PLAYER CAREER

Bob Willis

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1971–1984

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	90	128	128	128	1971-01-09	1984-07-12
ODI	63	22	22	22	1973-09-05	1984-06-04

154Internationals

923Career runs

0Centuries

405Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 90
Innings: 128
Runs: 840
Average: 11.50
Strike rate: 32.63
Highest score: 28*
Not outs: 55
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 12
4s: 79
6s: 1
Balls faced: 2,574

Bowling

Matches: 90
Innings: 165
Balls: 17,357
Maidens: 554
Runs conceded: 8,190
Wickets: 325
Average: 25.20
Economy: 2.83
Strike rate: 53.40
Best innings: 8/43
Best match: 9/92
4 wickets: 12
5 wickets: 16
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 90
Innings: 165
Catches: 39
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 39
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 39
Dismissals / inns: 0.236
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 64
Innings: 22
Runs: 83
Average: 10.37
Strike rate: 52.86
Highest score: 24
Not outs: 14
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 6
6s: 0
Balls faced: 157

Bowling

Matches: 64
Innings: 64
Balls: 3,595
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: 1,968
Wickets: 80
Average: 24.60
Economy: 3.28
Strike rate: 44.93
Best innings: 4/11
Best match: 4/11
4 wickets: 4
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 64
Innings: 64
Catches: 22
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 22
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 22
Dismissals / inns: 0.343
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1984-07-12	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1984-06-28	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 9 wickets
1984-06-14	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 180 runs
1984-06-04	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1984-06-02	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
1984-05-31	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 104 runs
1984-03-09	England v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
1984-03-02	England v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
1984-02-25	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1984-02-22	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1984-02-18	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 54 runs
1984-02-10	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn

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

197147 runs
19735 runs
197498 runs
197528 runs
19766 runs
197787 runs
197892 runs
197978 runs
198071 runs
198157 runs
1982138 runs
198368 runs
198465 runs

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

197114 wickets
19734 wickets
197427 wickets
19752 wickets
197610 wickets
197750 wickets
197857 wickets
197918 wickets
198016 wickets
198133 wickets
198252 wickets
198322 wickets
198420 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 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
1984	7	11	65	22	9.28	38.23	5	0	170	12	20	35.95	3.28	65.75
1983	5	8	68	25	11.33	43.58	7	0	156	10	22	16.50	2.36	41.86
1982	13	17	138	28	17.25	33.74	13	0	409	24	52	23.76	3.05	46.69
1981	8	12	57	13	5.70	54.80	6	0	104	15	33	25.12	2.72	55.21
1980	6	10	71	24	10.14	37.36	10	0	190	9	16	33.25	3.34	59.68
1979	7	9	78	24	13.00	37.86	7	1	206	13	18	33.16	2.77	71.66
1978	14	15	92	19	13.14	21.80	4	0	422	26	57	18.71	2.15	52.22
1977	11	15	87	24	12.42	36.86	10	0	236	21	50	20.98	2.93	42.92
1976	3	5	6	5	2.00	15.00	0	0	40	6	10	27.90	3.79	44.10
1975	2	4	28	12	9.33	25.00	4	0	112	4	2	102.50	3.49	176.00
1974	8	13	98	24	24.50	27.68	10	0	354	14	27	29.55	2.92	60.59
1973	1	2	5	5	5.00	8.06	0	0	62	1	4	29.50	3.37	52.50
1971	5	7	47	15	11.75	41.59	3	0	113	10	14	28.42	2.76	61.71

ODI

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

19739 runs
19777 runs
197927 runs
19813 runs
19822 runs
198321 runs
198414 runs

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

19732 wickets
19741 wickets
19775 wickets
19786 wickets
197912 wickets
19803 wickets
19816 wickets
19826 wickets
198328 wickets
19847 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1984	7	3	14	7	N/A	100.00	1	14	7	7	30.28	3.30	55.00
1983	20	8	21	7	5.25	38.18	1	55	20	28	22.50	3.43	39.35
1982	7	2	2	2	2.00	25.00	0	8	7	6	35.16	3.45	61.00
1981	5	2	3	2	N/A	37.50	0	8	5	6	31.66	3.83	49.50
1980	3	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	3	3	37.00	3.70	60.00
1979	11	3	27	24	13.50	57.44	3	47	11	12	25.83	2.95	52.50
1978	4	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	4	6	16.00	2.40	40.00
1977	3	2	7	7	7.00	41.17	1	17	3	5	15.80	3.16	30.00
1974	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	1	1	34.00	3.40	60.00
1973	2	2	9	5	N/A	112.50	0	8	2	2	42.00	4.13	61.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1971-01-09
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Sydney
1974-12-26
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1981-07-16
Best recorded bowling · 8/43
Test v Australia · Leeds
1982-07-29
Highest recorded innings · 28* runs
Test v Pakistan · Birmingham
1984-07-12
Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Leeds