Cricket player · Batter · South Africa
Dean Elgar
Dean Elgar appears in 14 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (3 Apr 2026 to 24 Sept 2026). 817 runs in 26 innings. 0 wickets from 1 overs. 147 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.
Player profile
- Country
- South Africa
- Role
- Batter
- Batting
- Left-hand bat
- Bowling
- Slow left-arm orthodox
- Born
- 11 Jun 1987 Age 39
- Recorded matches
- 14755 internationals
Dean Elgar is a batter from South Africa with 147 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 55 internationals (32 Tests, 23 ODIs).
Batting: 7,253 runs across all recorded formats, with 15 hundreds and 39 fifties; the most runs came in First-class cricket (3,241) and the highest recorded score is 185.
Bowling: 10 wickets in recorded matches, 6 of them in ODI cricket.
Career figures by format
Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.
| Format | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 32 | 60 | 1,978 | 185 | 34.10 | 52.6 | 3/10 | 1 | 55.00 | 6.00 | 0 |
| ODI | 23 | 23 | 919 | 137 | 48.37 | 90.5 | 2/7 | 6 | 63.83 | 5.76 | 0 |
| T20 (league and domestic) | 43 | 43 | 1,115 | 88 | 28.59 | 122.8 | 0/8 | 1 | 48.00 | 8.00 | 0 |
| First-class | 49 | 84 | 3,241 | 182 | 39.52 | 50.0 | 10/14 | 2 | 29.00 | 3.48 | 0 |
Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.
Dean Elgar at a glance
FairPlay holds 14 complete scorecards featuring Dean Elgar, most recently for Essex (first-class).
In those matches Dean Elgar batted 26 times for 817 runs at a strike rate of 46.53. The highest score was 113 off 191 balls against Surrey.
With the ball: 0 wickets from 1 overs, an economy rate of 1.00.
How the 25 dismissals happened: caught 14, LBW 7, bowled 4.
These matches were played at 8 different grounds.
Figures in FairPlay's scorecards
| 26 | 1 | 817 | 113 | 32.68 | 46.53 | 2/3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 1.00 |
Match by match
Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.
| Date | Match | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sept 2026 | Glamorgan v EssexBat 2 (11) & 108 (181) · Bowl – | ||
| 15 Sept 2026 | Essex v WarwickshireBat 12 (42) & 29 (61) · Bowl 0/1 (1) | ||
| 8 Sept 2026 | Yorkshire v EssexBat 34 (111) & 4 (18) · Bowl – | ||
| 2 Sept 2026 | Essex v SussexBat 44 (117) & 35 (43) · Bowl – | ||
| 27 Aug 2026 | Essex v SurreyBat 113 (191) · Bowl – | ||
| 20 Aug 2026 | Somerset v EssexBat 0 (2) & 56 (125) · Bowl – | ||
| 19 Jun 2026 | Essex v NottinghamshireBat 12 (39) & 42 (76) · Bowl – | ||
| 12 Jun 2026 | Leicestershire v EssexBat 3 (27) & 9 (10) · Bowl – | ||
| 15 May 2026 | Essex v LeicestershireBat 14 (13) & 18 (34) · Bowl – | ||
| 8 May 2026 | Essex v HampshireBat 18 (59) & 8 (33) · Bowl – | ||
| 24 Apr 2026 | Surrey v EssexBat 92 (161) & 107* (238) · Bowl – | ||
| 17 Apr 2026 | Warwickshire v EssexBat 7 (25) & 0 (7) · Bowl – | ||
| 10 Apr 2026 | Essex v SomersetBat 41 (94) & 7 (34) · Bowl – | ||
| 3 Apr 2026 | Hampshire v EssexBat 2 (4) · Bowl – |
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