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Wayne Parnell stats

Data through 2 December 2025Last updated 2 December 2025

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 13 January 2009 to 2 December 2025. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Wayne Parnell played 6 Tests, 73 ODIs, 56 T20Is for South Africa in the data, between 2009 and 2025. With the ball, the best return was 196 wickets in T20 leagues at an average of 25.29 and an economy rate of 8.12.

International matches

135

Tests 6 · ODIs 73 · T20Is 56

International runs

815

0 hundreds

International wickets

173

3 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

186

1,567 runs

Best bowling

5/20

T20 (leagues & domestic)

Teams played for

South Africa 2009–2023 · 135Worcestershire 2018–2019 · 43Warriors 2012–2017 · 23Northamptonshire 2021 · 22Pune Warriors 2011–2013 · 18Pretoria Capitals 2023–2024 · 17Barbados Royals 2016–2017 · 15Cape Cobras 2015–2017 · 14Durham 2023 · 9Northern Superchargers 2022–2023 · 9Western Province 2022 · 8Glamorgan 2015 · 8

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Wayne Parnell batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	6	4	0	67	23	16.75	180	37.2	0	0	11	0
ODI	73	43	15	574	56	20.50	723	79.4	1	3	43	9
T20I	56	23	13	174	29*	17.40	180	96.7	0	1	13	4
T20 (leagues & domestic)	186	126	39	1,567	99	18.01	1,282	122.2	4	8	130	56
First-class	20	26	4	636	63	28.91	1,266	50.2	6	3	88	3
List A	18	12	4	203	76	25.38	189	107.4	1	0	16	5

Runs per year

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Wayne Parnell: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2009	11
2010	101
2011	118
2012	185
2013	146
2014	150
2015	328
2016	149
2017	365
2018	330
2019	565
2020	1
2021	261
2022	139
2023	169
2024	139
2025	64

Year-by-year batting (44 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2009	ODI	2	11	11.00	45.8	10	0
2010	ODI	2	67	33.50	74.4	49	0
2010	Test	2	34	17.00	35.4	22	0
2011	ODI	4	38	12.67	76.0	21	0
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	37	12.33	94.9	16	0
2011	T20I	2	43	43.00	159.3	29	0
2012	ODI	5	66	16.50	83.5	27	0
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	93	11.62	136.8	23	0
2012	T20I	2	26	26.00	113.0	22	0
2013	ODI	5	101	33.67	89.4	56	1
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	29	5.80	87.9	12	0
2013	T20I	3	16	16.00	133.3	10	0
2014	ODI	5	61	30.50	75.3	24	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	60	10.00	113.2	27	0
2014	T20I	2	19	–	82.6	17	0
2014	Test	1	10	10.00	27.0	10	0
2015	ODI	2	29	29.00	64.4	17	0
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	299	37.38	126.2	99	2
2016	ODI	4	41	13.67	50.0	28	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	108	36.00	130.1	34	0
2017	First-class	1	51	–	56.7	51	1
2017	List A	4	54	27.00	108.0	32	0
2017	ODI	9	94	18.80	111.9	35	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	133	16.62	111.8	44	0
2017	T20I	4	10	10.00	90.9	4	0
2017	Test	1	23	23.00	48.9	23	0
2018	First-class	10	273	39.00	58.1	58	3
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	57	57.00	154.1	22	0
2019	First-class	8	205	25.62	50.2	63	1
2019	List A	6	134	33.50	116.5	76	1
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	226	22.60	139.5	81	1
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	1	1.00	33.3	1	0
2021	First-class	7	107	15.29	35.9	54	1
2021	List A	2	15	7.50	62.5	9	0
2021	ODI	1	10	10.00	62.5	10	0
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	129	14.33	105.7	25	0
2022	ODI	1	16	16.00	72.7	16	0
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	69	17.25	127.8	33	0
2022	T20I	8	54	13.50	71.1	24	0
2023	ODI	3	40	20.00	108.1	34	0
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	123	12.30	138.2	29	0
2023	T20I	2	6	3.00	75.0	4	0
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	139	15.44	104.5	23	0
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	64	32.00	128.0	50	1

