PLAYER CAREER

Phil DeFreitas

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1986–1997

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	44	68	68	68	1986-11-14	1995-06-08
ODI	101	66	66	66	1987-01-01	1997-05-24

147Internationals

1,624Career runs

0Centuries

255Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 44
Innings: 68
Runs: 934
Average: 14.82
Strike rate: 55.23
Highest score: 88
Not outs: 5
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 10
4s: 103
6s: 8
Balls faced: 1,691

Bowling

Matches: 44
Innings: 76
Balls: 9,838
Maidens: 367
Runs conceded: 4,700
Wickets: 140
Average: 33.57
Economy: 2.86
Strike rate: 70.27
Best innings: 7/70
Best match: 9/165
4 wickets: 8
5 wickets: 4
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 44
Innings: 78
Catches: 14
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 14
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 14
Dismissals / inns: 0.179
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 103
Innings: 66
Runs: 690
Average: 16.04
Strike rate: 83.83
Highest score: 67
Not outs: 23
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 4
4s: 46
6s: 10
Balls faced: 823

Bowling

Matches: 103
Innings: 103
Balls: 5,712
Maidens: 113
Runs conceded: 3,775
Wickets: 115
Average: 32.82
Economy: 3.96
Strike rate: 49.66
Best innings: 4/35
Best match: 4/35
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 103
Innings: 103
Catches: 26
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 26
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 26
Dismissals / inns: 0.252
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1997-05-24	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1997-05-22	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1996-03-09	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1996-02-25	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 78 runs
1996-01-17	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1996-01-14	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 wickets
1996-01-13	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 3 wickets
1996-01-11	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
1995-06-08	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 9 wickets
1995-05-26	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 25 runs
1995-05-24	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1995-02-03	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 329 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

198677 runs
198749 runs
198856 runs
198922 runs
1990100 runs
1991209 runs
199214 runs
199335 runs
1994239 runs
1995133 runs

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

19869 wickets
19877 wickets
19887 wickets
19893 wickets
199014 wickets
199138 wickets
199215 wickets
19932 wickets
199437 wickets
19958 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 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
1995	3	6	133	88	22.16	78.23	1	15	3	170	6	8	45.12	3.31	81.75
1994	8	12	239	69	21.72	70.91	2	31	1	337	16	37	30.29	3.12	58.21
1993	2	4	35	12	8.75	46.05	0	4	1	76	3	2	100.50	3.00	201.00
1992	5	6	14	7	2.80	18.91	0	0	1	74	7	15	27.60	2.49	66.26
1991	8	13	209	55	19.00	45.93	1	20	0	455	16	38	20.39	2.52	48.36
1990	5	8	100	38	12.50	63.29	0	11	1	158	8	14	38.00	2.96	76.92
1989	1	2	22	21	11.00	91.66	0	3	0	24	2	3	72.00	3.40	127.00
1988	5	7	56	18	8.00	49.12	0	3	0	114	7	7	61.14	2.33	157.00
1987	3	5	49	15	9.80	35.76	0	5	1	137	3	7	29.42	3.17	55.57
1986	4	5	77	40	19.25	52.73	0	11	0	146	8	9	49.55	3.14	94.44

ODI

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

1987224 runs
198865 runs
198939 runs
1990103 runs
199142 runs
199221 runs
199325 runs
199418 runs
199529 runs
1996124 runs

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

198739 wickets
19888 wickets
19899 wickets
19907 wickets
19918 wickets
199219 wickets
19936 wickets
19945 wickets
19954 wickets
19965 wickets
19970 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1997	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	2	0	N/A	4.82	N/A
1996	6	6	124	67	20.66	87.94	1	10	3	141	6	5	49.00	5.25	56.00
1995	4	3	29	15	29.00	58.00	0	0	0	50	4	4	44.25	4.46	59.50
1994	4	3	18	7	9.00	163.63	0	1	0	11	4	5	24.00	3.07	46.80
1993	7	3	25	21	12.50	71.42	0	1	1	35	7	6	41.33	4.59	54.00
1992	16	7	21	10	4.20	56.75	0	0	0	37	16	19	29.10	3.75	46.52
1991	8	6	42	10	8.40	67.74	0	3	0	62	8	8	36.50	3.64	60.12
1990	9	7	103	49	34.33	78.62	0	7	1	131	9	7	61.14	4.95	74.00
1989	7	5	39	17	13.00	88.63	0	2	0	44	7	9	33.66	4.59	44.00
1988	8	4	65	23	21.66	85.52	0	5	2	76	8	8	36.37	3.63	60.00
1987	30	22	224	33	17.23	94.91	0	17	3	236	30	39	25.35	3.57	42.51

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1986-11-14
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Brisbane
1987-12-16
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · Karachi
1991-08-22
Best recorded bowling · 7/70
Test v Sri Lanka · Lord's
1995-01-26
Highest recorded innings · 88 runs
Test v Australia · Adelaide
1997-05-24
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · The Oval