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England team will be facing South Africa in the upcoming match of ODI World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai for the afternoon game. Interestingly both teams are coming after a shocking loss against Afghanistan and Netherlands respectively, hence this would turn out to be a very crucial match for both teams to get two points on the table.
England would look to consider players like Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali to play in the XI, while South Africa would be willing to reassess their strategy and look to dominate the opponents as they did in the first two games of this WC 2023 tournament.
Numbers and Stats ahead of ENG vs SA game:
2 - Ben Stokes needs 2 more sixes to complete 100 sixes for England in ODIs.
Most sixes for England in ODIs:
- Eoin Morgan - 202
- Jos Buttler - 165
- Ben Stokes - 98
2 - Aiden Markram needs 2 more sixes to complete 100 sixes in International cricket overall.
4 - England have won 4 out of 7 encounters against South Africa in the ODI World Cup overall.
England vs South Africa in ODI WC:
- England win by 3 wickets in Melbourne, 1992
- England win by 19 runs in Sydney, 1992 (Semi-Finals)
- South Africa win by 78 runs in Rawalpindi, 1996
- South Africa win by 122 runs in The Oval, 1999
- South Africa win by 9 wickets in Bridgetown, 2007 (Super Eights)
- England win by 6 runs in Chennai, 2011
- England win by 104 runs in The Oval, 2019
12 - Rassie van der Dussen needs 12 more runs to complete 4000 runs in International cricket.
18 - Quinton de Kock needs 18 more runs to complete 12000 runs in International cricket.
Most runs for South Africa in International cricket:
- Jacques Kallis - 25422
- AB de Villiers - 19864
- Hashim Amla - 18553
- Graeme Smith - 17224
- Herschelle Gibbs - 14661
- Gary Kirsten - 14087
- Quinton de Kock - 11982
72 - Joe Root needs 72 more runs to become the first batsman to complete 1000 runs in the ODI World Cup for England.
438 - Last time South Africa played a match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, they went on to beat the opponent team (India) by 214 runs after posting a huge total of 438/4 on board.
Quinton de Kock (109), Faf du Plessis (133), and AB de Villiers (119) went onto post-score centuries in this game.
