How many Test runs has Bruce Yardley scored?

Bruce Yardley has 978 runs in 54 Test innings from 33 matches at an average of 19.56. Highest score: 74.

What is Bruce Yardley's Test batting average?

Bruce Yardley's Test batting average is 19.56, from 978 runs and 54 innings.

How many Test wickets has Bruce Yardley taken?

Bruce Yardley has taken 126 wickets in Test from 33 matches at a bowling average of 31.63. Best innings: 7/98.

How many ODI runs has Bruce Yardley scored?

Bruce Yardley has 58 runs in 4 ODI innings from 7 matches at an average of 14.50 and a strike rate of 59.18. Highest score: 28.

How many ODI wickets has Bruce Yardley taken?

Bruce Yardley has taken 7 wickets in ODI from 7 matches at a bowling average of 18.57. Best innings: 3/28.

Which teams has Bruce Yardley played international cricket for?

Bruce Yardley is recorded for Australia in this publication.

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Bruce Yardley

All-rounder · 1978 to 1983 · 40 internationals

Australia

Test33 matches ODI7 matches

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40Internationals

1,036Runs

0Hundreds

133Wickets

32Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	0	4	8	114	5
ODI	7	4	0	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	0	0	1	1	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	10/185	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6	1
ODI	7	5	198	5	130	7	3/28	3/28	18.57	3.93	28.28	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	33	62	31	0	31	0.500	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	7	5	1	0	1	0.200	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Bruce Yardley: Test and ODI stats

Test

33 matches · 1978-1983

126wickets

Matches: 33
Average: 31.63
Economy: 2.68
Strike rate: 70.70
Best innings: 7/98
Five-fors: 6

978 runs · batting average 19.56

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ODI

7 matches · 1978-1983

58runs

Matches: 7
Average: 14.50
Strike rate: 59.18
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 28
Fifties: 0

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Where the career sits

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	54	54	58	58	1978-01-28	1983-04-22	Complete
ODI	4	4	5	5	1978-04-12	1983-04-16	Complete

Questions fans ask about Bruce Yardley

How many Test runs has Bruce Yardley scored?: Bruce Yardley has 978 runs in 54 Test innings from 33 matches at an average of 19.56. Highest score: 74.
What is Bruce Yardley's Test batting average?: Bruce Yardley's Test batting average is 19.56, from 978 runs and 54 innings.
How many Test wickets has Bruce Yardley taken?: Bruce Yardley has taken 126 wickets in Test from 33 matches at a bowling average of 31.63. Best innings: 7/98.
How many ODI runs has Bruce Yardley scored?: Bruce Yardley has 58 runs in 4 ODI innings from 7 matches at an average of 14.50 and a strike rate of 59.18. Highest score: 28.
How many ODI wickets has Bruce Yardley taken?: Bruce Yardley has taken 7 wickets in ODI from 7 matches at a bowling average of 18.57. Best innings: 3/28.
Which teams has Bruce Yardley played international cricket for?: Bruce Yardley is recorded for Australia in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1983-04-30	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1983-04-29	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1983-04-22	Australia v Sri Lanka	Test	Australia won by inns & 38 runs
1983-04-16	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1983-01-02	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1982-12-26	Australia v England	Test	England won by 3 runs
1982-12-10	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-11-26	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
1982-11-12	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1982-10-14	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-22	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-20	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 59 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1978 to 1983

Bruce Yardley in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

978Runs

19.56Bat avg

-Strike rate

126Wickets

31.63Bowl avg

2.68Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	0	4	8	114	5

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	10/185	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6	1

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	33	62	31	0	31	0.500	2 (2ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught23 · 42.6%

Bowled22 · 40.7%

LBW3 · 5.6%

Run out1 · 1.9%

Stumped1 · 1.9%

Not out4 · 7.4%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

229.001 inns

3-0 inns

41.001 inns

57.001 inns

647.001 inns

744.007 inns

815.2137 inns

931.006 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours456 · 46.6%

Sixes30 · 3.1%

Other runs492 · 50.3%

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

202runs

20.20average

51.26strike rate

150s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

21wickets

35.76average

2.89economy

74.19strike rate

5/88best

Test record by situation

complete career

Bruce Yardley: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
England	9	15	1	289	61*	20.64	713	40.53	2	3	26	0
West Indies	8	14	2	299	74	24.91	-	-	1	0	44	2
India	6	11	1	223	61*	22.30	-	-	1	1	24	2
Pakistan	6	11	0	134	40	12.18	286	46.85	0	3	14	1
New Zealand	2	3	0	33	25	11.00	49	67.34	0	1	6	0
All	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	4	8	114	5

