EJG Morgan became the second England batsman to score ten or more hundreds after ME Trescothick. ME Tresothick has scored twelve hundreds. The hundreds scored by these two batsmen are tabulated below. EJG Morgan’s 107 against South Africa at Leeds on 24.05.17 was his eleventh one day hundred and tenth hundred representing England. He has scored a hundred representing Ireland – 115 against Canada at Nairobi {J} on 04.02.07

ME TRESCOTHICK
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	137	2	v Pakistan	Lord’s	12 Jun 2001
2	121	2	v India	Kolkata	19 Jan 2002
3	109	1	v India	Lord’s	13 Jul 2002
4	119	1	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	18 Sep 2002
5	108*	2	v Pakistan	Lord’s	22 Jun 2003
6	114*	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
7	130	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	01 May 2004
8	104	1	v West Indies	The Oval	25 Sep 2004
9	100*	2	v Bangladesh	The Oval	16 Jun 2005
10	104*	2	v Australia	Leeds	07 Jul 2005
11	113	1	v Ireland	Belfast	13 Jun 2006
12	121	1	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	01 Jul 2006
EJG MORGAN
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	110*	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	02 Mar 2010
2	103*	2	v Australia	Southampton	22 Jun 2010
3	107*	1	v Pakistan	Southampton	22 Sep 2010
4	124*	2	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	03 Sep 2013
5	106	1	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Jan 2014
6	121	1	v Australia	Sydney	16 Jan 2015
7	113	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	17 Jun 2015
8	102	2	v India	Cuttack	19 Jan 2017
9	107	1	v West Indies	North Sound	03 Mar 2017
10	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017

EJG Morgan of England scored 107 against South Africa at Leeds on 24.05.17 to provide the 21^st occasion of an England captain scoring a hundred in one day internationals. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DI Gower	102	2	v Australia	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
2	GA Gooch	112*	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	25 May 1990
3	MA Atherton	127	1	v West Indies	Lord’s	28 May 1995
4	MA Atherton	113*	2	v Australia	The Oval	24 May 1997
5	N Hussain	115	1	v India	Lord’s	13 Jul 2002
6	ME Trescothick	114*	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
7	KP Pietersen	111*	1	v India	Cuttack	26 Nov 2008
8	AJ Strauss	105	2	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2009
9	AJ Strauss	154	1	v Bangladesh	Birmingham	12 Jul 2010
10	AJ Strauss	126	2	v Pakistan	Leeds	12 Sep 2010
11	AJ Strauss	158	2	v India	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2011
12	AN Cook	119	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jul 2011
13	AN Cook	137	1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Feb 2012
14	AN Cook	102	1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	15 Feb 2012
15	AN Cook	112	2	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Jun 2012
16	EJG Morgan	124*	2	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	03 Sep 2013
17	EJG Morgan	121	1	v Australia	Sydney	16 Jan 2015
18	EJG Morgan	113	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	17 Jun 2015
19	EJG Morgan	102	2	v India	Cuttack	19 Jan 2017
20	EJG Morgan	107	1	v West Indies	North Sound	03 Mar 2017
21	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017

 

EJG Morgan of England scored 107 against South Africa at Leeds on 24.05.17 to provide the 12th occasion of an England captain scoring a hundred in one day internationals on English soil. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DI Gower	102	2	v Australia	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
2	GA Gooch	112*	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	25 May 1990
3	MA Atherton	127	1	v West Indies	Lord’s	28 May 1995
4	MA Atherton	113*	2	v Australia	The Oval	24 May 1997
5	N Hussain	115	1	v India	Lord’s	13 Jul 2002
6	ME Trescothick	114*	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
7	AJ Strauss	154	1	v Bangladesh	Birmingham	12 Jul 2010
8	AJ Strauss	126	2	v Pakistan	Leeds	12 Sep 2010
9	AN Cook	119	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jul 2011
10	AN Cook	112	2	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Jun 2012
11	EJG Morgan	113	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	17 Jun 2015
12	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017

 

MA Atherton, AJ Strauss, AN Cook and EJG Morgan are the four England captains who have scored two hundreds in one day games on English soil. The performance of these four captains are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Atherton	127	1	v West Indies	Lord’s	28 May 1995
2	MA Atherton	113*	2	v Australia	The Oval	24 May 1997
1	AJ Strauss	154	1	v Bangladesh	Birmingham	12 Jul 2010
2	AJ Strauss	126	2	v Pakistan	Leeds	12 Sep 2010
1	AN Cook	119	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jul 2011
2	AN Cook	112	2	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Jun 2012
1	EJG Morgan	113	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	17 Jun 2015
2	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017

