Getting starts, getting out

1970 The last time before today that South Africa had a century opening stand in a Test in Port Elizabeth: Eddie Barlow and Barry Richards had added 157 against Australia in March that year. In 26 opening partnerships at this ground since then and before this Test, South Africa's highest had been 98, and their average stand was 23.26.

5 Instances of South Africa's top five all being dismissed between 20 and 65 in a Test innings; there have only been three such instances since their readmission to international cricket, and all three have been at home: against Zimbabwe in Bloemfontein in 1999, against Pakistan in Johannesburg in 2013, and this Test.

43 The previous highest partnership between Stephen Cook and Dean Elgar, in eight Test innings. They had an aggregate of 164 partnership runs in those eight innings, at an average of 20.50.

49.92 Hashim Amla's career average; he needs to score 62 in the second innings (if dismissed) to ensure his average stays on the right side of 50. The last time Amla's career average dropped below 50 at the end of a Test match was in November 2012. In his last 16 Tests, he has averaged 34.62, with only five 50-plus scores in 24 innings.

19 Instances of JP Duminy being out lbw, out of 53 dismissals in Tests. His percentage of lbw dismissals (36%) is the highest among batsmen who have been dismissed at least 50 times in Tests.

4/62 Suranga Lakmal's figures at the end of the first day, currently his best figures in Tests. The only other instance of him taking a four-for in Tests was against Pakistan in Dubai in 2014, when he took 4 for 78.