KL Rahul of India joined the select band of ten batsmen who have scored a century on debut in the annals of one day games. He became the eleventh batsman to achieve such feat when he scored 100 not out against Zimbabwe at Harare in the first one-day game on 11.06.16. The following table enlists all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Amiss	103	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	24 Aug 1972
2	DL Haynes	148	1	Win	Aus	St John’s	22 Feb 1978
3	A Flower	115*	1	Zim	Srl	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
4	Saleem Elahi	102*	2	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	29 Sep 1995
5	MJ Guptill	122*	1	NZl	Win	Auckland	10 Jan 2009
6	CA Ingram	124	1	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	15 Oct 2010
7	RJ Nicol	108*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	20 Oct 2011
8	PJ Hughes	112	1	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	11 Jan 2013
9	MJ Lumb	106	2	Eng	Win	North Sound	28 Feb 2014
10	MS Chapman	124*	1	HKG	UAE	ICCA Dubai	16 Nov 2015
11	KL Rahul	100*	2	Ind	Zim	Harare	11 Jun 2016

KL Rahul became the third batsman to score a century on debut against Zimbabwe. The others are – CA Ingram of South Africa and RJ Nicol of New Zealand.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CA Ingram	124	1	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	15 Oct 2010
2	RJ Nicol	108*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	20 Oct 2011
3	KL Rahul	100*	2	Ind	Zim	Harare	11 Jun 2016

Zimbabwe became the second team in the annals of one day games against whom three debut centuries are scored. Sri Lanka is the other team against whom such a feat has been accomplished. The following table lists out such performances.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	115*	1	Zim	Srl	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
2	Saleem Elahi	102*	2	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	29 Sep 1995
3	PJ Hughes	112	1	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	11 Jan 2013
1	CA Ingram	124	1	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	15 Oct 2010
2	RJ Nicol	108*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	20 Oct 2011
3	KL Rahul	100*	2	Ind	Zim	Harare	11 Jun 2016

 

Tri Series – Third game – Australia vs South Africa at Providence on 08.06.16 – South Africa won by 47 runs

South Africa capped T Shamshi for this game. He became the 113^th South African cricketer to appear in one day games. He also became the 16^th South African cricketer to make his one-day debut against Australia in one day games.

HM Amla was dismissed run out for 29 in this game to provide the 70^th occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out against Australia in one day games. It also provides the 13^th occasion of a South African opening batsman dismissed run out against Australia.

This was HM Amla’s third run out dismissal as an opening batsman against Australia. He now holds the record for most run out dismissals of a South African opening batsman against Australia in one day games. Other openers who have been dismissed run out on two occasions are –  HH Gibbs, AC Hudson, G Kirsten and PN Kirsten. The following table lists all the batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	HM Amla	13	2	Australia	Sydney	23.01.09
2	HM Amla	52	1	Australia	Durban	28.10.11
3	HM Amla	35	1	Australia	Providence	07.06.16
1	HH Gibbs	15	1	Australia	Melbourne	09.12.97
2	HH Gibbs	27	1	Australia	Cape Town	09.04.02
1	AC Hudson	05	2	Australia	Faisalabad	18.10.94
2	AC Hudson	32	2	Australia	Faridabad	25.10.96
1	G Kirsten	44	2	Australia	Perth	18.01.98
2	G Kirsten	03	2	Australia	Sydney	27.01.98
1	PN Kirsten	11	2	Australia	Sydney	23.01.94
2	PN Kirsten	14	2	Australia	Sydney	25.01.94

HM Amla became third South African opening batsman to be dismissed run out against Australia on a neutral venue. It also provides the fourth such occasion. It also provides the ninth occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out against Australia at a neutral venue.

F Behradien scored 62 in this game to provide the 116th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games. It also provides the 20^th such occasion at a neutral venue.

F Behradien’s 62 in this game represents his fifth fifty in one-day games and also represents his second fifty against Australia in one day games. He had scored 63 at Sydney on 23.11.14. All his fifties are listed below

No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	70	1	New Zealand	Potchefstroom	23.08.15
2	64*	1	U.A.E.	Wellington	12.03.15
3	63	1	Australia	Sydney	23.11.14
4	62	1	Australia	Providence	07.06.16
5	58	1	Pakistan	Centurion	15.03.13

AB de Villiers’ run aggregate in one day games against Australia read 1211 at the end of this game. He became the     South African batsman to total 1200 plus runs against Australia in one day games. Others are – JH Kallis {1639}, JN Rhodes {1610}, WJ Cronje {1364} and HH Gibbs {1324}

Imran Tahir collected a first ball duck in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of a South African batsman dismissed first ball by Australia in one day games. It also provides the 73rd occasion of a South African batsman collecting a duck against Australia in one day games.

