It was the 1718th ODI in cricket history.
It was West Indies' 424th and South Africa's 229th match.
It was the 25th match between the two sides. The record now reads : West Indies 8, South Africa 17.
Umpires Steve Bucknor and Bill Doctrove were officiating in their 83rd and 11th match respectively. This was also the 30th match for Steve Bucknor in home matches which equals the tally of Lloyd Barker.
Jonty Rhodes was making his 200th ODI appearance for South Africa. He became first South African and 22nd player overall to do so.
Jacques Kallis (69 off 147 ballsscoring rate 46.94) played the slowest innings of his career in a match in which he has made a fifty.. He had taken 105 balls for his 57 runs (scoring rate 54.29) against England at Bloemfontein on 23-01-2000.
Kallis' scoring rate is the slowest by a South African scoring at least 50 runs in an innings. The previous record was on the name of Hansie Cronje who played 113 balls for his 56 runs (SR 49.56) against England at Johannesburg on 1999-00. The accompanying table has the details:
R/100B Batsman Runs Balls Vs Venue Date Result(for S.A)46.94 JH Kallis 69 147 WI Arnos Vale 16-05-2001 Lost by 6 wkts 49.56 WJ Cronje 56 113 Eng Johannesburg 13-02-2000 Won by 38 runs 50.48 PN Kirsten 53 105 Aus East London 02-04-1994 Lost by 7 wkts 51.09 KC Wessels 70 137 Zim Canberra 10-03-1992 Won by 7 wkts 52.58 KC Wessels 51 97 Pak Faisalabad 28-10-1994 Lost by 6 wkts 52.63 KC Wessels 50 95 Ind Calcutta 10-11-1991 Lost by 3 wkts 53.92 G Kirsten 55 102 Aus Perth 16-01-1994 Won by 82 runs 54.17 JH Kallis 52 96 Zim Durban 02-02-2000 lost by 2 wkts 54.21 ND McKenzie 58 107 Pak Sharjah 31-03-2000 lost by 16 runs 54.29 JH Kallis 57 105 Eng Bloemfontein 23-01-2000 lost by 9 wkts 54.73 KC Wessels 81* 148 Aus Sydney 26-02-1992 won by 9 wkts 54.81 HH Dippenaar 57 104 NZ Potchefstroom 20-10-2000 no result
Just for the information, the ODI record of worst scoring rate for a batsman (with 50 runs) in an innings is on the name of Pakistan's Javed Miandad who took as many as 170 balls for his 63* runs (scoring rate 37.05) against West Indies at Perth on 01-01-1989.
The catch of Kallis was ninth for Brian Lara against South Africa. He has now taken most catches in the field for West Indies against South Africa alongwith Keith Arthurton.
Cameron Cuffy (3-24) equalled the best figures for West Indies in a match at home soil against South Africa. Curtly Ambrose had the identical figures at Port-of-Spain on 11-04-1992.
The wicket of Chris Gayle was 10th for Kallis in the series. With already 298 runs under his belt, Kallis became only the third South African to complete the allround double of 250 runs and 10 wickets in a series (or tournament). Others to do so for South Africa are Hansie Cronje and Lance Klusener. The details:AllrounderForMRAveCtRCWAveSeasonSeriesGS ChappellAus1468668.6073752217.051980-81B&H World SeriesIVA RichardsWI1365165.1095431341.771984-85B&H World SeriesIVA RichardsWI1453641.2334191138.091981-82B&H World SeriesNC JohnsonZim836752.4312331219.421999World CupN Kapil DevInd830360.6072451220.421983World CupJH KallisSA629859.6021831018.302000-01[WI]Mudassar Nazar Pak928531.6731601213.331981-82B&H World SeriesWJ CronjeSA728540.7121621114.731998-99[WI]MN SamuelsWI1028228.2023891427.792000-01C&U World SeriesL KlusenerSA9281140.50 13501720.591999World Cup
Cameron Cuffy was winning his maiden Man of the Match award in his 26th match.
At the end of the match: South Africa's overall ODI record: played 229, won 143, lost 78, tied 2 and abandoned 6. West Indies' overall ODI record: played 424, won 246, lost 165, tied 5 and abandoned 8. Shaun Pollock's captaincy record: played 36, won 23, lost 11, tied one and abandoned one. Carl Hooper's captaincy record: played 11, won 2, lost 9.