PLAYER CAREER

Johnny Wardle

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1948–1957

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	28	41	5	33	1948-02-11	1957-06-20

28Internationals

653Career runs

0Centuries

102Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 28
Innings: 41
Runs: 653
Average: 19.78
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 66
Not outs: 8
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 5
4s: —
6s: 14
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 28
Innings: 52
Balls: 6,597
Maidens: 403
Runs conceded: 2,080
Wickets: 102
Average: 20.39
Economy: 1.89
Strike rate: 64.67
Best innings: 7/36
Best match: 12/89
4 wickets: 7
5 wickets: 5
10 wickets: 1

Fielding

Matches: 28
Innings: 56
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.214
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1957-06-20	England v West Indies	Test	England won by inns & 36 runs
1957-02-15	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 17 runs
1957-01-25	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-01-01	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 312 runs
1956-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 131 runs
1956-06-21	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 185 runs
1955-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 224 runs
1955-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 71 runs
1955-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 5 runs
1955-03-25	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by inns & 20 runs
1955-03-11	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1955-02-25	Australia v England	Test	Match 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

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

19486 runs
195054 runs
195153 runs
195357 runs
1954273 runs
1955131 runs
19566 runs
195773 runs

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

19480 wickets
19502 wickets
19515 wickets
195313 wickets
195425 wickets
195529 wickets
19564 wickets
195724 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 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
1957	4	6	73	22	12.16	—	0	5	2	—	7	24	14.25	1.92	44.41
1956	2	4	6	6	2.00	—	0	1	0	—	4	4	32.25	2.23	86.50
1955	7	9	131	32	18.71	—	0	—	6	—	14	29	20.20	1.82	66.58
1954	8	11	273	66	27.30	—	2	—	5	—	14	25	15.80	1.63	57.84
1953	3	4	57	29	28.50	—	0	—	0	—	6	13	26.46	2.21	71.76
1951	2	3	53	30	17.66	—	0	—	1	—	4	5	34.20	1.78	115.00
1950	1	2	54	33	54.00	—	0	—	0	—	2	2	52.00	2.21	141.00
1948	1	2	6	4	6.00	—	0	—	0	—	1	0	N/A	3.00	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1948-02-11
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Port of Spain
1954-03-30
Highest recorded innings · 66 runs
Test v West Indies · Kingston
1954-08-12
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · The Oval
1957-01-01
Best recorded bowling · 7/36
Test v South Africa · Cape Town
1957-06-20
Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Lord's