PLAYER CAREER

Lungi Ngidi

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2017–2026

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	20	31	31	31	2018-01-13	2025-06-11
ODI	72	29	29	29	2018-02-07	2025-12-06
T20I	62	18	18	18	2017-01-20	2026-03-04

159Internationals

282Career runs

0Centuries

263Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 20
Innings: 31
Runs: 97
Average: 4.85
Strike rate: 42.17
Highest score: 19
Not outs: 11
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 8
4s: 14
6s: 1
Balls faced: 230

Bowling

Matches: 20
Innings: 35
Balls: 2,578
Maidens: 100
Runs conceded: 1,356
Wickets: 58
Average: 23.37
Economy: 3.15
Strike rate: 44.44
Best innings: 6/39
Best match: 8/102
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 20
Innings: 37
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.189
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 75
Innings: 31
Runs: 126
Average: 9.00
Strike rate: 48.83
Highest score: 20*
Not outs: 17
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 6
4s: 8
6s: 6
Balls faced: 258

Bowling

Matches: 75
Innings: 74
Balls: 3,461
Maidens: 32
Runs conceded: 3,350
Wickets: 115
Average: 29.13
Economy: 5.80
Strike rate: 30.09
Best innings: 6/58
Best match: 6/58
4 wickets: 4
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 75
Innings: 74
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.243
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 64
Innings: 18
Runs: 59
Average: 11.80
Strike rate: 81.94
Highest score: 13*
Not outs: 13
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 5
6s: 1
Balls faced: 72

Bowling

Matches: 64
Innings: 64
Balls: 1,299
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 1,866
Wickets: 90
Average: 20.73
Economy: 8.61
Strike rate: 14.43
Best innings: 5/39
Best match: 5/39
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 64
Innings: 64
Catches: 11
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 11
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 11
Dismissals / inns: 0.171
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2026-03-04	South Africa v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2026-03-01	Zimbabwe v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 5 wickets
2026-02-26	West Indies v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 9 wickets
2026-02-22	South Africa v India	T20I	South Africa won by 76 runs
2026-02-14	New Zealand v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2026-02-11	Afghanistan v South Africa	T20I	Match tied
2026-01-31	West Indies v South Africa	T20I	West Indies won by 6 runs
2025-12-19	India v South Africa	T20I	India won by 30 runs
2025-12-17	India v South Africa	T20I	No result
2025-12-14	South Africa v India	T20I	India won by 7 wickets
2025-12-11	South Africa v India	T20I	South Africa won by 51 runs
2025-12-09	India v South Africa	T20I	India won by 101 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

201815 runs
20190 runs
20202 runs
202132 runs
202240 runs
20248 runs
20250 runs

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

201815 wickets
20190 wickets
20203 wickets
202122 wickets
202211 wickets
20244 wickets
20253 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 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
2025	1	1	0	0	N/A	0.00	0	0	1	2	3	27.66	3.95	42.00
2024	2	3	8	8	4.00	57.14	0	0	14	3	4	20.25	3.54	34.25
2022	6	9	40	19	5.00	44.44	5	1	90	9	11	31.27	3.10	60.45
2021	5	8	32	14	6.40	42.66	6	0	75	10	22	16.81	3.01	33.50
2020	1	1	2	2	N/A	22.22	0	0	9	2	3	34.00	3.51	58.00
2019	1	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	6	1	0	N/A	4.15	N/A
2018	4	7	15	5	3.75	42.85	3	0	35	8	15	19.53	2.84	41.26

ODI

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

201834 runs
201913 runs
202215 runs
202321 runs
202432 runs
20253 runs

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

201826 wickets
201915 wickets
202012 wickets
20211 wickets
202212 wickets
202319 wickets
20248 wickets
202519 wickets

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
2025	13	5	3	1	1.00	12.50	0	0	24	13	19	32.68	6.31	31.05
2024	6	4	32	20	10.66	65.30	3	1	49	6	8	27.62	5.26	31.50
2023	14	6	21	12	7.00	38.18	1	1	55	14	19	34.89	6.16	33.94
2022	10	5	15	15	7.50	39.47	0	2	38	10	12	37.58	5.63	40.00
2021	3	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	3	1	164.00	6.07	162.00
2020	4	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	4	12	16.08	5.67	17.00
2019	9	3	13	6	6.50	59.09	0	1	22	9	15	23.20	5.49	25.33
2018	13	6	34	19	34.00	77.27	4	1	44	13	26	23.03	5.56	24.84

T20I

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

20172 runs
20184 runs
20201 runs
20210 runs
20229 runs
202317 runs
20248 runs
202518 runs

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

20176 wickets
20185 wickets
202017 wickets
20218 wickets
202222 wickets
20232 wickets
20243 wickets
202514 wickets
20269 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2026	7	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	7	9	19.44	7.29	16.00
2025	13	5	18	7	N/A	90.00	1	1	20	13	14	24.35	7.46	19.57
2024	3	2	8	5	N/A	80.00	1	0	10	3	3	35.00	8.75	24.00
2023	4	3	17	13	N/A	141.66	2	0	12	4	2	76.50	12.92	35.50
2022	12	3	9	4	9.00	69.23	1	0	13	12	22	14.54	8.60	10.13
2021	7	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	2	7	8	28.62	8.98	19.12
2020	9	2	1	1	0.50	16.66	0	0	6	9	17	20.52	10.47	11.76
2018	4	1	4	4	4.00	66.66	0	0	6	4	5	16.80	7.00	14.40
2017	3	1	2	2	N/A	66.66	0	0	3	3	6	7.33	5.50	8.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

2017-01-20
First available scorecard
T20I v Sri Lanka · SuperSport Park
2018-01-13
Best recorded bowling · 6/39
Test v India · SuperSport Park
2024-10-02
Highest recorded innings · 20* runs
ODI v Ireland · Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
2026-03-04
Latest available scorecard
T20I v New Zealand · Eden Gardens, Kolkata