Wayne Parnell bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	10	556	414	15	4/51	6/89	27.60	4.47	37.1	1	0	11
ODI	69	3,224	3,010	99	5/48	–	30.40	5.60	32.6	5	2	23
T20I	55	1,094	1,513	59	5/30	–	25.64	8.30	18.5	2	1	4
T20 (leagues & domestic)	180	3,662	4,957	196	5/20	–	25.29	8.12	18.7	5	1	7
First-class	33	2,761	1,606	62	5/47	10/143	25.90	3.49	44.5	5	3	98
List A	17	814	779	30	5/24	–	25.97	5.74	27.1	2	2	6

Wickets per year

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Wayne Parnell: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2009	33
2010	15
2011	11
2012	16
2013	28
2014	39
2015	27
2016	19
2017	50
2018	32
2019	59
2020	0
2021	29
2022	28
2023	55
2024	20
2025	0

Year-by-year bowling (47 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2009	ODI	9	22	21.00	5.81	5/48
2009	T20I	8	11	17.45	6.66	4/13
2010	ODI	6	8	44.75	6.78	2/30
2010	T20I	2	2	35.00	8.75	2/29
2010	Test	5	5	45.40	4.45	2/17
2011	ODI	4	1	125.00	4.81	1/25
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	9	23.67	7.26	3/35
2011	T20I	2	1	69.00	8.62	1/25
2012	ODI	7	6	41.83	4.46	2/30
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	9	24.00	6.79	2/17
2012	T20I	5	1	104.00	11.77	1/37
2013	ODI	5	8	24.12	5.29	3/36
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	12	27.67	7.41	3/27
2013	T20I	6	8	19.88	7.23	3/25
2014	ODI	9	14	28.07	5.46	3/28
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	14	30.14	7.51	3/27
2014	T20I	7	9	20.44	8.24	3/31
2014	Test	1	2	15.50	3.65	2/31
2015	ODI	3	6	29.17	6.25	4/42
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	15	26.40	7.24	4/20
2015	T20I	4	6	18.83	8.81	2/33
2016	ODI	7	11	26.82	5.92	3/40
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	8	27.00	7.67	3/20
2017	First-class	2	4	22.50	2.71	3/48
2017	List A	4	5	36.80	5.94	3/33
2017	ODI	11	18	27.00	5.77	4/58
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	12	28.75	8.66	3/28
2017	T20I	5	3	49.00	10.50	1/16
2017	Test	4	8	19.50	4.70	4/51
2018	First-class	10	18	32.33	3.76	4/23
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	14	18.36	7.95	3/20
2019	First-class	10	22	23.05	3.22	5/47
2019	List A	9	22	18.86	5.63	5/24
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	15	29.47	8.75	4/25
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	11.67	0/35
2021	First-class	11	18	23.72	3.72	5/64
2021	List A	4	3	60.00	5.81	1/39
2021	ODI	1	0	–	5.00	0/5
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	8	43.25	8.69	2/28
2022	ODI	3	3	29.33	4.67	1/6
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	9	25.78	6.60	4/16
2022	T20I	13	16	22.75	7.58	5/30
2023	ODI	4	2	89.50	5.54	1/30
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	38	51	22.25	9.10	5/20
2023	T20I	3	2	55.50	11.68	2/43
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	20	17.15	9.27	4/33
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	9.00	0/27

Wayne Parnell against each team

vs India vs Sri Lanka vs Australia vs England

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
India	ODI	8	147	24.50	74.6	49	0
Pakistan	ODI	5	92	30.67	86.8	56	1
New Zealand	ODI	4	91	22.75	102.2	35	0
England	ODI	8	84	14.00	83.2	34	0
West Indies	ODI	3	44	22.00	55.7	28	0
Australia	ODI	6	40	13.33	55.6	18	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	5	32	32.00	110.3	21	0
India	T20I	5	63	21.00	78.8	24	0
Australia	T20I	3	48	–	141.2	29	0
New Zealand	T20I	3	30	30.00	125.0	22	0
Sri Lanka	T20I	5	16	16.00	100.0	10	0
Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	177	25.29	147.5	99	1
Derbyshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	117	39.00	139.3	81	1
Dolphins	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	94	23.50	123.7	27	0
Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	78	9.75	113.0	23	0
Trinbago Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	68	68.00	136.0	44	0
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	59	14.75	137.2	29	0
Nottinghamshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	59	19.67	143.9	22	0
Knights	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	59	14.75	107.3	34	0
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	50	16.67	142.9	27	0
Lancashire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	49	12.25	119.5	25	0
MI Cape Town	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	38	19.00	105.6	23	0
Leicestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	32	8.00	91.4	15	0
Durham	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	25	25.00	104.2	13	0
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	22	7.33	84.6	11	0
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	17	–	94.4	13	0
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	10	3.33	66.7	5	0
Lancashire	First-class	5	147	29.40	51.2	63	2
Yorkshire	First-class	6	110	22.00	44.0	58	1
Sussex	First-class	4	95	31.67	57.2	51	1

