South Africa
A new year, new ambitions. After a great year for South African cricket it was time for the country to really pull out some big wins and get themselves to the top. 2nd in One Day and 4th in Test rankings come the start of the year, mean that they are not far from the top, but a hard year ahead will prove the world if they are good enough for top spot.
Coming off the back of a brilliant home tour with New Zealand, in which they won all but the 1 ODI from 2 Test's, 3 ODI's and the single T20. Now it was the turn of Bangladesh, the minnows of the Test arena. Away in Bangladesh from February to March will be a good way to start the new year.
But it's later in the year that the true test will come. Two tours to two very different countries in India and England, which could produce some quality and exciting cricket. It will certainly be a tough but a possible fantastic year for the South African side.
February
Sun 17 - Tue 19
10:00 local, 04:00 GMT - Bangladesh Cricket Board XI v South Africans
Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah
Fri 22 - Tue 26
10:00 local, 04:00 GMT 1st Test - Bangladesh v South Africa
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri 29 - Tue 4
10:00 local, 04:00 GMT 2nd Test - Bangladesh v South Africa
Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong
March 2008
Fri 7
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT TBC v South Africans
Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong
Sun 9
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT 1st ODI - Bangladesh v South Africa
Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong
Wed 12
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT 2nd ODI - Bangladesh v South Africa
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri 14
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Bangladesh v South Africa
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu 20 - Sun 23
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT India A v South Africans
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Wed 26 - Sun 30
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT 1st Test - India v South Africa
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
April 2008
Thu 3 - Mon 7
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT 2nd Test - India v South Africa
Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri 11 - Tue 15
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT 3rd Test - India v South Africa
Green Park, Kanpur
June 2008
Sun 29 - Tue 1
11:00 local, 10:00 GMT Somerset v South Africans
County Ground, Taunton
July 2008
Fri 4 - Sun 6
11:00 local, 10:00 GMT Middlesex v South Africans
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground
Essex, Middx or Sussex
Thu 10 - Mon 14
11:00 local, 10:00 GMT 1st Test - England v South Africa
Lord's, London
Fri 18 - Tue 22
11:00 local, 10:00 GMT 2nd Test - England v South Africa
Headingley, Leeds
Fri 25 - Sun 27
11:00 local, 10:00 GMT Bangladesh A v South Africans
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Wed 30 - Sun 3
11:00 local, 10:00 GMT 3rd Test - England v South Africa
Edgbaston, Birmingham
August 2008
Thu 7 - Mon 11
11:00 local, 10:00 GMT 4th Test - England v South Africa
Kennington Oval, London
Thu 14
10:15 local, 09:15 GMT England Lions v South Africans
Grace Road, Leicester
Sat 16
10:15 local, 09:15 GMT England Lions v South Africans
County Ground, Derby
Wed 20
16:30 local, 15:30 GMT Only Twenty20 International - England v South Africa
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Fri 22
14:30 local, 13:30 GMT 1st ODI - England v South Africa
Headingley, Leeds
Tue 26
14:30 local, 13:30 GMT 2nd ODI - England v South Africa
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Fri 29
10:15 local, 09:15 GMT 3rd ODI - England v South Africa
Kennington Oval, London
Sun 31
10:15 local, 09:15 GMT 4th ODI - England v South Africa
Lord's, London
September 2008
Wed 3
10:15 local, 09:15 GMT 5th ODI - England v South Africa
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff