PLAYER CAREER

Richie Benaud

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1952–1964

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	63	97	22	71	1952-01-25	1964-02-07

63Internationals

2,201Career runs

3Centuries

248Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 63
Innings: 97
Runs: 2,201
Average: 24.45
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 122
Not outs: 7
100s: 3
50s: 9
Ducks: 8
4s: —
6s: 8
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 63
Innings: 116
Balls: 19,108
Maidens: 805
Runs conceded: 6,704
Wickets: 248
Average: 27.03
Economy: 2.10
Strike rate: 77.04
Best innings: 7/72
Best match: 11/105
4 wickets: 16
5 wickets: 16
10 wickets: 1

Fielding

Matches: 63
Innings: 122
Catches: 65
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 65
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 65
Dismissals / inns: 0.532
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1964-02-07	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-01-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 10 wickets
1964-01-10	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1963-12-06	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1963-02-15	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1963-01-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1963-01-11	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1962-12-29	Australia v England	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1962-11-30	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
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

Australia

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

195272 runs
195389 runs
1954103 runs
1955291 runs
1956313 runs
1957155 runs
1958190 runs
1959227 runs
1960128 runs
1961175 runs
196291 runs
1963179 runs
1964188 runs

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

19523 wickets
195310 wickets
19545 wickets
195523 wickets
195632 wickets
195710 wickets
195828 wickets
195954 wickets
196021 wickets
196133 wickets
19628 wickets
196314 wickets
19647 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 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
1964	3	6	188	90	31.33	—	0	1	12	0	—	6	7	53.85	2.10	153.28
1963	4	5	179	57	35.80	—	0	1	19	0	—	8	14	30.21	1.89	95.42
1962	2	3	91	51	30.33	—	0	1	10	0	—	4	8	42.12	2.50	101.00
1961	7	12	175	77	15.90	—	0	1	—	0	—	14	33	30.24	2.29	79.21
1960	5	8	128	52	21.33	—	0	1	—	0	—	10	21	29.38	1.78	98.85
1959	8	10	227	64	25.22	—	0	1	—	0	—	16	54	18.64	1.89	58.96
1958	5	7	190	100	31.66	—	1	0	—	1	—	9	28	20.03	1.71	69.96
1957	2	2	155	122	77.50	—	1	0	—	0	—	4	10	27.40	2.41	68.00
1956	9	15	313	97	22.35	—	0	2	—	2	—	14	32	23.56	2.21	63.90
1955	7	10	291	121	29.10	—	1	1	—	4	—	13	23	30.17	2.58	70.04
1954	3	5	103	34	20.60	—	0	0	6	1	—	5	5	33.60	2.32	86.60
1953	6	10	89	30	9.88	—	0	0	—	0	—	10	10	43.70	2.27	115.20
1952	2	4	72	45	18.00	—	0	0	7	0	—	3	3	19.00	2.49	45.66

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1952-01-25
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Sydney
1955-06-11
First century in this archive · 121 runs
Test v West Indies · Kingston
1956-10-19
Best recorded bowling · 7/72
Test v India · Chennai
1957-12-23
Highest recorded innings · 122 runs
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
1964-02-07
Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Sydney