How many Test runs has David Richardson scored?

David Richardson has 1,359 runs in 64 Test innings from 42 matches at an average of 24.26 and a strike rate of 41.93. Highest score: 109.

What is David Richardson's Test batting average?

David Richardson's Test batting average is 24.26, from 1,359 runs and 64 innings.

How many ODI runs has David Richardson scored?

David Richardson has 868 runs in 77 ODI innings from 122 matches at an average of 19.72 and a strike rate of 66.87. Highest score: 53.

What is David Richardson's ODI batting average?

David Richardson's ODI batting average is 19.72, from 868 runs and 77 innings.

How many international centuries does David Richardson have?

David Richardson has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.

Which teams has David Richardson played international cricket for?

David Richardson is recorded for South Africa in this publication.

Player portrait unavailable

PLAYER · SOUTH AFRICA · MEN

David Richardson

Lower-order batter · 1991 to 1998 · 164 internationals

South Africa

Test42 matches ODI122 matches

Compare

164Internationals

2,227Runs

1Hundreds

-Wickets

298Catches

19Stumpings

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	42	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2
ODI	122	77	33	868	53	19.72	1,298	66.87	0	1	6	33	1

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	42	77	150	2	152	1.974	5 (5ct 0st)
ODI	122	121	148	17	165	1.363	5 (5ct 0st)

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

David Richardson: Test and ODI stats

Test

42 matches · 1992-1998

1,359runs

Matches: 42
Average: 24.26
Strike rate: 41.93
Hundreds: 1
Highest: 109
Fifties: 8

Open the Test record →

ODI

122 matches · 1991-1998

868runs

Matches: 122
Average: 19.72
Strike rate: 66.87
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 53
Fifties: 1

Open the ODI record →

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	64	64	-	0	1992-04-18	1998-01-30	Complete
ODI	77	76	-	0	1991-11-10	1998-01-27	99%

Questions fans ask about David Richardson

How many Test runs has David Richardson scored?: David Richardson has 1,359 runs in 64 Test innings from 42 matches at an average of 24.26 and a strike rate of 41.93. Highest score: 109.
What is David Richardson's Test batting average?: David Richardson's Test batting average is 24.26, from 1,359 runs and 64 innings.
How many ODI runs has David Richardson scored?: David Richardson has 868 runs in 77 ODI innings from 122 matches at an average of 19.72 and a strike rate of 66.87. Highest score: 53.
What is David Richardson's ODI batting average?: David Richardson's ODI batting average is 19.72, from 868 runs and 77 innings.
How many international centuries does David Richardson have?: David Richardson has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.
Which teams has David Richardson played international cricket for?: David Richardson is recorded for South Africa in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1998-01-30	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1998-01-27	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 14 runs
1998-01-26	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1998-01-23	Australia v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 6 runs
1998-01-18	Australia v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 wickets
1998-01-11	Australia v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1998-01-09	New Zealand v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 2 runs
1998-01-02	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 21 runs
1997-12-26	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1997-12-11	New Zealand v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 1 runs
1997-12-09	Australia v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 45 runs
1997-12-06	New Zealand v South Africa	ODI	New Zealand won by 47 runs

South Africa · Compare with another player

TEST CAREER · 1992 to 1998

David Richardson in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,359Runs

24.26Average

41.93Strike rate

1Hundreds

8Fifties

109Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	42	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	42	77	150	2	152	1.974	5 (5ct 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

Caught32 · 50.0%

Bowled9 · 14.1%

LBW14 · 21.9%

Run out1 · 1.6%

Not out8 · 12.5%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

349.002 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

611.002 inns

719.3823 inns

825.7928 inns

930.429 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours576 · 42.4%

Sixes12 · 0.9%

Other runs771 · 56.7%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

89runs

11.12average

30.79strike rate

050s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

David Richardson: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	11	19	2	376	72*	22.11	986	38.13	0	2	2	40	2
India	10	16	2	249	50	17.78	718	34.67	0	1	0	27	0
England	7	11	1	306	84	30.60	567	53.96	0	3	2	31	0
New Zealand	4	6	2	273	109	68.25	517	52.80	1	1	0	29	0
Pakistan	3	5	1	53	45*	13.25	146	36.30	0	0	3	6	0
Sri Lanka	3	4	0	79	62	19.75	229	34.49	0	1	0	8	0
West Indies	1	2	0	10	8	5.00	52	19.23	0	0	0	1	0
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	26	50.00	0	0	0	2	0
All	40	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

David Richardson: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	21	33	5	907	109	32.39	2,075	43.71	1	6	5	95	2
Away	19	31	3	452	62	16.14	1,166	38.76	0	2	2	49	0
All	40	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

David Richardson: 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	2	616	84	30.80	1,298	47.45	0	4	2	66	2
2nd innings of the match	18	18	3	510	109	34.00	1,199	42.53	1	3	1	54	0
3rd innings of the match	16	16	3	181	50	13.92	525	34.47	0	1	4	20	0
4th innings of the match	8	8	0	52	11	6.50	219	23.74	0	0	0	4	0
All	40	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