South Africa batted through its 50 overs in this game to provide the first occasion of South Africa batting through its allotted 50 overs against Australia in West Indies. It also provides the ninth such occasion against various teams in the games played in West Indies.

South Africa posted 189 for 9 in 50.0 overs in this game to provide the fourth occasion of South Africa scoring less than 200 runs in 50.0 overs in West Indies. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	South Africa	163/7	50.0	1	lost	West Indies	Kingstown	16.05.01
2	South Africa	189/6	50.0	1	lost	West Indies	Port of Spain	12.04.92
3	South Africa	189/9	50.0	1	won	Australia	Providence	07.06.16
4	South Africa	193/7	50.0	1	lost	New Zealand	St George’s	14.04.07

South Africa won this game defending a total of less than 200 runs scored in 50 overs to provide its first win under the circumstances. Out of the four occasions, three games were lost and this is the only game which was won by South Africa. It also provides the first occasion of South Africa defending a total of less than 200 runs scored in 50 overs against Australia in West Indies.

Australia has lost its eight wickets for 90 runs in this game to provide the third occasion of Australia losing its eight wickets for 90 and less than 90 runs in a one day game. All such occasions are listed below

No	Opposition	FoW	Inns	Ground	Start Date
1	West Indies	8/81	2	Melbourne	24 Jan 1982
2	West Indies	8/90	1	Sydney	08 Dec 1992
3	South Africa	8/90	2	Providence	07 Jun 2016

Australia was dismissed all out for 142 in this game to provide the 177th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in one day games. It also provides the 28th such occasion against South Africa in one day games. It also provides the 30th occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total of less than 150 runs in one  day games and sixth such occasion against South Africa in one day games.

Australia’s total of 142 all out in this game provides the fourth occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 150 runs on a neutral soil and the first such occasion in a game in West Indies.

Team	Score	Overs	Result	Opposition	Ground	Date
Australia	129	38.2	lost	India	Chelmsford	20.06.83
Australia	139	42.3	lost	India	Sharjah	29.03.85
Australia	139	43.2	lost	Pakistan	Mumbai (BS)	23.10.89
Australia	142	34.2	lost	South Africa	Providence	07.06.16

Australia was dismissed for a total less than 150 runs on a neutral after 26 years 05 months and 07 days.

The previous occasion was its 139 against Pakistan at Mum-BS on 23.10.89. Australia was dismissed all out 142 in 34.2 overs to provide the least number of overs played by Australia when it was dismissed all out on a neutral soil. It was dismissed by India at Chelmsford for 129 in 38.2 overs on 20.06.83. The interval between the dates – 20.06.83 and 07.06.16 – is 32 years, 11 months and 17 days. Thus it took 32 years 11 months and 16 days for a team to dismiss Australia all out for a total of less than 150 runs in less than 35.0 overs !!!!!!

NM Lyon scored 30 in this game to become the fifth Australian batsman to score 30 plus runs while batting at number 10 in one day games. The following table lists all the batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JN Gillespie	44*	1	West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 2005
2	AJ Bichel	34*	2	England	Port Elizabeth	02 Mar 2003
3	DE Bollinger	30	1	England	Hobart	21 Jan 2011
4	CJ McKay	30	2	Sri Lanka	The Oval	17 Jun 2013
5	NM Lyon	30	2	South Africa	Providence	07 Jun 2016

NM Lyon’s 30 in this game represents the highest individual score by a number ten batsman against South Africa in one day games. The previous best was MA Starc’s 29 not out at Harare on 06.09.14

AJ Finch score 72 in this game to provide the 127th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in one day games. It also provides the 42nd such occasion by an Australian opening batsman against South Africa in one day games

AJ Finch’s 72 in this game was his fifth fitty as an opening batsman against South Africa in one day games. He became the second Australian opening batsman to score five or more fifties against South Africa. The exploits of these two opening batsmen are furnished below

No	Player	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Gilchrist	100	1	2	South Africa	Sydney	26 Jan 1998
2	AC Gilchrist	51	2	1	South Africa	Durban	12 Apr 2000
3	AC Gilchrist	63	1	2	South Africa	Melbourne (CS)	20 Aug 2000
4	AC Gilchrist	105	1	2	South Africa	Durban	03 Apr 2002
5	AC Gilchrist	52	1	2	South Africa	Port Elizabeth	06 Apr 2002
6	AC Gilchrist	88	1	1	South Africa	Sydney	05 Feb 2006
7	AC Gilchrist	55	1	1	South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006
No	Player	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	102	1	1	South Africa	Harare	27 Aug 2014
2	AJ Finch	54	1	1	South Africa	Harare	06 Sep 2014
3	AJ Finch	109	1	1	South Africa	Canberra	19 No2014
4	AJ Finch	76	2	2	South Africa	Sydney	23 No2014
5	AJ Finch	72	2	2	South Africa	Providence	07 Jun 2016

AJ Finch’s 72 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 52nd occasion of Australian batsman’s fifty going in vain against South Africa. It also provides the 16th such occasion by an Australian opening batsman.

