South Africa v England 3rd ODI - Statistical Highlights

South Africa managed to win the 3rd ODI to open their account in the ongoing 5-match ODI series at home against England, who won the first 2 games comfortably. England batted, first got a great start from top order yet again with Alex Hales scoring 65. Jos Buttler’s failure meant England had to accelerate the scoring rate. Root, who scored a brilliant 125 was helped by a 33-ball fifty from Ben Stokes as England finished on 318 for 8.

Chasing 319, South Africa were driven by a huge double century stand from their openers Quinton de Kock and Hahsim Amla. De Kock smashed 135 before getting dismissed while Amla scored 127. Despite a couple of quick wickets, South Africa managed to chase down with 22 balls to spare and by 7 wickets, thanks to the huge opening stand. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

319 – This is now the 3rd highest successful chase by South Africa in ODIs and their 2nd highest at home and also their highest against England.

1 – This is the first time both the openers have scored 125+ in 2nd innings of an ODI.

6 – This is the 6th highest successful run chase in ODIs where a team lost 3 or lesser wickets.

2 – Quinton de Kock is now the 1st South African and 8th player overall to score 2 or more scores of 135+ in ODI chases.

125 – Only the 2nd time in an ODI, 3 batsmen have recorded 125+ scores. Other instance was South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg in 2015.

239 – Hashim Amla – Q de Kock’s 239 run stand is the 2nd highest opening stand while chases in ODIs. Highest is 286 by Tharanga-Jayasuriya pair in 2006 vs England.

55 – Innings taken by Quinton de Kock to score his 10th ODI century. He is now the fastest to the mark by overhauling Hashim Amla, who took 57 innings.

22 – Hashim Amla has scored 22 centuries so far in ODIs. Only 6 players have ore centuries than Amla in this format.

126 – Innings taken by Hashim Amla to score his 22nd century in ODIs. He is now the quickest to the 22 centuries mark overhauling Virak Kohli, who did it in 143 innings.

3 – Hashim Amla has scored 22 centuries as opener in ODIs. The 3rd most tons in ODIs as openers after Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya.

23y 54d – Q de Kock age when he scored his 10th ODI century is 23 years and 54 days. He is now youngest to the mark by overhauling Virat Kohli, who has taken 23 years and 129 days.

66.66 – Quinton de Kock’s conversion rate of ODI 50s into 100s is 66.67%. Among the players with at least 15 fifty plus scores in ODIs, De Kock leads the next best Hashim Amla, who has 44.00%.

7 – Centuries scored by Joe Root in ODI format. He is now the joint 4th most century scorer for England in ODIs.