How many Test runs has Frank Tyson scored?

Frank Tyson has 230 runs in 24 Test innings from 17 matches at an average of 10.95. Highest score: 37*.

What is Frank Tyson's Test batting average?

Frank Tyson's Test batting average is 10.95, from 230 runs and 24 innings.

How many Test wickets has Frank Tyson taken?

Frank Tyson has taken 76 wickets in Test from 17 matches at a bowling average of 18.56. Best innings: 7/27.

Which teams has Frank Tyson played international cricket for?

Frank Tyson is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Frank Tyson play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1954 to 1959. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Frank Tyson

Bowler · 1954 to 1959 · 17 internationals

England

Test17 matches

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17Internationals

230Runs

0Hundreds

76Wickets

4Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	0	0	3	14	2

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	10/130	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4	1

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	17	32	4	0	4	0.125	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Frank Tyson: Test stats

Test

17 matches · 1954-1959

76wickets

Matches: 17
Average: 18.56
Economy: 2.45
Strike rate: 45.42
Best innings: 7/27
Five-fors: 4

230 runs · batting average 10.95

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Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	24	24	29	29	1954-08-12	1959-03-14	Complete

Questions fans ask about Frank Tyson

How many Test runs has Frank Tyson scored?: Frank Tyson has 230 runs in 24 Test innings from 17 matches at an average of 10.95. Highest score: 37*.
What is Frank Tyson's Test batting average?: Frank Tyson's Test batting average is 10.95, from 230 runs and 24 innings.
How many Test wickets has Frank Tyson taken?: Frank Tyson has taken 76 wickets in Test from 17 matches at a bowling average of 18.56. Best innings: 7/27.
Which teams has Frank Tyson played international cricket for?: Frank Tyson is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Frank Tyson play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1954 to 1959. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1959-03-14	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1959-02-27	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by inns & 99 runs
1959-02-13	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1959-01-30	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets
1957-03-01	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 58 runs
1956-12-24	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 131 runs
1956-08-23	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1955-07-07	England v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 3 wickets
1955-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 5 runs
1955-03-25	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by inns & 20 runs
1955-03-11	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1955-02-25	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1954 to 1959

Frank Tyson in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

76Wickets

18.56Average

2.45Economy

45.42Strike rate

7/27Best

4Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	0	0	3	14	2

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	10/130	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4	1

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	17	32	4	0	4	0.125	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

Caught14 · 58.3%

Bowled7 · 29.2%

Not out3 · 12.5%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

717.664 inns

89.333 inns

911.1812 inns

105.004 inns

1111 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours56 · 24.3%

Sixes12 · 5.2%

Other runs162 · 70.4%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

105runs

11.66average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

18wickets

23.50average

2.12economy

66.44strike rate

6/40best

Test record by situation

complete career

Frank Tyson: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Australia	7	12	1	117	37*	10.63	-	-	2	5	1
South Africa	4	7	0	58	23	8.28	-	-	1	4	1
New Zealand	3	3	2	49	27*	49.00	-	-	0	5	0
Pakistan	1	2	0	6	3	3.00	-	-	0	0	0
All	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	3	14	2

Frank Tyson: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Australia	8	13	1,724	23	810	32	7/27	25.31	2.81	53.87	1	2
New Zealand	4	7	582	36	186	17	4/16	10.94	1.91	34.23	1	0
South Africa	4	7	1,010	33	358	22	6/28	16.27	2.12	45.90	0	2
Pakistan	1	2	136	5	57	5	4/35	11.40	2.51	27.20	1	0
All	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4

Frank Tyson: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Home	4	6	0	19	8	3.16	-	-	1	1	0
Away	11	18	3	211	37*	14.06	-	-	2	13	2
All	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	3	14	2

Frank Tyson: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	4	7	838	29	349	20	6/28	17.45	2.49	41.90	1	1
Away	13	22	2,614	68	1,062	56	7/27	18.96	2.43	46.67	2	3
All	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4

Frank Tyson: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	8	8	1	48	22	6.85	-	-	2	3	0
2nd innings of the match	7	7	1	55	27*	9.16	-	-	1	4	1
3rd innings of the match	7	7	1	101	37*	16.83	-	-	0	6	0
4th innings of the match	2	2	0	26	23	13.00	-	-	0	1	1
All	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	3	14	2

Frank Tyson: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	8	8	1,183	33	532	17	4/35	31.29	2.69	69.58	1	0
2nd innings of the match	9	9	1,168	26	486	18	4/45	27.00	2.49	64.88	1	0
3rd innings of the match	8	8	725	34	206	24	6/28	8.58	1.70	30.20	1	2
4th innings of the match	4	4	376	4	187	17	7/27	11.00	2.98	22.11	0	2
All	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4

