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Derek Underwood

Bowler · 1966 to 1982 · 112 internationals

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112Internationals
990Runs
0Hundreds
329Wickets
50Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR100s50s0s4s6s
Test861163593745*11.56--0019-0
ODI2613453175.8813339.8400250
Bowling career records by format
FormatMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Test8615121,8621,2397,6742978/5113/7125.832.1073.6013176
ODI26241,278-734324/444/4422.933.4439.9310-
Fielding career records by format
FormatMatInnsCtStDisDis/innsBest
Test86157440440.2803 (3ct 0st)
ODI26266060.2302 (2ct 0st)

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

Derek Underwood: Test and ODI stats

Where the career sits

Runs by format
Test 937 95%ODI 53 5%
Wickets by format
Test 297 90%ODI 32 10%

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
FormatOfficial bat innsIn scorecardsOfficial bowl innsIn scorecardsFirstLatestCoverage
Test1161161511511966-06-301982-02-17Complete
ODI131324231973-07-181982-02-14100%

Questions fans ask about Derek Underwood

How many Test runs has Derek Underwood scored?
Derek Underwood has 937 runs in 116 Test innings from 86 matches at an average of 11.56. Highest score: 45*.
What is Derek Underwood's Test batting average?
Derek Underwood's Test batting average is 11.56, from 937 runs and 116 innings.
How many Test wickets has Derek Underwood taken?
Derek Underwood has taken 297 wickets in Test from 86 matches at a bowling average of 25.83. Best innings: 8/51.
How many ODI runs has Derek Underwood scored?
Derek Underwood has 53 runs in 13 ODI innings from 26 matches at an average of 5.88 and a strike rate of 39.84. Highest score: 17.
What is Derek Underwood's ODI batting average?
Derek Underwood's ODI batting average is 5.88, from 53 runs and 13 innings.
How many ODI wickets has Derek Underwood taken?
Derek Underwood has taken 32 wickets in ODI from 26 matches at a bowling average of 22.93. Best innings: 4/44.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
DateMatchFormatResult
1982-02-17England v Sri LankaTestEngland won by 7 wickets
1982-02-14England v Sri LankaODISri Lanka won by 3 runs
1982-02-13England v Sri LankaODIEngland won by 5 runs
1982-01-30England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1982-01-27England v IndiaODIIndia won by 5 wickets
1982-01-13England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1982-01-01England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1981-12-23England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1981-12-20England v IndiaODIIndia won by 6 wickets
1981-12-09England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1981-11-27England v IndiaTestIndia won by 138 runs
1981-11-25England v IndiaODIEngland won by 5 wickets

TEST CAREER · 1966 to 1982

Derek Underwood in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

297Wickets
25.83Average
2.10Economy
73.60Strike rate
8/51Best
17Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career861163593745*11.56--0019-0
Official Test bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career8615121,8621,2397,6742978/5113/7125.832.1073.6013176
Official Test fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career86157440440.2803 (3ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings
080160240200 wickets: 1975-08-14200297196619691972197519791982
Test wickets by year
020401966: 1 wickets19661967: 8 wickets1968: 20 wickets1969: 38 wickets19691970: 4 wickets1971: 33 wickets1972: 23 wickets19721973: 19 wickets1974: 30 wickets1975: 26 wickets19751976: 22 wickets1977: 41 wickets1978: 0 wickets19781979: 4 wickets1980: 10 wickets1981: 6 wickets19811982: 12 wickets1982
Last 20 Test bowling innings
Test innings by wickets
Test runs, innings by innings
0300600900500 runs: 1974-08-22500937196619691972197519791982
Test runs by year
0601201801966: 22 runs19661967: 2 runs1968: 69 runs1969: 83 runs19691970: 2 runs1971: 65 runs1972: 18 runs19721973: 89 runs1974: 224 runs1975: 59 runs19751976: 47 runs1977: 144 runs1978: 0 runs19781979: 13 runs1980: 62 runs1981: 25 runs19811982: 13 runs1982
Last 20 Test innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
Test innings by score
How Test innings ended
Caught55 · 47.4%
Bowled19 · 16.4%
LBW5 · 4.3%
Run out1 · 0.9%
Stumped1 · 0.9%
Not out35 · 30.2%
Test batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
319.663 inns
49.001 inns
543.001 inns
67.001 inns
76.506 inns
84.004 inns
99.1624 inns
1011.6749 inns
1118.2027 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings
42runs
7.00average
27.45strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
17wickets
30.64average
1.86economy
98.76strike rate
5/28best

Test record by situation

complete career
Derek Underwood: Test batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Australia28431437145*12.7988641.87008390
West Indies17296198318.6062331.78007190
India19256187239.8455333.81002210
Pakistan91051284325.60--001-0
New Zealand6845320*13.2514636.3000050
Sri Lanka110000.0010.0000100
All851163593745*11.56--0019-0
Derek Underwood: Test bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Australia29538,0004082,7701057/5026.382.0776.1954
India20364,9953221,699625/8427.402.0480.5651
West Indies17273,8772031,656385/3943.572.56102.0221
Pakistan10182,537163868368/5124.112.0570.4704
New Zealand8152,118122586487/3212.201.6644.1216
Sri Lanka12335219585/2811.871.7041.8701
All8515121,8621,2397,6742978/5125.832.1073.601317
Derek Underwood: Test batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home39571846745*11.971,34534.72009420
Away3957164284310.43--0010-0
Neutral221422242.00--000-0
All851163593745*11.56--0019-0
Derek Underwood: Test bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home42739,9736313,5151458/5124.242.1168.77610
Away417511,1755653,9011467/11326.712.0976.5476
Neutral237144325865/9443.002.16119.0001
All8515121,8621,2397,6742978/5125.832.1073.601317
Derek Underwood: Test batting by match innings
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1st innings of the match3636173023115.89--003280
2nd innings of the match4444938145*10.88--009-0
3rd innings of the match232371664310.37--003-0
4th innings of the match1313288308.0023836.97004140
All851163593745*11.56--0019-0
Derek Underwood: Test bowling by match innings
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1st innings of the match46466,2483262,431897/11327.312.3370.2045
2nd innings of the match35355,9113412,047635/3932.492.0793.8232
3rd innings of the match45456,6393832,1431008/5121.431.9366.3948
4th innings of the match25253,0641891,053457/3223.402.0668.0822
All8515121,8621,2397,6742978/5125.832.1073.601317
Derek Underwood: Test batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 3330594319.6617833.1400060
No. 4110999.004121.9500010
No. 5110434343.0011138.7300010
No. 6110777.004017.5000010
No. 766039136.5017921.7800140
No. 834016104.00--002-0
No. 918240220309.1657538.26005290
No. 103749183623111.67--008-0
No. 1120271718245*18.2041643.75003200
All851163593745*11.56--0019-0
Derek Underwood: Test batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won24319197238.9561532.03003210
Lost21426349439.6995736.460011380
Drawn35432039145*17.00--005-0
All851163593745*11.56--0019-0
Derek Underwood: Test bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won27506,3844161,8681237/3215.181.7551.90710
Lost21385,5922492,379677/11335.502.5583.4631
Drawn37639,8865743,4271078/5132.022.0792.3936
All8515121,8621,2397,6742978/5125.832.1073.601317
Derek Underwood: Test batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
