PLAYER CAREER

David Bairstow

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1979–1984

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	4	7	7	7	1979-08-30	1981-03-13
ODI	20	20	20	20	1979-02-04	1984-06-04

25Internationals

331Career runs

0Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 4
Innings: 7
Runs: 125
Average: 20.83
Strike rate: 46.46
Highest score: 59
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 1
4s: 17
6s: 0
Balls faced: 269

Bowling

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

Fielding

Matches: 4
Innings: 7
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 1
Dismissals: 13
Keeper catches: 12
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 1.857
Best innings: 4 (4ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 21
Innings: 20
Runs: 206
Average: 14.71
Strike rate: 52.82
Highest score: 23*
Not outs: 6
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 12
6s: 1
Balls faced: 390

Bowling

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

Fielding

Matches: 21
Innings: 21
Catches: 17
Stumpings: 4
Dismissals: 21
Keeper catches: 17
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 1.000
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1984-06-04	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1984-06-02	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
1984-05-31	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 104 runs
1981-03-13	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 298 runs
1981-02-26	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1981-02-04	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 2 runs
1980-08-28	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1980-08-22	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 47 runs
1980-08-20	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 23 runs
1980-08-07	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1980-05-30	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
1980-05-28	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 24 runs

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

197968 runs
198055 runs
19812 runs

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1981	1	2	2	2	1.00	50.00	0	0	4	N/A	N/A	N/A
1980	2	3	55	40	27.50	47.00	0	9	117	N/A	N/A	N/A
1979	1	2	68	59	34.00	45.94	1	8	148	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

197956 runs
198099 runs
198121 runs
198430 runs

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1984	3	3	30	13	10.00	41.66	2	0	72	N/A	N/A	N/A
1981	2	2	21	16	10.50	40.38	3	0	52	N/A	N/A	N/A
1980	8	8	99	23	24.75	54.69	4	0	181	N/A	N/A	N/A
1979	7	7	56	18	11.20	65.88	3	1	85	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1979-02-04
First available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Melbourne
1979-08-30
Highest recorded innings · 59 runs
Test v India · The Oval
1984-06-04
Latest available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Lord's