PLAYER CAREER

David Allen

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1960–1966

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	39	51	13	39	1960-01-06	1966-06-02

39Internationals

918Career runs

0Centuries

122Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 39
Innings: 51
Runs: 918
Average: 25.50
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 88
Not outs: 15
100s: 0
50s: 5
Ducks: 4
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 39
Innings: 65
Balls: 11,297
Maidens: 685
Runs conceded: 3,779
Wickets: 122
Average: 30.97
Economy: 2.00
Strike rate: 92.59
Best innings: 5/30
Best match: 9/162
4 wickets: 8
5 wickets: 4
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 39
Innings: 69
Catches: 10
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 10
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 10
Dismissals / inns: 0.144
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1966-06-02	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 40 runs
1966-03-11	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1966-03-04	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1966-02-25	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1966-01-28	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 9 runs
1966-01-07	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 93 runs
1965-12-30	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1965-12-10	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1965-02-12	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1965-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-12-23	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-12-04	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 104 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

1960197 runs
1961206 runs
1962199 runs
196326 runs
196426 runs
196565 runs
1966199 runs

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

196013 wickets
196135 wickets
196223 wickets
19639 wickets
196413 wickets
19658 wickets
196621 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1966	6	8	199	88	39.80	—	2	18	—	10	21	31.19	2.16	86.33
1965	4	4	65	38	21.66	—	0	7	—	6	8	49.62	1.94	152.75
1964	3	3	26	21	8.66	—	0	0	—	5	13	22.61	1.72	78.84
1963	3	5	26	14	6.50	—	0	2	—	6	9	35.66	1.87	113.88
1962	7	7	199	79	33.16	—	2	—	—	13	23	31.26	1.91	97.86
1961	9	11	206	42	25.75	—	0	—	—	13	35	25.00	2.15	69.65
1960	7	13	197	55	28.14	—	1	—	—	12	13	39.84	2.04	117.15

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1960-01-06
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Bridgetown
1961-12-30
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v India · Eden Gardens
1962-01-19
Best recorded bowling · 5/30
Test v Pakistan · Dhaka
1966-02-25
Highest recorded innings · 88 runs
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch
1966-06-02
Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Manchester