| Opponent | Matches | Inns | Not Out | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| Auckland | 11 | 11 | 0 | 350 | 74 | 31.81 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Australia | 29 | 28 | 1 | 820 | 79 | 30.37 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Australians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 97 | 97.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30* | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boland | 7 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 48 | 18.57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Border | 5 | 5 | 0 | 102 | 77 | 20.40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Canterbury | 10 | 10 | 0 | 333 | 99 | 33.30 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Central Districts | 9 | 9 | 0 | 239 | 53 | 26.55 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Eastern Province | 9 | 9 | 1 | 193 | 62 | 24.12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Easterns | 5 | 4 | 1 | 175 | 68 | 58.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| England | 19 | 18 | 3 | 381 | 77 | 25.40 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| England XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Free State | 7 | 7 | 2 | 322 | 82* | 64.40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Griqualand West | 5 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 74 | 28.20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| India | 18 | 18 | 1 | 634 | 108 | 37.29 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 37* | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 58 | 25.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Leicestershire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Natal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 54 | 31.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| New South Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| North Island | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| North West | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Northamptonshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Northern Districts | 8 | 8 | 1 | 190 | 115* | 27.14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Northern Transvaal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 50.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northerns | 4 | 4 | 1 | 283 | 130* | 94.33 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pakistan | 18 | 18 | 0 | 365 | 50 | 20.27 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| South Africa | 7 | 6 | 0 | 150 | 61 | 25.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sri Lanka | 16 | 15 | 2 | 563 | 102* | 43.30 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Sri Lanka Board President's XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Surrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Transvaal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 39 | 71.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wellington | 7 | 7 | 0 | 269 | 102 | 38.42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Indies | 9 | 8 | 0 | 106 | 30 | 13.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Western Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 54 | 54.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Western Province | 6 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 60 | 21.00 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Western Transvaal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 91 | 91.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 9 | 3 | 274 | 55* | 45.66 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zimbabwe Country Districts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |