Kyle Verreynne : The crisis keeper batsman of South Africa

[Silver Silva]

Sometimes career batting averages don't tell the whole story , few batters have been exposed to a crisis like Kyle Verreynne in their short career.

Kyle Verreynne has batted at No.5 , No.6 and No.7 in test cricket. Let's say we take 40 runs per dismissal on average as a sign of an okay platform for a middle to lower batsmen.

So :
A.120/3 would be okay for a No.5
B.160/4 would be okay for a No.6
C. 200/5 would be okay for a No.7

A.On no occasion out of 3 innings has Verreynne walked into bat at No.5 with SA better than 120/3

B. 4 out of 20 innings has Verreynne walked into bat at No.6 with SA in a better position than 160/4

C. 1 out of 7 innings has Verreynne walked into bat at No.7 with SA in a better position than 200/5

 

[Silver Silva]

Kyle Verreynne's best batting performances and the scorecard when he walked out to bat :

1.136* vs NZ at Hagley Oval 2021 :
Score : SA 103/4

2.114 vs BD at Mirpur 2024 :
Score : SA 99/5

3.64 vs AUS at The Gabba 2022:
Score : SA 27/4

4.59 vs WI at Providence 2024 :
Score : SA 134/4

5.52 vs AUS at MCG 2022 :
Score: SA 58/4

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Wow some good stats on here

 

[Ali TT]

His averages so far suggest he's not really thrived in a crisis but still early on his career.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Great work @Silver Silva, be interesting to really dig into those numbers, is anyone else on the other team making runs or is he batting on minefields?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Must say I am glad to see Verreynne going well, definitely rate him

That time he got dropped after being one of the very few players to actually do a good job on that otherwise kinda shambolic Australia tour was absolutely stupid, genuinely terrible bit of selection that

 

[ashley bach]

Not kidding when I say he looked South Africa's most competent batsman in a test series in NZ about 3 years ago.
Surprised his stats are as mediocre as they are but that may well change.

 

[Silver Silva]

Great work @Silver Silva, be interesting to really dig into those numbers, is anyone else on the other team making runs or is he batting on minefields?

26 out of 33 innings the opposition has made less than 250 against South Africa in matches involving Kyle Verreynne.

 

[Coronis]

Not kidding when I say he looked South Africa's most competent batsman in a test series in NZ about 3 years ago.
Surprised his stats are as mediocre as they are but that may well change.

The sad thing is even averaging ~30 since his career starts puts him in competition for SA’s 3rd best bat in that time.

Very sad stat: since de Kock’s retirement SA averages 23.60 with only 8 tons (3 year period) Windies are comparable with 23.80 and 9 tons.

They’re behind Ireland on average and ahead of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. The only other team with a similar average is Bangladesh, and their players have scored 15 tons in the same number of matches.