PLAYER CAREER

Allan Donald

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa1991–2003

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	72	94	94	94	1992-04-18	2002-02-22
ODI	157	40	40	40	1991-11-10	2003-02-16

236Internationals

747Career runs

0Centuries

602Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 72
Innings: 94
Runs: 652
Average: 10.68
Strike rate: 35.12
Highest score: 37
Not outs: 33
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 17
4s: 66
6s: 0
Balls faced: 1,856

Bowling

Matches: 72
Innings: 129
Balls: 15,519
Maidens: 661
Runs conceded: 7,344
Wickets: 330
Average: 22.25
Economy: 2.83
Strike rate: 47.02
Best innings: 8/71
Best match: 12/139
4 wickets: 11
5 wickets: 20
10 wickets: 3

Fielding

Matches: 72
Innings: 134
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.134
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 164
Innings: 40
Runs: 95
Average: 4.31
Strike rate: 34.05
Highest score: 13
Not outs: 18
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 12
4s: 2
6s: 0
Balls faced: 279

Bowling

Matches: 164
Innings: 162
Balls: 8,561
Maidens: 101
Runs conceded: 5,926
Wickets: 272
Average: 21.78
Economy: 4.15
Strike rate: 31.47
Best innings: 6/23
Best match: 6/23
4 wickets: 11
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 164
Innings: 162
Catches: 28
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 28
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 28
Dismissals / inns: 0.172
Best innings: 2 (2ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2003-02-16	South Africa v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2003-02-09	West Indies v South Africa	ODI	West Indies won by 3 runs
2002-12-16	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 9 wickets
2002-12-13	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 62 runs
2002-12-11	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 182 runs
2002-12-08	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 132 runs
2002-12-06	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2002-12-04	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 8 wickets
2002-12-01	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
2002-11-29	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 177 runs
2002-11-27	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2002-10-09	Bangladesh v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 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

199228 runs
19936 runs
199479 runs
1995117 runs
199655 runs
199759 runs
1998148 runs
199940 runs
200045 runs
200168 runs
20027 runs

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

199224 wickets
199315 wickets
199436 wickets
199532 wickets
199626 wickets
199738 wickets
199880 wickets
199933 wickets
200024 wickets
200120 wickets
20022 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2002	2	4	7	3	3.50	16.66	0	42	3	2	101.50	4.11	148.00
2001	6	10	68	37	8.50	31.77	6	214	11	20	26.45	2.72	58.20
2000	5	5	45	21	15.00	42.45	7	106	10	24	17.16	2.32	44.29
1999	9	8	40	17	8.00	31.00	4	129	15	33	19.66	2.75	42.81
1998	14	19	148	34	10.57	33.10	12	447	26	80	19.63	2.91	40.40
1997	8	11	59	21	6.55	31.89	10	185	15	38	24.97	2.80	53.34
1996	4	6	55	26	9.16	43.30	7	127	7	26	11.15	2.32	28.73
1995	7	8	117	33	29.25	47.56	13	246	12	32	23.84	2.90	49.25
1994	8	13	79	27	15.80	35.26	6	224	15	36	30.55	3.49	52.47
1993	5	4	6	4	6.00	12.76	0	47	8	15	27.00	2.35	68.80
1992	4	6	28	14	7.00	31.46	1	89	7	24	19.70	2.62	45.00

ODI

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

19928 runs
199312 runs
19949 runs
19955 runs
19960 runs
199721 runs
199819 runs
199910 runs
20001 runs
20014 runs
20026 runs
20030 runs

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

19919 wickets
199224 wickets
199315 wickets
199414 wickets
19957 wickets
199640 wickets
199735 wickets
199827 wickets
199922 wickets
200010 wickets
200110 wickets
200245 wickets
20031 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2003	2	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	2	1	106.00	7.14	89.00
2002	25	6	6	3	2.00	14.63	0	41	25	45	21.28	4.46	28.60
2001	7	2	4	3	2.00	26.66	0	15	7	10	25.80	4.41	35.10
2000	7	1	1	1	N/A	100.00	0	1	7	10	24.10	4.30	33.60
1999	13	4	10	7	5.00	27.02	0	37	13	22	19.59	3.78	31.09
1998	13	2	19	13	19.00	44.18	1	43	13	27	15.40	3.96	23.33
1997	22	4	21	11	5.25	56.75	0	37	22	35	23.97	4.17	34.45
1996	17	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	6	17	40	18.05	4.55	23.80
1995	6	3	5	5	5.00	22.72	0	22	6	7	28.42	3.82	44.57
1994	9	4	9	7	4.50	45.00	0	20	9	14	25.28	4.23	35.85
1993	15	8	12	5	4.00	26.08	0	46	15	15	32.66	3.68	53.20
1992	18	3	8	5	4.00	72.72	1	11	18	24	27.41	3.98	41.25
1991	3	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	3	9	13.33	4.33	18.44

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1991-11-10
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Eden Gardens
1991-11-10
First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v India · Eden Gardens
1995-10-13
Best recorded bowling · 8/71
Test v Zimbabwe · Harare
2001-03-29
Highest recorded innings · 37 runs
Test v West Indies · Bridgetown
2003-02-16
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg