How many Test runs has David Gower scored?

David Gower has 8,231 runs in 204 Test innings from 117 matches at an average of 44.25 and a strike rate of 50.59. Highest score: 215.

What is David Gower's Test batting average?

David Gower's Test batting average is 44.25, from 8,231 runs and 204 innings.

How many ODI runs has David Gower scored?

David Gower has 3,170 runs in 111 ODI innings from 114 matches at an average of 30.77 and a strike rate of 75.15. Highest score: 158.

What is David Gower's ODI batting average?

David Gower's ODI batting average is 30.77, from 3,170 runs and 111 innings.

How many international centuries does David Gower have?

David Gower has 25 international hundreds: 18 in Test; 7 in ODI.

Which teams has David Gower played international cricket for?

David Gower is recorded for England in this publication.

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David Gower

Middle-order batter · 1978 to 1992 · 231 internationals

England

Test117 matches ODI114 matches

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231Internationals

11,401Runs

25Hundreds

1Wickets

118Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10
ODI	114	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	117	5	36	0	20	1	1/1	1/1	20.00	3.33	36.00	0	0	0
ODI	114	2	5	0	14	0	-	-	N/A	16.80	N/A	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	117	211	74	0	74	0.350	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	114	114	44	0	44	0.385	3 (3ct 0st)

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

David Gower: Test and ODI stats

Test

117 matches · 1978-1992

8,231runs

Matches: 117
Average: 44.25
Strike rate: 50.59
Hundreds: 18
Highest: 215
Fifties: 39

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ODI

114 matches · 1978-1991

3,170runs

Matches: 114
Average: 30.77
Strike rate: 75.15
Hundreds: 7
Highest: 158
Fifties: 12

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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	204	204	5	5	1978-06-01	1992-08-06	Complete
ODI	111	111	2	2	1978-05-24	1991-02-16	Complete

Questions fans ask about David Gower

How many Test runs has David Gower scored?: David Gower has 8,231 runs in 204 Test innings from 117 matches at an average of 44.25 and a strike rate of 50.59. Highest score: 215.
What is David Gower's Test batting average?: David Gower's Test batting average is 44.25, from 8,231 runs and 204 innings.
How many ODI runs has David Gower scored?: David Gower has 3,170 runs in 111 ODI innings from 114 matches at an average of 30.77 and a strike rate of 75.15. Highest score: 158.
What is David Gower's ODI batting average?: David Gower's ODI batting average is 30.77, from 3,170 runs and 111 innings.
How many international centuries does David Gower have?: David Gower has 25 international hundreds: 18 in Test; 7 in ODI.
Which teams has David Gower played international cricket for?: David Gower is recorded for England in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1992-08-06	England v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1992-07-23	England v Pakistan	Test	England won by 6 wickets
1992-07-02	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1991-02-16	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 runs
1991-02-13	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 9 runs
1991-02-09	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 14 runs
1991-02-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1991-01-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1991-01-10	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 3 runs
1991-01-04	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1990-12-26	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1990-12-01	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1978 to 1992

David Gower in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

8,231Runs

44.25Average

50.59Strike rate

18Hundreds

39Fifties

215Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	117	5	36	0	20	1	1/1	1/1	20.00	3.33	36.00	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	117	211	74	0	74	0.350	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

Caught118 · 57.8%

Bowled28 · 13.7%

LBW36 · 17.6%

Run out3 · 1.5%

Stumped1 · 0.5%

Not out18 · 8.8%

Test batting position: average and innings

137.002 inns

236.001 inns

349.4156 inns

438.3691 inns

549.5549 inns

623.003 inns

7116.002 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours3,916 · 47.6%

Sixes60 · 0.7%

Other runs4,255 · 51.7%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

246runs

35.14average

56.68strike rate

150s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

David Gower: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	42	77	4	3,269	215	44.78	5,986	54.61	9	12	3	389	2
West Indies	19	38	3	1,149	154*	32.82	2,506	45.84	1	6	0	141	3
India	24	37	6	1,391	200*	44.87	2,813	49.44	2	6	3	155	3
Pakistan	17	27	3	1,185	173*	49.37	2,406	49.25	2	9	1	142	0
New Zealand	13	22	1	1,051	131	50.04	2,129	49.36	4	4	0	129	1
Sri Lanka	2	3	1	186	89	93.00	428	43.45	0	2	0	23	1
All	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

David Gower: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	65	113	9	4,454	215	42.82	8,576	51.93	10	19	4	551	6
Away	52	91	9	3,777	173*	46.06	7,692	49.10	8	20	3	428	4
All	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

David Gower: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	64	64	2	2,675	200*	43.14	4,961	53.92	7	14	5	326	1
2nd innings of the match	53	53	1	2,636	215	50.69	5,148	51.20	5	17	0	321	5
3rd innings of the match	62	62	9	2,287	173*	43.15	4,856	47.09	6	7	2	265	3
4th innings of the match	25	25	6	633	54	33.31	1,303	48.58	0	1	0	67	1
All	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

David Gower: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	2	2	1	37	32*	37.00	103	35.92	0	0	0	3	0
No. 2	1	1	0	36	36	36.00	38	94.73	0	0	0	3	0
No. 3	35	56	3	2,619	215	49.41	4,838	54.13	8	10	1	316	2
No. 4	57	91	7	3,223	173*	38.36	7,045	45.74	3	20	5	378	8
No. 5	34	49	6	2,131	200*	49.55	3,945	54.01	7	8	1	253	0
No. 6	3	3	0	69	44	23.00	135	51.11	0	0	0	9	0
No. 7	2	2	1	116	98*	116.00	164	70.73	0	1	0	17	0
All	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

David Gower: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	32	53	8	2,302	215	51.15	4,397	52.35	6	9	1	269	3
Lost	42	84	4	2,581	114	32.26	5,251	49.15	4	15	3	325	2
Drawn	43	67	6	3,348	173*	54.88	6,620	50.57	8	15	3	385	5
All	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

David Gower: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1978	9	14	1	722	111	55.53	1,509	47.84	2	3	0	79	1
1979	8	12	1	465	200*	42.27	731	63.61	1	2	2	52	2
1980	5	9	1	229	98*	28.62	448	51.11	0	1	1	30	0
1981	12	23	2	767	154*	36.52	1,943	39.47	1	3	2	96	2
1982	14	25	2	1,061	114	46.13	2,375	44.67	1	8	1	113	1
1983	5	10	1	498	112*	55.33	918	54.24	2	2	0	65	0
1984	15	24	2	783	173*	35.59	1,796	43.59	2	4	0	78	0
1985	8	12	1	860	215	78.18	1,519	56.61	3	2	0	103	1
1986	14	25	1	1,059	136	44.12	1,785	59.32	2	6	0	135	3
1987	6	10	0	345	72	34.50	658	52.43	0	3	0	50	0
1988	4	8	1	211	88*	30.14	398	53.01	0	1	0	25	0
1989	6	11	0	383	106	34.81	634	60.41	1	2	0	55	0
1990	5	10	2	479	157*	59.87	884	54.18	2	1	1	54	0
1991	3	6	1	219	123	43.80	379	57.78	1	0	0	25	0
1992	3	5	2	150	73	50.00	291	51.54	0	1	0	19	0
All	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

David Gower: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	17	30	2	1,241	108	44.32	2,481	50.02	2	8	1	159	4
Headingley	11	20	3	530	112*	31.17	1,135	46.69	1	2	1	66	0
Kennington Oval	11	20	1	905	157*	47.63	1,648	54.91	4	1	1	107	0
Trent Bridge	8	15	1	628	166	44.85	1,253	50.11	1	3	0	71	0
Edgbaston	9	14	1	767	215	59.00	1,272	60.29	2	3	1	96	2
Old Trafford	9	14	1	383	73	29.46	787	48.66	0	2	0	52	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	6	11	1	569	123	56.90	1,007	56.50	1	4	0	67	0
WACA Ground	5	10	1	471	136	52.33	775	60.77	2	1	0	51	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	9	0	217	100	24.11	437	49.65	1	0	2	18	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	4	8	2	298	61	49.66	611	48.77	0	2	0	34	0
Adelaide Oval	4	7	0	269	114	38.42	548	49.08	1	1	0	33	0
Queen's Park Oval	3	6	0	220	66	36.66	451	48.78	0	1	0	33	0
Wankhede Stadium	3	5	0	56	20	11.20	145	38.62	0	0	0	9	0
Antigua Recreation Ground	2	4	0	165	90	41.25	406	40.64	0	1	0	19	1
Kensington Oval	2	4	0	160	66	40.00	262	61.06	0	2	0	21	0
All	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	16,268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 18

