England vs South Africa, ODI Series Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

After suffering a 2-1 (3) loss to India, England are now set to host South Africa in a quick turnaround in a three-match ODI series beginning from July 19, 2022, at Chester-le-Street in Durham. Notably, the Proteas are touring England for a full-fledged series with three one-day internationals and as many T20Is and Tests. The second and the third 50-overs matches will be played on the 22^nd and 24^th at Old Trafford in Manchester and Headingley in Leeds respectively. Ben Stokes, England’s World Cup-winning champion in 2019, has surprised the cricketing world by announcing his retirement from the ODIs and the opening game in Durham will be his last appearance in the format.

Speaking about the India series, Jos Buttler led the ODI team for the first time after he was appointed as a full-time white-ball skipper. Having faced heavy defeat by a 10-wicket margin in the opening encounters, the hosts England bounced back with a thumping 100-run victory over the Indians in the following game at Lord’s. With the series level at 1-1, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya proved too much for the English side as they both won the series for the Men in Blue with their heroic performances. Pant smashed his maiden century while Pandya starred with both bat and ball with his knock of 71 and a four-wicket haul.

Talking about the visitors, South Africa, they whitewashed India 3-0 (3) in an emphatic fashion earlier this year on home soil but suffered a shocking series loss by a 2-1 margin to Bangladesh at home. Their regular white-ball captain Temba Bavuma is ruled out of the entire England tour due to injury as Keshav Maharaj will don the captaincy hat. Both the sides last met in a bilateral ODI series in England in the year 2017, and it was the hosts who grabbed the series 2-1 (3).

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the ODI series between England and South Africa:

Head-to-Head: England and South Africa have faced each other in 63 matches so far with England winning on 28 occasions and South Africa on 30. One game ended up in a tie and four in no result. In England, both teams have met in 26 encounters with the hosts winning 16 times and the Proteas eight. Two clashes ended in no result.

4 – Quinton de Kock (646) needs four fours to complete 650 fours in ODIs.

1 – Aiden Markram (99) is one four away from reaching 100 fours in ODIs.

4 – Jos Buttler (346) needs four fours to get to 350 fours in ODI cricket.

40 – Markram (3460) needs 40 runs to reach 3500 runs across formats.

3 – If De Kock plays all the three ODIs in the series, he will reach the milestone of 250 matches in international cricket.

81 – Ben Stokes (2919) is 81 runs short of reaching the landmark of 3000 runs in ODI cricket.

2 – Jonny Bairstow (398) is two hours away from completing 400 fours in one-day internationals.

4 – David Miller (96) requires four sixes to complete the landmark of 100 maximums in the 50-overs format.

4 – Buttler (146) also requires four sixes to reach 150 maximums in ODIs.

1 – Stokes (49) is one grab away from reaching 50 catches in the 50-overs format.

2 – Lungi Ngidi (148) is two scalps away from completing 150 wickets in international cricket.

29 – Joe Root (17471) is 29 runs short of completing 17500 runs across formats.

5 – Tabraiz Shamsi (45) is five scalps away from reaching 50 wickets in the ODI format.

9 – Jason Roy (641) needs nine fours to get to 650 fours in international cricket.

6 – Rassie van der Dussen (94) requires six fours to get to 100 fours in ODIs.

2 – Van der Dussen (248) needs two fours to complete 250 fours in international cricket.