Wayne Parnell
Wayne Parnell — career overview
Wayne Parnell is a cricketer who represents South Africa in international cricket as a bowler (Left Handed Bat, Left-arm fast-medium bowler). In international cricket Wayne Parnell has appeared in 6 Tests (67 runs at 16.75); 73 ODIs (574 runs at 20.50, with 1 fifty); 56 T20Is (174 runs at 17.40). With the ball, Wayne Parnell has taken 208 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Wayne Parnell 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 | 6 | 4 | - | 67 | 23 | 16.75 | 180 | 37.23 | - | - | 11 | - |
| ODI | 73 | 43 | 15 | 574 | 56 | 20.50 | 723 | 79.40 | - | 1 | 43 | 9 |
| T20I | 56 | 23 | 13 | 174 | 29 | 17.40 | 180 | 96.67 | - | - | 13 | 4 |
| IPL | 33 | 14 | 4 | 65 | 16 | 6.50 | 80 | 81.25 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 6 | 10 | 556 | 414 | 15 | 4/51 | 6/89 | 27.60 | 4.47 | 37.1 | - | - |
| ODI | 73 | 69 | 3224 | 3010 | 99 | 5/48 | 5/48 | 30.40 | 5.60 | 32.6 | 2 | - |
| T20I | 56 | 55 | 1094 | 1513 | 59 | 5/30 | 5/30 | 25.64 | 8.30 | 18.5 | 1 | - |
| IPL | 33 | 33 | 723 | 937 | 35 | 3/10 | 3/10 | 26.77 | 7.78 | 20.7 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Wayne Parnell — Career Overview
Wayne Parnell is a bowler from South Africa. Wayne bats left handed bat and bowls left-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 — 6 Tests: 67 runs at an average of 16.75, strike rate 37.23; 73 ODIs: 574 runs at an average of 20.50, strike rate 79.40 (1 fifty); 56 T20Is: 174 runs at an average of 17.40, strike rate 96.67. International bowling — 15 wickets in Test at 27.60, economy 4.47; 99 wickets in ODI at 30.40, economy 5.60 and 2 5-fer; 59 wickets in T20I at 25.64, economy 8.30 and 1 5-fer. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 35 wickets in 33 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 Wayne Parnell'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 Wayne Parnell'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.