PLAYER CAREER

Doug Wright

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

Player portrait unavailable

Men

England1938–1951

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	34	39	14	29	1938-06-10	1951-03-24

34Internationals

289Career runs

0Centuries

108Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 34
Innings: 39
Runs: 289
Average: 11.11
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 45
Not outs: 13
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 7
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 34
Innings: 59
Balls: 8,135
Maidens: 177
Runs conceded: 4,224
Wickets: 108
Average: 39.11
Economy: 3.11
Strike rate: 75.32
Best innings: 7/105
Best match: 10/175
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 6
10 wickets: 1

Fielding

Matches: 34
Innings: 62
Catches: 10
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 10
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 10
Dismissals / inns: 0.161
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1951-03-24	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 6 wickets
1951-03-17	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1951-02-23	Australia v England	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1951-02-02	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 274 runs
1951-01-05	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 13 runs
1950-12-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 28 runs
1950-12-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 70 runs
1950-08-12	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 56 runs
1949-08-13	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1949-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1948-12-27	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1948-12-16	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 2 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

193872 runs
193933 runs
194632 runs
194736 runs
194818 runs
194911 runs
195016 runs
195171 runs

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

193814 wickets
193913 wickets
194610 wickets
194736 wickets
194811 wickets
19491 wickets
19507 wickets
195116 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1951	5	6	71	45	17.75	—	10	—	7	16	30.81	3.25	56.75
1950	3	5	16	6	4.00	—	—	—	4	7	46.71	3.37	83.14
1949	2	2	11	11	5.50	—	—	—	4	1	190.00	4.45	256.00
1948	3	4	18	13	9.00	—	—	—	6	11	33.00	2.58	76.63
1947	8	6	36	14	9.00	—	—	—	15	36	33.30	3.02	66.16
1946	4	6	32	15	8.00	—	5	—	6	10	48.60	3.02	96.40
1939	5	4	33	26	16.50	—	—	—	9	13	45.76	3.03	90.46
1938	4	6	72	33	18.00	—	—	—	8	14	40.78	3.34	73.14

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1938-06-10
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Nottingham
1946-11-29
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Brisbane
1947-02-28
Best recorded bowling · 7/105
Test v Australia · Sydney
1951-03-17
Highest recorded innings · 45 runs
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch
1951-03-24
Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Wellington