PlayersSouth Africa

D Paterson

Bowler, South Africa, 7 Tests, 2020-2024. Debut v England, 2020

26.24Bowling average, 25 wickets at 2.98 an over. The difficulty model rates batting; his bowling is shown as recorded.

His T20 ratings

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2020	4	166	41.50	2.87
2024	21	490	23.33	3.02
Career	25	656	26.24	2.98

Percentile rankingsvs all Test bowlers (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Volume

Wickets

13

25

5 wkts

57

2

Quality

Average

82

26.24

Strike rate

75

52.8

Economy

75

2.98

Conditions

Away average

54

33.75

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
England	3	43	43.00	0
New Zealand	4	23	5.75	0
Sri Lanka	2	23	11.50	0
Pakistan	1	12	12.00	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Sri Lanka	7	14.86	5/71	1
Pakistan	6	19.33	5/61	1
New Zealand	5	46.60	3/39	0
England	4	41.50	2/86	0
Bangladesh	3	12.33	2/31	0

Home & away

Home

19.5bat avg

22.71bowl avg

Away

5.75bat avg

33.75bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	2	9	4.50
2nd	4	17	5.67
3rd	3	60	30.00
4th	1	15	15.00

Recent formLast 7 Tests

v Pakistan126/116SuperSport Park, Centurion2024-12-26 v Sri Lanka9 & 147/104St George's Park, Gqeberha2024-12-05 v Bangladesh—3/37Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram2024-10-29 v New Zealand0 & 73/97Seddon Park, Hamilton2024-02-13 v New Zealand1 & 152/136Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2024-02-04 v England43/104Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2020-01-24 v England0 & 391/62St George's Park, Port Elizabeth2020-01-16

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 10
Not outs: 2
Runs: 101
Average: 12.62
Strike rate: 91.8
Highest: 39*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 1

Wickets: 25
Average: 26.24
Economy: 2.98
Strike rate: 52.8
Best: 5/61
5 wickets: 2
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 1319