| West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08 | ||
| Teams | West Indies | South Africa |
| Dates | 14 December 2007 – 3 February 2008 | |
| Captains | Chris Gayle | Graeme Smith |
| Number of Tests | 3 | |
| Tests won | 1 | 2 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Marlon Samuels 314 | Graeme Smith 299 |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Dwayne Bravo 10 | Dale Steyn 20 |
| Player of Series (Tests) | Dale Steyn | |
| Number of ODIs | 5 | |
| ODIs won | 0 | 5 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 150 | Jean-Paul Duminy 227, Jacques Kallis 227 |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Daren Powell 5 | Morne Morkel 7, Charl Langeveldt 7 |
| Player of Series (ODIs) | Jean-Paul Duminy & Shaun Pollock | |
| Number of Twenty20s | 2 | |
| Twenty20 series | 1 | 1 |
| Most runs (Twenty20s) | Runako Morton 32 | Shaun Pollock 38 |
| Most wickets (Twenty20s) | Jerome Taylor 5 | Dale Steyn 4 |
The West Indies cricket team began touring South Africa on December 14 2007. The two teams played 3 Test matches, 5 One-day Internationals, and 2 Twenty20 Internationals before the end of the tour on February 3, 2008.
Prior to the series, West Indies had never registered a Test victory in South Africa and lost the previous series 2-0, in 2003/4 and lost the last two meetings between the two sides, in the ICC World Twenty20, where South Africa won by 3 wickets, and in the World Cup in the West Indies, where the South Africans emerged victorious by 67 runs.
The West Indies warmed up for the series with a 3-1 one-day international series victory over Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe although their preparations were hampered by a hamstring injury to acting captain Chris Gayle. South Africa beat New Zealand in Test and One Day International series while also winning the one-off Twenty20 International.
West Indian captain Ramnaresh Sarwan missed the tour through injury, meaning Gayle was captain in his absence, however thumb and hamstring injuries to Gayle left Dwayne Bravo as captain for both Twenty20 Internationals and the entire ODI series. South Africa named the same Test squad that beat both New Zealand, and Pakistan, although Neil McKenzie was added to the squad ahead of the second Test and Monde Zondeki was added ahead of the third Test.
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| December 16 scorecard |
South Africa 58/8 (13 overs) |
v | West Indies 60/5 (9.5 overs) |
West Indies won by 5 wickets St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: Ian Howell, Brian Jerling Player of the match: Jerome Taylor |
| Johan Botha 28* (22) Jerome Taylor 3/6 (3 overs) |
Runako Morton 20 (14) Dale Steyn 4/9 (3 overs) |
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| January 18 scorecard |
West Indies 131/7 (20 overs) |
v | South Africa 134/6 (19.2 overs) |
South Africa won by 4 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: Rudi Koertzen, Brian Jerling Player of the match: Shaun Pollock |
| Dwayne Bravo 24 (17) Makhaya Ntini 2/22 (4 overs) |
Shaun Pollock 36* (25) Darren Sammy 3/21 (4 overs) |
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| 26 December - 30 December (scorecard) |
West Indies 408 (133.4 overs) |
v | South Africa 195 (62.1 overs) |
West Indies won by 128 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK), RB Tiffen (ZWE) Player of the Match: MN Samuels |
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| S Chanderpaul 104 (253) M Ntini 3/100 (30 overs) |
AB de Villiers 59 (127) DJ Bravo 4/24 (13.1 overs) |
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| 175 (57.4 overs) | 260 (74.5 overs) | ||||
| D Ganga 45 PL Harris 4/35 |
JH Kallis 85 (126) FH Edwards 3/37 (13 overs) |
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| 2 January - 6 January (scorecard) |
West Indies 243 (92 overs) |
v | South Africa 321 (118.2 overs) |
South Africa won by 7 wickets Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: SJA Taufel (AUS) and RB Tiffen (ZWE) Player of the Match: AG Prince |
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| S Chanderpaul 65* (223) DW Steyn 4/60 (20 overs) |
AG Prince 98 (225) DJ Bravo 4/82 (37 overs) |
