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Avril Starling

Bowler · 1982 to 1986 · 31 internationals

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31Internationals
35Runs
0Hundreds
62Wickets
6Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR100s50s0s4s6s
Test111053096.00--001--
ODI206453*2.50--001--
Bowling career records by format
FormatMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Test11212,738174912375/367/9724.641.9974.00310
ODI20201,24268454253/73/718.162.1949.6800-
Fielding career records by format
FormatMatInnsCtStDisDis/innsBest
Test11214040.1901 (1ct 0st)
ODI20202020.1001 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Avril Starling: women's Test and ODI stats

Test

11 matches · 1984-1986

37wickets
Matches
11
Average
24.64
Economy
1.99
Strike rate
74.00
Best innings
5/36
Five-fors
1
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ODI

20 matches · 1982-1986

25wickets
Matches
20
Average
18.16
Economy
2.19
Strike rate
49.68
Best innings
3/7
Five-fors
0
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Where the career sits

Runs by format
Test 30 86%ODI 5 14%
Wickets by format
Test 37 60%ODI 25 40%

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
FormatOfficial bat innsIn scorecardsOfficial bowl innsIn scorecardsFirstLatestCoverage
Test101021211984-07-061986-07-12Complete
ODI6620171982-01-101986-06-22100%

Questions fans ask about Avril Starling

How many Test runs has Avril Starling scored?
Avril Starling has 30 runs in 10 women's Test innings from 11 matches at an average of 6.00. Highest score: 9.
What is Avril Starling's Test batting average?
Avril Starling's Test batting average in women's internationals is 6.00, from 30 runs and 10 innings.
How many Test wickets has Avril Starling taken?
Avril Starling has taken 37 wickets in women's Test from 11 matches at a bowling average of 24.64. Best innings: 5/36.
How many ODI runs has Avril Starling scored?
Avril Starling has 5 runs in 6 women's ODI innings from 20 matches at an average of 2.50. Highest score: 3*.
How many ODI wickets has Avril Starling taken?
Avril Starling has taken 25 wickets in women's ODI from 20 matches at a bowling average of 18.16. Best innings: 3/7.
Which teams has Avril Starling played international cricket for?
Avril Starling is recorded for England in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
DateMatchFormatResult
1986-07-12England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1986-07-03England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1986-06-26England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1986-06-22England v IndiaODIEngland won by 5 wickets
1985-02-03Australia v EnglandODIAustralia won by 9 wickets
1985-02-02Australia v EnglandODIAustralia won by 138 runs
1985-01-31Australia v EnglandODIAustralia won by 6 runs
1985-01-25Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by 7 wickets
1985-01-12Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by 117 runs
1985-01-01Australia v EnglandTestMatch drawn
1984-12-21Australia v EnglandTestEngland won by 5 runs
1984-12-13Australia v EnglandTestMatch drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1984 to 1986

Avril Starling in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

37Wickets
24.64Average
1.99Economy
74.00Strike rate
5/36Best
1Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career111053096.00--001--
Official Test bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career11212,738174912375/367/9724.641.9974.00310
Official Test fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career11214040.1901 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings
010203025 wickets: 1985-01-122537198419851986
Test wickets by year
0510151984: 17 wickets1719841985: 10 wickets1019851986: 10 wickets101986
Last 20 Test bowling innings
Test innings by wickets
Test runs, innings by innings
08162430198419851986
Test runs by year
0510151984: 13 runs1319841985: 17 runs1719851986: 0 runs1986
Last 20 Test innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
Test innings by score
How Test innings ended
Caught1 · 10.0%
Bowled3 · 30.0%
Other dismissal1 · 10.0%
Not out5 · 50.0%
Test batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
3-0 inns
4-0 inns
5-0 inns
6-0 inns
7-0 inns
8-0 inns
9-0 inns
100.001 inns
117.509 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings
30runs
6.00average
-strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
16wickets
31.81average
2.28economy
83.62strike rate
4/57best

