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Wayne Parnell

South Africa

Full name Wayne Dillon Parnell

Born July 30, 1989, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province

Current age 28 years 270 days

Major teams South Africa, Barbados Tridents, Cape Cobras, Delhi Daredevils, Eastern Province, Kent, Pune Warriors, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s, Sussex, Warriors, Western Province

Nickname Pigeon, Parny

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast

Education Grey High School

Explore Wayne Parnell's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	6	4	0	67	23	16.75	180	37.22	0	0	11	0	3
ODIs	65	38	14	508	56	21.16	648	78.39	0	1	39	8	12
T20Is	40	13	9	114	29*	28.50	96	118.75	0	0	10	3	5
First-class	62	83	8	2024	111*	26.98	3871	52.28	2	11	262	15	20
List A	156	109	30	1953	129	24.72	2264	86.26	2	5	161	35	30
T20s	171	98	40	1098	99	18.93	914	120.13	0	3	96	30	30

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	6	10	556	414	15	4/51	6/89	27.60	4.46	37.0	1	0	0
ODIs	65	61	2911	2738	94	5/48	5/48	29.12	5.64	30.9	3	2	0
T20Is	40	39	749	1038	41	4/13	4/13	25.31	8.31	18.2	1	0	0
First-class	62	109	9557	5453	180	7/51	12/105	30.29	3.42	53.0	5	6	1
List A	156	151	6989	6335	211	6/51	6/51	30.02	5.43	33.1	6	3	0
T20s	171	166	3332	4247	167	4/13	4/13	25.43	7.64	19.9	3	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 14-17, 2010 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v Bangladesh at Bloemfontein, Oct 6-8, 2017 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v South Africa at Perth, Jan 30, 2009 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v South Africa at Birmingham, Jun 7, 2017 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 13, 2009 scorecard
Last T20I	England v South Africa at Southampton, Jun 21, 2017 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Eastern Province v South Western Districts at Port Elizabeth, Oct 26-28, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	South Africa v Bangladesh at Bloemfontein, Oct 6-8, 2017 scorecard
List A debut	Eastern Province v KwaZulu-Natal at Port Elizabeth, Feb 18, 2007 scorecard
Last List A	Cape Cobras v Titans at Cape Town, Jan 12, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Warriors v Zimbabwe at Port Elizabeth, Mar 25, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Titans v Warriors at Centurion, Dec 13, 2017 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/40, 7	Cape Cobras	v Titans	Cape Town	12 Jan 2018	LA
32, 2/45	Cape Cobras	v Dolphins	Paarl	10 Jan 2018	LA
1/52	Cape Cobras	v Lions	Johannesburg	7 Jan 2018	LA
2/38, 15*	Cape Cobras	v Titans	Centurion	5 Jan 2018	LA
34, 0/46	Cape Cobras	v Warriors	Oudtshoorn	23 Dec 2017	LA
4, 1/17	Warriors	v Titans	Centurion	13 Dec 2017	T20
1, 0/14	Warriors	v Lions	Potchefstroom	8 Dec 2017	T20
1, 0/23	W Province	v E. Province	Port Elizabeth	3 Dec 2017	LA
2/40, 65	W Province	v North West	Potchefstroom	26 Nov 2017	LA
2, 0/19	Cape Cobras	v Titans	Centurion	19 Nov 2017	T20

Profile

An aggressive left-hander, who bowls with as much venom as he bats, Wayne Parnell was earmarked for success early and spent the next few years trying to get there. Inconsistency and injury have been his nemeses, however.

Parnell was schooled at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth, the alma mater of Graeme and Peter Pollock, and began playing provincially when he was 12. He played at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-19 levels, and made his first-class debut for Eastern Province in 2006-07.

He was part of South Africa's Under-19 squad for the 2006 World Cup in Sri Lanka and captained them in the 2008 edition in Malaysia. Parnell led by example, taking 18 wickets - the most in the tournament - and scored useful runs in the middle-order to steer South Africa to the final.

Thereafter, he went on the Emerging Players tour of Australia before earning a call-up to the senior one-day squad for a series in early 2009. He had a modest debut against Australia, but later became the youngest player to be handed a national contract by Cricket South Africa, and soon repaid their faith.

At the 2009 World T20, Parnell snaffled nine wickets and had an economy rate of less than six. That included an impressive 4 for 13 against West Indies.

After a successful county stint with Kent, Parnell made his Test debut against England in the fourth match at the Wanderers in January 2010. He played three Tests that year and earned a lucrative IPL contract when Delhi Daredevils splashed out US$ 610,000 on him.

A groin injury, however, ruled him out of the tournament. It would impact the next summer as Parnell was unable to tour Sri Lanka in August with the South Africa A side. But he recovered in time for the ODI series against Zimbabwe at home. Parnell played just one match in the 2011 World Cup and was also part of the 2012 World T20. He was not considered for the Champions Trophy the following year.

Instead, he was given an opportunity in Tests when he was included in South Africa's team to play a must-win match against Australia in Port Elizabeth in February 2014. Parnell announced his return with a wicket off his first ball and added another two deliveries later. He, however, bowled just eight more overs before leaving the field with another groin injury.

He recovered for the World T20 a month later and played in ODIs in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Parnell played just one match in South Africa's 2015 World Cup campaign, and didn't make it to their World T20 squad a year later.

Parnell, though, dominated the domestic scene in the 2015-16 season. Despite a foot niggle, he was the third-highest wicket-taker in the one-day cup and Cobras' most successful bowler, despite playing nine of their 11 games. In the same season, Parnell opened the batting on several occasions in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge with a fair amount of success. He blossomed as the season drew to a close and took 18 wickets in the last two first-class matches to finish with 23 from five matches.
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Wayne Parnell

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