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
India	Test	3	3	64.00	4.80	2/58
Australia	ODI	12	18	30.72	5.59	4/25
England	ODI	12	17	29.82	5.03	5/48
Sri Lanka	ODI	9	17	27.35	6.19	4/58
Zimbabwe	ODI	7	13	21.85	4.90	3/28
West Indies	ODI	5	8	28.25	5.63	4/42
New Zealand	ODI	5	8	25.12	5.74	5/57
Pakistan	ODI	6	8	29.25	5.28	3/36
India	ODI	9	7	69.86	6.89	2/95
West Indies	T20I	6	10	19.60	9.56	4/13
India	T20I	11	9	33.89	7.66	3/15
Sri Lanka	T20I	6	7	21.57	7.95	2/8
Australia	T20I	9	7	37.29	8.90	2/17
England	T20I	4	7	15.43	9.13	3/14
Pakistan	T20I	5	6	24.33	7.30	3/25
Zimbabwe	T20I	3	3	25.33	7.60	2/29
Bangladesh	T20I	3	2	29.50	7.53	1/12
New Zealand	T20I	4	0	–	10.70	0/14
Leicestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	11	17.00	8.56	4/25
MI Cape Town	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	11	9.73	8.03	4/33
Knights	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	9	19.44	6.03	3/20
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	8	10.50	6.55	3/10
Lancashire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	8	27.88	10.14	3/41
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	7	25.29	7.38	2/18
Dolphins	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	7	29.00	7.61	4/20
Trinbago Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	7	19.00	8.31	3/31
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	7	17.00	8.50	3/33
Nottinghamshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	7	32.00	8.51	3/20
Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	6	48.00	8.73	2/23
St Lucia Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	6	14.17	7.73	3/28
Birmingham Bears	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	6	23.67	8.88	3/47
Durban's Super Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	19.80	9.00	2/12
Derbyshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	5	29.20	7.30	3/36
Durham	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	5	29.00	7.63	2/22
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	26.50	7.23	2/12
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	23.50	6.71	2/17
Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	17.50	5.83	2/15
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	30.00	7.94	1/25
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	3	35.67	5.78	1/17
Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	2	58.00	8.09	1/17
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	45.00	10.00	1/28
Jamaica Tallawahs	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	72.00	8.00	1/26
Joburg Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	93.00	13.29	1/39
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	62.00	8.86	1/26
Yorkshire	First-class	7	16	21.94	3.83	5/64
Sussex	First-class	9	12	27.17	3.28	4/92
Lancashire	First-class	5	10	18.40	2.97	5/47

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
County Ground, Worcester	16	389	43.22	81
The Wanderers Stadium	13	273	27.30	99
County Ground, Northampton	14	201	15.46	54
Headingley	8	147	24.50	33
St George's Park	14	142	12.91	33
SuperSport Park	17	141	12.82	23
Old Trafford	6	125	20.83	63
Newlands	9	106	17.67	34
Kingsmead	7	105	26.25	27
Buffalo Park	6	102	51.00	74

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
SuperSport Park	23	43	18.33	7.27
County Ground, Worcester	19	40	18.40	4.82
Newlands	14	28	17.32	6.66
The Wanderers Stadium	20	20	31.50	6.45
Headingley	9	19	19.53	6.29
County Ground, Northampton	17	18	34.56	4.52
St George's Park	19	16	35.88	6.31
Trent Bridge	8	13	15.62	6.00
Kingsmead	10	12	21.50	6.73
Old Trafford	6	11	18.09	5.02

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	313	269	116.4	13	2289	105	7.65
T20	Middle	584	561	104.1	30	930	40	7.87
T20	Death	844	632	133.5	54	1537	110	9.10
ODI	Powerplay	21	27	77.8	0	1020	32	5.40
ODI	Middle	212	361	58.7	9	1709	43	5.22
ODI	Death	341	335	101.8	19	495	24	7.35

