CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Ray Illingworth
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
RI
64Internationals
1,841Career runs
2Centuries
126Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 61
- Innings
- 90
- Runs
- 1,836
- Average
- 23.24
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 113
- Not outs
- 11
- 100s
- 2
- 50s
- 5
- Ducks
- 7
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 3
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 61
- Innings
- 100
- Balls
- 11,934
- Maidens
- 715
- Runs conceded
- 3,807
- Wickets
- 122
- Average
- 31.20
- Economy
- 1.91
- Strike rate
- 97.81
- Best innings
- 6/29
- Best match
- 7/29
- 4 wickets
- 5
- 5 wickets
- 3
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 61
- Innings
- 115
- Catches
- 45
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 45
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 45
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.391
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 3
- Innings
- 2
- Runs
- 5
- Average
- 2.50
- Strike rate
- 27.77
- Highest score
- 4
- Not outs
- 0
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 0
- 4s
- 0
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 18
Bowling
- Matches
- 3
- Innings
- 2
- Balls
- 130
- Maidens
- 2
- Runs conceded
- 84
- Wickets
- 4
- Average
- 21.00
- Economy
- 3.87
- Strike rate
- 32.50
- Best innings
- 3/50
- Best match
- 3/50
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 3
- Innings
- 2
- Catches
- 1
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 1
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 1
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.500
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 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
65 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-08-23 | England v West Indies | Test | West Indies won by inns & 226 runs |
| 1973-08-09 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1973-07-26 | England v West Indies | Test | West Indies won by 158 runs |
| 1973-07-20 | England v New Zealand | ODI | No result |
| 1973-07-18 | England v New Zealand | ODI | England won by 7 wickets |
| 1973-07-05 | England v New Zealand | Test | England won by inns & 1 runs |
| 1973-06-21 | England v New Zealand | Test | Match drawn |
| 1973-06-07 | England v New Zealand | Test | England won by 38 runs |
| 1972-08-10 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 5 wickets |
| 1972-07-27 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 9 wickets |
| 1972-07-13 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1972-06-22 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 8 wickets |
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 · 15 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 6 | 10 | 208 | 65 | 20.80 | 34.55 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 602 | 9 | 6 | 75.00 | 2.28 | 196.66 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8 | 194 | 57 | 32.33 | 32.27 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 601 | 6 | 7 | 28.14 | 2.23 | 75.42 |
| 1971 | 12 | 19 | 562 | 107 | 31.22 | 33.55 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 1,675 | 19 | 21 | 33.04 | 1.85 | 107.09 |
| 1970 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 34 | 23.66 | 34.80 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 204 | 4 | 2 | 60.50 | 1.97 | 184.00 |
| 1969 | 6 | 9 | 253 | 113 | 31.62 | 41.40 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 611 | 11 | 15 | 24.80 | 1.91 | 77.80 |
| 1968 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 12.75 | 28.97 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 6 | 13 | 22.38 | 1.58 | 84.61 |
| 1967 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 12 | 8.20 | 30.14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 136 | 8 | 23 | 14.08 | 1.61 | 52.30 |
| 1966 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2.33 | 14.89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 41.25 | 2.61 | 94.50 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17.50 | 2.00 | 52.50 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6 | 125 | 46 | 20.83 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 7 | 6 | 34.00 | 2.05 | 99.33 |
| 1962 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | N/A | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 81.00 | 2.38 | 204.00 |
| 1961 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9.33 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 2 | 3 | 42.00 | 2.27 | 111.00 |
| 1960 | 9 | 14 | 173 | 41 | 15.72 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 14 | 10 | 52.90 | 1.93 | 163.80 |
| 1959 | 2 | 3 | 118 | 50 | 59.00 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 4 | 4 | 31.00 | 1.45 | 127.50 |
| 1958 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | N/A | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 3 | 19.66 | 1.31 | 90.00 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 34.00 | 3.09 | 66.00 |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 14.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16.66 | 4.68 | 21.33 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Manchester
- Best recorded bowling · 6/29
Test v India · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 113 runs
Test v West Indies · Lord's
- Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Lord's