PLAYER CAREER

Bruce Yardley

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1978–1983

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	33	54	41	54	1978-01-28	1983-04-22
ODI	5	4	4	4	1978-04-12	1983-04-16

40Internationals

1,036Career runs

0Centuries

133Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 33
Innings: 54
Runs: 978
Average: 19.56
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 74
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 8
4s: 114
6s: 5
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 33
Innings: 58
Balls: 8,909
Maidens: 379
Runs conceded: 3,986
Wickets: 126
Average: 31.63
Economy: 2.68
Strike rate: 70.70
Best innings: 7/98
Best match: 10/185
4 wickets: 11
5 wickets: 6
10 wickets: 1

Fielding

Matches: 33
Innings: 62
Catches: 31
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 31
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 31
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 7
Innings: 4
Runs: 58
Average: 14.50
Strike rate: 59.18
Highest score: 28
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 1
6s: 0
Balls faced: 98

Bowling

Matches: 7
Innings: 5
Balls: 198
Maidens: 5
Runs conceded: 130
Wickets: 7
Average: 18.57
Economy: 3.93
Strike rate: 28.28
Best innings: 3/28
Best match: 3/28
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 7
Innings: 5
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.200
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

40 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1983-04-30	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1983-04-29	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1983-04-22	Australia v Sri Lanka	Test	Australia won by inns & 38 runs
1983-04-16	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1983-01-02	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1982-12-26	Australia v England	Test	England won by 3 runs
1982-12-10	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-11-26	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
1982-11-12	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1982-10-14	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-22	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-20	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 59 runs

Australia

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1978306 runs
1979270 runs
1981108 runs
1982270 runs
198324 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

197824 wickets
197913 wickets
198130 wickets
198247 wickets
198312 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1983	2	2	24	24	12.00	40.67	0	3	0	59	4	12	29.33	3.45	51.00
1982	11	15	270	53	18.00	58.95	1	32	1	458	19	47	32.17	2.89	66.74
1981	6	11	108	22	9.81	35.52	0	9	0	304	10	30	22.83	2.52	54.30
1979	6	11	270	61	30.00	—	2	28	2	—	11	13	52.76	2.55	124.00
1978	8	15	306	74	23.53	—	1	42	2	—	14	24	31.29	2.34	79.95

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

19787 runs
198128 runs
198223 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19782 wickets
19810 wickets
19822 wickets
19833 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1983	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	1	3	9.33	3.11	18.00
1982	2	2	23	23	11.50	82.14	1	28	2	2	33.50	4.78	42.00
1981	1	1	28	28	28.00	48.27	0	58	1	0	N/A	7.00	N/A
1978	1	1	7	7	7.00	58.33	0	12	1	2	7.00	2.00	21.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1978-01-28
First available scorecard
Test v India · Adelaide
1978-03-17
Highest recorded innings · 74 runs
Test v West Indies · Bridgetown
1981-11-13
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · W.A.C.A
1982-01-02
Best recorded bowling · 7/98
Test v West Indies · Sydney
1983-04-22
Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Kandy