How Wayne Parnell was dismissed

Caught91 (57%)
Bowled38 (24%)
Run out14 (9%)
Lbw7 (4%)
Stumped5 (3%)
Caught and bowled3 (2%)
Retired out1 (1%)

How Wayne Parnell took wickets

Caught315
Bowled88
Lbw51
Caught and bowled6
Hit wicket1

Last 20 innings

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Wayne Parnell: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
8 Jun 2023	8
16 Jun 2023	3
30 Jul 2023	2
11 Aug 2023	3
13 Aug 2023	13
18 Aug 2023	9
20 Aug 2023	11
18 Jan 2024	0
20 Jan 2024	22
22 Jan 2024	9
25 Jan 2024	13
30 Jan 2024	12
1 Feb 2024	23
3 Feb 2024	12
14 Feb 2024	20
16 Feb 2024	5
20 Feb 2024	2
23 Feb 2024	21
27 Nov 2025	50
29 Nov 2025	14

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
29 Nov 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sudur Paschim Royals	14	12	caught	Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground
27 Nov 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Pokhara Avengers	50	38	retired out	Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground
23 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sylhet Strikers	21	14	bowled	Shere Bangla National Stadium
20 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chattogram Challengers	2	5	caught	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
16 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Durdanto Dhaka	5*	6	not out	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
14 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	20	11	run out	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
3 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI Cape Town	12*	6	not out	Newlands
1 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI Cape Town	23	25	caught	SuperSport Park
30 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Durban's Super Giants	12	12	caught	Kingsmead
25 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	13	14	caught	SuperSport Park
22 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	9	14	caught	St George's Park
20 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Joburg Super Kings	22	23	caught	The Wanderers Stadium
18 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Durban's Super Giants	0	3	caught	SuperSport Park
20 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Manchester Originals	11	8	caught	Old Trafford
18 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	London Spirit	9*	3	not out	Lord's
13 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Manchester Originals	13	8	caught	Headingley
11 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Oval Invincibles	3*	5	not out	Headingley
30 Jul 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI New York	2	1	run out	Grand Prairie Stadium
16 Jun 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Derbyshire	3*	4	not out	Riverside Ground
8 Jun 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Nottinghamshire	8	6	caught	Trent Bridge

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
27 Nov 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Pokhara Avengers	0/27	3	0	Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground
23 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sylhet Strikers	1/20	2	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
20 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chattogram Challengers	1/27	4	0	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
16 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Durdanto Dhaka	3/19	4	1	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
14 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	1/34	4	0	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
3 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI Cape Town	4/33	4	0	Newlands
1 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI Cape Town	3/57	4	0	SuperSport Park
30 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Durban's Super Giants	1/33	4	0	Kingsmead
25 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	3/33	4	1	SuperSport Park
22 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	1/19	2	0	St George's Park
20 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Joburg Super Kings	0/14	1	0	The Wanderers Stadium
18 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Durban's Super Giants	2/54	4	0	SuperSport Park
20 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Manchester Originals	0/24	2	0	Old Trafford
18 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	London Spirit	1/46	4	0	Lord's
13 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Manchester Originals	0/44	3	0	Headingley
11 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Oval Invincibles	2/29	4	0	Headingley
9 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trent Rockets	3/21	4	0	Trent Bridge
6 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Southern Brave	1/30	4	0	The Rose Bowl
3 Aug 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Birmingham Phoenix	1/14	2	0	Headingley
30 Jul 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI New York	1/22	2	0	Grand Prairie Stadium

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Wayne Parnell taken in Tests?

15 wickets in 10 innings at an average of 27.60, economy 4.47, best figures 4/51.

How many wickets has Wayne Parnell taken in ODIs?

99 wickets in 69 innings at an average of 30.40, economy 5.60, best figures 5/48.

How many runs has Wayne Parnell scored in Tests?

67 runs in 4 innings (6 matches) at an average of 16.75 and a strike rate of 37.2, in the data from 2010 to 2017.

How many runs has Wayne Parnell scored in ODIs?

574 runs in 43 innings (73 matches) at an average of 20.50 and a strike rate of 79.4, in the data from 2009 to 2023.

How many runs has Wayne Parnell scored in T20Is?

174 runs in 23 innings (56 matches) at an average of 17.40 and a strike rate of 96.7, in the data from 2009 to 2023.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.