Let us take a look at the key stats and records that came into notice between South Africa and West Indies clash today, that the former won by 257 runs. AB de Villiers leads the charts whereas Jason Holder also features in a few:
-> 52 Balls in which de Villiers reached his hundred, the second-fastest in World Cup history with the quickest being scored by Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien in 50 balls against England in ICC World Cup 2011.
-> 162 Runs scored by AB de Villiers, the 2nd highest score by a South Africa batsman in World Cup history with the highest being 188 by Gary Kirsten against UAE in 1996 World Cup.
-> 64 Balls in which de Villiers reached his 150, the fastest 150 in the ODI history. The previous record was 83 balls, by Australia’s all-rounder Shane Watson against Bangladesh in 2011.
-> 408/5 South Africa’s highest score in World Cup and second highest by any team in World Cup. This was also the fourth highest total in ODIs.
-> 104 Runs conceded by Jason Holder, the most ever by a West Indian bowler and the second most by any bowler in World Cups.
-> 76 Runs scored by de Villiers off Holder, the most by any batsman off a single bowler. The previous record was held by the Indian skipper MS Dhoni, when he scored 61 runs off Upul Chandana’s bowling in 2005.
-> This was de Villiers’s 9th ODI hundred as the captain for South Africa, surpassing Graeme Smith’s record of 8 ODI hundreds as the captain. Ricky Ponting (22) holds the record of most hundreds as the ODI captain, followed by Sourav Ganguly (11) and Sanath Jayasuriya (10).
-> 257 South Africa’s margin of victory, the joint biggest in World Cup history with India, who beat Bermuda by the same margin in ICC World Cup 2007.
-> South Africa scored 260 runs off their last 20 overs and 150 runs off their last 10.
-> Jason Holder became the first batsman to score a fifty for a number 9 in World Cup.
-> South Africa played 0 dot balls during their batting powerplay and scored 72 runs (the most by any team in this World Cup till now) without losing a wicket.