International cricket in 2008–09 explained

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]

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	width=50	Test	width=50	ODI	width=50	T20I
			2–0 [4]	—	—
			0–1 [2]	1–2 [3]	—
			—	2–0 [2]	—
			2–0 [2]	2–0 [3]	1–0 [1]
			—	3–0 [3]	—
			1–0 [2]	5–0 [5]	—
			2–0 [2]	2–2 [5]	1–0 [1]
			—	0–5 [5]	—
			0–0 [2]	2–1 [5]	1–0 [2]
			1–2 [3]	1–4 [5]	2–0 [2]
			0–2 [2]	—	—
			—	2–1 [3]	—
			0–0 [1]	1–2 [3]	—
			—	0–5 [5]	—
			—	1–4 [5]	0–1 [1]
			1–0 [5]	2–3 [5]	1–0 [1]
			1–2 [3]	3–2 [5]	2–0 [2]
			0–1 [3]	1–3 [5]	2–0 [2]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
	Quadrangular Twenty20 Series
	Tri-Series
	Women's Tri-Series
Minor tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
	ICC Intercontinental Cup Final
	ICC World Cricket League Division Four
	Associates Tri-Series
	ICC Americas Championship
	ICC World Cricket League Division Three

Pre-season rankings

ICC Test Championship 1 August 2008
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1		26	3597	118
2		27	3082	115
3		30	3394	113
4		31	3274	104
5		23	2364	103
6		19	1905	100
7		21	1738	83
8		22	1791	81
9		14	0	0
Reference: ICC Official Rankings List, 1 August 2008

ICC ODI Championship 31 August 2008
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1		26	3378	130
2		25	2938	118
3		27	3142	116
4		21	2443	116
5		36	4051	113
6		25	2752	110
7		27	2838	105
8		21	1994	95
9		25	1138	46
10		8	174	22
11		15	237	16
12		3	0	0
Reference: ICC Official Rankings List, 31 August 2008

September

ICC Intercontinental Cup

See main article: 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup.

width=200	Team
	108	7	6	1	0	4	0
	106	7	5	0	2	5	0
	96	7	4	2	0	5	1
	82	7	3	1	2	4	1
	48	7	3	4	0	1	0
	29	7	1	5	1	2	0
	29	7	1	5	1	2	0
	26	7	1	6	0	2	0

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]

No.	Date	Result
First-class	3–6 September	by 103 runs
First-class	3–6 October	by 8 runs
First-class	11–14 October	by innings and 65 runs
Final
First-class	30 October–2 November	by 9 wickets

Note: For matches in previous seasons, see the main article

October

World Cricket League Division 4

See main article: 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four.

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st Match	4 October						by 80 runs
2nd Match	4 October						by 46 runs
3rd Match	4 October						by 34 runs
4th Match	5 October						by 122 runs
5th Match	5 October						by 254 runs
6th Match	5 October						by 134 runs
7th Match	7 October						by 129 runs
8th Match	7 October						by 29 runs (D/L)
9th Match	7 October						by 8 runs (D/L)
10th Match	8 October						by 4 wickets
11th Match	8 October		Colin Rika				by 79 runs
12th Match	8 October						No result
Replay of 12th Match	9 October						by 9 wickets
13th Match	10 October						93 runs
14th Match	10 October						by 100 runs
15th Match	10 October						by 4 runs

Playoff matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st Place Playoff	11 October						by 57 runs
3rd Place Playoff	11 October						by 70 runs
5th Place Playoff	11 October						by 27 runs

Final Placings

width=50	Pos	width=175	Team	width=275	Promotion/Relegation
1st		Promoted to Global Division Three for 2009
2nd		Promoted to Global Division Three for 2009
3rd		Remained in Global Division Four for 2010
4th		Remained in Global Division Four for 2010
5th		Relegated to Global Division Five for 2010
6th		Relegated to Global Division Five for 2010

Australia in India

See main article: Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09.

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1887	9–13 October				Match drawn
Test 1889	17–21 October				by 320 runs
Test 1891	29 October–2 November				Match drawn
Test 1892	6–10 November				by 172 runs

New Zealand in Bangladesh

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Result
ODI series
ODI 2763	9 October	by 7 wickets
ODI 2764	11 October	by 75 runs
ODI 2765	14 October	by 79 runs
Test series
Test 1888	17–21 October	by 3 wickets
Test 1890	25–29 October	Match drawn

Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada

See main article: 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada.

