PLAYER CAREER

Dirk Viljoen

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Zimbabwe1997–2001

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	4	4	4	1998-03-14	2000-11-25
ODI	52	42	42	42	1997-04-03	2001-10-13

55Internationals

569Career runs

0Centuries

45Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 2
Innings: 4
Runs: 57
Average: 14.25
Strike rate: 32.75
Highest score: 38
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 6
6s: 0
Balls faced: 174

Bowling

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Balls: 105
Maidens: 2
Runs conceded: 65
Wickets: 1
Average: 65.00
Economy: 3.71
Strike rate: 105.00
Best innings: 1/14
Best match: 1/14
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 2
Innings: 3
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.333
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 53
Innings: 43
Runs: 512
Average: 14.22
Strike rate: 61.91
Highest score: 63*
Not outs: 7
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 5
4s: 26
6s: 5
Balls faced: 827

Bowling

Matches: 53
Innings: 46
Balls: 2,075
Maidens: 7
Runs conceded: 1,639
Wickets: 44
Average: 37.25
Economy: 4.73
Strike rate: 47.15
Best innings: 3/20
Best match: 3/20
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 53
Innings: 53
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.339
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2001-10-13	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	England won by 7 wickets
2001-10-07	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	England won by 4 wickets
2001-10-06	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	England won by 8 wickets
2001-10-03	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
2001-06-24	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	India won by 9 wickets
2001-04-11	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 36 runs
2001-04-08	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 127 runs
2001-04-07	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets
2001-02-04	Australia v Zimbabwe	ODI	Australia won by 1 runs
2001-02-02	West Indies v Zimbabwe	ODI	West Indies won by 44 runs
2001-01-30	Australia v Zimbabwe	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
2001-01-28	Australia v Zimbabwe	ODI	Australia won by 86 runs

Zimbabwe

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

19980 runs
200057 runs

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

19981 wickets
20000 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 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
2000	1	2	57	38	28.50	34.33	0	0	6	0	166	1	0	N/A	3.64	N/A
1998	1	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	14.00	4.00	21.00

ODI

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

199764 runs
199861 runs
199928 runs
2000202 runs
2001157 runs

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

19984 wickets
19992 wickets
200025 wickets
200113 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2001	17	15	157	39	12.07	60.61	0	7	1	259	15	13	46.92	5.19	54.15
2000	23	16	202	63	15.53	68.24	2	10	3	296	23	25	32.88	4.52	43.56
1999	3	3	28	13	28.00	77.77	0	1	1	36	2	2	29.00	4.46	39.00
1998	6	5	61	36	12.20	56.48	0	4	0	108	5	4	33.50	4.18	48.00
1997	3	3	64	25	21.33	50.39	0	4	0	127	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1997-04-03
First available scorecard
ODI v Sri Lanka · Sharjah
2000-02-20
Best recorded bowling · 3/20
ODI v England · Harare
2000-10-21
Highest recorded innings · 63* runs
ODI v Sri Lanka · Sharjah
2001-10-13
Latest available scorecard
ODI v England · Bulawayo