Kemp's amazing blitz
Justin Kemp's magnificent unbeaten 100 from 89 balls completely changed the complexion of a match that seemed to be in India's bag. Here at the stats highlights from his knock
S Rajesh
26-Nov-2006
Justin Kemp's magnificent unbeaten 100 from 89 balls allowed South Africa to recover from a near-hopeless position and eventually post a convincing win against India. Cricinfo looks at highlights from the Cape Town match.
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240.74 - Justin Kemp's strike rate in his last 27 balls. After 62 balls he had made just 35.
76 - The number of runs South Africa scored in the five-over period from 43 to 47. The sequence read 12, 15, 19, 11, 19.
138 - The eighth-wicket partnership between Kemp and Andrew Hall, which is a record for that wicket in ODIs, beating the earlier mark of 119 between Shane Warne and Paul Reiffel against South Africa at Port Elizabeth in 1993-94.
240 - Kemp's strike rate against Irfan Pathan (24 off 10 balls). Against Zaheer Khan he hammered 21 off 11, while Harbhajan Singh vanished for 27 off 24. The only bowler who had respectable stats against him was Anil Kumble, who conceded just 11 from 25 balls.
24.07 - Kemp's average in his 20 previous ODIs this year. He had only scored two fifties in these matches.
3 - The number of No.7 batsmen who have scored hundreds in ODIs. Before Kemp, only Hashan Tillakaratne (100 against West Indies at Sharjah, 1995-96), and Mohammad Kaif (111 not out against Zimbabwe at Colombo, 2002-03) had managed this feat
51.20 - Rahul Dravid's average in ODIs against South Africa in South Africa. In 11 innings, he has scored seven fifties
25.89 - Sachin Tendulkar's average against South Africa in South Africa. In 18 matches, he only has one fifty-plus score
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo