South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08

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South Africa in Pakistan in 2007–08
  Flag of South Africa.svg Flag of Pakistan.svg
  South Africa Pakistan
Dates 27 September – 29 October 2007
Captains Graeme Smith Shoaib Malik
Test series
Result South Africa won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Jacques Kallis (421) Younis Khan (265)
Most wickets Paul Harris (12) Abdur Rehman (11)
Player of the series Jacques Kallis (SA)
One Day International series
Results South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Graeme Smith (228) Mohammad Yousuf (286)
Most wickets Makhaya Ntini (12) Iftikhar Anjum (12)
Player of the series Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)

The South Africa cricket team toured Pakistan for two Test matches and five One Day Internationals in October 2007.

Contents

Squads

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

Tour matches

First-class: Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI v South Africans

27–29 September
Scorecard
v
467 (136 overs)
Mark Boucher 109* (184)
Rizwan Ahmed 7/144 (37 overs)
302/8 (98 overs)
Rizwan Ahmed 56 (103)
Paul Harris 3/75 (32 overs)
  • Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI won the toss and elected to field.

50-over: Pakistan Cricket Board XI v South Africans

16 October
Scorecard
South Africans  Flag of South Africa.svg
328/4 (45 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Cricket Board XI
152 (31.3 overs)
AB de Villiers 113* (95)
Abdur Rauf 2/84 (9 overs)
Mansoor Amjad 42 (37)
Albie Morkel 3/22 (4.3 overs)
South Africans won by 176 runs
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak)
  • Pakistan Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Amin (Pakistan Cricket Board XI) made their List A debuts.

Test series

1st Test

1–5 October
Scorecard
v
450 (136.3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 155 (249)
Abdur Rehman 4/105 (31 overs)
291 (97.3 overs)
Shoaib Malik 73 (170)
Paul Harris 5/73 (36 overs)
264/7d (89 overs)
Jacques Kallis 100* (201)
Abdur Rehman 4/105 (38 overs)
263 (84.5 overs)
Younis Khan 126 (160)
Dale Steyn 5/56 (15 overs)
South Africa won by 160 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Abdur Rehman (Pak) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

8–12 October
Scorecard
v
357 (125.1 overs)
Ashwell Prince 63 (132)
Danish Kaneria 4/114 (43.1 overs)
206 (63 overs)
Kamran Akmal 52 (64)
Makhaya Ntini 3/42 (8 overs)
305/4d (110.3 overs)
Graeme Smith 133 (296)
Abdur Rehman 2/112 (42 overs)
316/4 (107 overs)
Younis Khan 130 (246)
Paul Harris 2/60 (40 overs)
Match drawn
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Inzamam-ul-Haq's last test match.

ODI series

1st ODI

18 October
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
294/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
249 (46.3 overs)
AB de Villiers 103* (95)
Shahid Afridi 1/48 (10 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 53 (75)
Makhaya Ntini 4/69 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 45 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sohail Tanvir (Pak) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

21 October
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
265/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
240 (49.3 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 117 (143)
Albie Morkel 2/43 (9 overs)
Graeme Smith 65 (96)
Iftikhar Anjum 3/43 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 25 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

23 October
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
197 (49.2 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
202/4 (48.1 overs)
Graeme Smith 48 (68)
Iftikhar Anjum 3/33 (8 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 58* (113)
Albie Morkel 2/30 (9.1 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Zameer Haider (Pak)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

26 October
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
230/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
233/3 (37.4 overs)
Younis Khan 82 (110)
Johan Botha 2/41 (8 overs)
Shaun Pollock 90 (84)
Iftikhar Anjum 2/27 (5.4 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

29 October
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
233/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
219 (46.3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 86 (130)
Shoaib Akhtar 4/43 (9 overs)
Younis Khan 58 (65)
Makhaya Ntini 4/61 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 14 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Makhaya Ntini (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

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