Dean Elgar, who started his international career by playing against England at Cardiff in August 2012, has batted for the last time in the final match of his career against India at Cape Town. Elgar has represented South Africa in 86 Test matches and 8 ODI matches in his career spanning around 11 years, hence, here in this article we will look at how his career has panned in International cricket.
Dean Elgar made his debut in the five-match ODI series against England which happened during August-September, 2012 on England soil. He managed to score only 93 runs from 4 innings and post that he got to play only three ODI matches overall. Elgar played one ODI match against India in 2015 & two ODI matches against Zimbabwe in 2018.
Dean Elgar started his Test career by recording a pair on his debut game against Australia at Perth on 30 November 2012 but ended his career by amassing a total of 5347 runs from 152 innings (86 matches) at an average of 37.92 with 14 centuries to his name.
Dean Elgar, since making his debut in the final match of the Test series in the tour of Australia in 2012, has been a regular member of the Test squad for South Africa and played as an opener in most of the games.
Most runs for South Africa in Test cricket:
- Jacques Kallis - 13206 (278 inns)
- Hashim Amla - 9282 (215 inns)
- Graeme Smith - 9253 (203 inns)
- AB de Villiers - 8765 (191 inns)
- Gary Kirsten - 7289 (176 inns)
- Herschelle Gibbs - 6167 (154 inns)
- Mark Boucher - 5498 (204 inns)
- Dean Elgar - 5347 (152 inns)
Dean Elgar has scored 5121 runs as an opener in Test cricket from 141 innings (78 matches).
Most runs for South Africa as an opener in Test cricket:
- Graeme Smith - 9018 (194 inns)
- Gary Kirsten - 5726 (149 inns)
- Herschelle Gibbs - 5242 (116 inns)
- Dean Elgar - 5121 (141 inns)
Dean Elgar Test runs by the opposition team:
- vs India - 1012 (28 inns)
- vs England - 926 (28 inns)
- vs Sri Lanka - 782 (20 inns)
- vs Australia - 660 (25 inns)
- vs Bangladesh - 632 (9 inns)
- vs New Zealand - 463 (13 inns)
- vs West Indies - 423 (11 inns)
- vs Pakistan - 336 (15 inns)
- vs Zimbabwe - 113 (3 inns)
Dean Elgar has scored most of his Test career runs against India.
Most runs for SA vs IND in Test cricket:
- Jacques Kallis - 1734 (31 inns)
- Hashim Amla - 1528 (37 inns)
- AB de Villiers - 1334 (35 inns)
- Dean Elgar - 1012 (28 inns)
- Graeme Smith - 987 (27 inns)
Read More: Check out list of centuries recorded by Dean Elgar in Test cricket here
Dean Elgar has won the Player of the Match award five times in Test cricket and the Player of the Series award thrice in Test cricket.
Instances of Dean Elgar winning Player of the Match award in Test cricket:
- 140 & 89 vs New Zealand in Dunedin, 2017
- 199 & 18 vs Bangladesh in Potchefstroom, 2017
- 127 & 31* vs Sri Lanka in Johannesburg, 2021
- 28 & 96* vs India in Johannesburg, 2022
- 185 vs India in Centurion, 2023
Instances of Dean Elgar winning Player of the Series award in Test cricket:
- 308 runs vs Sri Lanka in 2016/17
- 330 runs vs Bangladesh in 2017
- 253 runs vs Sri Lanka in 2020/21
