CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Mike Atherton
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
MA
169Internationals
9,519Career runs
18Centuries
—Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 115
- Innings
- 212
- Runs
- 7,728
- Average
- 37.69
- Strike rate
- 37.49
- Highest score
- 185*
- Not outs
- 7
- 100s
- 16
- 50s
- 46
- Ducks
- 20
- 4s
- 904
- 6s
- 4
- Balls faced
- 20,609
Bowling
- Matches
- 115
- Innings
- 14
- Balls
- 408
- Maidens
- 12
- Runs conceded
- 302
- Wickets
- 2
- Average
- 151.00
- Economy
- 4.44
- Strike rate
- 204.00
- Best innings
- 1/20
- Best match
- 1/20
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 115
- Innings
- 200
- Catches
- 83
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 83
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 83
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.415
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 54
- Innings
- 54
- Runs
- 1,791
- Average
- 35.11
- Strike rate
- 58.64
- Highest score
- 127
- Not outs
- 3
- 100s
- 2
- 50s
- 12
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- 155
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- 3,054
Bowling
- Matches
- 54
- Innings
- —
- Balls
- —
- Maidens
- —
- Runs conceded
- —
- Wickets
- —
- Average
- N/A
- Economy
- N/A
- Strike rate
- N/A
- Best innings
- -
- Best match
- -
- 4 wickets
- —
- 5 wickets
- —
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 54
- Innings
- 54
- Catches
- 15
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 15
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 15
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.277
- 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
167 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-08-23 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by inns & 25 runs |
| 2001-08-16 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 6 wickets |
| 2001-08-02 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| 2001-07-19 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| 2001-07-05 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by inns & 118 runs |
| 2001-05-31 | England v Pakistan | Test | Pakistan won by 108 runs |
| 2001-05-17 | England v Pakistan | Test | England won by inns & 9 runs |
| 2001-03-15 | England v Sri Lanka | Test | England won by 4 wickets |
| 2001-03-07 | England v Sri Lanka | Test | England won by 3 wickets |
| 2001-02-22 | England v Sri Lanka | Test | Sri Lanka won by inns & 28 runs |
| 2000-12-07 | England v Pakistan | Test | England won by 6 wickets |
| 2000-11-29 | England v Pakistan | 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 · 13 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 | 19 | 448 | 57 | 23.57 | 37.17 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 1,205 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 12 | 21 | 990 | 136 | 49.50 | 36.47 | 3 | 5 | 109 | 1 | 2,714 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 | 5 | 9 | 245 | 108 | 27.22 | 33.74 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 726 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 15 | 29 | 802 | 103 | 28.64 | 34.06 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 2,354 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1997 | 9 | 16 | 582 | 118 | 41.57 | 40.16 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 1,449 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996 | 9 | 16 | 469 | 160 | 31.26 | 38.31 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 1,224 | 1 | 1 | 20.00 | 2.85 | 42.00 |
| 1995 | 13 | 24 | 1,129 | 185 | 49.08 | 36.44 | 2 | 7 | 134 | 0 | 3,098 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994 | 13 | 23 | 1,136 | 144 | 49.39 | 40.15 | 4 | 5 | 138 | 1 | 2,829 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1993 | 8 | 16 | 616 | 99 | 38.50 | 39.21 | 0 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1992 | 3 | 5 | 145 | 76 | 29.00 | 35.62 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 407 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1991 | 8 | 15 | 326 | 105 | 23.28 | 33.40 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 976 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 4.62 | N/A |
| 1990 | 8 | 15 | 767 | 151 | 51.13 | 41.54 | 2 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 1,846 | 9 | 1 | 211.00 | 4.68 | 270.00 |
| 1989 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 47 | 18.25 | 34.76 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 210 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 4.25 | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 64 | 64.00 | 87.67 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1997 | 9 | 9 | 255 | 113 | 31.87 | 62.34 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 409 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996 | 17 | 17 | 374 | 85 | 22.00 | 56.66 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 660 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1995 | 5 | 5 | 267 | 127 | 53.40 | 65.92 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 405 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994 | 10 | 10 | 466 | 86 | 51.77 | 57.96 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 804 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1991 | 7 | 7 | 236 | 74 | 39.33 | 50.53 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 467 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | 3 | 3 | 99 | 59 | 33.00 | 53.22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 186 | 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 Australia · Nottingham
- First century in this archive · 151 runs
Test v New Zealand · Nottingham
- Highest recorded innings · 185* runs
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
- Best recorded bowling · 1/20
Test v Pakistan · Leeds
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · The Oval