• SA vs WI: All the Test stats

    Ahead of the second Test starting on Friday, we look at the updated key Test stats featuring South Africa and West Indies. Four new entries were recorded in the first Test at Centurion.

    Stats and head-to-heads are from 1992 onwards.

    * denotes current series

    Tests played
    26 – South Africa won 17 and West Indies have 3 wins with 6 of the matches drawn.

    Highest team scores
    747 West Indies, St John’s 2005
    658-9 dec South Africa, Durban 2003
    604-6 dec South Africa, Centurion 2004
    588-6 dec South Africa, St John’s 2005
    561 South Africa, Johannesburg 2003
    556-4 dec South Africa, Durban 2008
    *552-5 dec South Africa, Centurion 2014
    548-9 decl South Africa, Bridgetown 2005

    Lowest scores
    West Indies
    102 West Indies, Port of Spain 2010
    121 West Indies, Port Elizabeth 1998
    *131 West Indies, Centurion 2014
    139 West Indies, Durban 2008
    South Africa
    141 South Africa, Kingston 2001
    148 South Africa, Bridgetown 1992
    188 South Africa, Georgetown 2005

    Biggest wins (by runs)
    351 South Africa, Port Elizabeth 1998
    189 South Africa, Johannesburg 2003

    Biggest wins (by innings)
    *
    Innings and 220 runs South Africa, Centurion 2014
    Innings and 100 runs South Africa, Durban 2008
    Innings and 86 runs South Africa, Bridgetown 2005

    Biggest wins (by wickets)
    10 wickets South Africa, Centurion 2004
    9 wickets South Africa, Durban 1998

    Most runs between the sides
    2 356 Jacques Kallis (SA)
    1 715 Brian Lara (WI)
    *1 644 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
    1 593 Graeme Smith (SA)
    1 403 Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
    1 359 Chris Gayle (WI)
    *1 189 AB de Villiers (SA)
    879 Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI)

    Most wickets
    70 Shaun Pollock (SA)
    63 Makhaya Ntini (SA)
    52 Jacques Kallis (SA)
    52 Andre Nel (SA)
    51 Courtney Walsh (WI)
    43 Allan Donald (SA)
    *41 Dale Steyn (SA)
    33 Mervyn Dillon (WI)

    Most wicketkeeper dismissals
    77 Mark Boucher (SA)
    51 Ridley Jacobs (WI)
    14 Denesh Ramdin (WI)
    6 Dave Richardson (SA)
    5 Courtney Browne (WI)

    Most catches
    33 Jacques Kallis (SA)
    20 Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Brian Lara (WI)
    19 Daryll Cullinan (SA)
    16 Chris Gayle (WI)
    14 Carl Hooper (WI)
    14 Neil Mckenzie (SA)
    12 Graeme Smith (SA)
    11 Gary Kirsten (SA)

    Highest partnerships (by wicket)
    1st: 301 Graeme Smith and Hershelle Gibbs (SA, 2004)
    2nd: 331 Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI, 2005)
    3rd: 251 Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis (SA, 2004)
    *4th: 308 AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla (SA, 2014)
    5th: 267 Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince (SA, 2005)
    6th: 134 AB de Villiers and Ashwell Prince (SA, 2010)
    7th: 92 Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher (SA, 1999)
    8th: 146 Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher (SA, 2001)
    9th: 132 Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald (SA, 2001)
    10th: 70 Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI, 2008)

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