PLAYER CAREER

Mike Brearley

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1976–1981

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	39	66	66	66	1976-06-03	1981-08-27
ODI	23	23	23	23	1977-06-02	1980-01-22

64Internationals

1,952Career runs

0Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 39
Innings: 66
Runs: 1,442
Average: 22.88
Strike rate: 29.79
Highest score: 91
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 9
Ducks: 6
4s: 131
6s: 0
Balls faced: 4,839

Bowling

Matches: 39
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 39
Innings: 75
Catches: 52
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 52
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 52
Dismissals / inns: 0.693
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 25
Innings: 24
Runs: 510
Average: 24.28
Strike rate: 45.53
Highest score: 78
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 6
4s: 47
6s: 0
Balls faced: 1,120

Bowling

Matches: 25
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 25
Innings: 25
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.480
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1981-08-27	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1981-08-13	Australia v England	Test	England won by 103 runs
1981-07-30	Australia v England	Test	England won by 29 runs
1981-07-16	Australia v England	Test	England won by 18 runs
1980-02-15	England v India	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1980-02-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1980-01-22	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1980-01-20	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 2 runs
1980-01-16	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 107 runs
1980-01-14	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 2 wickets
1980-01-04	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 6 wickets
1979-12-26	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 4 wickets

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

197675 runs
1977535 runs
1978272 runs
1979318 runs
1980101 runs
1981141 runs

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1981	4	8	141	51	17.62	35.25	1	18	400	N/A	N/A	N/A
1980	3	5	101	60	25.25	27.29	1	3	370	N/A	N/A	N/A
1979	8	13	318	64	26.50	30.14	2	22	1,055	N/A	N/A	N/A
1978	10	16	272	74	18.13	25.34	2	20	1,073	N/A	N/A	N/A
1977	11	19	535	91	28.15	31.65	3	59	1,690	N/A	N/A	N/A
1976	3	5	75	40	15.00	29.88	0	9	251	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

1977147 runs
197859 runs
1979270 runs
198034 runs

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1980	4	4	34	25	11.33	65.38	0	1	52	N/A	N/A	N/A
1979	12	12	270	64	27.00	42.45	2	20	636	N/A	N/A	N/A
1978	3	3	59	31	19.66	40.68	0	5	145	N/A	N/A	N/A
1977	4	4	147	78	36.75	53.06	1	21	277	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.

1976-06-03
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Nottingham
1977-02-11
Highest recorded innings · 91 runs
Test v India · Wankhede
1981-08-27
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · The Oval