No.	Date	Result
Group stage
T20I 69	10 October	by 5 wickets
T20I 70	10 October	by 35 runs
T20I 71	11 October	Match tied; won bowl-off
T20I 72	11 October	by 3 wickets
T20I 73	12 October	by 7 wickets
T20I 74	12 October	by 15 runs
Third place playoff
T20I 75	13 October	by 109 runs
Final
T20I 76	13 October	by 5 wickets

Associates Tri-Series in Kenya

See main article: 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya.

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 2766	17 October						by 156 runs
ODI 2767	18 October						by 86 runs
ODI 2768	19 October						by 95 runs
ODI 2768a	21 October						No result
ODI 2768b	22 October						No result
ODI 2768c	23 October						No result
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 2768d	25 October		Prosper Utseya				No result

Kenya in South Africa

See main article: Kenyan cricket team in South Africa in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Result
ODI series
ODI 2769	31 October	by 159 runs
ODI 2770	2 November	by 7 wickets

November

Bangladesh in South Africa

See main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Away captain	Result
Only T20I
T20I 77	5 November		by 12 runs (D/L)
ODI series
ODI 2771	7 November		by 61 runs
ODI 2772	9 November		by 128 runs
ODI 2773a	12 November		No result
Test series
Test 1893	19–23 November		by an innings and 129 runs
Test 1895	26–30 November	Mohammad Ashraful	by an innings and 48 runs

Pakistan vs West Indies in the United Arab Emirates

See main article: Pakistan vs West Indies ODI Series in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Result
ODI series
ODI 2773	12 November	by 4 wickets
ODI 2775	14 November	by 24 runs
ODI 2776	16 November	by 31 runs

England in India

See main article: English cricket team in India in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Result
ODI series
ODI 2774	14 November	by 158 runs
ODI 2777	17 November	by 54 runs
ODI 2778	20 November	by 16 runs (D/L)
ODI 2781	23 November	by 19 runs (D/L)
ODI 2783	26 November	by 6 wickets
Test series
Test 1898	11–15 December	by 6 wickets
Test 1901	19–23 December	Match drawn

2 further ODIs were scheduled for Guwahati (29 November) and Delhi (2 December) but were cancelled for security reasons following the 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks.^[9] The 1st Test was moved from Ahmedabad to Chennai and the 2nd Test from Mumbai to Mohali.^[10] After initially flying home, England flew out to Abu Dhabi on 4 December for a training camp, before then returning to India for the test series.

New Zealand in Australia

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Result
Test series
Test 1894	20–24 November			by 149 runs
Test 1896	28 November – 2 December			by an innings and 62 runs
ODI series
ODI 2811	1 February			by 2 wickets
ODI 2816	6 February	Michael Clarke	Daniel Vettori	by 6 wickets
ODI 2817	8 February	Ricky Ponting	Daniel Vettori	by 32 runs
ODI 2819	10 February	Ricky Ponting	Daniel Vettori	by 6 wickets
ODI 2820	13 February			No result
Only T20I
T20I 83	15 February			by 1 run

Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe

See main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Result
ODI series
ODI 2779	20 November	by 6 wickets
ODI 2780	22 November	by 9 wickets
ODI 2782	24 November	by 5 runs
ODI 2784	28 November	by 2 wickets
ODI 2785	30 November	by 19 runs

ICC Americas Division 1 Championship

See main article: 2008 ICC Americas Championship. 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	Venue	Result
Match 1	25 November		by 1 wicket
Match 2	25 November		by 73 runs
Match 3	25 November		by 305 runs
Match 4	26 November		by 224 runs
Match 5	26 November	Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground, Fort Lauderdale	by 206 runs
Match 6	26 November		by 7 wickets
Match 7	27 November		by 108 runs
Match 8	27 November		by 206 runs
Match 9	27 November		by 86 runs
Match 10	29 November		by 146 runs
Match 11	29 November		by 8 wickets
Match 12	29 November		by 81 runs
Match 13	30 November		by 6 wickets
Match 14	30 November		No result
Match 15	30 November		by 87 runs (D/L)

