Lions

Zubayr Hamza

31South Africa

First-class record

	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100/50	HS
First-class	53	90	3,289	40.11	57.7	6/19	201
Tests	8	16	307	19.19	41.6	0/1	62
Domestic	45	74	2,982	45.18	60.1	6/18	201
Last 10	10	15	719	55.31	66.8	2/5	115

	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best	5w	10w
First-class	53	42	0	–	7.29	–	0	0
Domestic	45	42	0	–	7.29	–	0	0

Matches

Aggressive top-order batter

Figure	Player	Par
Average	48.4	29.3
Average v pace	39.7	28.7
Average v spin	61.4	29.8
Strike rate v pace	53	53
Strike rate v spin	63	51
Balls per dismissal	85	56
Dot %	74.0	74.8

2,959 balls in Tests and first-class · Oct 2021 – Feb 2026

Middle-order batter

Figure	Player	Par
Average	21.0	28.3
Average v pace	21.8	27.4
Strike rate v pace	28	55
Balls per dismissal	66	51
Dot %	83.9	72.8

398 balls in Tests · Feb 2022 – Feb 2024

Aggressive top-order batter

Figure	Player	Par
Average	54.1	29.5
Average v pace	43.1	29.0
Average v spin	73.4	29.6
Strike rate v pace	58	52
Strike rate v spin	65	50
Balls per dismissal	88	57
Dot %	72.5	75.2

2,561 balls in first-class matches · Oct 2021 – Feb 2026

Overall rank: 112th; all first-class batters
Runs a match: +6.8; above an average player; Men's First-class batting, runs a match
AveragePeak +8.0
February 2026Now +6.8
20172019202120232025

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
First-class	11	871	58.1	66.2	–	–	–

Matches

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	6/10	28%	1	4	83621031154213098669
83621031154213098669

Date	Team	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Result
18 Feb 2026	Lions	Warriors	6 & 69*	–	Lions won by 8 wickets
9 Feb 2026	Lions	Tuskers	98 (156)	–	Lions won by an innings and 270 runs
1 Feb 2026	Lions	Warriors	13 & 0	–	Drawn
9 Dec 2025	Lions	Boland	115 & 42	–	Drawn
10 Apr 2025	Lions	Titans	103 (198)	–	Drawn
27 Mar 2025	Lions	Dolphins	62* (96)	–	Drawn
20 Mar 2025	Lions	Boland	83 (109)	–	Drawn
28 Nov 2024	Lions	Warriors	18 & 23	–	Lions won by 200 runs
21 Nov 2024	Lions	Western Province	77 & 5	–	Lions won by 125 runs
14 Nov 2024	Lions	North West Dragons	5 (11)	–	Drawn

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	0/10	6%	0	1	51810225622362017
51810225622362017

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
13 Feb 2024	South Africa	New Zealand	Seddon Park	20 & 17	–	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
4 Feb 2024	South Africa	New Zealand	Bay Oval	22 & 36	–	New Zealand won by 281 runs
17 Feb 2022	South Africa	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	25 & 6	–	New Zealand won by an innings and 276 runs
16 Jan 2020	South Africa	England	St George's Park	10 & 2	–	England won by an innings and 53 runs
3 Jan 2020	South Africa	England	Newlands	5 & 18	–	England won by 189 runs
26 Dec 2019	South Africa	England	SuperSport Park	39 & 4	–	South Africa won by 107 runs
19 Oct 2019	South Africa	India	JSCA International Stadium Complex	62 & 0	–	India won by an innings and 202 runs
11 Jan 2019	South Africa	Pakistan	The Wanderers Stadium	41 & 0	–	South Africa won by 107 runs

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	6/10	32%	1	4	83621031154213098669
83621031154213098669

Zubayr Hamza has made 50 or more in 6 of the last 10 Domestic first-class innings.

Date	Team	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Result
18 Feb 2026	Lions	Warriors	6 & 69*	–	Lions won by 8 wickets
9 Feb 2026	Lions	Tuskers	98 (156)	–	Lions won by an innings and 270 runs
1 Feb 2026	Lions	Warriors	13 & 0	–	Drawn
9 Dec 2025	Lions	Boland	115 & 42	–	Drawn
10 Apr 2025	Lions	Titans	103 (198)	–	Drawn
27 Mar 2025	Lions	Dolphins	62* (96)	–	Drawn
20 Mar 2025	Lions	Boland	83 (109)	–	Drawn
28 Nov 2024	Lions	Warriors	18 & 23	–	Lions won by 200 runs
21 Nov 2024	Lions	Western Province	77 & 5	–	Lions won by 125 runs
14 Nov 2024	Lions	North West Dragons	5 (11)	–	Drawn