ICC Champions Trophy 2013: Pak vs WI Statistical Highlights
South Africa won by 67 runs to stay alive in the tournament.
After defeats in their first game, Pakistan and South Africa faced each other in a do-or-die game on 10th June 2013, at Edgbaston. Defeat would all but end the losing team’s campaign while the winner would live to fight another day. Proteas skipper AB de Villiers won the toss and chose to bat. The South Africans got off to a good start, with their openers Hashim Amla and Colin Ingram putting up a 50 run stand. Ingram left the crease after scoring 20 but Amla went on to score 81 runs. But they couldn’t build effective partnerships as the South African batsmen lost their wickets cheaply; there were four run outs in all. And they could only manage 234/9 in 50 overs.
Pakistan top order too, collapsed courtesy debutant Chris Morris. Pakistan scored at very low run rate as they could manage only 18 runs in first 10 overs as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Misbah Ul Haq’s 55 couldn’t win another game for Pakistan and they were bundled for 167 runs with Ryan McLaren taking 4 for 19. South Africa won the match by 67 runs.
Statistical highlights of the match
# Pakistan and South Africa were meeting for the 63rd time in ODIs; SA have won 41 of them.
# They were playing their second match in England since their encounter in 1999 WC at Nottingham.
# This was also their second meeting in ICC Champions Trophy
South African Innings
# Colin Ingram and Hashim Amla added 53 runs for the first wicket.
# Hashim Amla completed 3500 ODI runs. He is the 11th batsman to score over 3500 ODI runs for South Africa.
# Hashim Amla 81 (97) scored his 20th half century in ODIs. This is Amla’s 5th score in 80s. He also has 4 scores in 90s and 11 100s.
# Hashim Amla completed 500 ODI runs against Pakistan. He has scored 576 runs in 11 matches against them at an average of 56.70. This is the second team against which Amla has completed 500 ODI runs. He also has scored 614 runs against England at 68.22
# Hashim Amla also completed 500 ODI runs in England. This is the only other country other than South Africa where he has managed to score over 500 ODI runs.
# Hashim Amla completed 2000 runs in ODIs away from home. He now has scored 2068 runs in 39 innings at average of 60.61.
# Hashim Amla’s average of 60.61 away from home is the second best after Ryan ten Doeschate’s 66.35 among those who have played 25 or more ODIs away from home.
Hashim Amla 81(97) scored his 20th half century and was judged the Man of the Match.
# AB de Villiers during his 31 (31) completed 1000 runs in ODIs against Pakistan. He is the 3rd South African player after Jacques Kallis and Gary Kirsten to score over 1000 ODI runs against Pakistan.
# Chris Morris made his debut for South Africa replacing the injured Morne Morkel.
# Chris Morris is the 110th player to represent South Africa in ODIs and overall 2090th player to play ODIs.
# There were 4 run outs in South African Innings (AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Chris Morris and Aaron Phangiso). It equalled the record for most run out dismissals in ICC Champions Trophy with India at Dhaka in 1998 against Australia. The overall ODI record is 5, which has happened 10 times!
# South Africa’s 234/9 is their third lowest total while batting first in ICC Champions Trophy. Interestingly they have won all the 3 times!
# South Africa’s lowest total batting first in Champions Trophy was also against Pakistan in 2006, 213/8 (50).
# Hashim Amla got his 12th Man of the Match Award in ODIs and 3rd against Pakistan.