December

West Indies in New Zealand

See main article: West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Result
Test series
Test 1897	11–15 December	Match drawn
Test 1900	19–23 December	Match drawn
T20I series
T20I 78	26 December	Match tied; won by Super Over
T20I 79	28 December	by 36 runs
ODI series
ODI 2786	31 December	No result
ODI 2787	3 January	by 5 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2788	7 January	by 7 wickets
ODI 2789	10 January	No result
ODI 2792	13 January	by 9 runs (D/L)

South Africa in Australia

See main article: South African cricket team in Australia in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Away Captain	Result
Test series
Test 1899	17–21 December		by 6 wickets
Test 1902	26–30 December		by 9 wickets
Test 1904	3–7 January		by 103 runs
T20I series
T20I 80	11 January		by 52 runs
T20I 81	13 January		by 6 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2795	16 January		by 3 wickets
ODI 2796	18 January		by 5 runs
ODI 2802	23 January	Johan Botha	by 3 wickets
ODI 2804	26 January		by 8 wickets
ODI 2808	30 January	Johan Botha	by 39 runs

Sri Lanka in Bangladesh

See main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
Test 1903	26–31 December				by 107 runs
Test 1905	3–7 January				by 465 runs

The first test included a rest day on 29 December due to the Bangladeshi general elections.

January

Tri-Series in Bangladesh

See main article: Tri-Series in Bangladesh in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Captain 1	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 2790	10 January				by 38 runs
ODI 2791	12 January		Prosper Utseya	Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	by 130 runs
ODI 2793	14 January		Mohammad Ashraful		by 5 wickets
ODI 2794	16 January	Mohammad Ashraful			by 2 wickets

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

See main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Home Captain	Result
ODI 2797	19 January	Mohammad Ashraful	by 2 wickets
ODI 2799	21 January	Mohammad Ashraful	by 6 wickets
ODI 2801	23 January	Mohammad Ashraful	by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka in Pakistan

See main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI series
ODI 2798	20 January			National Stadium, Karachi	by 8 wickets
ODI 2800	21 January			National Stadium, Karachi	by 129 runs
ODI 2803	24 January				by 234 runs
Test series
Test 1909	21–25 February	Younis Khan	Mahela Jayawardene		Match drawn
Test 1912	1–5 March	Younis Khan	Mahela Jayawardene		Match abandoned

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

See main article: 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.

Group Stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st Match	24 January						by 14 runs
2nd Match	24 January						by 6 wickets
3rd Match	24 January						by 7 wickets
4th Match	25 January						by 13 runs
5th Match	25 January						by 21 runs
6th Match	25 January						by 9 wickets
7th Match	27 January						by 19 runs
8th Match	27 January						by 49 runs
9th Match	27 January						by 26 runs
10th Match	28 January						by 8 wickets
11th Match	28 January						by 6 wickets
12th Match	28 January						by 1 run
13th Match	30 January						No result
14th Match	30 January						No result
15th Match	30 January						by 9 wickets (D/L)
Replay of 13th Match	31 January						82 runs
Replay of 14th Match	31 January						by 100 runs

Zimbabwe in Kenya

See main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in Kenya in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 2805	27 January	Steve Tikolo	Prosper Utseya	Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa	by 109 runs
ODI 2807	29 January	Steve Tikolo	Prosper Utseya	Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa	by 151 runs
ODI 2809	31 January	Steve Tikolo	Prosper Utseya	Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi	by 4 wickets
ODI 2812	1 February	Steve Tikolo	Prosper Utseya	Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi	by 66 runs
ODI 2814	4 February	Steve Tikolo	Prosper Utseya	Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi	by 7 wickets

India in Sri Lanka

See main article: Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Result
ODI series
ODI 2806	28 January		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	by 6 wickets
ODI 2810	31 January		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	by 15 runs
ODI 2813	3 February		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	by 147 runs
ODI 2815	5 February		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	by 67 runs
ODI 2818	8 February		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	by 68 runs
Only T20I
T20I 82	10 February	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	by 3 wickets

