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Stats Analysis

South Africa's biggest win against West Indies

Stats highlights from the third ODI between West Indies and South Africa in East London

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
22-Jan-2015
Imran Tahir returned career best figures of 4 for 28  •  Gallo Images

Imran Tahir returned career best figures of 4 for 28  •  Gallo Images

9 Number of wickets by which South Africa won this ODI, their biggest margin of victory against West Indies when chasing. South Africa have won five ODIs by a margin of eight wickets against West Indies.
152 Balls remaining in South Africa's innings when they achieved victory, in the 25th over of their chase, the most for them against West Indies and the third-most against a top-eight side. South Africa had never previously beaten West Indies with more than 50 balls to spare.
151 Wickets taken by Dale Steyn in ODIs, making him the seventh South African bowler to reach the 150-wicket mark. His fast-bowling partner Morkel also has exactly 151 wickets. Morkel reached this mark in the previous ODI of this series, his 89th match. Steyn needed 96 matches.
122 The score for which West Indies were bowled out, their second-lowest against South Africa. The only time they were bowled out for fewer was in 2004, when they folded for 54 in Cape Town.
4-28 Imran Tahir's figures in this game, his best in ODIs. It was also the sixth-best bowling performance by a South African spinner in ODIs.
124 Runs scored by South Africa to win this ODI, the fourth-lowest in an ODI innings including individual fifties by two batsmen. Hashim Amla (61) and Faf du Plessis (51) made fifties in this game. The lowest such score is 113, also by South Africa, when AB de Villiers (50) and Graeme Smith (56) made half-centuries in an easy win against Pakistan in 2007.
7 Number of bowlers used by West Indies to bowl 24.4 overs, the fewest in an uninterrupted ODI between two top-eight teams. The only other instance where seven or more bowlers bowled fewer overs in any ODI was when Netherlands used seven bowlers to send down 20.3 overs against Ireland in 2010.

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant