CRICKET WICKETSteve Waugh ODI record against South Africa
1992-02-26 – 2002-02-03 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 44 ODI matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 44 batting innings and 22 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 | 44 | 1,581 | 37 | 42.72 | 78.53 |
| Bowling | 22 | 646 | 12 | 53.83 | 72.00 |
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: 4.48 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 864.
Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 12 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,013.
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.
ODI
- 199227 runs
- 199346 runs
- 1994440 runs
- 199544 runs
- 199678 runs
- 1997302 runs
- 1998128 runs
- 1999176 runs
- 2000214 runs
- 2002126 runs
- 19920 wickets
- 19932 wickets
- 19949 wickets
- 19960 wickets
- 19970 wickets
- 19981 wickets
- 20000 wickets
- 20020 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 126 | 62 | 63.00 | 80.25 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 157 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6.50 | N/A |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 214 | 114 | 53.50 | 82.62 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 259 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6.00 | N/A |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 176 | 120 | 176.00 | 94.62 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 186 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 4 | 4 | 128 | 71 | 32.00 | 74.85 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 171 | 1 | 1 | 14.00 | 3.50 | 24.00 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9 | 302 | 91 | 37.75 | 87.03 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 347 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.00 | N/A |
| 1996 | 3 | 3 | 78 | 40 | 26.00 | 57.35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6.00 | N/A |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 44 | N/A | 47.82 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994 | 14 | 14 | 440 | 86 | 36.66 | 83.17 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 529 | 14 | 9 | 51.77 | 4.48 | 69.33 |
| 1993 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 33 | 23.00 | 54.11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 28.50 | 3.56 | 48.00 |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 27.00 | 52.94 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.00 | 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.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 19 | 19 | 559 | 32.88 | 76.05 | 9 | 5 | 44.40 |
| Away | 17 | 17 | 645 | 46.07 | 85.31 | 10 | 5 | 65.00 |
| Neutral | 8 | 8 | 377 | 62.83 | 72.22 | 3 | 2 | 49.50 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Sydney Cricket Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 2/20
ODI v South Africa · Sydney Cricket Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 120* runs
ODI v South Africa · Headingley
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · WACA Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-02-03 | WACA Ground | 2 | - | - | 0 | 26 |
| 2002-02-03 | WACA Ground | 1 | 42 | 52 | - | - |
| 2002-01-20 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 22 | 19 | - | - |
| 2002-01-13 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 62 | 86 | - | - |
| 2000-08-20 | Docklands Stadium | 2 | 17 | 28 | - | - |
| 2000-08-18 | Docklands Stadium | 2 | 30 | 31 | - | - |
| 2000-08-16 | Docklands Stadium | 1 | 114 | 103 | - | - |
| 2000-04-16 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 51 | 86 | - | - |
| 2000-04-12 | Kingsmead | 2 | - | - | 0 | 18 |
| 2000-04-12 | Kingsmead | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | - |
| 1999-06-17 | Edgbaston | 1 | 56 | 76 | - | - |
| 1999-06-13 | Headingley | 2 | 120 | 110 | - | - |
| 1998-01-27 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 71 | 88 | - | - |
| 1998-01-23 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 53 | 73 | - | - |
| 1998-01-18 | WACA Ground | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 1998-01-11 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 14 |
| 1998-01-11 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 4 | 9 | - | - |
| 1997-12-09 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 0 | 7 | - | - |
| 1997-12-04 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 1997-04-13 | Mangaung Oval | 2 | 91 | 79 | - | - |
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.