Ayabonga Khaka
Ayabonga Khaka — career overview
Ayabonga Khaka is a cricketer who represents South Africa in international cricket as a bowler (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm medium bowler). In international cricket Ayabonga Khaka has appeared in 115 ODIs (161 runs at 5.75); 50 T20Is (32 runs at 10.67). With the ball, Ayabonga Khaka has taken 241 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Ayabonga Khaka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 115 | 53 | 25 | 161 | 18 | 5.75 | 356 | 45.23 | - | - | 14 | - |
| T20I | 50 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 10.67 | 54 | 59.26 | - | - | 2 | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 71 | 16 | 13 | 36 | 8 | 12.00 | 61 | 59.02 | - | - | 2 | - |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 115 | 114 | 5263 | 3739 | 137 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 27.29 | 4.26 | 38.4 | 1 | - |
| T20I | 50 | 50 | 1009 | 1059 | 47 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 22.53 | 6.30 | 21.5 | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 71 | 70 | 1427 | 1596 | 57 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 28.00 | 6.71 | 25.0 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Ayabonga Khaka — Career Overview
Ayabonga Khaka is a bowler from South Africa. Ayabonga bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm 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 — 115 ODIs: 161 runs at an average of 5.75, strike rate 45.23; 50 T20Is: 32 runs at an average of 10.67, strike rate 59.26. International bowling — 137 wickets in ODI at 27.29, economy 4.26 and 1 5-fer; 47 wickets in T20I at 22.53, economy 6.30. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. 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 Ayabonga Khaka'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 Ayabonga Khaka'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.