List of records Quinton de Kock created with his 22-ball 65 against England in the Durban T20I

Quinton de Kock produced a gem of an innings on Friday night where took England bowlers for assault during a big chase. South Africa’s keeper-captain smashed two fours and 8 maximums during his 22-ball innings where he scored 65 runs. All the 8 sixes he hit were across 15 balls he faced during his knock.

De Kock brought up his fifty in only 17 balls and shared a 92-run opening stand with Temba Bavuma in only 7.5 overs. Unfortunately, South Africa fell three runs short of the 205-run target.

All the stats and records created by Quinton de Kock during the blitz at the Kingsmead:

1 – Quinton de Kock’s fifty off 17 balls is now the fastest for South Africa in the T20I format. The previous fastest was off 21 balls by AB de Villiers who also scored against England in the 2016 Johannesburg T20I while De Kock also scored a 21-ball fifty in the 2016 WT20 game also against England.

3 – De Kock now has three fifties across four T20I innings as captain; all the three fifties came when he was also the wicketkeeper. His three fifties as keeper-captain are the 2nd most in the T20I behind Kumar Sangakkara’s six half-centuries.

8 – No wicketkeeper or captain from South Africa has hit as many as 8 sixes before Quinton de Kock in a T20I inning. Overall, De Kock’s 8 sixes are the 4th most for South Africa in a T20I innings before Richard Levi’s 13 during his 117* against New Zealand in 2012, Loots Bosman’s 9 sixes against England in 2009 Centurion T20I and David Miller’s 9 maximums during his 35-ball century against Bangladesh in 2017.

8 – The eight sixes by De Kock are the joint 2nd most by a wicketkeeper in a T20I game. Leslie Dunbar of Serbia hit 10 sixes against Bulgaria last year during his 104* while Mohammad Shahzad also hit 8 sixes during his unbeaten 118 against Zimbabwe in 2016.

These eight sixes are also the 5th most by a captain in a T20I inning. Rohit Sharma and Aaron Finch hit 10 sixes apiece during their 35-ball hundred and 175-run knock respectively while Nepal’s Paras Khadka and Gyanendra Malla hit 9 sixes apiece during last year’s tournaments. No keeper-captain before this match hit more than five sixes in a T20I inning.

17 – Quinton’s 17-ball fifty is now the fastest by a captain in T20I cricket. The previous fastest is recorded by Mohammad Ashraful in 20 balls during the 2007 WT20 game against West Indies while Tanwir Afzal of Hong Kong also got a 20-ball fifty against Scotland in 2016 while leading the team.

Among wicketkeepers, De Kock’s fifty is the fastest only Shai Hope’s 16-ball effort against Bangladesh in 2018 Dhaka T20I. Across all formats, AB de Villiers’ 16-ball fifty against West Indies in the 2015 Johannesburg ODI is the fastest by a captain or a keeper as ABD was South Africa’s keeper-captain in that game.

17 – The 17-ball fifty by De Kock is also the fastest in the T20I to end up as a defeat. The previous fastest is off 18 balls by Glenn Maxwell against Pakistan in the 2014 WT20. Across all formats, De Kock’s fifty is the joint-fastest to result in a defeat as Sanath Jayasuriya also had a 17-ball fifty against Pakistan in 1996.

22 – The 22 balls faced by De Kock in this game makes it the shortest innings in International cricket to involve as many as 8 maximums. During the last year’s ODI against England, Chris Gayle hit 9 sixes and five fours during his 27-ball 77.

In fact, De Kock’s score of 65 is the 2nd shortest in International cricket to include 8 or more sixes. Chris Gayle hit 8 sixes and a couple of fours during his 33-ball 61 against New Zealand in the 2015 CWC Quarter-Final.

86.15 – De Kock’s 65-run knock involved 86.15 % or runs coming through boundaries. This is the 2nd highest % or boundary runs in a 50+ score for South Africa in the T20I format. De Kock accounted for 88.46 runs during his 52-run knock also against England during the 2016 WT20 game. The keeper-batsman scored 46 runs in that innings via boundaries – with seven fours and 3 sixes.

295.45 – Quinton de Kock had a batting strike of 295.45 during his 22-ball 65. Only two players in the T20I history had a better SR in an innings scoring more runs than De Kock – 296.66 by Mohammad Nabi during his 30-ball 89 against Ireland in 2017 and 296.42 by Faisal Khan during his unbeaten 28-ball 83 against Kuwait in 2019.

Overall, De Kock’s strike-rate is the 2nd best in an International innings for South Africa behind the 338.63 by AB de Villiers during his 44-ball 149 against West Indies in the 2015 Johannesburg T20I.

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