19662422212*11.008326.5000240
196711122*N/A540.0000000
19683446945*N/A10565.7100080
1969710183229.22--001-0
197011122*N/A1414.2800000
19718116652213.0020232.1700260
19724621864.508720.6800130
197381048920*14.83--00180
1974111742244317.2361936.18000260
1975712359276.5512945.7300480
1976610147315.2213335.3300430
1977101421442312.0039036.92000140
197912013136.502748.1400110
1980460624310.3316637.3400120
19813432513*25.006936.2300020
198244113134.336121.3100220
All851163593745*11.56--0019-0
Derek Underwood: Test bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1966234142517211/81172.002.49414.0000
1967243962712985/5216.121.9549.5001
1968471,259103302207/5015.101.4362.9511
19697131,854139525387/3213.811.6948.7824
1970123841612443/10131.001.9396.0000
19718152,47195824336/1224.962.0074.8713
1972481,19278417236/4518.132.0951.8231
19738142,328132892193/4046.942.29122.5200
197412212,608143900308/5130.002.0786.9302
19759152,00786759267/11329.192.2677.1911
19766111,66277728225/3933.092.6275.5421
197710182,404142828416/6620.192.0658.6332
1979123241811543/8228.752.1281.0000
19804785638426103/7142.602.9885.6000
1981346364521163/8835.161.99106.0000
1982471,06775322125/2826.831.8188.9101
All8515121,8621,2397,6742978/5125.832.1073.601317
Derek Underwood: Test batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Kennington Oval101661304313.0039732.74002110
Headingley913310645*10.6025841.08004130
Lord's81241113113.8727640.2100050
Melbourne Cricket Ground58046115.7512337.3900140
Sydney Cricket Ground471954315.8318451.6300290
Old Trafford4613711*7.4014026.4200240
Edgbaston4523814*12.6612929.4500020
Trent Bridge452451615.0014531.0300170
Eden Gardens34021135.256035.0000130
Queen's Park Oval2422410*12.007532.0000030
Wankhede Stadium3412913*9.669630.2000030
Adelaide Oval23111*0.50616.6600200
Arun Jaitley Stadium332157*15.005030.0000020
Brisbane Cricket Ground231573028.5013741.6000090
Gaddafi Stadium2311165.50--001-0
All851163593745*11.56--0019-0
Derek Underwood: Test bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Kennington Oval10193,4011991,251457/5027.802.2075.5713
Headingley9141,571112536246/4522.332.0465.4531
Lord's9141,967140643388/5116.921.9651.7614
Trent Bridge5101,03866367145/5226.212.1274.1411
Melbourne Cricket Ground591,31247494103/1649.402.25131.2000
Edgbaston5893352313103/4031.302.0193.3000
Old Trafford481,06362405146/6628.922.2875.9201
Sydney Cricket Ground4891430379154/6625.262.4860.9310
Eden Gardens3684369236103/4523.601.6784.3000
Wankhede Stadium3655830227105/8422.702.4455.8011
Arun Jaitley Stadium3584050266114/5624.181.9076.3620
Adelaide Oval2488821345137/11326.532.3368.3011
Brisbane Cricket Ground247522824183/10130.121.9294.0000
Eden Park2464829193105/10819.301.7864.8001
Gaddafi Stadium244983216153/5832.201.9399.6000
All8515121,8621,2397,6742978/5125.832.1073.601317

