PLAYER CAREER

David Capel

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1987–1990

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	15	25	25	25	1987-07-02	1990-04-12
ODI	22	19	19	18	1987-04-02	1990-04-03

38Internationals

701Career runs

0Centuries

38Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 15
Innings: 25
Runs: 374
Average: 15.58
Strike rate: 30.38
Highest score: 98
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 4
4s: 34
6s: 1
Balls faced: 1,231

Bowling

Matches: 15
Innings: 23
Balls: 2,000
Maidens: 52
Runs conceded: 1,064
Wickets: 21
Average: 50.66
Economy: 3.19
Strike rate: 95.23
Best innings: 3/88
Best match: 4/154
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 15
Innings: 24
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 23
Innings: 19
Runs: 327
Average: 19.23
Strike rate: 68.26
Highest score: 50*
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: —
6s: 4
Balls faced: 479

Bowling

Matches: 23
Innings: 22
Balls: 1,038
Maidens: 12
Runs conceded: 805
Wickets: 17
Average: 47.35
Economy: 4.65
Strike rate: 61.05
Best innings: 3/38
Best match: 3/38
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 23
Innings: 23
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.260
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
1990-04-12	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 32 runs
1990-04-05	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 164 runs
1990-04-03	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 4 wickets
1990-03-23	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1990-03-15	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1990-03-10	England v West Indies	Test	No result
1990-03-07	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1990-03-03	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 3 wickets
1990-02-24	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 9 wickets
1990-02-17	England v West Indies	ODI	No result
1990-02-14	England v West Indies	ODI	No result
1989-10-30	England v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan 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

1987206 runs
198866 runs
198921 runs
199081 runs

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

19871 wickets
19889 wickets
19892 wickets
19909 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 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
1990	4	7	81	40	13.50	32.66	0	6	0	248	7	9	48.44	3.51	82.66
1989	1	2	21	17	10.50	39.62	0	3	0	53	2	2	50.50	4.20	72.00
1988	6	8	66	21	8.25	27.84	0	7	0	237	10	9	44.88	2.61	102.88
1987	4	8	206	98	25.75	29.72	2	18	1	693	4	1	123.00	3.96	186.00

ODI

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

1987110 runs
1988111 runs
198970 runs
199036 runs

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

19877 wickets
19884 wickets
19893 wickets
19903 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1990	5	3	36	28	12.00	49.31	0	1	0	73	5	3	68.00	5.23	78.00
1989	6	5	70	23	14.00	59.82	0	—	0	117	6	3	56.00	4.54	74.00
1988	5	5	111	48	27.75	64.53	0	8	0	172	5	4	48.50	4.21	69.00
1987	6	6	110	50	22.00	94.01	1	7	4	117	6	7	34.14	4.68	43.71

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1987-04-02
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Sharjah
1987-04-07
Best recorded bowling · 3/38
ODI v Pakistan · Sharjah
1987-12-16
Highest recorded innings · 98 runs
Test v Pakistan · Karachi
1990-04-12
Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · St John's