (36.5)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

Second ODI in Dhaka

March 12 scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 173 (48.2)	-	South Africa 179-3 (48.1)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Dhaka

March 14th Scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 143 (42.5)	-	South Africa 147-3 (34.2)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Graeme Smith	South Africa	2	3	304	101.33	232	1	1
Neil McKenzie	South Africa	2	3	257	85.66	226	1	0
Shahriar Nafees	Bangladesh	2	4th	141	35.25	69	0	1
Hashim Amla	South Africa	2	3	109	36.33	46	0	0
Junaid Siddique	Bangladesh	2	4th	93	23.25	74	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2	62.4	14th	12.57	4/48	0	0
Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh	2	59.3	12	17.00	6/27	1	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	1	29	6th	15.66	5/33	1	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	2	47.5	6th	30.83	5/50	1	0
Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh	2	97	6th	40.16	2/54	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Graeme Smith	South Africa	3	3	199	199.00	103 *	1	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	2	109	109.00	69 *	0	1
Raqibul Hasan	Bangladesh	3	3	90	30.00	63	0	1
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	3	3	90	30.00	82	0	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	3	3	70	23.33	57	0	1
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	3	3	70	23.33	52	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Andre Nel	South Africa	2	20th	7th	7.28	4/27	0	0
Albie Morkel	South Africa	3	22.2	6th	13.33	4/29	0	0
Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	2	18.2	5	12.60	3/31	0	0
Johan Botha	South Africa	3	27.5	5	24.80	3/34	0	0
Paul Harris	South Africa	3	30th	3	27.66	2/30	0	0
Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	3	28	3	33.66	2/32	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	Graeme Smith

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Jacques Kallis
2nd test	Graeme Smith
1. ODI	Graeme Smith
2. ODI	Andre Nel
3. ODI	Albie Morkel

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Omar dropped, fit Rasel in for series against South Africa ( English ) Cricinfo. February 6, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Bangladesh drop Rahim for the one-dayers ( English ) Cricinfo. March 4, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Gibbs dropped for Bangladesh tour ( English ) Cricinfo. February 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
4. ^ Harris and Amla included in South Africa's ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 28, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.