Ahead of Wednesday’s third 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.
In the first ODI in Perth, Morne Morkel and Imran Tahir set a record 10th-wicket partnership.
Stats and head-to-heads are from 1992 onwards. * denotes involved in this series.
Matches played
85 – Australia won 43 and SA 39 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)
1046 *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)
35 *Dale Steyn (SA)
34 Paul Reiffel (Aus)
33 Jacques Kallis (SA)
Most wicketkeeper dismissals
44 Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
40 Mark Boucher (SA)
37 Dave Richardson (SA)
23 Ian Healy (Aus)
17 Brad Haddin (Aus)
9 *Quinton de Kock (SA)
8 *Matthew Wade (Aus)
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)
1st: 170 – Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden (Aus, 2002)
2nd: 187 – Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs (SA, 2006)
3rd: 206 – *Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers (SA, 2014)
4th: 222 – Michael Bevan and Steve Waugh (Aus, 2000)
5th: 134 – Hansie Cronje and Jonty Rhodes (SA, 1998)
6th: 119 – AB de Villiers and Shaun Pollock (SA, 2006)
7th: 123 – Mike Hussey and Brett Lee (Aus, 2006)
8th: 119 – Paul Reiffel and Shane Warne (Aus, 1994)
9th: 71 – *James Faulkner and Mitchell Starc (Aus, 2014)
10th: 46 – *Morne Morkel and Imran Tahir (SA, 2014)
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: 22 Michael Clarke (Aus)
21 AB de Villiers (SA)
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