PlayersSouth Africa

F du Plessis

Middle-order batter, South Africa, 68 Tests, 2012-2021. Debut v Australia, 2012

37.6Adjusted average, 67th of 143 batters. Raw 40, so −2.4 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 31.2 to 44.9.

Where the −2.4 comes from

The bowling he faced−1.6

Home or away−2.6

The grounds+1.8

Value per innings: 42.666th
Each run worth: 1.21×
At home, adjusted: 34.9raw 43.2
Away, adjusted: 41.6raw 35.7

Head to head with Q de Kock 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

64C GreenAustralia37.9 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

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

AK MarkramSouth Africa37.4Head to head C GreenAustralia37.9Head to head MS DhoniIndia37.9Head to head Q de KockSouth Africa37.9Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2012	4	293	110	146.50	1	2	41.0
2013	12	489	137	44.45	2	0	43.3
2014	14	583	103	44.85	1	4	41.7
2015	12	201	68	16.75	0	1	29.5
2016	13	567	118	56.70	2	2	48.4
2017	17	706	135	54.31	1	6	55.8
2018	20	463	120	24.37	1	2	52.9
2019	14	497	103	41.42	1	4	48.5
2020	7	301	199	43.00	1	0	50.4
2021	5	63	23	12.60	0	0	49.2
Career	118	4163	199	40.03	10	21	46.3

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

37.6

Value / inns

42.6

Volume

Runs

4163

Average

40.03

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

32.3

Strike rate

46.3

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

36.76

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	23	888	46.74	3
Sri Lanka	19	874	51.41	1
India	22	582	26.45	1
New Zealand	10	491	70.14	2
England	19	449	23.63	0
Pakistan	15	301	23.15	1
Bangladesh	4	290	145.00	1
West Indies	4	185	46.25	1

Home & away

Home

43.2bat avg

34.9adjusted

—bowl avg

Away

36.76bat avg

41.6adjusted

—bowl avg

Neutral

13.5bat avg

—bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	32	1496	55.41
2nd	36	1216	34.74
3rd	25	887	42.24
4th	25	564	26.86

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Pakistan17 & 5Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2021-02-04 v Pakistan23 & 10National Stadium, Karachi2021-01-26 v Sri Lanka8Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2021-01-03 v Sri Lanka199SuperSport Park, Centurion2020-12-26 v England3 & 35Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2020-01-24 v England8 & 36St George's Park, Port Elizabeth2020-01-16 v England1 & 19Newlands, Cape Town2020-01-03 v England29 & 20SuperSport Park, Centurion2019-12-26 v India1 & 4JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi2019-10-19 v India64 & 5Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune2019-10-10

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 118
Not outs: 14
Runs: 4163
Average: 40.03
Strike rate: 46.3
Highest: 199
Hundreds: 10
Fifties: 21
Ducks: 9

Wickets: 0
Average: —
Economy: 5.31
Strike rate: —
Best: —
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 78