Best Test performances

David Gower: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
215	314	68.47	25	1	Australia	Edgbaston	1985-08-15
200*	279	71.68	24	0	India	Edgbaston	1979-07-12
173*	284	60.91	16	0	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1984-03-19
166	284	58.45	17	0	Australia	Trent Bridge	1985-07-11
157*	270	58.14	21	0	India	Kennington Oval	1990-08-23
157	216	72.68	20	0	Australia	Kennington Oval	1985-08-29
154*	403	38.21	16	1	West Indies	Sabina Park	1981-04-10
152	318	47.79	16	0	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1984-03-12
136	175	77.71	16	0	Australia	WACA Ground	1986-11-28
131	202	64.85	14	0	New Zealand	Kennington Oval	1986-08-21

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1992-08-06	Pakistan	27 & 1	-	Kennington Oval	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1992-07-23	Pakistan	18* & 31*	-	Headingley	England won by 6 wickets
1992-07-02	Pakistan	73	-	Old Trafford	Match drawn
1991-02-01	Australia	28* & 5	-	WACA Ground	Australia won by 9 wickets
1991-01-25	Australia	11 & 16	-	Adelaide Oval	Match drawn
1991-01-04	Australia	123 & 36	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1990-12-26	Australia	100 & 0	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 8 wickets
1990-11-23	Australia	61 & 27	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Australia won by 10 wickets
1990-08-23	India	8 & 157*	-	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1990-08-09	India	38 & 16	-	Old Trafford	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1978 to 1991

David Gower in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

3,170Runs

30.77Average

75.15Strike rate

7Hundreds

12Fifties

158Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	114	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	114	2	5	0	14	0	-	-	N/A	16.80	N/A	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	114	114	44	0	44	0.385	3 (3ct 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

Caught65 · 58.6%

Bowled26 · 23.4%

LBW5 · 4.5%

Run out7 · 6.3%

Not out8 · 7.2%

ODI batting position: average and innings

130.758 inns

223.378 inns

333.0652 inns

429.6528 inns

531.0014 inns

63.001 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours1,160 · 36.6%

Sixes132 · 4.2%

Other runs1,878 · 59.2%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

201runs

20.10average

60.54strike rate

250s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

David Gower: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	31	31	3	794	102	28.35	1,079	73.58	2	3	1	80	3
New Zealand	24	24	2	874	158	39.72	1,084	80.62	3	4	1	82	12
West Indies	22	22	0	404	59	18.36	625	64.64	0	1	3	36	0
India	15	15	0	469	81	31.26	654	71.71	0	4	1	33	2
Pakistan	15	15	2	451	114*	34.69	600	75.16	1	0	0	41	0
Sri Lanka	4	4	1	178	130	59.33	176	101.13	1	0	0	18	5
All	111	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

David Gower: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	43	43	5	1,387	130	36.50	1,887	73.50	3	6	3	127	12
Away	48	48	2	1,023	101*	22.23	1,495	68.42	1	5	2	91	4
Neutral	20	20	1	760	158	40.00	836	90.90	3	1	1	72	6
All	111	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

David Gower: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	56	56	4	1,922	158	36.96	2,486	77.31	5	9	3	171	19
Chasing	55	55	4	1,248	122	24.47	1,732	72.05	2	3	3	119	3
All	111	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

David Gower: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	8	8	0	246	122	30.75	335	73.43	1	0	0	19	2
No. 2	8	8	0	187	61	23.37	276	67.75	0	1	0	21	1
No. 3	52	52	2	1,653	158	33.06	2,124	77.82	4	6	3	158	13
No. 4	28	28	2	771	114*	29.65	1,058	72.87	1	4	2	64	6
No. 5	14	14	4	310	101*	31.00	416	74.51	1	1	1	28	0
No. 6	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	9	33.33	0	0	0	0	0
All	111	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

David Gower: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	56	56	5	1,765	158	34.60	2,167	81.44	4	5	1	171	14
Lost	54	54	3	1,377	122	27.00	1,992	69.12	3	7	5	116	8
Tied	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	59	47.45	0	0	0	3	0
All	111	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

David Gower: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1978	4	4	1	201	114*	67.00	248	81.04	1	1	0	17	0
1979	12	12	3	302	101*	33.55	398	75.87	1	1	1	28	1
1980	6	6	0	76	27	12.66	108	70.37	0	0	0	8	0
1981	7	7	0	141	53	20.14	254	55.51	0	1	0	14	0
1982	6	6	0	189	76	31.50	263	71.86	0	1	0	15	1
1983	20	20	3	1,086	158	63.88	1,256	86.46	4	4	1	102	15
1984	10	10	0	201	36	20.10	324	62.03	0	0	0	13	1
1985	9	9	0	231	102	25.66	299	77.25	1	0	1	23	2
1986	8	8	0	137	81	17.12	204	67.15	0	1	3	9	0
1987	17	17	1	341	50	21.31	440	77.50	0	1	0	31	0
1989	3	3	0	125	61	41.66	192	65.10	0	1	0	14	1
1990	5	5	0	86	50	17.20	140	61.42	0	1	0	10	1
1991	4	4	0	54	26	13.50	92	58.69	0	0	0	6	0
All	111	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

David Gower: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Melbourne Cricket Ground	13	13	2	401	122	36.45	483	83.02	2	0	0	34	1
Old Trafford	11	11	0	309	81	28.09	444	69.59	0	2	0	29	1
Sydney Cricket Ground	11	11	0	209	50	19.00	293	71.33	0	1	1	16	0
Lord's	8	8	1	321	102	45.85	448	71.65	1	1	1	37	1
Headingley	7	7	1	140	50	23.33	238	58.82	0	1	0	12	0
Adelaide Oval	6	6	0	254	109	42.33	262	96.94	1	1	0	22	2
Kennington Oval	6	6	2	248	114*	62.00	293	84.64	1	1	1	16	1
Brisbane Cricket Ground	5	5	0	296	158	59.20	301	98.33	1	1	0	34	4
Trent Bridge	5	5	0	130	36	26.00	206	63.10	0	0	0	15	0
WACA Ground	5	5	1	85	35*	21.25	123	69.10	0	0	0	9	0
Edgbaston	4	4	1	105	92*	35.00	133	78.94	0	1	1	6	4
Basin Reserve	3	3	0	34	21	11.33	77	44.15	0	0	0	4	0
Eden Park	3	3	0	132	84	44.00	192	68.75	0	1	0	9	2
Lancaster Park	3	3	0	60	53	20.00	97	61.85	0	1	0	6	0
All	111	111	8	3,170	158	30.77	4,218	75.15	7	12	6	290	22

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

ODI milestones

Hundreds 7

Best ODI performances

David Gower: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
158	118	133.89	18	4	New Zealand	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1983-01-15
130	120	108.33	12	5	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton	1983-06-11
122	134	91.04	8	0	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1983-01-13
114*	122	93.44	6	0	Pakistan	Kennington Oval	1978-05-26
109	85	128.23	12	1	New Zealand	Adelaide Oval	1983-01-29
102	118	86.44	14	1	Australia	Lord's	1985-06-03
101*	100	101.00	9	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1979-02-04
92*	96	95.83	6	4	New Zealand	Edgbaston	1983-06-15
84	110	76.36	6	1	New Zealand	Eden Park	1983-02-19
81	94	86.17	4	0	India	Old Trafford	1986-05-26

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1991-02-16	New Zealand	13	-	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 7 runs
1991-02-13	New Zealand	11	-	Basin Reserve	New Zealand won by 9 runs
1991-02-09	New Zealand	4	-	Lancaster Park	England won by 14 runs
1991-01-10	Australia	26	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 3 runs
1990-12-01	New Zealand	6	-	Adelaide Oval	New Zealand won by 7 runs
1990-07-20	India	25	-	Trent Bridge	India won by 5 wickets
1990-07-18	India	50	-	Headingley	India won by 6 wickets
1990-05-25	New Zealand	4	-	Kennington Oval	England won by 6 wickets
1990-05-23	New Zealand	1	-	Headingley	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1989-05-29	Australia	61	-	Lord's	Australia won by 6 wickets