South Africa is set to play their first international series after a long gap of eight months as they will host World Champions England for three-match ODI series as well as for a three-match T20I series in Cape Town from 27 November.
Over the years these two nations have played so many competitive series and have produced many memorable moments in all formats of the game and here is a statistical look at their ODI's history.
A Statistical look at South Africa vs England ODI history :
Head to Head in ODI cricket -
Venue | Match | SA Won | ENG Won | Tied | NR |
South Africa | 30 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
England | 26 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
Neutral | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Overall | 63 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 4 |
Highest Totals -
399/9 - ENG at Bloemfontein, 2016
354/6 - SA at Cape Town, 2009
339/6 - ENG at Leeds, 2017
330/6 - ENG at Southampton, 2017
328/5 - SA at Southampton, 2017
Lowest Totals -
83 - SA at Nottingham, 2008
103 - ENG at The Oval, 1999
107 - SA at Lord's, 2003
111 - ENG at Johannesburg, 2000
115 - ENG at East London, 1996
Most Runs -
1054 - Jacques Kallis
976 - Hashim Amla
862 - AB de Villiers
849 - Graeme Smith
718 - Quinton de Kock
Highest Batting Averages (Min 300 Runs) -
65.27 - Quinton de Kock (718 runs)
64.60 - Kevin Pietersen (646 runs)
51.36 - Hashim Amla (976 runs)
49.50 - Joe Root (594 runs)
45.85 - Andrew Flintoff (321 runs)
Highest Individual Scores -
150 - Hashim Amla at Southampton, 2012
141 - Graeme Smith at Centurion, 2009
138* - Quinton de Kock at Bloemfontein, 2016
135 - Quinton de Kock at Centurion, 2016
127 - Hashim Amla at Centurion, 2016
Most Hundreds -
3 - Quinton de Kock
3 - Kevin Pietersen
3 - Graeme Smith
2 - Joe Root
2 - AB de Villiers
2 - Hashim Amla / H Gibbs
Most Fifty Plus Scores -
9 - Jacques Kallis
8 - Hashim Amla
6 - Alex Hales
6 - Quinton de Kock
6 - H Gibbs / G Smith
Most Wickets -
51 - Darren Gough
40 - Shaun Pollock
32 - James Anderson
31 - Allan Donald
25 - Stuart Broad / Jacques Kallis
Best Bowling Averages (Min 10 Wickets) -
18.47 - Andrew Flintoff (19 wickets)
18.68 - Stuart Broad (25 wickets)
19.41 - Allan Donald (31 wickets)
21.16 - Andrew Hall (12 wickets)
21.25 - Darren Gough (51 wickets)
Best Bowling Figures in an Innings -
5/18 - Andrew Hall at Bridgetown, 2007
5/20 - Shaun Pollock at Johannesburg, 2000
5/23 - Stuart Broad at Nottingham, 2008
5/23 - James Anderson at Port Elizabeth, 2009
5/41 - Samit Patel at The Oval, 2008
Most Four Wicket hauls -
3 - Stuart Broad
3 - James Anderson
3 - Darren Gough
2 - Kagiso Rabada
2 - Allan Donald
2 - Shaun Pollock