South African cricket team in India in 2007-08

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South African cricket team in India in 2007–08
Teams
India
South Africa
Dates 20 March 2008 – 15 April 2008
Captains Anil Kumble
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (3rd Test)]]		 Graeme Smith
Number of Tests 3
Tests won 1 1
Most runs (Tests) Virender Sehwag 372
Sourav Ganguly 211
Rahul Dravid 178		 Neil McKenzie 341
Hashim Amla 307
AB de Villiers 304
Most wickets (Tests) Harbhajan Singh 19
Virender Sehwag 6
Ishant Sharma 5		 Dale Steyn 15
Makhaya Ntini 10
Morne Morkel &
Paul Harris 8
Player of Series (Tests) Harbhajan Singh (IND)

The South African cricket team is touring India starting from March 2008 and playing 3 test matches [1]. The tour started on March 26, with the first Test match in Chennai, with further Tests to follow in Ahmedabad, and Kanpur.[1]

Contents

[edit] Squads

Test Squads
Flag of India India Flag of South Africa South Africa
Anil Kumble (c) Graeme Smith (c)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) Mark Boucher (wk)
Wasim Jaffer Ashwell Prince
Virender Sehwag Hashim Amla
Rahul Dravid AB de Villiers
Sachin Tendulkar Jean-Paul Duminy
Saurav Ganguly Paul Harris
V V S Laxman Jacques Kallis
Yuvraj Singh Charl Langeveldt
Irfan Pathan Neil McKenzie
Harbhajan Singh Morne Morkel
Murali Kartik Makhaya Ntini
Rudra Pratap Singh Robin Peterson
S. Sreesanth Dale Steyn

[edit] Test series

[edit] 1st Test

26 March - 30 March
(scorecard)
South Africa Flag of South Africa
540 (152.5 overs)		 vs Flag of India India
627 (155.1 overs)		 Match Drawn
Chennai, India
Umpires: Asad Rauf & Tony Hill
Man of the Match: Virender Sehwag (IND)
Hashim Amla 159 (262)
Harbhajan Singh 5/164 (44.5 overs)		 Virender Sehwag 319 (304)
Dale Steyn 4/103 (32 overs)
331/5(dec) (109 overs)
Neil McKenzie 155* (339)
Harbhajan Singh 3/101 (34 overs)
  • Virender Sehwag's 309* on day three was the second time an Indian has scored a triple century. Sehwag also scored the first one.
  • Sehwag is also the first batsman to score a triple century in India.
  • Sehwag also scored the fastest triple century in terms of deliveries (278).
  • Sehwag is the third batsman after Brian Lara and Don Bradman to score two triple centuries.
  • Sehwag scored 257 runs on day three, making him the first batsman to score more than 250 runs in a day in a test match in over 50 years. There are only three other batsman that bettered this:Don Bradman twice (309) and (271), Wally Hammond (295), and Dennis Compton (273).
  • Sehwag is also the first batsman to be involved in two double century stands, 213 for the first wicket and an unbeaten 255 run partnership for the second wicket. This also the first time that a double century stand has occurred for the first and second wicket in an innings.
  • Each of Sehwag's last ten centuries have been greater than 150.
  • In the 14 innings when Sehwag has scored a century, his strike rate has been 77.79. Among batsmen with at least ten Test hundreds, only Adam Gilchrist has a faster strike-rate in centuries (99.64).

[edit] 2nd Test

April 3 - April 7
India Flag of India
76/10 (20 overs)		 vs Flag of South Africa South Africa
494/7(dec) (141.2 overs)		 Flag of South Africa South Africa win by an innings & 90 runs
Ahmedabad, India
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) & Tony Hill (NZL)
Irfan Pathan 21* (17)
Dale Steyn 5/23 (8 overs)		 AB de Villiers 217* (333)
Harbhajan Singh 4/135 (40 overs)
328/10 (94.2 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 87 (149)
Makhaya Ntini 3/44 (16.2 overs)

[edit] 3rd Test

April 11 - April 15
(scorecard)
South Africa Flag of South Africa
265 (87.3 overs)		 vs India Flag of India
288/9 (88 overs)		 Flag of India India won by 8 wickets
Kanpur, India
Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) & Billy Doctrove (WIN)
Man of the Match: Sourav Ganguly (IND)
Graeme Smith 69 (134)
Harbhajan Singh 3/52 (31 overs)		 Sourav Ganguly 87 (119)
Morne Morkel 3/57 (13 overs)
121 (55.5 overs) 64/2 (13.1 overs)
Graeme Smith 35 (90)
Harbhajan Singh 4/44 (23 overs)		 Virender Sehwag 22 (12)
Morne Morkel 1/8 (5 overs)
Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets, was the man of the series.
Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets, was the man of the series.
v • d • e
International cricket in 2007-08
Preceding season: International cricket in 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
India v South Africa  · West Indies v Sri Lanka  · Bangladesh v Ireland
Following season: International cricket in 2008

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cricket World. "India Finalise South Africa Tour Dates", Cricket World, January 23, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.