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PLAYER CAREER

Brian Statham

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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MenEngland1951–1965
70Internationals
675Career runs
0Centuries
252Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches
70
Innings
87
Runs
675
Average
11.44
Strike rate
—
Highest score
38
Not outs
28
100s
0
50s
0
Ducks
13
4s
—
6s
5
Balls faced
—

Bowling

Matches
70
Innings
129
Balls
16,056
Maidens
595
Runs conceded
6,261
Wickets
252
Average
24.84
Economy
2.33
Strike rate
63.71
Best innings
7/39
Best match
11/97
4 wickets
9
5 wickets
9
10 wickets
1

Fielding

Matches
70
Innings
134
Catches
28
Stumpings
0
Dismissals
28
Keeper catches
0
Fielder catches
28
Dismissals / inns
0.208
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

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

Recent available appearances

DateMatchFormatResult
1965-08-26England v South AfricaTestMatch drawn
1963-08-22England v West IndiesTestWest Indies won by 8 wickets
1963-06-06England v West IndiesTestWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1963-02-15Australia v EnglandTestMatch drawn
1963-01-25Australia v EnglandTestMatch drawn
1963-01-11Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by 8 wickets
1962-12-29Australia v EnglandTestEngland won by 7 wickets
1962-11-30Australia v EnglandTestMatch drawn
1962-07-26England v PakistanTestMatch drawn
1962-07-05England v PakistanTestEngland won by inns & 117 runs
1962-05-31England v PakistanTestEngland won by inns & 24 runs
1961-08-17Australia v EnglandTestMatch 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

Runs by seasonTest · annual total
1088154270Runs1951: 43 runs4319511952: 27 runs271953: 17 runs1719531954: 98 runs981955: 55 runs5519551956: 2 runs21957: 53 runs5319571958: 26 runs261959: 108 runs10819591960: 103 runs1031961: 59 runs5919611962: 35 runs351963: 49 runs491965: 0 runs01965Season
Wickets by seasonTest · annual total
413120100Wickets1951: 12 wickets1219511952: 1 wickets11953: 2 wickets219531954: 41 wickets411955: 33 wickets3319551956: 12 wickets121957: 22 wickets2219571958: 16 wickets161959: 20 wickets2019591960: 37 wickets371961: 17 wickets1719611962: 21 wickets211963: 11 wickets111965: 7 wickets71965Season
Exact yearly figures · 14 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
196511000.00—0000—2720.712.7145.71
19635849177.00—0031—91149.632.74108.36
196253352635.00—00—2—102126.422.4963.66
196147591819.66—00—0—61729.472.4871.17
19608111032214.71—00—1—153721.002.3254.10
1959561083854.00—00—0—102018.552.1551.70
19584426138.6635.1300107481616.751.8354.62
195767531313.25—0050—122231.312.4476.95
195646220.50—0000—81223.081.7877.75
19558955206.87—00—1—163318.302.0453.81
1954111598258.90—00—0—194124.922.7354.60
1953111717N/A—00—0—2244.002.04129.00
195223271213.50—00—0—2164.002.56150.00
19516643277.16—00—0—101229.502.0486.50
MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v New Zealand · Christchurch

  2. First five-wicket innings in this archive

    Test v Australia · Melbourne

  3. Best recorded bowling · 7/39

    Test v South Africa · Lord's

  4. Highest recorded innings · 38 runs

    Test v India · Lord's

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v South Africa · The Oval