Ahead of Friday’s opening game in the five-match ODI series between Australia and South Africa (start 5.20am SA time), we look at the updated key ODI stats featuring the two countries. Stats and head-to-heads are from 1992 onwards.

Matches played
83 – Australia won 42 and SA 38 with three ties

Highest team scores
438-9 South Africa, Johannesburg 2006
434-4 Australia, Johannesburg 2006
377-6 Australia, Basseterre 2007
344-6 Australia, Sydney 2006
330-7 Australia, Port Elizabeth 2002
328-3 South Africa, Harare 2014

Lowest team scores
69 South Africa, Sydney 1993
93 Australia, Cape Town, 2006
106 South Africa, Sydney 2002
123 South Africa, Wellington 2005
125 Australia, Melbourne 1997

Biggest wins (by runs)
196 South Africa, Cape Town 2006
141 Australia, Durban 2009

Biggest wins (by wickets)
9 South Africa, Sydney 1992
8 South Africa, Guwahati, 1996
8 Australia, Sydney 2002
8 Australia, April 2002

Biggest wins (by balls remaining in second innings)
188 Australia, Sydney 2002
153 Australia, Cape Town 2000
142 South Africa, Centurion 2009

Most runs between the two sides
1879 Ricky Ponting (Aus)
1639 Jacques Kallis (SA)
1610 Jonty Rhodes (SA)
1581 Steve Waugh (Aus)
1364 Hansie Cronje (SA)
1324 Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
1167 Gary Kirsten (SA)
1163 Michael Bevan (Aus)
1127 Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
1111 Mark Waugh (Aus)
918 AB de Villiers (SA)

Most wickets between the two sides
60 Shane Warne (Aus)
58 Glenn McGrath (Aus)
55 Shaun Pollock (SA)
45 Allan Donald (SA)
40 Brett Lee (Aus)
38 Makhaya Ntini (SA)
34 Paul Reiffel (Aus)
33 Jacques Kallis (SA)
30 Dale Steyn (SA)

Most wicketkeeper dismissals
44 Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
40 Mark Boucher (SA)
37 Dave Richardson (SA)
23 Ian Healy (Aus)
17 Brad Haddin (Aus)
3 Quinton de Kock (SA)

Most catches
25 Jonty Rhodes (SA)
18 Shane Warne (Aus)
17 Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
16 Mark Waugh (Aus)
15 Mike Hussey (Aus)
14 Gary Kirsten (SA), Jacques Kallis (SA), Steve Waugh (Aus)
13 Johan Botha (SA), Daryll Cullinan (SA), Hansie Cronje (SA)
12 Michael Bevan (Aus), Shaun Pollock (Aus)
11 JP Duminy (SA), Ab de Villiers (SA), Michael Clarke (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus)

Highest partnerships
(by wicket)
1^st: 170 – Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden (Aus, 2002)
2^nd: 187 – Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs (SA, 2006)
3^rd: 206 – Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers (SA, 2014)
4^th: 222 – Michael Bevan and Steve Waugh (Aus, 2000)
5^th: 134 – Hansie Cronje and Jonty Rhodes (SA, 1998)
6^th: 119 – AB de Villiers and Shaun Pollock (SA, 2006)
7^th: 123 – Mike Hussey and Brett Lee (Aus, 2006)
8^th: 119 – Paul Reiffel and Shane Warne (Aus, 1994)
9^th: 71 – James Faulkner and Mitchell Starc (Aus, 2014)
10^th: 45 – Michael Bevan and Adam Dale (Aus, 1997)

Most matches
55 Jonty Rhodes (SA)
48 Ricky Ponting (Aus)
47 Jacques Kallis (SA), Steve Waugh (Aus)
45 Shane Warne (Aus)
44 Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
42 Shaun Pollock (SA), Mark Waugh (Aus)
41 Glenn McGrath (Aus)
40 Mark Boucher (SA)
Current: 21 Michael Clarke (Aus)
19 AB de Villiers (SA)

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