Great all-round form, but South Africa face their knockout jinx
While South Africa have one of the strongest batting and bowling units going into the World Cup, their record against some of the top teams in the recent past has not been great
Opposition | Mats | Won | Lost | Win/Loss |
v Australia | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 |
v Sri Lanka | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 |
v England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
v New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 |
v Pool A top teams | 23 | 9 | 13 | 0.69 |
Player | Mats | Runs | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
AB de Villiers | 47 | 2291 | 60.28 | 107.60 | 6 | 14 |
Hashim Amla | 45 | 2143 | 52.26 | 86.62 | 9 | 8 |
Quinton de Kock | 36 | 1486 | 42.45 | 88.29 | 6 | 4 |
Faf du Plessis | 41 | 1400 | 36.84 | 82.84 | 3 | 8 |
David Miller | 47 | 1046 | 36.06 | 93.06 | 1 | 6 |
JP Duminy | 40 | 1043 | 37.25 | 82.77 | 1 | 5 |
Player | Mats | Wkts | Ave | Eco | SR | 4/5 |
Dale Steyn | 30 | 55 | 19.80 | 4.29 | 27.6 | 2/1 |
Morne Morkel | 33 | 53 | 27.26 | 5.09 | 32.0 | 0/1 |
Imran Tahir | 25 | 41 | 23.48 | 4.50 | 31.2 | 2/0 |
Vernon Philander | 16 | 28 | 18.96 | 4.54 | 25.0 | 1/0 |
Wayne Parnell | 18 | 27 | 25.03 | 5.30 | 28.3 | 1/0 |
Shiva Jayaraman is a sub-editor (stats) at ESPNcricinfo.com