New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2007/08

1st Test – South Africa v New Zealand
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Thu 8 – Mon 12
10:30 local, 08:30 GMT

2nd Test – South Africa v New Zealand
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Fri 16 – Tue 20
10:30 local, 08:30 GMT

Only T20I – South Africa v New Zealand
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Fri 23, November 2007
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT

1st ODI – South Africa v New Zealand
Kingsmead, Durban
Sun 25, November 2007
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT

2nd ODI – South Africa v New Zealand
St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
Fri 30, November 2007
14:30 local, 12:30 GMT

3rd ODI – South Africa v New Zealand
Newlands, Cape Town
Sun 2, December 2007
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT

South Africa v New Zealand 1st Test

New Zealand in South Africa, 2007

South Africa v New Zealand

1st Test at Johannesburg

Date : Nov 08

Time : 08:00 GMT

South Africa Test Squad
Graeme Smith (Captain), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Paul Harris, Andre Nel, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince (Vice-captain), Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini, Dale Steyn

New Zealand Test Squad :
Daniel Vettori(Captain), Craig Cumming, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin, Iain O’Brien, Michael Papps, Scott Styris, Lou Vincent, Kyle Mills, Shane Bond, Stephen Fleming, Brendon McCullum, Michael Mason, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Ross Taylor

Australia v Sri Lanka 1st Test at Brisbane

Thursday, 08 November 2007

Test Match Series

First Test Match

Australia v Sri Lanka, Brisbane

Live action starts from: 00:00 GMT (05:30 IST)

Australia 1st Test Squad
Ricky Ponting (Captain), Stuart Clark, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Phil Jaques, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist(Vice-captain/keeper), Michael Clarke, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart MacGill, Shaun Tait

Sri Lanka Test Squad
Mahela Jayawardene(Captain), Marvan Atapattu, Sujeewa de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof, Jehan Mubarak, Thilan Samaraweera, Upul Tharanga, Michael Vandort, Kumar Sangakkara(Vice-captain), Malinga Bandara, Dilhara Fernando, Prasanna Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chamara Silva, Chaminda Vaas, Chanaka Welegedara

IND v PAK 2nd ODI Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

2nd ODI – India v Pakistan

Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Time : 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT

Date : 8 Thursday, November 2007

Established 1993

Floodlights Yes

End names Pavilion End, City End

Home team(s) PunjabCurator Daljit Singh

First Test
India v West Indies – Dec 10-14, 1994

Last Test
India v England – Mar 9-13, 2006

First ODI
India v South Africa – Nov 22, 1993

Last ODI
Australia v New Zealand – Nov 1, 2006

The Teams

India: Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) , Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Praveen Kumar (sub) , Rohit Sharma (sub) , S Sreesanth (sub) , Virender Sehwag (sub)

Pakistan: Kamran Akmal , Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik (c) , Misbah Ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Rao Iftikhar, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Fawad Alam (sub) , Yasir Hameed (sub) , Imran Nazir (sub) , Sohail Tanvir (sub)

India led the 5 match series 1-0

Pakistan in India 2007

India Vs Pakistan

Match : India v Pakistan , 1st ODI

Date : 05/11/2007

Venue : Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

Match Result : India Won by 5 wickets

India: 242/5 (47.0 Ovs)

Pakistan: 239/7 (50.0 Ovs)

Batting: Pakistan Innings

Total:(239 for 7 in 50 overs) 239 Run Rate: 4.78

Fall Of Wickets (Pakistan)
1/44 (Kamran Akmal, 10.1 ov.), 2/69 (Salman Butt, 17.5 ov.), 3/104 (Younis Khan, 29.5 ov.), 4/163 (Shahid Afridi, 38.5 ov.), 5/165 (Shoaib Malik, 40.2 ov.), 6/233 (Misbah Ul-Haq, 49.2 ov.), 7/239 (Abdur Rehman, 50 ov.)

Batting: India Innings
Total:(242 for 5 in 47 overs) 242 Run Rate: 5.15

Fall Of Wickets( India )
1/14 (Sachin Tendulkar, 2.5 ov.), 2/96 (Saurav Ganguly, 16.5 ov.), 3/113 (Gautam Gambhir, 20.5 ov.), 4/218 (Yuvraj Singh, 42.6 ov.), 5/225 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 44.1 ov.)

The Teams (India Vs Pakistan Cricket Match Team )

India: Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) , Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Praveen Kumar (sub) , Rohit Sharma (sub) , S Sreesanth (sub) , Virender Sehwag (sub)

Pakistan: Kamran Akmal , Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik (c) , Misbah Ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Rao Iftikhar, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Fawad Alam (sub) , Yasir Hameed (sub) , Imran Nazir (sub) , Sohail Tanvir (sub)

Match Summary

Pakistan innings
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 – 15.0
Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 2
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 – 20.0
Drinks: Pakistan – 67/1 in 17.0 overs (Salman Butt 48, Younis Khan 4)
Salman Butt: 50 off 56 balls (8 x 4)
Ganguly becomes the fourth Indian cricketer to appear in 50 One-day games against Pakistan.
Mohammad Yousuf completed 1000 runs against India when he was on 2*.
Pakistan: 100 runs in 28.3 overs (173 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: Pakistan – 137/3 in 35.0 overs (Mohammad Yousuf 22, Shahid Afridi 20)
Pakistan: 150 runs in 37.1 overs (227 balls), Extras 7
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (Mohammad Yousuf 25, Shahid Afridi 23, Ex 2)
Mohammad Yousuf: 50 off 70 balls (3 x 4)
Pakistan: 200 runs in 45.4 overs (279 balls), Extras 8
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (Mohammad Yousuf 31, Misbah-ul-Haq 18, Ex 1)
Mohammad Yousuf became only the fifth Pakistan batsman after Saleem Malik, Inzama-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar and Shoaib Malik to register ten or more fifty plus scores against India.
Innings Break: Pakistan – 239/7 in 50.0 overs (Mohammad Yousuf 82)

India innings
Sachin Tendulkar equals Sanath Jayasuiriya’s record of 403 ODI appearance and sets the record for the most number of innings batted, overtaking Jayasuriya’s 392 innings.
India: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (50 balls), Extras 10
Power Play 2: Overs 9.1 – 14.0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (SC Ganguly 24, G Gambhir 22, Ex 5)
Drinks: India – 81/1 in 14.0 overs (SC Ganguly 36, G Gambhir 30)
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 – 20.0
India: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (104 balls), Extras 11
India: 150 runs in 28.6 overs (179 balls), Extras 14
Drinks: India – 156/3 in 31.0 overs (MS Dhoni 30, Yuvraj Singh 25)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (MS Dhoni 19, Yuvraj Singh 28, Ex 4)
India: 200 runs in 40.2 overs (247 balls), Extras 16
Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 66 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
MS Dhoni: 50 off 68 balls (6 x 4)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 131 balls (MS Dhoni 37, Yuvraj Singh 58, Ex 5)
One Day International Scorers: Sajan Nair and Binoy George