Eng vs SA 4th Test: Day 1 highlights
A look at the stats highlights of the first day's play in the fourth Test between England and South Africa at The Oval.
- Graeme Smith, with his 46, took his run-aggregate in the series to 369 at an average of 73.80, including two centuries.
- Smith is the leading run-getter in the present series.
- Smith took his run-aggregate in 2008 to 1179 at an average of 73.68 in 11 Tests - the most by any batsman.
- Neil McKenzie completed his 300 runs in the series - 310 at an average of 51.66, including one century and one fifty.
- James Anderson took his wickets tally in the series to 13 at an average of 32.61 - the most by an English bowler.
- Anderson completed his 100 wickets in Test cricket, his victim being Jacques Kallis. He has now 102 wickets at an average of 34.36 in 29 Tests.
- Anderson is the 42nd bowler to bag 100 wickets or more in Test Cricket.
- Anderson's figures of 3 for 42 are his second best against South Africa, next only to his 5 for 102 at Trent Bridge in 2003.
- Strauss is without a fifty in the series - 122 at an average of 20.33.
- Strauss, after recording four 50-plus innings - 177, 63, 60 and 106, is without a fifty in his last seven innings.
- Jacques Kallis has averaged 15.83 in the series - 95 runs in six innings.
- Kallis, in his last eight innings, has recorded just a single fifty - 64 against England at Birmingham in 2008.
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