Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2006-07
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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
Makhaya Ntini
Makhaya Ntini is a former South African cricketer who was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. A fast bowler, he tends to bowl from wide of the crease with brisk, although not express, pace...

 becomes the 22nd bowler, and third South African, to reach 300 Test wickets.

Day 3: South Africa 124 & 331, Pakistan 265 & 8/0.

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.

Twenty20 International



129/8 (11.3/20 overs)

Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm Slow bowler...

 25 (21)

Alfonso Thomas
Alfonso Thomas
Alfonso Clive Thomas is a South African cricketer who has represented his country in one Twenty20 International. He is a right arm fast-medium bowler and a big hitting lower-order batsman...

 3-25


132/0 (20/20 overs)

Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

 71* (40)

win by 10 wickets

Date: Feb 2 2007

Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...



Umpires:   Brian Jerling
Brian Jerling
Brian George Jerling , is a South African Test and ODI umpire. He first officiated in a game in October 2000, in a game between South Africa and New Zealand. He has since umpired in over 50 ODI games. Jerling has been umpire in only 4 Test matches, all coming in 2006.-International Umpiring...

,   Rudi Koertzen
Rudi Koertzen
Rudolf Eric Koertzen otherwise known as Rudi Koertzen is a former international cricket umpire. His name is pronounced in English....



Man of the Match:   Loots Bosman
Loots Bosman
Lungile Edgar Bosman is a South African international cricketer. He is a top order right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He plays domestic cricket for Dolphins, and has appeared for South Africa in both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals...

 

  1. Inzamam-ul-Haq
    Inzamam-ul-Haq
    Inzamam-ul-Haq , also known as Inzamam, nicknamed Inzy, is a former Pakistan international cricketer who was national captain between 2003 and 2007. He is a right-handed batsman who has been regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era...

     (captain)
  2. Younis Khan
    Younis Khan
    Mohammad Younus Khan is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Younus' name is often spelled Younis Khan, but he has been quoted as saying, "My name is Younus Khan...

     (vice captain)
  3. Abdul Razzaq
  4. Abdur Rehman
  5. Imran Farhat
    Imran Farhat
    Imran Farhat is a Pakistani cricketer who has played over 30 Tests and One Day Internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in most of his international innings.-Career:...

  6. Imran Nazir
    Imran Nazir
    Imran Nazir is a Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches.-Career:...

  7. Kamran Akmal
    Kamran Akmal
    Kamran Akmal is a Pakistani cricketer who has played Tests, ODIs and T20Is for Pakistan as a wicket-keeper.- International career :He is a quick-scoring batsman and a wicket-keeper, who has achieved 6 centuries in Test innings...

     (wicket keeper)
  8. Mohammad Asif
  9. Mohammad Hafeez
    Mohammad Hafeez
    Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm Slow bowler...

  10. Mohammad Sami
    Mohammad Sami
    Mohammad Sami is a Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket who is currently representing the Pakistan cricket team in Test cricket and Twenty20 cricket matches...

  11. Mohammad Yousuf
  12. Naved-ul-Hasan
  13. Shabbir Ahmed
    Shabbir Ahmed
    Shabbir Ahmed is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a line-and-length pace bowler who took eight wickets for 109 runs on his Test debut against Bangladesh in the first of their 2003-04 three-Test series...

  14. Shahid Afridi
    Shahid Afridi
    Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi , popularly known as Shahid Afridi , is a Pakistani cricketer. Between 1996 and 2011, Afridi played 27 Tests, 325 One Day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 Internationals for the Pakistani national team...

  15. Umar Gul
    Umar Gul
    Umar Gul is a Pakistani right arm fast medium bowler in cricket who has played Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for the Pakistani cricket team...

  16. Yasir Hameed
    Yasir Hameed
    Yasir Hameed Qureshi is a Pakistani cricketer. He scored two centuries on his Test debut against Bangladesh, becoming only the second player to do so...

  17. Zulqarnain Haider
    Zulqarnain Haider
    Zulqarnain Haider is Pakistani cricketer who has played for his national team. Having played for Pakistan Under-19s, Haider was called up to the senior national side in 2010 as cover for wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal during their tour of England. Haider made his Test debut during the tour, but a...

