South African national cricket team in England in the 2008 season

The 2008 season tour of the South African national cricket team to England took place from June 29 to September 4, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008 international cricket season and included four test matches , one twenty20 and five ODIs . South Africa won the Test series 2-1 while England won the ODI series 4-0. The Twenty20 was not played, so that the series 0-0 ended.

prehistory

For South Africa it was the first tour of the season, England previously played against New Zealand .

Stages

London (Lord's) London (oval) Birmingham Nottingham Chester-le-Street Leeds Cardiff

Tour venues

The following stadiums were announced as the venues on July 4, 2007.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	3rd test
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	15,643	5. ODI
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	1. T20
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,500	2. test; 1. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	4. test; 3. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test; 4. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	2. ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named their test squad on May 23rd, and their ODI squad on August 5, 2008. England named their test squad on July 3, 2008.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	South Africa	England	South Africa	England	South Africa
Michael Vaughan ( K ) Tim Ambrose ( wk ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Andrew Flintoff Steve Harmison Monty Panesar Darren Pattinson Kevin Pietersen Ryan Sidebottom Andrew Strauss Chris Tremlett	Graeme Smith ( K ) Ashwell Prince ( vK ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Morné Morkel Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Dale Steyn Moons Zondeki	Kevin Pietersen ( K ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Andrew Flintoff Steve Harmison Samit Patel Matt Prior ( wk ) Owais Shah Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Luke Wright	Jacques Kallis ( K ) Hashim Amla Johan Botha Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Justin Ontong Vernon Philander Dale Steyn	Kevin Pietersen ( K ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Andrew Flintoff Samit Patel Matt Prior ( wk ) Owaish Shah Ryan Sidebottom Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Luke Wright	Graeme Smith ( K ) Hashim Amla Johan Botha Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Justin Ontong Vernon Philander Dale Steyn

Tour matches

June 29th - July 1st scorecard	Taunton	South Africans 515-3d (100) & 215-6d (58)	-	Somerset 249 (59.4) & 115-3 (34)
		draw

July 4-6 scorecard	Uxbridge	South Africans 359-5d (98.3)	-	Middlesex 311-5 (79)
		draw

July 25-27 Scorecard	Worcester	South Africans 429-3d (100) & 328-4d (90.2)	-	Bangladesh A 121 (41) & 97-2 (27)
		draw

August 13th scorecard	Wormsley Park	South Africans 181-4 (20)	-	PCA Masters XI 158-8 (20)
		South Africans wins with 23 runs

August 14th scorecard	Leicester	England Lions 184 (46.5)	-	South Africans 185-6 (38.4)
		South Africans wins with 4 wickets

August 15th scorecard	Derby	South Africans 209-5 (50)	-	England Lions 210-4 (41.2)
		England Lions wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in London (Lord's)

July 10-14 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 593-8d (156.2)	-	South Africa 247 (93.3) & 393-3d (167) (f / o)
		draw

Second test in Leeds

July 18-22 Scorecard	Leeds	England 203 (52.3) & 327 (107)	-	South Africa 522 (176.2) & 9-0 (1.1)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

Third test in Birmingham

July 30th - August 5th scorecard	Birmingham	England 231 (77) & 363 (98.2)	-	South Africa 314 (90.2) & 283-5 (80)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Fourth test in London (oval)

August 7-11 Scorecard	London (oval)	South Africa 194 (64.5) & 318 (99.2)	-	England 316 (95.2) & 198-4 (52.4)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Twenty20 International in Chester-le-Street

August 20 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	South Africa	-	England
		Called off

One-day internationals

First ODI in Leeds

August 22nd scorecard	Leeds	England 275-4 (50)	-	South Africa 255 (49.4)
		England wins with 20 runs

Second ODI in Nottingham

August 26th scorecard	Nottingham	South Africa 83 (23)	-	England 85-0 (14.1)
		England wins with 10 wickets

Third ODI in London (oval)

August 29th scorecard	London (oval)	England 296-7 (50)	-	South Africa 170 (42.4)
		England wins with 126 runs

Fourth ODI in London (Lord's)

August 31 scorecard	London (Lord's)	South Africa 183-6 (32.1)	-	England 137-3 (17.4)
		England wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method )

Fifth ODI in Cardiff

September 3 scorecard	Cardiff	South Africa 6-1 (3)	-	England
		No result

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kevin Pietersen	England	4th	7th	421	60.14	152	2	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	4th	6th	384	64.00	174	1	1
Graeme Smith	South Africa	4th	8th	369	61.50	154 *	2	0
Neil McKenzie	South Africa	4th	8th	339	48.42	138	1	1
Ian Bell	England	4th	7th	332	47.42	199	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Morné Morkel	South Africa	4th	140.2	15th	33.46	4/52	0	0
James Anderson	England	4th	173.2	15th	33.93	3/42	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	4th	140	14th	37.21	5/94	1	0
Monty Panesar	England	4th	175.1	13	31.69	4/74	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	4th	96	10	29.50	3/31	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Andrew Flintoff	England	5	3	187	187.00	78 *	0	2
Ian Bell	England	5	4th	149	49.66	73	0	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	5	5	136	27.20	74	0	1
Kevin Pietersen	England	5	3	135	67.50	90 *	0	1
Matt Prior	England	5	4th	120	40.00	45 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Andrew Flintoff	England	5	30.4	10	12.90	3/21	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	5	33.1	8th	18.12	5/23	1	0
Samit Patel	England	5	26.4	7th	16.71	5/41	1	0
Steve Harmison	England	5	24	5	22.00	2/4	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	14th	4th	22.75	2/25	0	0
Johan Botha	South Africa	5	19th	4th	23.25	2/35	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Kevin Pietersen Graeme Smith
ODI	Andrew Flintoff

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Ian Bell
2nd test	Ashwell Prince
3rd test	Graeme Smith
4th test	Kevin Pietersen
1. ODI	Kevin Pietersen
2. ODI	Stuart Broad
3. ODI	Samit Patel
4. ODI	Andrew Flintoff

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com
• The series on cricketarchive.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ England unveils 2008 summer schedule ( English ) Cricinfo. June 4, 2007. Accessed June 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Nel recalled to South Africa's Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. May 23, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
3. ↑ Gibbs included in South Africa's ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 5, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
4. ↑ England name unchanged squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 3, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2008 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2008 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / NatWest Series [South Africa in England , 2008 / Most runs] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
8. ^ Records / NatWest Series [South Africa in England , 2008 / Most wickets] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 22, 2016.