PLAYER CAREER

Richard Illingworth

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1991–1996

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	9	14	14	14	1991-07-04	1995-12-26
ODI	24	11	11	11	1991-05-23	1996-03-09

34Internationals

196Career runs

0Centuries

49Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 9
Innings: 14
Runs: 128
Average: 18.28
Strike rate: 32.08
Highest score: 28
Not outs: 7
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: 15
6s: 0
Balls faced: 399

Bowling

Matches: 9
Innings: 13
Balls: 1,485
Maidens: 77
Runs conceded: 615
Wickets: 19
Average: 32.36
Economy: 2.48
Strike rate: 78.15
Best innings: 4/96
Best match: 6/150
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 9
Innings: 14
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.357
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 25
Innings: 11
Runs: 68
Average: 11.33
Strike rate: 57.14
Highest score: 14
Not outs: 5
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 4
6s: 0
Balls faced: 119

Bowling

Matches: 25
Innings: 25
Balls: 1,501
Maidens: 13
Runs conceded: 1,059
Wickets: 30
Average: 35.30
Economy: 4.23
Strike rate: 50.03
Best innings: 3/33
Best match: 3/33
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 25
Innings: 25
Catches: 8
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 8
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.320
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1996-03-09	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1996-03-03	England v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
1996-02-14	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 11 runs
1996-01-21	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 64 runs
1996-01-19	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 14 runs
1996-01-14	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 wickets
1995-12-26	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1995-12-14	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1995-11-16	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1995-08-10	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1995-07-06	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 64 runs
1995-06-22	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 72 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

199131 runs
199597 runs

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

19914 wickets
199515 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 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
1995	7	10	97	28	19.40	32.88	0	0	12	0	295	9	15	26.80	2.10	76.33
1991	2	4	31	13	15.50	29.80	0	0	3	0	104	4	4	53.25	3.75	85.00

ODI

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

19919 runs
199231 runs
199321 runs
19967 runs

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

19913 wickets
199217 wickets
19934 wickets
19965 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1996	6	4	7	3	7.00	38.88	0	18	6	5	54.80	4.72	69.60
1993	2	2	21	12	10.50	87.50	1	24	2	4	23.50	4.47	31.50
1992	13	4	31	14	10.33	72.09	2	43	13	17	32.41	4.26	45.58
1991	3	1	9	9	N/A	26.47	1	34	3	3	38.33	3.59	64.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1991-05-23
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Birmingham
1995-08-10
Best recorded bowling · 4/96
Test v West Indies · Nottingham
1995-12-26
Highest recorded innings · 28 runs
Test v South Africa · Gqeberha
1996-03-09
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Sri Lanka · Faisalabad