PlayersSouth Africa

D Elgar

Top-order batter, South Africa, 86 Tests, 2012-2024. Debut v Australia, 2012

36Adjusted average, 78th of 143 batters. Raw 37.9, so −1.9 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 29.7 to 42.9.

Where the −1.9 comes from

The bowling he faced−0.7

Home or away−3.0

The grounds+1.8

Value per innings: 37.896th
Each run worth: 1.07×
At home, adjusted: 39.5raw 47
Away, adjusted: 32.6raw 27.9

Head to head with TWM Latham 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

75C de GrandhommeNew Zealand36.3 76MN SamuelsWest Indies36.3 77TWM LathamNew Zealand36.1

78D ElgarSouth Africa36.0

79Shakib Al HasanBangladesh36.0 80PD CollingwoodEngland35.8 81BT FoakesEngland35.7

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

Shakib Al HasanBangladesh36Head to head TWM LathamNew Zealand36.1Head to head PD CollingwoodEngland35.8Head to head BT FoakesEngland35.7Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2012	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
2013	7	215	103	43.00	1	0	49.4
2014	12	470	121	39.17	2	2	45.6
2015	13	438	118	43.80	1	1	42.6
2016	13	403	127	31.00	1	1	43.9
2017	21	1128	199	53.71	5	4	50.9
2018	20	661	141	36.72	1	5	39.0
2019	16	351	160	25.07	1	0	55.1
2020	7	317	95	45.29	0	2	51.0
2021	11	442	127	44.20	1	3	54.8
2022	21	577	96	28.85	0	4	48.1
2023	7	329	185	47.00	1	1	61.0
2024	2	16	12	8.00	0	0	37.2
Career	152	5347	199	37.92	14	23	47.8

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

36.4

Value / inns

37.8

Volume

Runs

5347

Average

37.92

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

37.8

Strike rate

47.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

27.95

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
India	28	1012	40.48	2
England	28	926	34.30	2
Sri Lanka	20	782	41.16	3
Australia	25	660	27.50	2
Bangladesh	9	632	79.00	2
New Zealand	13	463	38.58	2
West Indies	11	423	42.30	1
Pakistan	15	336	25.85	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best
India	6	27.67	4/22
Australia	3	57.67	1/10
Bangladesh	2	18.00	1/6
England	2	73.00	2/10
Pakistan	1	24.00	1/3
West Indies	1	31.00	1/8

Home & away

Home

47.01bat avg

39.5adjusted

55.83bowl avg

Away

27.95bat avg

32.6adjusted

41.88bowl avg

Neutral

23bat avg

3bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	45	2029	47.19
2nd	40	1408	36.10
3rd	39	1041	28.14
4th	28	869	39.50

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v India4 & 12Newlands, Cape Town2024-01-03 v India185SuperSport Park, Centurion2023-12-26 v West Indies42 & 5Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2023-03-08 v West Indies71 & 1SuperSport Park, Centurion2023-02-28 v Australia15 & 10Sydney Cricket Ground2023-01-04 v Australia26 & 0Melbourne Cricket Ground2022-12-26 v Australia3 & 2Brisbane Cricket Ground2022-12-17 v England1 & 36The Oval2022-09-08 v England12 & 11Old Trafford2022-08-25 v England47Lord's2022-08-17

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 152
Not outs: 11
Runs: 5347
Average: 37.92
Strike rate: 47.8
Highest: 199
Hundreds: 14
Fifties: 23
Ducks: 13

Wickets: 15
Average: 44.87
Economy: 3.90
Strike rate: 69.1
Best: 4/22
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 1036