England v South Africa, 2017: T20I series - Statistical Preview

Coming into the Champions Trophy 2017 as the hot favourites, hosts England faltered in semis while South Africa couldn’t advance beyond the group stages. Both the sides will look to redeem themselves in the T20I series in where they will continue their bilateral rivalry as they featured in an ODI series just before CT. This will be their first meet in T20Is since their World T20 game in 2016 which turned out to be a record-breaking run fest.

Here we look at all the key stats and approaching milestones related to the series:

0.571 – England’s win-loss ratio against South Africa in T20Is; their 2nd lowest against any team. (Min: 5 T20Is) England have a win-loss ratio of 0.400 against West Indies in this format.

1.750 – South Africa’s win-loss ratio against England is their 2nd highest against any team they have played more than 5 T20Is. They have a win-loss ratio of 2.750 vs New Zealand.

45 – Wickets Morne Morkel has taken in the T20I format so far. He needs 5 more wickets to become the 3rd South African to take 50 T20I wickets.

49 – David Miller has played 49 T20I matches so far. He will become the 4th South African to feature in 50 T20Is if he plays in any one of the 3 matches.

288 – Runs Hashim Amla has scored in T20Is against England; the most by any player in the England-South Africa T20Is. Amla has 3 fifties in the 6 T20I innings.

943 – Runs scored by Jos Buttler in the T20Is so far. He needs 57 more runs to become the 4th England player to score 1000 runs in T20Is.

965 – Wayne Parnell has scored 965 runs in the Twenty20 cricket; he needs 35 more runs to complete 1000 T20 runs.

3911 – Runs Alex Hales has scored in Twenty20 cricket so far. He needs 89 more runs to become the 7th England player to score 4000 T20 runs.

4909 – David Miller has scored 4909 runs so far in the Twenty20 cricket. He needs 91 more runs to become the 3rd South African after AB de Villiers and JP Duminy to score 5000 T20 runs.