How many Test runs has Basil D'Oliveira scored?

Basil D'Oliveira has 2,484 runs in 70 Test innings from 44 matches at an average of 40.06. Highest score: 158.

What is Basil D'Oliveira's Test batting average?

Basil D'Oliveira's Test batting average is 40.06, from 2,484 runs and 70 innings.

How many Test wickets has Basil D'Oliveira taken?

Basil D'Oliveira has taken 47 wickets in Test from 44 matches at a bowling average of 39.55. Best innings: 3/46.

How many ODI runs has Basil D'Oliveira scored?

Basil D'Oliveira has 30 runs in 4 ODI innings from 4 matches at an average of 10.00 and a strike rate of 69.76. Highest score: 17.

How many international centuries does Basil D'Oliveira have?

Basil D'Oliveira has 5 international hundreds: 5 in Test.

Which teams has Basil D'Oliveira played international cricket for?

Basil D'Oliveira is recorded for England in this publication.

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Basil D'Oliveira

All-rounder · 1966 to 1972 · 48 internationals

England

Test44 matches ODI4 matches

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48Internationals

2,514Runs

5Hundreds

50Wickets

30Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14
ODI	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	0	0	0	3	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	5/62	39.55	1.95	121.40	0	0	0
ODI	4	4	204	3	140	3	1/19	1/19	46.66	4.11	68.00	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	44	83	29	0	29	0.349	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	4	4	1	0	1	0.250	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Basil D'Oliveira: Test and ODI stats

Test

44 matches · 1966-1972

2,484runs

Matches: 44
Average: 40.06
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 5
Highest: 158
Fifties: 15

47 wickets · bowling average 39.55

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ODI

4 matches · 1971-1972

30runs

Matches: 4
Average: 10.00
Strike rate: 69.76
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 17
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	70	70	66	66	1966-06-16	1972-08-10	Complete
ODI	4	4	4	4	1971-01-05	1972-08-28	Complete

Questions fans ask about Basil D'Oliveira

How many Test runs has Basil D'Oliveira scored?: Basil D'Oliveira has 2,484 runs in 70 Test innings from 44 matches at an average of 40.06. Highest score: 158.
What is Basil D'Oliveira's Test batting average?: Basil D'Oliveira's Test batting average is 40.06, from 2,484 runs and 70 innings.
How many Test wickets has Basil D'Oliveira taken?: Basil D'Oliveira has taken 47 wickets in Test from 44 matches at a bowling average of 39.55. Best innings: 3/46.
How many ODI runs has Basil D'Oliveira scored?: Basil D'Oliveira has 30 runs in 4 ODI innings from 4 matches at an average of 10.00 and a strike rate of 69.76. Highest score: 17.
How many international centuries does Basil D'Oliveira have?: Basil D'Oliveira has 5 international hundreds: 5 in Test.
Which teams has Basil D'Oliveira played international cricket for?: Basil D'Oliveira is recorded for England in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1972-08-28	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 2 wickets
1972-08-26	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 5 wickets
1972-08-24	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1972-08-10	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1972-07-27	Australia v England	Test	England won by 9 wickets
1972-07-13	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1972-06-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1972-06-08	Australia v England	Test	England won by 89 runs
1971-08-19	England v India	Test	India won by 4 wickets
1971-08-05	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1971-07-22	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1971-07-08	England v Pakistan	Test	England won by 25 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1966 to 1972

Basil D'Oliveira in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

2,484Runs

40.06Bat avg

-Strike rate

47Wickets

39.55Bowl avg

1.95Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	5/62	39.55	1.95	121.40	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	44	83	29	0	29	0.349	3 (3ct 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

Caught41 · 58.6%

Bowled14 · 20.0%

LBW3 · 4.3%

Run out3 · 4.3%

Stumped1 · 1.4%

Not out8 · 11.4%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

37.001 inns

415.664 inns

542.4440 inns

640.2513 inns

746.0011 inns

8-0 inns

95.001 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

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

250runs

27.77average

42.73strike rate

150s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

6wickets

33.00average

2.00economy

99.00strike rate

1/5best

Test record by situation

complete career

Basil D'Oliveira: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	13	23	2	865	158	41.19	2,136	40.49	2	4	1	105	3
West Indies	12	19	2	555	88	32.64	-	-	0	5	3	69	6
Pakistan	8	12	2	552	114*	55.20	-	-	1	5	0	-	1
India	5	9	2	254	109	36.28	503	50.49	1	0	0	29	2
New Zealand	5	7	0	258	100	36.85	558	46.23	1	1	0	33	2
All	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Basil D'Oliveira: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	13	22	1,644	71	515	14	2/15	36.78	1.87	117.42
West Indies	12	20	2,118	108	791	15	2/45	52.73	2.24	141.20
Pakistan	8	10	1,044	74	302	10	3/46	30.20	1.73	104.40
India	5	8	558	43	172	6	2/38	28.66	1.84	93.00
New Zealand	4	6	342	22	79	2	1/6	39.50	1.38	171.00
All	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.40

