International cricket in 2007–08

The 2007–08 international cricket season was from September 2007 and April 2008.

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			Test	ODI	T20I
29 September 2007	India	Australia	—	2–4 [7]	1–0 [1]
1 October 2007	Pakistan	South Africa	0–1 [2]	2–3 [5]	—
1 October 2007	Sri Lanka	England	1–0 [3]	2–3 [5]	—
6 November 2007	India	Pakistan	1–0 [3]	3–2 [5]	—
8 November 2007	Australia	Sri Lanka	2–0 [2]	—	—
8 November 2007	South Africa	New Zealand	2–0 [2]	2–1 [3]	1–0 [1]
30 November 2007	Zimbabwe	West Indies	—	1–3 [5]	—
11 December 2007	Australia	New Zealand	—	2–0 [3]	1–0 [1]
16 December 2007	South Africa	West Indies	2–1 [3]	5–0 [5]	1–1 [2]
26 December 2007	Australia	India	2–1 [4]	—	1–0 [1]
26 December 2007	New Zealand	Bangladesh	2–0 [2]	3–0 [3]	—
21 January 2008	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	—	5–0 [5]	—
5 February 2008	New Zealand	England	1–2 [3]	3–1 [5]	0–2 [2]
22 February 2008	Bangladesh	South Africa	0–2 [2]	0–3 [3]	—
18 March 2008	Bangladesh	Ireland	—	3–0 [3]	—
22 March 2008	West Indies	Sri Lanka	1–1 [2]	2–0 [3]	—
26 March 2008	India	South Africa	1–1 [3]	—	—
International tournaments
Dates	Tournament			Winners
11 September 2007	ICC World Twenty20			India
3 February 2008	Commonwealth Bank Series			India
Minor tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			First-class		List A
18 October 2007	Kenya	Canada	1–0 [1]		2–0 [2]
25 October 2007	Kenya	Bermuda	1–0 [1]		3–0 [3]
Minor tournaments
Dates	Tournament			Winners
1 September 2007	Twenty20 Quadrangular Series in Kenya			Pakistan
24 November 2007	ICC World Cricket League Division Two			UAE

Pre-season rankings

ICC Test Championship 1 August 2007 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1   Australia 25 3534 141 2   England 32 3671 115 3   Sri Lanka 25 2673 107 4   South Africa 27 2759 102 5   India 25 2547 102 6   Pakistan 26 2573 99 7   New Zealand 15 1481 99 8   West Indies 24 1717 72 9   Bangladesh 18 65 4 ICC ODI Championship 1 August 2007 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1   Australia 27 3496 129 2   South Africa 24 2939 124 3   New Zealand 25 2843 114 4   Sri Lanka 32 3536 111 5   India 30 3314 110 6   Pakistan 18 1943 108 7   West Indies 28 2853 102 8   England 23 2326 101 9   Bangladesh 26 1238 48 10   Ireland 8 227 28 11   Zimbabwe 22 370 18 12   Kenya 6 0 0 September Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular Main article: 2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Match 1 1 September   Pakistan Shoaib Malik   Uganda Joel Olwenyi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Pakistan by 148 runs T20I 17 1 September   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Bangladesh by 5 wickets Match 3 2 September   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Uganda Joel Olwenyi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Uganda by 2 wickets T20I 18 2 September   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful   Pakistan Shoaib Malik Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Pakistan by 30 runs Match 5 3 September   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful   Uganda Joel Olwenyi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Bangladesh by 21 runs T20I 19 3 September   Kenya Thomas Odoyo   Pakistan Shoaib Malik Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Pakistan by 8 wickets ICC World Twenty20 Main article: 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Group stage Group A Pos Seed Team v t e Pld W L NR Pts NRR 1 A1   South Africa 2 2 0 0 4 0.974 2 A3   Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 2 0.149 3 A2   West Indies 2 0 2 0 0 −1.233 Source:^[citation needed] Group B Pos Seed Team v t e Pld W L NR Pts NRR 1 B1   Australia 2 1 1 0 2 0.987 2 B2   England 2 1 1 0 2 0.209 3 B3   Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 2 −1.196 Source:^[citation needed] Group C Pos Seed Team v t e Pld W L NR Pts NRR 1 C2   Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0 4 4.721 2 C1   New Zealand 2 1 1 0 2 2.396 3 C3   Kenya 2 0 2 0 0 −8.047 Source:^[citation needed] Group D Pos Seed Team v t e Pld W L NR Pts NRR 1 D2   India 2 1 0 1 3 0.000 2 D1   Pakistan 2 1 1 0 2 1.275 3 D3   Scotland 2 0 1 1 1 −2.550 Source:^[citation needed] No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage T20I 20 11 September   South Africa Graeme Smith   West Indies Ramnaresh Sarwan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 8 wickets T20I 21 12 September   Kenya Steve Tikolo   New Zealand Daniel Vettori Kingsmead, Durban   New Zealand by 9 wickets T20I 22 12 September   Pakistan Shoaib Malik   Scotland Ryan Watson Kingsmead, Durban   Pakistan by 51 runs T20I 23 12 