     (wicket keeper)

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  1. Graeme Smith
    Graeme Smith
    Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

     (captain)
  2. Jacques Kallis
    Jacques Kallis
    Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 12,000 runs and 250 wickets in both...

     (vice captain)
  3. Loots Bosman
    Loots Bosman
    Lungile Edgar Bosman is a South African international cricketer. He is a top order right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He plays domestic cricket for Dolphins, and has appeared for South Africa in both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals...

  4. Mark Boucher
    Mark Boucher
    Mark Verdon Boucher is a South African cricketer, who holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Selborne College and has represented Border, Africa XI, ICC World XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League, and...

     (wicket keeper)
  5. Abraham de Villiers
    Abraham de Villiers
    Abraham Benjamin de Villiers more commonly known by his initials AB is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team, having succeeded Graeme Smith after the 2011 Cricket World Cup for ODIs and T20 Internationals...

     (wicket keeper)
  6. Herschelle Gibbs
    Herschelle Gibbs
    Herschelle Herman Gibbs is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman.Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch...

  7. Andrew Hall
    Andrew Hall
    Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...

  8. Justin Kemp
    Justin Kemp
    Justin Miles Kemp is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. Kemp is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. His batting is noted for the high frequency of sixes, particularly those which are hit out of the stadium...

  9. Charl Langeveldt
    Charl Langeveldt
    Charl Kenneth Langeveldt is a South African ODI and Test cricketer. He is one of four Cape Coloureds in the South African side, with the others being Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy and Ashwell Prince....

  10. Andre Nel
    Andre Nel
    André Nel is a South African cricketer who played Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler but has since retired opting to play county cricket for Surrey.-International career:...

  11. Makhaya Ntini
    Makhaya Ntini
    Makhaya Ntini is a former South African cricketer who was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. A fast bowler, he tends to bowl from wide of the crease with brisk, although not express, pace...

  12. Robin Peterson
    Robin Peterson
    Robin John Peterson is a South African cricketer who bowls left arm spin. He is also a more than capable batsman, with a first class batting average of 26.35 as of 6 November 2005. His first class bowling average is a modest 36.36, however, and in Test matches it stands at 50.37...

  13. Shaun Pollock
    Shaun Pollock
    Shaun Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in...

  14. Ashwell Prince
    Ashwell Prince
    Ashwell Gavin Prince is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. A left-handed middle order batsman, he has a high-batted stance and is strong through the offside. He is noted for his gritty style of batting and also for being an athletic fielder in the covers...

  15. Roger Telemachus
    Roger Telemachus
    Roger Telemachus is a South African international cricketer. He has played 37 One Day Internationals and 3 Twenty20 Internationals for his country.Telemachus currently plays for the Gestetner Eagles...


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First ODI, February 4 in Centurion



392/6 (50 overs)

Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis
Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 12,000 runs and 250 wickets in both...

 88* (85)

Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi , popularly known as Shahid Afridi , is a Pakistani cricketer. Between 1996 and 2011, Afridi played 27 Tests, 325 One Day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 Internationals for the Pakistani national team...

 2-42 (10.0)


228 (46.4 overs)

Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik is a Pakistani cricket player and former captain. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets, and has a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket...

 52* (84)

Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis
Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 12,000 runs and 250 wickets in both...

 3-34 (5.0)
win by 164 runs

Date: Feb 4 2007

Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion

Umpires:   Rudi Koertzen
Rudi Koertzen
Rudolf Eric Koertzen otherwise known as Rudi Koertzen is a former international cricket umpire. His name is pronounced in English....

,   Peter Parker
Peter Parker (umpire)
Peter Douglas Parker, known affectionately as 'Porky' or 'Spiderpig', , is an Australian Test cricket match umpire. He has been a member of the International Panel of ICC Umpires since April 2003....



Man of the Match:   Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis
Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 12,000 runs and 250 wickets in both...

 

Second ODI, February 7 in Durban



351/4 (50 overs)

Mohammad Yousuf 101* (111)

Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

 1-36 (7.0)


210 (40.0 overs)

AB de Villiers 43* (46)

Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi , popularly known as Shahid Afridi , is a Pakistani cricketer. Between 1996 and 2011, Afridi played 27 Tests, 325 One Day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 Internationals for the Pakistani national team...

 3-25 (9.0)
won by 141 runs

Date: February 7, 2007

Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...



Umpires:   Steve Bucknor
Steve Bucknor
The Honourable Stephen Anthony Bucknor OJ, also known as Steve Bucknor, is a former international cricket umpire. He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 31 May 1946. He became a high school mathematics teacher and sports coach, before becoming an international football referee and a cricket umpire...

,   Brian Jerling
Brian Jerling
Brian George Jerling , is a South African Test and ODI umpire. He first officiated in a game in October 2000, in a game between South Africa and New Zealand. He has since umpired in over 50 ODI games. Jerling has been umpire in only 4 Test matches, all coming in 2006.-International Umpiring...



Man of the Match:   Younis Khan
Younis Khan
Mohammad Younus Khan is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Younus' name is often spelled Younis Khan, but he has been quoted as saying, "My name is Younus Khan...

 

Third ODI, February 9 in Port Elizabeth



245/8 (49.5 overs)

Mohammad Yousuf 79 (98)

Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall
Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...

 4-35 (10.0)


Did not bat

N/A

N/A
No Result

Date: February 9, 2007

Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Umpires:   Steve Bucknor
Steve Bucknor
The Honourable Stephen Anthony Bucknor OJ, also known as Steve Bucknor, is a former international cricket umpire. He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 31 May 1946. He became a high school mathematics teacher and sports coach, before becoming an international football referee and a cricket umpire...

,   Rudi Koertzen
Rudi Koertzen
Rudolf Eric Koertzen otherwise known as Rudi Koertzen is a former international cricket umpire. His name is pronounced in English....



Man of the Match: N/A

Fourth ODI, February 11 in Cape Town



107 (45.4 overs)

Inzamam ul-Haq 45* (97)

Shaun Pollock
Shaun Pollock
Shaun Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in...

 2-13 (10.0)


0/113 (14.0)

Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

 56* (44)

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a cricketer who plays for the Pakistani Test and One Day International teams...

 0/17 (3.0)
South Africa won by 10 wickets

Date: February 11, 2007

Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Newlands, Cape Town
Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall...



Umpires:   Russell Tiffin
Russell Tiffin
Russell Blair Tiffin is a current international cricket umpire, and a former Test cricket umpire. He has been a member of the ICC International umpire panel since 1995. He became a member of the ICC Elite Panel in April 2001, but was demoted in February 2004 along with Asoka de Silva and Dave...

,   Brian Jerling
Brian Jerling
Brian George Jerling , is a South African Test and ODI umpire. He first officiated in a game in October 2000, in a game between South Africa and New Zealand. He has since umpired in over 50 ODI games. Jerling has been umpire in only 4 Test matches, all coming in 2006.-International Umpiring...



Man of the Match: Shaun Pollock
Shaun Pollock
Shaun Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in...


Fifth ODI, February 14 in Johannesburg



153 (40.5 overs)

Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik is a Pakistani cricket player and former captain. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets, and has a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket...

 43 (70)

Shaun Pollock
Shaun Pollock
Shaun Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in...

 5-23 (10.0)


1/156 (28.2)

AB de Villiers 71* (86)

Mohammed Asif 1/24 (5.0)
South Africa won by 9 wickets

Date: February 14, 2007

Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Umpires:   Russell Tiffin
Russell Tiffin
Russell Blair Tiffin is a current international cricket umpire, and a former Test cricket umpire. He has been a member of the ICC International umpire panel since 1995. He became a member of the ICC Elite Panel in April 2001, but was demoted in February 2004 along with Asoka de Silva and Dave...

,   Rudi Koertzen
Rudi Koertzen
Rudolf Eric Koertzen otherwise known as Rudi Koertzen is a former international cricket umpire. His name is pronounced in English....



Man of the Match: Shaun Pollock
Shaun Pollock
Shaun Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in...

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