South Africa's false starts, Bairstow's safe hands

5 Instances of South Africa's top four batsmen all getting out between 20 and 49 runs, including in this match. Their last such instance was against West Indies in Cape Town in 2007-08. The other three were all before their exile from International cricket in 1971. Three of those have been against England and this is the second such instances in Johannesburg. Incidentally, this was the first time in 37 Test innings that their top four all managed to score at least 20 runs. Their last such instances was also at the Wanderers, against Pakistan in February 2013.

16.11 Stiaan van Zyl's batting average as an opener in Tests - the second-worst among South Africa openers to play eight or more Tests. Only William Shalders averaged lower - 15.05 in ten Tests. Van Zyl has opened in ten innings in eight Tests and has made 145 runs with a highest of 34. Among openers from all teams, he is the only one, not to have scored more than 40 from eight or more Tests. In four innings when he has not opened, he has made scores of 101*, 29, 33 and 36 (batting at No.6 and 7). He averages 66.33 when he bats down the order and just 16.11 when he opens.

0 Fifty-plus opening stands in the first innings of Tests at the Wanderers in 11 consecutive Tests, including this match where Dean Elgar and van Zyl added just 44 runs for the first wicket. The last opening stand of 50 or more runs in the first innings of a Test at the Wanderers was between Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith, who added 149 runs against West Indies in December 2003. Overall, there have been only four 50-plus opening partnerships at this venue in 36 matches - the lowest for any of the 24 venues that have hosted 35 or more Tests. The average opening stand per dismissal of 31.30 is the third-lowest among those venues.

2012 The last time AB de Villiers had a strike of 90 or more in a Test innings of 25 or more runs; he had made 169 off 184 balls against Australia at the WACA in November 2012. In this innings of 36 runs in 40 balls, he had a strike rate of exactly 90, only the seventh time when he has scored 25 or more runs at a strike rate of 90-plus in Tests.

1 Number of England wicketkeepers to dismiss the first four batsmen in an innings before Jonny Bairstow in this match. Jack Russell is the only other player to have done it earlier: he dismissed Australia's top five batsmen at the MCG in 1990-91.

1 Instances of South Africa playing three designated wicketkeepers in a Test series before this one. That instance was also against England in 2004-05, in a five-match series, when Thami Tsolekile kept in the first Test, de Villiers in the next two and Mark Boucher in the final two. In this series, De Villiers kept in the first test, Quinton de Kock in the second and now Dane Vilas in the third.

2 Number of England players to play 125 or more Tests including Alastair Cook who is playing his 125th. Alec Stewart, who is the other one to do this, played 133 Tests. Click here for a list of players who have played 125 or more Tests.