CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
David Gower
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
DG
231Internationals
11,401Career runs
25Centuries
1Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 117
- Innings
- 204
- Runs
- 8,231
- Average
- 44.25
- Strike rate
- 50.59
- Highest score
- 215
- Not outs
- 18
- 100s
- 18
- 50s
- 39
- Ducks
- 7
- 4s
- 979
- 6s
- 10
- Balls faced
- 16,268
Bowling
- Matches
- 117
- Innings
- 5
- Balls
- 36
- Maidens
- 0
- Runs conceded
- 20
- Wickets
- 1
- Average
- 20.00
- Economy
- 3.33
- Strike rate
- 36.00
- Best innings
- 1/1
- Best match
- 1/1
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 117
- Innings
- 211
- Catches
- 74
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 74
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 74
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.350
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 114
- Innings
- 111
- Runs
- 3,170
- Average
- 30.77
- Strike rate
- 75.15
- Highest score
- 158
- Not outs
- 8
- 100s
- 7
- 50s
- 12
- Ducks
- 6
- 4s
- 290
- 6s
- 22
- Balls faced
- 4,218
Bowling
- Matches
- 114
- Innings
- 2
- Balls
- 5
- Maidens
- 0
- Runs conceded
- 14
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- N/A
- Economy
- 16.80
- Strike rate
- N/A
- Best innings
- -
- Best match
- -
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 114
- Innings
- 114
- Catches
- 44
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 44
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 44
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.385
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 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
230 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-08-06 | England v Pakistan | Test | Pakistan won by 10 wickets |
| 1992-07-23 | England v Pakistan | Test | England won by 6 wickets |
| 1992-07-02 | England v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 1991-02-16 | England v New Zealand | ODI | New Zealand won by 7 runs |
| 1991-02-13 | England v New Zealand | ODI | New Zealand won by 9 runs |
| 1991-02-09 | England v New Zealand | ODI | England won by 14 runs |
| 1991-02-01 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| 1991-01-25 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1991-01-10 | Australia v England | ODI | Australia won by 3 runs |
| 1991-01-04 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1990-12-26 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| 1990-12-01 | England v New Zealand | ODI | New Zealand won by 7 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 · 15 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 | 5 | 150 | 73 | 50.00 | 51.54 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 291 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1991 | 3 | 6 | 219 | 123 | 43.80 | 57.78 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 379 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | 5 | 10 | 479 | 157 | 59.87 | 54.18 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 884 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1989 | 6 | 11 | 383 | 106 | 34.81 | 60.41 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 634 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1988 | 4 | 8 | 211 | 88 | 30.14 | 53.01 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 398 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1987 | 6 | 10 | 345 | 72 | 34.50 | 52.43 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 658 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1986 | 14 | 25 | 1,059 | 136 | 44.12 | 59.32 | 2 | 6 | 135 | 3 | 1,785 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 5.00 | N/A |
| 1985 | 8 | 12 | 860 | 215 | 78.18 | 56.61 | 3 | 2 | 103 | 1 | 1,519 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1984 | 15 | 24 | 783 | 173 | 35.59 | 43.59 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 0 | 1,796 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.33 | N/A |
| 1983 | 5 | 10 | 498 | 112 | 55.33 | 54.24 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 918 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1982 | 14 | 25 | 1,061 | 114 | 46.13 | 44.67 | 1 | 8 | 113 | 1 | 2,375 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 12.00 |
| 1981 | 12 | 23 | 767 | 154 | 36.52 | 39.47 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 2 | 1,943 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1980 | 5 | 9 | 229 | 98 | 28.62 | 51.11 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 448 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1979 | 8 | 12 | 465 | 200 | 42.27 | 63.61 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 731 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1978 | 9 | 14 | 722 | 111 | 55.53 | 47.84 | 2 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 1,509 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 13 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 13.50 | 58.69 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | 5 | 5 | 86 | 50 | 17.20 | 61.42 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 140 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1989 | 3 | 3 | 125 | 61 | 41.66 | 65.10 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 192 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1987 | 17 | 17 | 341 | 50 | 21.31 | 77.50 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 440 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1986 | 8 | 8 | 137 | 81 | 17.12 | 67.15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 204 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 27.00 | N/A |
| 1985 | 9 | 9 | 231 | 102 | 25.66 | 77.25 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 299 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1984 | 10 | 10 | 201 | 36 | 20.10 | 62.03 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 324 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1983 | 20 | 20 | 1,086 | 158 | 63.88 | 86.46 | 4 | 4 | 102 | 15 | 1,256 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1982 | 6 | 6 | 189 | 76 | 31.50 | 71.86 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 263 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1981 | 7 | 7 | 141 | 53 | 20.14 | 55.51 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 254 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 10.00 | N/A |
| 1980 | 6 | 6 | 76 | 27 | 12.66 | 70.37 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1979 | 12 | 12 | 302 | 101 | 33.55 | 75.87 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 398 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1978 | 4 | 4 | 201 | 114 | 67.00 | 81.04 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 248 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Manchester
- First century in this archive · 114 runs
ODI v Pakistan · The Oval
- Best recorded bowling · 1/1
Test v India · Kanpur
- Highest recorded innings · 215 runs
Test v Australia · Birmingham
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · The Oval