CRICKET WICKETSourav Ganguly Test record against South Africa
1996-11-27 – 2008-04-11 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 17 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 31 batting innings and 17 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 | 31 | 947 | 28 | 33.82 | 55.31 |
| Bowling | 17 | 257 | 5 | 51.40 | 102.00 |
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: 3.02 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 510.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 7 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,712.
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
- 1996102 runs
- 1997186 runs
- 200047 runs
- 200190 runs
- 200497 runs
- 2006102 runs
- 2007112 runs
- 2008211 runs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5 | 211 | 87 | 52.75 | 64.52 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 327 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 3.12 | N/A |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 112 | 66 | 56.00 | 68.29 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 164 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 102 | 51 | 34.00 | 58.62 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 174 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 5.50 | N/A |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 97 | 57 | 48.50 | 52.71 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 184 | 2 | 2 | 29.50 | 2.80 | 63.00 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 90 | 42 | 30.00 | 58.82 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 153 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 5.42 | N/A |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 31 | 11.75 | 39.49 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 119 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.00 | N/A |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 186 | 73 | 46.50 | 52.99 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 351 | 4 | 2 | 32.50 | 2.60 | 75.00 |
| 1996 | 3 | 6 | 102 | 41 | 17.00 | 42.50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 240 | 3 | 1 | 30.00 | 2.14 | 84.00 |
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 | 9 | 15 | 441 | 31.50 | 53.51 | 7 | 2 | 56.00 |
| Away | 8 | 16 | 506 | 36.14 | 56.98 | 10 | 3 | 48.33 |
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 · Eden Gardens
- Best recorded bowling · 2/36
Test v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium
- Highest recorded innings · 87 runs
Test v South Africa · Narendra Modi Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Green Park
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-11 | Green Park | 4 | 13 | 28 | - | - |
| 2008-04-11 | Green Park | 2 | 87 | 119 | - | - |
| 2008-04-03 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 3 | 87 | 149 | - | - |
| 2008-04-03 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 2 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
| 2008-04-03 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 2008-03-26 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| 2008-03-26 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2 | 24 | 29 | - | - |
| 2008-03-26 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 1 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
| 2007-01-02 | Newlands | 3 | 46 | 89 | - | - |
| 2007-01-02 | Newlands | 1 | 66 | 75 | - | - |
| 2006-12-26 | Kingsmead | 4 | 26 | 33 | - | - |
| 2006-12-26 | Kingsmead | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 2006-12-26 | Kingsmead | 1 | - | - | 0 | 11 |
| 2006-12-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 4 | - | - | 0 | 11 |
| 2006-12-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 25 | 38 | - | - |
| 2006-12-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 51 | 101 | - | - |
| 2004-11-28 | Eden Gardens | 2 | 40 | 73 | - | - |
| 2004-11-28 | Eden Gardens | 1 | - | - | 1 | 14 |
| 2004-11-20 | Green Park | 2 | 57 | 111 | - | - |
| 2004-11-20 | Green Park | 1 | - | - | 1 | 45 |
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.