PLAYER CAREER

Bruce French

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1985–1988

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	14	21	21	21	1986-06-19	1988-02-25
ODI	8	8	8	8	1985-03-24	1988-03-19

29Internationals

342Career runs

0Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 16
Innings: 21
Runs: 308
Average: 18.11
Strike rate: 38.64
Highest score: 59
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 2
4s: 37
6s: 1
Balls faced: 797

Bowling

Matches: 16
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: 16
Innings: 25
Catches: 38
Stumpings: 1
Dismissals: 39
Keeper catches: 38
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 1.560
Best innings: 4 (4ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 13
Innings: 8
Runs: 34
Average: 6.80
Strike rate: 47.88
Highest score: 9*
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 1
6s: 0
Balls faced: 71

Bowling

Matches: 13
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: 13
Innings: 13
Catches: 13
Stumpings: 3
Dismissals: 16
Keeper catches: 13
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 1.230
Best innings: 3 (3ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1988-03-19	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1988-03-16	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1988-03-12	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1988-03-09	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
1988-03-03	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1988-02-25	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1988-02-12	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1988-01-29	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1987-12-16	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1987-12-07	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1987-11-25	England v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 87 runs
1987-11-20	England v Pakistan	ODI	England won by 23 runs

England

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

198655 runs
1987183 runs
198870 runs

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1988	3	4	70	47	17.50	40.22	0	6	0	174	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987	7	10	183	59	22.87	40.48	1	24	1	452	N/A	N/A	N/A
1986	4	7	55	21	11.00	32.16	0	7	0	171	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

198511 runs
198721 runs
19882 runs

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1988	2	2	2	2	1.00	20.00	0	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987	4	4	21	9	21.00	63.63	0	33	N/A	N/A	N/A
1985	2	2	11	7	5.50	39.28	1	28	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.

1985-03-24
First available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Sharjah
1987-06-04
Highest recorded innings · 59 runs
Test v Pakistan · Manchester
1988-03-19
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Auckland