CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
John Benaud
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
JB
3Internationals
223Career runs
1Centuries
2Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 3
- Innings
- 5
- Runs
- 223
- Average
- 44.60
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 142
- Not outs
- 0
- 100s
- 1
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 0
- 4s
- 24
- 6s
- 3
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 3
- Innings
- 1
- Balls
- 24
- Maidens
- 1
- Runs conceded
- 12
- Wickets
- 2
- Average
- 6.00
- Economy
- 3.00
- Strike rate
- 12.00
- Best innings
- 2/12
- Best match
- 2/12
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 3
- Innings
- 6
- Catches
- 0
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 0
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 0
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.000
- Best innings
- 0
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
3 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-04-21 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1972-12-29 | Australia v Pakistan | Test | Australia won by 92 runs |
| 1972-12-22 | Australia v Pakistan | Test | Australia won by inns & 114 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 36 | 22.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 12.00 |
| 1972 | 2 | 3 | 179 | 142 | 59.66 | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Adelaide
- Highest recorded innings · 142 runs
Test v Pakistan · Melbourne
- Best recorded bowling · 2/12
Test v West Indies · Port of Spain
- Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Port of Spain