Stats: Series that belonged to the captains Quinton de Kock and Eoin Morgan

The performances of the captains were one of the main reasons for the T20I series between South Africa and England be an exciting high-scoring series. Quinton de Kock showed a different style of play as he was overaggressive in all three matches helping the hosts get a good start every time.

He struck 8 sixes during the Durban T20I in only 22 balls he faced for scoring 67. Eoin Morgan, on the other hand, was a bit restrictive in taking chances in the first two matches. However, he scored an unbeaten 22-ball 57 in the decider match smashing seven sixes to take his team to a series victory.

All the major stats and numbers recorded by Quinton de Kock and Eoin Morgan during the T20I series:

1 – Quinton de Kock’s 17-ball fifty during the Durban game was the fastest T20I fifty for South Africa and also the fastest fifty by a captain in the T20I format. Eoin Morgan’s 21-ball fifty in Centurion was the fastest T20I fifty for England as Morgan himself scored a fifty off 21 balls against New Zealand last year.

3 – As many as three half-centuries were recorded by the two captains in this series – Eoin Morgan (2) and Quinton de Kock (1). These are the joint-most fifty-plus scores in a Men’s T20I bilateral series. IND-SA series in September 2019, AUS-PAK series in November 2019, IND-WI series in December 2019 and the recent NZ-IND series recorded three 50+ scores by captains.

7 – Eoin Morgan now has seven half-centuries as captain in T20I victories; the joint-most fifty-plus scores for a captain in T20I wins in Men’s cricket. Rohit Sharma also has seven 50+ scores as captain in T20I wins.

Overall, Morgan has 8 T20I fifties as captain with the fifty in the 1st game of this series been the only one resulting in a defeat. Kane Williamson (9), Faf du Plessis (8) and Virat Kohli (8) are the other captains with 8 or more fifty-plus scores in Men’s T20I cricket.

7 – Morgan struck a total of seven sixes during the 3rd T20I in Centurion; the joint-most sixes struck in a T20I innings for England. Ravi Bopara in 2014 and Jason Roy in 2018 hit 7 sixes in a T20I inning while Morgan struck exactly 7 sixes in a T20I inning on four instances including this match.

14 – Quinton de Kock smashed 14 sixes during this series; the 2nd most number of sixes in a T20I series/tournament for South Africa. Richard Levi hit a total of 15 sixes during the 3-match T20I series in New Zealand in 2012.

14 – De Kock’s 14 sixes in the series are also the most by a captain in a bilateral T20I series in Men’s cricket. The highest is 15 maximums by Eoin Morgan during last year’s 5-match T20I series in New Zealand.

23 – De Kock (14) and Morgan (9) collectively struck 23 sixes in this series; the joint-most number of sixes in a bilateral T20I series by captains. The recent 3-match T20I series between India and West Indies witnessed 23 sixes hit by the skippers of both teams.

214.75 – De Kock scored 131 runs in this series at a strike rate of 214.75; the 2nd highest strike rate in a T20I series/tournament for South Africa. (Min: 50 balls) The highest is 229.09 by David Miller during the home T20I series against Bangladesh in 2017. Overall, De Kock’s SR of 214.75 is the 8th highest for a player in a Men’s T20I series/tournament.

267 – A total of 267 runs were aggregated by captains in this series – Eoin Morgan (136 runs) and Quinton de Kock (131 runs). These are the joint 2nd most runs aggregated by captains in a 3-match T20I series.

Virat Kohli and Kieron Pollard collectively scored 288 runs during the IND-WI series during December 2019. The 3-match T20I series in 2016 between Australia and India also witnessed 267 runs scored by captains.

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