How many Test runs has Bruce Laird scored?

Bruce Laird has 1,341 runs in 40 Test innings from 21 matches at an average of 35.28 and a strike rate of 36.11. Highest score: 92.

What is Bruce Laird's Test batting average?

Bruce Laird's Test batting average is 35.28, from 1,341 runs and 40 innings.

How many ODI runs has Bruce Laird scored?

Bruce Laird has 594 runs in 23 ODI innings from 23 matches at an average of 29.70 and a strike rate of 53.75. Highest score: 117*.

What is Bruce Laird's ODI batting average?

Bruce Laird's ODI batting average is 29.70, from 594 runs and 23 innings.

How many international centuries does Bruce Laird have?

Bruce Laird has 1 international hundreds: 1 in ODI.

Which teams has Bruce Laird played international cricket for?

Bruce Laird is recorded for Australia in this publication.

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Bruce Laird

Top-order batter · 1979 to 1982 · 44 internationals

Australia

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44Internationals

1,935Runs

1Hundreds

-Wickets

21Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	0	11	2	94	0
ODI	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	0	52	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	21	2	18	1	12	0	-	-	N/A	4.00	N/A	0	0	0
ODI	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	21	37	16	0	16	0.432	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	23	23	5	0	5	0.217	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Bruce Laird: Test and ODI stats

Test

21 matches · 1979-1982

1,341runs

Matches: 21
Average: 35.28
Strike rate: 36.11
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 92
Fifties: 11

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ODI

23 matches · 1979-1982

594runs

Matches: 23
Average: 29.70
Strike rate: 53.75
Hundreds: 1
Highest: 117*
Fifties: 2

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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	40	40	2	2	1979-12-01	1982-10-14	Complete
ODI	23	23	-	0	1979-11-27	1982-10-08	Complete

Questions fans ask about Bruce Laird

How many Test runs has Bruce Laird scored?: Bruce Laird has 1,341 runs in 40 Test innings from 21 matches at an average of 35.28 and a strike rate of 36.11. Highest score: 92.
What is Bruce Laird's Test batting average?: Bruce Laird's Test batting average is 35.28, from 1,341 runs and 40 innings.
How many ODI runs has Bruce Laird scored?: Bruce Laird has 594 runs in 23 ODI innings from 23 matches at an average of 29.70 and a strike rate of 53.75. Highest score: 117*.
What is Bruce Laird's ODI batting average?: Bruce Laird's ODI batting average is 29.70, from 594 runs and 23 innings.
How many international centuries does Bruce Laird have?: Bruce Laird has 1 international hundreds: 1 in ODI.
Which teams has Bruce Laird played international cricket for?: Bruce Laird is recorded for Australia in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1982-10-14	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-10-08	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 28 runs
1982-09-30	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 3 runs
1982-09-22	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-20	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 59 runs
1982-03-19	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-03-12	Australia v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1982-02-26	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1982-02-20	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-02-17	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1982-02-13	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 46 runs
1982-01-30	Australia v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 5 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1979 to 1982

Bruce Laird in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,341Runs

35.28Average

36.11Strike rate

0Hundreds

11Fifties

92Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	0	11	2	94	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	21	2	18	1	12	0	-	-	N/A	4.00	N/A	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	21	37	16	0	16	0.432	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

Caught27 · 67.5%

Bowled1 · 2.5%

LBW9 · 22.5%

Run out1 · 2.5%

Not out2 · 5.0%

Test batting position: average and innings

137.7521 inns

232.5519 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours376 · 28.0%

Other runs965 · 72.0%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

257runs

25.70average

35.89strike rate

150s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Bruce Laird: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Pakistan	9	17	1	492	85	30.75	1,349	36.47	4	1	34
West Indies	6	12	0	540	92	45.00	1,399	38.59	6	0	34
England	3	6	0	162	74	27.00	539	30.05	1	1	15
New Zealand	3	5	1	147	39	36.75	426	34.50	0	0	11
All	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	11	2	94

Bruce Laird: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Home	11	22	1	918	92	43.71	2,449	37.48	9	1	62
Away	10	18	1	423	63	24.88	1,264	33.46	2	1	32
All	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	11	2	94

Bruce Laird: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	14	14	0	298	92	21.28	823	36.20	1	2	26
2nd innings of the match	7	7	1	254	74	42.33	742	34.23	2	0	18
3rd innings of the match	14	14	0	656	85	46.85	1,775	36.95	8	0	44
4th innings of the match	5	5	1	133	38	33.25	373	35.65	0	0	6
All	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	11	2	94

Bruce Laird: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
No. 1	11	21	1	755	92	37.75	2,008	37.59	6	0	48
No. 2	11	19	1	586	75	32.55	1,705	34.36	5	2	46
All	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	11	2	94

Bruce Laird: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Won	6	12	1	402	85	36.54	1,108	36.28	3	1	32
Lost	9	18	0	583	78	32.38	1,582	36.85	5	0	29
Drawn	6	10	1	356	92	39.55	1,023	34.79	3	1	33
All	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	11	2	94

Bruce Laird: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1979	3	6	0	285	92	47.50	739	38.56	3	1	24
1980	6	11	0	326	74	29.63	933	34.94	3	1	26
1981	4	8	1	314	85	44.85	784	40.05	3	0	22
1982	8	15	1	416	78	29.71	1,257	33.09	2	0	22
All	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	11	2	94

