# South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08

The South Africa national cricket team toured Bangladesh for two Test matches and three One Day Internationals in February and March 2008. For South Africa, it represented the first tour after the retirement of bowler Shaun Pollock while Bangladesh were looking to rebuild after heavy defeats against New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
The naming of South Africa's squad was delayed for over a week after a selection row. The squad presented to Cricket South Africa (CSA) chiefs did not contain the expected number of black players (six) although this squad was eventually ratified and named to travel. There was a late change when Robin Peterson replaced Paul Harris who had to undergo surgery for an abscess.
Bangladesh recalled veteran left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique to their Test squad, his first inclusion since July 2007.

## Squads

| Test | Test | ODI | ODI |
| Bangladesh | South Africa | Bangladesh | South Africa |
| Mohammad Ashraful (c) Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Aftab Ahmed Abdur Razzak Enamul Haque Jr Habibul Bashar Junaid Siddique Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Rafique Rajin Saleh Sajidul Islam Shahadat Hossain Shahriar Nafees Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal | Graeme Smith (c) Mark Boucher (wk) Hashim Amla Johan Botha AB de Villiers JP Duminy Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Morné Morkel André Nel Makhaya Ntini Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn | Mohammad Ashraful (c) Dhiman Ghosh (wk) Mashrafe Mortaza Abdur Razzak Farhad Reza Junaid Siddique Mosharraf Hossain Nazimuddin Raqibul Hasan Shahadat Hossain Shahriar Nafees Shakib Al Hasan Syed Rasel Tamim Iqbal | Graeme Smith (c) AB de Villiers (wk) Hashim Amla Johan Botha JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Paul Harris Charl Langeveldt Albie Morkel Morné Morkel André Nel Alviro Petersen Dale Steyn Vernon Philander (withdrawn) |

## Matches
### Test series
#### 1st Test

* 22–26 February Scorecard
* South Africa won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

#### 2nd Test

* 29 February – 4 March Scorecard
* South Africa won by an innings and 205 runs Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Graeme Smith (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* South Africa's opening partnership between Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie put on a total of 415 runs, surpassing the previous world record opening partnership of 413 set by India's Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy.
* This was last international match of Mohammad Rafique. He also became first Bangladesh bowler to pick 100 wickets in test cricket.

### ODI series
#### 1st ODI

* 9 March 09:30 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 178 (48.2 overs) | v | South Africa 180/1 (36.5 overs) |
| Tamim Iqbal 82 (98) André Nel 3/24 (10 overs) | | Graeme Smith 103* (118) Shakib Al Hasan 1/29 (8.5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 9 wickets Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Enamul Haque (Ban) Player of the match: Graeme Smith (SA)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dhiman Ghosh, Mosharraf Hossain, Raqibul Hasan (all Ban), Hashim Amla and Paul Harris (both SA) made their ODI debuts.

#### 2nd ODI

* 12 March 09:30 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 173 (48.2 overs) | v | South Africa 179/3 (48.1 overs) |
| Raqibul Hasan 63 (105) André Nel 4/27 (10 overs) | | AB de Villiers 69* (112) Abdur Razzak 2/32 (10 overs) |
* South Africa win by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: André Nel (SA)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nazimuddin (Ban) made his ODI debut.

#### 3rd ODI

* 14 March 09:30 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 143 (42.5 overs) | v | South Africa 147/3 (34.2 overs) |
| Shahriar Nafees 25 (33) Albie Morkel 4/29 (8 overs) | | Graeme Smith 68* (94) Mosharraf Hossain 1/26 (6 overs) |
* South Africa win by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Albie Morkel (SA)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### Tour matches
#### Bangladesh Cricket Board XI v South Africans

* 17–19 February Scorecard
* Match drawn Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Nadir Shah (Ban)
* South Africans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Both sides used 12 players, 11 per innings.

#### Bangladesh Cricket Board XI v South Africans

* 7 March 09:30 Scorecard
| BCB XI 243/7 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 243/8 (50 overs) |
| Mahmudullah 37* (33) Paul Harris 2/30 (8 overs) | | Graeme Smith 70 (82) Mosharraf Hossain 3/19 (8 overs) |
* Match tied Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Sharafudoulla (Ban)
* Bangladesh Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
* Both sides used 13 players, 11 per innings.