South Africa v England, 5th ODI - Statistical Highlights

From 0-2 down, South Africa were successful in not conceding the series to England as they recorded their 3rd consecutive win against visitors at Durban in the decider of the 5-match ODI series.

England, who batted first put on just 236 on the board as the middle order collapsed yet again. Alex Hales’ superb ton of 112 helped his side to post a respectable total.

Chasing 237, South Africa lost 3 early wickets. Captain Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers settled down the things for their side with a century stand. Despite losing Amla and Behardien in quick succession, a quickfire knock from David Wiese and a splendid century from AB de Villiers helped his side sneak with a 5-wicket win. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

4 – This is 4th time a team has managed to win a bilateral ODI series after being 0-2 down. This is the 3rd instance in a 5-match series and 2nd time South Africa have done it.

3 – Alex Hales became only the 3rd player to score fifty plus scores in all the games of a 5-match bilateral ODI series. Yasir Hameed and Kane Williamson are other 2 players.

112 – Hales became the 1st England opener to score an ODI century in South Africa. His 99 in 2nd ODI was the previous highest score by an England opener in South Africa.

75.63 – AB de Villiers’ batting average in bilateral ODI series deciders. He has a strike rate of 110.4 in those games.

3 – AB de Villiers now has 3 centuries in bilateral ODI series deciders. All those have come in the last 4 times he has batted in such games. In overall, his last 5 innings in ODI series deciders read- 101*, 119, 64, 108, 95*.

24 – AB de Villiers has scored 24 ODI centuries so far. All the 24 century innings have a strike rate of over 100.

176 – AB de Villiers is now the 2nd fastest to 24 ODI centuries. Virat Kohli leads the list by completing 24 ODI tons in just 161 innings.

11 – Hashim Amla-AB de Villiers pair now has 11-century partnerships between themselves in ODIs. Only 8 pairs have more century stands than them.

37 – Amla-de Villiers pair is now the fastest to 11-century partnerships. The previous record was in 56 innings by Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke.

81.45 – Hashim Amla-AB de Villiers pair has an average of 81.45 for every dismissal. Among the pairs with a minimum of 1000 partnership runs in ODIs, this is the best average.

50 – Alex Hales-Joe Root pair is now the 1st pair to record 5 fifty-plus partnerships in a bilateral ODI series.

4 – A total of 4 centuries went in losing cause during this series. These are joint 2nd most in a 5-match bilateral ODI series. Highest is 7 during the recent India-Australia series.

5 – Alex Hales is now the 5th England batsman to score 5 consecutive fifties in ODI cricket.

383 – Runs scored by Alex Hales in this series. These are the most by an England batsman in a 5-match bilateral ODI series. Next best is 351 runs by Joe Root, who also scored it in the current series.