PLAYER CAREER

Gladstone Small

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1986–1992

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	17	24	24	24	1986-08-07	1991-02-01
ODI	53	24	24	23	1987-01-01	1992-08-20

70Internationals

361Career runs

0Centuries

113Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 17
Innings: 24
Runs: 263
Average: 15.47
Strike rate: 43.76
Highest score: 59
Not outs: 7
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 4
4s: 31
6s: 0
Balls faced: 601

Bowling

Matches: 17
Innings: 31
Balls: 3,927
Maidens: 154
Runs conceded: 1,871
Wickets: 55
Average: 34.01
Economy: 2.85
Strike rate: 71.40
Best innings: 5/48
Best match: 8/183
4 wickets: 4
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 17
Innings: 32
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 9
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 9
Dismissals / inns: 0.281
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 53
Innings: 24
Runs: 98
Average: 6.53
Strike rate: 52.12
Highest score: 18*
Not outs: 9
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 6
4s: 7
6s: —
Balls faced: 188

Bowling

Matches: 53
Innings: 53
Balls: 2,793
Maidens: 34
Runs conceded: 1,942
Wickets: 58
Average: 33.48
Economy: 4.17
Strike rate: 48.15
Best innings: 4/31
Best match: 4/31
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 53
Innings: 53
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.132
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1992-08-20	England v Pakistan	ODI	England won by 198 runs
1992-03-22	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 19 runs
1992-03-18	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 9 runs
1992-03-15	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1992-03-12	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
1992-03-01	England v Pakistan	ODI	No result
1992-02-15	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 71 runs
1991-02-16	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 runs
1991-02-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1991-01-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1991-01-10	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 3 runs
1991-01-04	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn

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

198635 runs
198714 runs
198812 runs
198959 runs
1990128 runs
199115 runs

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

198611 wickets
19875 wickets
19884 wickets
19894 wickets
199025 wickets
19916 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1991	3	4	15	10	3.75	28.30	0	1	53	6	6	59.00	3.00	118.00
1990	8	12	128	44	16.00	42.52	0	16	301	14	25	34.60	2.92	71.04
1989	1	1	59	59	59.00	60.82	1	8	97	2	4	49.50	3.30	90.00
1988	1	2	12	7	12.00	50.00	0	2	24	2	4	35.00	3.70	56.75
1987	1	2	14	14	7.00	28.00	0	1	50	2	5	18.40	2.24	49.20
1986	3	3	35	21	35.00	46.05	0	3	76	5	11	20.18	2.18	55.45

ODI

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

198726 runs
19887 runs
19894 runs
199041 runs
199115 runs
19925 runs

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

198718 wickets
19889 wickets
19897 wickets
199016 wickets
19911 wickets
19927 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1992	7	1	5	5	5.00	27.77	0	0	18	7	7	28.71	4.17	41.28
1991	3	3	15	15	5.00	44.11	2	0	34	3	1	144.00	4.80	180.00
1990	12	7	41	18	8.20	51.25	5	0	80	12	16	27.06	4.29	37.81
1989	6	3	4	4	4.00	40.00	0	0	10	6	7	31.85	4.50	42.42
1988	4	1	7	7	N/A	70.00	0	0	10	4	9	13.33	2.92	27.33
1987	21	9	26	8	5.20	72.22	0	—	36	21	18	45.61	4.18	65.33

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1986-08-07
First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Nottingham
1986-12-26
Best recorded bowling · 5/48
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1989-08-24
Highest recorded innings · 59 runs
Test v Australia · The Oval
1992-08-20
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Nottingham