Cricket season
The 2008–09 international cricket season was between September 2008 and March 2009.[ 1] The season saw the security concerns for cricket in Pakistan reach a pinnacle. The ICC Champions Trophy , scheduled to be held in Pakistan in September 2008, was postponed to 2009 after five of the participating nations refused to send their teams for the event.[ 2] In November 2008, a Pakistani militant group launched terror attacks in Mumbai.[ 3] This led to India cancelling their tour of Pakistan originally scheduled for January and February 2009.[ 4] Sri Lanka agreed to tour Pakistan in place of India. However, the tour was jeopardised by a terror attack in Lahore where gunmen fired at a bus carrying the Sri Lankan team, injuring six team members.[ 5] The Champions Trophy was later relocated to South Africa . No international cricket were played in Pakistan for more than five years.[ 6] This period of isolation ended when Zimbabwe toured Pakistan in May 2015. After successfully hosting a few T20Is against World-XI, the Sri Lanka cricket team and the West Indians from 2017 to 2018, a few matches of the Pakistan Super League from 2017 to 2019, the whole season in 2020 as well as hosting complete tours against Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi cricket teams respectively during the 2019–20 season , built a good reputation of Pakistan. Hence, by the end of 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board, announced that they would no longer play any of their future home matches at a neutral venue, indicating that International Cricket has returned to the country on full-time basis.[ 7]
Pre-season rankings [ edit ]
ICC Intercontinental Cup [ edit ] Win – 14 points Draw if more than 8 hours of play lost – 3 points (otherwise 0 points) First Innings leader – 6 points (independent of final result) Abandoned without a ball played – 10 points.[ 8] Note: For matches in previous seasons, see the main article
World Cricket League Division 4 [ edit ] Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st Match 4 October Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Fiji Colin Rika Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam Afghanistan by 80 runs 2nd Match 4 October Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Italy Joe Scuderi University of Dar es Salaam Ground , Dar es Salaam Hong Kong by 46 runs 3rd Match 4 October Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah Jersey Mathew Hague Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam Tanzania by 34 runs 4th Match 5 October Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Jersey Mathew Hague University of Dar es Salaam Ground , Dar es Salaam Afghanistan by 122 runs 5th Match 5 October Fiji Colin Rika Italy Joe Scuderi Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam Italy by 254 runs 6th Match 5 October Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam Hong Kong by 134 runs 7th Match 7 October Fiji Colin Rika Hong Kong Tabarak Dar University of Dar es Salaam Ground , Dar es Salaam Hong Kong by 129 runs 8th Match 7 October Italy Joe Scuderi Jersey Mathew Hague Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam Italy by 29 runs (D/L ) 9th Match 7 October Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam Afghanistan by 8 runs (D/L ) 10th Match 8 October Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam Afghanistan by 4 wickets 11th Match 8 October Fiji Colin Rika Jersey Mathew Hague Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam Jersey by 79 runs 12th Match 8 October Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah Italy Joe Scuderi University of Dar es Salaam Ground , Dar es Salaam No result Replay of 12th Match 9 October Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah Italy Joe Scuderi University of Dar es Salaam Ground , Dar es Salaam Italy by 9 wickets 13th Match 10 October Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Italy Joe Scuderi Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam Afghanistan 93 runs 14th Match 10 October Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Jersey Mathew Hague Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam Hong Kong by 100 runs 15th Match 10 October Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah Fiji Colin Rika University of Dar es Salaam Ground , Dar es Salaam Fiji by 4 runs
New Zealand in Bangladesh [ edit ] Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada [ edit ] Associates Tri-Series in Kenya [ edit ] Kenya in South Africa [ edit ] Bangladesh in South Africa [ edit ] Pakistan vs West Indies in the United Arab Emirates [ edit ] New Zealand in Australia [ edit ] Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe [ edit ] ICC Americas Division 1 Championship [ edit ] The ICC Americas Division 1 Championship took place Fort Lauderdale in Florida from 25 November. Six nations took part: hosts USA, holders Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Argentina and debutants Suriname.[ 11] United States won the tournament.[ 12]
