How many Test runs has Carlisle Best scored?

Carlisle Best has 342 runs in 13 Test innings from 8 matches at an average of 28.50 and a strike rate of 46.53. Highest score: 164.

What is Carlisle Best's Test batting average?

Carlisle Best's Test batting average is 28.50, from 342 runs and 13 innings.

How many ODI runs has Carlisle Best scored?

Carlisle Best has 473 runs in 23 ODI innings from 24 matches at an average of 24.89 and a strike rate of 68.55. Highest score: 100.

What is Carlisle Best's ODI batting average?

Carlisle Best's ODI batting average is 24.89, from 473 runs and 23 innings.

How many international centuries does Carlisle Best have?

Carlisle Best has 2 international hundreds: 1 in Test; 1 in ODI.

Which teams has Carlisle Best played international cricket for?

Carlisle Best is recorded for West Indies in this publication.

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Carlisle Best

Middle-order batter · 1986 to 1992 · 32 internationals

West Indies

Test8 matches ODI24 matches

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32Internationals

815Runs

2Hundreds

0Wickets

13Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2
ODI	24	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	8	2	30	0	21	0	-	-	N/A	4.20	N/A	0	0	0
ODI	24	2	19	0	12	0	-	-	N/A	3.78	N/A	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	8	16	8	0	8	0.500	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	24	23	5	0	5	0.217	2 (2ct 0st)

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

Carlisle Best: Test and ODI stats

Test

8 matches · 1986-1990

342runs

Matches: 8
Average: 28.50
Strike rate: 46.53
Hundreds: 1
Highest: 164
Fifties: 1

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ODI

24 matches · 1986-1992

473runs

Matches: 24
Average: 24.89
Strike rate: 68.55
Hundreds: 1
Highest: 100
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	13	13	2	2	1986-02-21	1990-11-23	Complete
ODI	23	23	2	2	1986-03-04	1992-01-16	Complete

Questions fans ask about Carlisle Best

How many Test runs has Carlisle Best scored?: Carlisle Best has 342 runs in 13 Test innings from 8 matches at an average of 28.50 and a strike rate of 46.53. Highest score: 164.
What is Carlisle Best's Test batting average?: Carlisle Best's Test batting average is 28.50, from 342 runs and 13 innings.
How many ODI runs has Carlisle Best scored?: Carlisle Best has 473 runs in 23 ODI innings from 24 matches at an average of 24.89 and a strike rate of 68.55. Highest score: 100.
What is Carlisle Best's ODI batting average?: Carlisle Best's ODI batting average is 24.89, from 473 runs and 23 innings.
How many international centuries does Carlisle Best have?: Carlisle Best has 2 international hundreds: 1 in Test; 1 in ODI.
Which teams has Carlisle Best played international cricket for?: Carlisle Best is recorded for West Indies in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1992-01-16	India v West Indies	ODI	India won by 5 wickets
1992-01-12	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 12 runs
1992-01-11	India v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1991-12-12	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 9 runs
1990-11-23	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1990-11-15	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1990-11-13	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 31 runs
1990-11-11	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
1990-11-09	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 6 runs
1990-04-05	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 164 runs
1990-04-03	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 4 wickets
1990-03-23	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1986 to 1990

Carlisle Best in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

342Runs

28.50Average

46.53Strike rate

1Hundreds

1Fifties

164Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	8	2	30	0	21	0	-	-	N/A	4.20	N/A	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	8	16	8	0	8	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

Caught6 · 46.2%

Bowled2 · 15.4%

LBW4 · 30.8%

Not out1 · 7.7%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

27.001 inns

3-0 inns

432.128 inns

522.002 inns

628.002 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours156 · 45.6%

Sixes12 · 3.5%

Other runs174 · 50.9%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

285runs

28.50average

48.63strike rate

150s

1100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Carlisle Best: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
England	6	9	1	320	164	40.00	640	50.00	1	1	1	38	1
Pakistan	2	4	0	22	8	5.50	95	23.15	0	0	0	1	1
All	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

