# West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08

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

* 16 December Scorecard
| South Africa 58/8 (13 overs) | v | West Indies 60/5 (9.5 overs) |
| Johan Botha 28* (22) Jerome Taylor 3/6 (3 overs) | | Runako Morton 20 (14) Dale Steyn 4/9 (3 overs) |
* West Indies won by 5 wickets St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Jerome Taylor (WI)
* Match reduced to 13 overs per side

### 2nd Twenty20

* 18 January Scorecard
| West Indies 131/7 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 134/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Dwayne Bravo 24 (17) Makhaya Ntini 2/22 (4 overs) | | Shaun Pollock 36* (25) Darren Sammy 3/21 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 26 – 30 December (scorecard)
* West Indies won by 128 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK), RB Tiffen (ZWE) Player of the match: MN Samuels
* This is the Windies' first ever Test win in South Africa.

### 2nd Test

* 2 – 6 January (scorecard)
* South Africa won by 7 wickets Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: SJA Taufel (AUS) and RB Tiffen (ZWE) Player of the match: AG Prince

### 3rd Test

* 10 – 14 January (scorecard)
* South Africa won by an innings and 100 runs Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and SJA Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: AG Prince
* South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock announced his retirement from international cricket, effective at the end of the Windies tour.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 20 January scorecard
| West Indies 175 (35.5 overs) | v | South Africa 176/4 (34 overs) |
| Runako Morton 41 (50) Dale Steyn 2/24 (7.5 overs) | | Jean-Paul Duminy 79* (88) Dwayne Bravo 1/28 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 6 wickets SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: Rudi Koertzen, Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Jean-Paul Duminy
* Match reduced to 36 overs per side

### 2nd ODI

* 25 January scorecard
| South Africa 255/9 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 169 (48.2 overs) |
| Graeme Smith 86 (107) Jerome Taylor 4/34 (10 overs) | | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 54 (83) Morné Morkel 4/36 (8.2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 86 runs Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS), Brian Jerling Player of the match: Shaun Pollock

### 3rd ODI

* 27 January scorecard
| West Indies 252/7 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 256/3 (48.4 overs) |
| Marlon Samuels 98 (88) Johan Botha 2/29 (7) | | Jacques Kallis 121* (133) Marlon Samuels 1/38 (10) |
* South Africa won by 7 wickets St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Ian Howell (RSA) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (RSA)

### 4th ODI

* 1 February scorecard
| West Indies 263/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 266/5 (47.5 overs) |
| Sewnarine Chattergoon 48 (68) André Nel 2/44 (10 overs) | | AB de Villiers 77 (86) Dwayne Bravo 2/31 (8.5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 5 wickets Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS), Ian Howell Player of the match: AB de Villiers (RSA)

### 5th ODI

* 3 February scorecard
| West Indies 295/7 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 211/2 (28.5 overs) |
| Devon Smith 91 (76) Charl Langeveldt 3/61 (10 overs) | | Herschelle Gibbs 102 (84) Daren Powell 2/39 (7 overs) |
* South Africa won by 8 wickets (D/L method) New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS), Brian Jerling Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs
* South Africa set target of 211 off 31 overs

## Tour matches
### Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI v West Indians

* 14 December Scorecard
| Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI 176/9 (25 overs) | v | West Indies 110/5 (16.2 overs) |
| Shaun Pollock 54 (40) Fidel Edwards 2/23 (5 overs) | | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 44 (27) Shaun Pollock 1/5 (3 overs) |
* Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI won by 5 runs (D/L method) Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA)
* West Indians set a revised total of 116 runs from 16.2 overs

### South Africa A v West Indians

* 19 – 22 December scorecard
* South Africa A won by 10 wickets Buffalo Park, East London, Eastern Cape Umpires: Ian Howell and Brian Jerling Player of the match: Monde Zondeki