PLAYER CAREER

David Brain

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Zimbabwe1992–1995

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	9	13	13	13	1992-11-07	1995-02-15
ODI	23	18	18	18	1992-10-25	1995-10-22

32Internationals

232Career runs

0Centuries

51Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 9
Innings: 13
Runs: 115
Average: 10.45
Strike rate: 61.49
Highest score: 28
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 17
6s: 0
Balls faced: 187

Bowling

Matches: 9
Innings: 16
Balls: 1,810
Maidens: 54
Runs conceded: 915
Wickets: 30
Average: 30.50
Economy: 3.03
Strike rate: 60.33
Best innings: 5/42
Best match: 6/70
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 9
Innings: 16
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.062
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 23
Innings: 18
Runs: 117
Average: 8.35
Strike rate: 68.42
Highest score: 27
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 10
6s: 2
Balls faced: 171

Bowling

Matches: 23
Innings: 23
Balls: 1,091
Maidens: 14
Runs conceded: 849
Wickets: 21
Average: 40.42
Economy: 4.66
Strike rate: 51.95
Best innings: 3/51
Best match: 3/51
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 23
Innings: 23
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.217
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1995-10-22	South Africa v Zimbabwe	ODI	South Africa won by 112 runs
1995-02-15	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Test	Pakistan won by 99 runs
1995-02-07	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Test	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1995-01-31	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Test	Zimbabwe won by inns & 64 runs
1995-01-07	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	England won by 26 runs
1994-12-15	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 13 runs
1994-12-08	Australia v Zimbabwe	ODI	Australia won by 84 runs
1994-12-02	Australia v Zimbabwe	ODI	Australia won by 2 wickets
1994-11-06	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 191 runs
1994-11-03	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 56 runs
1994-10-26	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Test	Match drawn
1994-10-11	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Test	Match drawn

Zimbabwe

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

199228 runs
199346 runs
19946 runs
199535 runs

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

19924 wickets
199314 wickets
19944 wickets
19958 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1995	3	4	35	22	11.66	53.84	2	65	6	8	42.12	3.80	66.50
1994	2	2	6	6	6.00	37.50	1	16	3	4	36.75	2.94	75.00
1993	3	5	46	28	9.20	77.96	8	59	5	14	23.57	2.55	55.28
1992	1	2	28	17	14.00	59.57	6	47	2	4	25.25	2.97	51.00

ODI

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

199224 runs
199361 runs
199418 runs
199514 runs

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

19923 wickets
199313 wickets
19944 wickets
19951 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 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
1995	2	2	14	12	14.00	46.66	2	0	30	2	1	55.00	4.23	78.00
1994	5	4	18	10	6.00	47.36	1	0	38	5	4	53.75	4.96	65.00
1993	13	10	61	27	6.77	79.22	5	2	77	13	13	34.92	4.42	47.30
1992	3	2	24	16	24.00	92.30	2	0	26	3	3	41.66	5.43	46.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1992-10-25
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Harare
1993-12-16
Best recorded bowling · 5/42
Test v Pakistan · Lahore
1993-12-16
Highest recorded innings · 28 runs
Test v Pakistan · Lahore
1995-10-22
Latest available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Harare