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Newlands, Cape Town   Zimbabwe by 5 wickets T20I 24 13 September   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful   West Indies Ramnaresh Sarwan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Bangladesh by 6 wickets T20I 25 13 September   England Paul Collingwood   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Newlands, Cape Town   England by 50 runs T20I 26 13 September   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni   Scotland Ryan Watson Kingsmead, Durban Match abandoned T20I 27 14 September   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Sri Lanka by 172 runs T20I 28 14 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Paul Collingwood Newlands, Cape Town   Australia by 8 wickets T20I 29 14 September   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni   Pakistan Shoaib Malik Kingsmead, Durban Match tied (  India won the bowl-out) T20I 30 15 September   New Zealand Daniel Vettori   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Sri Lanka by 7 wickets T20I 31 15 September   South Africa Graeme Smith   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 7 wickets Super Eights Group E Pos Team v t e Pld W L NR Pts NRR 1   India 3 2 1 0 4 0.750 2   New Zealand 3 2 1 0 4 0.050 3   South Africa 3 2 1 0 4 −0.116 4   England 3 0 3 0 0 −0.700 Source:^[citation needed] Group F Pos Team v t e Pld W L NR Pts NRR 1   Pakistan 3 3 0 0 6 0.843 2   Australia 3 2 1 0 4 2.256 3   Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0 2 −0.697 4   Bangladesh 3 0 3 0 0 −2.031 Source:^[citation needed] No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Super Eights T20I 32 16 September   New Zealand Daniel Vettori   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   New Zealand by 10 runs T20I 33 16 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Newlands, Cape Town   Australia by 9 wickets T20I 34 16 September   South Africa Graeme Smith   England Paul Collingwood Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 19 runs T20I 35 17 September   Pakistan Shoaib Malik   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Pakistan by 33 runs T20I 36 18 September   New Zealand Daniel Vettori   England Paul Collingwood Kingsmead, Durban   New Zealand by 5 runs T20I 37 18 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   Pakistan Shoaib Malik New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Pakistan by 6 wickets T20I 38 18 September   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Sri Lanka by 64 runs T20I 39 19 September   South Africa Graeme Smith   New Zealand Daniel Vettori Kingsmead, Durban   South Africa by 6 wickets T20I 40 19 September   England Paul Collingwood   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni Kingsmead, Durban   India by 18 runs T20I 41 20 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Newlands, Cape Town   Australia by 10 wickets T20I 42 20 September   Pakistan Shoaib Malik   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Newlands, Cape Town   Pakistan by 4 wickets T20I 43 20 September   South Africa Graeme Smith   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni Kingsmead, Durban   India by 37 runs Knockout stage No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Semi-finals T20I 44 22 September   New Zealand Daniel Vettori   Pakistan Shoaib Malik Newlands, Cape Town   Pakistan by 6 wickets T20I 45 22 September   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni   Australia Adam Gilchrist Kingsmead, Durban   India by 15 runs Final T20I 46 24 September   Pakistan Shoaib Malik   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   India by 5 runs Australia in India Main article: Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2621 29 September Mahendra Singh Dhoni Adam Gilchrist M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Match abandoned ODI 2623 2 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Adam Gilchrist Nehru Stadium, Kochi   Australia by 84 runs ODI 2625 5 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad   Australia by 47 runs ODI 2627 8 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh   India by 8 runs ODI 2629 11 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Reliance Stadium, Baroda   Australia by 9 wickets ODI 2631 14 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur   Australia by 18 runs ODI 2632 17 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   India by 2 wickets T20I T20I 47 20 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai   India by 7 wickets October South Africa in Pakistan Main article: South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1843 1–5 October Shoaib Malik Graeme