Waqar Younis ODI record against South Africa
1993-02-09 – 2002-12-18 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 32 ODI matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 21 batting innings and 32 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 | 21 | 204 | 15 | 13.60 | 68.91 |
| Bowling | 32 | 1,444 | 58 | 24.89 | 30.10 |
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: 4.96 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,746.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 296.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 18 | 9.25 | 54.41 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 17 | 19.11 | 5.09 | 22.52 |
| 2000 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 7.00 | 52.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 24.70 | 4.84 | 30.60 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 33 | 24.00 | 78.68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 50.66 | 5.24 | 58.00 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | N/A | 120.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.90 | N/A |
| 1996 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 28 | 19.50 | 68.42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 35.28 | 5.74 | 36.85 |
| 1995 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10.00 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 22.25 | 4.81 | 27.75 |
| 1994 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 24.44 | 4.42 | 33.11 |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20 | N/A | 133.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 13.12 | 4.03 | 19.50 |
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 | 5 | 1 | 6 | N/A | 120.00 | 5 | 6 | 39.83 |
| Away | 15 | 10 | 129 | 18.42 | 76.33 | 15 | 31 | 21.77 |
| Neutral | 12 | 10 | 69 | 8.62 | 56.55 | 12 | 21 | 25.23 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- Best recorded bowling · 5/25
ODI v South Africa · Durban
- First available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Durban
- Highest recorded innings · 33 runs
ODI v South Africa · Durban
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Cape Town
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-18 | Cape Town | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — |
| 2002-12-18 | Cape Town | 1 | — | — | 4 | 41 |
| 2002-12-16 | Paarl | 2 | — | — | 0 | 47 |
| 2002-12-16 | Paarl | 1 | 13 | 14 | — | — |
| 2002-12-13 | KuGumpo City | 2 | 18 | 29 | — | — |
| 2002-12-13 | KuGumpo City | 1 | — | — | 2 | 47 |
| 2002-12-11 | Gqeberha | 2 | — | — | 3 | 45 |
| 2002-12-08 | Durban | 2 | 0 | 7 | — | — |
| 2002-12-08 | Durban | 1 | — | — | 1 | 59 |
| 2002-08-18 | Tangier | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | — |
| 2002-08-18 | Tangier | 1 | — | — | 2 | 48 |
| 2002-08-12 | Tangier | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| 2002-08-12 | Tangier | 1 | — | — | 5 | 38 |
| 2000-08-27 | Singapore | 2 | 11 | 10 | — | — |
| 2000-08-27 | Singapore | 1 | — | — | 1 | 28 |
| 2000-08-23 | Singapore | 2 | — | — | 1 | 39 |
| 2000-08-23 | Singapore | 1 | 4 | 9 | — | — |
| 2000-07-08 | Colombo (RPS) | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | — |
| 2000-07-08 | Colombo (RPS) | 1 | — | — | 0 | 51 |
| 2000-03-31 | Sharjah | 2 | — | — | 4 | 62 |
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.