England vs South Africa, ODI World Cup 2023,Match 20, Stats Review: Heinrich Klaasen's brilliant century, South Africa's feat and other stats

Courtesy of Reeza Hendricks (85 off 75) and Heinrich Klaasen's match-winning knocks (109 off 67) helped South Africa post a huge total of 399/7, followed by a clinical bowling display that helped them beat England by 229 runs in the 20th match of the ongoing ODI World Cup.

England won the toss and opted to field first in the 20th match of the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. South Africa lost Quinton de Kock early for 4 runs, but Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen put on a 121-run partnership for the second wicket. Van der Dussen was dismissed by Adil Rashid for 60, but Hendricks continued to score freely and reached 85 before being dismissed by Rashid again. 

Heinrich Klaasen then came in and played a blistering innings of 109 runs off just 67 balls, including 12 fours and 4 sixes. He was well supported by Marco Jansen, who scored a quick 75* runs off 42 balls. South Africa eventually finished their innings on 399/7. Adil Rashid was the pick of the England bowlers for his spell of 2/61 in 10 overs

In response to South Africa's 399/7, England were bowled out for 170. Mark Wood top-scored with 43 and Gus Atkinson scored 35. The rest of the England batting collapsed, and South Africa eventually won by 229 runs. Heinrich Klaasen won the Player of the Match award for his brilliant knock of 109 off 67 balls.

Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers from the 20th Match between England and South Africa of the ongoing World Cup:  

 3 - Reeza Hendricks scored 85 runs, which is the third-highest score by a South African batter on ODI World Cup debut. The highest score was 188 by Gary Kirsten against the UAE in 1996, followed by David Miller's 138 runs against Zimbabwe in 2015  

 6 - South Africa's 399/7 against England is their sixth consecutive innings in which they have crossed 300 while batting first. 

Sixth consecutive innings SA have crossed 300 batting first -

338/6 vs AUS at Potchefstroom 

416/5 vs AUS at Centurion 

315/9 vs AUS at Johannesburg 

428/5 vs SL at Delhi 

311/7 vs AUS at Lucknow 

399/7 vs ENG at Mumbai 

 1 - The pair of Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen put together 151 runs for the sixth wicket, which is the highest by a South African pair for the sixth wicket in an ODI World Cup. The previous highest was 87 runs by JP Duminy and Colin Ingram against Ireland in Kolkata in 2011 

 5 - Heinrich Klaasen's century is the fifth for South Africa in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, equaling the joint-most for them in a single edition of the tournament, which was also achieved in 2015 

 3 - Heinrich Klaasen smashed a century off 61 balls, which is the third fastest by a South African batter in the ODI World Cup. The fastest was 49 balls by Aiden Markram against Sri Lanka in 2023, and the second fastest is 52 balls by AB de Villiers against the West Indies in 2015 

 4 - South Africa's total of 399/7 against England is their fourth-highest total in the ODI World Cup and the sixth-highest total in the ODI World Cup overall. 

 1 - South Africa's total of 399/7 is the highest total against England in ODIs. The previous highest total against England was 398 by New Zealand at the Oval in 2015 

 229 - England's loss to South Africa by 229 runs is their biggest margin of defeat in ODIs. Their previous biggest defeat was by 221 runs to Australia at Melbourne in 2022. 

 2- England's loss to South Africa by 229 runs is the second-biggest defeat by runs for a full-member nation in ODI World Cups. The biggest defeat was by 257 runs, suffered by the West Indies against South Africa in Sydney in 2015 

 1 - The pair of Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen put together 151 runs for the sixth wicket is the highest by a South African pair for the sixth wicket in an ODI. The previous highest was 137 between Hansie Cronje and Shaun Pollock against Zimbabwe in 1997.

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