Courtney Walsh Test record against India
1987-11-25 – 1997-04-17 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 15 Test matches against India with recorded batting or bowling figures: 16 batting innings and 25 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 | 16 | 92 | 15 | 6.13 | 47.17 |
| Bowling | 25 | 1,316 | 65 | 20.24 | 48.06 |
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: 2.52 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 3,124.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 195.
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
- 198719 wickets
- 19887 wickets
- 198918 wickets
- 199417 wickets
- 19974 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 8.33 | 58.13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 62.50 | 2.09 | 179.00 |
| 1994 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 6.00 | 27.69 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 6 | 17 | 21.23 | 2.56 | 49.70 |
| 1989 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 4.00 | 95.23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 14.88 | 2.17 | 41.11 |
| 1988 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 47.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 20.00 | 3.25 | 36.85 |
| 1987 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 10.50 | 42.85 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 19 | 15.63 | 3.15 | 29.73 |
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 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 5.62 | 70.31 | 12 | 22 | 23.54 |
| Away | 7 | 8 | 47 | 6.71 | 35.87 | 13 | 43 | 18.55 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v India · Arun Jaitley Stadium
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v India · Arun Jaitley Stadium
- Best recorded bowling · 6/62
Test v India · Sabina Park
- Highest recorded innings · 21 runs
Test v India · Antigua Recreation Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v India · Bourda
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-04-17 | Bourda | 1 | - | - | 1 | 62 |
| 1997-04-04 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 37 |
| 1997-04-04 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 1 | 21 | 29 | - | - |
| 1997-03-14 | Queen's Park Oval | 2 | - | - | 0 | 71 |
| 1997-03-14 | Queen's Park Oval | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 1997-03-06 | Sabina Park | 4 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| 1997-03-06 | Sabina Park | 2 | - | - | 1 | 73 |
| 1997-03-06 | Sabina Park | 1 | 4 | 11 | - | - |
| 1994-12-10 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 4 | - | - | 3 | 34 |
| 1994-12-10 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 2 | - | - | 2 | 89 |
| 1994-12-10 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 1 | 4 | 35 | - | - |
| 1994-12-01 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 1994-12-01 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 1994-12-01 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground | 1 | - | - | 2 | 93 |
| 1994-11-18 | Wankhede Stadium | 4 | 11 | 17 | - | - |
| 1994-11-18 | Wankhede Stadium | 3 | - | - | 2 | 64 |
| 1994-11-18 | Wankhede Stadium | 2 | 2 | 9 | - | - |
| 1994-11-18 | Wankhede Stadium | 1 | - | - | 6 | 79 |
| 1989-04-28 | Sabina Park | 3 | - | - | 4 | 39 |
| 1989-04-28 | Sabina Park | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
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.