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| 262 (101.5 overs) | 186/3 (35.2 overs) | ||||
| S Chanderpaul 70* (168) DW Steyn 4/44 (19.5 overs) |
GC Smith 85 (79) RN Lewis 2/42 (8.2 overs) |
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| 10 January - 14 January (scorecard) |
West Indies 139 (34.3 overs) |
v | South Africa 556/4 dec. (120 overs) |
South Africa won by an innings and 100 runs Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and SJA Taufel (AUS) Player of the Match: AG Prince |
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| D Ramdin 30 (25) SM Pollock 4/35 (11 overs) |
GC Smith 147 (165) MN Samuels 1/90 (21 overs) |
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| 317 (86.5 overs) | |||||
| MN Samuels 105 (190) DW Steyn 6/72 (21.5 overs) |
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| January 20 scorecard |
West Indies 175 (35.5 overs) |
v | South Africa 176/4 (34 overs) |
South Africa won by 6 wickets SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: Rudi Koertzen, Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Jean-Paul Duminy |
| Runako Morton 41 (50) Dale Steyn 2/24 (7.5 overs) |
Jean-Paul Duminy 79* (88) Dwayne Bravo 1/28 (4 overs) |
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| January 25 scorecard |
South Africa 255/9 (50 overs) |
v | West Indies 169 (48.2 overs) |
South Africa won by 86 runs Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS), Brian Jerling Player of the match: Shaun Pollock |
| Graeme Smith 86 (107) Jerome Taylor 4/34 (10 overs) |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 54 (83) Morne Morkel 4/36 (8.2 overs) |
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| January 27 scorecard |
West Indies 252/7 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 256/3 (48.4 overs) |
South Africa won by 7 wickets St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Ian Howell (RSA) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (RSA) |
| Marlon Samuels 98 (88) Johan Botha 2/29 (7) |
Jacques Kallis 121* (133) Marlon Samuels 1/38 (10) |
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| February 1 scorecard |
West Indies 263/9 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 266/5 (47.5 overs) |
South Africa won by 5 wickets Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS), Ian Howell Player of the match: AB de Villiers (RSA) |
| Sewnarine Chattergoon 48 (68) Andre Nel 2/44 (10 overs) |
AB de Villiers 77 (86) Dwayne Bravo 2/31 (8.5 overs) |
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| February 3 scorecard |
West Indies 295/7 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 211/2 (28.5 overs) |
South Africa won by 8 wickets (D/L method) New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS), Brian Jerling Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs |
| Devon Smith 91 (76) Charl Langeveldt 3/61 (10 overs) |
Herschelle Gibbs 102 (84) Daren Powell 2/39 (7 overs) |
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| December 14 scorecard |
West Indies 110/5 (16.2 overs) |
v | Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI 176/9 (25 overs) |
Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI won by 5 runs (D/L method) Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa Umpires: Ian Howell and Brian Jerling |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul 44 (27) Shaun Pollock 1/5 (3 overs) |
Shaun Pollock 54 (40) Fidel Edwards 2/23 (5 overs) |
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| 19 December - 22 December scorecard |
West Indies 193 (65.1 overs) |
v | South Africa A 371 (106.5 overs) |
South Africa A won by 10 wickets Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa Umpires: Ian Howell and Brian Jerling Player of the Match: Monde Zondeki |
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| Runako Morton 54 (88) Monde Zondeki 5/39 (16 overs) |
Justin Ontong 114* (145) Dwayne Bravo 6/51 (15.5 overs) |
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| 214 (78.3 overs) | 39/0 (9 overs) | ||||
| Dwayne Bravo 67 (132) Johan Botha 4/20 (13.3 overs) |
Morné van Wyk 23* (33) Marlon Samuels 0/2 (1 over) |
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