pitch report

pitch report: Test, ODI & T20I

Every format side by side. Gold marks the highest value on each line.

by format
TestODIT20I
Matches1283
Avg 1st innings529230167
Avg 2nd innings170201157
Avg 3rd innings252––
Avg 4th innings–––
Highest total529369177
Lowest all out170115126
Bat first wins1122
Chasing wins–121
Drawn–––
Wickets to pace81%19% spin73%27% spin95%5% spin
VerdictBat firstToss-upBat first

Averages are from the 29 of 32 matches with a scorecard. The pace and spin shares are of the 263 wickets whose bowler has a recorded style; 116 do not.

Who wins, by format
Test
100%
ODI
50%50%
T20I
67%33%
Bat firstDrawnChase
who rules here

Team records at

Win rate in each format, ordered by matches played here.

TeamTestODIT20I
South AfricaFORTRESS100%1–0 · 1 M64%14–5 · 22 M67%2–1 · 3 M
Englandnot played25%1–3 · 4 M0%0–1 · 1 M
West Indiesnot played50%2–1 · 4 Mnot played
Pakistannot played50%2–2 · 4 Mnot played
Sri Lankanot played50%2–2 · 4 Mnot played
Zimbabwenot played0%0–2 · 3 M0%0–1 · 1 M
Bangladesh0%0–1 · 1 M0%0–1 · 2 Mnot played
Indianot played33%1–2 · 3 Mnot played
Netherlandsnot played33%1–2 · 3 Mnot played
New Zealandnot played0%0–2 · 2 M100%1–0 · 1 M
Kenyanot played50%1–1 · 2 Mnot played
Australianot played50%1–1 · 2 Mnot played
Canadanot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played

Recent matches at

ODIWest Indies v South Africa2023West Indies won by 48 runs
ODISouth Africa v West Indies2023Match abandoned without a ball bowled
T20ISouth Africa v England2020South Africa won by 1 run
T20ISouth Africa v Zimbabwe2018South Africa won by 34 runs
ODISouth Africa v Bangladesh2017South Africa won by 200 runs
ODIKenya v Netherlands2017Kenya won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
ODIKenya v Netherlands2017Netherlands won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
ODISouth Africa v West Indies2015South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 152 balls remaining)
T20ISouth Africa v New Zealand2012New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) (D/L method)
ODISouth Africa v Sri Lanka2012South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
ODISouth Africa v Bangladesh2008Match abandoned without a ball bowled
ODISouth Africa v Zimbabwe2006South Africa won by 6 wickets (with 134 balls remaining)

Records at

Every board, by format, across every international played here.

Most runs

Test
  1. 4Sanwar Hossain1 mat · avg 40.0080
  2. 5Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 75.0075
  3. 6Habibul Bashar1 mat · avg 29.5059
  4. 7Alok Kapali1 mat · avg 22.5045
  5. 8Herschelle Gibbs1 mat · avg 41.0041
  6. 9Martin van Jaarsveld1 mat · avg 39.0039
  7. 10Khaled Mashud1 mat · avg 18.5037
  8. 11Mohammad Rafique1 mat · avg 36.0036
  9. 12Javed Omar1 mat · avg 8.5017
  10. 13Manjurul Islam1 mat · avg 6.0012
  11. 14Tapash Baisya1 mat · avg 6.0012
  12. 15Tushar Imran1 mat · avg 4.008
ODI
  1. 4Graeme Smith4 mat · avg 83.33250
  2. 5Boeta Dippenaar4 mat · avg 54.25217
  3. 6Temba Bavuma2 mat · avg 96.00192
  4. 7Sourav Ganguly2 mat · avg 84.00168
  5. 8Faf du Plessis3 mat · avg 80.00160
  6. 9Neil McKenzie3 mat · avg 157.00157
  7. 10Shaun Pollock12 mat · avg 30.60153
  8. 11Shiv Chanderpaul1 mat · avg 150.00150
  9. 12Mark Boucher9 mat · avg 24.50147
  10. 13Marvan Atapattu2 mat · avg 139.00139
  11. 14Daryll Cullinan4 mat · avg 44.67134
  12. 15Ken Rutherford2 mat · avg 132.00132
T20I
  1. 4Rassie van der Dussen2 mat · avg 43.5087
  2. 5Jason Roy1 mat · avg 70.0070
  3. 6Henry Davids1 mat · avg 55.0055
  4. 7Eoin Morgan1 mat · avg 52.0052
  5. 8Peter Moor1 mat · avg 44.0044
  6. 9Temba Bavuma1 mat · avg 43.0043
  7. 10Quinton de Kock3 mat · avg 18.0036
  8. 11Brandon Mavuta1 mat · avg 28.0028
  9. 12Rob Nicol1 mat · avg 25.0025
  10. 13Jonny Bairstow1 mat · avg 23.0023
  11. 14Andile Phehlukwayo2 mat · avg 22.0022
  12. 15Sean Williams1 mat · avg 21.0021

