New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08

New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08
Teams	New Zealand	South Africa
Dates	25 October – 2 December 2007
Captains	Daniel Vettori	Graeme Smith
Number of Tests	2
Tests won	0	2
Most runs (Tests)	Stephen Fleming 154	Jacques Kallis 346
Most wickets (Tests)	Chris Martin 6	Dale Steyn 20
Player of Series (Tests)	Dale Steyn
Number of ODIs	3
ODIs won	1	2
Most runs (ODIs)	Jamie How 181	Herschelle Gibbs 119
Most wickets (ODIs)	Kyle Mills 9	André Nel 4
Player of Series (ODIs)	Kyle Mills

The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa between 25 October and 2 December 2007 and played 2 Test matches, 3 ODIs and 1 Twenty20 match.

Squads

Test Squads		ODI Squads
South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand
Graeme Smith (c)	Daniel Vettori (c)	Graeme Smith (c)	Daniel Vettori (c)
Mark Boucher (wk)	Brendon McCullum (wk)	Mark Boucher (wk)	Brendon McCullum (wk)
Hashim Amla	Shane Bond (withdrawn)	Johan Botha	Shane Bond
Abraham de Villiers	Craig Cumming	Abraham de Villiers	James Franklin (withdrawn)
Herschelle Gibbs	Stephen Fleming	Jean-Paul Duminy	Mark Gillespie
Paul Harris	Peter Fulton (withdrawn)	Herschelle Gibbs	Gareth Hopkins
Jacques Kallis	Mark Gillespie	Jacques Kallis	Jamie How
André Nel	Chris Martin	Charl Langeveldt	Michael Mason
Makhaya Ntini	Michael Mason	Albie Morkel	Kyle Mills
Shaun Pollock	Kyle Mills	André Nel	Jacob Oram
Ashwell Prince	Jacob Oram	Makhaya Ntini	Jeetan Patel
Dale Steyn	Michael Papps	Vernon Philander	Scott Styris
	Jeetan Patel	Shaun Pollock	Ross Taylor
	Scott Styris	Dale Steyn	Lou Vincent
	Ross Taylor	Morne van Wyk

Lou Vincent was called up to the Test squad to replace Fulton.
Iain O'Brien was called up to the Test squad to replace Mills. Mills returned to the Test squad to replace Bond who was injured during the first Test.
Jamie How was called up to the Test squad on 11 November.
Chris Martin was called up to the ODI squad to replace Franklin.
Craig Cumming was called up to the ODI squad on 9 November.

Test series

1st Test

8 – 12 November
(scorecard)

South Africa	v	New Zealand
226 (74.3 overs) Herschelle Gibbs 63 (125) Shane Bond 4/73 (17 overs)		118 (41.3 overs) Stephen Fleming 40 (48) Dale Steyn 5/34 (14.3 overs)
422/3 dec (126 overs) Jacques Kallis 186 (262) Jacob Oram 1/49 (16.4 overs)		172 (51 overs) Daniel Vettori 46* (58) Dale Steyn 5/59 (17 overs)

South Africa won by 358 runs
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) & Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Dale Steyn

2nd Test

16 – 20 November
(scorecard)

New Zealand	v	South Africa
188 (56.4 overs) Craig Cumming 48 (107) Dale Steyn 4/42 (14 overs)		383 (97.3 overs) Jacques Kallis 131 (177) Mark Gillespie 5/136 (30 overs)
136 (34.3 overs) Stephen Fleming 54 (85) Dale Steyn 6/49 (10.3 overs)

South Africa won by an innings & 59 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa
Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) & Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Dale Steyn

Twenty20 Match

23 November
Scorecard

New Zealand 129/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 131/7 (19.5 overs)
Kyle Mills 33* (24) Shaun Pollock 3/28 (4 overs)		AB de Villiers 52* (45) Jeetan Patel 2/17 (4 overs)

South Africa by 3 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Umpires: Ian Howell and Brian Jerling
Player of the match: AB de Villiers

ODI series

1st ODI

25 November
Scorecard

New Zealand 248/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 249/8 (49.5 overs)
Jamie How 90 (124) André Nel 3/46 (10)		AB de Villiers 87 (103) Kyle Mills 5/25 (10)

South Africa by 2 wickets
Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa
Umpires: Mark Benson & Brian Jerling
Player of the match: AB de Villiers

2nd ODI

30 November
Scorecard

South Africa 209/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 210/3 (38.4 overs)
Shaun Pollock 52 (75) Kyle Mills 3/43 (8)		Brendon McCullum 81 (85) Charl Langeveldt 1/40 (8)

New Zealand by 7 wickets
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Umpires: Mark Benson & Marais Erasmus
Player of the match: Jamie How & Brendon McCullum

3rd ODI

2 December
Scorecard

New Zealand 238/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 242/5 (45.2 overs)
Mathew Sinclair 73 (78) Charl Langeveldt 2/46 (10)		Herschelle Gibbs 119 (101) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (10)

South Africa by 5 wickets
Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
Umpires: Mark Benson & Ian Howell
Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs

International cricket in 2007–08

Preceding season: International cricket in 2007

September 2007	2007 ICC World Twenty20

October 2007	Pakistan v South Africa India v Australia Intercontinental Cup

November 2007	Sri Lanka v England Australia v Sri Lanka India v Pakistan South Africa v New Zealand Zimbabwe v West Indies

December 2007	Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Australia v India South Africa v West Indies New Zealand v Bangladesh

January 2008	Pakistan v Zimbabwe

February 2008	ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Commonwealth Bank Series New Zealand v England Bangladesh v South Africa Women's Ashes

March 2008	India v South Africa West Indies v Sri Lanka Bangladesh v Ireland

Following season: International cricket in 2008

International cricket tours of South Africa

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1902–03 1919 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16

Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09

England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20

India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2011–12 2013–14 2017–18

Kenya	2001–02 2008–09

New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13

Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14

Sri Lanka	1994–95 1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2018–19

West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15

Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1997 2003 2007 2009

Other tours

Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, known as the South African rebel tours.

Australian	1985–86 1986–87

Bangladeshi	2000–01

Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06

English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000

Irish	2000–01 2011–12

Kenyan	1995–96

Multi-national	1959–60

Namibian	1992–93 1993–94

Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13

Sri Lankan	1982–83

West Indian	1982–83 1983–84