WWC 2017, Match 12: South Africa v West Indies – Statistical Highlights

When Windies and South Africa faced off in the warm-up match before the Women’s World Cup, South African side bundled out the Windies Women for just 63 taking out last 7 wickets for just 3 runs. Once again the teams faced each other in the main round and this time, SA Women produced even bigger devastation over the Caribbean side as they were bowled out for just 48 runs. South Africa needed only 6.2 to chase down the total as the game wrapped up way before the first innings of the remaining three games in the tournament got over.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

0 – Runs Dane van Niekerk conceded in this game against her 4 wickets. No bowler in International cricket either in Men’s cricket or Women’s cricket has taken 4 wickets in an innings without conceding a run.

3 – Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk taking 4-wicket hauls is only the 3rd instance in Women’s World Cup where two bowlers have taken 4-fers in the same innings.

4/0 – Dane van Niekerk’s bowling figures of 4/0 are the best bowling figures for a captain in Women’s World Cup. The previous best figures for a captain in WWC were 4/12 by India’s Diana Edulji against England in 1992.

6.2 – Number of balls South Africa needed to chase down the target of 49 runs in this game; the 3rd quickest run-chase in Women’s ODI cricket. This is the 2nd quickest in WWC behind Australia’s chase in 6.1 vs Pakistan in 1997.

48 – Runs Windies scored in this game; the 6th lowest total in Women’s World Cup. This is also the 2nd lowest total in Women’s ODIs for Windies.

190 – Number of balls bowled in this game; the 4th shortest ODI with a result in Women’s cricket in terms of balls bowled. The shortest Women’s ODI game with a result is Australia-Pakistan ODI in 1997 which lasted 119 balls.

262 – Balls remaining by the time South Africa chased down the target; the 5th biggest win margin in Women’s cricket in terms of balls remaining. This is the 3rd biggest margin of victory in 50-over games as the top two have come in the ODIs which were 60 overs-a-side.