Bruce Yardley: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
England	9	18	2,660	103	1,182	29	5/107	40.75	2.66	91.72	2	1
West Indies	8	14	1,776	78	823	35	7/98	23.51	2.78	50.74	3	2
India	6	11	2,158	104	802	21	4/91	38.19	2.22	102.76	3	0
Pakistan	6	9	1,327	40	702	21	7/187	33.42	3.17	63.19	1	2
New Zealand	3	4	682	41	311	13	4/80	23.92	2.73	52.46	2	0
Sri Lanka	1	2	306	13	166	7	5/88	23.71	3.25	43.71	0	1
All	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6

Bruce Yardley: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	19	33	1	524	61*	16.37	-	-	2	5	51	0
Away	12	21	3	454	74	25.22	-	-	2	3	63	5
All	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	4	8	114	5

Bruce Yardley: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	19	36	5,730	217	2,542	79	7/98	32.17	2.66	72.53	5	5
Away	14	22	3,179	162	1,444	47	5/88	30.72	2.72	67.63	6	1
All	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6

Bruce Yardley: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	18	18	1	422	74	24.82	-	-	2	1	49	4
2nd innings of the match	13	13	0	289	53	22.23	-	-	1	1	36	0
3rd innings of the match	15	15	2	229	61*	17.61	-	-	1	4	24	1
4th innings of the match	8	8	1	38	15*	5.42	-	-	0	2	5	0
All	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	4	8	114	5

Bruce Yardley: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	13	13	1,936	76	907	29	7/187	31.27	2.81	66.75	1	2
2nd innings of the match	17	17	2,717	117	1,276	34	5/88	37.52	2.81	79.91	3	2
3rd innings of the match	15	15	2,642	125	1,067	37	7/98	28.83	2.42	71.40	3	1
4th innings of the match	13	13	1,614	61	736	26	6/84	28.30	2.73	62.07	4	1
All	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6

Bruce Yardley: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 2	1	1	0	29	29	29.00	-	-	0	0	3	0
No. 4	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	2	50.00	0	0	0	0
No. 5	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	58	12.06	0	0	1	0
No. 6	1	1	0	47	47	47.00	107	43.92	0	0	5	0
No. 7	4	7	3	176	61*	44.00	-	-	2	1	19	2
No. 8	22	37	0	563	74	15.21	-	-	2	7	68	3
No. 9	5	6	1	155	45	31.00	-	-	0	0	18	0
All	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	4	8	114	5

Bruce Yardley: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	9	14	1	282	53	21.69	-	-	1	0	31	0
Lost	15	30	2	469	74	16.75	-	-	2	7	57	3
Drawn	7	10	1	227	61*	25.22	-	-	1	1	26	2
All	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	4	8	114	5

Bruce Yardley: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	10	17	2,651	107	1,148	40	6/84	28.70	2.59	66.27	4	2
Lost	15	27	3,700	140	1,788	45	7/187	39.73	2.89	82.22	3	2
Drawn	8	14	2,558	132	1,050	41	7/98	25.60	2.46	62.39	4	2
All	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6

Bruce Yardley: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1978	8	15	2	306	74	23.53	-	-	1	0	42	2
1979	6	11	2	270	61*	30.00	-	-	2	1	28	2
1981	6	11	0	108	22	9.81	304	35.52	0	2	9	0
1982	10	15	0	270	53	18.00	458	58.95	1	4	32	1
1983	1	2	0	24	24	12.00	59	40.67	0	1	3	0
All	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	4	8	114	5

Bruce Yardley: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1978	8	14	1,919	66	751	24	4/35	31.29	2.34	79.95	3	0
1979	6	11	1,612	62	686	13	4/91	52.76	2.55	124.00	2	0
1981	6	10	1,629	78	685	30	7/187	22.83	2.52	54.30	2	2
1982	11	19	3,137	150	1,512	47	7/98	32.17	2.89	66.74	3	3
1983	2	4	612	23	352	12	5/88	29.33	3.45	51.00	1	1
All	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6

Bruce Yardley: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Adelaide Oval	5	9	0	142	38	15.77	-	-	0	1	13	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	8	0	70	21	8.75	178	39.32	0	3	7	0
WACA Ground	4	7	0	87	22	12.42	235	37.02	0	0	8	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	5	1	137	61*	34.25	254	53.93	1	1	14	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	3	4	0	88	53	22.00	225	39.11	1	0	9	0
Queen's Park Oval	2	4	1	34	22	11.33	-	-	0	0	5	0
All	33	54	4	978	74	19.56	-	-	4	8	114	5

Bruce Yardley: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Adelaide Oval	5	10	1,821	76	738	15	5/132	49.20	2.43	121.40	1	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	7	1,080	50	514	20	7/187	25.70	2.85	54.00	2	1
WACA Ground	4	7	1,193	37	489	19	6/84	25.73	2.45	62.78	0	2
Brisbane Cricket Ground	3	6	740	33	304	8	4/77	38.00	2.46	92.50	1	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	6	896	21	497	17	7/98	29.23	3.32	52.70	1	1
Queen's Park Oval	2	3	404	21	152	8	4/40	19.00	2.25	50.50	1	0
All	33	58	8,909	379	3,986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6

