Buffalo Park East London ODI records: South Africa vs West Indies ODI records in East London

The first ODI of West Indies’ tour of South Africa 2023 will begin in East London in less than three hours from now. Having last hosted a Men’s international match in the form of a South Africa-England T20I over three years ago, Buffalo Park will be hosting an ODI after more than half-a-decade.

Hence, it is fitting that the city has been allotted with a  couple of ODIs after hosting South Africa Women’s T20I Tri-Series involving India Women and West Indies Women earlier this year.

South Africa, who’ve played 18 out of the 22 ODIs played here, have won 14 and lost four to have a commendable record over the years. West Indies, on the contrary, have won and lost an ODI each at this venue. Barring former captain Jason Holder, all other West Indian players will be playing their first ODI at this venue today.

Buffalo Park East London ODI records

Former South African cricketers Jacques Kallis (409), Jonty Rhodes (307), Hansie Cronje (276), Graeme Smith (250) and Boeta Dippenaar (217) are the highest run-scorers in East London ODIs. As far as active cricketers are concerned, Faf du Plessis (160), Quinton de Kock (73), Aiden Markram (66), Shakib Al Hasan (63) and Temba Bavuma (48) have scored a few runs at this stadium.

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Much like the batters, highest wicket-takers in ODIs played at the Buffalo Park are also former cricketers namely Shaun Pollock (19), Lance Klusener (9), Waqar Younis (9), Kallis (8) and Makhaya Ntini (8). Talking about active cricketers, James Anderson (4), Dane Paterson (3), Markram (2), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (2) and Taskin Ahmed (2) have picked a few ODI wickets at this venue.

Highest ODI innings totals at Buffalo Park

300-run mark has been crossed only four times across 44 ODI innings at the Buffalo Park. While 10 matches have been won by the team batting first, chasing teams have registered victories 12 times in ODIs played at this stadium.

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Sri Lanka hold the record for the highest-successful run-chase in East London ODIs for chasing down a 256-run target against New Zealand over 28 years ago.

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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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