PLAYER CAREER

Headley Keith

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa1953–1957

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	8	16	0	15	1953-02-06	1957-01-25

8Internationals

318Career runs

0Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 8
Innings: 16
Runs: 318
Average: 21.20
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 73
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 8
Innings: 2
Balls: 108
Maidens: 2
Runs conceded: 63
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 3.50
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 8
Innings: 16
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 9
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 9
Dismissals / inns: 0.562
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1957-01-25	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 312 runs
1956-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 131 runs
1955-08-13	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 92 runs
1955-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 224 runs
1955-07-07	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 3 wickets
1955-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 71 runs
1953-02-06	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 6 wickets

South Africa

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

195350 runs
1955178 runs
195644 runs
195746 runs

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

19530 wickets
19550 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1957	2	4	46	22	11.50	—	0	5	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1956	1	2	44	42	22.00	—	0	5	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	4	8	178	73	22.25	—	2	—	—	1	N/A	3.16	N/A
1953	1	2	50	40	50.00	—	0	4	—	1	N/A	3.66	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1953-02-06
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1955-07-21
Highest recorded innings · 73 runs
Test v England · Leeds
1957-01-25
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Durban