PLAYER CAREER

Kyle Abbott

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2013–2017

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	11	14	14	14	2013-02-22	2017-01-02
ODI	27	13	13	13	2013-03-10	2016-10-12
T20I	21	6	6	6	2013-03-03	2016-03-28

60Internationals

194Career runs

0Centuries

99Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 11
Innings: 14
Runs: 95
Average: 6.78
Strike rate: 28.10
Highest score: 17
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 10
6s: 1
Balls faced: 338

Bowling

Matches: 11
Innings: 21
Balls: 2,081
Maidens: 95
Runs conceded: 886
Wickets: 39
Average: 22.71
Economy: 2.55
Strike rate: 53.35
Best innings: 7/29
Best match: 9/68
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 11
Innings: 21
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.190
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 28
Innings: 13
Runs: 76
Average: 8.44
Strike rate: 60.31
Highest score: 23
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 6
6s: 0
Balls faced: 126

Bowling

Matches: 28
Innings: 27
Balls: 1,303
Maidens: 13
Runs conceded: 1,051
Wickets: 34
Average: 30.91
Economy: 4.83
Strike rate: 38.32
Best innings: 4/21
Best match: 4/21
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 28
Innings: 27
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.259
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 21
Innings: 6
Runs: 23
Average: 11.50
Strike rate: 115.00
Highest score: 9*
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 2
6s: 0
Balls faced: 20

Bowling

Matches: 21
Innings: 21
Balls: 436
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 579
Wickets: 26
Average: 22.26
Economy: 7.96
Strike rate: 16.76
Best innings: 3/20
Best match: 3/20
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 21
Innings: 21
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.333
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2017-01-02	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	South Africa won by 282 runs
2016-12-26	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	South Africa won by 206 runs
2016-11-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
2016-11-12	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by an innings and 80 runs
2016-10-12	South Africa v Australia	ODI	South Africa won by 31 runs
2016-10-09	South Africa v Australia	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2016-06-11	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 36 runs
2016-06-03	West Indies v South Africa	ODI	West Indies won by 4 wickets
2016-03-28	South Africa v Sri Lanka	T20I	South Africa won by 8 wickets
2016-03-20	Afghanistan v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 37 runs
2016-03-18	England v South Africa	T20I	England won by 2 wickets
2016-03-09	South Africa v Australia	T20I	Australia won by 6 wickets

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

201313 runs
201410 runs
201520 runs
201636 runs
201716 runs

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

20139 wickets
20144 wickets
20158 wickets
201618 wickets
20170 wickets

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
2017	1	1	16	16	16.00	61.53	3	0	26	2	0	N/A	2.39	N/A
2016	4	5	36	17	7.20	36.00	2	1	100	8	18	18.88	2.46	45.88
2015	3	5	20	14	4.00	28.57	3	0	70	5	8	29.12	2.36	73.87
2014	2	2	10	7	5.00	8.77	1	0	114	4	4	47.50	3.22	88.50
2013	1	1	13	13	13.00	46.42	1	0	28	2	9	7.55	2.37	19.11

ODI

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

20135 runs
201429 runs
201526 runs
201616 runs

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

20131 wickets
20144 wickets
201514 wickets
201615 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2016	8	5	16	7	5.33	48.48	0	33	8	15	23.80	4.76	30.00
2015	11	5	26	12	8.66	52.00	3	50	11	14	30.21	5.29	34.21
2014	6	2	29	23	14.50	74.35	2	39	6	4	51.25	4.27	72.00
2013	2	1	5	5	5.00	125.00	1	4	2	1	66.00	4.60	86.00

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20132 runs
20142 runs
201511 runs
20168 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20131 wickets
20145 wickets
20157 wickets
201613 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2016	7	2	8	6	N/A	133.33	1	6	7	13	16.30	8.00	12.23
2015	9	2	11	9	11.00	110.00	1	10	9	7	37.57	8.39	26.85
2014	4	1	2	2	N/A	100.00	0	2	4	5	12.60	5.81	13.00
2013	1	1	2	2	2.00	100.00	0	2	1	1	41.00	10.25	24.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

2013-02-22
Best recorded bowling · 7/29
Test v Pakistan · SuperSport Park
2013-02-22
First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · SuperSport Park
2014-08-19
Highest recorded innings · 23 runs
ODI v Zimbabwe · Queens Sports Club
2017-01-02
Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Newlands