Profile
Due to the evergreen presence of Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis as fast bowling all-rounders in the South African side, Ryan McLaren’s chances of playing internationally were blocked. His debut against Zimbabwe in 2009 came at the relatively older age of 26, and it turned out to be an unimpressive one.
Being an experienced domestic player, selectors persisted with McLaren to come good, handing him T20 and Test outings. McLaren’s most impressive displays came in the emerging T20 format while on tour to West Indies when he took a fifer, helping South Africa clinch the series 2-0. As a Kolpak player, he signed for Kent and helped them bag the 2007 Twenty20 final with a fantastic hat-trick. Then in 2009, an IPL contract from the Mumbai arrived, a jackpot which many cricketers covet, though he failed to make any notable contribution in the lucrative tournament. He then went on to represent the Punjab, followed by the Kolkata in 2013 for the sixth edition.
Fast Facts
- Ryan McLaren became the first-ever South African bowler to have taken a five wicket haul in T20s.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
1 |
1 |
33 |
1 |
- |
58.92 |
0 |
0 |
33* |
| ODI |
21 |
15 |
126 |
4 |
11.45 |
69.61 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
| T20 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
- |
88.88 |
0 |
0 |
6* |
| IPL |
18 |
13 |
159 |
5 |
19.87 |
92.98 |
0 |
1 |
51* |
| CLT20 |
5 |
5 |
71 |
4 |
71 |
105.97 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
1 |
2 |
78 |
43 |
1 |
1/30 |
/ |
43 |
3.30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| ODI |
21 |
20 |
940 |
791 |
27 |
4/46 |
/ |
29.29 |
5.04 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
43 |
| T20 |
8 |
8 |
191 |
222 |
14 |
5/19 |
/ |
15.85 |
6.97 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
| IPL |
18 |
18 |
354 |
542 |
12 |
2/28 |
/ |
45.16 |
9.18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| CLT20 |
5 |
5 |
96 |
120 |
1 |
1/29 |
/ |
120 |
7.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
8 |
0 |
2 |
| T20 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| IPL |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| CLT20 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2010-2010
- ODI:
- 2009-2013
- T20:
- 2009-2012
- IPL:
- 2010-2013
- CLT20:
- 2009-2010
- Test
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs England at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Jan 14, 2010
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs England at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Jan 14, 2010
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Zimbabwe at Willowmoore Park, Benoni - Nov 08, 2009
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs Pakistan at Willowmoore Park, Benoni - Mar 24, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs England at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Nov 13, 2009
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs New Zealand at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth - Dec 26, 2012
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Mumbai Vs Rajasthan at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai - Mar 13, 2010
- Last played:
- Kolkata Vs Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - May 07, 2013
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- Diamond Eagles Vs New South Wales at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Oct 09, 2009
- Last played:
- Mumbai Vs Highveld Lions at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Sep 10, 2010
