PLAYER CAREER

John Waite

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

South Africa1951–1965

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	50	86	6	52	1951-06-07	1965-02-12

50Internationals

2,405Career runs

4Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 50
Innings: 86
Runs: 2,405
Average: 30.44
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 134
Not outs: 7
100s: 4
50s: 16
Ducks: 9
4s: —
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 50
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 50
Innings: 94
Catches: 124
Stumpings: 17
Dismissals: 141
Keeper catches: 124
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 1.500
Best innings: 4 (4ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1965-02-12	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1965-01-22	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-03-13	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-02-28	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-02-21	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-02-07	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-01-10	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-01-01	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1963-12-06	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1962-02-16	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 40 runs
1962-02-02	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 51 runs
1962-01-01	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 72 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

1951152 runs
1952115 runs
1953359 runs
195496 runs
1955265 runs
195617 runs
1957341 runs
1958173 runs
1960267 runs
1961193 runs
196270 runs
196366 runs
1964221 runs
196570 runs

Exact yearly figures · 14 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1965	2	2	70	64	35.00	—	0	1	4	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1964	6	8	221	77	27.62	—	0	1	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1963	1	1	66	66	66.00	—	0	1	4	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1962	3	5	70	33	14.00	—	0	0	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1961	2	4	193	101	48.25	—	1	1	—	1	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1960	5	9	267	77	38.14	—	0	4	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1958	3	5	173	134	34.60	—	1	0	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1957	6	12	341	115	34.10	—	1	2	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1956	1	2	17	17	8.50	—	0	0	2	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	5	10	265	113	29.44	—	1	1	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1954	3	4	96	52	32.00	—	0	1	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1953	7	12	359	72	29.91	—	0	2	—	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1952	2	4	115	62	28.75	—	0	1	11	0	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1951	4	8	152	76	21.71	—	0	1	—	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.

1951-06-07
First available scorecard
Test v England · Nottingham
1955-07-07
First century in this archive · 113 runs
Test v England · Manchester
1958-01-24
Highest recorded innings · 134 runs
Test v Australia · Durban
1965-02-12
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Gqeberha