CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Dennis Lillee
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
DL
133Internationals
1,145Career runs
0Centuries
458Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 70
- Innings
- 90
- Runs
- 905
- Average
- 13.71
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 73*
- Not outs
- 24
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 1
- Ducks
- 10
- 4s
- 96
- 6s
- 8
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 70
- Innings
- 132
- Balls
- 18,467
- Maidens
- 652
- Runs conceded
- 8,493
- Wickets
- 355
- Average
- 23.92
- Economy
- 2.75
- Strike rate
- 52.01
- Best innings
- 7/83
- Best match
- 11/123
- 4 wickets
- 23
- 5 wickets
- 23
- 10 wickets
- 7
Fielding
- Matches
- 70
- Innings
- 133
- Catches
- 23
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 23
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 23
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.172
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 63
- Innings
- 34
- Runs
- 240
- Average
- 9.23
- Strike rate
- 75.00
- Highest score
- 42*
- Not outs
- 8
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 6
- 4s
- 17
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- 320
Bowling
- Matches
- 63
- Innings
- 63
- Balls
- 3,593
- Maidens
- 80
- Runs conceded
- 2,145
- Wickets
- 103
- Average
- 20.82
- Economy
- 3.58
- Strike rate
- 34.88
- Best innings
- 5/34
- Best match
- 5/34
- 4 wickets
- 5
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 63
- Innings
- 63
- Catches
- 10
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 10
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 10
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.158
- 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
133 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-01-02 | Australia v Pakistan | Test | Australia won by 10 wickets |
| 1983-12-26 | Australia v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 1983-12-09 | Australia v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 1983-11-25 | Australia v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 1983-11-11 | Australia v Pakistan | Test | Australia won by inns & 9 runs |
| 1983-06-18 | Australia v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 7 wickets |
| 1983-06-16 | Australia v Zimbabwe | ODI | Australia won by 32 runs |
| 1983-06-11 | Australia v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 101 runs |
| 1983-06-09 | Australia v Zimbabwe | ODI | Zimbabwe won by 13 runs |
| 1983-04-22 | Australia v Sri Lanka | Test | Australia won by inns & 38 runs |
| 1983-04-16 | Australia v Sri Lanka | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets |
| 1983-04-13 | Australia v Sri Lanka | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets |
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 · 13 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19.12 | 2.50 | 45.87 |
| 1983 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 15.50 | 29.52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 9 | 15 | 39.13 | 2.94 | 79.73 |
| 1982 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 5.00 | 23.25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 10 | 17 | 32.82 | 2.56 | 76.88 |
| 1981 | 13 | 22 | 233 | 40 | 13.70 | 36.52 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 638 | 25 | 85 | 20.95 | 2.88 | 43.64 |
| 1980 | 10 | 12 | 114 | 27 | 11.40 | 28.07 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 406 | 18 | 46 | 22.56 | 2.62 | 51.67 |
| 1979 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 19 | 9.80 | 27.07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 6 | 13 | 27.61 | 2.96 | 55.92 |
| 1977 | 5 | 7 | 124 | 27 | 24.80 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | — | 10 | 41 | 18.29 | 2.90 | 37.80 |
| 1976 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 35.00 | 92.10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 18 | 31.88 | 3.58 | 53.44 |
| 1975 | 10 | 12 | 203 | 73 | 25.37 | 51.39 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 395 | 18 | 49 | 23.08 | 2.79 | 49.63 |
| 1974 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 14.00 | 55.26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 6 | 12 | 27.50 | 2.25 | 73.33 |
| 1973 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 58.50 | 3.07 | 114.00 |
| 1972 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 14 | 5.20 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | 39 | 20.48 | 2.39 | 51.38 |
| 1971 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5.33 | 37.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 24.87 | 2.39 | 62.37 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2.66 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 30.26 | 3.91 | 46.40 |
| 1982 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 11 | 4.77 | 67.18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 12 | 18 | 22.38 | 3.45 | 38.83 |
| 1981 | 15 | 7 | 68 | 42 | 17.00 | 73.11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 15 | 20 | 21.15 | 3.28 | 38.65 |
| 1980 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 4.83 | 67.44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 23 | 10.56 | 2.82 | 22.43 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 19 | 30.00 | 103.44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 13 | 17.30 | 4.10 | 25.30 |
| 1975 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 19.00 | 61.29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 29.66 | 4.19 | 42.44 |
| 1972 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13.00 | 81.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 26.00 | 3.93 | 39.60 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Adelaide
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Adelaide
- Highest recorded innings · 73* runs
Test v England · Lord's
- Best recorded bowling · 7/83
Test v West Indies · Melbourne
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Sydney