How many Test runs has Dave Houghton scored?

Dave Houghton has 1,464 runs in 36 Test innings from 22 matches at an average of 43.05 and a strike rate of 45.45. Highest score: 266.

What is Dave Houghton's Test batting average?

Dave Houghton's Test batting average is 43.05, from 1,464 runs and 36 innings.

How many ODI runs has Dave Houghton scored?

Dave Houghton has 1,530 runs in 60 ODI innings from 63 matches at an average of 26.37 and a strike rate of 70.99. Highest score: 142.

What is Dave Houghton's ODI batting average?

Dave Houghton's ODI batting average is 26.37, from 1,530 runs and 60 innings.

How many international centuries does Dave Houghton have?

Dave Houghton has 5 international hundreds: 4 in Test; 1 in ODI.

Which teams has Dave Houghton played international cricket for?

Dave Houghton is recorded for Zimbabwe in this publication.

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Dave Houghton

Middle-order batter · 1983 to 1997 · 85 internationals

Zimbabwe

Test22 matches ODI63 matches

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85Internationals

2,994Runs

5Hundreds

1Wickets

46Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	0	168	12
ODI	63	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	22	1	5	0	0	0	-	-	N/A	0.00	N/A	0	0	0
ODI	63	1	12	0	19	1	1/19	1/19	19.00	9.50	12.00	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	22	40	17	0	17	0.425	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	63	63	29	2	31	0.492	4 (4ct 0st)

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

Dave Houghton: Test and ODI stats

Test

22 matches · 1992-1997

1,464runs

Matches: 22
Average: 43.05
Strike rate: 45.45
Hundreds: 4
Highest: 266
Fifties: 4

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ODI

63 matches · 1983-1997

1,530runs

Matches: 63
Average: 26.37
Strike rate: 70.99
Hundreds: 1
Highest: 142
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	36	36	1	1	1992-10-18	1997-09-25	Complete
ODI	60	60	1	1	1983-06-09	1997-10-05	Complete

Questions fans ask about Dave Houghton

How many Test runs has Dave Houghton scored?: Dave Houghton has 1,464 runs in 36 Test innings from 22 matches at an average of 43.05 and a strike rate of 45.45. Highest score: 266.
What is Dave Houghton's Test batting average?: Dave Houghton's Test batting average is 43.05, from 1,464 runs and 36 innings.
How many ODI runs has Dave Houghton scored?: Dave Houghton has 1,530 runs in 60 ODI innings from 63 matches at an average of 26.37 and a strike rate of 70.99. Highest score: 142.
What is Dave Houghton's ODI batting average?: Dave Houghton's ODI batting average is 26.37, from 1,530 runs and 60 innings.
How many international centuries does Dave Houghton have?: Dave Houghton has 5 international hundreds: 4 in Test; 1 in ODI.
Which teams has Dave Houghton played international cricket for?: Dave Houghton is recorded for Zimbabwe in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1997-10-05	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	ODI	New Zealand won by 83 runs
1997-10-04	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
1997-10-01	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	ODI	Match tied
1997-09-25	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Test	Match drawn
1997-09-18	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Test	Match drawn
1997-02-17	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	Result not recorded
1997-02-15	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets
1997-02-09	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
1997-02-07	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
1997-01-31	South Africa v Zimbabwe	ODI	South Africa won by 4 wickets
1997-01-29	South Africa v Zimbabwe	ODI	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1997-01-27	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	Match tied

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TEST CAREER · 1992 to 1997

Dave Houghton in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,464Runs

43.05Average

45.45Strike rate

4Hundreds

4Fifties

266Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	0	168	12

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	22	1	5	0	0	0	-	-	N/A	0.00	N/A	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	22	40	17	0	17	0.425	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

Caught17 · 47.2%

Bowled6 · 16.7%

LBW10 · 27.8%

Run out1 · 2.8%

Not out2 · 5.6%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

446.7626 inns

532.003 inns

633.007 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours672 · 45.9%

Sixes72 · 4.9%

Other runs720 · 49.2%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

308runs

30.80average

44.18strike rate

250s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Dave Houghton: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Pakistan	8	14	0	388	73	27.71	732	53.00	0	3	51	4
New Zealand	6	10	1	294	104*	32.66	674	43.62	1	0	32	0
India	2	4	1	181	121	60.33	459	39.43	1	0	20	2
England	2	3	0	100	37	33.33	301	33.22	0	0	9	1
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	466	266	155.33	990	47.07	2	1	50	5
South Africa	1	2	0	35	30	17.50	65	53.84	0	0	6	0
All	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	168	12

