PLAYER CAREER

Jeff Thomson

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1972–1985

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	51	73	63	73	1972-12-29	1985-08-15
ODI	50	30	30	30	1975-01-01	1985-06-03

101Internationals

860Career runs

0Centuries

255Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 51
Innings: 73
Runs: 679
Average: 12.81
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 49
Not outs: 20
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 14
4s: 68
6s: 9
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 51
Innings: 90
Balls: 10,535
Maidens: 301
Runs conceded: 5,601
Wickets: 200
Average: 28.00
Economy: 3.18
Strike rate: 52.67
Best innings: 6/46
Best match: 9/105
4 wickets: 16
5 wickets: 8
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 51
Innings: 94
Catches: 20
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 20
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 20
Dismissals / inns: 0.212
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 50
Innings: 30
Runs: 181
Average: 7.54
Strike rate: 64.64
Highest score: 21
Not outs: 6
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 5
4s: 9
6s: 2
Balls faced: 280

Bowling

Matches: 50
Innings: 50
Balls: 2,696
Maidens: 37
Runs conceded: 1,942
Wickets: 55
Average: 35.30
Economy: 4.32
Strike rate: 49.01
Best innings: 4/67
Best match: 4/67
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 50
Innings: 50
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 9
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 9
Dismissals / inns: 0.180
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1985-08-15	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 118 runs
1985-06-13	Australia v England	Test	England won by 5 wickets
1985-06-03	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 8 wickets
1985-06-01	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 4 wickets
1983-06-20	Australia v India	ODI	India won by 118 runs
1983-06-18	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1983-06-09	Australia v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 13 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
1983-01-31	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 47 runs
1983-01-30	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 14 runs
1983-01-26	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 98 runs

Australia

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

197219 runs
197436 runs
1975168 runs
19766 runs
1977116 runs
197879 runs
19799 runs
198149 runs
1982147 runs
198312 runs
198538 runs

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

19720 wickets
197424 wickets
197535 wickets
197621 wickets
197739 wickets
197826 wickets
19797 wickets
19815 wickets
198233 wickets
19837 wickets
19853 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1985	2	4	38	28	N/A	67.85	4	1	56	3	3	91.66	4.91	112.00
1983	1	2	12	12	6.00	26.66	1	0	45	2	7	11.42	2.98	23.00
1982	11	16	147	25	12.25	52.68	14	2	279	19	33	34.39	3.22	64.00
1981	3	5	49	22	24.50	59.03	5	2	83	5	5	43.80	3.17	82.80
1979	2	3	9	8	9.00	33.33	1	0	27	4	7	27.57	3.27	50.57
1978	7	12	79	24	7.18	—	6	0	—	11	26	25.80	3.49	44.26
1977	8	14	116	41	10.54	45.66	14	2	254	15	39	25.74	2.82	54.58
1976	4	3	6	6	2.00	46.15	1	0	13	7	21	22.19	3.70	35.90
1975	9	10	168	49	18.66	59.57	16	2	282	16	35	30.34	3.14	57.91
1974	3	3	36	23	18.00	37.89	3	0	95	6	24	16.08	2.45	39.37
1972	1	1	19	19	N/A	63.33	3	0	30	2	0	N/A	4.34	N/A

ODI

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

197555 runs
19776 runs
19781 runs
19790 runs
198018 runs
198114 runs
198249 runs
198338 runs

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

19755 wickets
19772 wickets
19784 wickets
19792 wickets
19801 wickets
19816 wickets
198217 wickets
198317 wickets
19851 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 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
1985	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	2	1	97.00	5.10	114.00
1983	13	8	38	12	5.42	56.71	3	0	67	13	17	30.47	4.25	43.00
1982	14	8	49	19	7.00	65.33	1	1	75	14	17	29.29	4.22	41.64
1981	5	3	14	6	4.66	50.00	1	0	28	5	6	33.00	4.79	41.33
1980	3	2	18	15	18.00	56.25	0	0	32	3	1	140.00	4.39	191.00
1979	3	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	3	2	72.50	5.37	81.00
1978	2	1	1	1	N/A	100.00	0	0	1	2	4	21.75	5.11	25.50
1977	2	2	6	3	3.00	40.00	0	0	15	2	2	48.50	4.85	60.00
1975	6	5	55	21	18.33	90.16	4	1	61	6	5	32.40	3.03	64.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1972-12-29
First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Melbourne
1974-11-29
Best recorded bowling · 6/46
Test v England · Brisbane
1975-07-10
Highest recorded innings · 49 runs
Test v England · Birmingham
1985-08-15
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Birmingham