World Cup 2023: South Africa collect records in thumping win over Bangladesh

Quinton de Kock cracked his third century in five innings at the 2023 Cricket World Cup as South Africa scored big once again and won by a massive 149-run margin over Bangladesh on Tuesday. World Cup 2023: News | Schedule | Results | Points table South Africa scored 382/5 to add to their previous two biggest totals at the World Cup. The Proteas then ran through a disappointing Bangladesh batting effort, except Mahmudullah Riyad who struck a century, which caved under pressure. It was Bangladesh’s fourth consecutive loss in the World Cup while South Africa now have four wins from five games. Bangladesh sit bottom of the points table while South Africa have pulled themselves to second, ahead of New Zealand, on net run rate.

We look at some of the stats and milestones after South Africa’s defiant win: 4 - South Africa have scored 380-plus totals four times this calendar year, including three at the ongoing World Cup. It is the joint-most 380-plus totals in a year in men’s ODIs. The last time to achieve the feat was also South Africa in 2015 8 - South Africa have won eight ODIs in 2023 by a margin of 100-plus runs. The Proteas have batted first in 10 matches thus far. Pakistan, in 1999, had won eight ODIs by a margin of 100-plus runs and batted first 21 times that year. 9 - South Africa have won nine and lost one of the ten matches they’ve batted in first in 2023 Analysis: Decoding South Africa’s big totals and massive wins 149 - South Africa’s massive wins tally continued at the Wankhede Stadium. Their 149-run win was the joint-second biggest at the 2023 World Cup - behind their 229-run demolition of England. 7 - South Africa have piled up seven straight 300-plus totals in ODIs when batting first. It is the joint-longest streak alongside Australia (in 2007) and England (in 2019). The last time they scored under 300 runs was when they put together 222 runs in September in loss to Australia 174 - Quinton de Kock’s 174 runs knock was the highest by a wicketkeeper in a men’s ODI World Cup match. The previous best was Adam Gilchrist’s 149 runs against Sri Lanka in 2007. 3 - De Kock is the first South Africa player with three centuries in a single edition of the World Cup. 14 - De Kock fell short of South Africa’s highest individual ODI score by 14 runs. He scored 174 while the record belongs to Gary Kirsten who scored 188 against UAE in 1996 Top moments from South Africa vs Bangladesh in Mumbai 526 - South Africa have scored 526 runs in the last 10 overs of the World Cup. Their runs at the fag end of the innings have come from 257 balls at a run rate of 12.28. The next highest is New Zealand with 268 runs and they are also the next best in run rate. 19 - South Africa smashed 19 sixes against Bangladesh, joint-highest by any team against the Tigers in an ODI. West Indies also collected 19 sixes against them in 2014 2 - South Africa’s 19 sixes is the second-most in a World Cup fixture. England piled up 25 sixes against Afghanistan in 2019. South Africa have hit more sixes only twice before - 20 against India and Australia. 150.78 - Among recognised batters, no one has a better strike rate at the 2023 World Cup than Heinrich Klaasen. The big-hitting No 5 is the sixth-highest scorer at ths tournament, and his 288 runs have come at a jaw-dropping rate of 150.78. 3 - On the losing note but Mahmudullah provided a good fight for his third World Cup century. The previous World Cup centuries for Bangladesh were by Shakib Al Hasan (2) and Mushfiqur Rahim (1) at the 2019 World Cup.