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Statistical Highlights 8th match: South Africa v Zimbabwe at Port Elizabeth, 6-2-2000 (d/n)

• This match was the 1558th in Limited over international (LOI) history.

• This match was South Africa's 183rd and Zimbabwe's 143rd in LOIs.

• This match was the 12th meeting between the two sides.

• Jacques Kallis' unbeaten 98 was the first score in the nineties by a South African batsman against Zimbabwe.

• It was the highest score by a South African batsman at home against Zimbabwe and the third highest for the home team against Zimbabwe. The previous highest individual score at home was the unbeaten 87 by Hansie Cronje at Centurion on 25-1-1997.

• The partnership of 58 runs between Kallis and Lance Klusener was the best by any team for the sixth wicket at this venue. The previous best was the 43 runs put on between Australians Mark Waugh and Allan Border on 22-2-1994.

• Hansie Cronje's two wickets equals the tally of 14 wickets by Allan Donald which makes him the joint highest wicket-taker by a South African bowler against Zimbabwe.

• Shaun Pollock's figures of 8-4-7-3 (R/o 0.87) was the most economical bowling by any South African bowler in LOIs.
The list below provides all such instances for South Africa :

O-M-R-W (R/o)	Bowler	Opponents	Venue	Date
8-4-7-3 (0.87)	SM Pollock	v Zimbabwe	Port Elizabeth	06-02-2000
5-2-5-0 (1.00)	PS deVilliers	v West Indies	Bombay (BS)	14-11-1993
3-1-3-0 (1.00)	WJ Cronje	v Holland	Rawalpindi	05-03-1996
2-0-2-1 (1.00)	PL Symcox	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19-04-1998
9-2-10-3 (1.11)	WJ Cronje	v West Indies	Cape Town	02-02-1999
5-3-6-1 (1.20)	MW Pringle	v West Indies	Port of Spain	12-04-1992

• Pollock's above analysis was also the most economical by a bowler bowling atleast six overs in a LOI match against Zimbabwe.
The full list :

O-M-R-W (R/o)	Bowler	Country	Venue	Date
8-4-7-3 (0.87)	SM Pollock	for South Africa	Port Elizabeth	06-02-2000
6-3-7-0 (1.16)	SR Waugh	for Australia	Madras (MAC)	13-10-1987
10-5-14-1 (1.14)	GR Larsen	for New	Zealand	Wellington	31-01-1996
10-4-14-3 (1.14)	DW Fleming	for Australia	Harare	23-10-1999
7-2-10-1 (1.43)	CL Cairns	for New Zealand	Wellington	06-02-1998

• The partnership of 27 runs between Neil Johnson and Murray Goodwin was Zimbabwe's best for the 4th wicket against South Africa bettering the previous best of 23 runs between Andy Waller and Craig Evans at Cape Town on 29-1-1997.

• The three ducks by the Zimbabwean batsmen was the maximum it has recorded in a LOI match against South Africa.

• It was Kallis' 12th man of the match award of his career in his 83rd match.