Most wickets

ODI
  1. 4Wasim Akram3 mat · avg 10.508
  2. 5Makhaya Ntini6 mat · avg 25.258
  3. 6Jacques Kallis13 mat · avg 49.138
  4. 7Darren Gough3 mat · avg 17.577
  5. 8Imran Tahir2 mat · avg 9.176
  6. 9Shem Ngoche2 mat · avg 13.336
  7. 10Fanie de Villiers4 mat · avg 15.676
  8. 11Andrew Hall4 mat · avg 13.205
  9. 12Allan Donald6 mat · avg 42.405
  10. 13Chaminda Vaas3 mat · avg 33.254
  11. 14Andre Nel2 mat · avg 28.504
  12. 15Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 21.504
T20I
  1. 4Doug Bracewell1 mat · avg 11.003
  2. 5Kyle Jarvis1 mat · avg 12.333
  3. 6Chris Mpofu1 mat · avg 12.002
  4. 7Junior Dala1 mat · avg 12.502
  5. 8Chris Jordan1 mat · avg 14.002
  6. 9Beuran Hendricks1 mat · avg 16.502
  7. 10Dale Steyn1 mat · avg 33.001
  8. 11Mark Wood1 mat · avg 32.001
  9. 12Mitchell McClenaghan1 mat · avg 32.001
  10. 13Robin Peterson1 mat · avg 28.001
  11. 14Brandon Mavuta1 mat · avg 19.001
  12. 15Ben Stokes1 mat · avg 24.001

Highest score

Test
  1. 4Al Sahariar1 mat · avg 44.5071
  2. 5Sanwar Hossain1 mat · avg 40.0049
  3. 6Herschelle Gibbs1 mat · avg 41.0041
  4. 7Martin van Jaarsveld1 mat · avg 39.0039
  5. 8Habibul Bashar1 mat · avg 29.5038
  6. 9Alok Kapali1 mat · avg 22.5035
  7. 10Khaled Mashud1 mat · avg 18.5033
  8. 11Mohammad Rafique1 mat · avg 36.0019
  9. 12Javed Omar1 mat · avg 8.5010
  10. 13Tapash Baisya1 mat · avg 6.0010
  11. 14Manjurul Islam1 mat · avg 6.008
  12. 15Tushar Imran1 mat · avg 4.008
ODI
  1. 4Neil McKenzie3 mat · avg 157.00120
  2. 5Graeme Smith4 mat · avg 83.33115
  3. 6Carl Hooper1 mat · avg 108.00108
  4. 7Javed Miandad1 mat · avg 107.00107
  5. 8Marvan Atapattu2 mat · avg 139.00103
  6. 9Ken Rutherford2 mat · avg 132.00102
  7. 10Kevin Pietersen1 mat · avg 100.00100
  8. 11Dinesh Chandimal1 mat · avg 92.0092
  9. 12Faf du Plessis3 mat · avg 80.0091
  10. 13Peter Borren2 mat · avg 92.0086
  11. 14Sourav Ganguly2 mat · avg 84.0085
  12. 15Daryll Cullinan4 mat · avg 44.6785
T20I
  1. 4Rassie van der Dussen2 mat · avg 43.5056
  2. 5Henry Davids1 mat · avg 55.0055
  3. 6Eoin Morgan1 mat · avg 52.0052
  4. 7Peter Moor1 mat · avg 44.0044
  5. 8Temba Bavuma1 mat · avg 43.0043
  6. 9David Miller3 mat · avg 29.3339
  7. 10Quinton de Kock3 mat · avg 18.0031
  8. 11Brandon Mavuta1 mat · avg 28.0028
  9. 12Rob Nicol1 mat · avg 25.0025
  10. 13Jonny Bairstow1 mat · avg 23.0023
  11. 14Sean Williams1 mat · avg 21.0021
  12. 15JJ Smuts1 mat · avg 20.0020

Most hundreds

Test
  1. 1Graeme Smith1 mat · avg 200.001
  2. 2Gary Kirsten1 mat · avg 150.001
T20I
  1. 1Martin Guptill1 mat · avg 101.001

