CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Peter May
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
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66Internationals
4,537Career runs
13Centuries
—Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 66
- Innings
- 106
- Runs
- 4,537
- Average
- 46.77
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 285*
- Not outs
- 9
- 100s
- 13
- 50s
- 22
- Ducks
- 8
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 12
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 66
- 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
- 66
- Innings
- 127
- Catches
- 42
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 42
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 42
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.330
- Best innings
- 4 (4ct 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
66 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-08-17 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1961-07-27 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 54 runs |
| 1961-07-06 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 8 wickets |
| 1961-06-22 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 5 wickets |
| 1960-02-17 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1960-01-28 | England v West Indies | Test | England won by 256 runs |
| 1960-01-06 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1959-07-02 | England v India | Test | England won by inns & 173 runs |
| 1959-06-18 | England v India | Test | England won by 8 wickets |
| 1959-06-04 | England v India | Test | England won by inns & 59 runs |
| 1959-03-14 | England v New Zealand | Test | Match drawn |
| 1959-02-27 | England v New Zealand | Test | England won by inns & 99 runs |
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 · 11 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4 | 8 | 272 | 95 | 38.85 | — | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1960 | 3 | 5 | 83 | 45 | 16.60 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1959 | 8 | 12 | 590 | 124 | 59.00 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1958 | 7 | 10 | 497 | 113 | 55.22 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1957 | 9 | 14 | 622 | 285 | 47.84 | — | 2 | 2 | 63 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1956 | 6 | 9 | 473 | 101 | 67.57 | — | 1 | 4 | 49 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1955 | 9 | 15 | 759 | 117 | 54.21 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1954 | 12 | 21 | 779 | 135 | 38.95 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1953 | 2 | 3 | 85 | 39 | 28.33 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1952 | 4 | 6 | 206 | 74 | 34.33 | — | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1951 | 2 | 3 | 171 | 138 | 57.00 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 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 South Africa · Leeds
- First century in this archive · 138 runs
Test v South Africa · Leeds
- Highest recorded innings · 285* runs
Test v West Indies · Birmingham
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · The Oval