PLAYER CAREER

Ken Mackay

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1956–1963

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	37	52	12	34	1956-06-21	1963-01-25

37Internationals

1,507Career runs

0Centuries

50Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 37
Innings: 52
Runs: 1,507
Average: 33.48
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 89
Not outs: 7
100s: 0
50s: 13
Ducks: 6
4s: —
6s: 2
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 37
Innings: 53
Balls: 5,792
Maidens: 267
Runs conceded: 1,721
Wickets: 50
Average: 34.42
Economy: 1.78
Strike rate: 115.84
Best innings: 6/42
Best match: 7/58
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 37
Innings: 71
Catches: 16
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 16
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 16
Dismissals / inns: 0.225
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1963-01-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1962-12-29	Australia v England	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1962-11-30	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1961-08-17	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1961-07-27	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 54 runs
1961-07-06	Australia v England	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1961-06-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1961-06-08	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1961-02-10	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by 2 wickets
1961-01-27	Australia v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1961-01-13	Australia v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 222 runs
1960-12-30	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets

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

1956160 runs
1957131 runs
1958278 runs
1959235 runs
1960245 runs
1961310 runs
1962144 runs
19634 runs

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

19564 wickets
19572 wickets
19583 wickets
195911 wickets
19605 wickets
196121 wickets
19620 wickets
19634 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 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
1963	1	2	4	3	2.00	—	0	0	0	—	2	4	23.25	1.95	71.50
1962	2	3	144	86	72.00	—	1	12	0	—	4	0	N/A	2.01	N/A
1961	8	13	310	64	28.18	—	3	—	0	—	16	21	35.47	2.02	104.85
1960	5	6	245	89	40.83	—	2	—	0	—	8	5	30.80	1.85	99.60
1959	8	9	235	78	26.11	—	2	—	0	—	9	11	22.27	1.47	90.54
1958	5	6	278	83	92.66	—	3	—	2	—	6	3	47.66	1.29	221.33
1957	2	3	131	65	65.50	—	2	—	0	—	3	2	44.50	1.81	147.00
1956	6	10	160	38	16.00	—	0	—	0	—	5	4	29.50	1.56	113.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1956-06-21
First available scorecard
Test v England · Lord's
1959-11-13
Best recorded bowling · 6/42
Test v Pakistan · Dhaka
1960-01-13
Highest recorded innings · 89 runs
Test v India · Chennai
1963-01-25
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Adelaide