SA vs NED Interesting Stats: Today (17 October) South Africa and Netherlands will face each other in the World Cup 2023. Both the teams have played two matches each in this World Cup. While South Africa has won both its matches in a one-sided manner, the Netherlands has suffered a crushing defeat in both its matches. The African team would like to maintain its momentum by registering a win in today’s match. On the other hand, Netherlands will try to get back on the winning track at any cost. This match will start at 2 pm. Know some interesting facts before this match..
- Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen are the only cricketers who have scored more than 200 runs this year, whose strike rate against both spinners and fast bowlers has been 120+.
- Kagiso Rabada is just one wicket away from completing 150 wickets in ODIs. If he gets the wicket today, he will become the fourth fastest Proteas bowler to take 150 wickets.
- Kagiso Rabada has played seven ODI matches this year. In 6 of these matches, he has taken two or more wickets.
- Netherlands captain Scott Edwards has scored 50+ scores 13 times in ODIs so far. If he plays a big innings one more time today, he will become the batsman who has scored the most number of 50+ scores in ODIs for Netherlands.
- Netherlands batsman Colin Ackerman’s batting average against fast bowlers is 144. At the same time, against the spinners he has been able to score runs at an average of only 21.85.
- Quinton de Kock has scored two centuries so far in this World Cup, but his batting average in the two matches against Netherlands has been only 8.5.
- From the year 2021 till now, the batting average of Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen in the middle overs (11 to 40) of ODI cricket is more than 50.
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