CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Gary Kirsten
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
GK
286Internationals
14,087Career runs
34Centuries
2Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 101
- Innings
- 176
- Runs
- 7,289
- Average
- 45.27
- Strike rate
- 43.43
- Highest score
- 275
- Not outs
- 15
- 100s
- 21
- 50s
- 34
- Ducks
- 13
- 4s
- 922
- 6s
- 12
- Balls faced
- 16,783
Bowling
- Matches
- 101
- Innings
- 15
- Balls
- 349
- Maidens
- 19
- Runs conceded
- 142
- Wickets
- 2
- Average
- 71.00
- Economy
- 2.44
- Strike rate
- 174.50
- Best innings
- 1/0
- Best match
- 1/0
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 101
- Innings
- 191
- Catches
- 83
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 83
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 83
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.434
- Best innings
- 4 (4ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 185
- Innings
- 185
- Runs
- 6,798
- Average
- 40.95
- Strike rate
- 72.04
- Highest score
- 188*
- Not outs
- 19
- 100s
- 13
- 50s
- 45
- Ducks
- 11
- 4s
- 659
- 6s
- 20
- Balls faced
- 9,436
Bowling
- Matches
- 185
- Innings
- 3
- Balls
- 30
- Maidens
- 1
- Runs conceded
- 23
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- N/A
- Economy
- 4.60
- Strike rate
- N/A
- Best innings
- -
- Best match
- -
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 185
- Innings
- 183
- Catches
- 61
- Stumpings
- 1
- Dismissals
- 62
- Keeper catches
- 1
- Fielder catches
- 60
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.338
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 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
279 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-03-26 | New Zealand v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by 6 wickets |
| 2004-03-18 | South Africa v New Zealand | Test | New Zealand won by 9 wickets |
| 2004-03-10 | New Zealand v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 2004-01-16 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | South Africa won by 10 wickets |
| 2004-01-02 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 2003-12-26 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | South Africa won by inns & 65 runs |
| 2003-10-24 | South Africa v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 2003-10-17 | South Africa v Pakistan | Test | Pakistan won by 8 wickets |
| 2003-09-04 | South Africa v England | Test | England won by 9 wickets |
| 2003-08-21 | South Africa v England | Test | South Africa won by 191 runs |
| 2003-07-31 | England v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by inns & 92 runs |
| 2003-07-24 | South Africa v England | Test | Match drawn |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 9 | 286 | 137 | 40.85 | 49.31 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 580 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 0.50 | N/A |
| 2003 | 8 | 13 | 889 | 137 | 74.08 | 48.71 | 4 | 4 | 119 | 2 | 1,825 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | 9 | 14 | 806 | 160 | 57.57 | 51.89 | 3 | 4 | 106 | 1 | 1,553 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 | 12 | 22 | 804 | 220 | 40.20 | 46.85 | 2 | 3 | 102 | 2 | 1,716 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.00 | N/A |
| 2000 | 11 | 18 | 712 | 180 | 41.88 | 37.00 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 1,924 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 | 8 | 13 | 700 | 275 | 58.33 | 42.55 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 1,645 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 15 | 28 | 945 | 210 | 41.08 | 40.76 | 2 | 5 | 118 | 3 | 2,318 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1997 | 9 | 16 | 556 | 103 | 37.06 | 36.69 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 1,515 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996 | 5 | 10 | 390 | 133 | 43.33 | 50.98 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 765 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1995 | 8 | 13 | 538 | 110 | 41.38 | 42.86 | 1 | 5 | 76 | 1 | 1,255 | 5 | 0 | N/A | 1.44 | N/A |
| 1994 | 10 | 19 | 647 | 72 | 35.94 | 39.74 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 0 | 1,628 | 8 | 2 | 61.00 | 2.70 | 135.50 |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16.00 | 27.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 134 | 69 | 67.00 | 89.93 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 149 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | 463 | 102 | 27.23 | 67.59 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 685 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | 497 | 133 | 49.70 | 76.46 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 650 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 36 | 36 | 1,467 | 115 | 44.45 | 73.20 | 2 | 13 | 141 | 0 | 2,004 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | 438 | 82 | 25.76 | 61.77 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 709 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | 561 | 103 | 33.00 | 75.91 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 739 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1997 | 16 | 16 | 593 | 89 | 39.53 | 67.30 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 881 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996 | 26 | 26 | 1,105 | 118 | 48.04 | 79.26 | 5 | 2 | 105 | 5 | 1,394 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6.00 | N/A |
| 1995 | 7 | 7 | 362 | 87 | 60.33 | 68.95 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 525 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994 | 20 | 20 | 610 | 112 | 33.88 | 59.05 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 1,033 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8.00 | N/A |
| 1993 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5.50 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Sydney
- First century in this archive · 112 runs
ODI v Australia · Melbourne
- Best recorded bowling · 1/0
Test v New Zealand · Durban
- Highest recorded innings · 275 runs
Test v England · Durban
- Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Basin Reserve, Wellington