PLAYER CAREER

John Morrison

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

New Zealand1973–1983

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	17	29	19	25	1973-12-29	1982-03-19
ODI	16	14	14	12	1975-03-09	1983-03-17

35Internationals

908Career runs

1Centuries

10Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 17
Innings: 29
Runs: 656
Average: 22.62
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 117
Not outs: 0
100s: 1
50s: 3
Ducks: 4
4s: —
6s: 2
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 17
Innings: 5
Balls: 264
Maidens: 17
Runs conceded: 71
Wickets: 2
Average: 35.50
Economy: 1.61
Strike rate: 132.00
Best innings: 2/52
Best match: 2/52
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 17
Innings: 29
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 9
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 9
Dismissals / inns: 0.310
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 18
Innings: 15
Runs: 252
Average: 21.00
Strike rate: 53.38
Highest score: 55
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 472

Bowling

Matches: 18
Innings: 7
Balls: 283
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 199
Wickets: 8
Average: 24.87
Economy: 4.21
Strike rate: 35.37
Best innings: 3/24
Best match: 3/24
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 18
Innings: 18
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.333
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1983-03-17	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 14 runs
1983-02-26	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 84 runs
1983-02-23	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 103 runs
1983-02-19	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1983-02-13	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 149 runs
1983-02-09	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1983-02-06	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 27 runs
1983-02-05	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1983-01-13	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 2 runs
1983-01-09	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-03-19	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-03-12	Australia v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 5 wickets

New Zealand

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

197360 runs
1974276 runs
1975116 runs
1976158 runs
198246 runs

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

19760 wickets
19822 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1982	3	5	46	15	9.20	25.69	0	0	3	0	179	3	2	31.00	1.55	120.00
1976	6	10	158	46	15.80	—	0	0	—	2	—	2	0	N/A	2.25	N/A
1975	2	3	116	58	38.66	43.28	0	2	17	0	268	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1974	5	9	276	117	30.66	38.22	1	1	24	0	722	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1973	1	2	60	44	30.00	33.33	0	0	5	0	180	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

197582 runs
197615 runs
197911 runs
1983130 runs

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

19790 wickets
19838 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1983	9	8	130	35	26.00	64.03	0	12	0	203	5	8	21.00	4.28	29.37
1979	2	1	11	11	11.00	26.82	0	—	—	41	2	0	N/A	3.87	N/A
1976	1	1	15	15	15.00	42.85	0	2	0	35	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1975	4	4	82	55	20.50	52.56	1	—	1	156	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1973-12-29
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1974-01-05
Highest recorded innings · 117 runs
Test v Australia · Sydney
1983-02-26
Best recorded bowling · 3/24
ODI v England · Christchurch
1983-03-17
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Sydney