New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08: Difference between revisions

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The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa between 25 October and 2 December 2007 and played 2 Test matches, 3 ODIs and 1 T20I 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Hashim Amla	Shane Bond (withdrawn)	Johan Botha	Shane Bond
Abraham de Villiers	Craig Cumming	Abraham de Villiers	James Franklin (withdrawn)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Paul Harris	Peter Fulton (withdrawn)	Herschelle Gibbs	Gareth Hopkins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 2007 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)
422/3d (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 Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)

2nd Test

16–20 November 2007 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 and 59 runs SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)

Only T20I

23 November 2007 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 won by 3 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)

• Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How (both NZ) and Dale Steyn (SA) made their T20I debuts

ODI series

1st ODI

25 November 2007 Scorecard

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

South Africa won by 2 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)

2nd ODI

30 November 2007 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 won by 7 wickets St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth 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