PLAYER CAREER

Imran Tahir

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2011–2019

165Internationals

306Career runs

0Centuries

293Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 20
Innings: 23
Runs: 130
Average: 9.28
Strike rate: 55.31
Highest score: 29*
Not outs: 9
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 18
6s: 1
Balls faced: 235

Bowling

Matches: 20
Innings: 37
Balls: 3,925
Maidens: 86
Runs conceded: 2,294
Wickets: 57
Average: 40.24
Economy: 3.50
Strike rate: 68.85
Best innings: 5/32
Best match: 8/130
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 20
Innings: 38
Catches: 8
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 8
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.210
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 107
Innings: 36
Runs: 157
Average: 7.85
Strike rate: 69.77
Highest score: 29
Not outs: 16
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 6
4s: 21
6s: 1
Balls faced: 225

Bowling

Matches: 107
Innings: 104
Balls: 5,541
Maidens: 38
Runs conceded: 4,297
Wickets: 173
Average: 24.83
Economy: 4.65
Strike rate: 32.02
Best innings: 7/45
Best match: 7/45
4 wickets: 7
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 107
Innings: 104
Catches: 25
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 25
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 25
Dismissals / inns: 0.240
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 38
Innings: 4
Runs: 19
Average: 19.00
Strike rate: 105.55
Highest score: 9*
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 1
6s: 1
Balls faced: 18

Bowling

Matches: 38
Innings: 38
Balls: 845
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 948
Wickets: 63
Average: 15.04
Economy: 6.73
Strike rate: 13.41
Best innings: 5/23
Best match: 5/23
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 38
Innings: 38
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.184
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2019-07-06	Australia v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 10 runs
2019-06-28	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 9 wickets
2019-06-23	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 49 runs
2019-06-19	New Zealand v South Africa	ODI	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
2019-06-15	Afghanistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 9 wickets
2019-06-10	South Africa v West Indies	ODI	No result
2019-06-05	India v South Africa	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
2019-06-02	Bangladesh v South Africa	ODI	Bangladesh won by 21 runs
2019-05-30	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 104 runs
2019-03-19	South Africa v Sri Lanka	T20I	Match tied
2019-03-16	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 41 runs
2019-03-10	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 71 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

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2015	4	7	21	8	4.20	51.21	5	0	41	7	14	21.35	3.14	40.71
2014	3	2	19	15	19.00	35.84	3	0	53	5	7	63.42	3.63	104.57
2013	2	2	2	2	2.00	22.22	0	0	9	4	10	24.60	3.12	47.20
2012	7	6	39	16	9.75	66.10	4	0	59	14	17	55.88	3.63	92.11
2011	4	6	49	29	16.33	67.12	6	1	73	7	9	39.44	3.64	65.00

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 8 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
2019	15	6	17	10	5.66	60.71	1	0	28	15	22	28.27	4.44	38.18
2018	10	5	22	11	5.50	61.11	4	0	36	10	13	30.84	5.09	36.30
2017	17	3	1	1	1.00	14.28	0	0	7	17	27	24.88	4.62	32.29
2016	14	5	39	29	9.75	105.40	8	0	37	14	27	25.00	5.15	29.11
2015	21	6	26	9	6.50	53.06	1	1	49	21	36	24.77	4.72	31.47
2014	14	6	47	23	23.50	92.15	7	0	51	14	21	26.14	4.31	36.33
2013	7	3	4	3	2.00	26.66	0	0	15	7	12	24.66	4.69	31.50
2011	4	2	1	1	N/A	50.00	0	0	2	4	11	11.90	4.01	17.81

T20I

Runs by seasonT20I · annual total

Wickets by seasonT20I · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2019	1	1	1	1	N/A	100.00	0	1	1	1	21.00	5.25	24.00
2018	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	1	5	4.60	5.75	4.80
2017	6	1	1	1	1.00	16.66	0	6	6	12	12.83	7.39	10.41
2016	9	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	9	16	14.68	6.52	13.50
2015	4	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	4	5	23.20	7.73	18.00
2014	7	1	8	8	N/A	200.00	1	4	7	11	16.36	6.92	14.18
2013	6	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	6	7	15.57	5.19	18.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

2011-02-24
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Feroz Shah Kotla
2011-12-15
Highest recorded innings · 29* runs
Test v Sri Lanka · SuperSport Park
2013-10-23
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · Dubai International Cricket Stadium
2016-06-15
Best recorded bowling · 7/45
ODI v West Indies · Warner Park, Basseterre
2019-07-06
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Old Trafford