PLAYER CAREER

Alan Dawson

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa1998–2004

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	2	1	1	1	2003-04-24	2003-05-01
ODI	18	7	7	7	1998-10-25	2004-08-25

21Internationals

79Career runs

0Centuries

26Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 2
Innings: 1
Runs: 10
Average: 10.00
Strike rate: 23.80
Highest score: 10
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 1
6s: 0
Balls faced: 42

Bowling

Matches: 2
Innings: 4
Balls: 252
Maidens: 14
Runs conceded: 117
Wickets: 5
Average: 23.40
Economy: 2.78
Strike rate: 50.40
Best innings: 2/20
Best match: 3/32
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 2
Innings: 4
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 19
Innings: 7
Runs: 69
Average: 23.00
Strike rate: 102.98
Highest score: 23*
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 9
6s: 1
Balls faced: 67

Bowling

Matches: 19
Innings: 19
Balls: 901
Maidens: 11
Runs conceded: 715
Wickets: 21
Average: 34.04
Economy: 4.76
Strike rate: 42.90
Best innings: 4/49
Best match: 4/49
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 19
Innings: 19
Catches: 2
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 2
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 2
Dismissals / inns: 0.105
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2004-08-25	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
2004-08-22	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
2004-08-20	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
2003-10-12	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2003-10-05	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 42 runs
2003-10-03	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 8 runs
2003-06-29	South Africa v Zimbabwe	ODI	South Africa won by 46 runs
2003-06-28	South Africa v England	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
2003-05-01	Bangladesh v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 18 runs
2003-04-24	Bangladesh v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 60 runs
2003-04-21	India v South Africa	ODI	No result
2003-04-20	India v South Africa	ODI	No result

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

200310 runs

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

20035 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

Test 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
2003	2	1	10	10	10.00	23.80	0	0	1	0	42	4	5	23.40	2.78	50.40

ODI

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

19996 runs
20024 runs
200330 runs
200429 runs

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

19981 wickets
19994 wickets
20010 wickets
20021 wickets
200312 wickets
20042 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 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
2004	3	3	29	15	14.50	107.40	3	0	27	3	2	53.50	5.63	57.00
2003	10	2	30	23	N/A	83.33	5	0	36	10	12	29.75	4.50	39.58
2002	1	1	4	4	N/A	400.00	1	0	1	1	1	51.00	5.10	60.00
2001	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	6.44	N/A
1999	2	1	6	6	6.00	200.00	0	1	3	2	4	19.75	4.15	28.50
1998	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	1	51.00	5.66	54.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1998-10-25
First available scorecard
ODI v England · Dhaka
2003-04-18
Best recorded bowling · 4/49
ODI v India · Dhaka
2003-10-05
Highest recorded innings · 23* runs
ODI v Pakistan · Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
2004-08-25
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Sri Lanka · Dambulla