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Colin Bland
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
CB
21Internationals
1,669Career runs
3Centuries
2Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 39
- Runs
- 1,669
- Average
- 49.08
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 144*
- Not outs
- 5
- 100s
- 3
- 50s
- 9
- Ducks
- 2
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 20
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 12
- Balls
- 394
- Maidens
- 18
- Runs conceded
- 125
- Wickets
- 2
- Average
- 62.50
- Economy
- 1.90
- Strike rate
- 197.00
- Best innings
- 2/16
- Best match
- 2/17
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 40
- Catches
- 10
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 10
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 10
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.250
- 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
21 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966-12-23 | Australia v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by 233 runs |
| 1965-08-26 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1965-08-05 | England v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by 94 runs |
| 1965-07-22 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1965-02-12 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1965-01-22 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1965-01-01 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1964-12-23 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1964-12-04 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by inns & 104 runs |
| 1964-03-13 | New Zealand v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1964-02-28 | New Zealand v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1964-02-21 | New Zealand v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 16.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1965 | 6 | 12 | 591 | 127 | 53.72 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1.50 | N/A |
| 1964 | 9 | 16 | 841 | 144 | 70.08 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 6 | — | 11 | 2 | 61.00 | 1.91 | 191.00 |
| 1962 | 3 | 5 | 146 | 42 | 29.20 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1961 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 30 | 14.75 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Durban
- First century in this archive · 126 runs
Test v Australia · Sydney
- Best recorded bowling · 2/16
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
- Highest recorded innings · 144* runs
Test v England · Johannesburg
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Johannesburg