Dean Elgar Test Career: In Numbers

On Wednesday day 1 of the second Test match between South Africa and India, fans gathered at Newlands Stadium to watch Proteas veteran batsman Dean Elgar on his final match in the longest format. Since making a debut a decade ago, Elgar has turned up to be one of the most prolific figures ever produced in the country. Even though his farewell didn’t turn up to what he expected as he was dismissed twice on the same day for 4 & 12 runs, he would be proud of what he has achieved in his incredible career. Let’s take a look at his career in numbers.

5347 – This is the number of runs he has managed to score since making a debut against Australia in 2012. These runs put him seventh on the all-time list of most runs by South African batsman in Test matches. He was scoring those runs at the strike rate of 47.82 at an average of 37.92.

86 – The number of games he has played for Proteas and has played 152 innings in total

23 – The number of half-centuries he has scored in his career.

17 – The number of matches he has captained Proteas after being appointed as the leader in 2021. In those matches, the side won 9, lost 6, and drew one match.

15 – Is the total wickets he took after bowling over 1 000 balls with his best figures being 4/22

14 – The number of centuries he has scored with the highest score of 199 against Bangladesh back in 2017. Out of those games, he has scored 100 plus runs, his side has won 9 times, lost three times, and drawn twice.

4 – Elgar is one of the four South African batsmen to score over 1,000 runs against India in test matches with Jacques Kallis leading with 1734 runs, followed by Hashim Amla with 1528, Ab De Villiers occupying third spot with 1334 and Elgar with 1012 runs on scoreboard.

0 – Is the total number of runs he scored in his debut match against Australia back in 2012