Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously",[3] and it was noted by ESPNcricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered".
[10] The Czech Republic national cricket team against Turkey during the 2019 Continental Cup scored 278/4 to equal the record.
[12] The lowest innings total scored was by Turkey against Czech Republic when they were dismissed for 21 during the 2019 Continental Cup.
[14] The second match of the T20I Series against West Indies in 2023 saw South Africa concede their highest innings total of 258/5.
[16] The lowest score conceded by South Africa for a full innings is 77 when they dismissed Afghanistan during the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York, United States.
[18] The second match of the T20I Series against West Indies in 2015 saw a total of 467 runs being scored, the most involving South Africa.
[26] The largest victory recorded by South Africa is during the Pakistan's tour in 2007 when they won by 10 wickets with 51 balls remaining.
[25] South Africa holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 259/4 in response to the West Indies' 258/5.
[36] A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.
Duminy has the most half-centuries for South Africa[78] A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.
[80] Ravija Sandaruwan of Kuwait holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 250 balls faced qualification, with 165.80.
[92] Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, Pakistan's Umar Akmal and Ireland's Kevin O'Brien has scored the equal highest number of ducks in T20Is with 10 such knocks.
[112] India's Deepak Chahar holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 6/7 against Bangladesh in November 2019 at Nagpur.
Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer, is second behind Rashid with an overall career average of 14.42 runs per wicket.
[121] The best economy rate in an innings, when a minimum of 12 balls are delivered by the bowler, is Sri Lankan player Nuwan Kulasekara economy of 0.00 during his spell of 0 runs for 1 wicket in 2 overs against the Netherlands at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
Dale Steyn holds the South African record during his spell in 2010 ICC World Twenty20 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados against Afghanistan and by Robin Peterson against New Zealand during the New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2012-13.
Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Andile Phehlukwayo have the best strike rate for a South African bowler.
Kyle Abbott with figures of 1/68 off his four overs against West Indies in January 2015 holds the most runs conceded distinction for South Africa.
In T20Is history there have been just 13 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Brett Lee for Australia against Bangladesh in 2007 ICC World Twenty20.
[136] The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.
[141] Quinton de Kock is the highest ranked South African wicket keeper in the all-time list of taking most dismissals in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper, which is headed by India's MS Dhoni and West Indian Denesh Ramdin.
[142] Quinton de Kock has taken the most catches in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper among South Africans with Dhoni and Ramdin leading the all-time list.
[154][155] South Africa's David Miller holds the record for the most catches in T20Is by a non-wicket-keeper with 62, followed by Shoaib Malik of Pakistan on 50 and New Zealand's Martin Guptill with 47.
[158][159] The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, which saw Netherlands retain their title,[161] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a T20I series.
AB de Villiers with 6 catches in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 is the leading South African fielder on this list.
[162] India's Rohit Sharma holds the record for the most T20I matches played with 159, followed by Paul Stirling with 145 and George Dockrell of Ireland with 139 games.
[164] Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad and Asghar Afghan hold the record for the most consecutive T20I matches played with 58.
[166] MS Dhoni, who led the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2016, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in T20Is with 72.
Making his debut for Romania against the Bulgaria on 16 October 2020 in the first T20I of the 2020 Balkan Cup[171] thus becoming the youngest to play in a men's T20I match.
The highest T20I partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Afghan pairing of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani who put together an opening wicket partnership of 236 runs during the Ireland v Afghanistan series in India in 2019[182] An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket.