How many Test runs has David O'Sullivan scored?

David O'Sullivan has 158 runs in 21 Test innings from 11 matches at an average of 9.29. Highest score: 23*.

What is David O'Sullivan's Test batting average?

David O'Sullivan's Test batting average is 9.29, from 158 runs and 21 innings.

How many Test wickets has David O'Sullivan taken?

David O'Sullivan has taken 18 wickets in Test from 11 matches at a bowling average of 68.00. Best innings: 5/148.

How many ODI runs has David O'Sullivan scored?

David O'Sullivan has 2 runs in 2 ODI innings from 3 matches at an average of 2.00 and a strike rate of 40.00. Highest score: 1*.

Which teams has David O'Sullivan played international cricket for?

David O'Sullivan is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.

When did David O'Sullivan play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1973 to 1976. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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David O'Sullivan

Bowler · 1973 to 1976 · 14 internationals

New Zealand

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14Internationals

160Runs

0Hundreds

20Wickets

2Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	0	0	2	-	0
ODI	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	11	15	2,744	75	1,224	18	5/148	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.44	0	1	0
ODI	3	3	168	2	123	2	1/38	1/38	61.50	4.39	84.00	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	11	19	2	0	2	0.105	1 (1ct 0st)
ODI	3	3	0	0	0	0.000	0

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

David O'Sullivan: Test and ODI stats

Test

11 matches · 1973-1976

18wickets

Matches: 11
Average: 68.00
Economy: 2.67
Strike rate: 152.44
Best innings: 5/148
Five-fors: 1

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ODI

3 matches · 1974-1976

2runs

Matches: 3
Average: 2.00
Strike rate: 40.00
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 1*
Fifties: 0

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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	21	21	15	15	1973-02-07	1976-11-26	Complete
ODI	2	2	3	3	1974-03-30	1976-10-16	Complete

Questions fans ask about David O'Sullivan

How many Test runs has David O'Sullivan scored?: David O'Sullivan has 158 runs in 21 Test innings from 11 matches at an average of 9.29. Highest score: 23*.
What is David O'Sullivan's Test batting average?: David O'Sullivan's Test batting average is 9.29, from 158 runs and 21 innings.
How many Test wickets has David O'Sullivan taken?: David O'Sullivan has taken 18 wickets in Test from 11 matches at a bowling average of 68.00. Best innings: 5/148.
How many ODI runs has David O'Sullivan scored?: David O'Sullivan has 2 runs in 2 ODI innings from 3 matches at an average of 2.00 and a strike rate of 40.00. Highest score: 1*.
Which teams has David O'Sullivan played international cricket for?: David O'Sullivan is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.
When did David O'Sullivan play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1973 to 1976. 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
1976-11-26	India v New Zealand	Test	India won by 216 runs
1976-11-18	India v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1976-11-10	India v New Zealand	Test	India won by 162 runs
1976-10-30	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1976-10-23	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1976-10-16	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 1 runs
1976-10-09	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
1976-01-24	India v New Zealand	Test	India won by 8 wickets
1974-03-31	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 31 runs
1974-03-30	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1974-01-26	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by inns & 57 runs
1974-01-05	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1973 to 1976

David O'Sullivan in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

18Wickets

68.00Average

2.67Economy

152.44Strike rate

5/148Best

1Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	0	0	2	-	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	11	15	2,744	75	1,224	18	5/148	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.44	0	1	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	11	19	2	0	2	0.105	1 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

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

Caught12 · 57.1%

Bowled4 · 19.0%

LBW1 · 4.8%

Not out4 · 19.0%

Test 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

99.667 inns

107.0013 inns

1111 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

120runs

17.14average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

13wickets

61.84average

2.57economy

144.23strike rate

3/125best

Test record by situation

complete career

David O'Sullivan: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
India	4	8	2	70	23*	11.66	-	-	2	-
Pakistan	4	7	1	64	23*	10.66	-	-	0	-
Australia	3	6	1	24	8	4.80	142	16.90	0	1
All	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	2	-

David O'Sullivan: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
India	4	8	1,206	47	507	6	3/125	84.50	2.52	201.00	0
Pakistan	4	5	1,077	21	489	7	2/95	69.85	2.72	153.85	0
Australia	2	2	461	7	228	5	5/148	45.60	2.96	92.20	1
All	11	15	2,744	75	1,224	18	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.44	1

David O'Sullivan: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Home	2	4	0	6	4	1.50	-	-	1	-
Away	8	15	4	125	23*	11.36	-	-	1	-
Neutral	1	2	0	27	23	13.50	-	-	0	-
All	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	2	-

David O'Sullivan: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Home	2	3	408	7	192	0	0/17	N/A	2.82	N/A	0
Away	7	11	2,024	58	937	16	5/148	58.56	2.77	126.50	1
Neutral	1	1	312	10	95	2	2/95	47.50	1.82	156.00	0
All	11	15	2,744	75	1,224	18	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.44	1

David O'Sullivan: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
1st innings of the match	2	2	1	3	3*	3.00	-	-	1	0
2nd innings of the match	9	9	0	43	15	4.77	-	-	1	-
3rd innings of the match	7	7	1	61	23*	10.16	-	-	0	7
4th innings of the match	3	3	2	51	23*	51.00	-	-	0	-
All	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	2	-

