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PLAYER CAREER

Lance Klusener

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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MenSouth Africa1996–2004
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
FormatMatchesBat innsBalls recordedBoundaries recordedFirst scorecardLatest scorecard
Test496969691996-11-272004-08-04
ODI1631341341341996-01-192004-09-18
220Internationals
5,482Career runs
6Centuries
272Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches
49
Innings
69
Runs
1,906
Average
32.86
Strike rate
59.80
Highest score
174
Not outs
11
100s
4
50s
8
Ducks
4
4s
236
6s
20
Balls faced
3,187

Bowling

Matches
49
Innings
84
Balls
6,887
Maidens
318
Runs conceded
3,033
Wickets
80
Average
37.91
Economy
2.64
Strike rate
86.08
Best innings
8/64
Best match
8/139
4 wickets
2
5 wickets
1
10 wickets
0

Fielding

Matches
49
Innings
92
Catches
34
Stumpings
0
Dismissals
34
Keeper catches
0
Fielder catches
34
Dismissals / inns
0.369
Best innings
2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches
171
Innings
137
Runs
3,576
Average
41.10
Strike rate
89.91
Highest score
103*
Not outs
50
100s
2
50s
19
Ducks
13
4s
293
6s
76
Balls faced
3,977

Bowling

Matches
171
Innings
164
Balls
7,336
Maidens
46
Runs conceded
5,751
Wickets
192
Average
29.95
Economy
4.70
Strike rate
38.20
Best innings
6/49
Best match
6/49
4 wickets
1
5 wickets
6
10 wickets
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Fielding

Matches
171
Innings
169
Catches
35
Stumpings
0
Dismissals
35
Keeper catches
0
Fielder catches
35
Dismissals / inns
0.207
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

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

Recent available appearances

DateMatchFormatResult
2004-09-18South Africa v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 5 wickets
2004-09-12Bangladesh v South AfricaODISouth Africa won by 9 wickets
2004-08-31Sri Lanka v South AfricaODISri Lanka won by 49 runs
2004-08-28South Africa v Sri LankaODISri Lanka won by 7 wickets
2004-08-25South Africa v Sri LankaODISri Lanka won by 4 wickets
2004-08-22South Africa v Sri LankaODISri Lanka won by 37 runs
2004-08-20South Africa v Sri LankaODISri Lanka won by 3 wickets
2004-08-04South Africa v Sri LankaTestMatch drawn
2004-03-02New Zealand v South AfricaODINew Zealand won by 5 wickets
2004-02-29New Zealand v South AfricaODINew Zealand won by 2 runs
2004-02-28New Zealand v South AfricaODINo result
2004-02-25South Africa v New ZealandODINew Zealand 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
  1. 199658 runs
  2. 1997355 runs
  3. 1998160 runs
  4. 1999381 runs
  5. 2000550 runs
  6. 2001400 runs
  7. 20042 runs
Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right
  1. 199613 wickets
  2. 199712 wickets
  3. 199817 wickets
  4. 199910 wickets
  5. 200013 wickets
  6. 200113 wickets
  7. 20042 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
200411222.0012.500000162254.503.3099.00
2001121940010823.5257.8011546692201340.382.20109.84
2000111655011845.8350.97145041,079161331.002.4675.53
19999838117447.6274.7011563510171059.902.43147.60
1998681605722.8560.1501250266111734.112.9269.88
199771235510239.4474.1111437479121244.583.0487.75
199635583414.5040.00008014561321.693.0143.23

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right
  1. 199695 runs
  2. 1997472 runs
  3. 1998297 runs
  4. 1999832 runs
  5. 2000817 runs
  6. 2001170 runs
  7. 2002492 runs
  8. 200391 runs
  9. 2004195 runs
ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right
  1. 19963 wickets
  2. 199734 wickets
  3. 199817 wickets
  4. 199934 wickets
  5. 200039 wickets
  6. 200111 wickets
  7. 200224 wickets
  8. 20031 wickets
  9. 200417 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
ODI archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
200417131954121.6678.9400143247171735.944.8144.82
200333915791.00118.1801567731121.007.11102.00
200226204928337.8489.78033015548262434.704.6444.83
20011381704434.0088.5400104192131133.724.5944.00
200040358177537.1382.77046016987363931.564.4442.61
19992523832103104.00104.65246923795243423.674.5331.29
199816132975527.0085.8302290346161741.295.0848.70
199719164729931.4686.2803536547193422.584.8927.67
199643958847.5086.3601901104351.336.4148.00
MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

  1. First available scorecard

    ODI v England · KuGumpo City

  2. Best recorded bowling · 8/64

    Test v India · Eden Gardens

  3. First century in this archive · 102 runs

    Test v India · Cape Town

  4. Highest recorded innings · 174 runs

    Test v England · Gqeberha

  5. Latest available scorecard

    ODI v West Indies · Kennington Oval