Test record by situation

complete career
Avril Starling: Test batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Australia5953097.50--000--
India110000.00--001--
All111053096.00--001--
Avril Starling: Test bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Australia591,30788431215/3620.521.9762.2321
India3678635299104/6129.902.2878.6010
New Zealand366455118263/3730.331.69107.5000
All11212,738174912375/3624.641.9974.0031
Avril Starling: Test batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home110000.00--001--
Away5953097.50--000--
All111053096.00--001--
Avril Starling: Test bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home6121,43186481164/6130.062.0189.4310
Away591,30788431215/3620.521.9762.2321
All11212,738174912375/3624.641.9974.0031
Avril Starling: Test batting by match innings
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1st innings of the match442964.50--000--
2nd innings of the match220994.50--001--
3rd innings of the match332114*11.00--000--
4th innings of the match11111*N/A--000--
All111053096.00--001--
Avril Starling: Test bowling by match innings
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1st innings of the match557805423594/6126.111.8086.6610
2nd innings of the match669936033594/5037.222.02110.3310
3rd innings of the match5557636179104/5717.901.8657.6010
4th innings of the match553892416395/3618.112.5143.2201
All11212,738174912375/3624.641.9974.0031
Avril Starling: Test batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 10110000.00--001--
No. 115953097.50--000--
All111053096.00--001--
Avril Starling: Test batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won121969.006314.2800000
Lost2421497.00--000--
Drawn34274*3.50--001--
All111053096.00--001--
Avril Starling: Test bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won12221108465/3614.002.2836.8301
Lost245523221064/5735.002.2892.0010
Drawn8151,965132618254/5024.721.8878.6020
All11212,738174912375/3624.641.9974.0031
Avril Starling: Test batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
198424313613.0010612.2600000
19853521795.66--000--
1986110000.00--001--
All111053096.00--001--
Avril Starling: Test bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
19845101,18489353175/3620.761.7869.6401
19853576850260104/5026.002.0376.8020
19863678635299104/6129.902.2878.6010
All11212,738174912375/3624.641.9974.0031
Avril Starling: Test bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
County Ground, New Road, Worcester244802319553/3739.002.4396.0000
All11212,738174912375/3624.641.9974.0031

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 1

  1. 5/36v AustraliaAdelaide Oval · 1984-12-21

Best Test performances

Avril Starling: highest Test scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
9----AustraliaGosford1985-01-12
65610.7100AustraliaAdelaide Oval1984-12-21
4*3710.8100AustraliaWACA Ground1984-12-13
4----AustraliaBendigo1985-01-25
3*742.8500AustraliaAdelaide Oval1984-12-21
32910.3400AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1985-01-01
1*----AustraliaGosford1985-01-12
0*60.0000AustraliaWACA Ground1984-12-13
0*----AustraliaBendigo1985-01-25
0----IndiaWetherby1986-06-26
Avril Starling: best Test bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
5/3610162.13AustraliaAdelaide Oval1984-12-21
4/50216181.38AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1985-01-01
4/57156102.19AustraliaGosford1985-01-12
4/61180122.03IndiaWetherby1986-06-26
3/3612661.71IndiaWetherby1986-06-26
3/3712091.85New ZealandCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester1984-07-14
3/40192181.25AustraliaWACA Ground1984-12-13
2/47126102.23AustraliaWACA Ground1984-12-13
2/6918692.22IndiaBlackpool1986-07-03
1/174242.42IndiaCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester1986-07-12

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1986-07-12Indiadid not bat0/99 & 1/17County Ground, New Road, WorcesterMatch drawn
1986-07-03Indiadid not bat2/69 & 0/17BlackpoolMatch drawn
1986-06-26India04/61 & 3/36WetherbyMatch drawn
1985-01-25Australia0* & 41/70 & 0/40BendigoAustralia won by 7 wickets
1985-01-12Australia9 & 1*1/43 & 4/57GosfordAustralia won by 117 runs
1985-01-01Australia34/50Brisbane Cricket GroundMatch drawn
1984-12-21Australia6 & 3*1/48 & 5/36Adelaide OvalEngland won by 5 runs
1984-12-13Australia0* & 4*3/40 & 2/47WACA GroundMatch drawn
1984-07-27New Zealanddid not bat0/28 & 1/23St Lawrence GroundMatch drawn
1984-07-14New Zealanddid not bat1/42 & 3/37County Ground, New Road, WorcesterMatch drawn

