Stats: Ben Stokes’ consistency to Kagiso Rabada’s making, South Africa – England Test series in numbers

South Africa have finally managed to register a Test win under their belt after almost a gap of a year after beating England in the 4^th Test match at Centurion by 280 runs on 5^th day due to Kagiso Rabada’s stunning performance in the 2^nd innings as he picked up six wickets in the 2^nd innings so he picked up total 13 wickets in the Test match which is most by any South African bowler against England in any Test match apart from HJ Tayfield who had also picked up 13 wickets against England in a Test match once. However, South Africa lost the series by 2-1 but there were many positives for them in the series for example Hashim Amla’s returning into the form, Rabada and Morkel’s bowling and Q de Kock’s performance in the last Test match etc.

For England, the last Test match was not up to their standards it is because of their batting collapse, they lost the Test match by 280 runs. England can take many positives from the series as Stokes and Bairstow’s consistency in their performances as Test players, Stuart Broad’s bowling along with Moeen Ali’s day by day improvement as a Test player etc. So, at the end of the series, we can say that we had witnessed fascinating contest between bat and ball and the team who played better named England won the series by 2-1.

Statistical Highlights – South Africa vs England, Test series:

470 – Number of Runs scored by Hashim Amla in the four Test match series which is most by any other player in the series. At number two and three, Ben Stokes (411) and Joe Root (386) are there respectively in most number of runs category.

1002 – Number of Balls faced by Hashim Amla in the Test series which is most by any other batsman in the Test series.

258 – Number of Runs Ben Stokes had scored in the 2^nd Test match’s 1^st innings against South Africa which is most by any other player in an innings of a Test match as far as this series is concerned.

22 – Number of Wickets taken by Kagiso Rabada in the Test series which is most by any other bowler in this test series. He had taken 22 wickets from 3 Test matches.

20.61 – Average at which Stuart Broad has taken his 18 wickets in the test series which is best among bowlers who have picked up more than 5 wickets in the series.

6 – Number of catches taken by Dean Elgar in the Test series which is most by any other fielder in the series.

67 – Number of Fours hit by Hashim Amla in the Test series which is most by any other player in the series.

13 – Number of Sixes hit by Ben Stokes in the Test series which is most by any other player in the series.

71.80 – Average at which J Bairstow has scored his 359 runs in the series which is best among batsmen who had scored more than 300 runs in the series. He scored 359 runs from 4 Test matches.

109.0 – Strike rate at which Ben Stokes has scored his 411 runs in 4 Test matches in the series which is best by any other player the series. He had scored his 411 runs from 377 balls.

2 – Number of double hundreds scored in the series. Ben Stokes (258) and Hashim Amla (201) scored double hundreds in the recently concluded Test series.

37.80 – Strike rate at which Nick Compton had scored his 245 runs in the series by facing 648 balls which is lowest among batsmen who have faced minimum of 350 balls in the Test series.

399 – Number of Runs added by Ben Stokes and J Bairstow in the 2^nd test match in 1^st innings at Cape Town for 6^th wicket which is most by any pair for any wicket in the recently concluded Test series between England and South Africa.

629/6d – Number of Runs scored by England in the 2^nd test match’s 1^st innings which is highest total registered in any innings of a Test match in the series.

20 – Number of Dismissals claimed by J Bairstow in the Test series which is most by any wicket-keeper in the series. He had claimed 20 dismissals from 4 Test matches.