February

England in West Indies

See main article: English cricket team in West Indies in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Away Captain	Result
Test series
Test 1906	4–8 February		by an innings and 23 runs
Test 1907	13–17 February		Match drawn
Test 1908	15–19 February	Andrew Strauss	Match drawn
Test 1911	26 February–2 March		Match drawn
Test 1914	6–10 March		Match drawn
Only T20I
T20I 86	15 March		by 6 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2826	20 March		by 1 run (D/L)
ODI 2827	22 March		by 21 runs
ODI 2828	27 March		by 8 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2829	29 March		by 9 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2833	3 April		by 26 runs

The 2nd Test was abandoned due to an unfit outfield.^[14] Therefore, an extra test was arranged to be played at the Antigua Recreation Ground, starting 2 days after the abandonment.^[15]

Women's Tri-Series in Bangladesh

See main article: 2008–09 Bangladesh women's Tri-Nation Series.


4	3	1	0	15	+1.160
4	2	1	1	10	–0.218
4	1	3	0	5	–0.893

advanced to the Final

India in New Zealand

See main article: Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Result
T20I series
T20I 84	25 February	Daniel Vettori		by 7 wickets
T20I 85	27 February			by 5 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2821	3 March			by 53 runs
ODI 2822	6 March			No result
ODI 2823	8 March		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	by 58 runs
ODI 2824	11 March			by 84 runs (D/L)
ODI 2825	14 March			by 8 wickets
Test series
Test 1915	18–22 March			by 10 wickets
Test 1917	26–30 March			Match drawn
Test 1918	3–7 April			Match drawn

Australia in South Africa

See main article: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2008–09.

No.	Date	Result
Test series
Test 1910	26 February–2 March	by 162 runs
Test 1913	6–10 March	by 175 runs
Test 1916	19–23 March	by an innings and 20 runs
T20I series
T20I 87	27 March	by 4 wickets
T20I 88	29 March	by 17 runs
ODI series
ODI 2832	3 April	by 141 runs
ODI 2834	5 April	by 7 wickets
ODI 2839	9 April	by 25 runs
ODI 2840	13 April	by 61 runs
ODI 2841	17 April	by 47 runs

March

Women's World Cup

See main article: 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Season summary

Result Summary

	Test					ODI					T20I
	Matches	Wins	Loss	Draw	Tied	Matches	Wins	Loss	Tied	No result	Matches	Wins	Loss	Tied	No result
	12	5	5	2	0	15	5	9	0	1	5	3	2	0	0
	6	0	5	1	0	11	4	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
	No Test Status					No Matches					4	0	3	1	0
	7	0	2	5	0	10	3	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
	9	4	0	5	0	15	12	2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0
	No Test Status					2	1	1	0	0	No Matches
	No Test Status					9	1	8	0	0	No Matches
	9	1	3	5	0	18	7	7	0	4	5	3	1	1	0
	2	0	0	2	0	6	4	2	0	0	4	3	1	0	0
	8	5	3	0	0	14	11	3	0	0	5	3	2	0	0
	4	2	0	2	0	16	10	6	0	0	5	3	2	0	0
	7	1	0	6	0	13	3	8	0	2	3	1	1	1	0
	No Test Status					17	8	9	0	0	4	1	2	1	0
Source:	Cricinfo					Cricinfo					Cricinfo

Stats Leaders

Test

Most Runs
!Matches	Runs	Avg	HS
Gautam Gambhir	8	1269	84.60	206
Simon Katich	12	1070	50.95	131
Michael Clarke	12	992	49.60	138
Sachin Tendulkar	9	896	59.73	160
Ricky Ponting	12	861	39.13	123
source: cricinfo.com

Most Wickets
!Matches	Wickets	Avg	BBI
Mitchell Johnson	12	60	25.25	8/61
Dale Steyn	8	42	27.30	5/63
Harbhajan Singh	8	39	27.05	6/63
Daniel Vettori	9	36	27.22	6/56
Zaheer Khan	9	32	32.59	5/65
source: cricinfo.com

ODI

Most Runs
!Matches	Runs	Avg	HS
Virender Sehwag	14	782	60.15	125
Yuvraj Singh	14	709	59.08	138
Chris Gayle	13	643	53.58	135
Kumar Sangakkara	16	631	45.07	84
Jacques Kallis	12	630	57.27	92
source: cricinfo.com

