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Imran Tahir stats

Data through 18 September 2026Last updated 18 September 2026

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 24 February 2011 to 18 September 2026. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2011 and 2026, Imran Tahir appears in 20 Tests, 106 ODIs, 37 T20Is for South Africa in the Cricsheet data. With the ball, the best return was 444 wickets in T20 leagues at an average of 20.25 and an economy rate of 7.12.

International matches

163

Tests 20 · ODIs 106 · T20Is 37

International wickets

287

7 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

349

315 runs

Best bowling

7/45

ODI

Teams played for

South Africa 2011–2019 · 160Guyana Amazon Warriors 2018–2026 · 102Multan Sultans 2018–2022 · 38Chennai Super Kings 2018–2021 · 27Joburg Super Kings 2024–2026 · 22Delhi Capitals 2014–2016 · 20Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 2018–2019 · 18Nottinghamshire 2015–2016 · 17Dolphins 2012–2017 · 17Derbyshire 2017 · 17Birmingham Phoenix 2021–2022 · 15Surrey 2019 · 13

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Imran Tahir batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Test	20	23	9	130	29*	9.29	235	55.3	2	18	1
ODI	106	36	16	157	29	7.85	225	69.8	6	21	1
T20I	37	4	3	19	9*	19.00	18	105.6	0	1	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	349	75	39	315	23	8.75	333	94.6	7	25	9
First-class	14	23	7	214	25	13.38	375	57.1	2	24	5

Runs per year

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Imran Tahir: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2011	50
2012	39
2013	6
2014	138
2015	54
2016	183
2017	75
2018	58
2019	45
2020	28
2021	48
2022	36
2023	14
2024	28
2025	14
2026	19

Year-by-year batting (33 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
2011	ODI	2	1	–	50.0	1
2011	Test	6	49	16.33	67.1	29
2012	Test	6	39	9.75	66.1	16
2013	ODI	3	4	2.00	26.7	3
2013	Test	2	2	2.00	22.2	2
2014	First-class	4	44	22.00	68.8	22
2014	ODI	6	47	23.50	92.2	23
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	11	5.50	78.6	4
2014	T20I	2	17	–	154.5	9
2014	Test	2	19	19.00	35.8	15
2015	First-class	1	2	2.00	50.0	2
2015	ODI	6	26	6.50	53.1	9
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	5	5.00	83.3	3
2015	Test	7	21	4.20	51.2	8
2016	First-class	12	127	15.88	53.4	25
2016	ODI	5	39	9.75	105.4	29
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	17	8.50	89.5	6
2017	First-class	6	41	8.20	59.4	18
2017	ODI	3	1	1.00	14.3	1
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	32	32.00	133.3	23
2017	T20I	1	1	1.00	16.7	1
2018	ODI	5	22	5.50	61.1	11
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	36	9.00	76.6	9
2019	ODI	6	17	5.67	60.7	10
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	27	13.50	93.1	8
2019	T20I	1	1	–	100.0	1
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	28	9.33	116.7	13
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	48	5.33	117.1	14
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	36	7.20	109.1	10
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	14	–	233.3	10
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	28	9.33	75.7	20
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	14	14.00	87.5	6
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	19	6.33	51.4	8

Imran Tahir bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	37	3,925	2,294	57	5/32	8/130	40.25	3.51	68.9	3	2	86
ODI	103	5,499	4,268	169	7/45	–	25.25	4.66	32.5	9	3	38
T20I	37	821	924	61	5/23	–	15.15	6.75	13.5	4	2	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	342	7,573	8,992	444	5/17	–	20.25	7.12	17.1	13	4	12
First-class	24	2,985	1,662	48	7/112	7/154	34.62	3.34	62.2	4	3	80
List A	3	174	126	6	3/38	–	21.00	4.34	29.0	0	0	1

Wickets per year

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Imran Tahir: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2011	23
2012	18
2013	38
2014	59
2015	81
2016	83
2017	94
2018	72
2019	97
2020	27
2021	53
2022	31
2023	30
2024	31
2025	30
2026	18

Year-by-year bowling (40 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2011	ODI	5	14	10.71	3.80	4/38
2011	Test	7	9	39.44	3.64	3/55
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	1	54.00	6.75	1/19
2012	Test	14	17	55.88	3.64	3/63
2013	ODI	7	12	24.67	4.70	4/53
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	9	23.44	7.03	2/25
2013	T20I	6	7	15.57	5.19	2/17
2013	Test	4	10	24.60	3.13	5/32
2014	First-class	3	6	30.00	3.62	3/140
2014	ODI	14	21	26.14	4.32	3/44
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	10	31.70	8.03	3/22
2014	T20I	8	15	13.40	6.70	4/21
2014	Test	5	7	63.43	3.64	3/108
2015	First-class	2	4	36.25	4.03	2/65
2015	List A	3	6	21.00	4.34	3/38
2015	ODI	22	37	25.19	4.69	5/45
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	15	23.13	9.01	4/28
2015	T20I	4	5	23.20	7.73	3/28
2015	Test	7	14	21.36	3.15	5/38
2016	First-class	14	25	37.20	3.22	7/112
2016	ODI	14	27	25.00	5.15	7/45
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	17	31.41	8.09	3/13
2016	T20I	8	14	15.07	6.59	4/21
2017	First-class	5	13	31.31	3.30	5/76
2017	ODI	17	27	24.89	4.62	4/27
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	30	40	22.00	7.52	4/17
2017	T20I	9	14	17.36	7.88	5/24
2018	ODI	10	13	30.85	5.10	6/24
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	40	54	19.43	6.83	4/14
2018	T20I	1	5	4.60	5.75	5/23
2019	ODI	14	18	32.94	4.46	3/26
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	50	78	16.09	6.66	4/12
2019	T20I	1	1	21.00	5.25	1/21
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	23	27	20.48	6.58	3/12
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	37	53	17.17	6.74	5/25
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	29	31	24.29	7.37	3/16
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	30	19.90	6.88	3/7
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	31	20.48	7.64	5/26
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	30	17.90	6.80	5/21
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	18	20.00	7.06	5/17

Imran Tahir against each team

vs India vs Sri Lanka vs Australia vs Pakistan vs England vs New Zealand vs West Indies

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
Sri Lanka	Test	5	59	29.50	56.2	29
India	Test	8	21	4.20	46.7	8
Australia	Test	4	19	9.50	59.4	10
England	Test	3	3	1.50	25.0	2
Australia	ODI	5	41	10.25	87.2	22
India	ODI	8	32	4.57	51.6	9
Zimbabwe	ODI	3	24	24.00	100.0	23
Pakistan	ODI	6	10	2.50	30.3	5
England	ODI	4	5	5.00	166.7	4
New Zealand	ODI	4	4	4.00	36.4	4
Sri Lanka	T20I	3	10	10.00	90.9	8
Trinbago Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	41	10.25	120.6	20
Barbados Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	28	9.33	82.4	8
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	20	20.00	105.3	13
Lahore Qalandars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	20	5.00	80.0	10
Jaffna Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	14	4.67	87.5	8
Islamabad United	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	12	12.00	109.1	7
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	12	6.00	52.2	8
Tshwane Spartans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	8	8.00	61.5	4
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	3.00	27.3	2
St Lucia Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	2	1.00	40.0	1
Durham	First-class	5	50	12.50	57.5	18
Somerset	First-class	4	44	22.00	73.3	16
Glamorgan	First-class	3	27	27.00	67.5	22

