South African national cricket team in Pakistan in the 2007-08 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Pakistan in the 2007/08 season took place from October 1st to 29th, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included two tests , five ODIs . South Africa won the Test Series 1–0 and the ODI Series 3–2.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2006/07 season in South Africa . Originally two ODIs were planned in Peschawar and Rawalpindi , but they were relocated to Lahore and Karachi for safety reasons . The last ODI, which was planned in Karachi, was moved to Lahore at short notice for security reasons. In addition, the security measures to protect the South African team have been tightened.

Stages

Faisalabad Karachi Lahore Multan

Tour venues

The following stages were selected for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	18,000	3. ODI
National Stadium	Karachi	34,228	1st test
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	60,000	2. test; 1st, 2nd & 5th ODI
Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	30,000	4. ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named its test roster on September 20 and the ODI roster on October 9, 2007. Pakistan named its test roster on September 28 and ODI roster on October 12, 2007.

test		ODI
Pakistan	South Africa	Pakistan	South Africa
Shoaib Malik ( K ) Abdur Rehman Danish Kaneria Faisal Iqbal Iftikhar Anjum Kamran Akmal ( WK ) Misbah-ul-Haq Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Yousuf Salman Butt Taufeeq Umar Umar Gul Yasir Hameed	Graeme Smith ( K ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( WK ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Morné Morkel André Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn	Shoaib Malik ( K ) Abdur Rehman Iftikhar Anjum Imran Nazir Kamran Akmal ( WK ) Khalid Latif Misbah-ul-Haq Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Yousuf Salman Butt Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Sohail Tanvir Umar Gul Yasir Hameed Younis Khan	Graeme Smith ( K ) Johan Botha Mark Boucher ( WK ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Charl Langeveldt Albie Morkel André Nel Makhaya Ntini Vernon Philander Shaun Pollock

Tour matches

September 27-29 Scorecard	Karachi (NBPSC)	South Africans 467 (136)	-	PCB Patron's XI 302-8 (98)
		draw

October 16 scorecard	Lahore (BeJ)	South Africans 328-4 (45/45)	-	Pakistan Cricket Board XI 152 (31.3 / 45)
		South Africans wins with 176 runs

Testing

First test in Karachi

October 1st - 5th scorecard	Karachi	South Africa 450 (136.3) & 264-7d (89)	-	Pakistan 291 (97.3) & 263 (84.5)
		South Africa wins with 160 runs

Second test in Lahore

October 8-12 scorecard	Lahore	South Africa 357 (125.1) & 305-4d (110.3)	-	Pakistan 206 (63) & 316-4 (107)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Lahore

October 18 scorecard	Lahore	South Africa 294-5 (50)	-	Pakistan 249 (46.3)
		South Africa wins with 45 runs

Second ODI in Lahore

October 21 scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 265-9 (50)	-	South Africa 240 (49.3)
		Pakistan wins with 25 runs

Pakistan was fined for playing too slowly. Shoaib Malik received the double penalty for the captain despite being out of the field for most of the inning due to injury.

Third ODI in Faisalabad

October 23 scorecard	Faisalabad	South Africa 197 (49.2)	-	Pakistan 202-4 (48.1)
		Pakistan wins with 6 wickets

Fourth ODI in Multan

October 26 scorecard	Multan	Pakistan 230-9 (50)	-	South Africa 233-3 (37.4)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Lahore

October 29 scorecard	Lahore	South Africa 233-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 219 (46.3)
		South Africa wins with 14 runs

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	4th	421	210.50	155	3	1
Younis Khan	Pakistan	2	4th	265	66.25	130	2	0
Graeme Smith	South Africa	2	4th	246	61.50	133	1	0
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2	4th	174	43.50	71	0	2
Ashwell Prince	South Africa	2	4th	155	38.75	63	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Paul Harris	South Africa	2	126	12	20.66	5/73	1	0
Abdur Rehman	Pakistan	2	125	11	32.00	4/105	0	0
Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	2	151.4	10	42.20	4/114	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2	55.3	9	24.66	5/56	1	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	2	78.3	6th	41.00	3/103	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	5	5	286	71.50	117	1	3
Graeme Smith	South Africa	5	5	228	45.60	81	0	2
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	5	5	214	42.80	102	1	1
Younis Khan	Pakistan	5	5	194	38.80	82	0	2
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	5	5	184	36.80	56	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Iftikhar Anjum	Pakistan	5	43.4	12	17.08	3/33	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	5	42	12	18.58	4/61	0	0
Albie Morkel	South Africa	5	42.4	10	18.90	4/44	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	5	49	6th	35.50	3/37	0	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	4th	30.5	5	38.00	3/59	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	Mohammad Yousuf

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	Jacques Kallis
1. ODI	AB de Villiers
2. ODI	Mohammad Yousuf
3. ODI	Shahid Afridi
4. ODI	Shaun Pollock
5. ODI	Makhaya Ntini

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pakistan switch venues for South Africa ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. August 8, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
2. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Final ODI shifted to Lahore due to security concerns ( English ) Cricinfo. October 24, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
3. ↑ Ken Borland: South Africa resigned to being hotel-bound ( English ) Cricinfo. September 25, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
4. ↑ Morne Morkel called up for Tests in Pakistan ( English ) Cricinfo. September 20, 2007. Accessed July 26, 2016.
5. ↑ Botha, Albie Morkel in ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 9, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
6. ↑ Misbah recalled but no place for Shoaib ( English ) Cricinfo. 2007-91-28. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
7. ↑ Afridi, Tanvir and Nazir return for ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. October 12, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
8. ↑ Pakistan penalized for slow over-rate ( English ) Cricinfo. October 20, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.