PLAYER CAREER

Max Walker

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1972–1981

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	34	43	39	43	1972-12-29	1977-08-25
ODI	17	11	11	11	1974-03-30	1981-02-01

51Internationals

665Career runs

0Centuries

158Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 34
Innings: 43
Runs: 586
Average: 19.53
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 78*
Not outs: 13
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 5
4s: 54
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 34
Innings: 63
Balls: 10,094
Maidens: 380
Runs conceded: 3,792
Wickets: 138
Average: 27.47
Economy: 2.25
Strike rate: 73.14
Best innings: 8/143
Best match: 8/143
4 wickets: 9
5 wickets: 6
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 34
Innings: 64
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.187
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 17
Innings: 11
Runs: 79
Average: 9.87
Strike rate: 46.47
Highest score: 20
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 6
6s: 0
Balls faced: 170

Bowling

Matches: 17
Innings: 17
Balls: 1,006
Maidens: 24
Runs conceded: 546
Wickets: 20
Average: 27.30
Economy: 3.25
Strike rate: 50.30
Best innings: 4/19
Best match: 4/19
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 17
Innings: 17
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.352
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1981-02-01	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 runs
1981-01-31	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1981-01-29	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 78 runs
1981-01-21	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	No result
1980-01-18	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 9 runs
1979-12-11	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 72 runs
1977-08-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1977-08-11	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 85 runs
1977-07-28	Australia v England	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1977-07-07	Australia v England	Test	England won by 9 wickets
1977-06-16	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1977-06-04	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 101 runs

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

197211 runs
197346 runs
1974166 runs
1975138 runs
19768 runs
1977217 runs

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

19725 wickets
197333 wickets
197424 wickets
197534 wickets
19766 wickets
197736 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
1977	10	14	217	78	24.11	47.37	1	25	0	458	19	36	33.16	2.25	88.27
1976	1	1	8	8	8.00	33.33	0	1	0	24	2	6	16.83	2.49	40.50
1975	9	11	138	41	13.80	41.31	0	8	0	334	16	34	31.70	2.62	72.55
1974	7	10	166	41	33.20	36.48	0	14	0	455	12	24	27.04	1.92	84.12
1973	6	6	46	23	11.50	—	0	4	1	—	12	33	18.75	1.97	57.06
1972	1	1	11	11	11.00	50.00	0	2	0	22	2	5	30.20	2.98	60.80

ODI

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

197556 runs
19775 runs
19799 runs
19805 runs
19814 runs

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

19743 wickets
197511 wickets
19773 wickets
19790 wickets
19801 wickets
19812 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1981	4	2	4	4	4.00	19.04	0	21	4	2	47.00	2.76	102.00
1980	1	1	5	5	5.00	62.50	0	8	1	1	46.00	4.60	60.00
1979	1	1	9	9	N/A	31.03	0	29	1	0	N/A	3.00	N/A
1977	2	2	5	5	2.50	38.46	1	13	2	3	16.33	2.72	36.00
1975	7	5	56	20	14.00	56.56	5	99	7	11	23.27	3.32	42.00
1974	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	2	3	23.66	3.80	37.33

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1972-12-29
First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Melbourne
1973-01-06
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · Sydney
1975-02-08
Best recorded bowling · 8/143
Test v England · Melbourne
1977-08-25
Highest recorded innings · 78* runs
Test v England · The Oval
1981-02-01
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Melbourne