PLAYER CAREER

Bruce Laird

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1979–1982

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	21	40	40	40	1979-12-01	1982-10-14
ODI	23	23	23	23	1979-11-27	1982-10-08

44Internationals

1,935Career runs

1Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 21
Innings: 40
Runs: 1,341
Average: 35.28
Strike rate: 36.11
Highest score: 92
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 11
Ducks: 2
4s: 94
6s: 0
Balls faced: 3,713

Bowling

Matches: 21
Innings: 2
Balls: 18
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 12
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 4.00
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 21
Innings: 37
Catches: 16
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 16
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 16
Dismissals / inns: 0.432
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 23
Innings: 23
Runs: 594
Average: 29.70
Strike rate: 53.75
Highest score: 117*
Not outs: 3
100s: 1
50s: 2
Ducks: 0
4s: 52
6s: 0
Balls faced: 1,105

Bowling

Matches: 23
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 23
Innings: 23
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.217
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1982-10-14	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-10-08	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 28 runs
1982-09-30	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 3 runs
1982-09-22	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-20	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 59 runs
1982-03-19	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-03-12	Australia v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1982-02-26	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1982-02-20	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-02-17	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1982-02-13	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 46 runs
1982-01-30	Australia v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 5 wickets

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

1979285 runs
1980326 runs
1981314 runs
1982416 runs

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

19800 wickets
19810 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1982	8	15	416	78	29.71	33.09	2	22	1,257	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1981	4	8	314	85	44.85	40.05	3	22	784	1	N/A	9.00	N/A
1980	6	11	326	74	29.63	34.94	3	26	933	1	N/A	1.50	N/A
1979	3	6	285	92	47.50	38.56	3	24	739	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

197941 runs
198051 runs
1981156 runs
1982346 runs

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1982	12	12	346	91	34.60	53.89	0	2	34	642	N/A	N/A	N/A
1981	4	4	156	117	52.00	63.41	1	0	12	246	N/A	N/A	N/A
1980	2	2	51	36	25.50	49.03	0	0	2	104	N/A	N/A	N/A
1979	5	5	41	20	8.20	36.28	0	0	4	113	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1979-11-27
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Sydney
1981-11-24
Highest recorded innings · 117* runs
ODI v West Indies · Sydney
1982-10-14
Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Lahore