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Statistical highlights: England vs South Africa

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September 28, 2009 19:26 IST
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Statistical highlights of the Group B Champions Trophy match between South Africa and England.

# England's 22-run victory is their first against South Africa in the ICC Champions Trophy. Excluding the no-result game played at Cardiff on September 3, 2008.

# England have won five ODIs in succession against South Africa.

# England recorded their fourth win in 19 one-dayers played in South Africa.

# South Africa (301 for nine) posted their highest losing total while batting second at home.

# England (323 for eight) posted their best total against South Africa in ODIs, which is also the highest by any team against South Africa at Centurion Park.

# England's 323 for eight is the second highest total in the ICC Champions Trophy, next only to New Zealand's 347 for four against USA at The Oval on September 10, 2004.

# Owais Shah's brilliant innings of 98 off 89 balls is his second best innings in ODIs, next only to his unbeaten 107 against India at The Oval on September 5, 2007.

# Shah is the first batsman to hit six sixes in an ODI innings for England in the ICC Champions Trophy. Shah has got his second Man of the Match in ODIs.

# In England's innings, 12 sixes were recorded -- a record for England in ODIs.

# Paul Collingwood and Owais Shah shared a third-wicket stand of 163 for the third wicket -- England's highest in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Paul Collingwood posted his first fifty against South Africa, which is his 23rd in ODIs.

# Eoin Morgan's superb innings of 67 off 34 balls is his best in the ICC Champions Trophy. He also completed his 1,000 runs in ODIs, aggregating 1034 (ave.36.92) in 33 innings.

# Morgan's 26-ball fifty is the fastest in the 2009-10 ICC Champions Trophy.

# Smith (141 off 134 balls) registered his eighth hundred in ODIs -- a career-best. His third century against England is the second highest for a losing cause for South Africa after Herschelle Gibbs' 143 against New Zealand at Johannesburg in the 2003 World Cup.

# Smith became the first South African skipper to post a hundred in the ICC Champions Trophy.

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