# Jacques Kallis (76 off 88 balls) has recorded his 12th fifty against Australia - his 83rd in ODIs.
# Kallis' batting average of 45.45 is the highest amongst the eight playrs with 10,000 runs or more in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar has the next best average (45.16).
# Hashim Amla has posted his first duck after 50 matches.
# David Warner (74 off 97 balls) has recorded a career-best in ODIs, eclipsing the 69 off 60 balls against South Africa at Sydney on January 23, 2009.
# Warner is averaging just 22.22 in ODIs - 200 in nine matches, including two fifties.
# South Africa's splendid win by 80 runs is their 36th in 79 ODIs against Australia (lost 40 and tied 3) - winning % 47.46.
# South Africa have registered their largest win in terms of runs over Australia at St.George's Park, eclipsing the 61-run win on April 13, 2009.
# South Africa have won three and lost four out of seven contested against Australia at St.George's Park.
# South Africa (303/6) have posted their third highest against Australia at St.George's Park, Port Elizabeth - their top two totals being 326 for three on April 6, 2002 and 317 for six on April 13, 2009.
# Amla's average of 55.24 is the highest amongst the batsmen with 2,000 runs or more in ODIs.
# Graeme Smith (57) has recorded his sixth fifty against Australia - his 44th in ODIs.
# Smith and Kallis have shared a stand of 142 - South Africa's second highest for the second wicket against Australia in ODIs, next only to the 187 between Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith at Johannesburg on March 12, 2006.
# The aforesaid stand is South Africa's highest for any wicket against Australia at St.George's Park, Port Elizabeth, eclipsing the 136 for the third wicket between Gibbs and Abraham de Villiers on April 13, 2009.
# David Miller (59) has posted his career-best innings in ODIs - his second fifty.
# Miller and Jean-Paul Duminy were associated in a stand of 107 - South Africa's second highest for the fifth wicket against Australia, next only to the 134 between Hansie Cronje and Jonty Rhodes at SCG on January 26, 1998.
# Duminy (56 off 58 balls) has recorded his third fifty against Australia - his 14th in ODIs. He has averaged 52.08 in ODIs in South Africa, aggregating 1302 runs in 37 matches, including two hundreds and eight fifties.
# Morne Morkel (4/22) has recorded his best bowling performance against Australia - his second best overall - the best being 4 for 21 against West Indies at Roseau on May 28, 2010.
# Morkel has bagged four wickets in an innings five times in ODIs - twice against West Indies, once each against India, Australia and Pakistan. South Africa have won all five games when he has taken four wickets in a match.
# Morkel has got the Man of the Match for the first time in ODIs.
2nd ODI: Statistical highlights from Port Elizabeth
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