Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2006–07

Pakistan in South Africa 2006-07
Pakistan in South Africa 2006-07
	South Africa
Dates	6 January 2007 – 14 February 2007
Captains	Graeme Smith
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Jacques Kallis (272)
Most wickets	Makhaya Ntini (19)
Player of the series	Jacques Kallis
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 5-match series 3–1
Most runs	AB de Villiers (231)
Most wickets	Shaun Pollock (9)
Player of the series	Shaun Pollock
Twenty20 International series
Results	South Africa won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Graeme Smith (71)
Most wickets	Alfonso Thomas (3)
Player of the series	Loots Bosman

The Pakistan national cricket team toured South Africa for three Tests, five ODIs and one T20 from 6 January to 14 February 2007.

South Africa won the Test series 2–1.

South Africa also won the T20.

South Africa won the 5-match ODI series 3–1 with one game ending with no result.

Schedule

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Tour match
FC match	6–8 January 2007	Morne van Wyk (Rest of SA)	Inzamam-ul-Haq	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	Draw
Test Series
Test 1828	11–15 January 2007	Graeme Smith	Inzamam-ul-Haq	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa won by 7 wickets
Test 1829	19–22 January 2007	Graeme Smith	Inzamam-ul-Haq	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Test 1830	26-January 2007	Graeme Smith	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Newlands, Cape Town	South Africa won by 5 wickets
Twenty20 International
T20I 14	2 February 2007	Graeme Smith	Younis Khan	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa won by 10 wickets
One-day International Series
ODI 2506	4 February 2007	Graeme Smith	Younis Khan	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa won by 164 runs
ODI 2513	7 February 2007	Graeme Smith	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Kingsmead, Durban	Pakistan won by 141 runs
ODI 2517	9 February 2007	Graeme Smith	Inzamam-ul-Haq	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	No Result
ODI 2521	11 February 2007	Graeme Smith	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Newlands, Cape Town	South Africa won by 10 wickets
ODI 2523	14 February 2007	Graeme Smith	Inzamam-ul-Haq	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa won by 9 wickets

Tour match

Pakistan	485/9 dec. (111.1 overs) Mohammad Hafeez 108 (119) Albie Morkel 5-113	&	96/2 (20 overs) Mohammad Hafeez 48* (56) Yusuf Abdullah 2-21	Draw ^[1] Dates: 6–8 January 2007 Venue: De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Brian Jerling and Rudi Koertzen Man of the Match: n/a
Rest of South Africa	383 (113.1 overs) Arno Jacobs 143 (227) Shahid Nazir 5-61	&

Test series

Squads

First Test

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.
Day 1: Pakistan 242/5.
Day 2: Pakistan 313, South Africa 254/4.
Day 3: Pakistan 313 & 103/2, South Africa 417.
Day 4: Pakistan 313 & 302, South Africa 417 & 69/2.

2007

Pakistan	v	South Africa
313 (96.5 overs) Younis Khan 68 (110) M Ntini 5-83		417 (117.5 overs) AG Prince 138 (214) Mohammad Asif 5-89
302 (96.2 overs) Imran Farhat 68 (168) PL Harris 4-46		199/3 (60.5 overs) HM Amla 64* (166) Mohammad Asif 2-56

South Africa won by 7 wickets ^[2]
SuperSport Park, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and BR Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: HM Amla (SA)

Second Test

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first.
Day 1: South Africa 124, Pakistan 135/6.
Day 2: South Africa 124 & 115/3, Pakistan 265. Makhaya Ntini becomes the 22nd bowler, and third South African, to reach 300 Test wickets.
Day 3: South Africa 124 & 331, Pakistan 265 & 8/0.

2007

South Africa	v	Pakistan
124 (40.0 overs) MV Boucher 35 (52) Shoaib Akhtar 4-36		265 (76.0 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 92* (142) M Ntini 6-59
331 (133.2 overs) JH Kallis 91 (226) Mohammad Asif 5-76		191/5 (57.3 overs) Younis Khan 67* (125) SM Pollock 2-47

Pakistan won by 5 wickets ^[3]
St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Umpires: BR Doctrove (WI) and PD Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)

Third Test

South Africa won the toss and chose to field first.
Day 1: Pakistan 157, South Africa 131/5.
Day 2: Pakistan 157 & 186, South Africa 183 & 36/2.

