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7th Match, West Indies v South Africa, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1718th ODI in cricket history

Rajneesh Gupta

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  • It was the 1718th ODI in cricket history.

  • It was West Indies' 424th and South Africa's 229th match.

  • It was the 25th match between the two sides. The record now reads : West Indies 8, South Africa 17.

  • Umpires Steve Bucknor and Bill Doctrove were officiating in their 83rd and 11th match respectively. This was also the 30th match for Steve Bucknor in home matches which equals the tally of Lloyd Barker.

  • Jonty Rhodes was making his 200th ODI appearance for South Africa. He became first South African and 22nd player overall to do so.

  • Jacques Kallis (69 off 147 ballsscoring rate 46.94) played the slowest innings of his career in a match in which he has made a fifty.. He had taken 105 balls for his 57 runs (scoring rate 54.29) against England at Bloemfontein on 23-01-2000.

  • Kallis' scoring rate is the slowest by a South African scoring at least 50 runs in an innings. The previous record was on the name of Hansie Cronje who played 113 balls for his 56 runs (SR 49.56) against England at Johannesburg on 1999-00. The accompanying table has the details:

    • R/100B  Batsman     Runs  Balls  Vs   Venue         Date        Result(for S.A)
    46.94   JH Kallis    69   147    WI   Arnos Vale    16-05-2001  Lost by 6 wkts
49.56   WJ Cronje    56   113    Eng  Johannesburg  13-02-2000  Won by 38 runs
50.48   PN Kirsten   53   105    Aus  East London   02-04-1994  Lost by 7 wkts
51.09   KC Wessels   70   137    Zim  Canberra      10-03-1992  Won by 7 wkts
52.58   KC Wessels   51    97    Pak  Faisalabad    28-10-1994  Lost by 6 wkts
52.63   KC Wessels   50    95    Ind  Calcutta      10-11-1991  Lost by 3 wkts
53.92   G Kirsten    55   102    Aus  Perth         16-01-1994  Won by 82 runs
54.17   JH Kallis    52    96    Zim  Durban        02-02-2000  lost by 2 wkts
54.21   ND McKenzie  58   107    Pak  Sharjah       31-03-2000  lost by 16 runs
54.29   JH Kallis    57   105    Eng  Bloemfontein  23-01-2000  lost by 9 wkts
54.73   KC Wessels   81*  148    Aus  Sydney        26-02-1992   won by 9 wkts
54.81   HH Dippenaar 57   104    NZ   Potchefstroom 20-10-2000   no result

  • Just for the information, the ODI record of worst scoring rate for a batsman (with 50 runs) in an innings is on the name of Pakistan's Javed Miandad who took as many as 170 balls for his 63* runs (scoring rate 37.05) against West Indies at Perth on 01-01-1989.

  • The catch of Kallis was ninth for Brian Lara against South Africa. He has now taken most catches in the field for West Indies against South Africa alongwith Keith Arthurton.

  • Cameron Cuffy (3-24) equalled the best figures for West Indies in a match at home soil against South Africa. Curtly Ambrose had the identical figures at Port-of-Spain on 11-04-1992.

  • The wicket of Chris Gayle was 10th for Kallis in the series. With already 298 runs under his belt, Kallis became only the third South African to complete the allround double of 250 runs and 10 wickets in a series (or tournament). Others to do so for South Africa are Hansie Cronje and Lance Klusener. The details:

    • Allrounder     For   M   R   Ave   Ct  RC    W   Ave   Season   Series
GS Chappell    Aus  14  686  68.60  7  375  22  17.05  1980-81  B&H World Series
IVA Richards   WI   13  651  65.10  9  543  13  41.77  1984-85  B&H World Series
IVA Richards   WI   14  536  41.23  3  419  11  38.09  1981-82  B&H World Series
NC Johnson     Zim   8  367  52.43  1  233  12  19.42  1999     World Cup
N Kapil Dev    Ind   8  303  60.60  7  245  12  20.42  1983     World Cup
JH Kallis      SA    6  298  59.60  2  183  10  18.30  2000-01  [WI]
Mudassar Nazar Pak   9  285  31.67  3  160  12  13.33  1981-82  B&H World Series
WJ Cronje      SA    7  285  40.71  2  162  11  14.73  1998-99  [WI]
MN Samuels     WI   10  282  28.20  2  389  14  27.79  2000-01  C&U World Series
L Klusener     SA    9  281  140.50 1  350  17  20.59  1999     World Cup

  • Cameron Cuffy was winning his maiden Man of the Match award in his 26th match.
  • At the end of the match: South Africa's overall ODI record: played 229, won 143, lost 78, tied 2 and abandoned 6. West Indies' overall ODI record: played 424, won 246, lost 165, tied 5 and abandoned 8. Shaun Pollock's captaincy record: played 36, won 23, lost 11, tied one and abandoned one. Carl Hooper's captaincy record: played 11, won 2, lost 9.

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