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Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to Bangladesh 2007-08

 

 

Tour of Bangladesh 2007-08          Captain: Graeme Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42nd official Test tour

 

Second Test-playing tour of Bangladesh by South Africa

 

 

(February - March 2008)

 

 

 

South Africa's selection panel included only four coloured players in the squad for Bangladesh despite reminders about the transformation policy guidelines from the President of Cricket South Africa that there should be seven. He was over-ruled by Gerald Majola, the Chief Executive Officer.  The President's power of veto was then removed. The squad was announced after a delay of nearly a week and only one day before the team were due to depart from South Africa for Bangladesh.

The South Africans were able to treat the Bangladeshi tour as a preparation for the Test series against India. South Africa's batsmen scored huge totals. Although they were restricted in the ODIs by the Bangladesh spin bowlers, the home side's batting proved very fragile, as it had in the Tests.  Smith questioned whether it would not be better for himself, Kallis and Boucher to miss the tour and rest, giving other players some Test experience. As it was, Smith continued playing but Kallis and Boucher were rested before the forthcoming encounter with India.

 

 

Other South African tours

 

Previous Tour

Pakistan 2007-08

 

Next tour

India 2007-08

 

 

Next tour of Bangladesh

 None scheduled

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party (14)

 

 

Opening batsmen  Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie

Middle-order batsmen  A B de Villiers, Hashim Amla,  J P Duminy, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince.

Wicket-keeper  Mark Boucher

Spin bowlers  Johan Botha, Robin Peterson

Fast bowlers  Morne Morkel,  Andre Nel,  Makhaya Ntini, Dale Steyn

 

H M Amla

D

24

RHB

ODI

 

J Botha

W

25

OB

ODI

 

M V Boucher

CC

30

WK

 

 

A B de Villiers

T

24

RHB     reserve WK

ODI

 

J P Duminy

CC

23

RHB

ODI

 

J H Kallis

CC

32

RHB    RFM

 

 

N D McKenzie

HL

32

RHB  opener

 

 

M Morkel

T

23

RFM

ODI

 

A Nel

T

30

RFM

ODI

 

M Ntini

W

30

RFM

 

 

R J Petersen

W

28

SLA

 

 

A G Prince

CC

30

LHB    vice-captain

 

 

G C Smith

CC

27

LHB opener   captain

ODI

 

D W Steyn

T

24

RF

ODI

 

 

Included only in the ODI squad

H H Gibbs

ODI

 

P L Harris

ODI

 

 

 

C K Langeveldt

ODI

 

 

 

J A Morkel

ODI

 

 

 

A N Petersen

ODI

 

 

 

V D Philander (withdrew)

ODI

 

 

 

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Representation of Supersport Series teams:   

  

CC(Bo, WP) - Cape Cobras (5)

D  (KZN) - Dolphins (1)

E  (FS, GW) - Eagles (0)

HL(G, NW) - Highveld Lions (1)

T(Es, No) - Titans (4)

W(EP, Br) - Warriors (3)

  

  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(22 February 2008) :

       27 yrs  10 months

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Kallis 114,  Boucher 109,  Ntini 82,  Smith 61,  McKenzie 42,  Prince 36,  de Villiers 35,  Nel 34,  Amla 20,  Steyn 18,  Peterson 5,  Botha 1,  Morkel 1,  Duminy 0.

 

 

 

 

 

Team Officials

 

Goolam Rajah

Logistics Manager

Dr Logan Naidoo

Team Manager

Mickey Arthur

Coach

 

Physiotherapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Joubert Strydom (convenor of selectors), Mustapha Khan and Shafiek Abrahams

 

Mickey Arthur (coach)  was taken off the national selection panel on 9 February.

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable:  -

Tour Party Announced :   12 February 2008.

Not selected :  Herschelle Gibbs, Charl Langeveldt, Monde Zondeki

Neil McKenzie (calf injury) and Andre Nel (neck injury) were selected after passing fitness tests.

 

Withdrawal :   Paul Harris (surgery on an abcess)   Robin Peterson was then called up to replace him on 13 February.

 

Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Makhaya Ntini were given a break for the ODI series in Bangladesh.

 

 

Time between selection and departure from South Africa

  x days

(12 February to depart in Saf)

 

 

 

 

Travel

 

The team arrived at Zia International Airport, Dhaka, on 15 February 2008.

Five one-day players (less Vilander who tore a hamstring and withdrew from the ODI squad) left South Africa on Tuesday afternoon 4 March to join the touring party and arrived in time for Wednesday afternoon's practice.

 

 

Time spent in Bangladesh

   29 days

(15 February - 15 March)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

-

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

None.

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

† Fatullah

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI

Drawn

MIRPUR

BANGLADESH  First Test

WON 5w

CHITTAGONG

BANGLADESH  Second Test

WON inns 205 r

† Chittagong

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI

Tied

§ Chittagong

Bangladesh (1st ODI)

Won 9 w

§ Mirpur

Bangladesh (2nd ODI)

Won 7 w

§ Mirpur

Bangladesh (3rd ODI)

Won 7 w

 

† not first-class

§  one-day international

Twenty 20 international

 

Time spent in Bangladesh before First Test:  7 days

(15 - 22 February)

 

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

2  -  Amla,  Boucher,  de Villiers,  Kallis,  McKenzie,  Morkel,  Ntini,  Prince,  Smith,  Steyn.

1 -   Botha,  Peterson.

0  -  Duminy,  Nel.

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

   With South Africa behind on first innings at Mirpur, Kallis took 5 for 30 to bowl Bangladesh out.

  Neil McKenzie and Graeme Smith put on 415 for the first wicket at Chittagong. This beat the world record for Test opening partnerships that had stood for 52 years.

  Steyn took 7 for 101 in the match at Chittagong, while Robin Peterson had his first five wicket haul in Test cricket with 5-33.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

2

2

0

0

0

Other first-class matches

0

-

-

-

-

Minor matches

2

0

0

1

1

§ One-day internationals

3

3

0

0

0

All Matches

7

5

0

1

1

 

 

 

† not first-class

§  one-day international

 

 

 

 

Return to South Africa

 

Kallis, Boucher, McKenzie, Ntini, Prince and Peterson returned home after the second Test.

The South African management changed the plans to travel directly from Bangladesh to India, so the remainder of the team flew back to South Africa on Saturday 15 March and would have less than a week at home before flying to India for another three-Test series.

 

Time away from South Africa    x days  

(depart SAf to arrive home in S AfI)

 

 

 

 

Finances

 

 

 

 



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