# South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08

The South Africa cricket team toured Pakistan for two Test matches and five One Day Internationals in October 2007.
South Africa won the Test series 1-0 and the ODI series 3-2.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| Pakistan | South Africa | Pakistan | South Africa |
| Shoaib Malik (c) | Graeme Smith (c) | Shoaib Malik (c) | Graeme Smith (c) |
| Kamran Akmal (wk) | Hashim Amla | Kamran Akmal (wk) | Johan Botha |
| Mohammad Asif | Mark Boucher (wk) | Shahid Afridi | Mark Boucher (wk) |
| Salman Butt | AB de Villiers | Mohammad Asif | AB de Villiers |
| Umar Gul | JP Duminy | Salman Butt | JP Duminy |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Herschelle Gibbs | Umar Gul | Herschelle Gibbs |
| Iftikhar Anjum | Paul Harris | Mohammad Hafeez | Jacques Kallis |
| Faisal Iqbal | Jacques Kallis | Iftikhar Anjum | Justin Kemp |
| Danish Kaneria | Morné Morkel | Khalid Latif | Charl Langeveldt |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | André Nel | Misbah-ul-Haq | Albie Morkel |
| Abdur Rehman | Makhaya Ntini | Imran Nazir | André Nel |
| Taufeeq Umar | Shaun Pollock | Abdur Rehman | Makhaya Ntini |
| Yasir Hameed | Ashwell Prince | Shoaib Akhtar | Vernon Philander |
| Younis Khan | Dale Steyn | Sohail Tanvir | Shaun Pollock |
| Mohammad Yousuf | | Yasir Hameed | |
| | | Younis Khan | |
| | | Mohammad Yousuf | |
* Mohammad Hafeez was replaced by Khalid Latif after the first two ODIs, Shoaib Akhtar was added to the squad for the final ODI.

## Tour matches
### First-class: Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI v South Africans

* 27–29 September 2007 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Saleem Badar (Pak) and Shakeel Khan (Pak)
* Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI won the toss and elected to field.

### 50-over: Pakistan Cricket Board XI v South Africans

* 16 October 2007 Scorecard
| South Africans 328/4 (45 overs) | v | Pakistan Cricket Board XI 152 (31.3 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 113* (95) Abdur Rauf 2/84 (9 overs) | | Mansoor Amjad 42 (37) Albie Morkel 3/22 (4.3 overs) |
* South Africans won by 176 runs Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak)
* Pakistan Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to field.
* Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Amin (Pakistan Cricket Board XI) made their List A debuts.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 1–5 October 2007 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 160 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abdur Rehman (Pak) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 8–12 October 2007 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was Inzamam-ul-Haq's last test match.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 18 October 2007 Scorecard
| South Africa 294/5 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 249 (46.3 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 103* (95) Shahid Afridi 1/48 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Yousuf 53 (75) Makhaya Ntini 4/69 (9 overs) |
* South Africa won by 45 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sohail Tanvir (Pak) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 21 October 2007
| Pakistan 265/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 240 (49.3 overs) |
| Mohammad Yousuf 117 (143) Albie Morkel 2/43 (9 overs) | | Graeme Smith 65 (96) Iftikhar Anjum 3/43 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 25 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 23 October 2007
| South Africa 197 (49.2 overs) | v | Pakistan 202/4 (48.1 overs) |
| Graeme Smith 48 (68) Iftikhar Anjum 3/33 (8 overs) | | Mohammad Yousuf 58* (113) Albie Morkel 5/30 (9.1 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 6 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 26 October 2007 Scorecard
| Pakistan 230/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 233/3 (37.4 overs) |
| Younis Khan 82 (110) Johan Botha 2/41 (8 overs) | | Shaun Pollock 90 (84) Iftikhar Anjum 2/27 (5.4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 29 October 2007 Scorecard
| South Africa 233/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 219 (46.3 overs) |
| Jacques Kallis 86 (130) Shoaib Akhtar 4/43 (9 overs) | | Younis Khan 58 (65) Makhaya Ntini 4/61 (9 overs) |
* South Africa won by 14 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Makhaya Ntini (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.