South Africa won the toss and inserted the opposition to provide the 12th occasion of South Africa doing so against England. England posted 330 for 6 in this game to provide the second occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs against South Africa after being inserted. The first such occasion was England’s 339 for 6 at Leeds on 24 May 2017 – the first one day game of the ongoing three one day game series between the two teams.

 

England’s 330 for 6 in this game provide the sixth occasion of England posting a total  of 300 plus runs against South Africa in one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	304/8	50.0	2	v South Africa	East London	09 Feb 2005
2	England	323/8	50.0	1	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Sep 2009
3	England	399/9	50.0	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Feb 2016
4	England	318/8	50.0	1	v South Africa	Centurion	09 Feb 2016
5	England	339/6	50.0	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017
6	England	330/6	50.0	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

It also provides the first occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs against South Africa in consecutive games. It had posted 339 for 6 at Leeds on 24.05.17

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	339/6	50.0	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017
2	England	330/6	50.0	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

England’s 330 for 6 in this game provide the 599^th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 55^th occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day internationals.

 

BA Stokes scored 101 in this game to provide the 1578^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. It also provides the 146^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

 

BA Stokes scored 101 in this game to provide the 92nd occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against South Africa. It also provides the 12th occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against South Africa. All the twelve hundreds are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ME Trescothick	114*	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
2	VS Solanki	106	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
3	KP Pietersen	108*	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	02 Feb 2005
4	KP Pietersen	100*	2	v South Africa	East London	09 Feb 2005
5	KP Pietersen	116	1	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Feb 2005
6	PD Collingwood	105*	2	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Nov 2009
7	JC Buttler	105	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Feb 2016
8	JE Root	125	1	v South Africa	Centurion	09 Feb 2016
9	JE Root	109	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 2016
10	AD Hales	112	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2016
11	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017
12	BA Stokes	101	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

BA Stokes registered his second one day hundred when he scored 101 in this game. He had scored 101 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 07.10.16. Both the occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BA Stokes	101	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	07 Oct 2016
2	BA Stokes	101	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

BA Stokes’ 101 in this game represent the fourth hundred by an England batsman against South Africa at home. All the four hundreds are tabulated below.It also provides the 73^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred against all oppositions at home.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ME Trescothick	114*	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
2	VS Solanki	106	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
3	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017
4	BA Stokes	101	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

JC Buttler scored 65 not out in this game to provide the sixth occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Stewart	77	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Mar 1992
2	SJ Rhodes	56	2	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Aug 1994
3	AJ Stewart	52	2	v South Africa	Manchester	23 May 1998
4	EJG Morgan	67	1	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Sep 2009
5	JC Buttler	105	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Feb 2016
6	JC Buttler	65*	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

JC Buttler scored 65 not out in this game to provide the third occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in one day games at home. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the highest score by an England wicket keeper batsman against South Africa at home. The previous best was 56 by SJ Rhodes at Manchester on 27.08.94

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SJ Rhodes	56	2	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Aug 1994
2	AJ Stewart	52	2	v South Africa	Manchester	23 May 1998
3	JC Buttler	65*	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

JC Buttler with his 65 not out in this game became the first England wicket keeper batsman to score fifties on two  occasions. Both such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JC Buttler	105	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Feb 2016
2	JC Buttler	65*	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

AB de Villers was leading South Africa for the 99^th occasion. He needs one more captaincy assignment to lead South Africa on 100^th occasion.

 

England posted 330 for 6 in this game to provide the 225^th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs after being inserted in, in the annals of one day games. It also provides the 22nd occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs after being inserted by the opposition.

 

BA Stokes scored 101 in this game to provide the 495th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred when his team was inserted by the opposition in the annals of one day games. It also provides the 49th occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred when England was inserted by the opposition. It also provides the sixth occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred when it was inserted by South Africa. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KP Pietersen	108*	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	2 Feb 2005
2	KP Pietersen	116	1	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Feb 2005
3	JE Root	109	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 2016
4	AD Hales	112	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2016
5	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017
6	BA Stokes	101	1	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

AB de Villiers scored 52 in this game to provide the 14th occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty against England in one day games. It also represents the fourth occasion of AB de Villiers scoring a fifty while leading South Africa against England in one day games

 

Q de Kock scored 98 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of a South African wicket keeper scoring a fifty against England in one day games. It also provides the  first occasion of a South African wicket keeper scoring a ninety against England in one  day games.

 

Q de Kock’s 98 in this game provide the 55^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in one day games.