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

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 6

Best Test performances

Bruce Yardley: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
74	-	-	13	2	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1978-03-17
61*	147	41.49	3	0	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-02-10
61*	70	87.14	9	1	India	Eden Gardens	1979-10-26
53	92	57.60	6	0	England	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1982-11-26
47	107	43.92	5	0	India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	1979-09-19
45	33	136.36	7	0	West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground	1982-01-02
43	-	-	7	0	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1978-03-17
40	35	114.28	4	1	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982-10-14
38	66	57.57	2	0	England	Adelaide Oval	1982-12-10
33	-	-	5	0	West Indies	Bourda	1978-03-31

Bruce Yardley: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
7/98	190	6	3.09	West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground	1982-01-02
7/187	396	16	2.83	Pakistan	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1981-12-11
6/84	155	5	3.25	Pakistan	WACA Ground	1981-11-13
5/88	150	7	3.52	Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	1983-04-22
5/107	256	15	2.50	England	WACA Ground	1982-11-12
5/132	245	10	3.23	West Indies	Adelaide Oval	1982-01-30
4/35	174	17	1.20	West Indies	Sabina Park	1978-04-28
4/38	126	7	1.80	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1981-12-26
4/40	182	15	1.31	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1978-04-15
4/77	144	4	3.20	Pakistan	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1981-11-27

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1983-04-22	Sri Lanka	did not bat	5/88 & 2/78	Asgiriya Stadium	Australia won by inns & 38 runs
1983-01-02	England	24 & 0	1/47 & 4/139	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1982-12-26	England	9 & 0	4/89 & 0/67	Melbourne Cricket Ground	England won by 3 runs
1982-12-10	England	38	1/52 & 2/90	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-11-26	England	53	2/51 & 0/50	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Australia won by 7 wickets
1982-11-12	England	17	5/107 & 3/101	WACA Ground	Match drawn
1982-10-14	Pakistan	40 & 21	1/102	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-22	Pakistan	0 & 0	1/98 & 0/9	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-03-19	New Zealand	8	4/80	Lancaster Park	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-03-12	New Zealand	25 & 0	4/142 & 2/40	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 5 wickets

ODI CAREER · 1978 to 1983

Bruce Yardley in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

58Runs

14.50Average

59.18Strike rate

0Hundreds

0Fifties

28Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	7	4	0	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	0	0	1	1	0

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	7	5	198	5	130	7	3/28	3/28	18.57	3.93	28.28	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	7	5	1	0	1	0.200	1 (1ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI runs, innings by innings

ODI runs by year

Last 20 ODI innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours4 · 6.9%

Other runs54 · 93.1%

Recent ODI form

Last 4 batting innings

58runs

14.50average

59.18strike rate

050s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Bruce Yardley: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Pakistan	2	2	28	28	14.00	59	47.45	1	0
West Indies	2	2	30	23	15.00	39	76.92	0	1
All	5	4	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	1	1

Bruce Yardley: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Home	2	2	51	28	25.50	85	60.00	0	1
Away	1	1	7	7	7.00	12	58.33	0	0
Neutral	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0.00	1	0
All	5	4	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	1	1

Bruce Yardley: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Batting first	2	2	51	28	25.50	85	60.00	0	1
Chasing	2	2	7	7	3.50	13	53.84	1	0
All	5	4	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	1	1

Bruce Yardley: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
No. 7	2	2	28	28	14.00	59	47.45	1	0
No. 8	2	2	30	23	15.00	39	76.92	0	1
All	5	4	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	1	1

Bruce Yardley: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Won	1	1	7	7	7.00	12	58.33	0	0
Lost	3	3	51	28	17.00	86	59.30	1	1
All	5	4	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	1	1

Bruce Yardley: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
1978	1	1	7	7	7.00	12	58.33	0	0
1981	1	1	28	28	28.00	58	48.27	0	0
1982	2	2	23	23	11.50	28	82.14	1	1
All	5	4	58	28	14.50	98	59.18	1	1

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

Best ODI performances

Bruce Yardley: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
28	58	48.27	0	Pakistan	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1981-11-22
23	27	85.18	1	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1982-01-10
7	12	58.33	0	West Indies	Castries	1978-04-12
0	1	0.00	0	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1982-09-20

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1983-04-30	Australia v Sri Lanka	did not bat	-	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	No result
1983-04-29	Australia v Sri Lanka	did not bat	-	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	No result
1983-04-16	Sri Lanka	did not bat	3/28	P Sara Oval	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1982-09-20	Pakistan	0	1/42	Hyderabad (Sind)	Pakistan won by 59 runs
1982-01-10	West Indies	23	1/25	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1981-11-22	Pakistan	28	0/21	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1978-04-12	West Indies	7	2/14	Castries	Australia won by 2 wickets