AB de Villiers collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a captain dismissed first ball for a duck in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	30 Sep 2002
2	RW Staple	0	1	2	USA	NZl	The Oval	10 Sep 2004
3	Habibul Bashar	0	1	1	Ban	Win	Jaipur	11 Oct 2006
4	AB de Villiers	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017

 

AB de Villiers collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 115th occasion of a captain dismissed first ball for a duck in the history of one day internationals. His dismissal provides the seventh   occasion of South African captain suffer such an ignominy in one day internationals.  All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WJ Cronje	0	1	2	v Australia	Faridabad	25 Oct 1996
2	SM Pollock	0	1	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	15 Jan 2002
3	GC Smith	0	1	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 2007
4	GC Smith	0	1	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Oct 2007
5	HM Amla	0	1	1	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	23 Oct 2011
6	AB de Villiers	0	1	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017

 

AB de Villiers collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the third occasion of a South African captain dismissed first ball for a duck in the history of one day internationals against Pakistan. He became  the second South African captain to  suffer such an ignominy.  All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	0	1	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 2007
2	GC Smith	0	1	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Oct 2007
3	AB de Villiers	0	1	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017

 

AB de Villiers and WD Parnell collected first ball ducks in this game to provide the 60^th and 61^st occasion of batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the sixth occasion of two batsmen collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the tournament. All such six occasions are listed below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MV Boucher	0	1	1	RSA	Srl	Dhaka	30 Oct 1998
	2	JN Rhodes	0	1	1	RSA	Srl	Dhaka	30 Oct 1998
2	1	Mohd Yousuf	0	1	1	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	12 Sep 2002
	2	Wasim Akram	0	1	1	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	12 Sep 2002
3	1	ML Patel	0	1	1	Ken	Pak	Birmingham	14 Sep 2004
	2	MA Suji	0	1	1	Ken	Pak	Birmingham	14 Sep 2004
4	1	Umar Akmal	0	1	1	Pak	Ind	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
	2	Mohd Amir	0	1	1	Pak	Ind	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
5	1	MA Wood	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Cardiff	06 Jun 2017
	2	JT Ball	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Cardiff	06 Jun 2017
6	1	AB de Villiers	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017
	2	WD Parnell	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017

 

AB de Villiers and WD Parnell collected first ball ducks in this game to provide the second occasion of two South African batsmen collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the tournament. All such six occasions are listed below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MV Boucher	0	1	1	RSA	Srl	Dhaka	30 Oct 1998
	2	JN Rhodes	0	1	1	RSA	Srl	Dhaka	30 Oct 1998
2	1	AB de Villiers	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017
	2	WD Parnell	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017

 

AB de Villiers and WD Parnell collected first ball ducks in this game to provide the second occasion of two batsmen collecting the first ball duck in an innings against Pakistan in the tournament. All such six occasions are listed below

Interesting enough, both these occasions have come at Birmingham.

 

No	No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	ML Patel	0	1	1	Ken	Pak	Birmingham	14 Sep 2004
	2	MA Suji	0	1	1	Ken	Pak	Birmingham	14 Sep 2004
2	1	AB de Villiers	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017
	2	WD Parnell	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017

 

DA Miller scored 75 not out in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring 75 plus runs in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	141	2	v England	Centurion	27 Sep 2009
2	HH Gibbs	116*	2	v India	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
3	HH Gibbs	116	1	v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	20 Sep 2002
4	JH Kallis	113*	1	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	30 Oct 1998
5	HM Amla	103	1	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	03 Jun 2017
6	HH Gibbs	101	1	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Sep 2004
7	JH Kallis	97	2	v India	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
8	HM Amla	81	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	10 Jun 2013
9	JH Kallis	78*	2	v England	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 2000
10	HH Gibbs	77	1	v West Indies	Jaipur	02 Nov 2006
11	DA Miller	75*	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017
12	F du Plessis	75	1	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	03 Jun 2017

 

DA Miller scored 75 not out in this game to provide the second occasion of a South African batsman scoring 75 plus runs against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy after HM Amla. HM Amla had scored 81 at Birmingham on 10.06.13. Both the occasions are listed below. Interestingly both the batsmen chose Birmingham as venue to score 75 plus runs

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HM Amla	81	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	10 Jun 2013
2	DA Miller	75*	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	07 Jun 2017

South Africa’s run aggregate in the Champions Trophy read exact 5000 at the end of this game. South Africa became the second team in the tournament to have an aggregate of 5000 plus runs in the tournament after England. England has an aggregate of 5113. The following table details the performance of  these two teams

 

Team	Players	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
England	68	1998-2017	23	205	38	5113	133*	30.61	4	34	19
South Africa	50	1998-2017	23	201	41	5000	141	31.25	6	26	21

 

AB de Villier and WD Parnell failed to score in this game  and the number of South Africna batsmen who have scored ducks  in the Champions Trophy swelled to 21 at the end of this game. South Africa and Pakistan share the record for most number of ducks by their batsmen in the tournament with 21 ducks each

 

Team	Players	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
South Africa	50	1998-2017	23	201	41	5000	141	31.25	6	26	21
Pakistan	50	1998-2017	20	179	31	3474	128	23.47	3	14	21

 

Pakistan capped Fakhar Zaman for this game. He became the 50^th cricketer to represent Pakistan in Champions Trophy. Pakistan became the fifth team to field 50 plus cricketers in the tournament. The following table lists the details of each of these five teams

 

No	Team	Players	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	England	68	1998-2017	23	205	38	5113	133*	30.61	4	34	19
2	West Indies	55	1998-2013	24	203	43	4489	133*	28.05	6	19	16
3	Australia	51	1998-2017	23	176	41	4337	136*	32.12	3	26	12
4	South Africa	50	1998-2017	23	201	41	5000	141	31.25	6	26	21
5	Pakistan	50	1998-2017	20	179	31	3474	128	23.47	3	14	21

 

Pakistan capped Fakhar Zaman for this game. He became the 212th cricketer to represent Pakistan in one day games. He also became the sixth Pakistan cricketer to make his debut against South Africa in one day games.

 

Pakistan had made 119 for 3 when the rain interefered at the end of 27 over. The DLS par score at the end of 27 overs was 100 and hence Pakistan was declared winners by 19 runs on DLS Method {not under DL Method as reported by some portals and newspapers}