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Stats: Duminy is 3rd South African to be dismissed on 99

March 16, 2011 12:31 IST

Statistical highlights from the match between South Africa [ Images ] and Ireland played in Kolkata [ Images ] on Tuesday

# Jean-Paul Duminy [ Images ] became the third South African batsman to be dismissed at 99 in ODIs -- the first two were Lance Klusener against Sri Lanka [ Images ] at Lahore [ Images ] on November 8, 1997 and Graeme Smith [ Images ] against Sri Lanka at Centurion on November 29, 2002.

# Duminy posted his maiden fifty at the World Cup, surpassing the 42 not out against West Indies [ Images ] at Delhi [ Images ] on February 24, 2011.

# Jacques Kallis [ Images ] took his World Cup run-aggregate to 1032 (ave.44.86) in 34 matches -- a tally bettered only by Herschelle Gibbs [ Images ] for South Africa (1067 at an average of 56.15 in five matches).

# Kallis is the second all-rounder after Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 20 wickets.

# Duminy (99 off 103 balls) became the first South African and the second in the history of the World Cup to post a score of nervous 99. Adam Gilchrist [ Images ] was the first to record this against Sri Lanka at Centurion on March 7, 2003.

# Duminy, during the knock, completed his 200 runs in the present competition (204 in five matches at an average of 51.00).

# Duminy's 99 is his 13th half-century in ODIs apart from two hundreds.

# Duminy and Colin Ingram shared a stand of 87 for the sixth wicket -- South Africa's best for any wicket against Ireland in ODIs, bettering the 80 (unbroken) between Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince [ Images ] for the fourth wicket at Providence on April 3, 2007.

# The stand is the highest for South Africa for the sixth wicket at the World Cup, surpassing the 77 between Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock [ Images ] against Pakistan at Nottingham on June 5,1999.

# Johan Botha [ Images ] and Duminy shared a stand of 65 for the seventh wicket. The partnership is South Africa's second highest at the World Cup -- the highest being 66 between Cullinan and Pollock against Zimbabwe at Chelmsford on May 29, 1999. The 65-run stand is the highest for the seventh wicket for South Africa against Ireland in ODIs.

# Robin Peterson (3/32) produced his second best bowling performance in ODIs, behind 3 for 22 against England [ Images ] at Chennai on March 6, 2011.

# Peterson became the third South African to capture 10 wickets or more in the present edition of the World Cup, joining Imran Tahir (11) and Dale Steyn [ Images ] (10).

# Morne van Wyk (42 + 4 dismissals) became the fourth wicketkeeper to make a 40-plus and effect four dismissals in the same World Cup match, joining Ridley Jacobs, Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ] and Brad Haddin [ Images ].

# Jacobs had achieved the distinction in 1999 while Sangakkara, Haddin and Wyk registered the double in 2011.

# South Africa's 131-run win is their second largest by runs margin at the World Cup, next only to the 231-run win against Netherlands at Mohali on March 3, 2011.

# The 131-run loss registered by Ireland is their largest by runs margin at the World Cup, surpassing the 129-run defeat to New Zealand [ Images ] on April 9, 2007.

# Duminy was adjudged the Man of the Match for the sixth time in ODIs -- his first at the World Cup.

# Morne Morkel [ Images ] (3/33) produced his best bowling figures at the World Cup, eclipsing the two for 16 against England at Chennai on March 6, 2011.

# Ireland (141) registered their fourth lowest score at the World Cup, next only to the 77 against Sri Lanka at St George's on April 18, 2007, 91 against Australia [ Images ] at Bridgetown on April 13, 2007 and 134 against New Zealand at Providence on April 9, 2007

# South Africa (272/7) recorded their highest total against Ireland in ODIs, obliterating the 173 for four at Belfast on June 24, 2007.

# Jean-Paul Duminy is averaging 66.88 for the winning cause -- 1739 in 50 matches, including two hundreds and eleven fifties.

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