2007

Pakistan	v	South Africa
157 (43.1 overs) Mohammad Yousuf 83 (90) Jacques Kallis 4-42		183 (53.0 overs) Graeme Smith 64 (79) Danish Kaneria 3-44
186 (51.2 overs) Yasir Hameed 35 (57) Dale Steyn 3-47		161/5 (64.0 overs) Ashwell Prince 59 (141) Mohammad Asif 2-43

South Africa won by 5 wickets ^[4]
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)

Twenty20 International

Pakistan

129/8 (20/20 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 25 (21)
Alfonso Thomas 3-25

South Africa

132/0 (11.3/20 overs)
Graeme Smith 71* (40)

South Africa win by 10 wickets ^[5]

Date: 2 February 2007
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Brian Jerling, Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Loots Bosman

ODI series

Squads

Pakistan

South Africa

Matches

First ODI, 4 February in Centurion

South Africa

392/6 (50 overs)
Jacques Kallis 88* (85)
Shahid Afridi 2-42 (10.0)

Pakistan

228 (46.4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 52* (84)
Jacques Kallis 3-34 (5.0)

South Africa win by 164 runs ^[6]

Date: 4 February 2007
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen, Peter Parker
Man of the Match: Jacques Kallis

Second ODI, 7 February in Durban

Pakistan

351/4 (50 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 101* (111)
Graeme Smith 1-36 (7.0)

South Africa

210 (40.0 overs)
AB de Villiers 43* (46)
Shahid Afridi 3-25 (9.0)

Pakistan won by 141 runs ^[7]

Date: 7 February 2007
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Brian Jerling
Man of the Match: Younis Khan

Third ODI, 9 February in Port Elizabeth

Pakistan

245/8 (49.5 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 79 (98)
Andrew Hall 4-35 (10.0)

South Africa

Did not bat
N/A
N/A

No Result ^[8]

Date: 9 February 2007
Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: N/A

Fourth ODI, 11 February in Cape Town

Pakistan

107 (45.4 overs)
Inzamam ul-Haq 45* (97)
Shaun Pollock 2-13 (10.0)

South Africa

0/113 (14.0)
Graeme Smith 56* (44)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 0/17 (3.0)

South Africa won by 10 wickets ^[9]

Date: 11 February 2007
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Russell Tiffin, Brian Jerling
Man of the Match: Shaun Pollock

Fifth ODI, 14 February in Johannesburg

Pakistan

153 (40.5 overs)
Shoaib Malik 43 (70)
Shaun Pollock 5-23 (10.0)

South Africa

1/156 (28.2)
AB de Villiers 71* (86)
Mohammed Asif 1/24 (5.0)

South Africa won by 9 wickets ^[10]

Date: 14 February 2007
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Russell Tiffin, Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Shaun Pollock

Notes and references

^ "First class match: Pakistan v Rest of South Africa at Kimberly, 6-8 Jan 2007". Cricinfo. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2007.
^ "1st Test, Pakistan v South Africa at Centurion, 11–15 January 2007". Cricinfo. 15 January 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2007.
^ "2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 19-22 Jan 2007". Cricinfo. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
^ "3rd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Cape Town, 26-28 Jan 2007". Cricinfo. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
^ "T20 International: Pakistan v South Africa at Johannesburg, 2 February 2007". Cricinfo. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
^ "1st ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Centurion, 4 February 2007". Cricinfo. 4 February 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
^ "2nd ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Durban, 7 February 2007". Cricinfo. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
^ "3rd ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 9 February 2007". Cricinfo. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
^ "4th ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Cape Town, 11 February 2007". Cricinfo. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
^ "5th ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Johannesburg, 14 February 2007". Cricinfo. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2007.

[1] "First class match: Pakistan v Rest of South Africa at Kimberly, 6-8 Jan 2007". Cricinfo. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2007.

[2] "1st Test, Pakistan v South Africa at Centurion, 11–15 January 2007". Cricinfo. 15 January 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2007.

[3] "2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 19-22 Jan 2007". Cricinfo. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.

[4] "3rd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Cape Town, 26-28 Jan 2007". Cricinfo. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2007.

[5] "T20 International: Pakistan v South Africa at Johannesburg, 2 February 2007". Cricinfo. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2007.

[6] "1st ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Centurion, 4 February 2007". Cricinfo. 4 February 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2007.

[7] "2nd ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Durban, 7 February 2007". Cricinfo. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.

[8] "3rd ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 9 February 2007". Cricinfo. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.

[9] "4th ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Cape Town, 11 February 2007". Cricinfo. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2007.

[10] "5th ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Johannesburg, 14 February 2007". Cricinfo. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2007.

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v t e International cricket in 2006–07
Preceding season: International cricket in 2006
September 2006	DLF Cup Zimbabwe in South Africa
October 2006	Champions Trophy Final
November 2006	West Indies in Pakistan Bermuda in Kenya India in South Africa England in Australia The Ashes Associates Tri-Series in South Africa Zimbabwe in Bangladesh
December 2006	Sri Lanka in New Zealand Scotland in Bangladesh
January 2007	Pakistan in South Africa Commonwealth Bank Series West Indies in India Associates Tri-Series in Kenya ICC World Cricket League Division One
February 2007	Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Sri Lanka in India Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Tri-Series in West Indies
March 2007	Cricket World Cup Final
Following season: International cricket in 2007