Most fifties

Test
  1. 1Al Sahariar1 mat · avg 44.501
  2. 2Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 75.001
ODI
  1. 4Nick Knight2 mat · avg 57.502
  2. 5Dhiren Gondaria2 mat · avg 58.002
  3. 6Hashim Amla2 mat · avg 116.002
  4. 7Michael Vaughan2 mat · avg 60.502
  5. 8Rahul Dravid2 mat · avg 124.002
  6. 9Collins Obuya2 mat · avg 128.002
  7. 10Steve Waugh2 mat · avg 117.002
  8. 11Mark Boucher9 mat · avg 24.502
  9. 12Faf du Plessis3 mat · avg 80.002
  10. 13Sourav Ganguly2 mat · avg 84.002
  11. 14Boeta Dippenaar4 mat · avg 54.252
  12. 15Asif Mujtaba1 mat · avg 74.001

Most sixes

Test
  1. 1Herschelle Gibbs1 mat · avg 41.001
ODI
  1. 4Shai Hope1 mat · avg 128.007
  2. 5Sourav Ganguly2 mat · avg 84.005
  3. 6Kevin Pietersen1 mat · avg 100.004
  4. 7Quinton de Kock2 mat · avg 60.504
  5. 8Collins Obuya2 mat · avg 128.004
  6. 9Wasim Akram3 mat · avg 51.003
  7. 10Carl Hooper1 mat · avg 108.003
  8. 11Rovman Powell1 mat · avg 46.003
  9. 12Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 27.003
  10. 13Nuwan Kulasekara1 mat · avg 22.002
  11. 14Aiden Markram1 mat · avg 66.002
  12. 15Loots Bosman1 mat · avg 38.002
T20I
  1. 4Faf du Plessis2 mat · avg 48.503
  2. 5Jason Roy1 mat · avg 70.003
  3. 6Rassie van der Dussen2 mat · avg 43.502
  4. 7Quinton de Kock3 mat · avg 18.002
  5. 8Brandon Mavuta1 mat · avg 28.002
  6. 9Andile Phehlukwayo2 mat · avg 22.002
  7. 10Henry Davids1 mat · avg 55.001
  8. 11Eoin Morgan1 mat · avg 52.001
  9. 12Christiaan Jonker1 mat · avg 8.001

Most fours

Test
  1. 4Sanwar Hossain1 mat · avg 40.0012
  2. 5Habibul Bashar1 mat · avg 29.5011
  3. 6Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 75.009
  4. 7Alok Kapali1 mat · avg 22.508
  5. 8Herschelle Gibbs1 mat · avg 41.006
  6. 9Martin van Jaarsveld1 mat · avg 39.005
  7. 10Mohammad Rafique1 mat · avg 36.005
  8. 11Khaled Mashud1 mat · avg 18.503
  9. 12Manjurul Islam1 mat · avg 6.002
  10. 13Tapash Baisya1 mat · avg 6.002
  11. 14Javed Omar1 mat · avg 8.501
  12. 15Tushar Imran1 mat · avg 4.001
ODI
  1. 4Graeme Smith4 mat · avg 83.3320
  2. 5Shiv Chanderpaul1 mat · avg 150.0020
  3. 6Faf du Plessis3 mat · avg 80.0017
  4. 7Temba Bavuma2 mat · avg 96.0016
  5. 8Hansie Cronje9 mat · avg 39.4315
  6. 9Steve Waugh2 mat · avg 117.0015
  7. 10Nick Knight2 mat · avg 57.5014
  8. 11Dhiren Gondaria2 mat · avg 58.0014
  9. 12Hashim Amla2 mat · avg 116.0014
  10. 13Quinton de Kock2 mat · avg 60.5014
  11. 14Lance Klusener9 mat · avg 20.8314
  12. 15Herschelle Gibbs7 mat · avg 15.0014
T20I
  1. 4Jason Roy1 mat · avg 70.007
  2. 5Henry Davids1 mat · avg 55.007
  3. 6Eoin Morgan1 mat · avg 52.007
  4. 7Temba Bavuma1 mat · avg 43.005
  5. 8Rob Nicol1 mat · avg 25.004
  6. 9Quinton de Kock3 mat · avg 18.004
  7. 10David Miller3 mat · avg 29.334
  8. 11Jonny Bairstow1 mat · avg 23.003
  9. 12Brendan Taylor1 mat · avg 19.003
  10. 13Jos Buttler1 mat · avg 15.003
  11. 14Brandon Mavuta1 mat · avg 28.002
  12. 15Sean Williams1 mat · avg 21.002

