England v South Africa, 3rd ODI - Statistical Highlights

South Africa avoided a series whitewash with a big win in the 3rd and final ODI against England at Lord’s. After failing to chase down 300+ totals in the first two games of the series, South Africa came out strong with the ball to reduce the hosts to 20 for 6 in 5 overs. However, a late rescue by Jonny Bairstow with David Willey and Toby Roland-Jones helped England score 153. The South African openers shared a 95-run stand in reply which ensured a smooth finish for them despite losing 3 wickets for 6 runs.

Here are all the stats and records from the game:

20 – Runs scored by England before losing their first 6 wickets in this game; the 7th fewest by any team. Lowest is 10 runs by Canada against Netherlands in 2013.

30 – Balls taken by England to lose their first 6 wickets in this game; the fewest by any team. Previous lowest is 38 balls by Canada against Netherlands in 2013.

37* – Toby Roland-Jones’ 37* is the 4th highest score by an ODI debutant batting at No.9 or lower. The highest is 43* by Anwar Ali vs South Africa in 2013 batting at No.9.

42 – Number of consecutive ODI series in which South Africa won at least one game; the 2nd longest streak for any team. Team India won at least one game in 43 consecutive ODI series between 1997 and 2004.

100 – This game was the 100th ODI for AB de Villiers as captain. He is the 17th player and 3rd from South Africa after Hansie Cronje and Graeme Smith to lead his team in 100 ODIs.

150 – Number of innings taken by Hashim Amla to complete 7000 runs in ODI cricket; the fewest by any player. He overtook Virat Kohli who took 161 innings to get to the milestone.

153 – South Africa’s total of 153 is the joint 2nd highest for any team which lost their first 6 wickets inside 30 runs. Zimbabwe went from 29/6 to 159 vs Afghanistan in 2014 while Pakistan too scored 153 from 19/6 vs Sri Lanka in 2000.

296/6 – England’s lowest total while batting first in the ODIs in the last one year before this game. They batted first in 11 ODIs before this game since May 2016 and posted 300+ in 10 of those.

2008 – Last time South Africa failed to win a game in an ODI series was way back in 2008 vs England in England. The hosts won the 5-match series by 4-0 with the final ODI getting washed out.

7032 – Runs scored by Hashim Amla in ODI cricket so far. He became the 37th player and 4th from South Africa to score 7000 ODI runs.