David Richardson: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 3	2	2	0	98	50	49.00	197	49.74	0	1	0	14	0
No. 6	2	2	0	22	15	11.00	82	26.82	0	0	0	3	0
No. 7	16	23	2	407	93	19.38	1,008	40.37	0	3	2	45	0
No. 8	22	28	4	619	109	25.79	1,510	40.99	1	3	5	58	0
No. 9	6	9	2	213	72*	30.42	444	47.97	0	1	0	24	2
All	40	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

David Richardson: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	16	23	4	472	109	24.84	1,017	46.41	1	1	4	50	0
Lost	10	20	2	401	93	22.27	899	44.60	0	3	1	44	2
Drawn	14	21	2	486	84	25.57	1,325	36.67	0	4	2	50	0
All	40	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

David Richardson: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1992	4	6	0	85	50	14.16	298	28.52	0	1	0	10	0
1993	4	6	1	110	62	22.00	331	33.23	0	1	0	9	0
1994	10	17	1	495	93	30.93	1,120	44.19	0	3	0	58	0
1995	7	11	1	262	109	26.20	538	48.69	1	1	4	23	0
1996	5	8	2	138	54*	23.00	288	47.91	0	1	0	15	0
1997	8	13	3	248	72*	24.80	592	41.89	0	1	2	27	2
1998	2	3	0	21	15	7.00	74	28.37	0	0	1	2	0
All	40	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

David Richardson: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
The Wanderers Stadium	7	14	1	326	93	25.07	603	54.06	0	3	3	45	1
Newlands	5	7	2	298	109	59.60	709	42.03	1	1	0	24	0
Kingsmead	5	6	1	148	59	29.60	417	35.49	0	1	0	16	0
St George's Park	3	5	1	135	84	33.75	344	39.24	0	1	1	10	1
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	4	0	34	24	8.50	96	35.41	0	0	1	4	0
Adelaide Oval	2	3	0	31	15	10.33	125	24.80	0	0	0	2	0
All	40	64	8	1,359	109	24.26	3,241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 1

109v New ZealandNewlands · 1995-01-02

Best Test performances

David Richardson: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
109	206	52.91	7	0	New Zealand	Newlands	1995-01-02
93	137	67.88	15	0	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1994-11-25
84	189	44.44	6	0	England	St George's Park	1995-12-26
72*	87	82.75	10	1	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1997-02-28
62	155	40.00	6	0	Sri Lanka	P Sara Oval	1993-09-14
59	205	28.78	7	0	Australia	Kingsmead	1994-03-25
58	89	65.16	6	0	England	Kennington Oval	1994-08-18
54*	98	55.10	5	0	England	Newlands	1996-01-02
50	124	40.32	7	0	India	The Wanderers Stadium	1992-11-26
48	73	65.75	7	0	England	Headingley	1994-08-04

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1998-01-30	Australia	15	-	Adelaide Oval	Match drawn
1998-01-02	Australia	6 & 0	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by inns & 21 runs
1997-12-26	Australia	1 & 11	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1997-10-24	Pakistan	8 & 0	-	Iqbal Stadium	South Africa won by 53 runs
1997-10-06	Pakistan	45*	-	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Match drawn
1997-03-21	Australia	0	-	SuperSport Park	South Africa won by 8 wickets
1997-03-14	Australia	47 & 3*	-	St George's Park	Australia won by 2 wickets
1997-02-28	Australia	72* & 2	-	The Wanderers Stadium	Australia won by inns & 196 runs
1997-01-16	India	13 & 7	-	The Wanderers Stadium	Match drawn
1997-01-02	India	39	-	Newlands	South Africa won by 282 runs

ODI CAREER · 1991 to 1998

David Richardson in ODIs

Scorecards for 76 of 77 official batting innings

868Runs

19.72Average

66.87Strike rate

0Hundreds

148Catches

17Stumpings

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	122	77	33	868	53	19.72	1,298	66.87	0	1	6	33	1

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	122	121	148	17	165	1.363	5 (5ct 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

Caught17 · 22.4%

Bowled5 · 6.6%

LBW5 · 6.6%

Run out15 · 19.7%

Other dismissal1 · 1.3%

Not out33 · 43.4%

ODI batting position: average and innings

10.001 inns

28.002 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

528.001 inns

621.004 inns

726.2329 inns

818.1116 inns

911.8819 inns

1042.004 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours132 · 15.3%

Sixes6 · 0.7%

Other runs727 · 84.0%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

83runs

20.75average

79.04strike rate

050s

0100s

ODI record by situation

76 recorded innings

David Richardson: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	23	23	8	254	38*	16.93	396	64.14	0	2	9	0
India	12	12	7	149	43	29.80	188	79.25	0	1	7	1
Pakistan	11	11	5	149	53	24.83	199	74.87	1	0	10	0
Sri Lanka	8	8	2	21	7	3.50	55	38.18	0	1	0	0
England	7	7	4	81	20*	27.00	137	59.12	0	1	2	0
New Zealand	7	7	3	130	38*	32.50	185	70.27	0	0	3	0
West Indies	5	5	3	65	20*	32.50	90	72.22	0	0	1	0
Zimbabwe	3	3	1	16	11*	8.00	40	40.00	0	1	1	0
All	76	76	33	865	53	20.11	1,290	67.05	1	6	33	1

