PLAYER CAREER

Syed Abid Ali

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

India1967–1975

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	29	53	22	42	1967-12-23	1974-12-11
ODI	4	3	3	3	1974-07-13	1975-06-14

34Internationals

1,111Career runs

0Centuries

54Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 29
Innings: 53
Runs: 1,018
Average: 20.36
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 81
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 6
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 29
Innings: 49
Balls: 4,164
Maidens: 119
Runs conceded: 1,980
Wickets: 47
Average: 42.12
Economy: 2.85
Strike rate: 88.59
Best innings: 6/55
Best match: 7/116
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 29
Innings: 53
Catches: 32
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 32
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 32
Dismissals / inns: 0.603
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 5
Innings: 3
Runs: 93
Average: 31.00
Strike rate: 70.45
Highest score: 70
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 6
6s: 1
Balls faced: 132

Bowling

Matches: 5
Innings: 5
Balls: 336
Maidens: 10
Runs conceded: 187
Wickets: 7
Average: 26.71
Economy: 3.33
Strike rate: 48.00
Best innings: 2/22
Best match: 2/22
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 5
Innings: 5
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

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
1975-06-14	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1975-06-07	England v India	ODI	England won by 202 runs
1974-12-11	India v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 17 runs
1974-11-22	India v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 267 runs
1974-07-15	England v India	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1974-07-13	England v India	ODI	England won by 4 wickets
1974-07-04	England v India	Test	England won by inns & 78 runs
1974-06-20	England v India	Test	England won by inns & 285 runs
1974-06-06	England v India	Test	England won by 113 runs
1973-02-06	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1973-01-25	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1972-12-30	England v India	Test	India won by 28 runs

India

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

196791 runs
1968332 runs
1969107 runs
1971169 runs
197264 runs
197392 runs
1974163 runs

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

19677 wickets
19687 wickets
19697 wickets
197116 wickets
19721 wickets
19732 wickets
19747 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1974	5	10	163	71	16.30	—	1	16	—	7	7	58.85	3.56	99.00
1973	2	3	92	41	30.66	50.54	0	12	182	2	2	57.50	3.10	111.00
1972	2	4	64	58	16.00	46.04	1	9	139	4	1	35.00	1.40	150.00
1971	8	12	169	50	18.77	—	1	—	—	16	16	49.50	3.02	98.25
1969	4	8	107	63	13.37	—	1	10	—	8	7	27.42	2.03	80.71
1968	6	12	332	81	27.66	—	2	—	—	9	7	30.28	2.36	76.85
1967	2	4	91	33	22.75	—	0	10	—	3	7	31.71	3.14	60.57

ODI

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

197423 runs
197570 runs

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

19741 wickets
19754 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

ODI 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
1975	2	1	70	70	70.00	71.42	0	1	5	1	98	2	4	23.25	3.87	36.00
1974	2	2	23	17	11.50	67.64	0	0	1	0	34	2	1	72.00	3.60	120.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1967-12-23
Best recorded bowling · 6/55
Test v Australia · Adelaide
1967-12-23
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Adelaide
1968-01-26
Highest recorded innings · 81 runs
Test v Australia · Sydney
1975-06-14
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Manchester