PLAYER CAREER

Norman Gifford

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1964–1985

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	15	20	18	20	1964-06-18	1973-06-21
ODI	2	1	1	1	1985-03-24	1985-03-26

17Internationals

179Career runs

0Centuries

37Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 15
Innings: 20
Runs: 179
Average: 16.27
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 25*
Not outs: 9
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 16
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 15
Innings: 21
Balls: 3,084
Maidens: 174
Runs conceded: 1,026
Wickets: 33
Average: 31.09
Economy: 1.99
Strike rate: 93.45
Best innings: 5/55
Best match: 8/127
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 15
Innings: 27
Catches: 8
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 8
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.296
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 2
Innings: 1
Runs: 0
Average: 0.00
Strike rate: 0.00
Highest score: 0
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 8

Bowling

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Balls: 120
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 50
Wickets: 4
Average: 12.50
Economy: 2.50
Strike rate: 30.00
Best innings: 4/23
Best match: 4/23
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1985-03-26	England v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 43 runs
1985-03-24	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 2 wickets
1973-06-21	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1973-06-07	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 38 runs
1973-03-24	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1973-03-16	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1973-01-25	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1973-01-12	England v India	Test	India won by 4 wickets
1972-07-13	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1972-06-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1972-06-08	Australia v England	Test	England won by 89 runs
1971-08-05	England v India	Test	Match drawn

England

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

19647 runs
197137 runs
197250 runs
197385 runs

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

19645 wickets
197114 wickets
19721 wickets
197313 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1973	6	7	85	25	28.33	—	5	—	8	13	39.23	2.19	107.46
1972	3	5	50	16	12.50	28.73	7	174	4	1	116.00	3.41	204.00
1971	4	5	37	17	18.50	16.59	4	223	5	14	18.57	1.58	70.35
1964	2	3	7	5	3.50	30.43	0	23	4	5	28.00	1.68	99.60

ODI

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

19850 runs

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

19854 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1985	2	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	8	2	4	12.50	2.50	30.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1964-06-18
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Lord's
1973-03-24
Best recorded bowling · 5/55
Test v Pakistan · Karachi
1973-06-07
Highest recorded innings · 25* runs
Test v New Zealand · Nottingham
1985-03-26
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Sharjah