PLAYER CAREER

Carlisle Best

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

West Indies1986–1992

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	8	13	13	13	1986-02-21	1990-11-23
ODI	23	23	23	22	1986-03-04	1992-01-16

32Internationals

815Career runs

2Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 8
Innings: 13
Runs: 342
Average: 28.50
Strike rate: 46.53
Highest score: 164
Not outs: 1
100s: 1
50s: 1
Ducks: 1
4s: 39
6s: 2
Balls faced: 735

Bowling

Matches: 8
Innings: 2
Balls: 30
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 21
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 4.20
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 8
Innings: 16
Catches: 8
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 8
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 24
Innings: 23
Runs: 473
Average: 24.89
Strike rate: 68.55
Highest score: 100
Not outs: 4
100s: 1
50s: 2
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 690

Bowling

Matches: 24
Innings: 2
Balls: 19
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 12
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 3.78
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 24
Innings: 23
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.217
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1992-01-16	India v West Indies	ODI	India won by 5 wickets
1992-01-12	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 12 runs
1992-01-11	India v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1991-12-12	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 9 runs
1990-11-23	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1990-11-15	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1990-11-13	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 31 runs
1990-11-11	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
1990-11-09	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 6 runs
1990-04-05	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 164 runs
1990-04-03	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 4 wickets
1990-03-23	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn

West Indies

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

198678 runs
1990264 runs

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

19900 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1990	5	9	264	164	29.33	49.81	1	1	30	1	530	2	0	N/A	4.20	N/A
1986	3	4	78	35	26.00	38.04	0	0	9	1	205	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

198610 runs
198723 runs
198849 runs
1989121 runs
1990197 runs
19915 runs
199268 runs

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

19890 wickets
19900 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1992	3	3	68	30	34.00	93.15	0	0	5	1	73	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1991	1	1	5	5	5.00	83.33	0	0	0	0	6	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990	8	8	197	100	28.14	77.25	1	1	21	2	255	1	N/A	2.66	N/A
1989	6	6	121	53	24.20	58.73	0	1	—	—	206	1	N/A	24.00	N/A
1988	2	2	49	32	49.00	80.32	0	0	5	1	61	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987	2	2	23	18	11.50	51.11	0	0	1	0	45	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1986	1	1	10	10	10.00	22.72	0	0	1	0	44	0	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.

1986-02-21
First available scorecard
Test v England · Kingston
1990-03-07
First century in this archive · 100 runs
ODI v England · Georgetown
1990-04-05
Highest recorded innings · 164 runs
Test v England · Bridgetown
1992-01-16
Latest available scorecard
ODI v India · Melbourne