England vs South Africa Scorecard, 1st ODI, South Africa vs England November/December 2020
Result · Dec 06 2020, Sun - 01:30 PM (IST)
1st ODI, - Boland Park
South Africa England Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Match Info
| Series: | England in South Africa November/December 2020 |
| Date: | Dec 06 2020, Sun - 01:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | South Africa |
| City: | Paarl |
| Venue: | Boland Park |
| Toss: | Toss yet to happen |
| South Africa Playing XI: | - |
| England Playing XI: | - |
- South Africa have only managed to win one of their last six multi-game bilateral men's ODI series against England (D2 L3); these sides are facing off again in South Africa, they were involved in a 1-1 draw earlier this year (1 NR).
- England have registered only one multi-game bilateral men's ODI series victory in South Africa against the Proteas (D1 L3); that sole success coming in 2009, winning that series 2-1.
- South Africa have a formidable record on home soil in men's ODI cricket, losing only once in their last 13 multi-game bilateral men's ODI series in South Africa: the Proteas winning on 11 occasions across that run (D1).
- England have not suffered a multi-game bilateral men's ODI series defeat on the road since January 2017 (W4 D2) when they lost 2-1 against India; they come into these three games in South Africa having suffered a 2-1 series defeat last time out against Australia.
- South Africa have recorded six victories in their seven men's ODI outings at Boland Park (L1), last tasting defeat there in January 2013 (v New Zealand); this is the first time they've taken on England at the Paarl venue in this format.
- Only Zimbabwe (66.7%) and Pakistan (71.4%) have lower catching success rates than South Africa and England in men's ODI games played during 2020, posting rates of 74.4% and 72.5% respectively.
- Among those to log 8+ knocks versus England, only two men (Michael Bevan & Lahiru Thirimanne) have ever registered a better men's ODI average against them than South Africa's Quinton de Kock (65.3); he struck a century when England last faced the Proteas at Newlands in this format (107 in February 2020).
- Dwaine Pretorius (South Africa) has been ruled out of this series with England, he has not featured in a men's ODI since ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019; only Kemar Roach (65.5%) had a higher dot ball rate than Pretorius (63.6%) at that tournament (10+ overs bowled).
- Sam Billings (England) has scored 315 runs at an average of 78.8 across his six ODI knocks so far in 2020; he could only muster a rate of 22.6 before this calendar year in the format (12 innings).
- Joe Root is in contention to make his 150th ODI appearance, he would become only the 7th man to record that many for England; he's also 38 away from reaching 6,000 runs in the format, he would become the second man to get there for England (Morgan).