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Match 1 25 November Argentina Esteban MacDermott Canada Umar Bhatti Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale Canada by 1 wicket Match 2 25 November Bermuda Irving Romaine Cayman Islands Pearson Best Central Broward Regional Park , Fort Lauderdale Bermuda by 73 runs Match 3 25 November United States Steve Massiah Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground , Fort Lauderdale United States by 305 runs Match 4 26 November Bermuda Irving Romaine Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Central Broward Regional Park , Fort Lauderdale Bermuda by 224 runs Match 5 26 November Canada Umar Bhatti Cayman Islands Pearson Best Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground , Fort Lauderdale Canada by 206 runs Match 6 26 November Argentina Esteban MacDermott United States Steve Massiah Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale United States by 7 wickets Match 7 27 November Cayman Islands Pearson Best Argentina Esteban MacDermott Central Broward Regional Park , Fort Lauderdale Cayman Islands by 108 runs Match 8 27 November Canada Umar Bhatti Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground , Fort Lauderdale Canada by 206 runs Match 9 27 November United States Steve Massiah Bermuda Irving Romaine Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale United States by 86 runs Match 10 29 November Bermuda Irving Romaine Argentina Esteban MacDermott Central Browards Regional Park Artificial Ground , Fort Lauderdale Bermuda by 146 runs Match 11 29 November Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Cayman Islands Pearson Best Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale Cayman Islands by 8 wickets Match 12 29 November United States Steve Massiah Canada Umar Bhatti Central Broward Regional Park , Fort Lauderdale United States by 81 runs Match 13 30 November Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Argentina Esteban MacDermott Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground , Fort Lauderdale Argentina by 6 wickets Match 14 30 November Canada Umar Bhatti Bermuda Irving Romaine Central Broward Regional Park , Fort Lauderdale No result Match 15 30 November United States Steve Massiah Cayman Islands Pearson Best Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale United States by 87 runs (D/L )
West Indies in New Zealand [ edit ] South Africa in Australia [ edit ] No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result Test series Test 1899 17–21 December Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith WACA Ground , Perth South Africa by 6 wickets Test 1902 26–30 December Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne South Africa by 9 wickets Test 1904 3–7 January Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Australia by 103 runs T20I series T20I 80 11 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne Australia by 52 runs T20I 81 13 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha The Gabba , Brisbane Australia by 6 wickets ODI series ODI 2795 16 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne South Africa by 3 wickets ODI 2796 18 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Bellerive Oval , Hobart Australia by 5 runs ODI 2802 23 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney South Africa by 3 wickets ODI 2804 26 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Adelaide Oval , Adelaide South Africa by 8 wickets ODI 2808 30 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha WACA Ground , Perth South Africa by 39 runs
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh [ edit ] Tri-Series in Bangladesh [ edit ] Group Stage Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR For Against 1 Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 1.279 357/81 231/73.5 2 Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 −0.039 318/73.5 352/81 3 Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 −0.920 285/100 377/100
Zimbabwe in Bangladesh [ edit ] Sri Lanka in Pakistan [ edit ] As a result of the firing in Lahore where several Sri Lankan players were injured, the 2nd Test was abandoned and Sri Lanka immediately returned home.[ 13] ICC World Cricket League Division Three [ edit ] Group Stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st Match 24 January Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Uganda JZ Kwebiha St Albans Club, Buenos Aires Uganda by 14 runs 2nd Match 24 January Cayman Islands PI Best Papua New Guinea R Dikana Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires Papua New Guinea by 6 wickets 3rd Match 24 January Argentina E MacDermott Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Hong Kong by 7 wickets 4th Match 25 January Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires Afghanistan by 13 runs 5th Match 25 January Papua New Guinea R Dikana Argentina E MacDermott St Albans Club, Buenos Aires Papua New Guinea by 21 runs 6th Match 25 January Cayman Islands PI Best Uganda JZ Kwebiha Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Uganda by 9 wickets 7th Match 27 January Afghanistan Karim Khan Argentina E MacDermott Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Afghanistan by 19 runs 8th Match 27 January Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Cayman Islands PI Best St Albans Club, Buenos Aires Hong Kong by 49 runs 9th Match 27 January Papua New Guinea R Dikana Uganda JZ Kwebiha Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires Papua New Guinea by 26 runs 10th Match 28 January Afghanistan Karim Khan Papua New Guinea R Dikana Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Afghanistan by 8 wickets 11th Match 28 January Argentina E MacDermott