How many Test runs has Colin McCool scored?

Colin McCool has 459 runs in 17 Test innings from 14 matches at an average of 35.30. Highest score: 104*.

What is Colin McCool's Test batting average?

Colin McCool's Test batting average is 35.30, from 459 runs and 17 innings.

How many Test wickets has Colin McCool taken?

Colin McCool has taken 36 wickets in Test from 14 matches at a bowling average of 26.61. Best innings: 5/41.

How many international centuries does Colin McCool have?

Colin McCool has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.

Which teams has Colin McCool played international cricket for?

Colin McCool is recorded for Australia in this publication.

When did Colin McCool play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1946 to 1950. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Colin McCool

All-rounder · 1946 to 1950 · 14 internationals

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Test14 matches

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14Internationals

459Runs

1Hundreds

36Wickets

14Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	0	-	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	8/182	26.61	2.29	69.55	0	3	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	14	27	14	0	14	0.518	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Colin McCool: Test stats

Test

14 matches · 1946-1950

36wickets

Matches: 14
Average: 26.61
Economy: 2.29
Strike rate: 69.55
Best innings: 5/41
Five-fors: 3

459 runs · batting average 35.30

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Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	17	17	20	20	1946-03-29	1950-03-03	Complete

Questions fans ask about Colin McCool

How many Test runs has Colin McCool scored?: Colin McCool has 459 runs in 17 Test innings from 14 matches at an average of 35.30. Highest score: 104*.
What is Colin McCool's Test batting average?: Colin McCool's Test batting average is 35.30, from 459 runs and 17 innings.
How many Test wickets has Colin McCool taken?: Colin McCool has taken 36 wickets in Test from 14 matches at a bowling average of 26.61. Best innings: 5/41.
How many international centuries does Colin McCool have?: Colin McCool has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.
Which teams has Colin McCool played international cricket for?: Colin McCool is recorded for Australia in this publication.
When did Colin McCool play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1946 to 1950. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1950-03-03	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 259 runs
1950-02-10	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1950-01-20	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1949-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1949-12-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 85 runs
1948-01-23	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by inns & 16 runs
1947-12-12	Australia v India	Test	Match drawn
1947-11-28	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by inns & 226 runs
1947-02-28	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1947-01-31	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1947-01-01	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1946-12-13	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 33 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1946 to 1950

Colin McCool in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

459Runs

35.30Bat avg

-Strike rate

36Wickets

26.61Bowl avg

2.29Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	0	-	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	8/182	26.61	2.29	69.55	0	3	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	14	27	14	0	14	0.518	1 (1ct 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

Caught7 · 41.2%

Bowled3 · 17.6%

LBW2 · 11.8%

Stumped1 · 5.9%

Not out4 · 23.5%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

638.754 inns

741.0011 inns

88.502 inns

9-0 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

193runs

27.57average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

17wickets

27.47average

2.67economy

61.52strike rate

5/41best

Test record by situation

complete career

Colin McCool: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
England	5	7	2	272	104*	54.40	522	52.10	1	1	26
South Africa	5	6	2	134	49*	33.50	-	-	0	0	-
India	3	3	0	46	27	15.33	82	56.09	0	0	4
New Zealand	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	-	-	0	0	-
All	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	-

Colin McCool: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
England	5	9	1,456	27	491	18	5/44	27.27	2.02	80.88	2
South Africa	5	7	646	13	268	13	5/41	20.61	2.48	49.69	1
India	2	3	400	4	199	4	3/71	49.75	2.98	100.00	0
New Zealand	1	1	2	0	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	2.00	0
All	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.55	3

Colin McCool: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
Home	8	10	2	318	104*	39.75	604	52.64	1	1	30
Away	6	7	2	141	49*	28.20	-	-	0	0	-
All	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	-

Colin McCool: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Home	7	12	1,856	31	690	22	5/44	31.36	2.23	84.36	2
Away	6	8	648	13	268	14	5/41	19.14	2.48	46.28	1
All	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.55	3

Colin McCool: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
1st innings of the match	8	8	2	330	104*	55.00	-	-	1	1	-
2nd innings of the match	6	6	0	34	12	5.66	-	-	0	0	-
3rd innings of the match	1	1	0	43	43	43.00	106	40.56	0	0	3
4th innings of the match	2	2	2	52	39*	N/A	-	-	0	0	-
All	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	-

