CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Joel Garner
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
JG
156Internationals
911Career runs
0Centuries
405Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 58
- Innings
- 68
- Runs
- 672
- Average
- 12.44
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 60
- Not outs
- 14
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 1
- Ducks
- 17
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 15
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 58
- Innings
- 111
- Balls
- 13,169
- Maidens
- 576
- Runs conceded
- 5,433
- Wickets
- 259
- Average
- 20.97
- Economy
- 2.47
- Strike rate
- 50.84
- Best innings
- 6/56
- Best match
- 9/108
- 4 wickets
- 18
- 5 wickets
- 7
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 58
- Innings
- 111
- Catches
- 42
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 42
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 42
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.378
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 98
- Innings
- 41
- Runs
- 239
- Average
- 9.19
- Strike rate
- 66.38
- Highest score
- 37
- Not outs
- 15
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 5
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- —
- Balls faced
- 360
Bowling
- Matches
- 98
- Innings
- 98
- Balls
- 5,330
- Maidens
- 141
- Runs conceded
- 2,752
- Wickets
- 146
- Average
- 18.84
- Economy
- 3.09
- Strike rate
- 36.50
- Best innings
- 5/31
- Best match
- 5/31
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 3
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 98
- Innings
- 98
- Catches
- 30
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 30
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 30
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.306
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 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
156 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-03-28 | New Zealand v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 10 wickets |
| 1987-03-21 | New Zealand v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| 1987-03-18 | New Zealand v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 95 runs |
| 1987-03-12 | New Zealand v West Indies | Test | New Zealand won by 5 wickets |
| 1987-02-20 | New Zealand v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1987-02-06 | Australia v West Indies | ODI | Australia won by 2 wickets |
| 1987-02-03 | England v West Indies | ODI | England won by 29 runs |
| 1987-01-30 | England v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| 1987-01-28 | Australia v West Indies | ODI | Australia won by 36 runs |
| 1987-01-25 | Australia v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 16 runs |
| 1987-01-24 | England v West Indies | ODI | England won by 89 runs |
| 1987-01-20 | Australia v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 7 wickets |
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 · 11 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3.66 | 42.30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 17.08 | 2.66 | 38.50 |
| 1986 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 24 | 13.00 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 117 | 10 | 27 | 16.14 | 2.79 | 34.70 |
| 1985 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 37 | 49.00 | 45.37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 108 | 7 | 10 | 30.20 | 2.21 | 81.80 |
| 1984 | 15 | 17 | 136 | 24 | 11.33 | 37.46 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 363 | 29 | 79 | 20.62 | 2.69 | 45.89 |
| 1983 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | N/A | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 7 | 43.00 | 2.66 | 96.85 |
| 1982 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4.33 | 38.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 25.57 | 2.13 | 72.00 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6 | 91 | 46 | 15.16 | 52.00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 175 | 10 | 15 | 26.60 | 2.10 | 75.73 |
| 1980 | 12 | 15 | 110 | 46 | 7.85 | 54.45 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 202 | 22 | 53 | 16.60 | 1.93 | 51.43 |
| 1979 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 60 | 44.50 | 73.55 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 121 | 4 | 11 | 19.90 | 2.21 | 53.81 |
| 1978 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 13 | 15.00 | 3.13 | 28.69 |
| 1977 | 5 | 8 | 92 | 43 | 11.50 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | 10 | 25 | 27.52 | 3.13 | 52.68 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 18 | 5.71 | 74.07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 13 | 17 | 23.11 | 3.35 | 41.29 |
| 1986 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12.00 | 3.17 | 22.66 |
| 1985 | 26 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 21.00 | 71.18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 26 | 35 | 18.08 | 2.90 | 37.37 |
| 1984 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 30.00 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 13 | 26 | 13.30 | 2.79 | 28.53 |
| 1983 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 37 | 42.00 | 87.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 31.00 | 3.00 | 62.00 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 11.83 | 2.91 | 24.33 |
| 1981 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2.00 | 21.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 35.33 | 3.26 | 65.00 |
| 1980 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 14 | 8.00 | 91.42 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 29.22 | 3.22 | 54.44 |
| 1979 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 8.33 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 55 | 9 | 14 | 24.42 | 3.52 | 41.57 |
| 1978 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13.00 | 72.22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 9.66 | 3.62 | 16.00 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 18.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Bridgetown
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v England · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 60 runs
Test v Australia · Brisbane
- Best recorded bowling · 6/56
Test v New Zealand · Auckland
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Christchurch