PLAYER CAREER

Robert Croft

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1996–2001

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	21	34	34	34	1996-08-22	2001-08-02
ODI	49	36	36	36	1996-08-29	2001-06-21

71Internationals

766Career runs

0Centuries

94Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 21
Innings: 34
Runs: 421
Average: 16.19
Strike rate: 36.29
Highest score: 37*
Not outs: 8
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 50
6s: 2
Balls faced: 1,160

Bowling

Matches: 21
Innings: 31
Balls: 4,619
Maidens: 195
Runs conceded: 1,825
Wickets: 49
Average: 37.24
Economy: 2.37
Strike rate: 94.26
Best innings: 5/95
Best match: 7/143
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 21
Innings: 35
Catches: 10
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 10
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 10
Dismissals / inns: 0.285
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 50
Innings: 36
Runs: 345
Average: 14.37
Strike rate: 66.47
Highest score: 32
Not outs: 12
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 23
6s: 2
Balls faced: 519

Bowling

Matches: 50
Innings: 49
Balls: 2,466
Maidens: 25
Runs conceded: 1,743
Wickets: 45
Average: 38.73
Economy: 4.24
Strike rate: 54.80
Best innings: 3/51
Best match: 3/51
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 50
Innings: 49
Catches: 11
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 11
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 11
Dismissals / inns: 0.224
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2001-08-02	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
2001-06-21	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
2001-06-10	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 5 wickets
2001-03-27	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
2001-03-25	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 66 runs
2001-03-15	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 4 wickets
2001-03-07	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 3 wickets
2001-02-22	England v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by inns & 28 runs
2000-08-03	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
2000-07-09	England v West Indies	ODI	No result
2000-07-08	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
2000-06-15	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 93 runs

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

199632 runs
1997106 runs
1998157 runs
200046 runs
200180 runs

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

199610 wickets
199718 wickets
19988 wickets
20003 wickets
200110 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2001	4	7	80	33	13.33	25.72	8	0	311	7	10	26.80	2.35	68.40
2000	2	3	46	27	23.00	59.74	6	0	77	2	3	59.00	2.32	152.00
1998	5	10	157	37	31.40	36.51	18	0	430	7	8	59.50	2.52	141.12
1997	7	10	106	31	10.60	45.88	14	2	231	10	18	33.38	2.38	84.00
1996	3	4	32	14	10.66	28.82	4	0	111	5	10	30.30	2.16	83.80

ODI

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

199615 runs
199786 runs
199879 runs
1999120 runs
200010 runs
200135 runs

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

19966 wickets
199712 wickets
199813 wickets
19999 wickets
20001 wickets
20013 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2001	4	3	35	20	11.66	62.50	4	0	56	4	3	48.66	4.56	64.00
2000	2	2	10	5	10.00	50.00	0	0	20	1	1	30.00	6.00	30.00
1999	14	11	120	32	17.14	62.17	7	0	193	14	9	47.55	4.50	63.33
1998	11	9	79	17	15.80	66.94	5	0	118	11	13	33.84	4.23	48.00
1997	14	8	86	30	17.20	74.13	6	2	116	14	12	43.66	3.96	66.00
1996	4	3	15	15	5.00	93.75	1	0	16	4	6	23.83	4.33	33.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1996-08-22
First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · The Oval
1997-02-14
Best recorded bowling · 5/95
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch
1998-07-02
Highest recorded innings · 37* runs
Test v South Africa · Manchester
2001-08-02
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Nottingham