Most balls faced

Test
  1. 4Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 75.00138
  2. 5Sanwar Hossain1 mat · avg 40.00128
  3. 6Al Sahariar1 mat · avg 44.50119
  4. 7Alok Kapali1 mat · avg 22.50110
  5. 8Habibul Bashar1 mat · avg 29.5096
  6. 9Mohammad Rafique1 mat · avg 36.0079
  7. 10Martin van Jaarsveld1 mat · avg 39.0073
  8. 11Herschelle Gibbs1 mat · avg 41.0060
  9. 12Javed Omar1 mat · avg 8.5059
  10. 13Tushar Imran1 mat · avg 4.0045
  11. 14Tapash Baisya1 mat · avg 6.0033
  12. 15Manjurul Islam1 mat · avg 6.0017
ODI
  1. 4Boeta Dippenaar4 mat · avg 54.25325
  2. 5Graeme Smith4 mat · avg 83.33321
  3. 6Sourav Ganguly2 mat · avg 84.00231
  4. 7Daryll Cullinan4 mat · avg 44.67200
  5. 8Neil McKenzie3 mat · avg 157.00191
  6. 9Marvan Atapattu2 mat · avg 139.00184
  7. 10Gary Kirsten5 mat · avg 21.60179
  8. 11Mark Boucher9 mat · avg 24.50179
  9. 12Peter Kirsten3 mat · avg 28.00173
  10. 13Shaun Pollock12 mat · avg 30.60172
  11. 14Kepler Wessels3 mat · avg 33.00170
  12. 15Nick Knight2 mat · avg 57.50169
T20I
  1. 4Faf du Plessis2 mat · avg 48.5063
  2. 5Jason Roy1 mat · avg 70.0038
  3. 6Henry Davids1 mat · avg 55.0038
  4. 7Eoin Morgan1 mat · avg 52.0034
  5. 8Temba Bavuma1 mat · avg 43.0027
  6. 9Rob Nicol1 mat · avg 25.0024
  7. 10Andile Phehlukwayo2 mat · avg 22.0023
  8. 11Brendan Taylor1 mat · avg 19.0023
  9. 12Sean Williams1 mat · avg 21.0022
  10. 13Peter Moor1 mat · avg 44.0021
  11. 14Quinton de Kock3 mat · avg 18.0020
  12. 15JJ Smuts1 mat · avg 20.0020

Best bowling figures

ODI
  1. 4Fanie de Villiers4 mat · avg 15.674/27
  2. 5Imran Tahir2 mat · avg 9.174/28
  3. 6Waqar Younis4 mat · avg 17.444/33
  4. 7Shem Ngoche2 mat · avg 13.334/33
  5. 8Daan van Bunge1 mat · avg 5.333/16
  6. 9Andrew Hall4 mat · avg 13.203/23
  7. 10Darren Gough3 mat · avg 17.573/25
  8. 11Paul Adams2 mat · avg 19.333/26
  9. 12Allan Border1 mat · avg 9.003/27
  10. 13Vernon Philander1 mat · avg 9.003/27
  11. 14Michael Rippon2 mat · avg 19.253/30
  12. 15Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 21.503/30
T20I
  1. 4Kyle Jarvis1 mat · avg 12.333/37
  2. 5Chris Mpofu1 mat · avg 12.002/24
  3. 6Andile Phehlukwayo2 mat · avg 14.252/25
  4. 7Junior Dala1 mat · avg 12.502/25
  5. 8Chris Jordan1 mat · avg 14.002/28
  6. 9Beuran Hendricks1 mat · avg 16.502/33
  7. 10Brandon Mavuta1 mat · avg 19.001/19
  8. 11Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 22.001/22
  9. 12Adil Rashid1 mat · avg 23.001/23
  10. 13Ben Stokes1 mat · avg 24.001/24
  11. 14Ryan McLaren1 mat · avg 26.001/26
  12. 15Robin Peterson1 mat · avg 28.001/28

Five-wicket hauls

Test
  1. 1Makhaya Ntini1 mat · avg 10.571
  2. 2David Terbrugge1 mat · avg 12.711
ODI
  1. 1Shaun Pollock12 mat · avg 19.261
  2. 2Wasim Akram3 mat · avg 10.501
T20I
  1. 1Imran Tahir1 mat · avg 4.601
RECENT RESULTS 1 match