AB de Villiers (39) and Albie Morkel (38) have played the maximum matches for South Africa in T20 internationals. Hashim Amla has played 10 matches and scored 198 runs. Here is the batting, bowling and team record for and against South Africa.
T20 World Cup 2012: Schedule and Results
South African Performance in Three World Cups
Best Partnerships For and Against South Africa in T20
Highest Scorers
- 982 Graeme Smith (33 innings)
846 Duminy (35 innings of 37 matches)
693 AB de Villiers (38 innings of 39 matches)
642 Kallis (20 innings)
50s and 6s
Richard Levi (117* vs New Zealand, 2012) is the only South Africa with a T20 century. South Africans have hit 27 half-centuries, three of them toching 90s.
- 5 half-centuries Smith and Kallis
33 sixes Albie MOrkel
26 Duminy, Graeme Smith
Bowling Records
Highest Wickettaker
- 36 Botha (34 innings of 35 matches)
34 Morne Morkel (24 matches)
31 Steyn (23 matches)
20 Albie Morkel ((36 innings of 38 matches)
Most Economical
- 6.24 Botha
6.27 Tsotsobe (11 matches)
6.67 Steyn
Worst Economy
- 9.31 Ntini (10 matches)
8.07 Theron (9 matches)
8.04 Peterson (10 innings of 12 matches)
Best Bowling
Besides single 5-wicket performance, on 7 occasions they have taken 4 wickets. Morne Morkel have done it twice. Langeveldt and Theron have also taken 4 wickets in a match.
- 5/19 McLaren vs West Indies, 2010
4/9 Steyn
4/13 Parnell
4/15 Kallis (2012)
4/17 Morne Morkel
Most Expensive
- 1/52 Pollock vs WI, 2007
0/50 Steyn vs England, 2010
2/48 Kleinveldt vs India, 2010
0/46 Ntini vs India, 2011
Maiden
7 maidens have been bowled by South Africans.
- 3 Morne Morkel
2 Albie Morkel
1 Pollock, Kallis (2012)
Team Records
Highest Team Scores
South Africa has crossed 200-run mark on 5 occasions.
- 241/6 vs Eng, 2009
219/4 vs India, 2012
211/5 vs Scotland, 2009
208/2 vs West Indies, 2007
201/4 vs Australia, 2006
Lowest Team Scores
- 114 vs Australia, 2006
Biggest Victory
- 130 runs vs Scotland, 2009
10 wickets vs Pakistan, 2007
51 balls vs Pakistan, 2007
Highest Total vs South Africa
- 205/6 WI, 2007
186/5 India, 2010
Lowest Total vs South Africa
- 80 Afghanistan, 2010
81 Scotland, 2009
93/8 Zimbabwe (20 overs), 2012
Narrowest Victory by Runs
2 run vs Australia, 2006
1 run vs New Zealand, 2009
1 run vs West Indies, 2010
3 wickets vs New Zealand, 2007
3 Wickets vs Australia, 2011
1 ball remaining vs New Zealand, 2007
Losses Statistics
South Africa has faced all the 5 losses in T20 World Cup while chasing the target.
- 7 runs by Pakistan, 2009
Most Successful Batsmen vs South Africa
50s
Highest Aggregate
- 122 Gayle (2 innings)
104 Raina (2 innings)
101 Brendum McCullum (3 innings)
High Scores
2 centuries and 6 half-centuries are scored against South Africa in three World Cups.
- 117 Gayle (WI), 2007 WC
101 Raina (Ind), 2010
Most Sixes
- 10 Gayle (all hit in one inning)
5 Raina
Best Average
- 79.00 Rohit Sharma (2 innings)
61.00 Gayle
52.00 Raina
Bowling Records vs South Africa
Highest Wickets
- 6 Broad (Eng) in 3 innings
5 RP Singh (Ind) and Saeed Ajmal (Pak) in 2 innings each
Most Economic
- 5.66 RP Singh (in 6 overs)
6.12 Saeed Ajmal (In 8 overs)
Maiden
- 1 Mark Gillespie (New Zealand)
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