PLAYER CAREER

Neil Fairbrother

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1987–1999

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	9	15	15	15	1987-06-04	1993-03-13
ODI	69	69	69	69	1987-04-02	1999-05-29

85Internationals

2,311Career runs

1Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 10
Innings: 15
Runs: 219
Average: 15.64
Strike rate: 36.56
Highest score: 83
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 1
4s: 22
6s: 2
Balls faced: 599

Bowling

Matches: 10
Innings: 1
Balls: 12
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 9
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 4.50
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 10
Innings: 15
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.266
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 75
Innings: 71
Runs: 2,092
Average: 39.47
Strike rate: 72.06
Highest score: 113
Not outs: 18
100s: 1
50s: 16
Ducks: 2
4s: 140
6s: 20
Balls faced: 2,903

Bowling

Matches: 75
Innings: 1
Balls: 6
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 9
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 9.00
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 75
Innings: 75
Catches: 33
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 33
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 33
Dismissals / inns: 0.440
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1999-05-29	England v India	ODI	India won by 63 runs
1999-05-25	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	England won by 7 wickets
1999-05-22	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 122 runs
1999-05-14	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 8 wickets
1999-04-12	England v Pakistan	ODI	England won by 62 runs
1999-04-11	England v India	ODI	India won by 9 runs
1999-04-09	England v India	ODI	India won by 20 runs
1999-04-07	England v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 90 runs
1999-02-13	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 162 runs
1999-02-12	Australia v England	ODI	No result
1999-02-10	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 10 runs
1999-01-29	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 128 runs

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

19874 runs
19881 runs
199059 runs
1993155 runs

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

19880 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1993	3	6	155	83	25.83	36.21	1	14	2	428	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990	3	5	59	33	14.75	47.96	0	8	0	123	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1988	1	1	1	1	1.00	5.26	0	0	0	19	1	N/A	4.50	N/A
1987	2	3	4	3	1.33	13.79	0	0	0	29	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

198780 runs
1988152 runs
1991122 runs
1992506 runs
1993344 runs
199422 runs
1995115 runs
1996162 runs
199856 runs
1999497 runs

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

19920 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1999	16	16	497	81	45.18	66.35	0	4	27	5	749	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	1	1	56	56	56.00	71.79	0	1	2	1	78	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1996	8	8	162	57	23.14	59.77	0	1	8	1	271	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1995	4	4	115	61	38.33	81.56	0	1	8	1	141	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	2	2	22	19	22.00	75.86	0	0	3	0	29	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1993	11	11	344	59	38.22	74.62	0	2	27	4	461	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1992	13	13	506	75	50.60	76.66	0	5	33	4	660	1	N/A	9.00	N/A
1991	3	3	122	113	61.00	100.82	1	0	10	2	121	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1988	5	5	152	54	50.66	71.02	0	2	15	1	214	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987	6	6	80	32	13.33	66.11	0	0	5	1	121	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1987-04-02
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Sharjah
1991-05-27
Highest recorded innings · 113 runs
ODI v West Indies · Lord's
1999-05-29
Latest available scorecard
ODI v India · Birmingham