PLAYER CAREER

Brian Close

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1949–1976

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	22	37	22	35	1949-07-23	1976-07-08
ODI	3	3	3	3	1972-08-24	1972-08-28

25Internationals

936Career runs

0Centuries

18Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 22
Innings: 37
Runs: 887
Average: 25.34
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 70
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: 4
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 22
Innings: 23
Balls: 1,212
Maidens: 56
Runs conceded: 532
Wickets: 18
Average: 29.55
Economy: 2.63
Strike rate: 67.33
Best innings: 4/35
Best match: 5/53
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 22
Innings: 44
Catches: 24
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 24
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 24
Dismissals / inns: 0.545
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 3
Innings: 3
Runs: 49
Average: 16.33
Strike rate: 98.00
Highest score: 43
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 7
6s: 1
Balls faced: 50

Bowling

Matches: 3
Innings: 1
Balls: 18
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 21
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 7.00
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 3
Innings: 3
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.333
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1976-07-08	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 425 runs
1976-06-17	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1976-06-03	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1972-08-28	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 2 wickets
1972-08-26	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 5 wickets
1972-08-24	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1967-08-24	England v Pakistan	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1967-08-10	England v Pakistan	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1967-07-27	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1967-07-13	England v India	Test	England won by 132 runs
1967-06-22	England v India	Test	England won by inns & 124 runs
1967-06-08	England v India	Test	England won by 6 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

19490 runs
19501 runs
195547 runs
195789 runs
195927 runs
196141 runs
1963315 runs
19664 runs
1967197 runs
1976166 runs

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

19491 wickets
19501 wickets
19570 wickets
19595 wickets
19610 wickets
19630 wickets
19661 wickets
196710 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 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
1976	3	6	166	60	33.20	29.12	1	16	1	570	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1967	6	9	197	47	24.62	36.61	0	20	1	538	10	10	20.90	2.38	52.60
1966	1	1	4	4	4.00	19.04	0	0	0	21	2	1	28.00	2.33	72.00
1963	5	10	315	70	31.50	—	3	—	0	—	3	0	N/A	3.52	N/A
1961	1	2	41	33	20.50	—	0	4	2	—	1	0	N/A	4.12	N/A
1959	1	1	27	27	27.00	—	0	—	0	—	2	5	10.60	3.31	19.20
1957	2	3	89	42	29.66	—	0	7	0	—	1	0	N/A	4.00	N/A
1955	1	2	47	32	23.50	—	0	3	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1950	1	2	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	—	2	1	28.00	3.00	56.00
1949	1	1	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	—	2	1	85.00	2.02	252.00

ODI

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

197249 runs

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

19720 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

ODI 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
1972	3	3	49	43	16.33	98.00	0	0	7	1	50	1	0	N/A	7.00	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1949-07-23
First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Manchester
1959-07-02
Best recorded bowling · 4/35
Test v India · Leeds
1963-06-20
Highest recorded innings · 70 runs
Test v West Indies · Lord's
1976-07-08
Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Manchester