PLAYER CAREER

Phil Tufnell

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1990–2001

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	41	59	59	59	1990-12-26	2001-08-23
ODI	20	10	10	10	1990-12-07	1997-02-20

62Internationals

168Career runs

0Centuries

140Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 42
Innings: 59
Runs: 153
Average: 5.10
Strike rate: 22.17
Highest score: 22*
Not outs: 29
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 15
4s: 13
6s: 0
Balls faced: 690

Bowling

Matches: 42
Innings: 70
Balls: 11,288
Maidens: 505
Runs conceded: 4,560
Wickets: 121
Average: 37.68
Economy: 2.42
Strike rate: 93.28
Best innings: 7/47
Best match: 11/93
4 wickets: 6
5 wickets: 5
10 wickets: 2

Fielding

Matches: 42
Innings: 74
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.162
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 20
Innings: 10
Runs: 15
Average: 15.00
Strike rate: 48.38
Highest score: 5*
Not outs: 9
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 31

Bowling

Matches: 20
Innings: 20
Balls: 1,020
Maidens: 12
Runs conceded: 699
Wickets: 19
Average: 36.78
Economy: 4.11
Strike rate: 53.68
Best innings: 4/22
Best match: 4/22
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 20
Innings: 20
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.200
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2001-08-23	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 25 runs
2000-01-02	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 37 runs
1999-12-26	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1999-12-09	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1999-08-19	England v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 83 runs
1999-08-05	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1999-07-22	England v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
1999-07-01	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1998-03-20	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 52 runs
1998-03-12	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1998-02-27	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 242 runs
1998-02-13	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 3 wickets

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

19900 runs
199115 runs
19928 runs
199333 runs
19942 runs
19954 runs
199611 runs
199739 runs
199811 runs
199921 runs
20002 runs
20017 runs

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

19900 wickets
199121 wickets
199217 wickets
199312 wickets
199417 wickets
19951 wickets
19967 wickets
199718 wickets
19987 wickets
199919 wickets
20001 wickets
20011 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2001	1	2	7	7	7.00	41.17	1	17	1	1	174.00	4.46	234.00
2000	1	2	2	2	1.00	16.66	0	12	1	1	97.00	2.44	238.00
1999	6	8	21	7	7.00	29.16	2	72	11	19	34.36	2.47	83.47
1998	5	8	11	6	2.20	15.71	0	70	9	7	62.57	2.05	182.42
1997	4	5	39	19	13.00	39.00	4	100	7	18	18.61	1.86	59.88
1996	2	2	11	9	11.00	18.33	1	60	3	7	27.42	2.31	71.00
1995	2	3	4	4	4.00	16.00	0	25	3	1	142.00	2.06	412.00
1994	5	6	2	2	0.50	3.77	0	53	10	17	41.35	2.28	108.35
1993	5	10	33	22	6.60	16.41	3	201	7	12	61.25	3.26	112.58
1992	4	5	8	6	8.00	26.66	0	30	7	17	26.70	2.06	77.70
1991	5	6	15	8	3.75	36.58	2	41	9	21	25.66	2.73	56.28
1990	1	2	0	0	N/A	0.00	0	9	2	0	N/A	2.17	N/A

ODI

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

19902 runs
19918 runs
19923 runs
19942 runs

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

19903 wickets
19916 wickets
19923 wickets
19943 wickets
19974 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1997	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	1	4	5.50	2.20	15.00
1994	4	3	2	2	N/A	33.33	6	4	3	49.66	4.80	62.00
1992	6	2	3	3	N/A	60.00	5	6	3	60.33	3.93	92.00
1991	4	4	8	5	N/A	61.53	13	4	6	25.66	4.66	33.00
1990	5	1	2	2	2.00	28.57	7	5	3	64.33	3.86	100.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1990-12-07
First available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · W.A.C.A
1991-01-04
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Sydney
1992-01-18
Best recorded bowling · 7/47
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch
1993-02-11
Highest recorded innings · 22* runs
Test v India · Chennai
2001-08-23
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · The Oval