PLAYER CAREER

Steve Elworthy

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa1998–2002

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	4	5	5	5	1998-07-23	2002-11-15
ODI	36	15	15	15	1998-04-03	2002-10-09

43Internationals

172Career runs

0Centuries

57Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 4
Innings: 5
Runs: 72
Average: 18.00
Strike rate: 69.90
Highest score: 48
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 10
6s: 0
Balls faced: 103

Bowling

Matches: 4
Innings: 8
Balls: 867
Maidens: 35
Runs conceded: 444
Wickets: 13
Average: 34.15
Economy: 3.07
Strike rate: 66.69
Best innings: 4/66
Best match: 8/159
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 4
Innings: 8
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.125
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 39
Innings: 16
Runs: 100
Average: 12.50
Strike rate: 62.50
Highest score: 23
Not outs: 8
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: 10
6s: 1
Balls faced: 160

Bowling

Matches: 39
Innings: 37
Balls: 1,702
Maidens: 29
Runs conceded: 1,235
Wickets: 44
Average: 28.06
Economy: 4.35
Strike rate: 38.68
Best innings: 3/17
Best match: 3/17
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 39
Innings: 38
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 9
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 9
Dismissals / inns: 0.236
Best innings: 3 (3ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2002-11-15	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	South Africa won by 3 wickets
2002-11-08	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	South Africa won by inns & 64 runs
2002-10-09	Bangladesh v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2002-01-22	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
2002-01-20	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 27 runs
2002-01-19	New Zealand v South Africa	ODI	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
2000-03-31	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 16 runs
2000-03-27	India v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2000-03-24	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 3 wickets
2000-03-22	India v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 10 wickets
2000-03-19	India v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 10 runs
2000-03-17	India v South Africa	ODI	India won by 4 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

199858 runs
19993 runs
200211 runs

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

19981 wickets
19998 wickets
20024 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2002	2	2	11	6	5.50	45.83	2	24	4	4	51.50	3.52	87.75
1999	1	1	3	3	N/A	37.50	0	8	2	8	19.87	2.89	41.25
1998	1	2	58	48	29.00	81.69	8	71	2	1	79.00	2.54	186.00

ODI

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

199814 runs
199935 runs
200020 runs
200229 runs

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

199812 wickets
199916 wickets
20009 wickets
20025 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 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
2002	4	3	29	18	14.50	61.70	3	0	47	3	5	25.00	4.46	33.60
2000	9	4	20	8	20.00	47.61	2	0	42	9	9	32.33	4.47	43.33
1999	16	6	35	23	8.75	66.03	3	1	53	16	16	31.81	4.13	46.18
1998	7	2	14	14	14.00	93.33	2	0	15	7	12	22.41	5.32	25.25

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1998-04-03
First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Durban
1998-07-23
Highest recorded innings · 48 runs
Test v England · Nottingham
1999-03-18
Best recorded bowling · 4/66
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
2002-11-15
Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Centurion