The two-time T20 World Cup semi-finalists South Africa are ready to play their top-quality cricket in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. They are ready to begin this tournament from the Super 12 stage (Group 2).
Apart from the Proteas, the other five teams in this Group 2 are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe (Group B champions in the First Round) and Netherlands (Group A runners-up in the First Round). Only the top two teams of the final points table of this group will play in the Semi-finals of this tournament.
South Africa’s stats and records in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history
Contents
Best Performance
Final status in each men’s T20 World Cup
Overall performance
Performance against each team
Best individual performers in an innings – Batters and Bowlers (Top 5)
Top overall performers – Batters (Top 5)
Top overall performers – Bowlers (Top 5)
Player of the Match awards (Top 5)
Best Performance: Semi-finalists (2009 and 2014)
Final status in each men’s T20 World Cup
Year | Host(s) | Finishing round |
2007 | South Africa | Super 8 |
2009 | England | Semi-finalists |
2010 | West Indies | Super 8 |
2012 | Sri Lanka | Super 8 |
2014 | Bangladesh | Semi-finalists |
2016 | India | Super 10 |
2021 | UAE & Oman | Super 12 |
Overall performance
Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Winning %* | ||
Overall | Won | Lost | |||||
35 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.86 |
(Winning % = only direct winning, excluding tied+win)
Performance against each team
Opposition | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Winning %* | ||
Overall | Won | Lost | ||||||
vs England | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
vs India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
vs New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
vs West Indies | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
vs Sri Lanka | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
vs Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
vs Afghanistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
vs Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
vs Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
vs Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
vs Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
vs Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
(Winning % = only direct winning, excluding tied+win)
Best individual performers in an innings – Batters and Bowlers (Top 5)
Highest individual score | Best bowling figures |
94* by Rassie van der Dussen vs England (2021) | 4/13 by Wayne Parnell vs West Indies (2009) |
90* by Herschelle Gibbs vs West Indies (2007) | 4/15 by Jacques Kallis vs Zimbabwe (2012) |
89* by Justin Kemp vs New Zealand (2007) | 4/17 by Morne Morkel vs New Zealand (2007) |
86* by JP Duminy vs New Zealand (2014) | 4/17 by Dale Steyn vs New Zealand (2014) |
79* by AB de Villiers vs Scotland (2009) | 4/19 by Charl Langeveldt vs Pakistan (2010) |
Top overall performers – Batters (Top 5)
Runs scored | 100s/50s | 4s | 6s |
AB de Villiers (717) | AB de Villiers (0/5) | AB de Villiers (51) | AB de Villiers (30) |
JP Duminy (568) | Jacques Kallis (0/3) | Graeme Smith (46) | JP Duminy (23) |
Jacques Kallis (433) | Hashim Amla (0/3) | Hashim Amla (42) | Albie Morkel (20) |
Hashim Amla (376) | Aiden Markram (0/2) | JP Duminy (37) | Jacques Kallis (13) |
Graeme Smith (352) | Faf du Plessis (0/2) | Jacques Kallis (36) | Justin Kemp (10) |
Top overall performers – Bowlers (Top 5)
Wickets taken | Number of 4wk/5wk hauls |
Dale Steyn (30) | Morne Morkel (2/0) |
Morne Morkel (24) | Chris Morris (1/0) |
Imran Tahir (18) | Charl Langeveldt (1/0) |
Kagiso Rabada (13) | Imran Tahir (1/0) |
Wayne Parnell (13) | Wayne Parnell (1/0) |
Player of the Match awards (Top 5)
Player | Matches | Match awards |
AB de Villiers | 30 | 4 |
Jacques Kallis | 15 | 2 |
Morne Morkel | 17 | 2 |
Albie Morkel | 25 | 2 |
Aaron Phangiso | 2 | 1 |
