PLAYER CAREER

Phil Simmons

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

West Indies1987–1999

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	26	47	47	47	1988-01-11	1997-11-17
ODI	140	137	137	136	1987-10-16	1999-05-30

169Internationals

4,677Career runs

6Centuries

87Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 26
Innings: 47
Runs: 1,002
Average: 22.26
Strike rate: 51.83
Highest score: 110
Not outs: 2
100s: 1
50s: 4
Ducks: 4
4s: 139
6s: 4
Balls faced: 1,933

Bowling

Matches: 26
Innings: 16
Balls: 624
Maidens: 27
Runs conceded: 257
Wickets: 4
Average: 64.25
Economy: 2.47
Strike rate: 156.00
Best innings: 2/34
Best match: 2/57
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 26
Innings: 48
Catches: 26
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 26
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 26
Dismissals / inns: 0.541
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 143
Innings: 138
Runs: 3,675
Average: 28.93
Strike rate: 67.96
Highest score: 122
Not outs: 11
100s: 5
50s: 18
Ducks: 14
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 5,407

Bowling

Matches: 143
Innings: 103
Balls: 3,880
Maidens: 38
Runs conceded: 2,876
Wickets: 83
Average: 34.65
Economy: 4.44
Strike rate: 46.74
Best innings: 4/3
Best match: 4/3
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 143
Innings: 143
Catches: 55
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 55
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 55
Dismissals / inns: 0.384
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1999-05-30	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1999-05-24	New Zealand v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1999-05-21	Bangladesh v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1999-05-16	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 27 runs
1999-04-21	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Match tied
1999-04-18	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 20 runs
1999-04-17	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1999-04-14	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 46 runs
1999-04-11	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 44 runs
1998-11-01	South Africa v West Indies	ODI	South Africa won by 4 wickets
1998-10-31	India v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1998-10-29	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 30 runs

West Indies

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

198849 runs
1991181 runs
1992182 runs
1993345 runs
1994162 runs
199681 runs
19972 runs

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

19910 wickets
19922 wickets
19930 wickets
19940 wickets
19961 wickets
19971 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

Test 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
1997	2	3	2	1	0.66	10.52	0	0	0	0	19	3	1	76.00	3.04	150.00
1996	2	3	81	59	27.00	62.30	0	1	14	0	130	2	1	23.00	1.76	78.00
1994	5	10	162	50	18.00	40.09	0	1	19	0	404	1	0	N/A	1.33	N/A
1993	7	11	345	87	34.50	64.60	0	2	53	1	534	4	0	N/A	2.94	N/A
1992	3	6	182	110	30.33	56.17	1	0	15	2	324	5	2	45.50	2.21	123.00
1991	5	10	181	38	18.10	45.93	0	0	29	1	394	1	0	N/A	2.33	N/A
1988	2	4	49	16	12.25	38.28	0	0	9	0	128	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

1987204 runs
1988444 runs
1989139 runs
1991163 runs
1992467 runs
1993685 runs
1994475 runs
1995329 runs
1996336 runs
1997214 runs
199876 runs
1999136 runs

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

19882 wickets
19892 wickets
19914 wickets
199214 wickets
199318 wickets
19942 wickets
199512 wickets
19967 wickets
19972 wickets
199811 wickets
19998 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 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
1999	9	7	136	42	22.66	84.47	0	0	12	3	161	9	8	31.87	4.59	41.62
1998	7	6	76	23	15.20	71.02	0	0	9	0	107	7	11	27.45	5.13	32.09
1997	9	9	214	70	30.57	73.03	0	1	15	1	293	8	2	91.50	5.43	101.00
1996	11	11	336	103	33.60	66.01	1	0	29	4	509	9	7	41.71	4.35	57.42
1995	13	13	329	86	25.30	68.82	0	2	43	3	478	13	12	36.83	4.86	45.41
1994	15	15	475	84	31.66	62.25	0	5	47	9	763	9	2	121.50	4.26	171.00
1993	28	28	685	92	28.54	61.99	0	5	73	3	1,105	23	18	32.27	4.09	47.27
1992	12	12	467	122	42.45	76.30	3	0	44	10	612	9	14	14.21	3.01	28.28
1991	11	11	163	34	14.81	54.15	0	0	16	1	301	9	4	64.50	5.60	69.00
1989	9	9	139	40	15.44	50.18	0	0	—	—	277	4	2	33.50	5.15	39.00
1988	11	11	444	104	44.40	85.71	1	3	44	7	518	2	2	19.50	3.90	30.00
1987	5	5	204	89	40.80	76.11	0	2	28	1	268	0	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.

1987-10-16
First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Lahore
1988-01-25
First century in this archive · 104 runs
ODI v India · Thiruvananthapuram
1992-04-07
Highest recorded innings · 122 runs
ODI v South Africa · Kingston
1992-12-17
Best recorded bowling · 4/3
ODI v Pakistan · Sydney
1999-05-30
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Manchester