PLAYER CAREER

David O'Sullivan

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

New Zealand1973–1976

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	11	21	6	16	1973-02-07	1976-11-26
ODI	3	2	2	2	1974-03-30	1976-10-16

14Internationals

160Career runs

0Centuries

20Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 11
Innings: 21
Runs: 158
Average: 9.29
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 23*
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 11
Innings: 15
Balls: 2,744
Maidens: 75
Runs conceded: 1,224
Wickets: 18
Average: 68.00
Economy: 2.67
Strike rate: 152.44
Best innings: 5/148
Best match: 5/148
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 11
Innings: 19
Catches: 2
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 2
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 2
Dismissals / inns: 0.105
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 3
Innings: 2
Runs: 2
Average: 2.00
Strike rate: 40.00
Highest score: 1*
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 5

Bowling

Matches: 3
Innings: 3
Balls: 168
Maidens: 2
Runs conceded: 123
Wickets: 2
Average: 61.50
Economy: 4.39
Strike rate: 84.00
Best innings: 1/38
Best match: 1/38
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 3
Innings: 3
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1976-11-26	India v New Zealand	Test	India won by 216 runs
1976-11-18	India v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1976-11-10	India v New Zealand	Test	India won by 162 runs
1976-10-30	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1976-10-23	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1976-10-16	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 1 runs
1976-10-09	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
1976-01-24	India v New Zealand	Test	India won by 8 wickets
1974-03-31	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 31 runs
1974-03-30	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1974-01-26	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by inns & 57 runs
1974-01-05	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn

New Zealand

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

197319 runs
197410 runs
1976129 runs

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

19730 wickets
19745 wickets
197613 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1976	7	13	129	23	12.90	—	—	—	12	13	70.38	2.56	164.53
1974	2	4	10	4	3.33	13.15	0	76	1	5	29.60	3.11	57.00
1973	2	4	19	8	4.75	—	—	—	2	0	N/A	3.01	N/A

ODI

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

19741 runs
19761 runs

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

19741 wickets
19761 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1976	1	1	1	1	1.00	33.33	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	42.00	4.50	56.00
1974	2	1	1	1	N/A	50.00	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	81.00	4.33	112.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1973-02-07
First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Dunedin
1974-01-26
Best recorded bowling · 5/148
Test v Australia · Adelaide
1976-10-09
Highest recorded innings · 23* runs
Test v Pakistan · Lahore
1976-11-26
Latest available scorecard
Test v India · Chennai