Ahead of the third Test starting at Newlands on Friday, we look at the updated key Test stats featuring South Africa and West Indies. Stats and head-to-heads are from 1992 onwards.
* denotes current series
Tests played
27 – South Africa won 17 and West Indies have 3 wins with 7 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)
*1 651 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
1 593 Graeme Smith (SA)
1 403 Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
1 359 Chris Gayle (WI)
*1 199 AB de Villiers (SA)
879 Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI)
793 Mark Boucher (SA)
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)
*23 Morne Morkel (SA)
Most wicketkeeper dismissals
77 Mark Boucher (SA)
51 Ridley Jacobs (WI)
*18 Denesh Ramdin (WI)
6 Dave Richardson (SA)
6 Courtney Browne (WI)
*5 AB de Villiers (SA)
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), Neil McKenzie (SA)
12 Graeme Smith (SA)
11 Gary Kirsten (SA)
10 Hansie Cronje (SA), Shaun Pollock (SA)
Highest partnerships (by wicket)
1st: 301 Graeme Smith and Herschelle 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)
