Stats alert: De Kock is one of only six players to have scored 5,000+ runs as a designated wicket-keeper in the ODIs

On Thursday, November 16, South Africa’s thrilling World Cup 2023 campaign came to an end when they lost to Australia by three wickets in the second semi-final in Kolkata; Quinton de Kock’s brilliant ODI career, which spanned over a decade, also came to an end.

On Thursday, November 16, South Africa’s thrilling World Cup 2023 campaign came to an end when they lost to Australia by three wickets in the second semi-final in Kolkata. Quinton de Kock’s brilliant ODI career, which spanned over a decade, also came to an end.

6767- As a designated wicket-keeper in One-Day Internationals, Quinton de Kock is one of only six players to have scored 5,000 or more runs. 

With 6770 ODI runs, he follows Jacques Kallis (11550), AB de Villiers (9427), Hashim Amla (8113), Herschelle Gibbs (8094), Graeme Smith (6989), and Gary Kirsten (6798) as the seventh-highest scorer for South Africa.

Most runs as a designated wicket-keeper in ODIs

Player                         Mat    Inns Runs Ave SR 50 100 HS

Kumar Sangakkara 360 340 13341 43.74 80.15 91 23 169

MS Dhoni             350 297 10773 50.57 87.56 73 10 183*

Adam Gilchrist 282 274 9410 35.64 96.94 53 16 172

Mushfiqur Rahim 251 235 7067 35.87 79.04 46 7 144

Quinton de Kock 154 154 6767 46.03 96.76 30 21 178

Andy Flower             186 183 5845 34.58 73.71 46 4 145

Quinton de Kock has made 21 ODI hundreds, which is only behind Hashim Amla’s (27) and AB de Villiers’s (25), and ties Herschelle Gibbs for the third-most for South Africa. In the format, only Kumar Sangakkara has scored more as a designated wicketkeeper (23). De Kock became the most successful wicketkeeper in ODI history as 18 of his 21 hundred were in a winning cause.

In one-day internationals (ODIs), six players have so far achieved a treble of more than 5000 runs at 45+ average and 90+ strike rates. Quinton de Kock, David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Viv Richards, Virat Kohli, and AB de Villiers are on the list.

Double of 45-plus average and 90-plus strike rate in ODIs (*min. 5000 runs)

Player           Mat     Inns Runs Ave SR 50/100 HS

AB de Villiers 228 218 9577 53.5 101.09 53/25 176

David Warner 160 158 6925 45.55 97.2 33/22 179

Quinton de Kock155 155 6770 45.74 96.64 30/21 178

Virat Kohli 291 279 13794 58.69 93.62 71/50 183

Rohit Sharma 261     253 10662 49.13 91.81 55/31 264

Sir Vivian Richards 187 167 6721 47 90.2 45/11 189*

Out of the 143 batters who have registered at least 25 fifty-plus scores in the format, only Virat Kohli (41.32%) slightly surpasses Quinton de Kock’s 41.18% conversion rate from the fifties to hundreds.

Best conversion rates from 50s to 100s in ODIs (min. 25 fifty-plus scores)

Conversion rate Player           Country 50s 100s

41.32% Virat Kohli                 India 71 50

41.18% Quinton de Kock South Africa 30 21

40.91% Hashim Amla             South Africa 39 27

40.74% Fakhar Zaman               Pakistan 16 1140%             David Warner               Australia 33 22