Stats Analysis

West Indies end nine-year wait

Stats highlights from the fourth ODI between West Indies and South Africa in Port Elizabeth

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
25-Jan-2015
File photo: Andre Russell, 64*, made the highest score by a No. 8 batsman in a successful chase against South Africa  •  BCCI

File photo: Andre Russell, 64*, made the highest score by a No. 8 batsman in a successful chase against South Africa  •  BCCI

9 Years since West Indies last won an ODI against South Africa, in Jaipur in 2006. Since then, they have had 15 losses and a tie. In the 2006 game, West Indies scored 262 runs in their chase. South Africa scored 262 in their first innings today.
13 Ducks scored by Dwayne Smith, the second-most for any player who has played 100 ODIs or fewer. Smith has played 98 ODIs. Pakistan's Salman Butt has 15 ducks, the most, from 78 ODIs.
130 Runs scored by David Miller, the highest by any South Africa player batting at No. 5 or below. The previous highest was 121, by Jonty Rhodes against Pakistan in 1996.
64* Runs scored by Andre Russell, the highest by any player batting at No. 8 or below in a successful chase against South Africa. This is the fourth-highest such score by a player against any team.
4 Wickets taken by Jason Holder, his second four-wicket haul in ODIs. In the last ten years, there have been only three players who have taken more wickets in an ODI innings when captaining their side - Dwayne Bravo (six), Daniel Vettori (five) and Shahid Afridi (five, twice).
93 The partnership between Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy, the third-highest sixth wicket stand for West Indies after being five-down for 100 runs or less. This pair took West Indies from 73 for 5 to 166. The highest such partnership for West Indies is 154, when Jeff Dujon and Richie Richardson took West Indies from 57 for 5 to 211, against Pakistan in 1991.
19.5 Chris Gayle's batting average since 2013, the lowest for any batsman (Nos. 1 to 7) who has played at least 20 innings. Gayle has scored 449 runs from 23 innings in this period. There are 60 other batsmen who have played at least 20 innings in this period, with each of them averaging more than 20.

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant