PLAYER CAREER

Darren Gough

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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England1994–2006

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	58	86	86	86	1994-06-30	2003-07-31
ODI	154	87	87	87	1994-05-19	2006-09-02
T20I	2	0	0	0	2005-06-13	2006-08-28

219Internationals

—Career runs

—Centuries

467Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 58
Innings: 86
Runs: 855
Average: 12.57
Strike rate: 43.46
Highest score: 65
Not outs: 18
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 14
4s: 102
6s: 9
Balls faced: 1,967

Bowling

Matches: 58
Innings: 95
Balls: 11,821
Maidens: 369
Runs conceded: 6,503
Wickets: 229
Average: 28.39
Economy: 3.30
Strike rate: 51.62
Best innings: 6/42
Best match: 9/92
4 wickets: 14
5 wickets: 9
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 58
Innings: 99
Catches: 13
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 13
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 13
Dismissals / inns: 0.131
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 159
Innings: 87
Runs: 609
Average: 12.42
Strike rate: 64.30
Highest score: 46*
Not outs: 38
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 10
4s: 43
6s: 5
Balls faced: 947

Bowling

Matches: 159
Innings: 156
Balls: 8,470
Maidens: 120
Runs conceded: 6,209
Wickets: 235
Average: 26.42
Economy: 4.39
Strike rate: 36.04
Best innings: 5/44
Best match: 5/44
4 wickets: 10
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 159
Innings: 157
Catches: 25
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 25
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 25
Dismissals / inns: 0.159
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 2
Innings: —
Runs: —
Average: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Highest score: -
Not outs: —
100s: —
50s: —
Ducks: —
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Balls: 41
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 49
Wickets: 3
Average: 16.33
Economy: 7.17
Strike rate: 13.66
Best innings: 3/16
Best match: 3/16
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2006-09-02	England v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
2006-08-30	England v Pakistan	ODI	No result
2006-08-28	England v Pakistan	T20I	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
2005-07-12	England v Australia	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
2005-07-10	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
2005-07-07	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 9 wickets
2005-07-02	Australia v England	ODI	Match tied
2005-06-28	Australia v England	ODI	No result
2005-06-26	Bangladesh v England	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
2005-06-23	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 57 runs
2005-06-19	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
2005-06-16	Bangladesh v England	ODI	England won by 10 wickets

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

1994193 runs
1995126 runs
19967 runs
199737 runs
199898 runs
199953 runs
2000158 runs
2001134 runs
200349 runs

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

199430 wickets
199513 wickets
19967 wickets
199735 wickets
199836 wickets
199914 wickets
200048 wickets
200145 wickets
20031 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2003	2	3	49	34	16.33	55.68	0	6	2	88	2	1	215.00	4.05	318.00
2001	10	16	134	39	12.18	49.62	0	24	0	270	17	45	26.91	3.83	42.08
2000	12	16	158	23	14.36	43.16	0	14	1	366	20	48	24.00	3.10	46.43
1999	4	6	53	16	17.66	39.25	0	7	0	135	7	14	32.78	3.14	62.57
1998	9	15	98	16	7.00	26.13	0	10	0	375	14	36	29.58	3.22	55.05
1997	7	9	37	18	4.11	32.17	0	6	0	115	12	35	24.91	3.23	46.20
1996	2	3	7	3	3.50	33.33	0	0	0	21	3	7	24.42	2.67	54.85
1995	6	9	126	51	14.00	51.63	1	11	2	244	8	13	37.53	3.39	66.38
1994	6	9	193	65	32.16	54.67	1	24	4	353	12	30	29.00	3.14	55.26

ODI

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

199410 runs
199568 runs
199695 runs
199730 runs
199818 runs
1999108 runs
200030 runs
200156 runs
200240 runs
200314 runs
200445 runs
200576 runs
200619 runs

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

199410 wickets
19957 wickets
199622 wickets
199718 wickets
199813 wickets
199933 wickets
200028 wickets
200111 wickets
200227 wickets
200314 wickets
200425 wickets
200521 wickets
20060 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2006	2	2	19	18	9.50	105.55	2	0	18	2	0	N/A	6.00	N/A
2005	15	6	76	46	76.00	84.44	7	0	90	15	21	31.28	4.98	37.61
2004	20	7	45	13	11.25	57.69	2	1	78	20	25	29.24	4.51	38.84
2003	9	1	14	14	N/A	46.66	1	0	30	9	14	22.42	3.78	35.57
2002	16	9	40	16	10.00	64.51	1	1	62	16	27	26.62	5.09	31.37
2001	9	8	56	40	11.20	40.57	3	1	138	9	11	31.81	4.32	44.18
2000	21	11	30	6	7.50	50.00	2	0	60	20	28	26.10	3.90	40.07
1999	20	14	108	23	12.00	59.01	7	1	183	20	33	25.27	4.56	33.21
1998	6	5	18	15	6.00	75.00	2	0	24	6	13	21.07	4.56	27.69
1997	10	5	30	16	10.00	73.17	2	0	41	10	18	23.61	4.48	31.55
1996	16	12	95	26	10.55	68.84	9	0	138	16	22	28.04	3.98	42.27
1995	5	5	68	45	17.00	97.14	5	1	70	4	7	20.00	3.40	35.28
1994	5	2	10	8	10.00	66.66	0	0	15	5	10	21.00	4.07	30.90

T20I

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20053 wickets
20060 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

T20I 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
2006	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	8.60	N/A
2005	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5.33	5.33	6.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1994-05-19
First available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Birmingham
1994-06-30
Highest recorded innings · 65 runs
Test v New Zealand · Manchester
1994-12-15
First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v Zimbabwe · Sydney
1998-08-06
Best recorded bowling · 6/42
Test v South Africa · Leeds
2006-09-02
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Lord's