CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Alec Bedser
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
AB
51Internationals
714Career runs
0Centuries
236Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 51
- Innings
- 71
- Runs
- 714
- Average
- 12.75
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 79
- Not outs
- 15
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 1
- Ducks
- 11
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 6
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 51
- Innings
- 92
- Balls
- 15,918
- Maidens
- 574
- Runs conceded
- 5,876
- Wickets
- 236
- Average
- 24.89
- Economy
- 2.21
- Strike rate
- 67.44
- Best innings
- 7/44
- Best match
- 14/99
- 4 wickets
- 11
- 5 wickets
- 15
- 10 wickets
- 5
Fielding
- Matches
- 51
- Innings
- 93
- Catches
- 26
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 26
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 26
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.279
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
51 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-07-07 | England v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by 3 wickets |
| 1954-11-26 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by inns & 154 runs |
| 1954-07-22 | England v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 1954-07-01 | England v Pakistan | Test | England won by inns & 129 runs |
| 1953-08-15 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 8 wickets |
| 1953-07-23 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1953-07-09 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1953-06-25 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1953-06-11 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1952-08-14 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1952-07-17 | England v India | Test | England won by inns & 207 runs |
| 1952-06-19 | England v India | Test | England won by 8 wickets |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 4 | 38.25 | 3.73 | 61.50 |
| 1954 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 16.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 11 | 26.27 | 2.32 | 67.72 |
| 1953 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 12.66 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 10 | 39 | 17.48 | 2.57 | 40.79 |
| 1952 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 9.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 20 | 13.95 | 1.70 | 49.15 |
| 1951 | 10 | 13 | 124 | 30 | 12.40 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 18 | 49 | 20.46 | 1.85 | 66.32 |
| 1950 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 14 | 5.42 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 9 | 24 | 21.29 | 1.97 | 64.79 |
| 1949 | 5 | 7 | 90 | 33 | 12.85 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 10 | 15 | 39.06 | 2.20 | 106.53 |
| 1948 | 7 | 12 | 200 | 79 | 20.00 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 13 | 26 | 33.50 | 2.36 | 85.07 |
| 1947 | 6 | 10 | 88 | 27 | 12.57 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 11 | 21 | 42.47 | 2.45 | 103.61 |
| 1946 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 30 | 14.60 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 7 | 27 | 22.59 | 2.34 | 57.85 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v India · Lord's
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v India · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 79 runs
Test v Australia · Leeds
- Best recorded bowling · 7/44
Test v Australia · Nottingham
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Manchester