The International cricket in 2008 is defined as the season of international cricket between April and August 2008 in all cricket playing countries, as well as all international matches scheduled for the 2008 English Cricket Season. Matches between January and April are defined as belonging to the 2007–08 season, while matches between September and December will fall under the 2008–09 season.
Season overview International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I — 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–5 1–0 — 1–2 — 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 — — 1–0 — — 0–0 — — 0–0 — — 1–0 — — 3–0 — International tournaments Start date Tournament Winners Tri-Series Asia Cup Associates Tri-Series Associates Tri-Series Minor tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] First-class ODI 0–0 0–0 Minor tournaments Start date Tournament Winners ICC World Cricket League Division Five ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
Pre-season rankings
ICC Test Championship Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 33 4650 141 2 42 4242 111 3 44 4789 109 4 44 4771 108 5 35 3709 106 6 33 3107 100 7 25 2277 84 8 31 2380 83 9 24 23 0
ICC ODI Championship Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 49 5434 129 2 47 5597 127 3 72 7230 113 4 38 4312 113 5 36 3943 110 6 40 4200 105 7 46 4810 105 8 39 3880 99 9 38 1798 47 10 11 217 20 11 31 552 18 12 6 0 0
April
Bangladesh in Pakistan
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2696 8 April Shoaib Malik Mohammad Ashraful Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 152 runs (D/L) ODI 2698 11 April Shoaib Malik Mohammad Ashraful Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad by 7 wickets (D/L) ODI 2700 13 April Shoaib Malik Mohammad Ashraful Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 23 runs ODI 2702 16 April Shoaib Malik Mohammad Ashraful Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan by 7 wickets ODI 2703 19 April Shoaib Malik Mohammad Ashraful National Stadium, Karachi by 150 runs T20I T20I 55 20 April Shoaib Malik Mohammad Ashraful National Stadium, Karachi by 102 runs
May
New Zealand in England
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1874 15–19 May Michael Vaughan Daniel Vettori Lord's, London Match drawnTest 1876 23–27 May Michael Vaughan Daniel Vettori Old Trafford, Manchester by 6 wickets Test 1878 5–9 June Michael Vaughan Daniel Vettori Trent Bridge, Nottingham by an innings and 9 runs T20I T20I 56 13 June Paul Collingwood Daniel Vettori Old Trafford, Manchester by 9 wickets ODI series ODI 2708 15 June Paul Collingwood Daniel Vettori Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street by 114 runs ODI 2709 18 June Paul Collingwood Daniel Vettori Edgbaston, Birmingham Match abandoned ODI 2710 21 June Paul Collingwood Daniel Vettori Country Ground, Bristol by 22 runs ODI 2714 25 June Paul Collingwood Daniel Vettori The Oval, London by 1 wicket ODI 2720 28 June Kevin Pietersen Daniel Vettori Lord's, London by 51 runs
Australia in West Indies
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1875 22–26 May Ramnaresh Sarwan Ricky Ponting Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica by 95 runs Test 1877 30 May – 3 June Ramnaresh Sarwan Ricky Ponting Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Match drawn Test 1879 12–16 June Chris Gayle Ricky Ponting Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados by 87 runs T20I T20I 57 21 June Dwayne Bravo Ricky Ponting Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados by 7 wickets ODI series ODI 2713 24 June Chris Gayle Ricky Ponting Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent by 84 runs ODI 2719 27 June Chris Gayle Ricky Ponting National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada, Grenada by 63 runs (D/L) ODI 2724 29 June Chris Gayle Ricky Ponting National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada, Grenada by 7 wickets ODI 2734 4 July Chris Gayle Michael Clarke Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, St Kitts by 1 run ODI 2736 6 July Chris Gayle Michael Clarke Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, St Kitts by 169 runs
World Cricket League Division 5
The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five took place in May 2008 in Jersey. 12 teams took part in the tournament, including Afghanistan, Bahamas, Botswana, Germany, Japan, Jersey, Mozambique, Nepal, Norway, Singapore, USA, Vanuatu.
