The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg: cricket results and records

The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg appears in 66 recorded matches, the first on 30 January 2005 and the latest on 25 April 2026. The matches are 25 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 17 in One Day Internationals, 13 in Twenty20 Internationals and 11 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are SA20 (25 matches), India tour of South Africa (8 matches) and Pakistan tour of South Africa (7 matches).

The sides that appear most often are South Africa (41 matches), Joburg Super Kings (21 matches), India (11 matches) and Pakistan (7 matches).

Of the 66 matches, 60 produced a winner, 2 were tied and 4 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 488 by South Africa against Australia on 30 March 2018.

The lowest completed total is 78 by Joburg Super Kings against Sunrisers Eastern Cape on 31 January 2024.

In the 49 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 25 (51.0%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are AK Markram (1,152 runs in 30 innings), F du Plessis (980 runs in 27 innings), Q de Kock (771 runs in 23 innings), T Bavuma (711 runs in 19 innings) and HE van der Dussen (686 runs in 21 innings).

The leading wicket takers are K Rabada (47 wickets), A Nortje (29 wickets), M Ntini (28 wickets), L Ngidi (26 wickets) and DW Steyn (21 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 193 by Fakhar Zaman against South Africa on 4 April 2021, 186 by JH Kallis against New Zealand on 8 November 2007 and 176* by HM Amla against New Zealand on 8 November 2007.

The best bowling figures are 7 for 61 by SN Thakur against South Africa on 3 January 2022, 6 for 21 by VD Philander against Australia on 30 March 2018 and 6 for 56 by A Nortje against Sri Lanka on 3 January 2021.

The first innings of 11 Test matches matches here averaged 264.8 runs.

In 17 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 243.1 and the side batting second 191.6.

In 13 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 187.8 and the side batting second 152.6.

In 22 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 165.9 and the side batting second 142.9.

The toss is recorded in 66 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 41 (62.1%) and to bat in 25.

Among the 60 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 27 times (45.0%).

Batters at the ground hit 3,136 fours and 705 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 9.1 balls; 60.2% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 65%, bowled 17%, lbw 10%, run out 3% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,115 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 68%, bowled 17%, lbw 10%, caught and bowled 3% and stumped 2% of the 1,075 times.

That is 58.2 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (6), 2010s (10) and 2020s (50).

The competitions that have used the ground are SA20 (25 matches), India tour of South Africa (8 matches), Pakistan tour of South Africa (7 matches), Australia tour of South Africa (4 matches), West Indies Women tour of South Africa (4 matches), India Women tour of South Africa (3 matches), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa (3 matches) and West Indies tour of South Africa (3 matches).