Bruce Laird: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	8	0	339	74	42.37	909	37.29	4	0	20
Adelaide Oval	2	4	0	168	78	42.00	427	39.34	2	0	7
Brisbane Cricket Ground	2	4	1	214	92	71.33	521	41.07	2	0	24
Gaddafi Stadium	2	4	0	114	63	28.50	334	34.13	1	0	11
National Stadium, Karachi	2	4	0	64	32	16.00	209	30.62	0	0	5
WACA Ground	2	4	0	145	85	36.25	404	35.89	1	1	10
Iqbal Stadium	2	3	0	68	60	22.66	186	36.55	1	1	1
All	21	40	2	1,341	92	35.28	3,713	36.11	11	2	94

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

Best Test performances

Bruce Laird: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
92	185	49.72	10	West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1979-12-01
85	201	42.28	6	Pakistan	WACA Ground	1981-11-13
78	224	34.82	3	West Indies	Adelaide Oval	1982-01-30
75	218	34.40	8	West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1979-12-01
74	216	34.25	7	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1980-02-01
69	176	39.20	3	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1979-12-29
64	146	43.83	5	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1981-12-26
63	147	42.85	6	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1980-03-18
60	134	44.77	1	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1982-09-30
52	119	43.69	1	West Indies	Adelaide Oval	1980-01-26

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1982-10-14	Pakistan	28 & 6	-	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-09-30	Pakistan	8 & 60	-	Iqbal Stadium	Pakistan won by inns & 3 runs
1982-09-22	Pakistan	32 & 3	-	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 9 wickets
1982-03-19	New Zealand	12 & 31	-	Lancaster Park	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-03-12	New Zealand	38 & 39	-	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1982-02-26	New Zealand	27*	-	Basin Reserve	Match drawn
1982-01-30	West Indies	2 & 78	-	Adelaide Oval	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1982-01-02	West Indies	14 & 38	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1981-12-26	West Indies	4 & 64	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 58 runs
1981-12-11	Pakistan	35 & 52	0/9	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Pakistan won by inns & 82 runs

ODI CAREER · 1979 to 1982

Bruce Laird in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

594Runs

29.70Average

53.75Strike rate

1Hundreds

2Fifties

117*Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	0	52	0

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	23	23	5	0	5	0.217	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 innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How ODI innings ended

Caught6 · 26.1%

Bowled6 · 26.1%

LBW6 · 26.1%

Run out1 · 4.3%

Other dismissal1 · 4.3%

Not out3 · 13.0%

ODI batting position: average and innings

137.2713 inns

220.4410 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours208 · 35.0%

Other runs386 · 65.0%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

338runs

42.25average

54.25strike rate

250s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Bruce Laird: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
West Indies	10	10	1	222	117*	24.66	427	51.99	1	0	21
Pakistan	6	6	1	216	91*	43.20	336	64.28	0	1	18
England	4	4	0	64	36	16.00	155	41.29	0	0	3
New Zealand	3	3	1	92	71*	46.00	187	49.19	0	1	10
All	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	52

Bruce Laird: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
Home	16	16	1	316	117*	21.06	625	50.56	1	0	27
Away	6	6	2	234	91*	58.50	411	56.93	0	2	20
Neutral	1	1	0	44	44	44.00	69	63.76	0	0	5
All	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	52

Bruce Laird: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
Batting first	10	10	0	142	45	14.20	331	42.90	0	0	10
Chasing	13	13	3	452	117*	45.20	774	58.39	1	2	42
All	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	52

Bruce Laird: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
No. 1	13	13	2	410	117*	37.27	691	59.33	1	1	34
No. 2	10	10	1	184	71*	20.44	414	44.44	0	1	18
All	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	52

Bruce Laird: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
Won	8	8	2	298	117*	49.66	509	58.54	1	1	26
Lost	15	15	1	296	91*	21.14	596	49.66	0	1	26
All	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	52

Bruce Laird: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
1979	5	5	0	41	20	8.20	113	36.28	0	0	4
1980	2	2	0	51	36	25.50	104	49.03	0	0	2
1981	4	4	1	156	117*	52.00	246	63.41	1	0	12
1982	12	12	2	346	91*	34.60	642	53.89	0	2	34
All	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	52

Bruce Laird: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
Sydney Cricket Ground	8	8	1	228	117*	32.57	412	55.33	1	0	18
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	5	0	35	13	7.00	102	34.31	0	0	4
All	23	23	3	594	117*	29.70	1,105	53.75	1	2	52

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

ODI milestones

Hundreds 1

117*v West IndiesSydney Cricket Ground · 1981-11-24

Best ODI performances

Bruce Laird: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
117*	159	73.58	10	West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground	1981-11-24
91*	120	75.83	8	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982-10-08
71*	125	56.80	8	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1982-02-17
45	83	54.21	3	Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground	1982-01-14
44	69	63.76	5	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1982-09-20
36	71	50.70	2	England	Edgbaston	1980-08-22
26	51	50.98	3	West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1982-01-17
20	38	52.63	2	West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-11-27
20	31	64.51	2	Pakistan	Adelaide Oval	1981-12-06
15	33	45.45	0	England	Kennington Oval	1980-08-20

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1982-10-08	Pakistan	91*	-	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan won by 28 runs
1982-09-20	Pakistan	44	-	Hyderabad (Sind)	Pakistan won by 59 runs
1982-02-20	New Zealand	10	-	Basin Reserve	Australia won by 8 wickets
1982-02-17	New Zealand	71*	-	University Oval, Dunedin	Australia won by 6 wickets
1982-02-13	New Zealand	11	-	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 46 runs
1982-01-27	West Indies	13	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 18 runs
1982-01-26	West Indies	14	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 46 runs
1982-01-24	West Indies	13	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 128 runs
1982-01-17	West Indies	26	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1982-01-14	Pakistan	45	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 76 runs