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

Test milestones

Best Test performances

Derek Underwood: highest Test scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
45*4697.8260AustraliaHeadingley1968-07-25
4313232.5740PakistanKennington Oval1974-08-22
4311138.7310AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1980-01-04
315655.3520West IndiesLord's1976-06-17
307042.8560AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1974-11-29
273187.0950AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1975-01-04
255347.1630AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1974-11-29
243666.6630West IndiesSabina Park1974-02-16
233174.1940IndiaMA Chidambaram Stadium1977-01-14
22---0PakistanBangabandhu National Stadium1969-02-28
Derek Underwood: best Test bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
8/51209171.46PakistanLord's1974-08-08
7/32186181.03New ZealandLord's1969-07-24
7/50189191.58AustraliaKennington Oval1968-08-22
7/11323232.92AustraliaAdelaide Oval1975-01-25
6/129470.76New ZealandLancaster Park1971-02-25
6/41156121.57New ZealandKennington Oval1969-08-21
6/4512662.14AustraliaHeadingley1972-07-27
6/60231151.55New ZealandKennington Oval1969-08-21
6/66197132.01AustraliaOld Trafford1977-07-07
6/8525971.96New ZealandLancaster Park1971-02-25

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1982-02-17Sri Lanka05/28 & 3/67P Sara OvalEngland won by 7 wickets
1982-01-30India0*0/55Green ParkMatch drawn
1982-01-13India00/59 & 1/30MA Chidambaram StadiumMatch drawn
1982-01-01India133/45 & 0/38Eden GardensMatch drawn
1981-12-23India2*2/97Arun Jaitley StadiumMatch drawn
1981-12-09India2*3/88M Chinnaswamy StadiumMatch drawn
1981-11-27India8 & 13*1/12 & 0/14Wankhede StadiumIndia won by 138 runs
1980-06-19West Indies31/108Lord'sMatch drawn
1980-02-15India10/23 & 0/5Wankhede StadiumEngland won by 10 wickets
1980-02-01Australia3 & 03/131 & 1/49Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia won by 8 wickets

ODI CAREER · 1973 to 1982

Derek Underwood in ODIs

Scorecards for 13 of 13 official batting innings

32Wickets
22.93Average
3.44Economy
39.93Strike rate
4/44Best
0Five-fors

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career2613453175.8813339.8400250
Official ODI bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career26241,278-734324/444/4422.933.4439.9310-
Official ODI fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career26266060.2302 (2ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI wickets, innings by innings
0816243225 wickets: 1981-11-2525321973197519771981
ODI wickets by year
02461973: 4 wickets419731974: 3 wickets31975: 2 wickets219751976: 5 wickets51977: 4 wickets419771978: 0 wickets1979: 5 wickets519791980: 0 wickets1981: 3 wickets319811982: 6 wickets61982
Last 20 ODI bowling innings
ODI innings by wickets
ODI runs, innings by innings
0204050 runs: 1982-02-135053197319741975197619771982
ODI runs by year
0612181973: 2 runs219731974: 17 runs171975: 3 runs319751976: 22 runs221977: 5 runs519771978: 0 runs1979: 0 runs19791980: 0 runs1981: 0 runs19811982: 4 runs41982
Last 20 ODI innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
ODI innings by score
How ODI innings ended
Caught4 · 30.8%
Bowled3 · 23.1%
Run out1 · 7.7%
Stumped1 · 7.7%
Not out4 · 30.8%
ODI batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
3-0 inns
4-0 inns
5-0 inns
6-0 inns
7-0 inns
8-0 inns
910.503 inns
104.288 inns
1122 inns
ODI runs from boundaries
Fours20 · 37.7%
Other runs33 · 62.3%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings
34runs
4.25average
43.58strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
14wickets
26.00average
4.13economy
37.71strike rate
4/44best

