PLAYER CAREER

D Elgar

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2012–2024

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	86	152	152	152	2012-11-30	2024-01-03
ODI	7	7	7	7	2012-08-28	2018-10-03

94Internationals

5,451Career runs

14Centuries

17Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 86
Innings: 152
Runs: 5,347
Average: 37.92
Strike rate: 47.78
Highest score: 199
Not outs: 11
100s: 14
50s: 23
Ducks: 13
4s: 684
6s: 26
Balls faced: 11,190

Bowling

Matches: 86
Innings: 45
Balls: 1,036
Maidens: 12
Runs conceded: 673
Wickets: 15
Average: 44.86
Economy: 3.89
Strike rate: 69.06
Best innings: 4/22
Best match: 4/56
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 86
Innings: 158
Catches: 92
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 92
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 92
Dismissals / inns: 0.582
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 8
Innings: 7
Runs: 104
Average: 17.33
Strike rate: 58.75
Highest score: 42
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 6
6s: 0
Balls faced: 177

Bowling

Matches: 8
Innings: 4
Balls: 96
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 67
Wickets: 2
Average: 33.50
Economy: 4.18
Strike rate: 48.00
Best innings: 1/11
Best match: 1/11
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 8
Innings: 8
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2024-01-03	South Africa v India	Test	India won by 7 wickets
2023-12-26	India v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs
2023-03-08	South Africa v West Indies	Test	South Africa won by 284 runs
2023-02-28	South Africa v West Indies	Test	South Africa won by 87 runs
2023-01-04	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
2022-12-26	South Africa v Australia	Test	Australia won by an innings and 182 runs
2022-12-17	South Africa v Australia	Test	Australia won by 6 wickets
2022-09-08	South Africa v England	Test	England won by 9 wickets
2022-08-25	South Africa v England	Test	England won by an innings and 85 runs
2022-08-17	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
2022-04-08	South Africa v Bangladesh	Test	South Africa won by 332 runs
2022-03-31	South Africa v Bangladesh	Test	South Africa won by 220 runs

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

20120 runs
2013215 runs
2014470 runs
2015438 runs
2016403 runs
20171,128 runs
2018661 runs
2019351 runs
2020317 runs
2021442 runs
2022577 runs
2023329 runs
202416 runs

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

20120 wickets
20131 wickets
20143 wickets
20157 wickets
20162 wickets
20170 wickets
20181 wickets
20191 wickets
20200 wickets
20210 wickets
20220 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 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
2024	1	2	16	12	8.00	37.20	0	0	2	0	43	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2023	4	7	329	185	47.00	61.03	1	1	49	0	539	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2022	11	21	577	96	28.85	48.08	0	4	70	1	1,200	1	0	N/A	8.00	N/A
2021	6	11	442	127	44.20	54.77	1	3	68	0	807	1	0	N/A	5.14	N/A
2020	4	7	317	95	45.28	51.04	0	2	46	0	621	1	0	N/A	6.00	N/A
2019	8	16	351	160	25.07	55.10	1	0	49	4	637	4	1	36.00	5.40	40.00
2018	10	20	661	141	36.72	38.95	1	5	87	4	1,697	5	1	35.00	3.88	54.00
2017	12	21	1,128	199	53.71	50.85	5	4	143	3	2,218	2	0	N/A	10.25	N/A
2016	8	13	403	127	31.00	43.85	1	1	49	2	919	6	2	34.50	3.18	65.00
2015	8	13	438	118	43.80	42.60	1	1	39	4	1,028	10	7	32.00	3.15	60.85
2014	7	12	470	121	39.16	45.63	2	2	57	6	1,030	12	3	75.66	4.35	104.33
2013	6	7	215	103	43.00	49.42	1	0	25	2	435	2	1	17.00	4.25	24.00
2012	1	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	N/A	4.00	N/A

ODI

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

201293 runs
20155 runs
20186 runs

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

20122 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2018	2	2	6	4	3.00	35.29	1	17	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015	1	1	5	5	N/A	250.00	1	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012	4	4	93	42	23.25	58.86	4	158	4	2	33.50	4.18	48.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

2012-08-28
First available scorecard
ODI v England · The Rose Bowl
2013-01-11
First century in this archive · 103 runs
Test v New Zealand · St George's Park
2015-11-05
Best recorded bowling · 4/22
Test v India · Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
2017-09-28
Highest recorded innings · 199 runs
Test v Bangladesh · Senwes Park
2024-01-03
Latest available scorecard
Test v India · Newlands, Cape Town