IPL playerSouth Africa2011 to 2023
Wayne Parnell
On scorecards: WD Parnell · Right-hand bat
Wayne Parnell, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Wayne Parnell arrived through the auction: Pune Warriors paid ₹72 lakh (US$160k), against a base price of ₹45 lakh.
That first season brought 8 matches, 37 runs and 9 wickets at 7.26 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2011, for Pune Warriors: 9 wickets at 7.26 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 35.
Franchise by franchise
2011 to 2013, Pune Warriors. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹72 lakh. 18 matches and 20 wickets.
2014, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹1.0 cr. 8 matches and 6 wickets.
2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Arrived outside the auction. 7 matches and 9 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Pune Warriors, 2011 to 2013. 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 35 wickets in 729 deliveries, at 7.71 runs an over against a league rate of 7.92 for the same seasons: 0.21 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.
40.9% of the balls Wayne Parnell bowled were dots, a higher share than 84% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 20.7 balls.
The fielding record: 10 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Wayne Parnell went under the hammer ten times, bought three times and left unsold seven times. The highest price was ₹2.81 cr (US$610k), paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2010, more than 3 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2014, cost ₹1.0 cr. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Daredevils in 2010.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Wayne Parnell made 33 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2023, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pune Warriors | 8 | 37 | 16 | 12.3 | 94.9 | 0/0 | 9 | 7.26 | 3/35 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Pune Warriors | 6 | 19 | 11 | 4.8 | 70.4 | 0/0 | 5 | 5.95 | 2/18 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Pune Warriors | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 71.4 | 0/0 | 6 | 9.13 | 3/27 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 6 | 7.35 | 2/21 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 40.0 | 0/0 | 9 | 9.32 | 3/10 | 4 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Pune Warriors: 2011 to 2013
- Delhi Daredevils: 2014
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2023
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 46.3% |
| Balls per four | 20 |
| Balls per six | 80 |
| Dot balls bowled | 40.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.7 |
| Catches | 10 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | – | ₹92 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹2.81 cr (US$610k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹45 lakh | Sold to Pune Warriors for ₹72 lakh (US$160k) |
| 2014 | FA4 | ₹1.0 cr | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹1.0 cr |
| 2015 | Fast Bowler | ₹1.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2016 | Fast Bowler | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2021 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2023 | AL2 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | FA2 | ₹1.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2025 | FA10 | ₹1.0 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet