All the statistical highlights from the thrilling Centurion Test
Namooh Shah29-Dec-20248.0 South Africa’s win-loss ratio in Tests in Centurion is the highest for a team at any venue for a minimum of 20 matches, followed by Pakistan’s 7.6 in Karachi.2 – South Africa’s two-wicket victory is only the second time that they won with two or fewer wickets remaining.31 not out by Kagiso Rabada is the third best score of a No.10 batter in the fourth innings of a winning Test. The top two scores in this list were registered more than 100 years ago.Related
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1 – For the first time in their Test history, South Africa’s ninth and tenth-wicket stands added 40-plus runs three times. Overall, it was the eighth time this has happened in Test cricket.139 – Number of runs added by the ninth and tenth-wicket stands of South Africa (51*, 47, 41) in the Centurion Test is the second highest by them in winning cause.51 – Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada added 51 for the ninth wicket, which is the seventh highest unbroken partnership for the last two wickets in a winning cause in Tests.1 – Mohammad Abbas’ figures of 6 for 54 is the best by a Pakistan bowler in South Africa. Four other Pakistani bowlers have also taken six-wicket hauls each in South Africa.3 – Abbas’ figures in the fourth innings is also the third best for a bowler and best by a Pakistani in a losing Test since 1948.16 Number of Test wickets taken by South Africa bowlers, who did not share the new ball. It’s also the most by them, going past their 15-wicket mark, against England in Johannesburg in 2020.
