Statistical Highlights
Mohandas Menon
Third ODI, South Africa vs India
Harbhajan achieves his best bowling figures
During their first wicket partnership of 44 runs the Indian pair of
Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar became the second opening pair in LOI history
after the West Indian pair of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes to
aggregate 5000 runs while opening the innings.
The Indian pair first opened together against South Africa at Jaipur on 23-10-1996 during the Titan Cup match, when they added 126 runs. Since then the pair has opened the Indian batting on 106 occasions while aggregating 5030 runs (avg. 48.37) with 14 hundred-plus partnerships and 24 other fifty partnerships.
The Indian pair now need only 121 runs to surpass the record aggregate of 5150 runs (avg
52.55) in 102 innings by the West Indian pair.
Sourav Ganguly's first six on the match was his 100th of his career in
176 matches and 171 innings. He becomes the seventh batsman in LOI history
to register 100 or more sixes during their career.
The full list is:
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 144 sixes
Sachin Tendulkar (India) 124
Viv Richards (West Indies) 121
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 110
Sourav Ganguly (101)
Inzamamul Haq (Pakistan) 100
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) 100
Rahul Dravid during his innings of 54, became the fifth Indian, after
Tendulkar (10600 runs), Azharuddin (9378), Ganguly (6868) and Ajay Jadeja
(5359) and the 31st batsman in LOI history to reach the milestone of 5000
runs. Dravid now has 5030 runs in 158 matches and 148 innings.
Shaun Pollock's 5-37 was the best bowling figures ever recorded at this
ground obliterating the previous best of 4-37 by fellow South African Allan
Donald against Zimbabwe on 25-1-1997.
Pollock figures were also the best by a South African captain in LOIs,
which betters the 4-33 by Hansie Cronje against Zimbabwe at Harare on
22-10-1995
When Pollock claimed his last wicket of the innings he emulated Donald
(226 wickets in 136 matches) to become the second South African and the 16th
bowler in LOI history to take 200 or more wickets. Pollock was appearing in
his 138th match.
Mark Boucher during his innings of 38, became the 12th South African and
the 151st batsman in LOIs to go past the aggregate of 1000 runs.
Incidentally he also becomes the 14th keeper-batsman to do so.
The eight wicket partnership of 77 runs between Lance Klusener and Mark
Boucher was the best for this wicket at this venue bettering by a long way
the 33 runs partnership between Sri Lankans Aravinda deSilva and Pramodaya
Wickremasinghe against Pakistan on 4-12-1994.
India recorded its only third win over the home team in 14 matches. Its
only other two wins came way back in 1992 - at Centurion and at East London.
South Africa's loss was its only second loss in the last 12 matches. It
was also its first loss in the last six matches.
Playing in his 30th match, Harbhajan Singh won his maiden man of the
match award of his career. His figures of 3-27 was his career best bettering
the previous best of 3-29 against Sri Lanka at Colombo (RP) earlier this
year on 22-7-2001.
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