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Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to Pakistan 2007-08

 

 

Tour of Pakistan 2007-08         Captain: Graeme Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41st official Test tour

 

Third Test-playing tour of Pakistan by South Africa

 

 

   (September - October 2007)

 

 

 

South Africa returned to Pakistan for the first time since their 2003-04 tour was almost called off after a bomb explosion in an office block rocked Karachi days before they arrived. For this tour a two-man delegation from South Africa (Goolam Raja and Sean Gallagher) inspected the security arrangements and found them sufficiently strong to play in Karachi. But the South Africans expressed concerns over playing in Peshawar, in the North-West Frontier Province and asked for a revision in the itinerary.  In addition to the fourteen players there were 13 officials including three security personnel.

When Jacques Kallis was dumped from the World T20 championships squad he quit the vice-captaincy and said he was considering his future but after discussions with Cricket South Africa chief executive, Gerald Majola, he agreed to tour.

 

 

Other South African tours

 

Previous Tour

Sri Lanka 2006

 

Next tour

Bangladesh 2007-08

 

 

Next tour playing Pakistan

2010-11 in UAE

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party (14)

 

 

Opening batsmen  Herschelle Gibbs, Graeme Smith

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

Wicket-keepers  Mark Boucher,

Spin bowlers  Paul Harris

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

 

 

 

H M Amla

D

24

RHB

ODI

 

M V Boucher

CC

30

WK   vice-captain

ODI

 

A B de Villiers

T

23

RHB

ODI

 

J P Duminy

CC

23

RHB

ODI

 

H H Gibbs

CC

33

RHB opener

ODI

 

P L Harris

T

28

SLA

ODI

 

J H Kallis

CC

31

RHB   RFM

ODI

 

M Morkel

T

22

RFM

ODI

 

A Nel

T

30

RFM

ODI

 

M Ntini

W

30

RFM

ODI

 

S M Pollock

D

34

RHB   RFM

ODI

 

A G Prince

CC

30

LHB

ODI

 

G C Smith

CC

26

LHB opener   captain

ODI

 

D W Steyn

T

24

RF

ODI

 

Joined the tour party for the

J Botha

ODI

  one-day internationals

J M Kemp(vice-captain)

ODI

 

 

 

C K Langeveldt

ODI

 

 

 

J A Morkel

ODI

 

 

 

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Representation of Supersport Series teams:   

  

CC(Bo, WP) - Cape Cobras (6)

D  (KZN) - Dolphins (2)

E  (FS, GW) - Eagles (0)

HL(G, NW) - Highveld Lions (0)

T(Es, No) - Titans (5)

W(EP, Br) - Warriors (1)

 

  

 

 

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(1 October 2007) :

 27 yrs   9 months

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Kallis 107,  Pollock 107,  Boucher 102,  Gibbs 84,  Ntini 75,  Smith 54,  Prince 29,  de Villiers 28,  Nel 27,  Amla 13,  Steyn 11,  Harris 4,  Morkel 1,  Duminy 0,  Philander 0.

 

 

 

 

 

Team Officials

 

 

Dr Logan Naidoo

Team Manager

Goolam Rajah

Logistics Manager

Mickey Arthur

Coach

Vincent Barnes

Assistant coach

Shane Jabaar

Physiotherapist

Grant Compton

Physical trainer

Riann Muller

Masseur

Hendrikus Coertzen

Computer analyst

Dr K Von Hagen

Team Doctor

Michael Owen-Smith

Media manager

 

Dr Logan Naidoo served as Proteas team manager in a caretaker capacity for a year from September 2007.

Security officials: Mohammad Zunaid Wade, Faysal Nagel and Kirk Botha.

Grant Compton was the new fitness trainer. Adrian le Roux resigned after the tournament, saying he wanted to spend less time travelling but noting in a controversial report that some players were not responsible enough with regard to drinking alcohol before matches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Joubert Strydom (convenor of selectors),  Shafiek Abrahams,  Mickey Arthur (coach),  Mustapha Khan.

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Jaques Kallis resigned the vice-captaincy after being left out of the Proteas’ squad for the ICC World 20/20 tournament in South Africa.  On 1 October Ashwell Prince was appointed the new Test vice captain after a team meeting at their hotel base.

Unavailable:

Tour Party Announced :  20 September 2007.

Not selected :

 

 

Time between selection and departure from South Africa

  5 days

(20 September to 25 September)

 

 

 

 

Travel

 

Fourteen players, ten officials and three security specialists left for Pakistan on Tuesday night 25 September

They arrived in Karachi on Wednesday 26 September 2007 for the five week tour. Members of Pakistan's special forces, armed with AK-47's, escorted the team from the Jinnah International Airport to their hotel.

They had a two-hour practice session scheduled at the NBP Sports Complex prior to their sole warm-up match but cancelled it because of tiredness.

 

 

Time spent in Pakistan

   34 days

(26 September - 30 October)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

As normal, Ashwell Prince on being made vice-captain joined the tour selection committee, which also included Mickey Arthur (coach),  Vincent Barnes (bowling coach), and Graeme Smith (captain).

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

V D Philander

CC

22

RFM

ODI

 

Vernon Philander arrived in Karachi on Friday 5 October in place of Morne Morkel who fractured his left foot in training and flew home earl   Philander then pulled his hamstring.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

  Karachi(1)

Patron's XI

Drawn

KARACHI (2)

PAKISTAN  First Test

WON 160 r

LAHORE(3)

PAKISTAN  Second Test

DRAWN

  Lahore(4)

Pakistan Cricket Board XI

Won 176 r

§  Lahore(3)

Pakistan (1st ODI)

Won 45 r

§  Lahore(3)

Pakistan (2nd ODI)

Lost 25 r

§  Faisalabad

Pakistan (3rd ODI)

Lost 7 w

§  Multan

Pakistan (4th ODI)

Won 7 w

§  Lahore(3)

Pakistan (5th ODI)

Won 14 r

 

 

 

(1) National Bank Complex   (2)  National Stadium   (3)  Gadaffi Stadium    (4)  Bagh-e-Jinnah

 

 

† not first-class

§  one-day international

Twenty 20 international

 

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:  5 days

  (26 September - 1 October)

 

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

2  -  Amla,  Boucher,  de Villiers,  Gibbs,  Harris,  Kallis,  Nel,  Ntini, P rince,  Smith,  Steyn.

0 -   Duminy,  Morkel,  Pollock,  Philander

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

  Kallis became only the fourth South African to score a century in each innings of a Test match

 Mark Boucher broke Ian Healy’s world record of 395 Test dismissals as a wicket-keeper.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

2

1

0

1

-

Other first-class matches

0

-

-

-

-

Minor matches

2

1

0

1

-

§ One-day internationals

0

-

-

-

-

All Matches

9

5

2

2

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to South Africa

 

Morkel flew home on 2 October.

The team departed on 30 October from Karachi to Johannesburg.

 

Time away from South Africa    x days  

(25 September to arrive home in S AfI)

 

 

 

 

Finances

 

 

 

 

 



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