Miscellaneous

1st Match, South Africa v New Zealand, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1641st ODI in cricket history

Rajneesh Gupta

  • It was the 1641st ODI in cricket history.

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  • It was South Africa's 211th and New Zealand's 357th ODI.

  • It was the 22nd match between these two sides. The record now reads: South Africa 12, New Zealand 7, no result 3.

  • It was the 50th 'no result' match in ODIs. It was the 18th abandoned match for New Zealand and the 6th for South Africa. New Zealand has now appeared in most abandoned matches alongwith India.

  • It was the 1st match at North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom. Potchefstroom became South Africa's 11th and 135th ground in the world to host a ODI match.

  • Potchefstroom also became the 36th venue to host a floodlit match.

  • Umpires Rudi Koertzen and Dave Orchard officiated in their 63rd and 61st match respectively.

  • Lance Klusener played his 100th match. He became South Africa's 9th and 109th player overall to do so.

  • Nicky Boje scored his maiden ODI hundred in his 45th match. His 105* is perhaps the ninth hundred by a pinch hitter in ODIs. The complete list:

    • Score  Balls  SR     Batsman          Pos Opp Venue         Date
    169*   143   118.18  D Callaghan (SA)  2  NZ  Centurion     11-12-1994
130    124   104.84  C Harris (NZ)     5  Aus Chennai       11-03-1996
127    121   104.96  B McMillan (SA)   3  Zim Harare        21-10-1995
110    135    81.48  S Law (Aus)       2  Zim Hobart BO     08-12-1994
106    139    76.26  M Rindel (SA)     2  Pak Johannesburg  12-01-1995
105*    93   112.90  N Boje (SA)       3  NZ  Potchefstroom 20-10-2000
102     40   255.00  S Afridi (Pak)    3  SL  Nairobi Gym   04-10-1996
101*    96   105.21  C Sharma (Ind)    4  Eng Kanpur        25-10-1989
100    102    98.04  R Singh (Ind)     3  SL  Colombo SSC   23-08-1997

    Note: The above list has been prepared on the basis of actual circumstances in which the batsmen were compelled to go up the order than usual batting positions. Readers are invited to add to this list.

    Boje's hundred came off only 89 balls, which is the fastest for South Africa in ODIs. The previous record was held by Jacques Kallis (113*) who took 91 balls to reach his hundred against Sri Lanka at Dhaka on 30-10-1998.

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