 

EJG Morgan became the second England captain to score a hundred against South Africa in one day internationals after ME Trescothick. ME Trecothick had scored 114 not out at The Oval on 28.06.03

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ME Trescothick	114*	2	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
2	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017

 

AJ Strauss {04}, AN Cook {04} and EJG Morgan {06} are the three England captains who have scored four or more hundreds in one day internationals. EJG Morgan with six hundreds to his credit  has scored most hundreds by an England captain in one day internationals.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Strauss	105	2	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2009
2	AJ Strauss	154	1	v Bangladesh	Birmingham	12 Jul 2010
3	AJ Strauss	126	2	v Pakistan	Leeds	12 Sep 2010
4	AJ Strauss	158	2	v India	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2011
1	AN Cook	119	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jul 2011
2	AN Cook	137	1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Feb 2012
3	AN Cook	102	1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	15 Feb 2012
4	AN Cook	112	2	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Jun 2012
1	EJG Morgan	124*	2	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	03 Sep 2013
2	EJG Morgan	121	1	v Australia	Sydney	16 Jan 2015
3	EJG Morgan	113	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	17 Jun 2015
4	EJG Morgan	102	2	v India	Cuttack	19 Jan 2017
5	EJG Morgan	107	1	v West Indies	North Sound	03 Mar 2017
6	EJG Morgan	107	1	v South Africa	Leeds	24 May 2017

 

England vs South Africa – First one day game – at Leeds – on 24 May 2017 – England won by 72 runs

 

This game was the 57^th game between the two teams. It also provides the 23^rd game played between the two teams  on English soil

 

South Africa won the toss in this game and inserted the opposition to provide the eleventh occasion of South Africa doing so. It also provides the fourth occasion of South Africa doing so on English soil

 

This game is the 39th game played at Leeds and the third game between the two teams. The other two games were played on 24.05.98 and 22.09.08. England has won both the games – by seven wickets on 24.05.98 and by 20 runs on 22.08.08

 

England lost its first wicket for 3 runs to provide the 16^th occasion of England losing its first wicket for a score between zero and nine against South Africa in one day games.  All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	IR Bell, MP Vaughan	1	9	1	RSA	Bridgetown	17 Apr 2007
2	AD Brown, NV Knight	1	7	2	RSA	Birmingham	18 Aug 1998
3	IR Bell, MJ Prior	1	7	2	RSA	Lord’s	31 Aug 2008
4	MA Atherton, C White	1	5	2	RSA	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 1996
5	N Hussain, NV Knight	1	4	2	RSA	Cape Town	26 Jan 2000
6	VS Solanki, ME Trescothick	1	4	1	RSA	Manchester	03 Jul 2003
7	AD Hales, JJ Roy	1	3	1	RSA	Leeds	24 May 2017
8	N Hussain, AJ Stewart	1	2	2	RSA	The Oval	22 May 1999
9	GO Jones, ME Trescothick	1	2	2	RSA	Durban	11 Feb 2005
10	IR Bell, AN Cook	1	2	2	RSA	Lord’s	02 Sep 2012
11	MA Atherton, PAJ DeFreitas	1	1	1	RSA	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1996
12	VS Solanki, ME Trescothick	1	1	2	RSA	Lord’s	12 Jul 2003
13	KP Pietersen, AJ Strauss	1	1	1	RSA	Chennai	06 Mar 2011
14	MA Atherton, NMK Smith	1	0	2	RSA	Rawalpindi	25 Feb 1996
15	GO Jones, ME Trescothick	1	0	1	RSA	Centurion	13 Feb 2005
16	IR Bell, AN Cook	1	0	2	RSA	Southampton	28 Aug 2012

 

England lost its first wicket for 3 runs to provide the fifth occasion of England losing its first wicket for a score between zero and nine against South Africa while batting first in one day games.  All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	IR Bell, MP Vaughan	1	9	1	RSA	Bridgetown	17 Apr 2007
2	VS Solanki, ME Trescothick	1	4	1	RSA	Manchester	03 Jul 2003
3	AD Hales, JJ Roy	1	3	1	RSA	Leeds	24 May 2017
4	MA Atherton, PAJ DeFreitas	1	1	1	RSA	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1996
5	KP Pietersen, AJ Strauss	1	1	1	RSA	Chennai	06 Mar 2011
6	GO Jones, ME Trescothick	1	0	1	RSA	Centurion	13 Feb 2005

 

AD Hales’ and JE Root’s run aggregate against South Africa read 444 and 436 respectively at the end of this game. They became the eighth and ninth England batsman to score 400 plus runs against South Africa.