ODI CAREER · 1982 to 1986

Avril Starling in ODIs

Scorecards for 6 of 6 official batting innings

25Wickets
18.16Average
2.19Economy
49.68Strike rate
3/7Best
0Five-fors

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career206453*2.50--001--
Official ODI bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career20201,24268454253/73/718.162.1949.6800-
Official ODI fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career20202020.1001 (1ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI wickets, innings by innings
06121810 wickets: 1982-02-021020 wickets: 1985-01-3120231982198419851986
ODI wickets by year
048121982: 14 wickets1419821983: 0 wickets19831984: 4 wickets419841985: 3 wickets319851986: 2 wickets21986
Last 20 ODI bowling innings
ODI innings by wickets
ODI runs, innings by innings
024519821985
ODI runs by year
012341982: 4 runs419821983: 0 runs19831984: 0 runs19841985: 1 runs11985
Last 20 ODI innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
ODI innings by score
How ODI innings ended
Bowled1 · 16.7%
Run out1 · 16.7%
Not out4 · 66.7%
ODI batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
3-0 inns
4-0 inns
5-0 inns
6-0 inns
7-0 inns
8-0 inns
9-0 inns
102.003 inns
1133 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 6 batting innings
5runs
2.50average
-strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
15wickets
15.73average
2.51economy
37.60strike rate
3/18best

ODI record by situation

6 recorded innings
Avril Starling: ODI batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Australia55443*4.00--001--
India110111.00--000--
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Australia7745018206103/2020.602.7445.0000
New Zealand663722710093/711.111.6141.3300
India44234128642/2821.502.2058.5000
All17171,05657392233/717.042.2245.9100
Avril Starling: ODI batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Away33311*N/A1010.0000000
Neutral33143*2.00--001--
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home44204127963/1813.162.3234.0000
Away663962315783/719.622.3749.5000
Neutral774562215693/2017.332.0550.6600
All17171,05657392233/717.042.2245.9100
Avril Starling: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first22100*0.00--001--
Chasing44353*5.00--000--
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first111170836286123/723.832.4259.0000
Defending a total6634821106113/189.631.8231.6300
All17171,05657392233/717.042.2245.9100
Avril Starling: ODI batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 1033143*2.00--001--
No. 1133311*N/A1010.0000000
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Lost66453*2.50--001--
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won8846226149103/1814.901.9346.2000
Lost774501821672/2130.852.8864.2800
Tied22144132763/74.501.1224.0000
All17171,05657392233/717.042.2245.9100
Avril Starling: ODI batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
198233143*2.00--001--
198533311*N/A1010.0000000
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1982101067238205143/714.641.8348.0000
198433156115143/1812.751.9639.0000
198533180710832/5236.003.6060.0000
1986114812822/2814.003.5024.0000
All17171,05657392233/717.042.2245.9100
Avril Starling: ODI batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Melbourne Cricket Ground33311*N/A1010.0000000
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Melbourne Cricket Ground33180710832/5236.003.6060.0000
All17171,05657392233/717.042.2245.9100
Avril Starling: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first22100*0.00--001--
Chasing44353*5.00--000--
All176453*2.50--001--
Avril Starling: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first111170836286123/723.832.4259.0000
Defending a total6634821106113/189.631.8231.6300
All17171,05657392233/717.042.2245.9100

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Best ODI performances

Avril Starling: highest ODI scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
3*----AustraliaPukekura Park1982-01-17
1*333.3300AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1985-02-02
1----IndiaWanganui1982-01-20
0*20.0000AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1985-01-31
0*50.0000AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1985-02-03
0----AustraliaBasin Reserve1982-01-23
Avril Starling: best ODI bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
3/77290.58New ZealandEden Park1982-01-10
3/186661.63New ZealandHastings1984-06-24
3/207241.66AustraliaLancaster Park1982-02-02
2/216631.90AustraliaLancaster Park1982-02-07
2/284813.50IndiaGrace Road1986-06-22
2/526604.72AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1985-01-31
1/84221.14IndiaSaxton Oval1982-01-31
1/93021.80New ZealandCounty Ground, Bristol1984-07-21
1/155451.66AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1985-02-03
1/207251.66IndiaEden Park1982-01-12

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1986-06-22Indiadid not bat2/28Grace RoadEngland won by 5 wickets
1985-02-03Australia0*1/15Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia won by 9 wickets
1985-02-02Australia1*0/41Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia won by 138 runs
1985-01-31Australia0*2/52Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia won by 6 runs
1984-07-21New Zealanddid not bat1/9County Ground, BristolEngland won by 55 runs
1984-06-30New Zealanddid not bat0/24Grace RoadEngland won by 6 wickets
1984-06-24New Zealanddid not bat3/18HastingsEngland won by 46 runs
1982-02-07Australiadid not bat2/21Lancaster ParkAustralia won by 3 wickets
1982-02-02Australiadid not bat3/20Lancaster ParkMatch tied
1982-01-31Indiadid not bat1/8Saxton OvalEngland won by 10 wickets