PLAYER CAREER

Simon O'Donnell

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1985–1991

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	6	10	10	10	1985-06-13	1985-11-22
ODI	87	64	64	63	1985-01-06	1991-12-10

93Internationals

1,448Career runs

0Centuries

114Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 6
Innings: 10
Runs: 206
Average: 29.42
Strike rate: 43.73
Highest score: 48
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 19
6s: 3
Balls faced: 471

Bowling

Matches: 6
Innings: 10
Balls: 940
Maidens: 37
Runs conceded: 504
Wickets: 6
Average: 84.00
Economy: 3.21
Strike rate: 156.66
Best innings: 3/37
Best match: 4/114
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 6
Innings: 10
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.400
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 87
Innings: 64
Runs: 1,242
Average: 25.34
Strike rate: 80.96
Highest score: 74*
Not outs: 15
100s: 0
50s: 9
Ducks: 5
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 1,534

Bowling

Matches: 87
Innings: 87
Balls: 4,350
Maidens: 49
Runs conceded: 3,102
Wickets: 108
Average: 28.72
Economy: 4.27
Strike rate: 40.27
Best innings: 5/13
Best match: 5/13
4 wickets: 5
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 87
Innings: 87
Catches: 22
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 22
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 22
Dismissals / inns: 0.252
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1991-12-10	Australia v India	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
1991-12-08	Australia v India	ODI	India won by 107 runs
1991-01-15	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1991-01-13	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1991-01-10	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 3 runs
1991-01-01	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 68 runs
1990-12-18	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 1 runs
1990-12-16	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 37 runs
1990-12-11	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 39 runs
1990-12-09	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1990-12-02	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1990-11-29	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 61 runs

Australia

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

1985206 runs

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

19856 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 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
1985	6	10	206	48	29.42	43.73	0	0	19	3	471	10	6	84.00	3.21	156.66

ODI

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

1985326 runs
1987241 runs
1989160 runs
1990427 runs
199188 runs

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

198522 wickets
198730 wickets
198918 wickets
199032 wickets
19916 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1991	6	3	88	71	44.00	66.66	1	5	2	132	6	6	31.00	4.22	44.00
1990	23	16	427	74	30.50	104.40	3	30	15	409	23	32	25.21	4.09	36.96
1989	14	9	160	57	26.66	81.21	1	9	2	197	14	18	24.55	4.26	34.55
1987	23	19	241	54	17.21	79.53	2	9	6	303	23	30	28.36	4.37	38.93
1985	21	17	326	74	25.07	66.12	2	—	—	493	21	22	37.09	4.39	50.59

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1985-01-06
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Melbourne
1985-02-24
Highest recorded innings · 74* runs
ODI v Pakistan · Melbourne
1990-03-04
Best recorded bowling · 5/13
ODI v New Zealand · Christchurch
1991-12-10
Latest available scorecard
ODI v India · Hobart