PLAYER CAREER

Derek Underwood

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1966–1982

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	85	116	111	114	1966-06-30	1982-02-17
ODI	25	13	13	13	1973-07-18	1982-02-14

112Internationals

990Career runs

0Centuries

329Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 86
Innings: 116
Runs: 937
Average: 11.56
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 45*
Not outs: 35
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 19
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 86
Innings: 151
Balls: 21,862
Maidens: 1,239
Runs conceded: 7,674
Wickets: 297
Average: 25.83
Economy: 2.10
Strike rate: 73.60
Best innings: 8/51
Best match: 13/71
4 wickets: 13
5 wickets: 17
10 wickets: 6

Fielding

Matches: 86
Innings: 157
Catches: 44
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 44
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 44
Dismissals / inns: 0.280
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 26
Innings: 13
Runs: 53
Average: 5.88
Strike rate: 39.84
Highest score: 17
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 5
6s: 0
Balls faced: 133

Bowling

Matches: 26
Innings: 24
Balls: 1,278
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: 734
Wickets: 32
Average: 22.93
Economy: 3.44
Strike rate: 39.93
Best innings: 4/44
Best match: 4/44
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 26
Innings: 26
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.230
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1982-02-17	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1982-02-14	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 3 runs
1982-02-13	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 5 runs
1982-01-30	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1982-01-27	England v India	ODI	India won by 5 wickets
1982-01-13	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1982-01-01	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1981-12-23	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1981-12-20	England v India	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
1981-12-09	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1981-11-27	England v India	Test	India won by 138 runs
1981-11-25	England v India	ODI	England won by 5 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

196622 runs
19672 runs
196869 runs
196983 runs
19702 runs
197165 runs
197218 runs
197389 runs
1974224 runs
197559 runs
197647 runs
1977144 runs
197913 runs
198062 runs
198125 runs
198213 runs

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

19661 wickets
19678 wickets
196820 wickets
196938 wickets
19704 wickets
197133 wickets
197223 wickets
197319 wickets
197430 wickets
197526 wickets
197622 wickets
197741 wickets
19794 wickets
198010 wickets
19816 wickets
198212 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 16 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1982	4	4	13	13	4.33	21.31	2	61	7	12	26.83	1.81	88.91
1981	3	4	25	13	25.00	36.23	2	69	4	6	35.16	1.99	106.00
1980	4	6	62	43	10.33	37.34	2	166	7	10	42.60	2.98	85.60
1979	1	2	13	13	6.50	48.14	1	27	2	4	28.75	2.12	81.00
1977	10	14	144	23	12.00	36.92	14	390	18	41	20.19	2.06	58.63
1976	6	10	47	31	5.22	35.33	3	133	11	22	33.09	2.62	75.54
1975	9	12	59	27	6.55	45.73	8	129	15	26	29.19	2.26	77.19
1974	12	17	224	43	17.23	36.18	26	619	21	30	30.00	2.07	86.93
1973	8	10	89	20	14.83	—	8	—	14	19	46.94	2.29	122.52
1972	4	6	18	6	4.50	20.68	3	87	8	23	18.13	2.09	51.82
1971	8	11	65	22	13.00	32.17	6	202	15	33	24.96	2.00	74.87
1970	1	1	2	2	N/A	14.28	0	14	2	4	31.00	1.93	96.00
1969	7	10	83	22	9.22	—	—	—	13	38	13.81	1.69	48.78
1968	4	4	69	45	N/A	65.71	8	105	7	20	15.10	1.43	62.95
1967	2	1	2	2	N/A	40.00	0	5	4	8	16.12	1.95	49.50
1966	2	4	22	12	11.00	26.50	4	83	3	1	172.00	2.49	414.00

ODI

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

19732 runs
197417 runs
19753 runs
197622 runs
19775 runs
19824 runs

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

19734 wickets
19743 wickets
19752 wickets
19765 wickets
19774 wickets
19795 wickets
19813 wickets
19826 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1982	3	2	4	4	2.00	66.66	0	6	3	6	19.83	4.57	26.00
1981	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	2	3	14.66	2.58	34.00
1979	5	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	5	5	40.20	4.46	54.00
1977	3	3	5	5	2.50	15.62	1	32	2	4	12.50	2.27	33.00
1976	3	3	22	14	7.33	78.57	2	28	3	5	18.00	4.09	26.40
1975	3	2	3	2	3.00	25.00	0	12	2	2	25.00	2.50	60.00
1974	3	1	17	17	17.00	34.69	2	49	3	3	28.00	3.81	44.00
1973	3	2	2	1	N/A	33.33	0	6	3	4	21.25	2.93	43.50

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1966-06-30
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Nottingham
1967-08-10
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · Nottingham
1968-07-25
Highest recorded innings · 45* runs
Test v Australia · Leeds
1974-08-08
Best recorded bowling · 8/51
Test v Pakistan · Lord's
1982-02-17
Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Colombo (PSS)