PLAYER CAREER

Rick Darling

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1978–1982

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	14	27	18	27	1978-01-28	1979-11-03
ODI	17	17	17	17	1978-02-22	1982-01-23

32Internationals

1,060Career runs

0Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 14
Innings: 27
Runs: 697
Average: 26.80
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 91
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 6
Ducks: 1
4s: 61
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 14
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 14
Innings: 25
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.200
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 18
Innings: 18
Runs: 363
Average: 21.35
Strike rate: 53.46
Highest score: 74
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 26
6s: 0
Balls faced: 679

Bowling

Matches: 18
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 18
Innings: 17
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.352
Best innings: 3 (3ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1982-01-23	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 86 runs
1982-01-19	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 5 runs
1982-01-10	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1982-01-09	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 25 runs
1981-12-20	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1981-12-17	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
1981-12-06	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Australia won by 38 runs
1981-11-24	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1981-11-22	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1979-12-11	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 72 runs
1979-11-03	Australia v India	Test	India won by inns & 100 runs
1979-10-26	Australia v India	Test	Match drawn

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

1978248 runs
1979449 runs

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
1979	8	15	449	91	32.07	—	0	4	43	1	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1978	6	12	248	65	20.66	—	0	2	18	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

197829 runs
197986 runs
1981162 runs
198273 runs

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1982	4	4	73	34	18.25	50.69	0	3	144	N/A	N/A	N/A
1981	5	5	162	74	32.40	61.13	1	9	265	N/A	N/A	N/A
1979	6	6	86	25	17.20	46.48	0	10	185	N/A	N/A	N/A
1978	2	2	29	21	14.50	42.02	0	2	69	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1978-01-28
First available scorecard
Test v India · Adelaide
1979-01-06
Highest recorded innings · 91 runs
Test v England · Sydney
1982-01-23
Latest available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Melbourne