Tri Series – First Game – West Indies vs South Africa at Providence on 03.06.16 – West Indies won by four wickets

HM Amla and Q de Kock added 52 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 13^th occasion of this pair putting 50 plus partnerships for various wickets for South Africa.  This innings was their 52nd innings as a pair for South Africa in one day games.

HM Amla-Q de Kock pair has added 2196 runs for the various wickets at the end of this game. They are the 12^th South African opening pair to post 2000 plus runs for various wickets in one day games.
The following table lists all the twelve pairs with their performances

No	Partners	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	HH Gibbs, GC Smith	84	1	3607	187	43.45	11	15	26
2	HH Gibbs, JH Kallis	69	4	3166	179	48.70	09	12	21
3	HH Gibbs, G Kirsten	68	5	2906	235	46.12	09	12	21
4	HM Amla, AB de Villiers	37	2	2851	238	81.45	11	08	19
5	JH Kallis, GC Smith	61	3	2416	142	41.65	05	15	20
6	AB de Villiers, JP Duminy	53	11	2289	219	54.50	06	14	20
7	AB de Villiers, GC Smith	42	1	2278	186	55.56	07	10	17
8	JH Kallis, G Kirsten	51	2	2232	172	45.55	05	13	18
9	HM Amla, Q de Kock	52	0	2196	239	42.23	07	06	13
10	WJ Cronje, JN Rhodes	56	5	2134	134	41.84	05	09	14
11	JH Kallis, JN Rhodes	54	6	2059	183*	42.89	05	10	15
12	HM Amla, GC Smith	50	2	2015	136	41.97	02	18	20

HM Amla and Q de Kock added 52 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 12th occasion of this pair putting 50 plus partnerships for the first wicket for South Africa.  This innings was their 50th innings as an opening pair for South Africa in one day games

HM Amla-Q de Kock pair has added 2094 runs for the various wickets at the end of this game. They are the third South African opening pair to post 2000 plus runs for various wickets in one day games. Others are – HH Gibbs-GC Smith {3007} and HH Gibbs-GC Kirsten {2838}

HM Amla-Q de Kock pair has played 50 innings as an opening pair for South Africa in one day games. They are third opening pair to play 50 innings. Others are – HH Gibbs-GC Smith {74} and HH Gibbs-G Kirsten {66}

RR Rossouw scored 61 in this game to provide the 91st occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day games. It also represents his fourth fifty against West Indies. All his four fifties are tabulated below. His 61 in this game provides his first fifty on West Indian soil.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RR Rossouw	128	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	18 Jan 2015
2	RR Rossouw	132	1	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Jan 2015
3	RR Rossouw	61	1	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
4	RR Rossouw	61	1	v West Indies	Providence	03 Jun 2016

RR Rossouw’s 61 represents his seventh fifty of his one-day career. All his seven fifties are detailed below

No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	132	1	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Jan 2015
2	128	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	18 Jan 2015
3	89	1	v New Zealand	Centurion	19 Aug 2015
4	61*	1	v Ireland	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
5	61	1	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
6	61	1	v West Indies	Providence	03 Jun 2016
7	51	1	v Australia	Sydney	23 Nov 2014

His 61 in this game provides the third occasion of his scoring an exact 61 in one day games – 61 not out against Ireland at Canberra on 03.03.15, 61 against West Indies at Sydney on 27.02.15 and 61 against West Indies at Providence on 03.06.16

It also provides the 34^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in West Indies. RR Rossouw became the first South African batsman to score a fifty against West Indies at Providence

HM Amla-Q de Kock added 52 runs for the first wicket and RR Rossouw-AB de Villiers added 78 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 95^th and 96th occasion of South African batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against West Indies in one day games

HM Amla-Q de Kock added 52 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 17th occasion of South African batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket against West Indies in one day games. RR Rossouw-AB de Villiers added 78 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 20th occasion of South African batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against West Indies in one day games.

RR Rossouw’s 61 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 13^th occasion of a South African batsman’s fifty going in vain against West Indies. It also provides the third such occasion against West Indies in West Indies. The other two occasions are – 50 by AC Hudson at Kingston on 07.04.92 and 69 by JH Kallis at Kingstown on 16.5.11

AB de Villiers’s run aggregate while representing South Africa read 8502 at the end of this game. He became the second South African batsman to total 8500 runs while representing the country. JH Kallis has scored more runs than AB de Villiers – 11550 – to be exact while representing South Africa.

SP Narine returned with figures of 6 for 27 in this game to provide the 72^nd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in the history of one day games. It also represents the ninth occasion of a West Indies bowler to capture six or more wickets in one day games.

It also represents the 12th occasion of a spin bowler capturing six or more wickets in the annals of one day games. SP Narine became the first West Indies spin bowler to capture six or more wickets in one day games and his figures thus represent the best bowling figures by a West Indies spin bowler in one day games. The previous best was his own 5 for 27 against New Zealand at Basseterre on 16.07.12

SP Narine became the first West Indies bowler to capture five or more wickets against West Indies when he captured six for 27 in this game. Thus his figures represent the best bowling figures by a West Indies bowler against South Africa. The previous best was – 4 for 34 by JE Taylor at Cape Town on 25.01.08

SP Narine’s 6 for 27 in this game provides the best bowling effort against South Africa in one day games as a spinner. The previous best by a spin bowler was SB Joshi’s five for six at Nairobi (Gym} on 26.09.99 – India vs South Africa game.

KA Pollard scored 67 not out in this game to provide his eleventh fifty of his one-day career. All his eleven fifties are listed below. It also represents his first fifty against South Africa in one day games. The previous best was 44 at North Sound on 22.05.10

No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	119	2	v India	Chennai	11 Dec 2011
2	109*	1	v Australia	Sydney	08 Feb 2013
3	102	1	v Australia	Gros Islet	23 Mar 2012
4	94	1	v Ireland	Mohali	11 Mar 2011
5	89	2	v Bangladesh	St George’s	20 Aug 2014
6	85	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	08 Dec 2012
7	70	1	v India	North Sound	13 Jun 2011
8	67*	2	v South Africa	Providence	03 Jun 2016
9	62	2	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Feb 2010
10	60	1	v Netherlands	Delhi	28 Feb 2011
11	56	1	v New Zealand	Basseterre	14 Jul 2012

DM Bravo and KA Pollard added 74 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the ninth occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in one day games. This partnership provides the second best partnership for the fifth wicket by West Indies batsmen against South Africa. The best is the 83 runs partnership between J Carter and D Ramdin at Johannesburg on 18.01.15

South Africa was dismissed all out for 188 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of it being dismissed all out against West Indies in one day games