PLAYER CAREER

Andre Nel

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2001–2008

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	36	42	42	42	2001-09-07	2008-08-07
ODI	75	22	22	22	2001-05-12	2008-08-31
T20I	2	1	1	1	2005-10-21	2007-09-19

117Internationals

464Career runs

0Centuries

231Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 36
Innings: 42
Runs: 337
Average: 9.91
Strike rate: 46.10
Highest score: 34
Not outs: 8
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 11
4s: 40
6s: 5
Balls faced: 731

Bowling

Matches: 36
Innings: 69
Balls: 7,630
Maidens: 280
Runs conceded: 3,919
Wickets: 123
Average: 31.86
Economy: 3.08
Strike rate: 62.03
Best innings: 6/32
Best match: 10/88
4 wickets: 4
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: 1

Fielding

Matches: 36
Innings: 69
Catches: 16
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 16
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 16
Dismissals / inns: 0.231
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 79
Innings: 22
Runs: 127
Average: 12.70
Strike rate: 76.50
Highest score: 30*
Not outs: 12
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 14
6s: 3
Balls faced: 166

Bowling

Matches: 79
Innings: 76
Balls: 3,801
Maidens: 58
Runs conceded: 2,935
Wickets: 106
Average: 27.68
Economy: 4.63
Strike rate: 35.85
Best innings: 5/45
Best match: 5/45
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 79
Innings: 77
Catches: 21
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 21
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 21
Dismissals / inns: 0.272
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 2
Innings: 1
Runs: 0
Average: N/A
Strike rate: 0.00
Highest score: 0*
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 2

Bowling

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Balls: 48
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 42
Wickets: 2
Average: 21.00
Economy: 5.25
Strike rate: 24.00
Best innings: 2/19
Best match: 2/19
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

126 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2008-09-03	England v South Africa	ODI	No result
2008-08-31	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 7 wickets
2008-08-26	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 10 wickets
2008-08-22	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 20 runs
2008-08-20	England v South Africa	T20I	No result
2008-08-07	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 6 wickets
2008-07-30	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 5 wickets
2008-03-12	Bangladesh v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2008-03-09	Bangladesh v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 9 wickets
2008-02-03	South Africa v West Indies	ODI	South Africa won by 8 wickets
2008-02-01	South Africa v West Indies	ODI	South Africa won by 5 wickets
2008-01-20	South Africa v West Indies	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets

South Africa

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20027 runs
20030 runs
20048 runs
200537 runs
2006110 runs
2007163 runs
200812 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20016 wickets
20022 wickets
200313 wickets
200415 wickets
200536 wickets
200621 wickets
200716 wickets
200814 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2008	4	4	12	5	4.00	29.26	1	0	41	8	14	31.28	3.27	57.35
2007	7	10	163	34	18.11	61.04	18	3	267	14	16	47.37	3.23	87.93
2006	8	13	110	21	9.16	44.35	15	2	248	15	21	40.80	3.27	74.71
2005	7	7	37	14	12.33	37.37	4	0	99	13	36	20.72	2.61	47.61
2004	4	3	8	4	4.00	17.39	1	0	46	8	15	34.20	3.16	64.73
2003	3	3	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	12	6	13	24.46	2.92	50.23
2002	1	2	7	7	3.50	38.88	1	0	18	1	2	60.50	3.94	92.00
2001	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	4	6	28.00	3.06	54.83

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20013 runs
20032 runs
20057 runs
200634 runs
200758 runs
200823 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20019 wickets
200310 wickets
20046 wickets
200529 wickets
200617 wickets
200723 wickets
200811 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2008	8	2	23	13	11.50	95.83	3	0	24	8	11	21.45	4.30	29.90
2007	15	7	58	30	19.33	69.04	6	2	84	15	23	28.60	4.85	35.39
2006	11	6	34	22	11.33	113.33	4	1	30	11	17	23.41	4.38	32.05
2005	20	3	7	4	N/A	100.00	1	0	7	19	29	26.55	4.63	34.34
2004	9	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	9	6	64.50	5.59	69.16
2003	6	2	2	1	1.00	15.38	0	0	13	6	10	22.60	4.43	30.60
2001	6	2	3	3	N/A	37.50	0	0	8	6	9	24.11	4.35	33.22

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20050 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20052 wickets
20070 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2007	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	5.75	N/A
2005	1	1	0	0	N/A	0.00	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	9.50	4.75	12.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2001-05-12
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Port of Spain
2004-01-02
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v West Indies · Cape Town
2005-04-21
Best recorded bowling · 6/32
Test v West Indies · Kensington Oval
2007-12-26
Highest recorded innings · 34 runs
Test v West Indies · St George's Park
2008-08-31
Latest available scorecard
ODI v England · Lord's