PLAYER CAREER

John Emburey

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1978–1995

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	64	96	96	96	1978-08-24	1995-07-27
ODI	61	45	45	45	1980-01-14	1993-03-20

125Internationals

2,214Career runs

0Centuries

223Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 64
Innings: 96
Runs: 1,713
Average: 22.53
Strike rate: 35.60
Highest score: 75
Not outs: 20
100s: 0
50s: 10
Ducks: 16
4s: 195
6s: 6
Balls faced: 4,811

Bowling

Matches: 64
Innings: 103
Balls: 15,391
Maidens: 741
Runs conceded: 5,646
Wickets: 147
Average: 38.40
Economy: 2.20
Strike rate: 104.70
Best innings: 7/78
Best match: 7/105
4 wickets: 5
5 wickets: 6
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 64
Innings: 109
Catches: 34
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 34
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 34
Dismissals / inns: 0.311
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 61
Innings: 45
Runs: 501
Average: 14.31
Strike rate: 75.45
Highest score: 34
Not outs: 10
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: 32
6s: 6
Balls faced: 664

Bowling

Matches: 61
Innings: 61
Balls: 3,425
Maidens: 39
Runs conceded: 2,346
Wickets: 76
Average: 30.86
Economy: 4.10
Strike rate: 45.06
Best innings: 4/37
Best match: 4/37
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 61
Innings: 61
Catches: 19
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 19
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 19
Dismissals / inns: 0.311
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
1995-07-27	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 6 wickets
1993-08-05	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1993-03-20	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
1993-03-13	England v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1993-03-10	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 32 runs
1993-02-19	England v India	Test	India won by inns & 15 runs
1993-01-18	England v India	ODI	England won by 4 wickets
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
1989-05-29	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1989-05-27	Australia v England	ODI	Match tied

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

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

19789 runs
197960 runs
198081 runs
1981173 runs
19823 runs
1985130 runs
1986318 runs
1987460 runs
1988175 runs
1989131 runs
1993165 runs
19958 runs

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

19785 wickets
197913 wickets
19807 wickets
198121 wickets
198210 wickets
198519 wickets
198633 wickets
198714 wickets
19888 wickets
19898 wickets
19939 wickets
19950 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 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
1995	1	1	8	8	8.00	18.60	0	1	0	43	2	0	N/A	2.73	N/A
1993	3	6	165	59	41.25	26.02	2	16	1	634	5	9	51.00	2.79	109.33
1989	3	5	131	64	32.75	35.12	1	20	0	373	6	8	42.75	2.25	114.00
1988	8	10	175	45	17.50	39.68	0	24	0	441	13	8	82.12	2.31	212.87
1987	8	13	460	74	46.00	40.06	5	52	5	1,148	10	14	43.78	1.99	131.57
1986	13	22	318	75	19.87	44.35	1	37	0	717	22	33	37.96	2.28	99.90
1985	6	6	130	33	32.50	62.50	0	16	0	208	11	19	28.63	2.18	78.52
1982	3	3	3	2	1.00	6.81	0	0	0	44	5	10	27.50	2.11	78.00
1981	9	15	173	57	14.41	26.90	1	17	0	643	14	21	40.61	2.17	111.95
1980	5	7	81	28	16.20	31.39	0	7	0	258	5	7	31.71	2.56	74.14
1979	3	5	60	42	12.00	27.14	0	5	0	221	6	13	17.84	1.59	67.23
1978	2	3	9	7	4.50	11.11	0	0	0	81	4	5	22.80	1.49	91.40

ODI

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

198026 runs
19815 runs
19820 runs
198642 runs
1987326 runs
198862 runs
198910 runs
199330 runs

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

19802 wickets
19813 wickets
19820 wickets
19866 wickets
198743 wickets
198815 wickets
19896 wickets
19931 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 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
1993	3	2	30	20	15.00	61.22	1	0	49	3	1	120.00	5.00	144.00
1989	3	1	10	10	10.00	90.90	0	0	11	3	6	23.16	4.21	33.00
1988	8	5	62	26	15.50	84.93	2	1	73	8	15	22.13	4.73	28.06
1987	31	25	326	34	18.11	82.95	23	5	393	31	43	28.25	4.18	40.48
1986	8	5	42	20	10.50	58.33	4	0	72	8	6	46.33	3.43	81.00
1982	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	4	1	0	N/A	3.60	N/A
1981	2	2	5	5	2.50	23.80	0	0	21	2	3	14.00	2.10	40.00
1980	5	4	26	18	8.66	63.41	2	0	41	5	2	101.00	4.25	142.50

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1978-08-24
First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Lord's
1981-02-13
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v West Indies · Port of Spain
1986-08-07
Highest recorded innings · 75 runs
Test v New Zealand · Nottingham
1987-01-10
Best recorded bowling · 7/78
Test v Australia · Sydney
1995-07-27
Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Manchester