Cricket player · Batter · South Africa
Jonathan Bird
Jonathan Bird appears in 5 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (2 Nov 2025 to 24 Oct 2026). 218 runs in 4 innings. 0 wickets from 3 overs. 54 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 Apr 2001 Age 25
- Recorded matches
- 549 internationals
Jonathan Bird is a batter from South Africa with 54 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 9 internationals (9 ODIs).
Batting: 1,339 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 9 fifties; the most runs came in T20 (league and domestic) cricket (721) and the highest recorded score is 97.
Bowling: 8 wickets in recorded matches, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 9 | 9 | 256 | 69 | 32.00 | 78.3 | 0/2 | 3 | 46.00 | 5.63 | 0 |
| T20 (league and domestic) | 29 | 27 | 721 | 97 | 27.73 | 125.6 | 0/5 | 1 | 64.00 | 8.00 | 0 |
| List A | 3 | 3 | 89 | 50 | 44.50 | 78.8 | 0/1 | 2 | 32.50 | 5.00 | 0 |
| Youth ODI | 10 | 10 | 257 | 54 | 25.70 | 97.7 | 0/1 | 2 | 67.00 | 4.47 | 0 |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8.00 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 0 | – | 4.57 | 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.
Jonathan Bird at a glance
FairPlay holds 5 complete scorecards featuring Jonathan Bird, most recently for Knights (T20 and shorter).
In those matches Jonathan Bird batted 4 times for 218 runs at a strike rate of 163.91. The highest score was 97 off 46 balls against South Africa Emerging.
With the ball: 0 wickets from 3 overs, an economy rate of 7.67.
How the 4 dismissals happened: caught 3, stumped 1.
These matches were played at 3 different grounds.
Figures in FairPlay's scorecards
| 4 | 0 | 218 | 97 | 54.50 | 163.91 | 2/0 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0/23 | 7.67 |
Match by match
Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.
| Date | Match | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | Knights v Mpumalanga RhinosBat 22 (24) · Bowl – | ||
| 18 Oct 2026 | South Africa Emerging v KnightsBat 97 (46) · Bowl – | ||
| 14 Oct 2026 | Knights v Eastern StromBat 58 (37) · Bowl – | ||
| 27 Sept 2026 | Western Province v KnightsBat 41 (26) · Bowl – | ||
| 2 Nov 2025 | Western Province v North West DragonsBat – · Bowl 0/23 (3) |
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