Most Wickets
!Matches	Wickets	Avg	BBI
Ajantha Mendis	15	31	15.61	6/29
Kyle Mills	18	26	24.80	4/35
Muttiah Muralitharan	15	26	17.50	5/29
Nuwan Kulasekara	15	25	20.28	3/13
Dale Steyn	11	25	19.12	4/16
source: cricinfo.com

T20I

Most Runs
!Matches	Runs	Avg	HS
Brendon McCullum	5	259	88.33	69
Jean-Paul Duminy	5	197	49.25	78
David Hussey	5	177	44.25	88
David Warner	5	177	35.40	89
Hamilton Masakadza	4	169	42.25	79
source: cricinfo.com

Most Wickets
!Matches	Wickets	Avg	BBI
Ajantha Mendis	3	11	5.00	4/15
Daniel Vettori	5	8	12.12	3/16
Umar Gul	4	7	9.00	4/13
Harvir Baidwan	4	6	17.00	3/15
Balaji Rao	4	6	17.83	3/21
source: cricinfo.com

Milestones

Test

Sachin Tendulkar reached 12,000 runs in Test on 17 October (vs Australia) 1st All Time^[17]
Sourav Ganguly reached 7,000 runs in Test on 18 October (vs Australia) 33rd All Time
V. V. S. Laxman played his 100th Test match on 6 November (vs Australia) 46th All Time
Harbhajan Singh reached 300 wickets in Test on 7 November (vs Australia) 22nd All Time^[18]
Sachin Tendulkar reached 100 catches in Test on 10 November (vs Australia) 27th All Time
Brett Lee reached 300 wickets in Test on 22 November (vs New Zealand) 23rd All Time^[19]
Matthew Hayden played his 100th Test match on 28 November (vs New Zealand) 47th All Time
Ricky Ponting captained his 50th Test match on 28 November (vs New Zealand) 12th All Time
Billy Bowden umpired his 50th Test match (vs) on 11 December 10th All time
Graeme Smith reached 6,000 runs in Test on 20 December (vs Australia) 49th All time
Chris Gayle reached 5,000 runs in Test on 20 December (vs New Zealand) 72nd All time
Jacques Kallis took his 250th wicket in Test on 26 December (vs Australia) 31st All time
Chaminda Vaas took his 350th wicket in Test on 26 December (Bangladesh) 19th All time
Mahela Jayawardene played his 100th Test match on 3 January (vs Bangladesh) 48th All time
Ramnaresh Sarwan reached 5,000 runs in Test on 6 January (vs England) 73rd All time
Mahela Jayawardene reached 8,000 runs in Test on 21 February (vs Pakistan) 20th All time
Younis Khan reached 5,000 runs in Test on 24 February (vs Sri Lanka) 74th All time
Younis Khan scored triple century in Test on 24 February (vs Sri Lanka) 23rd All time^[20]
Jacques Kallis reached 10,000 runs in Test on 27 February (vs Australia) 8th All time^[21]

ODI

Mashrafe Mortaza scored 1,000 runs on 14 October (vs New Zealand), becoming in the 43rd All time cricketer with 1,000 runs and 100 wickets
Chris Gayle took 150 wickets on 16 November (vs Pakistan) 46th All time
Harbhajan Singh took 200 wickets on 20 November (vs England) 30th All time
Virender Sehwag reached 6,000 runs on 23 November (vs England) 39th All time
Tatenda Taibu reached 100 dismissals on 30 November (vs Sri Lanka) 21st All time
Chris Gayle scored his 7,000th run on 13 January (vs New Zealand) 26th All time
Kumar Sangakkara scored his 7,000th run on 16 January (vs Bangladesh) 27th All time
Jacques Kallis scored his 10,000th run on 23 January (vs Australia) 8th All time^[22]
Nathan Bracken took 150 wickets on 23 January (vs South Africa) 47th All time
Muttiah Muralitharan got his 500th wicket on 24 January (vs Pakistan) 2nd All Time^[23]
Sanath Jayasuriya scored his 13,000th run on 28 January (vs India) 2nd All Time^[24]
Mahela Jayawardene scored his 8,000th run on 3 February (vs India) 18th All Time
Irfan Pathan took 150 wickets on 5 February (vs Sri Lanka) 48th All time