Carlisle Best: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	6	9	1	320	164	40.00	640	50.00	1	1	1	38	1
Away	2	4	0	22	8	5.50	95	23.15	0	0	0	1	1
All	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

Carlisle Best: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	5	5	0	200	164	40.00	372	53.76	1	0	0	23	0
2nd innings of the match	3	3	0	63	35	21.00	180	35.00	0	0	0	7	1
3rd innings of the match	3	3	0	72	64	24.00	174	41.37	0	1	1	9	0
4th innings of the match	2	2	1	7	7	7.00	9	77.77	0	0	0	0	1
All	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

Carlisle Best: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 2	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	8	87.50	0	0	0	0	1
No. 4	5	8	0	257	164	32.12	522	49.23	1	1	1	30	0
No. 5	1	2	1	22	22	22.00	67	32.83	0	0	0	2	0
No. 6	2	2	0	56	35	28.00	138	40.57	0	0	0	7	1
All	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

Carlisle Best: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	5	7	1	255	164	42.50	490	52.04	1	0	0	29	2
Lost	2	4	0	77	64	19.25	207	37.19	0	1	0	10	0
Drawn	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	38	26.31	0	0	1	0	0
All	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

Carlisle Best: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1986	3	4	1	78	35	26.00	205	38.04	0	0	0	9	1
1990	5	9	0	264	164	29.33	530	49.81	1	1	1	30	1
All	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

Carlisle Best: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Queen's Park Oval	2	4	1	32	22	10.66	105	30.47	0	0	1	2	0
Sabina Park	2	3	0	103	64	34.33	234	44.01	0	1	0	14	1
All	8	13	1	342	164	28.50	735	46.53	1	1	1	39	2

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 1

164v EnglandKensington Oval · 1990-04-05

Best Test performances

Carlisle Best: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
164	245	66.93	19	0	England	Kensington Oval	1990-04-05
64	136	47.05	9	0	England	Sabina Park	1990-02-24
35	82	42.68	4	1	England	Sabina Park	1986-02-21
22	66	33.33	2	0	England	Queen's Park Oval	1986-03-07
21	56	37.50	3	0	England	Kensington Oval	1986-03-21
10	36	27.77	0	0	England	Queen's Park Oval	1990-03-23
8	36	22.22	0	0	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1990-11-15
7	8	87.50	0	1	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1990-11-23
6	32	18.75	1	0	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1990-11-23
4	16	25.00	1	0	England	Sabina Park	1990-02-24

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1990-11-23	Pakistan	6 & 7	-	Iqbal Stadium	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1990-11-15	Pakistan	1 & 8	0/2	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1990-04-05	England	164	-	Kensington Oval	West Indies won by 164 runs
1990-03-23	England	10 & 0	-	Queen's Park Oval	Match drawn
1990-03-10	England v West Indies	did not bat	-	Bourda	No result
1990-02-24	England	4 & 64	0/19	Sabina Park	England won by 9 wickets
1986-03-21	England	21	-	Kensington Oval	West Indies won by inns & 30 runs
1986-03-07	England	22 & 0*	-	Queen's Park Oval	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1986-02-21	England	35	-	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 10 wickets

ODI CAREER · 1986 to 1992

Carlisle Best in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

473Runs

24.89Average

68.55Strike rate

1Hundreds

2Fifties

100Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	24	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	24	2	19	0	12	0	-	-	N/A	3.78	N/A	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	24	23	5	0	5	0.217	2 (2ct 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