Frank Tyson: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
No. 7	2	4	1	53	37*	17.66	-	-	1	2	1
No. 8	2	3	0	28	22	9.33	-	-	0	2	0
No. 9	9	12	1	123	33	11.18	-	-	2	9	1
No. 10	3	4	0	20	9	5.00	-	-	0	0	0
No. 11	1	1	1	6	6*	N/A	8	75.00	0	1	0
All	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	3	14	2

Frank Tyson: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Won	8	11	2	95	27*	10.55	-	-	2	9	0
Lost	6	12	1	132	37*	12.00	-	-	1	5	2
Drawn	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	-	-	0	0	0
All	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	3	14	2

Frank Tyson: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	8	15	1,655	52	594	49	7/27	12.12	2.15	33.77	2	3
Lost	6	10	1,465	28	667	23	6/40	29.00	2.73	63.69	1	1
Drawn	3	4	332	17	150	4	2/46	37.50	2.71	83.00	0	0
All	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4

Frank Tyson: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1954	4	8	1	71	37*	10.14	-	-	1	3	1
1955	5	6	1	54	27*	10.80	-	-	1	5	0
1956	2	3	0	27	22	9.00	-	-	0	2	0
1957	1	2	0	24	23	12.00	-	-	0	1	1
1959	3	5	1	54	33	13.50	115	46.95	1	3	0
All	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	3	14	2

Frank Tyson: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1954	4	7	887	12	442	25	7/27	17.68	2.98	35.48	2	2
1955	6	12	1,369	45	546	33	6/28	16.54	2.39	41.48	1	1
1956	2	2	156	6	56	1	1/34	56.00	2.15	156.00	0	0
1957	1	2	320	13	78	8	6/40	9.75	1.46	40.00	0	1
1959	4	6	720	21	289	9	3/23	32.11	2.40	80.00	0	0
All	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4

Frank Tyson: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	0	27	9	6.75	-	-	0	1	0
Adelaide Oval	2	3	0	34	33	11.33	-	-	1	2	0
Kennington Oval	2	3	0	9	3	3.00	-	-	0	0	0
All	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	-	-	3	14	2

Frank Tyson: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	475	4	188	11	7/27	17.09	2.37	43.18	0	1
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	4	380	6	196	12	6/85	16.33	3.09	31.66	1	1
Adelaide Oval	2	3	553	7	232	7	3/47	33.14	2.51	79.00	0	0
Eden Park	2	3	228	13	101	5	2/10	20.20	2.65	45.60	0	0
Kennington Oval	2	3	220	10	91	6	4/35	15.16	2.48	36.66	1	0
All	17	29	3,452	97	1,411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4

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

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 4

Best Test performances

Frank Tyson: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
37*	-	-	1	0	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1954-11-26
33	71	46.47	2	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1959-01-30
27*	-	-	2	0	New Zealand	Eden Park	1955-03-25
23	-	-	1	1	South Africa	St George's Park	1957-03-01
22	-	-	2	0	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1956-12-24
16	-	-	2	0	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1955-03-11
9	39	23.07	1	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1954-12-17
9	16	56.25	0	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1959-02-13
8	-	-	1	0	South Africa	Old Trafford	1955-07-07
7	-	-	0	1	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1954-11-26

Frank Tyson: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
7/27	99	1	1.63	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1954-12-31
6/28	129	7	1.30	South Africa	Trent Bridge	1955-06-09
6/40	184	7	1.30	South Africa	St George's Park	1957-03-01
6/85	148	1	3.44	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1954-12-17
4/16	72	6	1.33	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1955-03-11
4/35	82	3	2.56	Pakistan	Kennington Oval	1954-08-12
4/45	104	2	2.59	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1954-12-17
3/23	114	7	1.21	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1955-03-11
3/23	84	4	1.64	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	1959-02-27
3/47	120	2	2.35	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1955-01-28

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1959-03-14	New Zealand	did not bat	1/50	Eden Park	Match drawn
1959-02-27	New Zealand	6*	3/23 & 2/23	Lancaster Park	England won by inns & 99 runs
1959-02-13	Australia	9 & 6	1/73 & 1/20	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 9 wickets
1959-01-30	Australia	0 & 33	1/100	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 10 wickets
1957-03-01	South Africa	1 & 23	2/38 & 6/40	St George's Park	South Africa won by 58 runs
1956-12-24	South Africa	22 & 2	0/22	The Wanderers Stadium	England won by 131 runs
1956-08-23	Australia	3	1/34	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1955-07-07	South Africa	2 & 8	3/124 & 3/55	Old Trafford	South Africa won by 3 wickets
1955-06-09	South Africa	0	2/51 & 6/28	Trent Bridge	England won by inns & 5 runs
1955-03-25	New Zealand	27*	2/41 & 2/10	Eden Park	England won by inns & 20 runs