PLAYER CAREER

Dean Headley

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1996–1999

28Internationals

208Career runs

0Centuries

71Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 15
Innings: 26
Runs: 186
Average: 8.45
Strike rate: 27.71
Highest score: 31
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: 18
6s: 0
Balls faced: 671

Bowling

Matches: 15
Innings: 23
Balls: 3,026
Maidens: 82
Runs conceded: 1,671
Wickets: 60
Average: 27.85
Economy: 3.31
Strike rate: 50.43
Best innings: 6/60
Best match: 8/102
4 wickets: 7
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 15
Innings: 25
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.280
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 13
Innings: 6
Runs: 22
Average: 11.00
Strike rate: 44.89
Highest score: 10*
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 49

Bowling

Matches: 13
Innings: 13
Balls: 594
Maidens: 2
Runs conceded: 520
Wickets: 11
Average: 47.27
Economy: 5.25
Strike rate: 54.00
Best innings: 2/38
Best match: 2/38
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 13
Innings: 13
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.230
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1999-08-05	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1999-07-22	England v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
1999-01-29	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 128 runs
1999-01-26	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 16 runs
1999-01-15	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 9 wickets
1999-01-11	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 4 wickets
1999-01-02	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 98 runs
1998-12-26	Australia v England	Test	England won by 12 runs
1998-12-11	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 205 runs
1998-06-18	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 10 wickets
1998-04-01	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 1 wickets
1998-03-29	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 16 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

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

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
1999	3	5	58	18	11.60	33.33	8	174	4	12	24.25	3.01	48.25
1998	8	15	89	31	6.84	22.76	5	391	14	32	29.25	3.38	51.84
1997	3	6	39	22	9.75	36.79	5	106	5	16	27.75	3.38	49.25

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1999	4	2	12	10	12.00	34.28	35	4	3	45.00	5.19	52.00
1998	2	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	2	3	43.66	7.70	34.00
1997	5	2	7	6	N/A	77.77	9	5	5	34.00	4.35	46.80
1996	2	1	3	3	N/A	75.00	4	2	0	N/A	4.94	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1996-08-29
First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Manchester
1998-03-12
Highest recorded innings · 31 runs
Test v West Indies · Bridgetown
1998-12-26
Best recorded bowling · 6/60
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1999-08-05
Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Manchester