South Africa v Sri Lanka 3rd ODI – Statistical Highlights

Sri Lanka continued their poor performance in the must win 3rd ODI of the series at Johannesburg as the hosts completed the series win with two matches to play as they won the game by 7 wickets. South Africa turned up in Pink jerseys to lend their support towards Breast cancer awareness but the Bees around the bull ring took the limelight as they spoiled the sport for nearly 2 hours of play. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 163 after being put into bat while South Africa chased it down in 32 overs only. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

3 – Number of consecutive ODIs in which Sri Lanka have been bowled out under 200; this is the first such instance for them.

7 – Wickets taken by Imran Tahir in this series so far, he needs 3 more wickets to break the most wickets by a spinner in an ODI series/tournament record at home for South Africa. In case he manages to take 10 wickets in the series, he will become the first South African spinner with 10 wickets in a bilateral ODI series.

9 – Number of ODIs Andile Phehlukwayo has played so far. South Africa has won in all those 9 ODIs.

12 – Number of consecutive ODI wins for South Africa at home, their longest winning streak in ODIs at home. They won 11 ODIs in a row in 1996-1997.

28 – Quinton de Kock is now the 28th wicketkeeper to effect 100 dismissals in ODIs. He is the 3rd South African after David Richardson and Mark Boucher to effect 100 dismissals in this format.

49 – Runs scored by Sri Lankan batsmen coming at No.3 or lower in this game, the 4th lowest by them in an ODI.

68 – Innings taken by Quinton de Kock to complete 100 dismissals as keeper in ODIs. Only 6 players took fewer innings as keeper to effect 100 ODI dismissals.

100 – Number of ODIs Faf du Plessis has featured in so far. He is now the 21st player to feature in 100 ODIs for South Africa.

100.86 – AB de Villiers’ batting average in ODIs at Johannesburg; the 2nd best by anyone at a specific venue in ODI cricket. Dean Jones averages 112.60 at Adelaide in ODIs. No other player has 100+ ODI average at a specific venue. (Min: 10 innings)

105 – Runs aggregated by Sri Lankan openers in this game. This is only the 2nd time they aggregated 100 runs in last 20 ODIs. They added 198 runs against Ireland at Dublin last year.

112.5 – AB de Villiers’ average in the games South Africa plays with Pink jersey. His scores in those matches read: 128, 77, 149, 36 and 60*.

353 – Average first innings score in last 5 ODIs at Johannesburg. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 163 in this game.

2005 – Last time before this series, Sri Lanka were bowled out thrice in a series under 200 was in the 7-match series against India in 2005.