CRICKET WICKETShane Warne Test record against South Africa
1993-12-26 – 2006-03-31 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 24 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 37 batting innings and 45 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 37 | 460 | 33 | 13.93 | 64.42 |
| Bowling | 45 | 3,142 | 130 | 24.16 | 60.98 |
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. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.37 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 7,928.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 1 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 714.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 5 | 82 | 36 | 16.40 | 90.10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 91 | 8 | 17 | 33.76 | 3.28 | 61.64 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 12.66 | 74.50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 25.91 | 2.48 | 62.50 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 166 | 63 | 33.20 | 92.22 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 180 | 8 | 26 | 23.88 | 2.77 | 51.65 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 41 | 16.00 | 55.17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 4 | 11 | 26.72 | 2.63 | 60.90 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8.00 | 38.09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 18.28 | 2.53 | 43.35 |
| 1997 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 18 | 7.57 | 48.62 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 109 | 7 | 17 | 26.05 | 2.02 | 77.29 |
| 1994 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 15 | 8.14 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 152 | 9 | 32 | 18.12 | 1.73 | 62.81 |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 63.00 | 2.03 | 186.00 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 10 | 15 | 157 | 12.07 | 57.09 | 19 | 61 | 22.49 |
| Away | 12 | 19 | 294 | 16.33 | 69.33 | 22 | 61 | 24.31 |
| Unknown | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4.50 | 60.00 | 4 | 8 | 35.87 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Melbourne
- Best recorded bowling · 7/56
Test v South Africa · Sydney
- Highest recorded innings · 63 runs
Test v South Africa · Cape Town
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 4 | 3 | 8 | — | — |
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | — | — | 3 | 90 |
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | 36 | 33 | — | — |
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | — | — | 1 | 49 |
| 2006-03-24 | Kingsmead | 4 | — | — | 6 | 86 |
| 2006-03-24 | Kingsmead | 2 | — | — | 2 | 80 |
| 2006-03-24 | Kingsmead | 1 | 36 | 31 | — | — |
| 2006-03-16 | Newlands | 3 | — | — | 3 | 77 |
| 2006-03-16 | Newlands | 2 | 7 | 18 | — | — |
| 2006-03-16 | Newlands | 1 | — | — | 0 | 41 |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | — | — | 0 | 45 |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | — | — | 2 | 106 |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | — | — | 4 | 74 |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | — | — | 2 | 62 |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 9 | 14 | — | — |
| 2005-12-16 | W.A.C.A | 4 | — | — | 3 | 83 |
| 2005-12-16 | W.A.C.A | 3 | 5 | 7 | — | — |
| 2005-12-16 | W.A.C.A | 2 | — | — | 3 | 92 |
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.