ODI record by situation

13 recorded innings
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
West Indies55224148.003470.5800020
Australia442653.003417.6400110
Sri Lanka220442.00666.6600100
New Zealand110222.001020.0000000
Pakistan110171717.004934.6900020
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
West Indies773543233124/4419.413.9429.5010
Australia66336618453/2936.803.2867.2000
India44228412873/4818.283.3632.5700
New Zealand2213855932/3019.662.5646.0000
Pakistan226614821/1624.004.3633.0000
Sri Lanka229607132/3423.664.4332.0000
All25231,21819723324/4422.593.5638.0610
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home99346177.6611540.0000150
Away441742.331838.8800100
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home121264212339183/2718.833.1635.6600
Away994627297103/4829.703.8546.2000
Neutral2211408744/4421.754.5728.5010
All25231,21819723324/4422.593.5638.0610
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first77143177.1611138.7300150
Chasing6631063.332245.4500100
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first111162411339163/2721.183.2539.0000
Defending a total12125948384164/4424.003.8737.1210
All25231,21819723324/4422.593.5638.0610
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 9331211410.502680.7600020
No. 1088130174.2810129.7000230
No. 1122221*N/A633.3300000
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won553643.003218.7500100
Lost77145177.509149.4500150
No result110222.001020.0000000
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won121270214384194/4420.213.2836.9410
Lost11115165339133/2726.073.9439.6900
All25231,21819723324/4422.593.5638.0610
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
197322221*N/A633.3300000
1974110171717.004934.6900020
1975221323.001225.0000000
197633022147.332878.5700020
1977331552.503215.6200110
1982220442.00666.6600100
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
19733317458543/3021.252.9343.5000
19743313218431/1628.003.8144.0000
19752212025022/3025.002.5060.0000
19763313219053/2718.004.0926.4000
19772213235043/2912.502.2733.0000
197955270320154/4440.204.4654.0010
19812210244432/1814.662.5834.0000
198233156011963/4819.834.5726.0000
All25231,21819723324/4422.593.5638.0610
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Edgbaston33023177.667530.6600120
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Kennington Oval3317428321/2141.502.8687.0000
Sydney Cricket Ground33156310944/4427.254.1939.0010
All25231,21819723324/4422.593.5638.0610
Derek Underwood: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first77143177.1611138.7300150
Chasing6631063.332245.4500100
All2513453175.8813339.8400250
Derek Underwood: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first111162411339163/2721.183.2539.0000
Defending a total12125948384164/4424.003.8737.1210
All25231,21819723324/4422.593.5638.0610

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

Best ODI performances

Derek Underwood: highest ODI scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
174934.6920PakistanEdgbaston1974-09-03
141687.5020West IndiesNorth Marine Road Ground1976-08-26
6875.0000West IndiesEdgbaston1976-08-30
5955.5510AustraliaKennington Oval1977-06-06
4580.0000Sri LankaSinhalese Sports Club Ground1982-02-13
21020.0000New ZealandUniversity Oval, Dunedin1975-03-08
2450.0000West IndiesLord's1976-08-28
1*250.0000West IndiesHeadingley1973-09-05
1*425.0000West IndiesKennington Oval1973-09-07
1*250.0000AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1975-01-01
Derek Underwood: best ODI bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
4/446004.40West IndiesSydney Cricket Ground1979-11-28
3/276002.70West IndiesLord's1976-08-28
3/296612.63AustraliaOld Trafford1977-06-02
3/306622.72West IndiesHeadingley1973-09-05
3/486004.80IndiaBarabati Stadium1982-01-27
2/186031.80IndiaNarendra Modi Stadium1981-11-25
2/307222.50New ZealandTrent Bridge1975-06-11
2/344204.85Sri LankaSinhalese Sports Club Ground1982-02-13
1/161805.33PakistanEdgbaston1974-09-03
1/216621.90AustraliaKennington Oval1977-06-06

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1982-02-14Sri Lanka01/37Sinhalese Sports Club GroundSri Lanka won by 3 runs
1982-02-13Sri Lanka42/34Sinhalese Sports Club GroundEngland won by 5 runs
1982-01-27Indiadid not bat3/48Barabati StadiumIndia won by 5 wickets
1981-12-20Indiadid not bat1/26JalandharIndia won by 6 wickets
1981-11-25Indiadid not bat2/18Narendra Modi StadiumEngland won by 5 wickets
1979-12-26Australiadid not bat0/36Sydney Cricket GroundEngland won by 4 wickets
1979-12-23West Indiesdid not bat0/43Brisbane Cricket GroundWest Indies won by 9 wickets
1979-12-11Australiadid not bat0/29Sydney Cricket GroundEngland won by 72 runs
1979-12-08Australiadid not bat1/49Melbourne Cricket GroundEngland won by 3 wickets
1979-11-28West Indiesdid not bat4/44Sydney Cricket GroundEngland won by 2 runs