David O'Sullivan: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
1st innings of the match	9	9	2,068	60	877	14	5/148	62.64	2.54	147.71	1
2nd innings of the match	1	1	232	4	94	0	0/94	N/A	2.43	N/A	0
3rd innings of the match	4	4	412	10	236	4	2/70	59.00	3.43	103.00	0
4th innings of the match	1	1	32	1	17	0	0/17	N/A	3.18	N/A	0
All	11	15	2,744	75	1,224	18	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.44	1

David O'Sullivan: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
No. 9	5	7	1	58	23*	9.66	-	-	1	-
No. 10	8	13	2	77	23	7.00	-	-	1	-
No. 11	1	1	1	23	23*	N/A	-	-	0	3
All	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	2	-

David O'Sullivan: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Lost	8	16	2	115	23*	8.21	-	-	2	-
Drawn	3	5	2	43	23*	14.33	-	-	0	-
All	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	2	-

David O'Sullivan: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Lost	8	11	1,932	54	823	11	5/148	74.81	2.55	175.63	1
Drawn	2	4	812	21	401	7	3/125	57.28	2.96	116.00	0
All	11	15	2,744	75	1,224	18	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.44	1

David O'Sullivan: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
1973	2	4	0	19	8	4.75	-	-	0	-
1974	2	4	1	10	4	3.33	76	13.15	0	0
1976	7	13	3	129	23*	12.90	-	-	2	-
All	11	21	4	158	23*	9.29	-	-	2	-

David O'Sullivan: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
1973	2	2	320	5	161	0	0/80	N/A	3.01	N/A	0
1974	1	1	285	4	148	5	5/148	29.60	3.11	57.00	1
1976	7	12	2,139	66	915	13	3/125	70.38	2.56	164.53	0
All	11	15	2,744	75	1,224	18	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.44	1

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

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 1

5/148v AustraliaAdelaide Oval · 1974-01-26

Best Test performances

David O'Sullivan: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
23*	-	-	3	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1976-10-09
23*	-	-	3	India	Green Park	1976-11-18
23	-	-	3	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1976-10-23
21	-	-	3	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1976-11-26
15	-	-	-	India	Green Park	1976-11-18
8	50	16.00	1	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1973-12-29
8	-	-	-	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1976-10-09
7*	-	-	-	India	Wankhede Stadium	1976-11-10
6	16	37.50	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1973-12-29
4	-	-	-	Pakistan	University Oval, Dunedin	1973-02-07

David O'Sullivan: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/148	285	4	3.11	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1974-01-26
3/125	300	14	2.50	India	Green Park	1976-11-18
2/70	120	3	3.50	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1976-11-26
2/95	312	10	1.82	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1976-10-23
2/96	136	0	4.23	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1976-10-30
2/131	280	6	2.80	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1976-10-30
1/62	162	9	2.29	India	Wankhede Stadium	1976-11-10
1/86	205	3	2.51	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1976-10-09
0/17	32	1	3.18	India	Eden Park	1976-01-24
0/21	60	6	2.10	India	Wankhede Stadium	1976-11-10

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1976-11-26	India	0 & 21	0/69 & 2/70	MA Chidambaram Stadium	India won by 216 runs
1976-11-18	India	15 & 23*	3/125 & 0/49	Green Park	Match drawn
1976-11-10	India	3 & 7*	1/62 & 0/21	Wankhede Stadium	India won by 162 runs
1976-10-30	Pakistan	1	2/131 & 2/96	National Stadium, Karachi	Match drawn
1976-10-23	Pakistan	4 & 23	2/95	Hyderabad (Sind)	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1976-10-09	Pakistan	8 & 23*	1/86	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
1976-01-24	India	0 & 1	0/94 & 0/17	Eden Park	India won by 8 wickets
1974-01-26	Australia	2 & 4	5/148	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by inns & 57 runs
1974-01-05	Australia	3* & 1	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1973-12-29	Australia	6 & 8	0/80	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by inns & 25 runs

ODI CAREER · 1974 to 1976

David O'Sullivan in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

2Runs

2.00Average

40.00Strike rate

0Hundreds

0Fifties

1*Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00	0	0	0	0	0

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	3	3	168	2	123	2	1/38	1/38	61.50	4.39	84.00	0	0	-

ODI record by situation

complete career

David O'Sullivan: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR
Australia	1	1	1	1	1*	N/A	2	50.00
Pakistan	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	3	33.33
All	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00

David O'Sullivan: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR
Home	1	1	1	1	1*	N/A	2	50.00
Away	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	3	33.33
All	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00

David O'Sullivan: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	2	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00	0	0	0	0	0

David O'Sullivan: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR
No. 9	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	3	33.33
No. 11	1	1	1	1	1*	N/A	2	50.00
All	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00

David O'Sullivan: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR
Won	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	3	33.33
Lost	1	1	1	1	1*	N/A	2	50.00
All	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00

David O'Sullivan: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR
1974	1	1	1	1	1*	N/A	2	50.00
1976	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	3	33.33
All	3	2	1	2	1*	2.00	5	40.00

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

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1976-10-16	Pakistan	1	1/42	Sialkot	New Zealand won by 1 runs
1974-03-31	Australia	did not bat	0/43	Lancaster Park	Australia won by 31 runs
1974-03-30	Australia	1*	1/38	University Oval, Dunedin	Australia won by 7 wickets