CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Chris Old
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
CO
78Internationals
1,183Career runs
0Centuries
188Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 46
- Innings
- 66
- Runs
- 845
- Average
- 14.82
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 65
- Not outs
- 9
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 2
- Ducks
- 10
- 4s
- 103
- 6s
- 8
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 46
- Innings
- 81
- Balls
- 8,858
- Maidens
- 311
- Runs conceded
- 4,020
- Wickets
- 143
- Average
- 28.11
- Economy
- 2.72
- Strike rate
- 61.94
- Best innings
- 7/50
- Best match
- 9/88
- 4 wickets
- 7
- 5 wickets
- 4
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 46
- Innings
- 84
- Catches
- 22
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 22
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 22
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.261
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 32
- Innings
- 25
- Runs
- 338
- Average
- 18.77
- Strike rate
- 84.28
- Highest score
- 51*
- Not outs
- 7
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 1
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- 29
- 6s
- 6
- Balls faced
- 401
Bowling
- Matches
- 32
- Innings
- 31
- Balls
- 1,755
- Maidens
- —
- Runs conceded
- 999
- Wickets
- 45
- Average
- 22.20
- Economy
- 3.41
- Strike rate
- 39.00
- Best innings
- 4/8
- Best match
- 4/8
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 32
- Innings
- 32
- Catches
- 8
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 8
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 8
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.250
- 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
76 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-07-30 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 29 runs |
| 1981-07-16 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 18 runs |
| 1981-02-13 | England v West Indies | Test | West Indies won by inns & 79 runs |
| 1981-02-04 | England v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 2 runs |
| 1980-08-28 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1980-08-22 | Australia v England | ODI | England won by 47 runs |
| 1980-08-20 | Australia v England | ODI | England won by 23 runs |
| 1980-08-07 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1980-05-30 | England v West Indies | ODI | England won by 3 wickets |
| 1980-05-28 | England v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 24 runs |
| 1979-06-23 | England v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 92 runs |
| 1979-06-20 | England v New Zealand | ODI | England won by 9 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 · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 29 | 12.80 | 71.91 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 89 | 5 | 6 | 37.33 | 2.24 | 100.00 |
| 1980 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 30.00 | 115.38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 25.25 | 2.40 | 62.87 |
| 1978 | 7 | 8 | 78 | 29 | 11.14 | 31.20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 250 | 13 | 26 | 18.50 | 1.88 | 58.88 |
| 1977 | 7 | 11 | 133 | 52 | 12.09 | 29.88 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 445 | 14 | 21 | 28.09 | 2.50 | 67.23 |
| 1976 | 3 | 4 | 80 | 33 | 20.00 | 38.83 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 206 | 6 | 8 | 35.25 | 3.30 | 64.00 |
| 1975 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 25 | 11.50 | 43.39 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 159 | 8 | 11 | 38.63 | 3.05 | 75.81 |
| 1974 | 11 | 15 | 231 | 65 | 16.50 | 40.66 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 568 | 18 | 33 | 29.42 | 3.28 | 53.72 |
| 1973 | 7 | 10 | 110 | 34 | 12.22 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | — | 12 | 24 | 30.41 | 3.10 | 58.79 |
| 1972 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 33 | N/A | 29.76 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 168 | 2 | 6 | 19.16 | 2.44 | 47.00 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8.00 | 1.60 | 30.00 |
| 1980 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47.33 | 3.38 | 84.00 |
| 1979 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6.00 | 51.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 26.42 | 2.93 | 54.00 |
| 1978 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 35.00 | 79.54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 13.40 | 2.45 | 32.80 |
| 1977 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 35 | 20.25 | 73.63 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 110 | 4 | 4 | 37.50 | 3.98 | 56.50 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5 | 110 | 51 | 36.66 | 110.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 100 | 5 | 11 | 15.72 | 3.48 | 27.09 |
| 1974 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 39 | 22.00 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 28.16 | 4.78 | 35.33 |
| 1973 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 12.50 | 67.56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 31.66 | 4.52 | 42.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v India · Eden Gardens
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v New Zealand · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 65 runs
Test v Pakistan · The Oval
- Best recorded bowling · 7/50
Test v Pakistan · Birmingham
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Birmingham