CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Basil D'Oliveira
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
BD
48Internationals
2,514Career runs
5Centuries
50Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 44
- Innings
- 70
- Runs
- 2,484
- Average
- 40.06
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 158
- Not outs
- 8
- 100s
- 5
- 50s
- 15
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 14
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 44
- Innings
- 66
- Balls
- 5,706
- Maidens
- 318
- Runs conceded
- 1,859
- Wickets
- 47
- Average
- 39.55
- Economy
- 1.95
- Strike rate
- 121.40
- Best innings
- 3/46
- Best match
- 5/62
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 44
- Innings
- 83
- Catches
- 29
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 29
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 29
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.349
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 4
- Runs
- 30
- Average
- 10.00
- Strike rate
- 69.76
- Highest score
- 17
- Not outs
- 1
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 0
- 4s
- 3
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 43
Bowling
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 4
- Balls
- 204
- Maidens
- 3
- Runs conceded
- 140
- Wickets
- 3
- Average
- 46.66
- Economy
- 4.11
- Strike rate
- 68.00
- Best innings
- 1/19
- Best match
- 1/19
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 4
- Catches
- 1
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 1
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 1
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.250
- 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
49 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-08-28 | Australia v England | ODI | England won by 2 wickets |
| 1972-08-26 | Australia v England | ODI | Australia won by 5 wickets |
| 1972-08-24 | Australia v England | ODI | England won by 6 wickets |
| 1972-08-10 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 5 wickets |
| 1972-07-27 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 9 wickets |
| 1972-07-13 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1972-06-22 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| 1972-06-08 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 89 runs |
| 1971-08-19 | England v India | Test | India won by 4 wickets |
| 1971-08-05 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1971-07-22 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1971-07-08 | England v Pakistan | Test | England won by 25 runs |
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 · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | 9 | 233 | 50 | 29.12 | 41.83 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 557 | 8 | 5 | 35.20 | 2.12 | 99.60 |
| 1971 | 12 | 20 | 765 | 117 | 40.26 | 44.81 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 5 | 1,707 | 16 | 16 | 26.31 | 1.65 | 95.37 |
| 1970 | 2 | 3 | 96 | 57 | 32.00 | 32.87 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 292 | 4 | 1 | 116.00 | 1.97 | 352.00 |
| 1969 | 9 | 13 | 418 | 114 | 34.83 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 13 | 7 | 43.00 | 1.96 | 131.14 |
| 1968 | 7 | 12 | 400 | 158 | 44.44 | — | 1 | 2 | 54 | 1 | — | 12 | 6 | 57.00 | 2.17 | 157.00 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7 | 316 | 109 | 63.20 | 47.02 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 672 | 6 | 4 | 43.50 | 2.04 | 127.50 |
| 1966 | 4 | 6 | 256 | 88 | 42.66 | 48.85 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 524 | 7 | 8 | 41.12 | 2.05 | 120.00 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 6.50 | 48.14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 51.00 | 3.92 | 78.00 |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | 106.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 38.00 | 4.75 | 48.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Lord's
- First century in this archive · 109 runs
Test v India · Leeds
- Highest recorded innings · 158 runs
Test v Australia · The Oval
- Best recorded bowling · 3/46
Test v Pakistan · Leeds
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Birmingham