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Andile Simelane

23South Africa

Right-handed finisher
Right-arm fast bowler
Middle-overs bowler

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T20 record

Batting

	Mat	Inns	Runs	Balls	Avg	SR	HS	50s	4s	6s	Dot %
T20	28	20	132	139	9.40	95.0	21	0	9	4	46.0
Pro20	15	10	50	50	8.30	100.0	13	0	4	2	50.0
Last 10	10	6	63	66	15.80	95.5	21	0	4	1	42.4

Bowling

	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Avg	SR	Dot %
T20	24	338	564	23	10.01	24.50	14.7	29.0
Pro20	11	152	239	14	9.43	17.10	10.9	34.2
Last 10	9	102	163	5	9.59	32.60	20.4	20.6

Batting style

Finisher

PowerplayOvers 1–6
Strike rate–
Balls per dismissal–
Middle oversOvers 7–15
Strike rate–
Balls per dismissal–
DeathOvers 16–20
Strike rate–
Balls per dismissal–

Figure	Player	Par	Against par
Average	9.5	21.9
Strike rate	95	134
Boundary %	9.0	15.6
Dot %	45.0	34.3
Sixes, % of boundaries	20	42

111 balls in T20s · Oct 2024 – Nov 2026

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Bowling style

Fast bowler

PowerplayOvers 1–6
Economy–
Middle oversOvers 7–15
Economy8.83Par 7.72
DeathOvers 16–20
Economy–

Figure	Player	Par	Against par
Economy	10.14	8.12
Dot %	29.0	37.2
Boundary %	21.3	15.8
Balls per wicket	14.3	18.4
Average	24.1	24.9
Economy v right-handers	9.73	7.91
Economy v left-handers	10.73	8.43

300 balls bowled in T20s · Oct 2024 – Nov 2026

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Strengths and weaknesses

Weaknesses

Economy10.01 an over (field 7.94 across CSA T20 Challenge, T20Is and SA20)
Dot balls bowled29% (field 37% across CSA T20 Challenge, T20Is and SA20)
Middle overs, bowling9.06 an over (field 7.60 across CSA T20 Challenge, T20Is and SA20)

By phase

	Balls faced	SR	Out	Balls bowled	Econ	Wkts
Powerplay	0	–	0	60	12.50	5
Middle overs	78	80.8	10	200	9.06	12
Death (overs 16–20)	61	113.1	4	78	10.54	6

Men's T20

International rank: 232nd; batters
Overall rank: 785th; all T20 batters
Pro20 rank: 44th; batters
SA20 rank: 100th; batters
Runs a match: −5.7; below an average player; Men's T20 batting, runs a match
Peak −4.2 below
October 2022Now −5.7 below
2023202420252026
ICC rank: –

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
T20	15	78	11.1	89.7	9	34.2	10.27

Not in our T20 bowling rankings.

Teams

Leagues

	Years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Pro20	2022–2026	15	50	8.30	100.0	14	9.43
SA20	2025	2	26	26.00	81.3	0	13.00

T20 streaks

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
30+ score	0/10	0%	0	0	75212151111132
75212151111132
Took a wicket	5/10	54%	0	4	1000012110
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Andile Simelane has made 30 or more in 0 of the last 10 T20 innings.
Andile Simelane has taken a wicket in 5 of the last 10 T20s bowled in.

Last 10 T20s

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
6 Nov 2026	Dolphins	Easterns	Willowmoore Park	2* (2)	–	Lost by 8 runs (DLS)L 8 runs (DLS)
1 Nov 2026	Dolphins	Boland	Kingsmead	–	0/10 (1.0)	Lost by 7 wicketsL 7 wkts
23 Oct 2026	Dolphins	South Western Districts	Kingsmead	–	–	Won by 10 wickets (DLS)W 10 wkts (DLS)
4 Sept 2026	South Africa	Namibia	Namibia Cricket Ground	–	1/28 (2.0)	Won by 11 runsW 11 runs
1 Nov 2025	South Africa	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	13 (10)	1/23 (3.0)	Lost by 4 wicketsL 4 wkts
11 Oct 2025	South Africa	Namibia	Namibia Cricket Ground	11 (8)	2/28 (4.0)	Lost by 4 wicketsL 4 wkts
22 Jul 2025	South Africa	New Zealand	Harare Sports Club	11 (14)	1/5 (1.0)	Lost by 7 wicketsL 7 wkts
20 Jul 2025	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	–	0/14 (2.0)	Won by 7 wicketsW 7 wkts
14 Jul 2025	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	–	0/29 (2.0)	Won by 5 wicketsW 5 wkts
8 Feb 2025	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	MI Cape Town	The Wanderers Stadium	5* (10)	0/14 (1.0)	Lost by 76 runsL 76 runs