Wayne Parnell – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameWayne Dillon Parnell

Born30 Jul 1989, Gqeberha, South Africa

Age37 Years

NationalitySouth Africa

RoleLeft-handed Batsman, Left-arm fast Bowler, All-rounder

BattingLeft hand Bat

BowlingLeft Arm Medium Fast

Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Jersey#7

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	6	67	16.75	37.22	15	4.46
ODI	73	574	20.5	79.39	99	5.6
T20I	56	174	17.4	96.66	59	8.29
T20	314	2408	18.96	124.96	328	8.16
List A	193	2491	25.16	88.08	252	5.42
First-class	84	2728	27.55	52.32	242	3.43
T10	18	15	3.00	78.95	17	11.31

Debuts

TestSouth Africa vs England, Johannesburg14 Jan 2010

ODIAustralia vs South Africa, Perth30 Jan 2009

T20IAustralia vs South Africa, Brisbane13 Jan 2009

First Class E. Province vs S West D, Port Elizabeth 26 Oct 2006

List AKZ-Natal vs E. Province, Gqeberha18 Feb 2007

T20 Warriors vs Zimbabwe, Gqeberha25 Mar 2008

Family

RelationsAisha Baker (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	6	4	0	67	23	16.75	180	37.22	0	0	11	0	3
ODI	73	43	15	574	56	20.5	723	79.39	0	1	43	9	13
T20I	56	23	13	174	29	17.4	180	96.66	0	0	13	4	7
T20	314	197	70	2408	99	18.96	1927	124.96	0	5	184	90	75
List A	193	136	37	2491	129	25.16	2828	88.08	2	7	202	47	34
First-class	84	113	14	2728	111	27.55	5214	52.32	2	17	352	25	25
T10	18	5	0	15	13	3.00	19	78.95	0	0	1	0	1

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	6	10	92.4	414	15	6/89	27.6	4.46	0	0
ODI	73	69	537.2	3010	99	5/48	30.4	5.6	2	0
T20I	56	55	182.2	1513	59	5/30	25.64	8.29	1	0
T20	314	304	1031.5	8417	328	5/30	25.66	8.16	1	0
List A	193	186	1400.4	7603	252	6/51	30.17	5.42	5	0
First-class	84	145	2105.5	7240	242	12/105	29.91	3.43	9	2
T10	18	17	32	362	17	2/24	21.29	11.31	0	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	33	65	16	6.50	81.25	35	7.78
Bangladesh Premier League	5	50	21	16.67	131.58	8	6.97
Caribbean Premier League	16	129	44	25.80	117.27	18	19.23
Pakistan Super League	4	47	41	15.67	151.61	0	13.40
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	14	5	3	2.50	38.46	18	7.05
CSA T20 Challenge	16	172	46	21.50	142.15	11	8.36
Vitality Blast	42	383	81	18.24	123.15	50	8.78
Abu Dhabi T10	13	13	13	6.50	92.86	11	12.40
County Championship	21	685	63	28.54	50.85	65	4.79
English One Day Cup	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
The Hundred Men's	9	50	14	25.00	147.06	12	8.12
ICC Champions Trophy	3	10	10	–	100.00	11	7.00
CSA Provincial One Day Challenge	13	309	89	38.63	97.17	9	5.23
ICC Cricket World Cup	2	17	17	17.00	58.62	1	6.85
SA20	17	155	29	17.22	113.97	24	9.14
Global T20 Canada	12	97	32	19.40	132.88	9	7.56

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	5	63	24	21.00	78.75
Australia	3	48	29	16.00	141.18
New Zealand	3	30	22	15.00	125.00
Sri Lanka	5	16	10	16.00	100.00
Pakistan	2	9	6	4.50	90.00
West Indies	2	6	4	3.00	75.00
Ireland	1	2	2	–	50.00
Bangladesh	1	0	0	–	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
West Indies	6	10	196	19.60	9.56	12.30
India	11	9	305	33.89	7.66	26.56
Australia	9	7	261	37.29	9.55	23.43
Ireland	2	7	66	9.43	8.25	6.86
Sri Lanka	6	7	151	21.57	7.95	16.29
England	4	7	108	15.43	9.13	10.14
Pakistan	5	6	146	24.33	7.30	20.00
Zimbabwe	3	3	76	25.33	7.60	20.00
Bangladesh	3	2	59	29.50	12.21	14.50
New Zealand	4	0	107	–	10.70	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
India	8	147	49	24.50	74.62	0
Pakistan	5	92	56	30.67	86.79	1
New Zealand	4	91	35	22.75	102.25	0
England	8	84	34	14.00	83.17	0
West Indies	3	44	28	22.00	55.70	0
Australia	6	40	18	13.33	55.56	0
Zimbabwe	2	34	24	34.00	103.03	0
Sri Lanka	5	32	21	32.00	110.34	0
Bangladesh	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	12	18	553	30.72	6.14	30.00
Sri Lanka	9	17	465	27.35	6.19	26.53
England	12	17	507	29.82	6.05	29.59
Zimbabwe	7	13	284	21.85	4.90	26.77
New Zealand	5	8	201	25.13	5.74	26.25
Pakistan	6	8	234	29.25	5.28	33.25
West Indies	5	8	226	28.25	6.61	25.63
India	9	7	489	69.86	6.89	60.86
Ireland	1	2	36	18.00	6.00	18.00
Bangladesh	2	1	10	10.00	1.46	41.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	2	34	22	17.00	35.42
Sri Lanka	1	23	23	23.00	48.94
Australia	1	10	10	10.00	27.03

