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South Africa in international cricket: record, rivals and highs
This page gathers the statistical portrait of South Africa in men's international cricket: 615 matches between 2003 and 2026, across 389 ODIs and 226 T20Is. The team took 349 wins in the period, a 58.5% rate when there was a result, and every number below was recomputed from Cricsheet's ball by ball files, copied from no one.
Record by format
| Format | P | W | L | T | NR | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 389 | 227 | 144 | 3 | 15 | 60.7% |
| T20I | 226 | 122 | 100 | 1 | 3 | 54.7% |
| Total | 615 | 349 | 244 | 4 | 18 | 58.5% |
P = played, W = wins, L = losses, T = ties, NR = no result (rain or abandonment). The win percentage ignores no result games.
Head to head record (ODI + T20I)
| Opponent | P | W | L | T + NR | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 86 | 37 | 46 | 3 | 44.6% |
| Australia | 85 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Pakistan | 80 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 50.6% |
| England | 78 | 35 | 36 | 7 | 48.6% |
| Sri Lanka | 63 | 40 | 21 | 2 | 63.5% |
| West Indies | 63 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 60.7% |
| New Zealand | 60 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 56.9% |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Bangladesh | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 77.8% |
| Ireland | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 82.4% |
Rivalries
South Africa's most frequent opponent in this sample is India, with 86 meetings. Among matchups with at least 10 games, the best record is against Zimbabwe (33 wins in 34 games, 100.0%) and the worst is against India (37 in 86, 44.6%).
Highest innings totals
| Score | Format | Opponent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 439/2 | ODI | West Indies | Jan 18, 2015 |
| 438/9 | ODI | Australia | Mar 12, 2006 |
| 438/4 | ODI | India | Oct 25, 2015 |
| 428/5 | ODI | Sri Lanka | Oct 7, 2023 |
| 259/4 | T20I | West Indies | Mar 26, 2023 |
| 241/6 | T20I | England | Nov 15, 2009 |
| 237/2 | T20I | Ghana | Mar 17, 2024 |
| 231/7 | T20I | West Indies | Jan 11, 2015 |
Cricket notation in the score column: total runs, then wickets lost in the innings after the slash; super overs are left out.
One fact to keep
South Africa, the eternal semifinalist, reached its first World Cup final only in 2024, in the T20 format, losing to India by 7 runs in Barbados, a result this dataset records ball by ball.
Data source: the Cricsheet project (cricsheet.org), men's international ODI and T20I matches, Open Data Commons Attribution (ODC-BY) 1.0 license, snapshot of Jul 10, 2026. Totals, records and percentages are computed by this site from the ball by ball files; the win percentage counts only games with a result (ties count, no results are excluded), and ties settled by a super over follow the official convention and remain ties. Independent site, with no affiliation to the ICC, to any board or to the teams mentioned.
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