Basil D'Oliveira: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	27	45	5	1,654	158	41.35	3,597	45.98	2	11	1	218	10
Away	15	24	2	716	117	32.54	-	-	2	4	3	-	4
Neutral	1	1	1	114	114*	N/A	-	-	1	0	0	9	0
All	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Basil D'Oliveira: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Home	28	44	3,912	249	1,219	37	3/46	32.94	1.86	105.72
Away	13	20	1,692	66	613	10	2/15	61.30	2.17	169.20
Neutral	1	2	102	3	27	0	0/12	N/A	1.58	N/A
All	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.40

Basil D'Oliveira: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	22	22	0	807	158	36.68	-	-	2	4	2	-	3
2nd innings of the match	21	21	1	873	117	43.65	-	-	3	5	2	102	8
3rd innings of the match	19	19	2	544	81*	32.00	-	-	0	3	0	-	2
4th innings of the match	8	8	5	260	87*	86.66	-	-	0	3	0	39	1
All	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Basil D'Oliveira: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1st innings of the match	21	21	2,242	121	799	13	2/38	61.46	2.13	172.46
2nd innings of the match	17	17	1,516	97	449	16	3/46	28.06	1.77	94.75
3rd innings of the match	16	16	1,256	61	447	10	2/45	44.70	2.13	125.60
4th innings of the match	12	12	692	39	164	8	2/15	20.50	1.42	86.50
All	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.40

Basil D'Oliveira: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 3	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	53	13.20	0	0	0	1	0
No. 4	3	4	1	47	24*	15.66	97	48.45	0	0	1	6	0
No. 5	26	40	4	1,528	117	42.44	-	-	3	9	1	186	8
No. 6	10	13	1	483	158	40.25	-	-	2	1	1	-	4
No. 7	8	11	2	414	87*	46.00	-	-	0	5	1	58	2
No. 9	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	50	10.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Basil D'Oliveira: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	17	26	2	975	158	40.62	-	-	3	4	2	119	4
Lost	6	12	1	422	88	38.36	918	45.96	0	4	0	60	5
Drawn	20	32	5	1,087	117	40.25	-	-	2	7	2	-	5
All	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Basil D'Oliveira: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Won	17	26	1,872	114	592	21	3/46	28.19	1.89	89.14
Lost	6	10	978	59	326	9	2/51	36.22	2.00	108.66
Drawn	19	30	2,856	145	941	17	2/40	55.35	1.97	168.00
All	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.40

Basil D'Oliveira: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1966	4	6	0	256	88	42.66	524	48.85	0	3	0	35	4
1967	5	7	2	316	109	63.20	672	47.02	1	2	0	35	1
1968	7	12	3	400	158	44.44	-	-	1	2	2	54	1
1969	9	13	1	418	114*	34.83	-	-	1	1	1	-	2
1970	2	3	0	96	57	32.00	292	32.87	0	1	0	8	1
1971	11	20	1	765	117	40.26	1,707	44.81	2	5	1	93	5
1972	5	9	1	233	50*	29.12	557	41.83	0	1	0	36	0
All	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Basil D'Oliveira: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1966	4	7	960	48	329	8	2/51	41.12	2.05	120.00
1967	5	6	510	37	174	4	2/38	43.50	2.04	127.50
1968	7	12	942	55	342	6	2/51	57.00	2.17	157.00
1969	8	13	918	51	301	7	2/45	43.00	1.96	131.14
1970	2	4	352	10	116	1	1/41	116.00	1.97	352.00
1971	11	16	1,526	94	421	16	3/46	26.31	1.65	95.37
1972	5	8	498	23	176	5	1/13	35.20	2.12	99.60
All	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.40

Basil D'Oliveira: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	7	12	1	336	81*	30.54	686	48.97	0	2	1	45	1
Headingley	5	9	1	473	109	59.12	963	49.11	1	3	0	54	5
Kennington Oval	6	9	0	241	158	26.77	533	45.21	1	0	0	34	0
Old Trafford	4	7	2	248	87*	49.60	566	43.81	0	2	0	33	4
Trent Bridge	4	6	1	261	76	52.20	659	39.60	0	3	0	35	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	4	0	104	56	26.00	296	35.13	0	1	1	10	0
Queen's Park Oval	2	3	1	44	32	22.00	-	-	0	0	1	4	0
All	44	70	8	2,484	158	40.06	-	-	5	15	4	-	14

Basil D'Oliveira: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Lord's	8	11	1,008	60	326	10	2/38	32.60	1.94	100.80
Kennington Oval	6	10	624	44	186	4	1/1	46.50	1.78	156.00
Headingley	5	8	702	49	222	7	3/46	31.71	1.89	100.28
Old Trafford	4	7	528	34	151	7	2/40	21.57	1.71	75.42
Trent Bridge	4	7	822	45	256	7	2/51	36.57	1.86	117.42
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	4	264	8	75	4	2/15	18.75	1.70	66.00
Queen's Park Oval	2	3	282	17	132	1	1/49	132.00	2.80	282.00
All	44	66	5,706	318	1,859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.40

