CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Courtney Walsh
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
CW
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Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.
| Format | Matches | Bat inns | Balls recorded | Boundaries recorded | First scorecard | Latest scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 132 | 185 | 185 | 185 | 1984-11-09 | 2001-04-19 |
| ODI | 202 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 1985-01-10 | 2000-01-11 |
337Internationals
1,257Career runs
0Centuries
746Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 132
- Innings
- 185
- Runs
- 936
- Average
- 7.54
- Strike rate
- 44.82
- Highest score
- 30*
- Not outs
- 61
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 43
- 4s
- 77
- 6s
- 19
- Balls faced
- 2,088
Bowling
- Matches
- 132
- Innings
- 242
- Balls
- 30,019
- Maidens
- 1,144
- Runs conceded
- 12,688
- Wickets
- 519
- Average
- 24.44
- Economy
- 2.53
- Strike rate
- 57.84
- Best innings
- 7/37
- Best match
- 13/55
- 4 wickets
- 32
- 5 wickets
- 22
- 10 wickets
- 3
Fielding
- Matches
- 132
- Innings
- 244
- Catches
- 29
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 29
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 29
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.118
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 205
- Innings
- 79
- Runs
- 321
- Average
- 6.97
- Strike rate
- 71.17
- Highest score
- 30
- Not outs
- 33
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 11
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- —
- Balls faced
- 451
Bowling
- Matches
- 205
- Innings
- 204
- Balls
- 10,822
- Maidens
- 185
- Runs conceded
- 6,918
- Wickets
- 227
- Average
- 30.47
- Economy
- 3.83
- Strike rate
- 47.67
- Best innings
- 5/1
- Best match
- 5/1
- 4 wickets
- 6
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 205
- Innings
- 204
- Catches
- 27
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 27
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 27
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.132
- 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
336 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-04-19 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | West Indies won by 130 runs |
| 2001-04-06 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | South Africa won by 82 runs |
| 2001-03-29 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 2001-03-17 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | South Africa won by 69 runs |
| 2001-03-09 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 2001-01-02 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by 6 wickets |
| 2000-12-26 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by 352 runs |
| 2000-12-15 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by 5 wickets |
| 2000-12-01 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by inns & 27 runs |
| 2000-11-23 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by inns & 126 runs |
| 2000-08-31 | England v West Indies | Test | England won by 158 runs |
| 2000-08-17 | England v West Indies | Test | England won by inns & 39 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
- 198432 runs
- 198512 runs
- 198615 runs
- 198744 runs
- 1988139 runs
- 198935 runs
- 199050 runs
- 1991110 runs
- 199236 runs
- 199345 runs
- 199460 runs
- 1995105 runs
- 199654 runs
- 199748 runs
- 199825 runs
- 199924 runs
- 200076 runs
- 200126 runs
- 198413 wickets
- 19853 wickets
- 198616 wickets
- 198732 wickets
- 198835 wickets
- 198923 wickets
- 199020 wickets
- 199132 wickets
- 199212 wickets
- 199317 wickets
- 199436 wickets
- 199562 wickets
- 199620 wickets
- 199732 wickets
- 199838 wickets
- 199935 wickets
- 200066 wickets
- 200127 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 18 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 3.71 | 28.88 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 12 | 27 | 22.25 | 1.97 | 67.48 |
| 2000 | 14 | 22 | 76 | 22 | 4.75 | 39.79 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 191 | 24 | 66 | 18.69 | 2.11 | 53.04 |
| 1999 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 3.00 | 24.74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 13 | 35 | 24.42 | 2.68 | 54.60 |
| 1998 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 6.25 | 32.05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 17 | 38 | 23.52 | 2.30 | 61.23 |
| 1997 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 21 | 4.36 | 41.02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 117 | 16 | 32 | 30.56 | 2.76 | 66.37 |
| 1996 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 18 | 27.00 | 58.06 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 10 | 20 | 29.60 | 2.84 | 62.40 |
| 1995 | 12 | 14 | 105 | 19 | 8.75 | 58.33 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 180 | 23 | 62 | 21.75 | 2.65 | 49.20 |
| 1994 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 18 | 8.57 | 48.78 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 123 | 15 | 36 | 27.97 | 2.73 | 61.36 |
| 1993 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 30 | 5.62 | 69.23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 13 | 17 | 31.47 | 2.66 | 70.76 |
| 1992 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 17 | 9.00 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 6 | 12 | 25.08 | 2.24 | 66.91 |
| 1991 | 10 | 14 | 110 | 18 | 9.16 | 42.14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 261 | 18 | 32 | 28.71 | 2.50 | 68.71 |
| 1990 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 14 | 8.33 | 42.01 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 119 | 12 | 20 | 23.25 | 2.77 | 50.20 |
| 1989 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 5.83 | 44.30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 79 | 11 | 23 | 20.47 | 2.41 | 50.91 |
| 1988 | 12 | 17 | 139 | 30 | 13.90 | 50.36 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 276 | 23 | 35 | 30.82 | 2.75 | 67.08 |
| 1987 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 16 | 14.66 | 52.38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 11 | 32 | 18.84 | 2.81 | 40.21 |
| 1986 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3.00 | 20.27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 8 | 16 | 18.62 | 2.28 | 48.93 |
| 1985 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | N/A | 92.30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 25.00 | 3.00 | 50.00 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 10.66 | 47.76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 8 | 13 | 33.23 | 2.95 | 67.53 |
ODI
- 19857 runs
- 19862 runs
- 198739 runs
- 198828 runs
- 198953 runs
- 199137 runs
- 19920 runs
- 199337 runs
- 199437 runs
- 199512 runs
- 199630 runs
- 19975 runs
- 19981 runs
- 199911 runs
- 200018 runs
- 19857 wickets
- 198620 wickets
- 198730 wickets
- 198816 wickets
- 198924 wickets
- 19907 wickets
- 19914 wickets
- 19920 wickets
- 199325 wickets
- 199411 wickets
- 199516 wickets
- 199620 wickets
- 199719 wickets
- 19982 wickets
- 199918 wickets
- 20002 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 16 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 9.00 | 200.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 75.00 | 5.76 | 78.00 |
| 1999 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2.20 | 26.82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 16 | 18 | 24.94 | 3.16 | 47.33 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 54.00 | 5.40 | 60.00 |
| 1997 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2.50 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 33.26 | 4.00 | 49.89 |
| 1996 | 19 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 6.00 | 57.69 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 19 | 20 | 31.95 | 3.83 | 50.00 |
| 1995 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 12.00 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 25.43 | 4.05 | 37.62 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7.40 | 102.77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 33.18 | 3.80 | 52.36 |
| 1993 | 23 | 5 | 37 | 12 | 9.25 | 62.71 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 23 | 25 | 27.88 | 3.38 | 49.48 |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.20 | N/A |
| 1991 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 9.25 | 78.72 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 79.50 | 4.54 | 105.00 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 28.57 | 4.87 | 35.14 |
| 1989 | 21 | 7 | 53 | 14 | 13.25 | 123.25 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 21 | 24 | 31.29 | 3.68 | 51.00 |
| 1988 | 20 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 5.60 | 48.27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 20 | 16 | 44.06 | 3.83 | 69.00 |
| 1987 | 21 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 7.80 | 72.22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 21 | 30 | 22.30 | 3.68 | 36.26 |
| 1986 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 16.40 | 3.52 | 27.95 |
| 1985 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 116.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 57.85 | 4.55 | 76.28 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · W.A.C.A
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v Sri Lanka · Sharjah
- Highest recorded innings · 30* runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne
- Best recorded bowling · 7/37
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Kingston