WC 2015 – Game 03 – South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Hamilton on 15.02.15 – South Africa won by 62 runs

WC 2015 – Game 03 – South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Hamilton on 15.02.15 – South Africa won by 62 runs

DA Miller scored 138 not out in this game to become the second South African batsman to score a hundred on World Cup debut after G Kirsten. G Kirsten had scored 188 not out against UAE at Rawalpindi in 1996. The following table lists both the occasions.

 

No Batsmen Score Team Oppn Ground Edition
1 G Kirsten 188* RSA UAE Rawalpindi 1996
2 DA Miller 138* RSA Zim Hamilton 2015

 

DA Miller scored 138 not out in this game to become the 15th batsman to score a hundred on World Cup debut. The following table lists all such occasions.

 

No Batsmen Score Team Oppn Ground Edition
1 GM Turner 171* NZl EAF Birmingham 1975
2 DL Amiss 137 Eng Ind Lord’s 1979
3 TM Chappell 110 Aus Ind Nottingham 1983
4 AJ Lamb 102 Eng NZl The Oval 1983
5 GR Marsh 110 Aus Ind Chennai 1987
6 A Flower 115* Zim Srl New Plymouth 1992
7 G Kirsten 188* RSA UAE Rawalpindi 1996
8 NJ Astle 101 NZl Eng Ahmedabad 1996
9 CB Wishart 172* Zim Nam Harare 2003
10 A Symonds 143* Aus Pak Johannesburg 2003
11 SB Styris 141* NZl Srl Bloemfontien 2003
12 JP Bray 115* Ire Zim Kingston 2007
13 V Kohli 100* Ind Ban Dhaka 2011
14 AJ Finch 135 Aus Eng Melbourne 2015
15 DA Miller 138* RSA Zim Hamilton 2015

 

DA Miller {138 not out} and JP Duminy {115 not out} scored hundreds in this game to provide the 129th and 130th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup. It also provides the eleventh occasion of South African batsmen scoring hundred in the World Cup.

 

DA Miller {138 not out} and JP Duminy {115 not out} scored hundreds in this game to provide the second occasion of two South African batsman scoring a hundred in an innings in the World Cup. The first such occasion was – HM Amla {113} and AB de Villiers {134} scoring hundreds against Netherlands at Mohali on 03.03.11.

 

DA Miller {138 not out} and JP Duminy {115 not out} scored hundreds in this game to provide the tenth occasion of two batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in the World Cup.

 

DA Miller {138 not out} and JP Duminy {115 not out} scored hundreds in this game to provide the third occasion of two batsman scoring unbeaten hundreds in an innings in the World Cup.

 

DA Miller and JP Duminy added 256 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 222nd occasion of a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the 17th occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in World Cup.

 

DA Miller and JP Duminy added 256 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fifth wicket in the World Cup. The previous best was the 148 runs partnership between RG Twose and CL Cairns in the game between New Zealand and Australia at Cardiff on 20.05.99

 

DA Miller and JP Duminy added 256 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 20th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It represents the record partnership for any wicket by South African batsmen in the World Cup. The previous best the 221 runs partnership for the third wicket between HM Amla and AB de Villiers vs Netherlands at Mohali on 03.03.11

 

DA Miller and JP Duminy added 256 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 211th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games.  It represents the record partnership for any wicket by South African batsmen in one day games. The previous best the 247 runs partnership for the first wicket between HM Amla and RR Rossouw vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 18.01.15 and 247 runs partnership between HM Amla and RR Rossouw vs West Indies at Centurion on 28.01.15

 

DA Miller and JP Duminy added 256 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the tenth occasion of South African batsmen posting 200 plus runs  partnership in one day games. It also provides the first occasion of South African batsmen posting 250 plus runs partnership in one day games

 

DA Miller and JP Duminy added 256 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 15th occasion of batsmen posting 250 plus runs  partnership in one day games. The following table lists all the 15 occasions

 

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Date
1 R Dravid, SR Tendulkar 2 331 1 Ind NZl Hyd-LBS 08.11.99
2 R Dravid, SC Ganguly  2 318 1 Ind Srl Taunton 26.05.99
3 ST Jayasuriya, WU Tharanga 1 286 2 Srl Eng Leeds 01.07.06
4 TM Dilshan, WU Tharanga 1 282 1 Srl Zim Pallekele 10.03.11
5 M Azharuddin, A Jadeja 4 275* 1 Ind Zim Cuttack 09.04.98
6 BB McCullum, JAH Marshall 1 274 1 NZl Ire Aberdeen 01.07.08
7 GD Elliott, L Ronchi 6 267* 1 NZl Srl Dunedin 23.01.15
8 AamerSohail, Inzamam-ul-Haq 2 263 1 Pak NZl Sharjah 20.04.94
8 SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar 1 258 1 Ind Ken Paarl 24.10.01
10 DM Bravo, D Ramdin 3 258 1 Win Ban Basseterre 25.08.14
11 Abdul Razzaq, Saleem Elahi 2 257 1 Pak RSA PElizabeth 11.12.02
12 JP Duminy, DA Miller 5 256* 1 RSA Zim Hamilton 15.02.15
13 RT Ponting, SR Watson 2 252* 2 Aus Eng Centurion 02.10.09  
14 SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar 1 252 1 Ind Srl Col-RPs 07.07.98
15 AJ Strauss, IJL Trott 2 250 1 Eng Ban Birmingham 12.07.10

 

DA Miller and JP Duminy added 256 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of batsmen posting 250 plus runs  partnership in the World Cup. The following table lists all the three occasions

 

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Date
1 R Dravid, SC Ganguly  2 318 1 Ind Srl Taunton 26.05.99
2 TM Dilshan, WU Tharanga 1 282 1 Srl Zim Pallekele 10.03.11
3 JP Duminy, DA Miller 5 256* 1 RSA Zim Hamilton 15.02.15

 

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