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Chris Gayle T20I record against South Africa

2007-09-11 – 2021-10-26 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 12 T20I matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 12 batting innings and 5 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
Discipline	Innings	Runs	Wickets / outs	Average	Strike rate
Batting	12	375	11	34.09	173.61
Bowling	5	62	3	20.66	18.00

Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Bowling economy: 6.88 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 54.

Batting milestones in this sample: 1 centuries and 2 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 216.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

T20I

T20I · Runs by year

2007117 runs
20095 runs
201014 runs
2015167 runs
20164 runs
202168 runs

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2021	5	5	68	32	17.00	115.25	0	0	3	5	59	2	1	26.00	6.50	24.00
2016	1	1	4	4	4.00	200.00	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	8.50	5.66	9.00
2015	2	2	167	90	83.50	231.94	0	2	14	15	72	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010	2	2	14	14	7.00	77.77	0	0	2	0	18	1	0	N/A	12.00	N/A
2009	1	1	5	5	5.00	62.50	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	N/A	7.00	N/A
2007	1	1	117	117	117.00	205.26	1	0	7	10	57	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
Setting	Matches	Bat inns	Runs	Bat avg	Bat SR	Bowl inns	Wickets	Bowl avg
Home	6	6	70	14.00	107.69	3	1	38.00
Away	3	3	284	94.66	220.15	0	0	N/A
Neutral	3	3	21	7.00	95.45	2	2	12.00

SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

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

2007-09-11
First available scorecard
T20I v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium
2007-09-11
Highest recorded innings · 117 runs
T20I v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium
2016-03-25
Best recorded bowling · 2/17
T20I v South Africa · Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
2021-10-26
Latest available scorecard
T20I v South Africa · Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
Date	Venue	Innings	Runs	Balls	Wickets	Conceded
2021-10-26	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	1	12	12	-	-
2021-07-03	National Cricket Stadium, St George's	2	11	9	-	-
2021-07-03	National Cricket Stadium, St George's	1	-	-	0	15
2021-07-01	National Cricket Stadium, St George's	2	-	-	1	11
2021-07-01	National Cricket Stadium, St George's	1	5	8	-	-
2021-06-27	National Cricket Stadium, St George's	2	8	6	-	-
2021-06-26	National Cricket Stadium, St George's	2	32	24	-	-
2016-03-25	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2	4	2	-	-
2016-03-25	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	1	-	-	2	17
2015-01-11	The Wanderers Stadium	2	90	41	-	-
2015-01-09	Newlands	2	77	31	-	-
2010-05-20	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2	0	2	-	-
2010-05-19	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2	14	16	-	-
2010-05-19	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	1	-	-	0	12
2009-06-13	Kennington Oval	2	5	8	-	-
2009-06-13	Kennington Oval	1	-	-	0	7
2007-09-11	The Wanderers Stadium	1	117	57	-	-

This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.