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ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022: South Africa - T20 World Cup Stats Preview

The two-time T20 World Cup semi-finalists South Africa are ready to play their top-quality cricket in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. Check out the South Africa T20 World Cup 2022 Stats Preview.

25.10.2022

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South Africa T20 World Cup 2022 Stats Preview

The two-time T20 World Cup semi-finalists South Africa are ready to play their top-quality cricket in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. They are ready to begin this tournament from the Super 12 stage (Group 2).

Apart from the Proteas, the other five teams in this Group 2 are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe (Group B champions in the First Round) and Netherlands (Group A runners-up in the First Round). Only the top two teams of the final points table of this group will play in the Semi-finals of this tournament.

South Africa’s stats and records in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history

Contents

Best Performance
Final status in each men’s T20 World Cup
Overall performance
Performance against each team
Best individual performers in an innings – Batters and Bowlers (Top 5)
Top overall performers – Batters (Top 5)
Top overall performers – Bowlers (Top 5)
Player of the Match awards (Top 5)

Best Performance: Semi-finalists (2009 and 2014)

Final status in each men’s T20 World Cup

Year	Host(s)	Finishing round
2007	South Africa	Super 8
2009	England	Semi-finalists
2010	West Indies	Super 8
2012	Sri Lanka	Super 8
2014	Bangladesh	Semi-finalists
2016	India	Super 10
2021	UAE & Oman	Super 12

Overall performance

Matches	Won	Lost	Tied			No Result	Winning %*
			Overall	Won	Lost
35	22	13	0	0	0	0	62.86

(Winning % = only direct winning, excluding tied+win)

Performance against each team

Opposition	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied			No Result	Winning %*
Opposition	Matches	Won	Lost	Overall	Won	Lost	No Result	Winning %*
vs England	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	66.67
vs India	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	20
vs New Zealand	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	100
vs West Indies	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	75
vs Sri Lanka	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	75
vs Pakistan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
vs Afghanistan	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	100
vs Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	100
vs Australia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
vs Netherlands	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100
vs Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100
vs Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100

(Winning % = only direct winning, excluding tied+win)

Best individual performers in an innings – Batters and Bowlers (Top 5)

Highest individual score	Best bowling figures
94* by Rassie van der Dussen vs England (2021)	4/13 by Wayne Parnell vs West Indies (2009)
90* by Herschelle Gibbs vs West Indies (2007)	4/15 by Jacques Kallis vs Zimbabwe (2012)
89* by Justin Kemp vs New Zealand (2007)	4/17 by Morne Morkel vs New Zealand (2007)
86* by JP Duminy vs New Zealand (2014)	4/17 by Dale Steyn vs New Zealand (2014)
79* by AB de Villiers vs Scotland (2009)	4/19 by Charl Langeveldt vs Pakistan (2010)

Top overall performers – Batters (Top 5)

Runs scored	100s/50s	4s	6s
AB de Villiers (717)	AB de Villiers (0/5)	AB de Villiers (51)	AB de Villiers (30)
JP Duminy (568)	Jacques Kallis (0/3)	Graeme Smith (46)	JP Duminy (23)
Jacques Kallis (433)	Hashim Amla (0/3)	Hashim Amla (42)	Albie Morkel (20)
Hashim Amla (376)	Aiden Markram (0/2)	JP Duminy (37)	Jacques Kallis (13)
Graeme Smith (352)	Faf du Plessis (0/2)	Jacques Kallis (36)	Justin Kemp (10)

Top overall performers – Bowlers (Top 5)

Wickets taken	Number of 4wk/5wk hauls
Dale Steyn (30)	Morne Morkel (2/0)
Morne Morkel (24)	Chris Morris (1/0)
Imran Tahir (18)	Charl Langeveldt (1/0)
Kagiso Rabada (13)	Imran Tahir (1/0)
Wayne Parnell (13)	Wayne Parnell (1/0)

Player of the Match awards (Top 5)

Player	Matches	Match awards
AB de Villiers	30	4
Jacques Kallis	15	2
Morne Morkel	17	2
Albie Morkel	25	2
Aaron Phangiso	2	1

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