 

It also provides the 25^th occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the first occasion of a South African wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in one day games. Q de Kock’s 98 in this game provide the first occasion of his being dismissed in nineties in one day games.

 

JC Buttler {65 not out} and Q de Kock {98} scored fifties in this game to provide the 67^th occasion of  rival wicket  keepers scoring fifties in a one  day game in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the second such occasion in England and South Africa encounters. The first such occasion was witnessed at Bloemfontein on 03.02.16. JC Buttler scored 105 and Q de Kock scored 138 not out in this game.

 

South Africa posted a total of 328 for 5 in this game to provide the 600^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the history of one day games. The break up team wise read thus –

 

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Inns	HS	LS
Australia	1975-2017	95	84	10	0	1	95	434	326
India	1996-2017	93	73	18	2	0	93	418	304
South Africa	1994-2017	77	69	7	0	1	77	439	305
Pakistan	1975-2017	68	58	10	0	0	68	385	303
Sri Lanka	1992-2017	62	49	12	0	1	62	443	301
England	1975-2017	55	36	17	2	0	55	444	302
New Zealand	1975-2017	51	40	9	2	0	51	402	314
West Indies	1978-2017	37	27	10	0	0	37	372	300
Zimbabwe	1992-2015	23	18	5	0	0	23	351	326
Bangladesh	2006-2017	10	9	1	0	0	10	329	307
Ireland	2007-2017	9	6	3	0	0	9	331	304
Scotland	2011-2016	4	3	1	0	0	4	341	–
Netherlands	2003-2011	4	3	1	0	0	4	315	306
Asia XI	2007-2007	3	3	0	0	0	3	337	–
Kenya	1997-2007	3	3	0	0	0	3	347	–
Afghanistan	2014-2017	2	2	0	0	0	2	338	338
Africa XI	2007-2007	2	0	2	0	0	2	318	306
ICC World XI	2005-2005	1	1	0	0	0	1	344	–
Canada	2007-2007	1	1	0	0	0	1	312	–
	Total	600	485	106	6	3	600	444	338

 

England’s win in this game provides the 485^th win by a team when it has posted 300 plus runs in an innings, while South Africa’s loss provides the 106^th loss suffered by a team  when it has posted 300 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games.

 

England’s win in this game provides the 36th win, when it has posted 300 plus runs in an innings, while South Africa’s loss provides the seventh loss suffered by it  when it has posted 300 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games.

 

England {330 for 6} and South Africa {328 for 5} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 104th occasion of both the teams posting a total of 300 plus runs in the same game in the history of one day internationals.

South Africa lost the game  by two runs after posting 300 plus runs to provide the 106^th occasion of a team losing a game after posting 300 plus runs.  It also provides the 41^st occasion of a team losing a one day game posting a total of 300 plus runs while batting second in the match, that is while chasing the team’s total.

 

England won this game by two runs to provide the 26^th occasion of a team winning a one day game by exact two  runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	2 runs	199	v West Indies	Sydney	28 Nov 1979
2	West Indies	2 runs	216	v England	Melbourne	20 Jan 1980
3	West Indies	2 runs	128	v England	Kingstown	04 Feb 1981
4	Australia	2 runs	250	v England	Birmingham	06 Jun 1981
5	New Zealand	2 runs	240	v England	Melbourne	13 Jan 1983
6	West Indies	2 runs	197	v India	Ahmedabad	07 Jan 1988
7	Australia	2 runs	205	v West Indies	Melbourne	14 Jan 1989
8	Pakistan	2 runs	221	v Australia	Sydney	20 Feb 1990
9	India	2 runs	196	v South Africa	Kolkata	24 Nov 1993
10	New Zealand	2 runs	218	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	18 Apr 1994
11	Zimbabwe	2 runs	291	v Sri Lanka	Harare	05 Nov 1994
12	Sri Lanka	2 runs	303	v India	Colombo (RPS)	17 Aug 1997
13	South Africa	2 runs	301	v New Zealand	Brisbane	09 Jan 1998
14	New Zealand	2 runs	232	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	08 Mar 1998
15	Pakistan	2 runs	243	v England	Lord’s	12 Jun 2001
16	England	2 runs	272	v India	Delhi	31 Jan 2002
17	Australia	2 runs	208	v West Indies	Kingston	17 May 2003
18	New Zealand	2 runs	178	v South Africa	Auckland	29 Feb 2004
19	Africa XI	2 runs	199	v Asia XI	Centurion	17 Aug 2005
20	Australia	2 runs	323	v New Zealand	Wellington	07 Dec 2005
21	Scotland	2 runs	208	v Netherlands	Nairobi (Jaff)	02 Feb 2007
22	Sri Lanka	2 runs	236	v England	North Sound	04 Apr 2007
23	Zimbabwe	2 runs	255	v West Indies	Providence	04 Mar 2010
24	South Africa	2 runs	229	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	02 Nov 2010
25	Pakistan	2 runs	237	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	22 Mar 2012
26	England	2 runs	331	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

England’s win by 2 runs provide the third occasion of England winning a game by exact 2 runs in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	2 runs	199	v West Indies	Sydney	28 Nov 1979
2	England	2 runs	272	v India	Delhi	31 Jan 2002
3	England	2 runs	331	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

South Africa’s loss by 2 runs margin provide  the third occasion of South Africa losing a one day game by exact two runs margin in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	India	2 runs	196	v South Africa	Kolkata	24 Nov 1993
2	New Zealand	2 runs	178	v South Africa	Auckland	29 Feb 2004
3	England	2 runs	331	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

England won the game by two runs  defending a target of 331 runs to provide the fourth occasion of a team winning a game by exact two  runs margin while defending a target of 300 plus runs. England’s win defending 331 runs provides the highest target defended by a team when it posted a win by exact two runs.

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	2 runs	331	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017
2	Australia	2 runs	323	v New Zealand	Wellington	07 Dec 2005
3	Sri Lanka	2 runs	303	v India	Colombo (RPS)	17 Aug 1997
4	South Africa	2 runs	301	v New Zealand	Brisbane	09 Jan 1998

 

JT Ball of England returned with bowling figures of none for 81 in this game to provide the 188^th occasion of a bowler leaking 80 plus runs in a one day game in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an England bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an one day game. It also provides the first occasion of an England bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an one day game against South Africa.

 

JT Ball of England returned with bowling figures of none for 81 in this game to provide the 66^th occasion of a bowler leaking 80 plus runs without capturing a wicket in a one day game in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the seventh occasion of an England bowler conceding 80 plus runs without capturing wicket in an one day game. It also provides the first occasion of an England bowler conceding 80 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an one day game against South Africa. The following table lists the seven occasions of an England bowler conceding 80 plus runs without a wicket in one day games.

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DR Pringle	10.0	0	83	0	1	v West Indies	Gujranwala	09 Oct 1987
2	SJ Harmison	09.5	0	81	0	2	v Australia	The Oval	12 Jul 2005
3	SJ Harmison	10.0	0	97	0	2	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	01 Jul 2006
4	JW Dernbach	10.0	0	87	0	1	v New Zealand	Southampton	02 Jun 2013
5	CR Woakes	10.0	0	89	0	1	v Australia	Perth	01 Feb 2015
6	JT Ball	10.0	0	80	0	1	v India	Cuttack	19 Jan 2017
7	JT Ball	10.0	0	81	0	2	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

SJ Harmison and JT Ball are the two England bowlers who have conceded 80 plus runs without capturing a wicket on two occasions. The performances of these two bowlers are listed below.

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SJ Harmison	09.5	0	81	0	2	v Australia	The Oval	12 Jul 2005
2	SJ Harmison	10.0	0	97	0	2	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	01 Jul 2006
1	JT Ball	10.0	0	80	0	1	v India	Cuttack	19 Jan 2017
2	JT Ball	10.0	0	81	0	2	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017

 

AB de Villiers now holds the record for most runs by a South African captain on away soil. He has an aggregate of 1975 runs at the end of this game. He went past GC Smith who had scored 1924 runs

 

AB de Villiers now holds the record for most half centuries by a South African captain on away soil. He has scored eleven half centuries – His 52 in this game was his eleventh half century. He went past GC Smith who had scored ten half centuries.

 

AB de Villiers 52 in this game was his 40th fifty of his one day career – 13 centuries and 27 half centuries – while leading South Africa.  He became the eighth captain to score 40 plus fifties in the history of one day games. Others are – RT Ponting {73}, MS Dhoni {53}, SP Fleming {45}, GC Smith {45}, M Azharuddin {41}, SC Ganguly {41} and A Ranatunga {41}

 

AB de Villiers 52 in this game was his 40th fifty of his one day career – 13 centuries and 27 half centuries – while leading South Africa.  He became the second South African captain to score 40 plus fifties in the history of one day games after GC Smith. GC Smith has scored 45 fifties.