Dave Houghton: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Home	14	22	1	974	266	46.38	2,298	42.38	3	1	106	9
Away	8	14	1	490	104*	37.69	923	53.08	1	3	62	3
All	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	168	12

Dave Houghton: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	10	10	0	559	266	55.90	1,208	46.27	2	0	64	6
2nd innings of the match	12	12	1	559	142	50.81	1,305	42.83	2	2	60	3
3rd innings of the match	9	9	1	286	73	35.75	557	51.34	0	2	37	3
4th innings of the match	5	5	0	60	31	12.00	151	39.73	0	0	7	0
All	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	168	12

Dave Houghton: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
No. 4	17	26	1	1,169	266	46.76	2,419	48.32	3	4	136	10
No. 5	2	3	1	64	41*	32.00	203	31.52	0	0	4	2
No. 6	5	7	0	231	121	33.00	599	38.56	1	0	28	0
All	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	168	12

Dave Houghton: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Won	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	34	67.64	0	0	4	0
Lost	8	16	0	284	73	17.75	673	42.19	0	1	34	2
Drawn	13	19	2	1,157	266	68.05	2,514	46.02	4	3	130	10
All	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	168	12

Dave Houghton: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1992	3	5	1	221	121	55.25	595	37.14	1	0	23	2
1993	4	7	0	142	50	20.28	344	41.27	0	1	22	0
1994	3	3	0	466	266	155.33	990	47.07	2	1	50	5
1995	4	7	0	118	30	16.85	236	50.00	0	0	15	1
1996	6	10	1	448	104*	49.77	880	50.90	1	2	49	4
1997	2	4	0	69	32	17.25	176	39.20	0	0	9	0
All	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	168	12

Dave Houghton: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Harare Sports Club	9	14	1	520	142	40.00	1,353	38.43	2	1	52	5
Queens Sports Club	5	8	0	454	266	56.75	945	48.04	1	0	54	4
All	22	36	2	1,464	266	43.05	3,221	45.45	4	4	168	12

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 4

Best Test performances

Dave Houghton: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
266	541	49.16	30	3	Sri Lanka	Queens Sports Club	1994-10-20
142	268	52.98	17	2	Sri Lanka	Harare Sports Club	1994-10-26
121	322	37.57	15	0	India	Harare Sports Club	1992-10-18
104*	204	50.98	12	0	New Zealand	Eden Park	1996-01-20
73	102	71.56	8	1	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1996-10-24
65	115	56.52	11	0	Pakistan	Sheikhupura Stadium	1996-10-17
58	181	32.04	3	0	Sri Lanka	Harare Sports Club	1994-10-11
50	107	46.72	8	0	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1993-12-16
46	108	42.59	8	0	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1993-12-01
43	60	71.66	3	2	Pakistan	Sheikhupura Stadium	1996-10-17

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1997-09-25	New Zealand	32 & 13	-	Queens Sports Club	Match drawn
1997-09-18	New Zealand	23 & 1	-	Harare Sports Club	Match drawn
1996-12-26	England	29	-	Harare Sports Club	Match drawn
1996-12-18	England	34 & 37	-	Queens Sports Club	Match drawn
1996-10-24	Pakistan	1 & 73	-	Iqbal Stadium	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1996-10-17	Pakistan	43 & 65	-	Sheikhupura Stadium	Match drawn
1996-01-20	New Zealand	104*	-	Eden Park	Match drawn
1996-01-13	New Zealand	31 & 31	-	Seddon Park	Match drawn
1995-10-13	South Africa	5 & 30	-	Harare Sports Club	South Africa won by 7 wickets
1995-02-15	Pakistan	19 & 5	-	Harare Sports Club	Pakistan won by 99 runs

ODI CAREER · 1983 to 1997

Dave Houghton in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,530Runs

26.37Average

70.99Strike rate

1Hundreds

12Fifties

142Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	63	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	63	1	12	0	19	1	1/19	1/19	19.00	9.50	12.00	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	63	63	29	2	31	0.492	4 (4ct 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