Group stage
+ Group A Team 5 4 0 0 1 +3.04 9 5 4 0 0 1 +2.10 9 5 3 2 0 0 −0.67 6 5 1 3 0 1 −2.15 3 5 1 4 0 0 −0.54 2 5 0 4 0 1 −3.52 1
+ Group B Team 5 4 0 0 1 +2.46 9 5 3 1 0 1 +1.63 7 5 3 1 0 1 +0.24 7 5 1 3 0 1 −0.75 3 5 0 3 1 1 −1.35 2 5 0 3 1 1 −2.65 2
Group stage No. Date Group Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st Match 23 May A Steve Massiah MS Younis The Farmers Field, St Martin by 9 wickets 2nd Match 23 May A BK Das Graham Sommer Les Quennevais No. 1, St Brélade by 7 wickets 3rd Match 23 May A Shahid Ahmed Patrick Haines FB Fields, St Clement by 183 runs 4th Match 23 May B Nowroz Mangal Ko Irie Victoria College Ground, St Helier by 93 runs 5th Match 23 May B Mathew Hague CR Kumarage Grainville Cricket Ground, St Saviour by 93 runs 6th Match 23 May B Narendra Ekanayake Tshepo Mhozya Les Quennevais No. 2, St Brélade by 70 runs 7th Match 24 May A Steve Massiah Shahid Ahmed Victoria College Ground, St Helier No result 8th Match 24 May A BK Das MS Younis Grainville Cricket Ground, St Saviour No result 9th Match 24 May A Graham Sommer Patrick Haines The Farmers Field, St Martin by 6 wickets 10th Match 24 May B Norooz Khan Mangal N Ekanayake Les Quennevais No. 1, St Brélade No result 11th Match 24 May B Mathew Hague Ko Irie Les Quennevais No. 2, St BréladeNo result 12th Match 24 May B CR Kumarage Abdul Patel FB Fields, St Clement No result Replay of 7th Match 25 May A Steve Massiah Shahid Ahmed The Farmers Field, St Martin by 10 wickets Replay of 8th Match 25 May A BK Das MS Younis Grainville Cricket Ground, St Saviour by 219 runs Replay of 10th Match 25 May B Norooz Khan Mangal N Ekanayake Les Quennevais No. 1, St Brélade by 5 wickets Replay of 11th Match 25 May B Mathew Hague Ko Irie Les Quennevais No. 2, St Brélade by 8 wickets Replay of 12th Match 25 May B CR Kumarage Abdul Patel FB Fields, St Clement by 3 wickets 13th Match 26 May A Steve Massiah Patrick Haines Grainville Cricket Ground, St Saviour by 7 wickets 14th Match 26 May A BK Das Shahid Ahmed Farmers Cricket Club Ground, St Martin by 108 runs 15th Match 26 May A Graham Sommer MS Younis Victoria College Ground, St Helier by 7 wickets 16th Match 26 May B Nowroz Mangal ARM Patel Les Quennevais No. 2, St Brélade by 7 wickets 17th Match 26 May B Ko Irie CR Kumarage Les Quennevais No. 1, St Brélade Match abandoned 18th Match 26 May B Mathew Hague N Ekanayake FB Fields, St Clement by 128 runs 19th Match 27 May A Steve Massiah Graham Sommer Grainville Cricket Ground, St Saviour by 6 wickets 20th Match 27 May A BK Das A Mansale Victoria College Ground, St Helier by 137 runs 21st Match 27 May A Shahid Ahmed MS Younis Les Quennevais No. 1, St Brélade by 3 wickets 22nd Match 27 May B Nowroz Mangal CR Kumarage FB Fields, St Clement Singapore by 69 runs 23rd Match 27 May B N Ekanayake Ko Irie Les Quennevais No 2 Ground, St Brélade Match Tied 24th Match 27 May B Mathew Hague Tshepo Mhozya Farmers Cricket Club Ground, St Martin by 7 wickets 25th Match* 28 May A Graham Sommer Shahid Ahmed Les Quennevais No 2 Ground, St BréladeMatch abandoned 26th Match* 28 May A MS Younis A Mansale FB Fields, St Clement Match abandoned 27th Match* 28 May A BK Das Steve Massiah Les Quennevais, St Brélade Match abandoned 28th Match* 28 May B N Ekanayake CR Kumarage Victoria College Ground, St Helier Match abandoned 29th Match* 28 May B Tshepo Mhozya Ko Irie Farmers Cricket Club Ground, St Martin Match abandoned 30th Match* 28 May B Mathew Hague Nowroz Mangal Grainville Cricket Ground, St Saviour Match abandoned Replay of 17th Match 29 May B Ko Irie CR Kumarage Victoria College Ground, St Helier by 52 runs (D/L) Replay of 25th Match 29 May A Graham Sommer Shahid Ahmed Les Quennevais No 2 Ground, St Brélade by 6 wickets Replay of 26th Match 29 May A MS Younis A Mansale FB Fields, St Clement No result Replay of 27th Match 29 May A BK Das Steve Massiah Farmers Cricket Club Ground, St Martin No result
*The ICC Event Technical Committee, as per 12.1.6 of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 Playing Conditions, decided not to replay all of group B's abandoned games. The abandoned match between Japan and Singapore will be played on 29 May to ensure that all teams in Group ` are to be played on 29 May.