 

AD Hales’ boundary fours aggregate against South Africa read 51 at the end of this game. He became the fourth England batsman to score 50 plus boundary fours against South Africa. Others are – GA Hick {55}, KP Pietersen {52} and AJ Stewart {52}.

 

England posted 339 for 6 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs against South Africa. It also provides the first occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs against South Africa at home. Its previous best was 296 for 7 at The Oval on 29.08.08. Thus England’s total of 339 for 6 in this game represent its highest team total on home soil against South Africa.

 

England posted a total of 339 for 6 in this game to provide the 598^th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs in the history of one day games. It also provides the 249th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs at home.

 

It also provides the 54^th occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the 28^th occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games on home soil.

 

EJG Morgan scored 107 in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of England captain scoring a century in one day games. It was also the second century by an England captain against South Africa in one day game. ME Trescothick had scored 114 not out at The Oval on 28.06.04

 

EJG Morgan’s 107 in this game was his sixth century while leading England. He now owns the record for most centuries by an England captain in one day games. AN Cook and AJ Strauss have scored four centuries while leading England.

 

EJG Morgan and M Ali added 117 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 217th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also represents the tenth occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket in one day games.

 

EJG Morgan and M Ali added 117 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 18th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against South Africa in one day games. It also represents the second occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket against South Africa in one day games. The other occasion was the 112 runs partnership between NH Fairbrother and AJ Hollioake at Dhaka on 25.10.98. Thus EJG Morgan and M Ali posted a record stand for the sixth wicket against South Africa in one day games.

 

EJG Morgan and M Ali added 117 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 11th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against South Africa at home in one day games. It also represents the first three figure partnership for the sixth  wicket against South Africa in one day games at home.

 

EJG Morgan’s 107 in this game provides the seventh occasion of an England captain scoring a hundred when England had lost the toss and batted first. It was EJG Morgan’s second hundred under such circumstances. He had scored 107 runs against West Indies at North Sound on 03.03.17.

 

It also provides the 64^th occasion of a captain scoring hundred when he had lost the toss and was asked to bat first in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the third occasion of a captain scoring a hundred after his side has been inserted against South Africa. SR Waugh of Australia had scored 114 not out at Melbourne-CS on 16.08.00 and SC Ganguly of India had scored 127 at Johannesburg on 05.10.01.

 

England posted 339 for 6 after it was inserted to provide the 224^th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs in the history of one day internationals after losing the toss and batting first. It also provides the 21^st occasion of England doing so and for the first time against South Africa.

 

F du Plessis completed 4000 runs during his knock of 67 in this game and at the end of this game his one day run aggregate read 4010. He became the eleventh South African batsman to total 4000 plus runs in one day games. The following table lists all of them

 

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	JH Kallis	323	309	53	11550	139	45.11	17	86	17	910	137
2	AB de Villiers	212	203	38	9070	162*	54.96	24	51	06	790	190
3	HH Gibbs	248	240	16	8094	175	36.13	21	37	22	930	128
4	GC Smith	196	193	10	6989	141	38.19	10	47	07	788	044
5	HM Amla	151	148	10	6953	159	50.38	24	32	03	709	048
6	G Kirsten	185	185	19	6798	188*	40.95	13	45	11	659	020
7	JN Rhodes	245	220	51	5935	121	35.11	02	33	12	392	047
8	WJ Cronje	188	175	31	5565	112	38.64	02	39	08	366	094
9	JP Duminy	173	156	34	4544	150*	37.24	04	24	07	300	063
10	MV Boucher	290	216	57	4523	147*	28.44	01	25	16	341	081
11	F du Plessis	108	104	13	4010	185	44.06	08	27	02	346	051

 

JP Duminy’s lone boundary four during his knock of 15 in this game gave him an aggregate of 300 boundary fours in one day games. He became the 13^th South African batsman to score 300 plus boundary fours in one day games.

 

HM Amla’s 73 in this game gave him an aggregate of 884 runs against England. He now stands second in  the list  of South African batsmen who have scored most runs against England in one day games. JH Kallis with 1054 runs to his credit occupied the first place.