Caught7 · 30.4%

Bowled9 · 39.1%

LBW1 · 4.3%

Run out2 · 8.7%

Not out4 · 17.4%

ODI batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

217.229 inns

3-0 inns

428.205 inns

525.004 inns

642.335 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

260runs

32.50average

80.00strike rate

150s

1100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Carlisle Best: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
England	7	7	1	183	100	30.50	244	75.00	1	1	0	20	2
Pakistan	7	7	2	175	53*	35.00	273	64.10	0	1	1	13	1
India	4	4	1	56	29	18.66	106	52.83	0	0	0	4	0
Australia	3	3	0	35	30	11.66	28	125.00	0	0	1	1	1
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	24	18	12.00	39	61.53	0	0	0	-	-
All	23	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Carlisle Best: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	8	8	2	227	100	37.83	290	78.27	1	1	0	25	3
Away	6	6	0	77	30	12.83	141	54.60	0	0	1	3	1
Neutral	9	9	2	169	53*	24.14	259	65.25	0	1	1	-	-
All	23	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Carlisle Best: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	9	9	0	136	30	15.11	259	52.50	0	0	0	-	-
Chasing	14	14	4	337	100	33.70	431	78.19	1	2	2	31	3
All	23	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Carlisle Best: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 2	9	9	0	155	100	17.22	265	58.49	1	0	2	14	1
No. 4	5	5	0	141	51	28.20	215	65.58	0	1	0	15	1
No. 5	4	4	2	50	32*	25.00	60	83.33	0	0	0	3	1
No. 6	5	5	2	127	53*	42.33	150	84.66	0	1	0	-	-
All	23	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Carlisle Best: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	10	10	3	281	100	40.14	346	81.21	1	1	0	26	4
Lost	12	12	1	186	53*	16.90	339	54.86	0	1	2	-	-
No result	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	5	120.00	0	0	0	1	0
All	23	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Carlisle Best: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1986	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	44	22.72	0	0	0	1	0
1987	2	2	0	23	18	11.50	45	51.11	0	0	0	1	0
1988	2	2	1	49	32*	49.00	61	80.32	0	0	0	5	1
1989	6	6	1	121	53*	24.20	206	58.73	0	1	1	-	-
1990	8	8	1	197	100	28.14	255	77.25	1	1	1	21	2
1991	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	6	83.33	0	0	0	0	0
1992	3	3	1	68	30	34.00	73	93.15	0	0	0	5	1
All	23	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

Carlisle Best: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Queen's Park Oval	3	3	1	48	32*	24.00	80	60.00	0	0	0	4	1
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	3	3	1	102	53*	51.00	152	67.10	0	1	0	6	0
All	23	23	4	473	100	24.89	690	68.55	1	2	2	-	-

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

ODI milestones

Hundreds 1

100v EnglandBourda · 1990-03-07

Best ODI performances

Carlisle Best: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
100	119	84.03	12	1	England	Bourda	1990-03-07
53*	68	77.94	2	0	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1989-10-14
51	43	118.60	6	1	England	Kensington Oval	1990-04-03
44	74	59.45	4	0	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1989-10-17
32*	31	103.22	2	1	Pakistan	Queen's Park Oval	1988-03-20
30	21	142.85	1	1	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1992-01-12
29	42	69.04	3	0	India	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1992-01-16
19	49	38.77	1	0	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1990-11-11
18	30	60.00	1	0	Sri Lanka	National Stadium, Karachi	1987-10-13
17	30	56.66	3	0	Pakistan	Antigua Recreation Ground	1988-03-15

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1992-01-16	India	29	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	India won by 5 wickets
1992-01-12	Australia	30	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 12 runs
1992-01-11	India	9*	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1991-12-12	Australia	5	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 9 runs
1990-11-13	Pakistan	10	-	Multan Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 31 runs
1990-11-11	Pakistan	19	-	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
1990-11-09	Pakistan	0	-	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 6 runs
1990-04-03	England	51	-	Kensington Oval	West Indies won by 4 wickets
1990-03-15	England	7*	0/8	Bourda	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1990-03-07	England	100	-	Bourda	West Indies won by 6 wickets