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

The No.8 ranked side, Pakistan, recovered well from a huge loss against India to stun the World No.1 ODI side, South Africa. After losing the toss, the Pakistani team restricted the South Africans to a mere 219/8, a total which wasn’t possible without a fighting 75* by David Miller. Debutant Fakhar Zaman gave them a blistering start which helped them stay ahead on the Duckworth-Lewis Stern par score.

Morne Morkel tried to keep South Africa in the game with 3/18 in his 7 overs but Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam ensured they were 19 runs ahead of the par score after 27 overs just when rain interrupted the game. With this win, Pakistan have spiced up Group B for all the four teams.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

1 – For the first time in ODI cricket, AB de Villiers was dismissed for a golden duck. De Villiers previously had 6 ducks in ODIs.

2.5 – Imad Wasim’s economy rate in this game; the 3rd most economical bowling figures for a Pakistan player in a Champions Trophy game. (Min: 8 overs bowled) Pakistan’s top 3 economic figures in CT have come in a game vs Netherlands in 2002.

4 – Number of times in the last 5 ODI games between Pakistan and South Africa, Pakistan ended up on the winning side.

4 – Number of captains including AB de Villiers who have bagged a golden duck in the Champions Trophy. Other three are Sanath Jayasuriya, Richard Staple and Habibul Bashar.

6 – Number of times AB de Villiers has been dismissed for a duck in the ICC ODI events; the second most number of ducks for any player. New Zealand’s Nathan Astle has 8 ducks in the ICC ODI events.

6 – Number of consecutive matches which Pakistan has lost in the Champions Trophy before this game. Their last win in the Champions Trophy came in 2009 against India.

18.64 – Morne Morkel’s bowling average against Pakistan in ODIs; his best average against a Test playing nation in ODIs. Morkel has taken 25 wickets in 13 ODIs against Pakistan.

83 – Balls taken by David Miller for his fifty in this game; his slowest fifty in ODIs. His previous slowest ODI fifty came off 75 balls against West Indies in 2015.

134.78 – Fakhar Zaman’s batting strike rate in this game; the highest for a Pakistan opener on his ODI debut. Nasir Jamshed had a S/R of 127.08 on his ODI debut vs Zimbabwe in 2008.