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	2	6	89	14.83	4.20	21.17
India	3	3	192	64.00	4.80	80.00
Australia	1	2	31	15.50	3.65	25.50
Bangladesh	2	2	67	33.50	5.58	36.00
England	2	2	35	17.50	3.18	33.00

Last 10 innings · batting

30*vs TK

22vs TK

32*vs TK

0vs BB

15*vs VG

7*vs MW

11vs ENG-L

22vs BAN-L

35*vs ENG-L

12*vs IND-L

T20 vs TK1 Nov 2026 · Not out 30*(27) T20 vs TK29 Oct 2026 · c E Lewis b R Cornwall 22(14) T20 vs TK28 Oct 2026 · Not out 32*(21) T20 vs BB26 Oct 2026 · b S Singh 0(1) T20 vs VG25 Oct 2026 · Not out 15*(5) T20 vs MW24 Oct 2026 · Not out 7*(8) T20 vs ENG-L16 Oct 2026 · c M Ali b A Shahzad 11(6) T20 vs BAN-L14 Oct 2026 · c Jahurul Islam b Abu Jayed 22(13) T20 vs ENG-L13 Oct 2026 · Not out 35*(18) T20 vs IND-L10 Oct 2026 · Not out 12*(8)

Last 10 innings · bowling

1/16vs TK

2/42vs TK

1/34vs TK

0/20vs BB

0/15vs VG

0/11vs MW

1/43vs ENG-L

1/12vs BAN-L

3/30vs ENG-L

1/28vs IND-L

T20 vs TK1 Nov 2026 1/16 T20 vs TK29 Oct 2026 2/42 T20 vs TK28 Oct 2026 1/34 T20 vs BB26 Oct 2026 0/20 T20 vs VG25 Oct 2026 0/15 T20 vs MW24 Oct 2026 0/11 T20 vs ENG-L16 Oct 2026 1/43 T20 vs BAN-L14 Oct 2026 1/12 T20 vs ENG-L13 Oct 2026 3/30 T20 vs IND-L10 Oct 2026 1/28

About Wayne Parnell

Wayne Parnell Biography

Wayne Parnell is a South African cricketer who was born on 30 July 1989. He performs as a left-handed batsman and a left-handed medium-fast bowler. Parnell primarily plays the role of a pacer in the team and is famed as one of the best fielders of South Africa.

Background

Parnell was born in Port Elizabeth in the Cape Province. He was active as an athlete throughout his school days which continued into his youth. He pursued Human Resource Management at university.

Parnell played for many teams in his career. Some of them include South Africa, Barbados Tridents, Cape Cobras, Delhi Daredevils, Eastern Province, Kent, Pune Warriors, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s, Sussex, Warriors and Western Province.

Debut

Parnell’s Test debut was against England national team at The Wanderers Stadium on January 14, 2010 and his ODI debut was against Australia at W.A.C.A. Ground on January 30, 2009.

He played fairly well in both matches and maintained a decent strategy for the following matches as well, often resulting in a great performance.

Rise to Glory

Representing the Eastern province, Parnell performed extraordinarily well as a teenage lad. In the year 2008, Parnell was named the CSA U-19 Cricketer of the Year and Coca-Cola Khaya Majola U-19 Player of the Tournament.

Low Points

In 2012, while Parnell was playing for Sussex County Cricket Club, he performed badly because of “struggle with fitness and form”.

Parnell suffered a groin injury in 2015 that had stopped him from playing in several club matches.

Club Career

Parnell played for Delhi Daredevils in 2010 Indian Premier League. However, he was benched for the entire season.

He was later bought by Pune Warriors from 2011-2013 before returning to Delhi Daredevils in 2014.

In England, he played for Kent County Cricket Club and Sussex County Cricket Club.

Captaincy

Parnell was the captain of the South Africa team for the 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup and the team for the 2006 ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup.

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