Faf du Plessis

South African

Batting & Fielding Statistics

	Mat	Inns	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Career	135	129	18	5125	185	46.17	5790	88.51	11	32	459	62	71	0

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	WKTS	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4W	5W
Career	134	11	192	189	2	1/8	94.50	5.90	96.00	0	0

Profile

1. Almost signed a Kolpak deal with Lancashire in 2008, but he couldn’t play as a Kolpak player due to changes in immigration policies

2. Playing in his second ICC CT

3. ODI debut against India at Cape Town in 2011

4. He scored a century on his Test debut against Australia at Adelaide, just the fourth South African to achieve the feat

5. Subsequently he was appointed T20I captain and took over from AB de Villiers as Test captain in December 2016

6. He hit 185 in the Cape Town ODI and was named Player of the Series as South Africa won its series with Sri Lanka 5-0 in early 2017

7. Was South Africa’s second highest run-scorer in the World Cup 2015 with 380 runs, which included an 85 against New Zealand in the semifinal