ICC World Cup 2015: Pakistan v South Africa - Stats of the match

Despite AB de Villiers’ breathtaking 58-ball 77, Pakistan fast bowlers held their own to defeat South Africa in a low-scoring thriller, getting the opposition batsmen all out for 202 to win the match by 29 runs at Eden Park, Auckland. Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz picked up 3 wickets each, while Sohail Khan grabbed the all-important wicket of AB de Villiers to seal the match in his team’s favour. Here are the numbers that matter from what will go down as one of the best matches of the World Cup:

#6 Most sixes in ODI World Cup

With 32 sixes in ODI World Cup matches, AB de Villiers has now broken Ricky Pontings record (31) of being the batsman with most sixes in the history of the tournament. Given below is the list of batsmen with most sixes in World Cup ODIs:

Player	Country	Sixes
AB de Villiers	South Africa	32
Ricky Ponting	Australia	31
Chris Gayle	West Indies	29
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	28
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	27
Sachin Tendulkar	India	27

#5 350 sixes for Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi, playing his 396th match, became the first batsman to hit 350 sixes in ODIs. The next best is former Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya with 270 sixes in 445 matches. Apart from Afridi, there are 4 other active cricketers in the list of players with most sixes in ODIs. Given below is the list of top 10 players with most maximums:

Player	Country	Matches	Sixes
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	396	350
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	445	270
Chris Gayle	West Indies	268	230
Sachin Tendulkar	India	463	195
Sourav Ganguly	India	311	190
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	244	180
MS Dhoni	India	258	179
Ricky Ponting	Australia	375	162
AB de Villiers	South Africa	184	155
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	215	153

#4 Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in an ODI

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed took 6 catches behind the stumps today; by doing so, he levelled the world record for the most number of dismissals in an ODI match. It has, however, happened 15 times in the history of the game, but only for the second time in a World Cup match. Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist alone has done it 6 times.

#3 Fastest to 1000 World Cup runs

South African captain AB de Villiers levelled Indian great Sachin Tendulkars record of being the fastest to 1000 World Cup runs when he was on 34 off 33 balls, achieving the feat in 20 innings. He was eventually dismissed for a 58-ball 77 by a bouncer from Sohail Khan: a dismissal that sealed the fate of the match.

Sourav Ganguly and Viv Richards are at the second spot reaching the feat in 21 innings.

Tendulkar sits at the top of the list in the most number of runs scored by a player in the history of ODI World Cup: 2278 runs in 44 innings. De Villiers, who is 31 years old, has 1043 runs in 20 innings. Ideally, he will have one more World Cup to challenge Tendulkars record. It is difficult to see him break it, though.

#2 AB de Villiers\' 5th ODI wicket

AB de Villiers picked up his 5thODI wicket today when he got rid of Pakistan one-down batsman Younis Khan. Interestingly, the South African captain bowled more oversthan their regular fifth bowler JP Duminy, who conceded 34 runs from his 3 overs. De Villiers, on the other hand, went for 43 runs from his 6 overs.

His previous four scalps include Tom Latham, Trent Boult, Aaron Finch and John Mooney. De Villiers, who bowls right-arm slow medium pace, has bowled 24 overs in his ODI career so far and has conceded 155 runs.

#1 5000 ODI runs without a century

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq now has 5000 ODI runs without a single century to his name in this format. The 40-year-old has scored 5049 runs in 160 ODIs at an average of 43.52 and strike-rate of 73.81, with a highest score of 96*. He has 42 half-centuries to his name, though.

The next best on the list of batsmen with most ODI 50s without a century is Andrew Howard Jones from New Zealand: 2784 runs in 87 ODIs with a highest score of 93 and 25 half-centuries.

Given below is a list of top 5 batsmen with no ODI centuries (listed in the order of players with most 50s)

Player	Country	Matches	Average	Runs	50s
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	5044	43.86	5044	42
Andrew Howard Jones	New Zealand	2784	35.69	2784	25
Graham Thorpe	England	2380	37.18	2380	21
Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	1975	32.91	1975	19
Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe	3468	24.94	3468	18

Purely in terms of runs scored, legendary Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram is at the second spot with 3717 runs to his name.