New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08
New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08 | ||
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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 (SA) | |
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 (NZ) |
New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 25 October to 2 December 2007 and played two Test matches, three ODI matches and one T20I match.
Squads[]
Test Squads | ODI Squads | ||
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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Hashim Amla | Shane Bond (withdrawn) | Johan Botha | Shane Bond |
AB de Villiers | Craig Cumming | AB de Villiers | James Franklin (withdrawn) |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Paul Harris | Peter Fulton (withdrawn) | Herschelle Gibbs | Gareth Hopkins |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 2007
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ross Taylor (NZ) made his Test debut.
- This was Daniel Vettori's first Test as New Zealand captain.[1]
- Jacques Kallis (SA) became the eighth batsman to pass 9,000 runs in Tests.[2]
- This was New Zealand's worst defeat, and South Africa's biggest win in terms of runs in Tests (358),[1] before the latter's 492-run win against Australia in 2018.[3]
2nd Test[]
16–20 November 2007
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mark Gillespie (NZ) made his Test debut.
- Hashim Amla (SA) passed 1,000 runs in Tests.[4]
- Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis (SA) became the eighth pair to record two consecutive partnerships of more than 200 runs in Tests.[5]
- Jacques Kallis became the first South Africa player to score at least a half-century in eight successive Tests.[5]
Only T20I[]
23 November 2007
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How (both NZ) and Dale Steyn (SA) made their T20I debuts
ODI series[]
1st ODI[]
2nd ODI[]
3rd ODI[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Manthorp, Neil. "First Test Match, South Africa v New Zealand 2007-08". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Kallis, the keystone of South Africa's batting". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Seervi, Bharath (3 April 2018). "Biggest Test win since 1934". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ South Africa v New Zealand, New Zealand in South Africa 2007/08 (2nd Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Manthorp, Neil. "Second Test Match, South Africa v New Zealand 2007-08". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2007 in South African cricket
- 2007–08 South African cricket season
- International cricket competitions in 2007–08
- New Zealand cricket tours of South Africa
- 2007 in New Zealand cricket