AJ Finch became the second Australian opening batsman to witness three fifties of his in vain against South Africa in one day games after AC Gilchrist. The fifties scored by these two batsmen which went in vain are listed below

No	Players	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	102	1	South Africa	Harare	27 Aug 2014
2	AJ Finch	54	1	South Africa	Harare	06 Sep 2014
3	AJ Finch	72	2	South Africa	Providence	07 Jun 2016
1	AC Gilchrist	51	1	South Africa	Durban	12 Apr 2000
2	AC Gilchrist	63	2	South Africa	Melbourne (CS)	20 Aug 2000
3	AC Gilchrist	55	1	South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006

A Zampa collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 22nd occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed first ball against South Africa in one day games. It also provides the 63rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa in one day games.

Australia’s loss in this game provides its 40^th loss in one day games against South Africa. The head to head table read thus – Played – 89: Won-46: Lost-40: Tied-03 and NR-00

Tri Series – Second game – West Indies vs Australia at Providence on 05.06.16 – Australia won by a six wickets

West Indies were dismissed all out for 116 in this game to provide the 62nd occasion of it being dismissed all out against Australia in one day games. It also provides the sixth occasion of West Indies dismissed all out for a total less than 120 runs against Australia in one day games

KA Pollard collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 40th occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed first ball against Australia in one day games. It also provides the tenth occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed first ball against Australia at home in one day games.

D Ramdin’s aggregate runs as a wicket keeper batsman read 1946 at the end of this game. He now owns the record for most runs by a West Indian wicket keeper in one day games. He went past PLJ Dujon’s total of 1934 runs which was the previous record run aggregate by a West Indian wicket keeper in one day games. Interesting enough, PLJ Dujon was commentating on the game when his record run aggregate was surpassed by D Ramdin. D Ramdin went past PLJ Dujon when he was on 1 during his knock of 12 in this game. Prior to the start of this game, both D Ramdin and PLJ Dujon had scored 1934 runs

SP Narine was dismissed stumped for 5 in this game to provide the 15^th occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed stumped in an innings against Australia in one day games. It also provides the ninth occasion of West Indian batsman dismissed stumped at home against Australia in one day games

It also provides the second occasion of his being dismissed stumped against Australia in one-day game. The first occasion was at Perth on 03.02.13.  SP Narine became the second West Indian batsman to be dismissed stumped against Australia on two occasions in one day games after ADS Fletcher.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ADS Fletcher	12	1	v Australia	St George’s	29 Jun 2008
2	ADS Fletcher	01	2	v Australia	Basseterre	06 Jul 2008
1	SP Narine	24	2	v Australia	Perth	03 Feb 2013
2	SP Narine	05	1	v Australia	Providence	05 Jun 2016

DA Warner scored 55 not out in this game to provide the 177th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day games. It also provides the 62nd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day games. It also represents his second fifty against Australia as an opening batsman. He had scored 69 at Gros Islet on 25.03.12

DA Warner scored 55 not out in this game to provide the 62nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day games in West Indies. It also provides the occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day games.

DA Warner and AJ Finch were concerned in a 44 runs partnership for the first wicket in this game. They have added 1022 runs for the first wicket at the end of the game and became the seventh Australian opening pair to have an aggregate of 1000 plus total partnership runs. The complete list of pairs who have accomplished this feat is furnished below. DA Warner-AJ Finch were playing their 25th innings together as Australian openers when they accomplished the feat of scoring 1000 plus runs. 

No	Partners	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100	50
1	AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden	114	3	5372	172	48.39	16	29
2	AC Gilchrist, ME Waugh	93	0	3853	206	41.43	08	20
3	DC Boon, GR Marsh	88	0	3523	212	40.03	07	25
4	AC Gilchrist, SM Katich	26	0	1442	196	55.46	03	09
5	MA Taylor, ME Waugh	30	0	1368	189	45.60	03	07
6	BJ Haddin, SR Watson	28	0	1282	183	45.78	03	08
7	AJ Finch, DA Warner	25	0	1022	187	40.88	03	03

GJ Maxwell failed to score in this game to provide the 94th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck against West Indies in one day games. It also represents his second duck against West Indies in one day game. He has collected a duck at Perth on 03.02.13. It also provides his seventh duck of his one day career.

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