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
India	Test	9	16	25.94	3.50	5/38
Sri Lanka	Test	10	14	49.86	3.37	3/106
England	Test	6	8	47.25	3.24	3/63
Australia	Test	5	4	103.25	5.40	3/55
New Zealand	Test	4	4	38.00	2.80	2/12
Sri Lanka	ODI	15	33	16.12	3.91	4/26
West Indies	ODI	8	26	12.69	4.54	7/45
Zimbabwe	ODI	7	19	12.05	3.94	6/24
Australia	ODI	16	18	39.39	4.92	2/39
Pakistan	ODI	13	17	30.71	4.50	4/53
New Zealand	ODI	13	17	28.71	4.17	2/14
England	ODI	8	14	32.79	6.07	4/38
Bangladesh	ODI	8	11	28.55	4.72	3/50
India	ODI	12	10	57.60	5.56	2/42
Sri Lanka	T20I	9	14	13.07	5.38	3/18
England	T20I	6	9	19.56	7.65	4/21
Australia	T20I	6	8	22.00	8.00	3/21
Pakistan	T20I	6	6	22.50	7.11	2/17
West Indies	T20I	3	5	14.00	5.83	3/28
India	T20I	3	3	29.67	8.09	2/24
Trinbago Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	22	31	17.74	6.46	4/27
St Lucia Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	28	17.64	6.49	5/17
Barbados Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	27	17.59	6.60	3/12
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	22	20.86	7.27	4/22
Jamaica Tallawahs	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	22	14.18	5.96	3/7
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	17	24.88	8.60	3/22
Quetta Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	15	12.07	6.54	3/7
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	13	13.31	7.21	5/21
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	12	23.00	7.92	3/22
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	12	19.50	6.88	3/9
Lahore Qalandars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	11	25.64	6.82	3/27
Peshawar Zalmi	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	10	27.10	7.74	3/25
Karachi Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	10	15.60	7.09	3/16
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	10	23.40	8.36	4/27
Islamabad United	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	10	17.70	6.81	3/19
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	9	16.44	7.40	4/28
Paarl Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	8	15.50	5.17	2/17
Northamptonshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	8	7.50	5.00	4/16
Leicestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	8	9.12	4.87	4/14
Worcestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	7	12.86	5.62	4/17
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	7	12.00	6.30	4/12
Yorkshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	7	19.71	6.90	3/18
Gujarat Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	7	14.86	8.67	3/24
Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	6	33.50	8.04	2/25
Colombo Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	6	13.33	6.67	2/19
Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	5	48.00	8.28	2/20
Cape Town Blitz	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	13.20	5.50	2/22
Paarl Rocks	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	12.40	5.17	2/14
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	5	29.40	7.35	2/20
Knights	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	4	30.50	6.91	2/23
Jozi Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	17.75	5.92	3/23
Nottinghamshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	31.50	7.88	2/20
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	4	37.00	8.22	2/31
Tshwane Spartans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	24.00	6.86	2/28
Durban Heat	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	27.33	6.83	1/20
Trent Rockets	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	3	33.67	8.66	2/26
Jamaica Kingsmen	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	32.67	8.17	2/26
Jaffna Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	21.67	5.42	2/21
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	3	39.33	6.94	2/21
MI Cape Town	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	22.00	9.43	2/13
Pretoria Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	28.50	6.33	1/17
Durban's Super Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	2	56.00	9.33	1/9
Southern Brave	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	39.50	9.48	1/27
Essex	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	97.00	9.70	1/24
Durham	First-class	5	11	38.73	3.16	5/110
Somerset	First-class	4	9	28.56	3.97	7/112

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Trent Bridge	7	90	18.00	25
Riverside Ground	3	41	20.50	18
Providence Stadium	7	39	7.80	20
Kensington Oval	3	38	12.67	29
SuperSport Park	7	37	9.25	29
Brian Lara Stadium	8	29	14.50	8
Harare Sports Club	2	25	25.00	23
Sophia Gardens	2	23	–	22
County Ground, Bristol	2	23	11.50	23
The Wanderers Stadium	10	23	4.60	6

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Providence Stadium	44	65	17.29	6.26
Warner Park	20	37	15.78	6.64
Newlands	21	35	21.89	4.56
The Wanderers Stadium	30	35	28.20	5.41
Kennington Oval	14	26	20.23	4.65
Kingsmead	19	26	25.23	4.90
Trent Bridge	16	26	33.31	3.71
Arun Jaitley Stadium	15	24	19.29	5.02
Zayed Cricket Stadium	14	22	18.09	6.86
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	13	22	18.95	4.04

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	999	61	7.12
T20	Middle	49	69	71.0	6	6116	333	6.86
T20	Death	285	282	101.1	31	1279	111	8.17
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	156	6	4.69
ODI	Middle	34	54	63.0	4	4629	129	4.43
ODI	Death	123	171	71.9	16	714	34	6.12

How Imran Tahir was dismissed

Caught49 (56%)
Bowled19 (22%)
Run out9 (10%)
Lbw8 (9%)
Stumped2 (2%)

How Imran Tahir took wickets

Caught390
Bowled176
Lbw146
Stumped43
Caught and bowled30

Last 20 innings

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Imran Tahir: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
14 Sep 2022	5
18 Sep 2022	5
27 Sep 2022	7
1 Feb 2023	10
10 Sep 2023	4
13 Jan 2024	1
17 Jan 2024	0
31 Jan 2024	1
8 Feb 2024	1
20 Feb 2024	5
29 Sep 2024	20
24 Jan 2025	0
28 Jan 2025	4
30 Aug 2025	6
10 Sep 2025	3
17 Sep 2025	1
14 Jan 2026	2
8 Sep 2026	8
13 Sep 2026	8
17 Sep 2026	1

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
17 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	1	3	bowled	Kensington Oval
13 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barbados Royals	8	17	run out	Kensington Oval
8 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	8	14	bowled	Providence Stadium
14 Jan 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	2*	3	not out	St George's Park
17 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Lucia Kings	1*	1	not out	Providence Stadium
10 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	3*	6	not out	Providence Stadium
30 Aug 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trinbago Knight Riders	6*	1	not out	Brian Lara Stadium
28 Jan 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Pretoria Capitals	4	7	caught	SuperSport Park
24 Jan 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	0*	1	not out	St George's Park
29 Sep 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trinbago Knight Riders	20	20	caught	Providence Stadium
20 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	5	5	caught	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
8 Feb 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Durban's Super Giants	1*	2	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
31 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	1	7	caught	The Wanderers Stadium
17 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Paarl Royals	0*	1	not out	Boland Park
13 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI Cape Town	1*	2	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
10 Sep 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barbados Royals	4*	1	not out	Brian Lara Stadium
1 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gulf Giants	10*	5	not out	Zayed Cricket Stadium
27 Sep 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barbados Royals	7	7	caught	Providence Stadium
18 Sep 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barbados Royals	5	4	caught	Brian Lara Stadium
14 Sep 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trinbago Knight Riders	5	5	caught	Queen's Park Oval

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Ground
18 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jamaica Kingsmen	1/34	4	Kensington Oval
17 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	1/20	2	Kensington Oval
13 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barbados Royals	1/32	4	Kensington Oval
11 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trinbago Knight Riders	1/21	4	Providence Stadium
9 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Lucia Kings	5/17	4	Providence Stadium
8 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	1/21	4	Providence Stadium
6 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	0/26	4	Providence Stadium
4 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jamaica Kingsmen	0/38	4	Providence Stadium
31 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trinbago Knight Riders	1/38	4	Queen's Park Oval
23 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	2/15	3	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
19 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Lucia Kings	1/22	3	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
13 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jamaica Kingsmen	2/26	4	Sabina Park
19 Jan 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Paarl Royals	2/17	4	Boland Park
14 Jan 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	0/33	3	St George's Park
21 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trinbago Knight Riders	3/34	4	Providence Stadium
17 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Lucia Kings	2/22	4	Providence Stadium
14 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barbados Royals	1/16	4	Providence Stadium
13 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Lucia Kings	1/27	4	Providence Stadium
10 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Antigua and Barbuda Falcons	2/27	4	Providence Stadium
7 Sep 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	0/19	4	Providence Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Imran Tahir bowled to most

Virat Kohli vs Imran Tahir365 balls
Angelo Mathews vs Imran Tahir302 balls
Kumar Sangakkara vs Imran Tahir264 balls
Ajinkya Rahane vs Imran Tahir252 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Imran Tahir taken in Tests?

57 wickets in 37 innings at an average of 40.25, economy 3.51, best figures 5/32.

How many wickets has Imran Tahir taken in ODIs?

169 wickets in 103 innings at an average of 25.25, economy 4.66, best figures 7/45.

How many runs has Imran Tahir scored in Tests?

130 runs in 23 innings (20 matches) at an average of 9.29 and a strike rate of 55.3, in the data from 2011 to 2015.

How many runs has Imran Tahir scored in ODIs?

157 runs in 36 innings (106 matches) at an average of 7.85 and a strike rate of 69.8, in the data from 2011 to 2019.

How many runs has Imran Tahir scored in T20Is?

19 runs in 4 innings (37 matches) at an average of 19.00 and a strike rate of 105.6, in the data from 2013 to 2019.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.