PLAYER CAREER

Geoff Lawson

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1980–1989

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	46	68	66	68	1980-11-28	1989-12-08
ODI	79	52	52	51	1980-11-23	1989-10-27

125Internationals

1,272Career runs

0Centuries

268Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 46
Innings: 68
Runs: 894
Average: 15.96
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 74
Not outs: 12
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 6
4s: 100
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 46
Innings: 78
Balls: 11,118
Maidens: 386
Runs conceded: 5,501
Wickets: 180
Average: 30.56
Economy: 2.96
Strike rate: 61.76
Best innings: 8/112
Best match: 11/134
4 wickets: 6
5 wickets: 11
10 wickets: 2

Fielding

Matches: 46
Innings: 81
Catches: 10
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 10
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 10
Dismissals / inns: 0.123
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 79
Innings: 52
Runs: 378
Average: 11.11
Strike rate: 75.60
Highest score: 33*
Not outs: 18
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 9
4s: —
6s: 4
Balls faced: 500

Bowling

Matches: 79
Innings: 79
Balls: 4,259
Maidens: 94
Runs conceded: 2,592
Wickets: 88
Average: 29.45
Economy: 3.65
Strike rate: 48.39
Best innings: 4/26
Best match: 4/26
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 79
Innings: 79
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.227
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1989-12-08	Australia v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1989-11-24	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1989-10-27	Australia v India	ODI	India won by 3 wickets
1989-10-25	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 28 runs
1989-10-23	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 66 runs
1989-10-21	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 99 runs
1989-10-19	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 7 wickets
1989-08-24	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1989-08-10	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 180 runs
1989-07-27	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1989-07-06	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1989-06-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 6 wickets

Australia

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

198016 runs
198140 runs
1982170 runs
198388 runs
1984263 runs
1985166 runs
198613 runs
19880 runs
1989138 runs

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

19803 wickets
198113 wickets
198239 wickets
198319 wickets
198444 wickets
198527 wickets
19860 wickets
19883 wickets
198932 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1989	8	7	138	74	23.00	67.31	1	20	0	205	14	32	30.75	2.65	69.40
1988	1	1	0	0	N/A	0.00	0	0	0	2	1	3	32.33	3.03	64.00
1986	1	1	13	13	13.00	48.14	0	0	0	27	2	0	N/A	3.40	N/A
1985	8	13	166	53	13.83	44.86	1	17	0	370	12	27	38.51	2.96	77.96
1984	11	19	263	49	17.53	—	0	31	0	—	19	44	30.31	3.25	55.86
1983	5	7	88	49	17.60	40.74	0	10	0	216	9	19	31.21	3.32	56.36
1982	7	12	170	57	15.45	51.20	2	16	1	332	12	39	22.28	2.80	47.64
1981	4	7	40	14	8.00	40.81	0	5	0	98	7	13	26.84	2.64	61.00
1980	1	1	16	16	16.00	30.18	0	1	0	53	2	3	21.66	3.25	40.00

ODI

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

19804 runs
198155 runs
19825 runs
1983103 runs
198499 runs
1985107 runs
19895 runs

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

19802 wickets
198110 wickets
19825 wickets
198321 wickets
198418 wickets
198523 wickets
19899 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 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
1989	8	4	5	3	1.66	45.45	0	0	11	8	9	34.22	3.94	52.11
1985	18	11	107	27	17.83	74.82	—	1	143	18	23	27.26	3.68	44.34
1984	21	14	99	22	9.90	72.79	5	0	136	21	18	32.50	3.30	59.00
1983	14	11	103	33	11.44	78.62	5	1	131	14	21	18.14	2.89	37.61
1982	7	4	5	4	2.50	71.42	1	0	7	7	5	48.00	4.72	61.00
1981	8	6	55	29	18.33	93.22	2	2	59	8	10	32.00	4.32	44.40
1980	3	2	4	4	4.00	30.76	0	0	13	3	2	65.50	4.65	84.50

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1980-11-23
First available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Adelaide
1981-07-02
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Lord's
1984-12-07
Best recorded bowling · 8/112
Test v West Indies · Adelaide
1989-06-22
Highest recorded innings · 74 runs
Test v England · Lord's
1989-12-08
Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Brisbane