Playoffs 9th Place Playoffs No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 9th Place Semifinal 1 30 May Shahid Ahmed Narendra Ekanayake Farmers Cricket Club Ground, St Martin by 52 runs 9th Place Semifinal 2 30 May Patrick Haines Ko Irie Victoria College Ground, St Helier by 99 runs 9th Place Playoff 31 May Ko Irie Shahid Ahmed Les Quennevais, St Brélade by 7 wickets 11th Place Playoff 31 May Patrick Haines Narendra Ekanayake Les Quennevais No 2 Ground, St Brélade 6 wickets
5th Place Playoffs No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 5th Place Semifinal 1 30 May Shoaib Younus Chaminda Ruwan Kumarage Les Quennevais No 2 Ground, St Brélade by 54 runs 5th Place Semifinal 2 30 May Graham Sommer ARM Patel Les Quennevais, St Brélade Botswana by 9 runs 5th Place Playoff 31 May Chaminda Ruwan Kumarage ARM Patel FB Fields, St Clement by 15 runs 7th Place Playoff 31 May Shoaib Younus Graham Sommer Victoria College Ground, St Helier by 2 wickets
1st Place Playoffs No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Semifinal 1 30 May Steve Massiah Mathew Hague FB Fields, St Clement by 84 runs Semifinal 2 30 May Bonod Das Nowroz Mangal Grainville Cricket Ground, St Saviour Afghanistan by 37 runs Final 31 May Mathew Hague Nowroz Mangal Grainville, St Saviour by 2 wickets 3rd Place Playoff 31 May Steve Massiah Binod Das Farmers Cricket Club Ground, St Martin by 96 runs
Final Placings
PosTeamPromotion/Relegation 1st Promoted to 2008 Division Four 2nd 3rd Remain in 2010 Division Five 4th 5th Relegated to regional competitions 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
June
2008 Kitply Cup
Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 2704 8 June Mohammad Ashraful Shoaib Malik Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur by 70 runs ODI 2705 10 June Shoaib Malik Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur by 140 runs ODI 2706 12 June Mohammad Ashraful Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur by 7 wickets
Final No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 2707 14 June Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shoaib Malik Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur by 25 runs
Asia Cup
The 2008 Asia Cup took place in June 2008 in Pakistan. Six teams took part in the tournament, including Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and UAE.
Group stage
Group stage No. Date Group Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st Match 24 June A Mohammad Ashraful Saqib Ali Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan by 96 runs 2nd Match 24 June B Shoaib Malik Tabarak Dar National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan by 155 runs 3rd Match 25 June A Mohammad Ashraful Mahela Jayawardene Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan by 131 runs 4th Match 25 June B Tabarak Dar Mahendra Singh Dhoni National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan by 256 runs 5th Match 26 June A Mahela Jayawardene Saqib Ali Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan by 142 runs 6th Match 26 June B Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shoaib Malik National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan by 6 wickets
Super Fours