Records

Test

Sachin Tendulkar broke the record of runs on 17 October (vs Australia) with runs scored off Peter Siddle.
Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera broke the record for the 4th wicket with 437 runs vs Pakistan on 22 February. Shoaib Malik ended the partnership by dismissing Jayawardene. The partnership faced 651 balls and Jayawardene contributed 199 runs, Samaraweera 231 runs.^[25]
Rahul Dravid broke the record of most catches on 6 April (vs New Zealand) upon helping dismiss Tim McIntosh.^[26]

ODI

Ajantha Mendis was fastest to reach 50 wickets on 12 January in his 19th match when he dismissed Ray Price (Zimbabwe).^[27]
Mahela Jayawardene broke the record of catches by non-wicket keeper vs. Pakistan with 157, when he caught Salman Butt on 21 January.^[28]
achieved their highest score in an ODI with 351 for 7 in the victory over Kenya^[29] (29 January)
Muttiah Muralitharan broke the record of wickets taken with 503, when he dismissed Gautam Gambhir on 5 February.^[30]

External links

2008/09 season on ESPN Cricinfo

Notes and References

Web site: Match/series Archive. Cricinfo.
News: Champions Trophy postponed until October 2009 . 2008-08-24 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2013-03-11 .
News: Mumbai Terror Attacks: 7 Pakistanis Charged – Action Comes a Year After India's Worst Terrorist Attacks; 166 Die. . . 25 November 2009 . 17 May 2010. Nick. Schifrin.
News: ICC to send security delegation to Pakistan . 2008-12-22 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2013-03-11 .
News: Gunmen shoot Sri Lanka cricketers. 3 March 2009. BBC News. 3 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090304020128/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7920260.stm. 4 March 2009 . live.
News: South Africa confirmed as Champions Trophy hosts . 2009-04-02 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2013-03-11 .
News: Pakistan will not play any home series on neutral venues: PCB Chief Mani. The Times of India. 10 December 2019 . 10 December 2019.
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/scorecards/intercontinental-cup-schedule.html ICC – Intercontinental Cup
News: England call off India one-dayers. 27 November 2008. BBC News.
Web site: England will tour with full squad. 7 December 2008. Cricinfo.
Web site: Americas tournament prepares for the off. Cricinfo. 14 November 2008.
Web site: USA claim Americas title. Cricinfo. 11 December 2008.
Web site: Sri Lankan cricketers injured in terror attack. Cricinfo. 3 March 2009.
Web site: Test abandoned after sandpit farce. Cricinfo. 13 February 2009.
Web site: All eyes on Recreation Ground after second Test abandonment. Cricinfo. 13 February 2009.
Web site: 2008–09 Bangladesh women's Tri-Nation Series – Points Table. 2021-06-19. ESPNcricinfo. en.
Web site: Tendulkar breaks Lara's record. Cricinfo. 17 October 2008.
Web site: Krejza and Katich lead fightback. Cricinfo. 7 November 2008.
Web site: Katich stars as Australia take control. Cricinfo. 22 November 2008.
Web site: Draw looms after Younis triple-century. Cricinfo. 24 February 2009.
Web site: 10,000 Test runs for Kallis. Cricinfo. 27 February 2009.
Web site: Morkel blasts South Africa to 2–1 lead. Cricinfo. 23 January 2009.
Web site: Sri Lanka maul Pakistan to win series. Cricinfo. 24 January 2009.
Web site: Age and weather hold no bar for Jayasuriya. Cricinfo. 28 January 2009.
Web site: Sri Lanka on top after amassing 644. Cricinfo. 22 February 2009.
Web site: Taylor fifty keeps New Zealand fighting. Cricinfo. 6 April 2009.
Web site: Kulasekara, Mendis demolish Zimbabwe. Cricinfo. 12 January 2009.
Web site: Dilshan and Muralitharan lead 129-run rout. Cricinfo. 21 January 2009.
Web site: Zimbabwe crush Kenya with total record. Cricinfo. 29 January 2009.
Web site: Murali becomes highest wicket-taker in ODIs. Cricinfo. 5 February 2009.