Newlands Cape Town ODI records: List of batting and bowling Cape Town cricket stadium records

Dixit Bhargav | 22/01/2022
Newlands Cape Town ODI records: List of batting and bowling Cape Town cricket stadium records

Newlands Cape Town ODI records: Newlands will host a dead-rubber ODI between South Africa and India tomorrow.

Unlike the three-match Test series between South Africa and India where Cape Town had hosted a series decider, the venue will now host a dead-rubber ODI not part of the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup Super League.

South Africa, who have convincingly won the first two ODIs in Paarl, have a golden opportunity of whitewashing a run-of-the-mill Indian side in a bilateral ODI series.

Newlands, which had last hosted an ODI in December 2020, will be hosting one after 13 months on Sunday. Having won 31 and lost just six ODIs, it is noteworthy that South Africa have a phenomenal ODI record at this venue.

India, on the other hand, have won three and lost two out of their five ODIs at Newlands. Played four years ago, India’s last ODI here had witnessed them registering a magnificent 124-run victory on the back of the then captain Virat Kohli’s 34th ODI century.

Newlands Cape Town ODI records

Other than veteran South Africa batter Faf du Plessis (ninth) and wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock (10th), no other active player in among the Top 10 run-scorers in Cape Town ODIs. Below is a list of highest run-scorers among active players:

Batter Matches Runs Highest Average SR 100 50
Faf du Plessis (SA) 6 330 185 66 94.01 1 2
Quinton de Kock (SA) 7 186 107 40.85 98.62 1 2
Virat Kohli (IND) 2 188 160* 188 94 1 0
David Warner (AUS) 1 173 173 173 127.2 1 0
Rassie van der Dussen (SA) 3 116 50* 81.11 0 1

Apart from Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan (76) and Rohit Sharma (23) are the next two highest run-scorers in Cape Town among active players.

Much like the batters, there are only two active bowlers namely Kagiso Rabada (eighth) and Imran Tahir (10th) in the list of Top 10 highest wicket-takers in Newlands ODIs.

Batter Matches Wickets Average Economy SR 4
Kagiso Rabada (SA) 6 12 26.25 5.52 28.5 0
Imran Tahir (SA) 7 10 32.2 4.87 39.6 0
Wayne Parnell (SA) 4 9 22.88 5.77 23.7 1
Andile Phehlukwayo (SA) 5 6 37 5.55 40 0
Kuldeep Yadav (IND) 1 4 5.75 2.55 13.5 1

While India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also has four ODI wickets to his name at Newlands, stand-in vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah has two wickets in his only Cape Town ODI.

As far as the highest innings totals in Cape Town ODIs are concerned, South Africa have been a consistent team in the list of Top Five ODI scores here.

Team Score Opposition Year
South Africa 367/5 Sri Lanka 2017
South Africa 354/3 Kenya 2001
South Africa 354/6 England 2009
Sri Lanka 327 South Africa 2017
South Africa 327/8 Australia 2016
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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