 

HM Amla scored eight boundary fours in his knock of 73 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 91 boundary fours against England. He became the third South African batsman to aggregate 90 plus boundary fours against England. Others are – JH Kallis {98} and GC Smith {92}.

 

HM Amla and F du Plessis scored 73 and 67 repectively in this game to post their 56^th and 35th fifty of their one day career. It also represents their seventh and second fifty against England

 

HM Amla’s seventh fifty against England makes him to occupy the second place among the South African batsmen who have scored most fifties against England. JH Kallis occupies the first place with nine fifties to his credit. HM Amla went past HH Gibbs and GC Smith who had scored six fifties on his way to second place.

 

HM Amla with 884 runs to his credit occupies the first place amongst the South African opening batsmen who have scored most runs against England. He went past GC Smith who had an aggregate of 849 runs during his knock of 73 in this game.

 

HM Amla also owns the record for most fifties by South African opening batsman against England. His 73 in this game was his seventh fifty. GC Smith with six fifties to his credit owned the previous record.

 

GC Smith {6974} and HM Amla {6923} are the two South African opening batsman who have scored 6900 plus runs in one day games at the end of this game. HM Amla completed 6900 plus runs during  his knock of 73 in this game. He now needs 52 more runs  to  own the record for most runs  scored by a South African opening batsman in one  day games.

 

HM Amla’s boundary fours aggregate as opening batsman read 706 at the end of this game. He became the third South African opening batsman to total 700 plus boundary fours in one  day games. Others are – GC Smith {787} and HH Gibbs {754}

 

HM Amla and F du Plessis added 112 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 238^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 51st occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games

 

HM Amla and F du Plessis added 112 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against England. It also provides the second occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games against England.

 

The first occasion was the 110 runs partnership between Q de Kock and F du Plessis at Bloemfontein on 03.02.16. Thus the 112 runs partnership between HM Amla and F du Plessis in this game represent a record stand for the second wicket by South African batsmen against England.

 

HM Amla and F du Plessis added 112 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fifth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against England in England. It also provides the first occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games against England in England.

 

England won this game by 72 runs to provide the second occasion of England winning a game against South Africa by 50 plus runs margin. The other occasion was its win by 126 runs at The Oval on 29.08.08

 

AB de Villiers has an aggregate of 2886 runs as captain on away and neutral soils in one day games. He needs 114 more runs for his 3000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the ninth captain to score 3000 plus runs as captain on away and neutral soils. Others are – RT Ponting {5404}, A Ranatunga {4185}, SP Fleming {4046}, MS Dhoni {3958}, SC Ganguly {3641}, M Azharuddin {3493},  ST Jayasuriya {3126} and GC Smith {3040}

 

AB de Villiers has an aggregate of 2886 runs as captain on away and neutral soils in one day games. He needs 114 more runs for his 3000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the second South African captain to score 3000 plus runs as captain on away and neutral soils. Other captain is GC Smith who has an aggregate of 3040 runs

 

AB de Villiers has scored 39 fifties as captain in one day games. He needs one more fifty for his 40 fifties. If he gets it, he would then become the seventh captain in the history of one day games to score 40 plus fifties. Others are – RT Ponting {73}, MS Dhoni {53}, SP Fleming {45}, GC Smith {45}, MAzharuddin {41}, SC Ganguly {41} and A Ranatunga {41}

 

AB de Villiers has scored 39 fifties as captain in one day games. He needs one more fifty for his 40 fifties. If he gets it, he would then become the second South African captain in the history of one day games to score 40 plus fifties after GC Smith. GC Smith has scored 45 fifties.

 

AB de Villiers has an aggregate of 4652 runs as captain in one day games. He needs 348 runs for his 5000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the seventh captain in the history of one day games to score 5000 plus runs. Others are – RT Ponting {8497}, MS Dhoni {6633}, SP Fleming {6295}, A Ranatunga {5608}, GC Smith {5416}, M Azharuddin {5239} and SC Ganguly {5104}

 

AB de Villiers has an aggregate of 4652 runs as captain in one day games. He needs 348 runs for his 5000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the second South African captain in the history of one day games to score 5000 plus runs after GC Smith. GC Smith has scored 5416 runs.

 

AB de villiers has captained South Africa  in 97 one day games. Three more games would give him 100 one day games captaincy. At the end of  the  three game series against England  in England he would become  the 17th cricketer to lead a team in 100 plus one day games. He would also become the third South African captain to accomplish such a distinction after GC Smith and WJ Cronje.  GC Smith has led South Africa in 149 games, while WJ Cronje has led in 138 games.