South Africa v England 4th ODI – Statistical Highlights

South Africa aimed to keep the series alive and were able to do so by winning the 4th ODI match by one wicket. AB de Villiers won the toss and opted to bowl first and his bowlers proved that decision right by taking 6 England wickets for just 108 runs but with Joe Root’s patient and skillful century and Chris Woakes’ and Adil Rashid’s contributions England set a target of 263 runs for them to chase over.

In reply, South Africa lost Hashim Amla early but with Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis’ 50 runs stand helped them to stay in the match but after that they lost wickets quickly and at one stage their score was 143 runs for the loss of 5 wickets but handy knocks from three key all-rounders Farhaan Behardein, David Wiese, and Chris Morris helped them win the 4th ODI match.

Here are the Statistical Highlights of South Africa vs England 4^th ODI:

6 – Number of fifties scored by Alex Hales in his ODI career. Today he scored 50 runs from 56 balls against South Africa in the 4th ODI match at Johannesburg.

7 – Number of fifty plus scores made by Alex Hales in ODIs since January 1, 2015 which is the fifth most among other openers in ODIs.

42 – Number of wickets taken by Imran Tahir since January 1, 2015 is the most by a spinner in ODIs and second most by a bowler in ODIs since January 1, 2015. He has taken 42 wickets in 26 matches since then. Today he took 3 wickets against England in 4th ODI match at Johannesburg.

18 – Number of catches taken by Hashim Amla in ODIs since January 1, 2015 which is fourth most by any fielder in ODIs. He has taken 18 catches from 27 matches. In this 4th ODI match against England. He took two catches.

5 – Number of hundreds scored by Joe Root in ODIs since January 1, 2015 which is most by any other batsman in ODIs along with Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Martin Guptill, Kumar Sangakkara and Rohit Sharma who have also scored 5 hundreds in ODIs since January 1, 2015.

8 – Number of hundreds achieved by Joe Root in his ODI career which is third most by any England batsman in his career in ODIs. Today, he scored 109 runs from 124 balls against South Africa in 4th ODI at Johannesburg.

27 – Number of wickets taken by Kagiso Rabada in ODIs since January 1, 2015 which second most by any South African pace bowler since January 1, 2015 in ODIs. Dale Styen is at the top with 30 wickets from 19 ODI matches since January 1, 2015 while Rabada has taken 27 wickets from 13 ODI matches.

3 – Number of times Hashim Amla has been out on duck in ODIs which is less times than any South African batsman who has played minimum 120 ODI innings. Today, Amla got out for a duck in 4th ODI match against England at Johannesburg.

18 – Number of times AB de Villiers has been run out in ODIs which is third most times among South African batsmen after H Cronje (21 times) and J Kallis (20 times) in ODIs.

95 – Number of runs added by Joe Root and Chris Woakes in 4th ODI match against England for 7th wicket which is England’s second best partnership against South Africa for the 7th wicket in ODIs. In 2004, A Giles and Kevin Pietersen have added 104 runs for 7th wicket against South Africa at Centurion which is the best for England for 7th wicket against South Africa.

4^th – Chris Morris became the fourth South African batsman who has scored fifty against England while batting at no.8 for South Africa in ODIs. Other three batsmen who have scored a fifty against England while batting at no.8 for South Africa in ODIs are Shaun Pollock (66*), Lance Klusener (55*) and Pat Symcox (51). Today, Chris Morris scored 62 runs from 38 balls by hitting three fours and four sixes.

4 – Number of sixes hit by Chris Morris in his innings of 63* runs in today’s 4th ODI match against England while batting at no.8 for South Africa which is most by any no.8 batsman against England in an innings of a match along with BL Cairns, PL Symcox and James Faulkner who have also hit four sixes in an innings of a match while batting at no.8 for their respective countries in ODIs.

Twitter went absolutely crazy after the Chris Morris knock – Twitter Reactions: Chris Morris turns the chase on its head