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 5

Best Test performances

Basil D'Oliveira: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
158	325	48.61	21	0	Australia	Kennington Oval	1968-08-22
117	294	39.79	11	1	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1971-01-21
114*	-	-	9	0	Pakistan	Bangabandhu National Stadium	1969-02-28
109	183	59.56	13	0	India	Headingley	1967-06-08
100	216	46.29	13	2	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	1971-02-25
88	141	62.41	8	4	West Indies	Headingley	1966-08-04
87*	188	46.27	13	1	Australia	Old Trafford	1968-06-06
81*	176	46.02	6	0	Pakistan	Lord's	1967-07-27
76	149	51.00	10	0	West Indies	Trent Bridge	1966-06-30
74	123	60.16	12	0	Pakistan	Headingley	1971-07-08

Basil D'Oliveira: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
3/46	216	18	1.27	Pakistan	Headingley	1971-07-08
2/15	40	1	2.25	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1971-02-12
2/16	90	7	1.06	Pakistan	Headingley	1971-07-08
2/20	72	2	1.66	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1971-01-09
2/38	90	6	2.53	India	Lord's	1967-06-22
2/40	144	11	1.66	India	Old Trafford	1971-08-05
2/45	90	2	3.00	West Indies	Lord's	1969-06-26
2/51	180	14	1.70	West Indies	Trent Bridge	1966-06-30
2/51	192	12	1.59	West Indies	Sabina Park	1968-02-08
2/77	204	8	2.26	West Indies	Trent Bridge	1966-06-30

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1972-08-10	Australia	4 & 43	0/17	Kennington Oval	Australia won by 5 wickets
1972-07-27	Australia	12	0/8	Headingley	England won by 9 wickets
1972-07-13	Australia	29 & 50*	1/41 & 0/12	Trent Bridge	Match drawn
1972-06-22	Australia	32 & 3	1/48 & 1/14	Lord's	Australia won by 8 wickets
1972-06-08	Australia	23 & 37	1/13 & 1/23	Old Trafford	England won by 89 runs
1971-08-19	India	2 & 17	1/5 & 0/17	Kennington Oval	India won by 4 wickets
1971-08-05	India	12 & 23*	2/40 & 0/1	Old Trafford	Match drawn
1971-07-22	India	4 & 30	0/20	Lord's	Match drawn
1971-07-08	Pakistan	74 & 72	3/46 & 2/16	Headingley	England won by 25 runs
1971-06-17	Pakistan	did not bat	1/22	Lord's	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1971 to 1972

Basil D'Oliveira in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

30Runs

10.00Average

69.76Strike rate

0Hundreds

0Fifties

17Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	0	0	0	3	0

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	4	4	204	3	140	3	1/19	1/19	46.66	4.11	68.00	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	4	4	1	0	1	0.250	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

Fours12 · 40.0%

Other runs18 · 60.0%

Recent ODI form

Last 4 batting innings

30runs

10.00average

69.76strike rate

050s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Basil D'Oliveira: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	0	0	0	3	0
All	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	0	0	0	3	0

Basil D'Oliveira: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s
Home	3	3	1	13	6	6.50	27	48.14	2
Away	1	1	0	17	17	17.00	16	106.25	1
All	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	3

Basil D'Oliveira: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s
Batting first	2	2	0	23	17	11.50	29	79.31	2
Chasing	2	2	1	7	5*	7.00	14	50.00	1
All	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	3

Basil D'Oliveira: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s
No. 4	1	1	0	17	17	17.00	16	106.25	1
No. 5	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	9	22.22	0
No. 6	2	2	1	11	6	11.00	18	61.11	2
All	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	3

Basil D'Oliveira: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s
Won	2	2	1	7	5*	7.00	14	50.00	1
Lost	2	2	0	23	17	11.50	29	79.31	2
All	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	3

Basil D'Oliveira: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s
1971	1	1	0	17	17	17.00	16	106.25	1
1972	3	3	1	13	6	6.50	27	48.14	2
All	4	4	1	30	17	10.00	43	69.76	3

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

Best ODI performances

Basil D'Oliveira: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
17	16	106.25	1	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1971-01-05
6	13	46.15	1	Australia	Lord's	1972-08-26
5*	5	100.00	1	Australia	Old Trafford	1972-08-24
2	9	22.22	0	Australia	Edgbaston	1972-08-28

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1972-08-28	Australia	2	1/19	Edgbaston	England won by 2 wickets
1972-08-26	Australia	6	1/46	Lord's	Australia won by 5 wickets
1972-08-24	Australia	5*	0/37	Old Trafford	England won by 6 wickets
1971-01-05	Australia	17	1/38	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 5 wickets