West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08
| West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08 | |||
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| West Indies | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 14 December 2007 – 3 February 2008 | ||
| Captains | Chris Gayle | Graeme Smith | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Marlon Samuels 314 | Graeme Smith 299 | |
| Most wickets | Dwayne Bravo 10 | Dale Steyn 20 | |
| Player of the series | Dale Steyn (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 150 |
Jean-Paul Duminy 227 Jacques Kallis 227 | |
| Most wickets | Daren Powell 5 |
Morné Morkel 7 Charl Langeveldt 7 | |
| Player of the series | JP Duminy and Shaun Pollock (both SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Runako Morton 32 | Shaun Pollock 38 | |
| Most wickets | Jerome Taylor 5 | Dale Steyn 4 | |
The West Indies cricket team began touring South Africa on 14 December 2007. The two teams played three Test matches, five One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals before the end of the tour on 3 February 2008.
Prior to the series, West Indies had never registered a Test victory in South Africa and lost the previous series 2–0, in 2003/4 and lost the last two meetings between the two sides, in the ICC World Twenty20, where South Africa won by 3 wickets, and in the World Cup in the West Indies, where the South Africans emerged victorious by 67 runs.
The West Indies warmed up for the series with a 3–1 one-day international series victory over Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe although their preparations were hampered by a hamstring injury to acting captain Chris Gayle. South Africa beat New Zealand in Test and One Day International series while also winning the one-off Twenty20 International.
West Indian captain Ramnaresh Sarwan missed the tour through injury, meaning Gayle was captain in his absence, however thumb and hamstring injuries to Gayle left Dwayne Bravo as captain for both Twenty20 Internationals and the entire ODI series. South Africa named the same Test squad that beat both New Zealand, and Pakistan, although Neil McKenzie was added to the squad ahead of the second Test and Monde Zondeki was added ahead of the third Test.
Twenty20 series
1st Twenty20
2nd Twenty20
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
2 – 6 January
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3rd Test
10 – 14 January
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- South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock announced his retirement from international cricket, effective at the end of the Windies tour.[1]
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
Tour matches
Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI v West Indians
14 December
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Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI
 176/9 (25 overs) |
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- West Indians set a revised total of 116 runs from 16.2 overs
South Africa A v West Indians
19 – 22 December
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39/0 (9 overs)
Morné van Wyk 23* (33) |