Can South Africa make it to the next stage?

Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the South African team from World Cups.

Result Summary

IMAGE: Team South Africa. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Year	Mts	Won	Lost	Tied	Remarks
1992	9	5	4	0	Lost in semi final
1996	6	5	1	0	Lost in quarter-final
1999	9	6	2	1	Lost in semi final
2003	6	3	2	1	Knocked out in first round
2007	10	6	4	0	Lost in semi final
2011	7	5	2	0	Lost in quarter-final
2015	8	5	3	0	Lost in semi-final
Total	55	35	18	2

Playing Record against Participating Teams

Versus	Played	Won	Lost	Tied
Australia	5	1	3	1
Bangladesh	3	2	1	0
England	6	3	3	0
India	4	3	1	0
New Zealand	7	2	5	0
Pakistan	4	3	1	0
Sri Lanka	5	3	1	1
West Indies	6	4	2	0

Highest Team Totals

Total	Vs	Venue	Year
411/4	Ireland	Canberra	2015
408/5	West Indies	Sydney	2015
356/4	West Indies	St George's	2007
353/3	Netherlands	Basseterre	2007
351/5	Netherlands	Mohali	2011

Lowest Team Totals

Total	Vs	Venue	Year
149	Australia	Gros Islet	2007
165	England	Chennai	2011
172	New Zealand	Mirpur	2011
177	India	Melbourne	2015
184	Bangladesh	Providence	2007
185	Zimbabwe	Chelmsford	1999

Highest Individual Innings

Runs	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
188*	Gary Kirsten	v United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi	1996
162*	A B de Villiers	West Indies	Sydney	2015
161	Andrew Hudson	Netherlands	Rawalpindi	1996
159	Hashim Amla	Ireland	Canberra	2015
146	A B de Villiers	West Indies	St George's	2007
143	Hershelle Gibbs	New Zealand	Johannesburg	2003
138*	David Miller	Zimbabwe	Hamilton	2015
134	A B de Villiers	Netherlands	Mohali	2011
128*	Jacques Kallis	Netherlands	Basseterre	2007
115*	J-P Duminy	Zimbabwe	Hamilton	2015
113	Hashim Amla	Netherlands	Mohali	2011
109	Faf du Plessis	Ireland	Canberra	2015
107*	A B de Villiers	West Indies	Delhi	2011
101	Hershelle Gibbs	Australia	Leeds	1999

Leading Batsmen

IMAGE: The brilliant A B de Villiers. Photograph: Thinus Maritz/Gallo Images/Getty Images

	Matches	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100	50
A B de Villiers	23	1,207	162*	63.52	117.29	4	6
Jacques Kallis	36	1,148	128*	45.92	74.35	1	9
Hershelle Gibbs	25	1,067	143	56.15	87.38	2	8
Gary Kirsten	21	806	188*	47.41	75.46	1	5
Graeme Smith	20	747	91	39.31	86.35	0	6
Hashim Amla	15	639	159	42.60	91.41	2	3
Andrew Hudson	12	571	161	47.58	76.85	1	4
Faf du Plessis	14	539	109	53.90	84.48	1	4

Highest Partnership for each wicket

Wicket	Runs	Players	Venue	Year
1st	186	Gary Kirsten and Andrew Hudson	Netherlands (Rawalpindi)	1996
2nd	247	Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis	Ireland (Canberra)	2015
3rd	221	Hashim Amla and A B de Villiers	Netherlands (Mohali)	2011
4th	134*	Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher	Netherlands (Basseterre)	2007
4th	134	Rilee Rossouw and A B de Villiers	West Indies (Sydney)	2015
5th	256*	David Miller and J-P Duminy	Zimbabwe (Hamilton)	2015
6th	87	J-P Duminy and Colin Ingram	Ireland (Kolkata)	2011
7th	66	Darryl Cullinan and Shaun Pollock	Zimbabwe (Chelmsford)	1999
8th	67	Lance Klusener and Nicky Boje	West Indies (Cape Town)	2003
9th	44	Lance Klusener and Steve Elworthy	Sri Lanka (Northampton)	1999
10th	35	Lance Klusener and Allan Donald	Zimbabwe (Chelmsford)	1999

Best Bowling in a match

Wicket/Runs	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
5/18	Andrew Hall	England	Bridgetown	2006/07
5/21	Lance Klusener	Kenya	Amstelveen	1999
5/36	Shaun Pollock	Australia	Birmingham	1999
5/39	Charl Langeveldt	Sri Lanka	Providence	2006/07
5/45	Imran Tahir	West Indies	Sydney	2015
5/45	Andre Nel	Bangladesh	Providence	2006/07
5/50	Dale Steyn	India	Nagpur	2011

Leading Bowlers

IMAGE: Allan Donald. Photograph: Touchline Photo/ALLSPORT

	Matches	Wickets	Average	Runs Per Over	Best	4W
Allan Donald	25	38	24.02	4.17	4/17	2
Shaun Pollock	31	31	31.29	3.60	5/36	1
Imran Tahir	13	29	16.31	4.08	5/45	4
Morne Morkel	14	26	19.46	4.66	3/33	0
Dale Steyn	14	23	23.39	4.67	5/50	1
Lance Klusener	14	22	22.13	4.82	5/21	2
Jacques Kallis	36	21	43.04	4.28	3/26	0

Most Appearances

Most Captaincies

Captain	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Win%
Graeme Smith	17	11	6	0	64.70
Hansie Cronje	15	11	3	1	73.33
Kepler Wessels	9	5	4	0	55.55
A B de Villiers	8	5	3	0	62.50