29.11.2009
- England's seven-wicket win is their first against South Africa at St.George's Park, Port Elizabeth. England had lost both their previous encounters at this venue to South Africa - by 64 runs on January 21, 1996 and by 3 wickets on February 4, 2005.
- South Africa (119) recorded their lowest total in South Africa, eclipsing the 129 against England at East London on January 19, 1996
- South Africa's total is their third lowest against England, next only to the 83 at Nottingham on August 26, 2008 and 107 at Lord's on July 12, 2003.
- James Anderson produced his best bowling performance, eclipsing the four for 23 against India at Southampton on August 21, 2007.
- Anderson's previous best figures against South Africa were four for 38 at Birmingham on July 8, 2003.
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- Anderson is the fifth bowler to take five wickets in an innings or more at Port Elizabeth, joining Australa's Andy Bichel - 7 for 20 against England on March 2, 2003, Shane Bond (New Zealand) - 6 for 23 against Australia on March 11, 2003, Brett Lee (Australia) - 5 for 42 against New Zealand on March 11, 2003 and Rudi van Vuuren (Namibia) - 5 for 43 against England on February 19, 2003. All four previous instances were recorded in the ICC World Cup.
- Surprisingly, no South African bowler has captured five wickets in an innings at this venue - the best figures being 4 for 26 by Shaun Pollock against West Indies on January 28, 2004.
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- James Anderson is the first bowler to take five wickets in an innings against South Africa in South Africa, obliterating the previous best figures of 4 for 19 by Andy Caddick at Johannesburg on February 13, 2000.
- Anderson received his fourth Man of the Match award in ODIs - his first in three years - two against Pakistan and one each against Netherlands and South Africa.
- Before Anderson's performance at Port Elizabeth, Mark Ealham was the only English bowler to take five wickets in an innings in South Africa - five for 15 against Zimbabwe at Kimberley on January 30, 2000.
- Ryan McLaren registered his second successive duck in ODIs.
- McLaren is averaging 3.66 in ODIs - 11 in four innings (five matches).
- Alviro Petersen has recorded his third successive fifty in ODIs - all three in the present series - 64 off 65 balls at Centurion; 51 not out off 40 balls at Cape Town and 51 off 79 balls at Port Elizabeth.
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- Petersen is the only batsman in the present series to register three fifties and his tally of 166(ave.83.00) is the best for South Africa, next only to England's Paul Collingwood (193).
- James Anderson's tally of eight wickets at an average of 17.25 is the best in the series so far.
- Alviro Petersen is averaging 48.85 in ODIs - 342 in eight innings, including four fifties with a highest of 80 against Zimbabwe at Potchefstroom on September 20, 2006.
- Paul Collingwood completed his 100 wickets in ODIs, his victim being Wayne Parnell - 101 (ave.37.86) in 173 matches. He is the sixth English bowler to claim 100 wickets or more in ODIs, joining Darren Gough (235), Andrew Flintoff (169), James Anderson (161), Ian Botham (145) and Phil DeFreitas (115).
- Jonathan Trott has registered his second fifty - his career-best being 87 against South Africa at Centurion on November 22,2009.
- Johan Botha (2/22) has produced his best bowling performance against England, eclipsing the 2 for 35 at the Oval on August 29, 2008.
- Andrew Strauss is yet to post a fifty against South Africa, aggregating 247 in twelve innings at an average of 22.45 with a highest of 46 at Bridgetown on April 17, 2007.
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