Miscellaneous

2nd Match, South Africa v New Zealand, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1643rd ODI in cricket history

Rajneesh Gupta
03-Nov-2000
  • It was the 1643rd ODI in cricket history.
  • It was South Africa's 212th and New Zealand's 358th ODI.
  • It was the 23rd match between these two sides. The record now reads: South Africa 13, New Zealand 7, no result 3.
  • BGK Walker made his debut for New Zealand. He became the 117th player to represent New Zealand in the shorter version of the game.
  • Umpires Rudi Koertzen and Danny Becker officiated in their 64th and 14th match respectively.
  • The duck was tenth for Daryll Cullinan in his career. He thus joined Lance Klusener to become the second most prolific duck scorers for South Africa. The record, however, is held by Allan Donald with 11 ducks.
  • The wicket of Cullinan was 150th for Chris Harris. He became the 2nd New Zealander after Richard Hadlee and 26th bowler overall to do so.
  • By taking 161 matches to reach this landmark, Harris became the fourth slowest in terms of most matches taken to accomplish this feat. Only Sanath Jayasuriya (175), Carl Hooper (169) and Steve Waugh (164) have taken more matches to complete their 150 ODI wickets. Just for the record, Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq took least (78) matches to do so.
  • Chris Harris took as many as 7298 balls to capture his 150th wicket (calculated upto the end of the innings). He now holds the dubious distinction of taking his 150th wicket after bowling maximum balls. West Indian Courtney Walsh was the previous record holder with 7210 balls (in 136 matches). Harris has conceded 5230 runs off his bowling while capturing his 150th wicketmost by any bowler. The previous record was in the name of Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya who conceded 5198 runs (in his 175th match). The following table has the details:
  • Most Matches Taken to complete 150 wickets
  • For                    Mts  Balls  Runs   Ave    SR   RpO  Season
    Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) 175 6413 5198 34.65 42.75 4.86 1998-99 Carl Hooper (WI) 169 6967 5023 33.49 46.45 4.33 1998-99 Steve Waugh (Aus) 164 6687 4952 33.01 44.58 4.44 1993-94 Chris Harris (NZ) 161 7298 5230 34.86 48.65 4.30 2000-01 Courtney Walsh (WI) 136 7210 4596 30.64 48.07 3.82 1994-95 Aaqib Javed (Pak) 136 6781 4742 31.20 44.61 4.20 1996-97 Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 133 6895 4937 32.91 45.97 4.30 1999-00 Imran Khan (Pak) 132 5651 3608 23.89 37.42 3.83 1989-90 Kapil Dev (Ind) 128 6484 4031 26.87 43.23 3.73 1988-89 Venkatesh Prasad (Ind) 126 6307 4891 32.61 42.05 4.65 1999 Malcolm Marshall (WI) 125 6629 3859 25.22 43.33 3.49 1991-92
  • Roger Telemachus' figures of 10-5-16-1 (RpO 1.60) is the most economical by a South African against New Zealand. The previous record was with Allan Donald who conceded 17 runs in his 10 overs at Adelaide on 06-12-1997.
  • Nicky Boje won the Man of the Match for the third time in his career.