CT 2017, Match 7: South Africa v Pakistan – Statistical Preview

South Africa and Pakistan will play against each other in the 7th game of the Champions Trophy. They have started off their campaign in the exactly opposite manner. The Proteas won their first game by 96 runs over Sri Lanka while India thrashed Pakistan by a margin of 124. With poor NRR already, Pakistan will be in a desperate need for a win in this game while South Africa would look to near confirm their berth in semis with yet another win.

Ahead of the game, we look at some of the key numbers and records related to the game.

0.510 – Pakistan’s win-loss ratio in ODI cricket against South Africa; their worst ratio against any team in this format.

1 – In the last 10 SA vs PAK ODIs, chasing side have won only once. All the 10 games had totals between 170 & 270.

0.900 – South Africa’s win-loss ratio in ODIs on England soil, their 2nd lowest ratio in any country in this format. (Min: 10 matches) South Africa has a win-loss ratio of 0.533 in ODIs in Sri Lanka.

2 – Number of times South Africa and Pakistan have played against each other in the Champions Trophy; South Africa won both times. They defeated Pakistan by 124 runs in 2006 at Mohali and by 67 runs in 2013 at Birmingham, the venue of this game.

2 – Number of times Junaid Khan has dismissed Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers. He has conceded 35 off 44 to de Kock, 25 off 29 to du Plessis and 84 off 87 to de Villiers.

18.88 – Mohammad Hafeez’s batting average against South Africa in ODIs; the lowest for any player in the SA-PAK ODI games. (Min: 500 runs scored) Hafeez has scored 510 runs in 27 ODI innings vs South Africa with 3 fifties.

20.36 – Morne Morkel’s bowling against Pakistan in ODI cricket; his 2nd best average against a Test playing nation. He averages 18.21 over New Zealand. Against Pakistan, Morkel has taken 22 wickets in 12 matches at a strike-rate of 30.6.

47 – Number of times South Africa have defeated Pakistan in ODI cricket; the most number of wins for them against any team in this format.

151 – Runs scored by AB de Villiers against Mohammad Hafeez in ODI cricket. De Villiers has scored 151 runs in 160 balls hitting 8 fours and 4 sixes against Hafeez and gave him the wicket only once.

1423 – Runs scored by AB de Villiers against Pakistan in ODIs; the most runs scored by any player in the SA-PAK ODI games. AB has scored 1423 runs at an average of 61.86 against Pakistan in 30 innings with 3 centuries and 10 fifties.