Smith National Stadium, Karachi   South Africa by 160 runs Test 1844 8–12 October Shoaib Malik Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Match drawn ODI series ODI 2633 18 October Shoaib Malik Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   South Africa by 45 runs ODI 2635 20 October Shoaib Malik Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 20 runs ODI 2637 23 October Shoaib Malik Graeme Smith Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Pakistan by 6 wickets ODI 2639 26 October Shoaib Malik Graeme Smith Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan   South Africa by 7 wickets ODI 2642 29 October Shoaib Malik Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   South Africa by 14 runs England in Sri Lanka Main article: English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2622 1 October Mahela Jayawardene Paul Collingwood Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   Sri Lanka by 119 runs ODI 2624 4 October Mahela Jayawardene Paul Collingwood Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   England by 65 runs ODI 2626 7 October Mahela Jayawardene Paul Collingwood Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   England by 2 wickets (D/L) ODI 2628 10 October Mahela Jayawardene Paul Collingwood R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   England by 5 wickets ODI 2630 13 October Mahela Jayawardene Paul Collingwood R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   Sri Lanka by 107 runs Test series Test 1851 1–5 December Mahela Jayawardene Michael Vaughan Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy   Sri Lanka by 88 runs Test 1853 9–13 December Mahela Jayawardene Michael Vaughan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Match drawn Test 1854 18–22 December Mahela Jayawardene Michael Vaughan Galle International Stadium, Galle Match drawn Canada in Kenya Main article: Canadian cricket team in Kenya in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2634 18 October Steve Tikolo Sunil Dhaniram Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 4 wickets ODI 2636 20 October Steve Tikolo Sunil Dhaniram Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 4 wickets Bermuda in Kenya No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2638 25 October Steve Tikolo Irving Romaine Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 8 wickets ODI 2640 28 October Steve Tikolo Irving Romaine Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 3 wickets ODI 2641 29 October Steve Tikolo Irving Romaine Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 1 wicket November Pakistan in India Main article: Pakistani cricket team in India in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2643 6 November Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shoaib Malik Nehru Stadium, Guwahati   India by 5 wickets ODI 2644 8 November Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shoaib Malik Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali   Pakistan by 4 wickets ODI 2645 11 November Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shoaib Malik Green Park Stadium, Kanpur   India by 46 runs ODI 2646 15 November Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shoaib Malik Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior   India by 6 wickets ODI 2647 18 November Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shoaib Malik Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   Pakistan by 31 runs Test series Test 1849 22–26 November Anil Kumble Shoaib Malik Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi   India by 6 wickets Test 1850 30 November – 4 December Anil Kumble Younis Khan Eden Gardens, Kolkata Match drawn Test 1852 8–12 December Anil Kumble Younis Khan M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Match drawn Sri Lanka in Australia Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1845 8–12 November Ricky Ponting Mahela Jayawardene The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by an innings and 40 runs Test 1847 16–20 November Ricky Ponting Mahela Jayawardene Bellerive Oval. Hobart   Australia by 96 runs New Zealand in South Africa Main article: New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1846 8–12 November Graeme Smith Daniel Vettori New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 358 runs Test 1848 16–20 November Graeme Smith Daniel Vettori SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by an innings and 59 runs T20I series T20I 48 23 November Graeme Smith Daniel Vettori New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 3 wickets ODI series ODI 2648 25 November Graeme Smith Daniel Vettori Kingsmead, Durban   South Africa by 2 wickets ODI 2650 30 November Graeme Smith Daniel Vettori St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   New Zealand by 7 wickets ODI 2652 2 December Graeme Smith Daniel Vettori Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 5 wickets West Indies in Zimbabwe Main article: West Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2649 30 November Prosper Utseya Chris Gayle Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 30 runs ODI 2651 2 December Prosper Utseya Chris Gayle Harare Sports Club, Harare   West Indies by 110 runs ODI 2653 5 December Prosper Utseya Dwayne Bravo Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo   West Indies by 6 wickets ODI 2654 7 December Prosper Utseya Dwayne Bravo Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo   West Indies by 5 wickets ODI 2654a 9 December Prosper Utseya Dwayne Bravo Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Match abandoned World Cricket League Division 2 Main article: 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two Group stage Pos Team v t e Pld W L T NR Pts NRR 1   Oman 5 5 0 0 0 10 0.767 2   United Arab Emirates 5 4 1 0 0 8 1.660 3   Namibia 5 3 2 0 0 6 1.543 4   Denmark 5 2 3 0 0 4 −1.113 5   Uganda 5 1 4 0 0 2 0.140 6   Argentina 5 0 5 0 0 0 −2.845 Source:^[citation needed] No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage 24 November   Argentina Esteban MacDermott   Oman Hemal Mehta Centre for Cricket Development Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Oman by 18 runs 24 November   Namibia Bjorn Kotze   Denmark Frederik Klokker Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Namibia by 8 wickets 24 November   Uganda Davis Arinaitwe   United Arab Emirates Saqib Ali United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   United Arab Emirates by 7 wickets 25 November   Argentina Esteban MacDermott   Namibia Bjorn Kotze United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Namibia by 178 runs 25 November   Denmark Frederik Klokker   United Arab Emirates Saqib Ali Centre for Cricket Development Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   United Arab Emirates by 4 wickets 25 November   Oman Hemal Mehta   Uganda Davis Arinaitwe Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Oman by 3 wickets 27 November   Argentina Esteban MacDermott   United Arab Emirates Saqib Ali Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   United Arab Emirates by 304 runs 27 November   Denmark Frederik Klokker   Uganda Davis Arinaitwe United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Denmark by 21 runs 27 November   Namibia Bjorn Kotze   Oman Ameet Sampat Centre for Cricket Development Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Oman by 2 wickets Match 10 28 November   Argentina Esteban MacDermott   Uganda Davis Arinaitwe Centre for Cricket Development Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Uganda by 9 wickets Match 11 28 November   Denmark Frederik Klokker   Oman Ameet Sampat United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Oman by 6 wickets Match 12 28 November   Namibia Bjorn Kotze   United Arab Emirates Saqib Ali Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   United Arab Emirates by 5 wickets Match 13 30 November   Argentina Esteban MacDermott   Denmark Frederik Klokker Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Denmark by 3 wickets Match 14 30 November   Namibia Bjorn Kotze   Uganda Davis Arinaitwe Centre for Cricket Development Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Namibia by 27 runs Match 15 30 November   Oman Ameet Sampat   United Arab Emirates Saqib Ali United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Oman by 25 runs Finals and playoffs No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Final 1 December   Oman Ameet Sampat   United Arab Emirates Saqib Ali Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   United Arab Emirates by 67 runs 3rd Place Playoff 1 December   Namibia Bjorn Kotze   Denmark Frederik Klokker United Ground, Windhoek, Windhoek, Namibia   Namibia by 4 wickets 5th Place Playoff 1 December   Uganda Davis Arinaitwe   Argentina Esteban MacDermott Centre for Cricket Development Ground, Windhoek, Namibia   Uganda by 181 runs December New Zealand in Australia Main article: 2007–08 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I T20I 49 11 December Michael Clarke Daniel Vettori WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by 54 runs ODI series ODI 2655 14 December Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 7 wickets ODI 2656 16 December Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Match abandoned ODI 2657 20 December Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori Bellerive Oval, Hobart   Australia by 114 runs West Indies in South Africa Main article: West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I series T20I 50 16 December Shaun Pollock Dwayne Bravo St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   West Indies by 5 wickets T20I 51 18 January Graeme Smith Dwayne Bravo New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 4 wickets Test series Test 1856 26–30 December Graeme Smith Chris Gayle St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   West Indies by 128 runs Test 1858 2–6 January Graeme Smith Chris Gayle Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 7 wickets Test 1860 10–14 January Graeme Smith Dwayne Bravo Kingsmead, Durban   South Africa by an innings and 100 runs ODI series ODI 2661 20 January Graeme Smith Dwayne Bravo SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 6 wickets ODI 2664 25 January Graeme Smith Dwayne Bravo Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 86 runs ODI 2666 27 January Graeme Smith Dwayne Bravo St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   South Africa by 7 wickets ODI 2668 1 February Graeme Smith Dwayne Bravo Kingsmead, Durban   South Africa by 5 wickets ODI 2671 3 February Graeme Smith Dwayne Bravo New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 8 wickets India in Australia Main article: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1855 26–30 December Ricky Ponting Anil Kumble Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 337 runs Test 1857 2–6 January Ricky Ponting Anil Kumble Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 122 runs Test 1862 16–20 January Ricky Ponting Anil Kumble WACA Ground, Perth   India by 72 runs Test 1863 24–28 January Ricky Ponting Anil Kumble Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Match drawn T20I T20I 52 1 February Michael Clarke Mahendra Singh Dhoni Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 9 wickets Bangladesh in New Zealand Main article: Bangladesh cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2658 26 December Daniel Vettori Mohammad Ashraful Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 6 wickets ODI 2659 28 December Daniel Vettori Mohammad Ashraful McLean Park, Napier   New Zealand by 102 runs ODI 2660 31 December Daniel Vettori Mohammad Ashraful Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown   New Zealand by 10 wickets Test series Test 1859 4–8 January Daniel Vettori Mohammad Ashraful University Oval, Dunedin   New Zealand by 9 wickets Test 1861 12–16 January Daniel Vettori Mohammad Ashraful Basin Reserve, Wellington   New Zealand by an innings and 137 runs January Zimbabwe in Pakistan Main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2662 21 January Shoaib Malik Prosper Utseya National Stadium, Karachi   Pakistan by 104 runs ODI 2663 24 January Shoaib Malik Prosper Utseya Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad   Pakistan by 5 wickets ODI 2665 27 January Shoaib Malik Hamilton Masakadza Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan   Pakistan by 37 runs ODI 2667 30 January Shoaib Malik Hamilton Masakadza Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Pakistan by 7 wickets ODI 2669 2 February Shoaib Malik Hamilton Masakadza Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura   Pakistan by 7 wickets February Commonwealth Bank Series Main article: 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series Group Stage Pos Team v t e Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR For Against 1   Australia 8 5 2 0 1 4 26 0.769 1477/329.3 1208/325.2 2   India 8 3 3 0 2 1 17 0.121 1184/248.2 1250/269 3   Sri Lanka 8 2 5 0 1 0 10 −0.949 1167/298.3 1370/282 Source: Cricinfo Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result ODI 2670 3 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni The Gabba, Brisbane Match abandoned ODI 2672 5 February   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene The Gabba, Brisbane Match abandoned ODI 2673 8 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 128 runs ODI 2675 10 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   India by 5 wickets ODI 2676 12 February   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Manuka Oval, Canberra   Sri Lanka by 8 wickets (D/L) ODI 2679 15 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by 63 runs ODI 2680 17 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 50 runs ODI 2681 19 February   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   India by 2 wickets ODI 2683 22 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 24 runs (D/L) ODI 2685 24 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 18 runs ODI 2686 26 February   India Mahendra