PLAYER CAREER

Lala Amarnath

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

India1933–1952

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	24	40	10	17	1933-12-15	1952-12-12

24Internationals

878Career runs

1Centuries

45Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 24
Innings: 40
Runs: 878
Average: 24.38
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 118
Not outs: 4
100s: 1
50s: 4
Ducks: 5
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 24
Innings: 35
Balls: 4,241
Maidens: 195
Runs conceded: 1,481
Wickets: 45
Average: 32.91
Economy: 2.09
Strike rate: 94.24
Best innings: 5/96
Best match: 8/167
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 24
Innings: 38
Catches: 13
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 13
Keeper catches: 5
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.342
Best innings: 3 (3ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1952-12-12	India v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1952-11-28	India v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1952-11-13	India v Pakistan	Test	India won by 10 wickets
1952-10-23	India v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 43 runs
1952-10-16	India v Pakistan	Test	India won by inns & 70 runs
1952-02-06	England v India	Test	India won by inns & 8 runs
1951-12-30	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1951-12-14	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1949-02-04	India v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1949-01-27	India v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 193 runs
1948-12-31	India v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1948-12-09	India v West Indies	Test	Match drawn

India

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

1933156 runs
193447 runs
194669 runs
194766 runs
1948291 runs
194977 runs
195136 runs
1952136 runs

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

19330 wickets
19344 wickets
194613 wickets
19475 wickets
194811 wickets
19490 wickets
19513 wickets
19529 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1952	6	6	136	61	27.20	—	0	1	—	—	10	9	29.33	1.67	105.22
1951	2	3	36	32	12.00	—	0	0	—	—	4	3	48.33	1.78	162.33
1949	2	4	77	39	19.25	—	0	0	—	—	2	0	N/A	2.40	N/A
1948	6	12	291	62	29.10	—	0	2	—	—	8	11	42.36	2.68	94.54
1947	2	4	66	25	16.50	40.99	0	0	4	161	2	5	23.00	1.62	84.80
1946	3	5	69	50	13.80	—	0	1	—	—	5	13	25.38	2.10	72.46
1934	2	4	47	26	15.66	—	0	0	—	—	3	4	27.75	2.47	67.25
1933	1	2	156	118	78.00	—	1	0	—	—	1	0	N/A	1.00	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1933-12-15
First available scorecard
Test v England · Mumbai
1933-12-15
Highest recorded innings · 118 runs
Test v England · Mumbai
1946-06-22
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Lord's
1946-07-20
Best recorded bowling · 5/96
Test v England · Manchester
1952-12-12
Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Eden Gardens