Colin McCool: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
1st innings of the match	5	5	768	8	304	8	3/71	38.00	2.37	96.00	0
2nd innings of the match	6	6	572	7	259	12	5/41	21.58	2.71	47.66	1
3rd innings of the match	8	8	972	20	354	15	5/44	23.60	2.18	64.80	2
4th innings of the match	1	1	192	9	41	1	1/41	41.00	1.28	192.00	0
All	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.55	3

Colin McCool: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
No. 6	4	4	0	155	95	38.75	-	-	0	1	-
No. 7	9	11	4	287	104*	41.00	-	-	1	0	-
No. 8	2	2	0	17	9	8.50	-	-	0	0	-
All	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	-

Colin McCool: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
Won	10	12	3	293	95	32.55	-	-	0	1	-
Drawn	4	5	1	166	104*	41.50	-	-	1	0	-
All	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	-

Colin McCool: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Won	9	14	1,576	26	632	27	5/41	23.40	2.40	58.37	3
Drawn	4	6	928	18	326	9	3/71	36.22	2.10	103.11	0
All	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.55	3

Colin McCool: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s
1946	3	3	0	114	95	38.00	-	-	0	1	-
1947	5	7	2	184	104*	36.80	361	50.96	1	0	13
1948	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	54	50.00	0	0	2
1949	2	2	1	80	49*	80.00	-	-	0	0	-
1950	3	4	1	54	39*	18.00	-	-	0	0	-
All	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	-

Colin McCool: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
1946	3	4	454	6	187	9	5/109	20.77	2.47	50.44	1
1947	4	7	1,148	23	375	13	5/44	28.84	1.95	88.30	1
1948	1	2	256	2	128	1	1/102	128.00	3.00	256.00	0
1949	2	3	332	7	127	7	5/41	18.14	2.29	47.42	1
1950	3	4	314	6	141	6	2/29	23.50	2.69	52.33	0
All	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.55	3

Colin McCool: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	4	1	37	13*	12.33	80	46.25	0	0	0	2	0
All	14	17	4	459	104*	35.30	-	-	1	1	0	-	0

Colin McCool: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	5	864	13	331	17	5/44	19.47	2.29	50.82	2
Adelaide Oval	2	4	640	6	260	2	1/91	130.00	2.43	320.00	0
All	14	20	2,504	44	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.55	3

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 1

104*v EnglandMelbourne Cricket Ground · 1947-01-01

Five-wicket innings 3

Best Test performances

Colin McCool: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
104*	174	59.77	8	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1947-01-01
95	153	62.09	14	England	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1946-11-29
49*	-	-	-	South Africa	Newlands	1949-12-31
43	106	40.56	3	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1947-01-01
39*	-	-	-	South Africa	Kingsmead	1950-01-20
31	-	-	-	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1949-12-24
27	54	50.00	2	India	Adelaide Oval	1948-01-23
13*	18	72.22	0	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1947-02-28
12	36	33.33	1	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1946-12-13
10	17	58.82	1	India	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1947-11-28

Colin McCool: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/41	92	1	2.67	South Africa	Newlands	1949-12-31
5/44	172	5	1.53	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1947-02-28
5/109	260	4	2.51	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1946-12-13
3/71	144	2	2.95	India	Sydney Cricket Ground	1947-12-12
3/73	184	2	2.38	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1946-12-13
2/29	56	0	3.10	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1950-02-10
2/29	40	1	4.35	South Africa	St George's Park	1950-03-03
2/48	114	2	2.52	South Africa	St George's Park	1950-03-03
2/53	152	3	2.09	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1947-01-01
1/0	2	0	0.00	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1946-03-29

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1950-03-03	South Africa	6	2/29 & 2/48	St George's Park	Australia won by inns & 259 runs
1950-02-10	South Africa	8	2/29	The Wanderers Stadium	Match drawn
1950-01-20	South Africa	1 & 39*	0/35	Kingsmead	Australia won by 5 wickets
1949-12-31	South Africa	49*	5/41 & 1/71	Newlands	Australia won by 8 wickets
1949-12-24	South Africa	31	1/15	The Wanderers Stadium	Australia won by inns & 85 runs
1948-01-23	India	27	1/102 & 0/26	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by inns & 16 runs
1947-12-12	India	9	3/71	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1947-11-28	India	10	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Australia won by inns & 226 runs
1947-02-28	England	3 & 13*	1/34 & 5/44	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 5 wickets
1947-01-31	England	2	1/91 & 0/41	Adelaide Oval	Match drawn