PLAYER CAREER

Ken Cranston

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1947–1948

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	8	14	1	4	1947-07-05	1948-07-22

8Internationals

209Career runs

0Centuries

18Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 8
Innings: 14
Runs: 209
Average: 14.92
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 45
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 8
Innings: 13
Balls: 1,010
Maidens: 37
Runs conceded: 461
Wickets: 18
Average: 25.61
Economy: 2.73
Strike rate: 56.11
Best innings: 4/12
Best match: 5/36
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 8
Innings: 16
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.187
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1948-07-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
1948-03-27	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 10 wickets
1948-03-03	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1948-02-11	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1948-01-21	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1947-08-16	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1947-07-26	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1947-07-05	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 7 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

194771 runs
1948138 runs

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

194711 wickets
19487 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 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
1948	5	10	138	36	13.80	—	0	0	—	0	—	8	7	39.28	3.19	73.85
1947	3	4	71	45	17.75	—	0	0	—	0	—	5	11	16.90	2.26	44.81

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1947-07-05
First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Manchester
1947-07-26
Best recorded bowling · 4/12
Test v South Africa · Leeds
1947-08-16
Highest recorded innings · 45 runs
Test v South Africa · The Oval
1948-07-22
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Leeds