CRICKET WICKETCourtney Walsh Test record against Australia
1984-11-09 – 2001-01-02 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 38 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 60 batting innings and 69 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 60 | 278 | 37 | 7.51 | 40.46 |
| Bowling | 69 | 3,872 | 135 | 28.68 | 63.40 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.71 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 8,560.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 687.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 198432 runs
- 198853 runs
- 198915 runs
- 199144 runs
- 199217 runs
- 19936 runs
- 199544 runs
- 199625 runs
- 19976 runs
- 199917 runs
- 200014 runs
- 20015 runs
- 198413 wickets
- 198812 wickets
- 19895 wickets
- 199117 wickets
- 19928 wickets
- 19934 wickets
- 199520 wickets
- 199612 wickets
- 19977 wickets
- 199926 wickets
- 20009 wickets
- 20012 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5.00 | 23.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 54.50 | 2.72 | 120.00 |
| 2000 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2.00 | 32.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 41.33 | 2.32 | 106.44 |
| 1999 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 5.66 | 29.82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 26 | 20.88 | 2.60 | 48.03 |
| 1997 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 29.14 | 3.06 | 57.00 |
| 1996 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 12.50 | 58.13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 12 | 32.33 | 3.07 | 63.00 |
| 1995 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 14 | 7.33 | 45.83 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 7 | 20 | 21.55 | 2.90 | 44.55 |
| 1993 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2.00 | 42.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 67.00 | 2.96 | 135.50 |
| 1992 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8.50 | 37.77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 24.87 | 2.34 | 63.62 |
| 1991 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 12 | 8.80 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 9 | 17 | 25.05 | 2.37 | 63.35 |
| 1989 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15.00 | 25.86 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 5 | 40.60 | 2.82 | 86.20 |
| 1988 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 30 | 26.50 | 46.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 6 | 12 | 24.75 | 2.82 | 52.50 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 10.66 | 47.76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 8 | 13 | 33.23 | 2.95 | 67.53 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 13 | 20 | 105 | 7.50 | 39.92 | 24 | 63 | 22.22 |
| Away | 25 | 40 | 173 | 7.52 | 40.80 | 45 | 72 | 34.33 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · WACA Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 30* runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 6/54
Test v Australia · Antigua Recreation Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Sydney Cricket Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 4 | - | - | 1 | 35 |
| 2001-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 2001-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 74 |
| 2001-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 4 | 19 | - | - |
| 2000-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| 2000-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3 | - | - | 0 | 46 |
| 2000-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| 2000-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | - | - | 2 | 62 |
| 2000-12-15 | Adelaide Oval | 4 | - | - | 2 | 39 |
| 2000-12-15 | Adelaide Oval | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 2000-12-15 | Adelaide Oval | 2 | - | - | 2 | 73 |
| 2000-12-15 | Adelaide Oval | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2000-12-01 | WACA Ground | 3 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 2000-12-01 | WACA Ground | 2 | - | - | 2 | 74 |
| 2000-12-01 | WACA Ground | 1 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| 2000-11-23 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 2000-11-23 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 78 |
| 2000-11-23 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| 1999-04-03 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 4 | 0 | 9 | - | - |
| 1999-04-03 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 3 | - | - | 4 | 78 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.