Sean Williams
87Zimbabwe · AR · 2005 to 2025 · on scorecards: SC Williams
BATTING
- Matches
- 164
- Innings
- 159
- Runs
- 5217
- Average
- 37.53
- Strike rate
- 86.95
- High score
- 174
- 100s / 50s
- 8 / 37
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 86
- Average
- 47.63
- Economy
- 4.9
- Strike rate
- 58.3
- Best figures
- 4/43
- 4w / 5w
- 1 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 59 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 14
CAREER IN BRIEF
Sean Williams played 161 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2005 to 2025. The first came against South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, with a score of 12, and the last against Sri Lanka at Harare Sports Club in 2025.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 2,734 runs at 36.0 in 90 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 174 from 101 balls against United States at Harare Sports Club in 2023, in a match Zimbabwe won. The best bowling is 4 for 43 against Netherlands at Sportpark Het Schootsveld in 2019.
In all: 8 hundreds, 36 fifties. At home the average was 36.7 across 90 ODIs; away it was 38.4 across 60 ODIs. The most runs came against Bangladesh: 911 runs at 39.6 in 28 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 58 ODIs and 1,721 runs at 36.6. Sean Williams captained Zimbabwe in 3 ODIs, winning 1 and losing 2. The scorecards record 11 player-of-the-match awards. Zimbabwe won 46 of the ODIs Sean Williams played and lost 108.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 161 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174 | 101 | United States | Harare Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 142 | 103 | Oman | Queens Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 129* | 143 | Bangladesh | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | 2018 | Lost |
| 118* | 135 | Pakistan | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 2020 | Tied/NR |
| 109* | 84 | United Arab Emirates | Harare Sports Club | 2019 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/43 | 7 | Netherlands | Sportpark Het Schootsveld | 2019 | Lost |
| 3/15 | 5.3 | Afghanistan | Harare Sports Club | 2017 | Won |
| 3/23 | 7 | Bangladesh | Harare Sports Club | 2007 | Won |
| 3/41 | 10 | Netherlands | Harare Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 3/41 | 10 | Scotland | Queens Sports Club | 2023 | Lost |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 28 | 911 | 39.61 | 1/9 | 7 | 79.71 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 671 | 37.28 | 1/3 | 8 | 75.25 |
| South Africa | 17 | 376 | 23.50 | 0/4 | 7 | 61.14 |
| Sri Lanka | 17 | 480 | 32.00 | 1/3 | 5 | 79.60 |
| Ireland | 14 | 522 | 40.15 | 0/5 | 13 | 33.08 |
| India | 13 | 282 | 23.50 | 0/2 | 1 | 263.00 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 295 | 36.88 | 1/1 | 11 | 28.09 |
| Kenya | 6 | 152 | 50.67 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 307 | 102.33 | 1/2 | 5 | 32.00 |
| West Indies | 6 | 205 | 41.00 | 0/2 | 5 | 38.80 |
| Australia | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 0/0 | 4 | 39.75 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 229 | 45.80 | 0/2 | 9 | 19.78 |
| Scotland | 4 | 95 | 23.75 | 0/1 | 8 | 19.00 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 96 | 48.00 | 0/1 | 1 | 106.00 |
| Canada | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 22.00 |
| Nepal | 1 | 102 | – | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Oman | 1 | 142 | 142.00 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| United States | 1 | 174 | 174.00 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 90 | 2,751 | 36.68 | 5/17 | 49 | 41.86 |
| Away | 60 | 1,960 | 38.43 | 3/15 | 28 | 57.96 |
| Neutral | 11 | 430 | 43.00 | 0/4 | 9 | 43.11 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41 | 983 | 29.79 | 0/10 | 9 | 63.78 |
| 2010s | 90 | 2,734 | 35.97 | 3/21 | 62 | 43.97 |
| 2020s | 30 | 1,424 | 52.74 | 5/5 | 15 | 50.80 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harare Sports Club | 58 | 1,721 | 36.62 | 3/9 | 26 | 50.50 |
| Queens Sports Club | 32 | 1,030 | 36.79 | 2/8 | 23 | 32.09 |
| Shere Bangla National Stadium | 11 | 266 | 26.60 | 0/3 | 1 | 147.00 |
| Civil Service Cricket Club | 5 | 162 | 40.50 | 0/2 | 6 | 21.33 |
| Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 3 | 197 | 98.50 | 1/1 | 1 | 68.00 |
| Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | 3 | 154 | 51.33 | 1/0 | 1 | 97.00 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v South Africa, 2005 at Wanderers Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v Sri Lanka, 2025 at Harare Sports Club
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 26 September 1986
- Batting
- Left-hand bat
- Bowling
- Slow left-arm orthodox
- Balls faced (career)
- 6,000
- Ducks
- 9
- Four-wicket hauls
- 1
- Most common batting position
- 5th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 60.6
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 86.1
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 127.5
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 45.8
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 43.9
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 4,899 balls faced in that period.
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