Caught38 · 63.3%

Bowled8 · 13.3%

LBW8 · 13.3%

Run out4 · 6.7%

Not out2 · 3.3%

ODI batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

20.001 inns

338.666 inns

423.1030 inns

532.6613 inns

617.128 inns

776.002 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours464 · 30.3%

Sixes126 · 8.2%

Other runs940 · 61.4%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

213runs

23.66average

94.24strike rate

250s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Dave Houghton: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
India	12	12	0	190	46	15.83	312	60.89	0	0	1	13	1
Pakistan	12	12	1	419	73*	38.09	532	78.75	0	4	1	32	4
New Zealand	8	8	0	316	142	39.50	319	99.05	1	2	0	26	9
Australia	7	7	0	115	84	16.42	194	59.27	0	1	1	11	1
South Africa	6	6	1	171	57*	34.20	229	74.67	0	2	0	13	3
Sri Lanka	6	6	0	76	31	12.66	148	51.35	0	0	1	6	0
England	5	5	0	112	57	22.40	190	58.94	0	1	0	6	2
West Indies	4	4	0	131	55	32.75	231	56.70	0	2	1	9	1
All	60	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Dave Houghton: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	18	18	1	391	73*	23.00	482	81.12	0	3	1	24	7
Away	19	19	1	421	57*	23.38	555	75.85	0	4	2	37	4
Neutral	23	23	0	718	142	31.21	1,118	64.22	1	5	2	55	10
All	60	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Dave Houghton: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	32	32	2	921	73*	30.70	1,218	75.61	0	10	4	69	10
Chasing	28	28	0	609	142	21.75	937	64.99	1	2	1	47	11
All	60	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Dave Houghton: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 2	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	3	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
No. 3	6	6	0	232	142	38.66	255	90.98	1	1	1	19	8
No. 4	30	30	0	693	57	23.10	1,064	65.13	0	5	1	51	5
No. 5	13	13	1	392	84	32.66	607	64.57	0	4	2	30	3
No. 6	8	8	0	137	57	17.12	160	85.62	0	1	0	9	2
No. 7	2	2	1	76	57*	76.00	66	115.15	0	1	0	7	3
All	60	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Dave Houghton: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	10	10	0	185	57	18.50	276	67.02	0	1	1	12	2
Lost	46	46	2	1,238	142	28.13	1,756	70.50	1	11	4	97	17
Tied	4	4	0	107	40	26.75	123	86.99	0	0	0	7	2
All	60	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Dave Houghton: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1983	6	6	0	176	84	29.33	286	61.53	0	2	2	17	2
1987	6	6	0	226	142	37.66	274	82.48	1	1	1	19	6
1992	10	10	0	238	55	23.80	418	56.93	0	2	0	14	2
1993	12	12	0	369	57	30.75	533	69.23	0	3	0	28	3
1994	6	6	0	97	57	16.16	155	62.58	0	1	1	6	0
1995	5	5	1	173	73*	43.25	208	83.17	0	1	0	12	2
1996	4	4	0	33	25	8.25	46	71.73	0	0	1	3	1
1997	11	11	1	218	57*	21.80	235	92.76	0	2	0	17	5
All	60	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

Dave Houghton: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Harare Sports Club	15	15	1	330	73*	23.57	408	80.88	0	3	1	21	6
Bellerive Oval	3	3	0	50	44	16.66	105	47.61	0	0	0	3	0
Queens Sports Club	3	3	0	61	40	20.33	74	82.43	0	0	0	3	1
All	60	60	2	1,530	142	26.37	2,155	70.99	1	12	5	116	21

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

ODI milestones

Hundreds 1

142v New ZealandHyderabad (Deccan) · 1987-10-10

Best ODI performances

Dave Houghton: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
142	137	103.64	13	6	New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	1987-10-10
84	108	77.77	9	1	Australia	The Rose Bowl	1983-06-16
73*	77	94.80	7	1	Pakistan	Harare Sports Club	1995-02-25
57*	44	129.54	7	1	South Africa	Newlands	1997-01-29
57	49	116.32	7	0	Pakistan	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	1993-12-25
57	74	77.02	3	0	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1994-12-15
57	61	93.44	4	1	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1997-01-31
55	88	62.50	3	0	West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1992-02-29
54	92	58.69	5	1	West Indies	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1983-06-13
52	75	69.33	3	0	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1993-12-24

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1997-10-05	New Zealand	1	-	Harare Sports Club	New Zealand won by 83 runs
1997-10-04	New Zealand	4	-	Harare Sports Club	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
1997-10-01	New Zealand	40	-	Queens Sports Club	Match tied
1997-02-17	India v Zimbabwe	did not bat	-	Harare Sports Club	Result not recorded
1997-02-15	India v Zimbabwe	did not bat	-	Queens Sports Club	Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets
1997-02-09	India	1	-	Willowmoore Park	India won by 6 wickets
1997-02-07	India	13	-	SuperSport Park	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
1997-01-31	South Africa	57	-	The Wanderers Stadium	South Africa won by 4 wickets
1997-01-29	South Africa	57*	-	Newlands	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1997-01-27	India	13	-	Boland Park	Match tied