| South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08 | ||
| Teams | Bangladesh | South Africa |
| Dates | 17 February 2007 – 18 March 2008 | |
| Captains | Mohammad Ashraful | Graeme Smith |
| Number of Tests | 2 | |
| Tests won | 0 | 2 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Shahriar Nafees 141 Junaid Siddique 93 Aftab Ahmed 85 |
Graeme Smith 304 Neil McKenzie 257 |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Shahadat Hossain 12 Mohammad Rafique 6 |
Dale Steyn 14 Robin Peterson 6 Morne Morkel 6 |
| Player of Series (Tests) | Dale Steyn | |
| Number of ODIs | 3 | |
| ODIs won | 0 | 3 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Raqibul Hasan & Tamim Iqbal 90 |
Graeme Smith 199 AB de Villiers 109 |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Abdur Razzak 3 Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mosharraf Hossain & Shakib Al Hasan 1 |
Andre Nel 7 Albie Morkel 6 |
| Player of Series (ODIs) | Graeme Smith (RSA) | |
The South African cricket team toured Bangladesh for 2 Test matches and 3 One Day Internationals in February and March 2008. For South Africa, it represented the first tour after the retirement of bowler Shaun Pollock while Bangladesh were looking to rebuild after heavy defeats against New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
The naming of South Africa's squad was delayed for over a week after a selection row. The squad presented to Cricket South Africa (CSA) chiefs did not contain the expected number of black players (six) although this squad was eventually ratified and named to travel.[1] There was a late change when Robin Peterson replaced Paul Harris who had to undergo surgery for an abscess.[2]
Bangladesh recalled veteran left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique to their Test squad, his first inclusion since July 2007.[3]
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| February 22 - February 26 (scorecard) |
Bangladesh 192/10 (54.4 overs) |
v | South Africa 170/10 (60.3 overs) |
South Africa won by 5 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Steve Bucknor (WIN) Player of the Match: Jacques Kallis (RSA) |
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| Aftab Ahmed 44 (84) Morne Morkel 5/50 (13) |
AB de Villiers 46 (73) Shahadat Hossain 6/27 (15.3) |
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| 182/10 (73 overs) | 208/5 | ||||
| Junaid Siddique 74 (184) Jacques Kallis 5/30 (14) |
Graeme Smith 62 (104) Shahadat Hossain 3/70 (19) |
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| February 29 - March 4 (scorecard) |
South Africa 583/7 (dec) (161.1 overs) |
v | Bangladesh 259/10 (70.4 overs) |
South Africa won by an innings & 205 runs Chittagong, Bangladesh Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Steve Bucknor (WIN) Player of the Match: Graeme Smith (RSA) |
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| Graeme Smith 232 (277) Neil McKenzie 226 (388) Shahadat Hossain 3/107 (25 overs) |
Shahriar Nafees 69 (98) Makhaya Ntini 4/35 (13.4 overs) |
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| 119/10 (f/o) (39.5 overs) | |||||
| Abdur Razzak 32* (40) Robin Peterson 5/33 (13 overs) |
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| March 9 (scorecard) |
Bangladesh 178/10 (49 overs) |
v | South Africa 180/1 (36.5 overs) |
South Africa won by 9 wickets Chittagong, Bangladesh Umpires: Aleem Dar, Enamul Haque Player of the match: Graeme Smith |
| Tamim Iqbal 82 (98) Andre Nel 3/24 (10 overs) |
Graeme Smith 103* (118) Shakib Al Hasan 1/29 (8.5 overs) |
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| March 12 (scorecard) |
Bangladesh 173 (48.2 overs) |
v | South Africa 179/3 (48.1 overs) |
South Africa win by 7 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Nadir Shah (BAN) Player of the match: Andre Nel |
| Raqibul Hasan 63 (105) Andre Nel 4/27 (10 overs) |
AB de Villiers 69* (112) Abdur Razzak 2/32 (10 overs) |
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| March 14 (scorecard) |
Bangladesh 143 (42.5 overs) |
v | South Africa 147/3 (47.2 overs) |
South Africa win by 7 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Nadir Shah (BAN) Player of the match: Albie Morkel (RSA) |
| Shahriar Nafees 25 (33) Albie Morkel 4/29 (8 overs) |
Graeme Smith 68* (94) Mosharraf Hossain 1/26 (6 overs) |
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| February 17 - February 19 | BCB XI 412-9dec. |
v | South Africa 397 |
Match Drawn Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman & Nadir Shah |
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| Junaid Siddique 103 JA Botha 3-73 |
MV Boucher 107 Farhad Reza 3-73 |
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| 47-0 | |||||
| GC Smith 32* | |||||
| March 7 (scorecard) |
BCB XI 243/7 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 243/8 (50 overs) |
Match Tied Chittagong, Bangladesh Umpires: Enamul Haque & Sharafudoulla (both BAN) |
| Mahmudullah 37* (33) Paul Harris 2/30 (8 overs) |
Graeme Smith 70 (82) Mosharraf Hossain 3/19 (8 overs) |
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