Ashwell Prince
On scorecards: AG Prince
In-game rating: 87/99
BATTING
FIELDING
CAREER IN BRIEF
Ashwell Prince played 66 Tests for South Africa in CricArcade's archive, from 2002 to 2011. The first came against Australia at Wanderers Stadium, with scores of 49 and 28, and the last against Sri Lanka at Kingsmead in 2011.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 3,137 runs at 45.5 in 50 Tests. The highest score in the archive is 162 not out from 223 balls against Bangladesh at SuperSport Park in 2008, in a match South Africa won. In all: 11 hundreds, 11 fifties.
At home the average was 43.7 across 40 Tests; away it was 38.7 across 24 Tests. The most runs came against Australia: 748 runs at 34.0 in 12 Tests. Newlands was the most frequent ground, with 11 Tests and 668 runs at 51.4. Ashwell Prince captained South Africa in 2 Tests, winning 0 and losing 2. The scorecards record 4 player-of-the-match awards. South Africa won 35 of the Tests Ashwell Prince played and lost 19, with 12 drawn.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 66 Test scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162* | 223 | Bangladesh | SuperSport Park | 2008 | Won |
| 150 | 249 | Australia | Newlands | 2009 | Won |
| 149 | 284 | England | Headingley | 2008 | Won |
| 139* | 218 | Zimbabwe | SuperSport Park | 2005 | Won |
| 138 | 214 | Pakistan | SuperSport Park | 2007 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 | 2 | New Zealand | Newlands | 2006 | Drawn |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 12 | 748 | 34.00 | 2/2 | 0 | – |
| India | 11 | 519 | 34.60 | 1/1 | 0 | – |
| West Indies | 9 | 622 | 77.75 | 2/3 | 0 | – |
| England | 8 | 425 | 32.69 | 2/0 | 0 | – |
| Pakistan | 7 | 475 | 47.50 | 1/2 | 0 | – |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 273 | 54.60 | 1/1 | 0 | – |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 250 | 25.00 | 0/2 | 0 | – |
| New Zealand | 5 | 214 | 42.80 | 1/0 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 139 | – | 1/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 40 | 2,231 | 43.75 | 7/6 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Away | 24 | 1,354 | 38.69 | 4/5 | 0 | – |
| Neutral | 2 | 80 | 40.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
BY DECADE
| Decade | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50 | 3,137 | 45.46 | 11/8 | 1 | 47.00 |
| 2010s | 16 | 528 | 27.79 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
GROUNDS
| Ground | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands | 11 | 668 | 51.38 | 2/2 | 1 | 2.00 |
| SuperSport Park | 9 | 581 | 64.56 | 3/0 | 0 | – |
| Wanderers Stadium | 8 | 447 | 37.25 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
| Kingsmead | 7 | 420 | 38.18 | 2/0 | 0 | – |
| Queen's Park Oval | 2 | 118 | 59.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Kensington Oval | 2 | 101 | 101.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Australia, 2002 at Wanderers Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v Sri Lanka, 2011 at Kingsmead
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