# New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08

New Zealand national cricket team toured South Africa from 25 October to 2 December 2007 and played two Test matches, three ODI matches and one T20I match.

## Squads

| Test Squads | Test Squads | ODI Squads | ODI Squads |
| South Africa | New Zealand | South Africa | New Zealand |
| Graeme Smith (c) | Daniel Vettori (c) | Graeme Smith (c) | Daniel Vettori (c) |
| Mark Boucher (wk) | Brendon McCullum (wk) | Mark Boucher (wk) | Brendon McCullum (wk) |
| Hashim Amla | Shane Bond (withdrawn) | Johan Botha | Shane Bond |
| AB de Villiers | Craig Cumming | AB de Villiers | James Franklin (withdrawn) |
| Herschelle Gibbs | Stephen Fleming | Jean-Paul Duminy | Mark Gillespie |
| Paul Harris | Peter Fulton (withdrawn) | Herschelle Gibbs | Gareth Hopkins |
| Jacques Kallis | Mark Gillespie | Jacques Kallis | Jamie How |
| André Nel | Chris Martin | Charl Langeveldt | Michael Mason |
| Makhaya Ntini | Michael Mason | Albie Morkel | Kyle Mills |
| Shaun Pollock | Kyle Mills | André Nel | Jacob Oram |
| Ashwell Prince | Jacob Oram | Makhaya Ntini | Jeetan Patel |
| Dale Steyn | Michael Papps | Vernon Philander | Scott Styris |
| | Jeetan Patel | Shaun Pollock | Ross Taylor |
| | Scott Styris | Dale Steyn | Lou Vincent |
| | Ross Taylor | Morne van Wyk | |
* Lou Vincent was called up to the Test squad to replace Fulton.
* Iain O'Brien was called up to the Test squad to replace Mills. Mills returned to the Test squad to replace Bond who was injured during the first Test.
* Jamie How was called up to the Test squad on 11 November.
* Chris Martin was called up to the ODI squad to replace Franklin.
* Craig Cumming was called up to the ODI squad on 9 November.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 8–12 November 2007 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 358 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ross Taylor (NZ) made his Test debut.
* This was Daniel Vettori's first Test as New Zealand captain.
* Jacques Kallis (SA) became the eighth batsman to pass 9,000 runs in Tests.
* This was New Zealand's worst defeat, and South Africa's biggest win in terms of runs in Tests (358), before the latter's 492-run win against Australia in 2018.

### 2nd Test

* 16–20 November 2007 Scorecard
* South Africa won by an innings and 59 runs SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mark Gillespie (NZ) made his Test debut.
* Hashim Amla (SA) passed 1,000 runs in Tests.
* Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis (SA) became the eighth pair to record two consecutive partnerships of more than 200 runs in Tests.
* Jacques Kallis became the first South Africa player to score at least a half-century in eight successive Tests.

## Only T20I

* 23 November 2007 Scorecard
| New Zealand 129/7 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 131/7 (19.5 overs) |
| Kyle Mills 33* (24) Shaun Pollock 3/28 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 52* (45) Jeetan Patel 2/17 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How (both NZ) and Dale Steyn (SA) made their T20I debuts

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 25 November 2007 Scorecard
| New Zealand 248/6 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 249/8 (49.5 overs) |
| Jamie How 90 (124) André Nel 3/46 (10 overs) | | AB de Villiers 87 (103) Kyle Mills 5/25 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 2 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 30 November 2007 Scorecard
| South Africa 209/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 210/3 (38.4 overs) |
| Shaun Pollock 52 (75) Kyle Mills 3/43 (8 overs) | | Brendon McCullum 81 (85) Charl Langeveldt 1/40 (8 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 7 wickets St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Jamie How and Brendon McCullum (both NZ)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 2 December Scorecard
| New Zealand 238/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 242/5 (45.2 overs) |
| Mathew Sinclair 73 (78) Charl Langeveldt 2/46 (10 overs) | | Herschelle Gibbs 119 (101) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 5 wickets Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.