Singh Dhoni   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Bellerive Oval. Hobart   India by 7 wickets ODI 2687 29 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Sri Lanka by 13 runs Finals England in New Zealand Main article: English cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I series T20I 53 5 February Brendon McCullum Paul Collingwood Eden Park, Auckland   England by 32 runs T20I 54 7 February Brendon McCullum Paul Collingwood Jade Stadium, Christchurch   England by 50 runs ODI series ODI 2674 9 February Daniel Vettori Paul Collingwood Basin Reserve, Wellington   New Zealand by 6 wickets ODI 2677 12 February Daniel Vettori Paul Collingwood Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 10 wickets ODI 2678 15 February Daniel Vettori Paul Collingwood Eden Park, Auckland   England by 6 wickets ODI 2682 20 February Daniel Vettori Paul Collingwood McLean Park, Napier Match tied ODI 2684 23 February Daniel Vettori Paul Collingwood AMI Stadium, Christchurch   New Zealand by 34 runs (D/L) Test series Test 1866 5–9 March Daniel Vettori Michael Vaughan Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 189 runs Test 1867 13–17 March Daniel Vettori Michael Vaughan Basin Reserve, Wellington   England by 126 runs Test 1868 22–26 March Daniel Vettori Michael Vaughan McLean Park, Napier   England by 121 runs South Africa in Bangladesh Main article: South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1864 22–26 February Mohammad Ashraful Graeme Smith Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   South Africa by 5 wickets Test 1865 29 February – 4 March Mohammad Ashraful Graeme Smith Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong   South Africa by an innings and 205 runs ODI series ODI 2690 9 March Mohammad Ashraful Graeme Smith Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong   South Africa by 9 wickets ODI 2691 12 March Mohammad Ashraful Graeme Smith Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   South Africa by 7 wickets ODI 2692 14 March Mohammad Ashraful Graeme Smith Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   South Africa by 7 wickets March Ireland in Bangladesh Main article: Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2693 18 March Mohammad Ashraful Trent Johnston Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Bangladesh by 8 wickets ODI 2694 20 March Mohammad Ashraful Trent Johnston Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Bangladesh by 84 runs ODI 2695 22 March Mohammad Ashraful Trent Johnston Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Bangladesh by 79 runs Sri Lanka in West Indies Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in West Indies in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1869 22–26 March Chris Gayle Mahela Jayawardene Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana   Sri Lanka by 121 runs Test 1872 3–7 April Chris Gayle Mahela Jayawardene Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   West Indies by 6 wickets ODI series ODI 2697 10 April Chris Gayle Mahela Jayawardene Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   West Indies by 1 wicket ODI 2699 12 April Chris Gayle Mahela Jayawardene Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   West Indies by 7 wickets (D/L) ODI 2701 15 April Chris Gayle Mahela Jayawardene Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Match abandoned South Africa in India Main article: South African cricket team in India in 2007–08 No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1870 26–30 March Anil Kumble Graeme Smith M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Match drawn Test 1871 3–7 April Anil Kumble Graeme Smith Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   South Africa by an innings and 90 runs Test 1873 11–15 April Mahendra Singh Dhoni Graeme Smith Green Park Stadium, Kanpur   India by 8 wickets Australia in Pakistan The Australia national cricket team was scheduled to tour Pakistan in March and April 2008, to play three Test matches and five One Day Internationals. The tour was cancelled by Australia due to concerns about the security of playing in the country. Following the 2008 general elections in Pakistan, there was continual violence, and some of the Australian players spoke about against travelling to compete in the series.^[1]^[2] See also Australian cricket team in 2007–08 International cricket in 2008 References Staff and agencies (11 March 2008). "Australia cancel tour of Pakistan". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2012. "Australia postpone Pakistan tour". BBC Sport. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2012. External links 2007/08 season on ESPN CricInfo