Hardus Viljoen
Hardus Viljoen — career overview
Hardus Viljoen is a cricketer who represents South Africa in international cricket as a bowler (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm fast-medium bowler). In international cricket Hardus Viljoen has appeared in 1 Test (26 runs at 26.00). With the ball, Hardus Viljoen has taken 8 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Hardus Viljoen with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where South Africa rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 26.00 | 31 | 83.88 | - | - | 4 | - |
| IPL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 7 | 42.86 | - | - | - | - |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 1 | 2 | 114 | 94 | 1 | 1/79 | 1/94 | 94.00 | 4.95 | 114.0 | - | - |
| IPL | 6 | 6 | 138 | 222 | 7 | 2/39 | 2/39 | 31.71 | 9.65 | 19.7 | - | - |
Hardus Viljoen — Career Overview
Hardus Viljoen is a bowler from South Africa. Hardus bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm fast-medium. Specialist bowlers are judged on wickets, economy, and the ability to deliver in pressure overs — new ball, middle overs containment, or the death. Pace, control and the variations a bowler can call on under pressure define a long international career. South Africa is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 1 Test: 26 runs at an average of 26.00, strike rate 83.88. International bowling — 1 wicket in Test at 94.00, economy 4.95. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 7 wickets in 6 matches. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Hardus Viljoen's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Hardus Viljoen's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.