David Richardson: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	26	26	9	249	53	14.64	341	73.02	1	3	10	1
Away	32	32	14	398	43	22.11	628	63.37	0	2	14	0
Neutral	18	18	10	218	38*	27.25	321	67.91	0	1	9	0
All	76	76	33	865	53	20.11	1,290	67.05	1	6	33	1

David Richardson: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	48	48	24	532	53	22.16	800	66.50	1	5	19	1
Chasing	28	28	9	333	43	17.52	490	67.95	0	1	14	0
All	76	76	33	865	53	20.11	1,290	67.05	1	6	33	1

David Richardson: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	4	0.00	0	1	0	0
No. 2	2	2	0	16	11	8.00	42	38.09	0	0	1	0
No. 5	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	53	52.83	0	0	1	0
No. 6	4	4	1	63	27*	21.00	83	75.90	0	0	4	0
No. 7	29	29	12	446	53	26.23	713	62.55	1	0	13	0
No. 8	16	16	7	163	43	18.11	224	72.76	0	1	10	0
No. 9	19	19	10	107	18*	11.88	127	84.25	0	4	2	1
No. 10	4	4	3	42	21*	42.00	44	95.45	0	0	2	0
All	76	76	33	865	53	20.11	1,290	67.05	1	6	33	1

David Richardson: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	33	33	18	279	25	18.60	373	74.79	0	3	12	1
Lost	43	43	15	586	53	20.92	917	63.90	1	3	21	0
All	76	76	33	865	53	20.11	1,290	67.05	1	6	33	1

David Richardson: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1991	2	2	1	9	5	9.00	10	90.00	0	0	0	0
1992	10	10	3	106	28	15.14	154	68.83	0	2	3	0
1993	10	10	5	122	38*	24.40	186	65.59	0	0	3	0
1994	21	21	7	349	53	24.92	528	66.09	1	0	14	0
1995	7	7	3	50	22*	12.50	101	49.50	0	1	3	0
1996	11	11	6	115	43	23.00	162	70.98	0	1	7	0
1997	13	13	7	102	21*	17.00	135	75.55	0	2	2	1
1998	2	2	1	12	11*	12.00	14	85.71	0	0	1	0
All	76	76	33	865	53	20.11	1,290	67.05	1	6	33	1

David Richardson: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Sydney Cricket Ground	6	6	2	69	38*	17.25	115	60.00	0	1	1	0
Kingsmead	5	5	1	91	53	22.75	121	75.20	1	1	5	1
Newlands	4	4	0	42	23	10.50	59	71.18	0	0	2	0
St George's Park	4	4	2	33	23*	16.50	43	76.74	0	0	1	0
The Wanderers Stadium	4	4	3	30	11*	30.00	50	60.00	0	0	0	0
Gaddafi Stadium	3	3	1	19	10*	9.50	29	65.51	0	0	1	0
KuGumpo City	3	3	1	7	7*	3.50	13	53.84	0	2	0	0
Mangaung Oval	3	3	1	32	18	16.00	36	88.88	0	0	2	0
SuperSport Park	3	3	1	14	10	7.00	19	73.68	0	0	0	0
All	76	76	33	865	53	20.11	1,290	67.05	1	6	33	1

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

Best ODI performances

David Richardson: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
53	83	63.85	3	Pakistan	Kingsmead	1994-12-17
43	66	65.15	3	India	Wankhede Stadium	1996-11-06
38*	63	60.31	0	New Zealand	Bellerive Oval	1993-12-18
38*	61	62.29	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1994-01-25
28	53	52.83	1	New Zealand	Eden Park	1992-02-29
27*	28	96.42	1	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1994-10-28
25	35	71.42	1	Australia	WACA Ground	1994-01-16
25	38	65.78	2	Australia	Arbab Niaz Stadium	1994-10-24
23*	36	63.88	0	India	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	1993-11-22
23*	32	71.87	1	Australia	St George's Park	1994-02-22

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1998-01-27	Australia	1	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 14 runs
1998-01-26	Australia v South Africa	did not bat	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 7 wickets
1998-01-23	Australia	11*	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	South Africa won by 6 runs
1998-01-18	Australia v South Africa	did not bat	-	WACA Ground	South Africa won by 7 wickets
1998-01-11	Australia v South Africa	did not bat	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1998-01-09	New Zealand v South Africa	did not bat	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	South Africa won by 2 runs
1997-12-11	New Zealand	9*	-	Bellerive Oval	South Africa won by 1 runs
1997-12-09	Australia	18*	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	South Africa won by 45 runs
1997-12-06	New Zealand	21*	-	Adelaide Oval	New Zealand won by 47 runs
1997-12-04	Australia	0	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	South Africa won by 67 runs