PlayersSouth Africa

AK Markram

Top-order batter, South Africa, 53 Tests, 2017-2026. Debut v Bangladesh, 2017

37.4Adjusted average, 68th of 143 batters. Raw 35.7, so +1.7 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 31.2 to 44.

Where the +1.7 comes from

The bowling he faced+5.6

Home or away−4.8

The grounds+0.9

Value per innings: 38.392nd
Each run worth: 1.09×
At home, adjusted: 40.8raw 42.9
Away, adjusted: 27raw 23.1

Head to head with F du Plessis His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

65MS DhoniIndia37.9 66Q de KockSouth Africa37.9 67F du PlessisSouth Africa37.6

68AK MarkramSouth Africa37.4

69Liton DasBangladesh37.3 70DM de SilvaSri Lanka37.0 71HM NichollsNew Zealand37.0

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

Liton DasBangladesh37.3Head to head F du PlessisSouth Africa37.6Head to head DM de SilvaSri Lanka37Head to head HM NichollsNew Zealand37Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2017	4	380	143	95.00	2	1	66.9
2018	20	672	152	33.60	2	2	61.1
2019	13	372	90	28.62	0	3	64.9
2020	1	68	68	68.00	0	1	72.3
2021	11	346	108	34.60	1	2	44.7
2022	11	171	42	15.55	0	0	46.6
2023	5	281	115	56.20	1	1	63.3
2024	15	536	106	35.73	1	3	64.5
2025	12	366	136	33.27	1	0	55.7
2026	5	202	78	40.40	0	2	42.2
Career	97	3394	152	35.73	8	15	57.7

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

37.6

Value / inns

38.1

Volume

Runs

3394

Average

35.73

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

34.8

Strike rate

57.7

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

23.08

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	15	818	54.53	3
Pakistan	17	682	42.62	1
India	23	475	20.65	1
West Indies	11	452	41.09	1
Sri Lanka	15	397	28.36	0
Bangladesh	6	314	52.33	1
Zimbabwe	1	125	125.00	1
New Zealand	4	73	18.25	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best
New Zealand	2	13.50	2/27
Australia	2	34.50	1/5
India	1	50.00	1/5
West Indies	1	68.00	1/42

Home & away

Home

42.93bat avg

40.8adjusted

—bowl avg

Away

23.08bat avg

27adjusted

59bowl avg

Neutral

68bat avg

5bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	29	1354	46.69
2nd	24	545	22.71
3rd	25	736	29.44
4th	19	759	44.65

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia78 & 10/27Newlands, Cape Town2026-10-27 v Australia110/18St George's Park, Gqeberha2026-10-18 v Australia37 & 750/3Kingsmead, Durban2026-10-09 v India38 & 290/28Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati2025-11-22 v India31 & 41/5Eden Gardens, Kolkata2025-11-14 v Pakistan32 & 420/12Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2025-10-20 v Pakistan20 & 30/6Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore2025-10-12 v Australia0 & 1362/10Lord's2025-06-11 v Pakistan17 & 140/14Newlands, Cape Town2025-01-03 v Pakistan89 & 37SuperSport Park, Centurion2024-12-26

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 97
Not outs: 2
Runs: 3394
Average: 35.73
Strike rate: 57.7
Highest: 152
Hundreds: 8
Fifties: 15
Ducks: 7

Wickets: 6
Average: 60.50
Economy: 2.92
Strike rate: 124.5
Best: 2/27
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 747