Cayman Islands SC Gordon Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires Cayman Islands by 6 wickets 12th Match 28 January Uganda JZ Kwebiha Hong Kong Tabarak Dar St Albans Club, Buenos Aires Uganda by 1 run 13th Match 30 January Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Cayman Islands SC Gordon St Albans Club, Buenos Aires No result 14th Match 30 January Uganda JZ Kwebiha Argentina E MacDermott Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires No result 15th Match 30 January Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Papua New Guinea R Dikana Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Papua New Guinea by 9 wickets (D/L ) Replay of 13th Match 31 January Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Cayman Islands PI Best St Albans Club, Buenos Aires Afghanistan 82 runs Replay of 14th Match Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine 31 January Uganda JZ Kwebiha Argentina E MacDermott Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires Uganda by 100 runs
England in West Indies [ edit ] No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result Test series Test 1906 4–8 February Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Sabina Park , Kingston, Jamaica West Indies by an innings and 23 runs Test 1907 13–17 February Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Sir Vivian Richards Stadium , North Sound , Antigua Match drawn Test 1908 15–19 February Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Antigua Recreation Ground , St. John's , Antigua Match drawn Test 1911 26 February–2 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Kensington Oval , Bridgetown , Barbados Match drawn Test 1914 6–10 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad Match drawn Only T20I T20I 86 15 March Denesh Ramdin Andrew Strauss Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad West Indies by 6 wickets ODI series ODI 2826 20 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Providence Stadium , Georgetown , Guyana England by 1 run (D/L ) ODI 2827 22 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Providence Stadium , Georgetown , Guyana West Indies by 21 runs ODI 2828 27 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Kensington Oval , Bridgetown , Barbados West Indies by 8 wickets (D/L ) ODI 2829 29 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Kensington Oval , Bridgetown , Barbados England by 9 wickets (D/L ) ODI 2833 3 April Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Beausejour Stadium , Gros Islet , St Lucia England by 26 runs
The 2nd Test was abandoned due to an unfit outfield.[ 15] Therefore, an extra test was arranged to be played at the Antigua Recreation Ground , starting 2 days after the abandonment.[ 16] Women's Tri-Series in Bangladesh[ edit ] advanced to the Final
India in New Zealand [ edit ] No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result T20I series T20I 84 25 February Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni AMI Stadium , Christchurch New Zealand by 7 wickets T20I 85 27 February Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Westpac Stadium , Wellington New Zealand by 5 wickets ODI series ODI 2821 3 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni McLean Park , Napier India by 53 runs ODI 2822 6 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Seddon Park , Hamilton No result ODI 2823 8 March Brendon McCullum Mahendra Singh Dhoni AMI Stadium , Christchurch India by 58 runs ODI 2824 11 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Westpac Stadium , Wellington India by 84 runs (D/L ) ODI 2825 14 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Eden Park , Auckland New Zealand by 8 wickets Test series Test 1915 18–22 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Seddon Park , Hamilton India by 10 wickets Test 1917 26–30 March Daniel Vettori Virender Sehwag McLean Park , Napier Match drawn Test 1918 3–7 April Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Basin Reserve , Wellington Match drawn
Australia in South Africa [ edit ] No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result Test series Test 1910 26 February–2 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting New Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg Australia by 162 runs Test 1913 6–10 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Kingsmead , Durban Australia by 175 runs Test 1916 19–23 March Jacques Kallis Ricky Ponting Newlands , Cape Town South Africa by an innings and 20 runs T20I series T20I 87 27 March Johan Botha Ricky Ponting New Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg South Africa by 4 wickets T20I 88 29 March Johan Botha Ricky Ponting SuperSport Park , Centurion South Africa by 17 runs ODI series ODI 2832 3 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Kingsmead , Durban Australia by 141 runs ODI 2834 5 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting SuperSport Park , Centurion South Africa by 7 wickets ODI 2839 9 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Newlands , Cape Town South Africa by 25 runs ODI 2840 13 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting St George's Park , Port Elizabeth South Africa by 61 runs ODI 2841 17 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting New Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg Australia by 47 runs