PLAYER CAREER

Karen Smithies

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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England1986–2000

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	15	21	13	13	1987-08-21	1999-07-15
ODI	56	43	28	27	1986-07-27	2000-02-15

84Internationals

1,364Career runs

1Centuries

80Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 15
Innings: 21
Runs: 443
Average: 22.15
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 64
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 15
Innings: 20
Balls: 2,196
Maidens: 138
Runs conceded: 729
Wickets: 16
Average: 45.56
Economy: 1.99
Strike rate: 137.25
Best innings: 3/63
Best match: 3/100
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 15
Innings: 22
Catches: 11
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 11
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 11
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 69
Innings: 51
Runs: 921
Average: 23.61
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 110*
Not outs: 12
100s: 1
50s: 1
Ducks: 6
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 69
Innings: 56
Balls: 2,681
Maidens: 111
Runs conceded: 1,194
Wickets: 64
Average: 18.65
Economy: 2.67
Strike rate: 41.89
Best innings: 3/6
Best match: 3/6
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 69
Innings: 69
Catches: 21
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 21
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 21
Dismissals / inns: 0.304
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2000-02-15	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 8 wickets
2000-02-12	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
2000-02-03	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 220 runs
2000-02-01	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 10 wickets
2000-01-30	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 87 runs
2000-01-29	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 86 runs
1999-07-15	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1999-07-11	England v India	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
1999-07-09	England v India	ODI	India won by 86 runs
1999-07-06	England v India	ODI	India won by 1 wickets
1998-08-21	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1998-08-11	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

198766 runs
199261 runs
199554 runs
199670 runs
199884 runs
1999108 runs

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

19873 wickets
19922 wickets
19954 wickets
19962 wickets
19985 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 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
1999	1	2	108	57	54.00	—	2	—	—	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	3	4	84	32	21.00	42.00	0	9	0	200	4	5	41.40	2.65	93.60
1996	3	4	70	27	17.50	—	0	—	—	—	4	2	67.00	2.16	186.00
1995	3	5	54	30	10.80	20.93	0	6	0	258	5	4	40.75	2.01	121.50
1992	3	4	61	30	20.33	28.24	0	6	0	216	4	2	38.50	1.22	189.00
1987	2	2	66	64	33.00	—	1	—	—	—	3	3	49.33	1.80	164.00

ODI

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

19868 runs
198856 runs
199043 runs
199112 runs
199242 runs
199333 runs
1995128 runs
199619 runs
199718 runs
1998167 runs
1999154 runs
200072 runs

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

19860 wickets
19885 wickets
19905 wickets
19920 wickets
199313 wickets
199513 wickets
19965 wickets
199712 wickets
19983 wickets
19991 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons

ODI 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
2000	6	6	72	26	12.00	30.76	0	0	8	0	234	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1999	3	3	154	110	77.00	—	1	0	—	—	—	2	1	46.00	4.60	60.00
1998	5	5	167	62	41.75	57.78	0	1	15	0	289	5	3	65.66	5.20	75.66
1997	10	4	18	15	6.00	—	0	0	—	—	—	10	12	22.83	3.38	40.41
1996	3	3	19	14	6.33	—	0	0	—	—	—	3	5	16.20	3.00	32.40
1995	7	6	128	38	64.00	45.39	0	0	8	0	282	7	13	9.76	2.08	28.15
1993	6	4	33	22	11.00	—	0	0	—	—	—	6	13	8.07	1.59	30.46
1992	4	2	42	35	21.00	35.89	0	0	5	0	117	4	0	N/A	2.65	N/A
1991	1	1	12	12	12.00	40.00	0	0	1	0	30	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990	3	2	43	41	21.50	—	0	0	—	—	—	3	5	12.80	3.55	21.60
1988	7	6	56	20	11.20	—	0	0	—	—	—	7	5	21.00	2.37	53.00
1986	1	1	8	8	8.00	—	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	N/A	5.00	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1986-07-27
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Banstead
1993-07-24
Best recorded bowling · 3/6
ODI v Ireland · Reading
1999-07-11
Highest recorded innings · 110* runs
ODI v India · Nottingham
2000-02-15
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Wellington