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Joel Garner

Bowler · 1977 to 1987 · 156 internationals

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156Internationals
911Runs
0Hundreds
405Wickets
72Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR100s50s0s4s6s
Test5868146726012.44--0117-15
ODI984115239379.1936066.38005--
Bowling career records by format
FormatMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Test5811113,1695765,4332596/569/10820.972.4750.841870
ODI98985,3301412,7521465/315/3118.843.0936.5023-
Fielding career records by format
FormatMatInnsCtStDisDis/innsBest
Test58111420420.3783 (3ct 0st)
ODI9898300300.3063 (3ct 0st)

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

Joel Garner: Test and ODI stats

Where the career sits

Runs by format
Test 672 74%ODI 239 26%
Wickets by format
Test 259 64%ODI 146 36%

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
FormatOfficial bat innsIn scorecardsOfficial bowl innsIn scorecardsFirstLatestCoverage
Test68681111111977-02-181987-03-12Complete
ODI414198981977-03-161987-03-28Complete

Questions fans ask about Joel Garner

How many Test runs has Joel Garner scored?
Joel Garner has 672 runs in 68 Test innings from 58 matches at an average of 12.44. Highest score: 60.
What is Joel Garner's Test batting average?
Joel Garner's Test batting average is 12.44, from 672 runs and 68 innings.
How many Test wickets has Joel Garner taken?
Joel Garner has taken 259 wickets in Test from 58 matches at a bowling average of 20.97. Best innings: 6/56.
How many ODI runs has Joel Garner scored?
Joel Garner has 239 runs in 41 ODI innings from 98 matches at an average of 9.19 and a strike rate of 66.38. Highest score: 37.
What is Joel Garner's ODI batting average?
Joel Garner's ODI batting average is 9.19, from 239 runs and 41 innings.
How many ODI wickets has Joel Garner taken?
Joel Garner has taken 146 wickets in ODI from 98 matches at a bowling average of 18.84. Best innings: 5/31.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
DateMatchFormatResult
1987-03-28New Zealand v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1987-03-21New Zealand v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 6 wickets
1987-03-18New Zealand v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 95 runs
1987-03-12New Zealand v West IndiesTestNew Zealand won by 5 wickets
1987-02-20New Zealand v West IndiesTestMatch drawn
1987-02-06Australia v West IndiesODIAustralia won by 2 wickets
1987-02-03England v West IndiesODIEngland won by 29 runs
1987-01-30England v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 6 wickets
1987-01-28Australia v West IndiesODIAustralia won by 36 runs
1987-01-25Australia v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 16 runs
1987-01-24England v West IndiesODIEngland won by 89 runs
1987-01-20Australia v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 7 wickets

TEST CAREER · 1977 to 1987

Joel Garner in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

259Wickets
20.97Average
2.47Economy
50.84Strike rate
6/56Best
7Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career5868146726012.44--0117-15
Official Test bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career5811113,1695765,4332596/569/10820.972.4750.841870
Official Test fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career58111420420.3783 (3ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings
070140210200 wickets: 1984-11-23200259197719791981198319851987
Test wickets by year
02040601977: 25 wickets2519771978: 13 wickets131979: 11 wickets1119791980: 53 wickets531981: 15 wickets1519811982: 7 wickets71983: 7 wickets719831984: 79 wickets791985: 10 wickets1019851986: 27 wickets271987: 12 wickets121987
Last 20 Test bowling innings
Test innings by wickets
Test runs, innings by innings
0200400600500 runs: 1984-07-26500672197719791981198319851987
Test runs by year
040801201977: 92 runs9219771978: 5 runs51979: 89 runs8919791980: 110 runs1101981: 91 runs9119811982: 13 runs131983: 24 runs2419831984: 136 runs1361985: 49 runs4919851986: 52 runs521987: 11 runs111987
Last 20 Test innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
Test innings by score
How Test innings ended
Caught37 · 54.4%
Bowled8 · 11.8%
LBW7 · 10.3%
Run out2 · 2.9%
Not out14 · 20.6%
Test batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
324.001 inns
4-0 inns
5-0 inns
60.001 inns
7-0 inns
821.506 inns
916.7019 inns
107.3429 inns
1111.0012 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings
112runs
14.00average
45.71strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
30wickets
15.73average
2.71economy
34.73strike rate
5/51best

Test record by situation

complete career
Joel Garner: Test batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Australia182262386014.87--014187
England192022284612.6651144.61005212
New Zealand81127237*8.0015845.5600482
Pakistan81101104310.00--004-3
India4442421*N/A--000-1
All5868146726012.44--0117-15
Joel Garner: Test bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
England19384,4282111,650925/5517.932.2348.1381
Australia18354,1901761,860896/6020.892.6647.0744
New Zealand9162,01387742366/5620.612.2155.9122
Pakistan8151,86066880354/3825.142.8353.1440
India476783630172/4143.002.6696.8500
All5811113,1695765,4332596/5620.972.4750.84187
Joel Garner: Test batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home2831103724617.71--006-7
Away29374300609.0964946.220111258
All5868146726012.44--0117-15
Joel Garner: Test bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home29566,2842642,7481236/6022.342.6251.0883
Away29556,8853122,6851366/5619.742.3350.62104
All5811113,1695765,4332596/5620.972.4750.84187
Joel Garner: Test batting by match innings
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1st innings of the match20203120177.05--004-1
2nd innings of the match373795136018.32--018-14
3rd innings of the match88239116.50--00230
4th innings of the match330000.00--00300
All5868146726012.44--0117-15
Joel Garner: Test bowling by match innings
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1st innings of the match37374,5712051,970996/6019.892.5846.1783
2nd innings of the match21212,5431021,074486/5622.372.5352.9741
3rd innings of the match41414,9792371,919895/5521.562.3155.9443
4th innings of the match12121,07632470234/3620.432.6246.7820
All5811113,1695765,4332596/5620.972.4750.84187
Joel Garner: Test batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 3110242424.006338.0900040
No. 6110000.0020.0000100
No. 85601294621.50--002-3
No. 9151922846016.70--014-7
No. 102829616937*7.34--008142
No. 11111266621*11.00--002-3
All5868146726012.44--0117-15
Joel Garner: Test batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won3033931237*13.00--005-6
Lost510028112.80--00630
Drawn222553326016.60--016-9
All5868146726012.44--0117-15
Joel Garner: Test bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won30606,5572972,7991425/5519.712.5646.17103
Lost591,10942492204/3624.602.6655.4520
Drawn23425,5032372,142976/5622.082.3356.7364
All5811113,1695765,4332596/5620.972.4750.84187
Joel Garner: Test batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1977580924311.50--004-2
197822155*5.00--00100
1979220896044.5012173.5501084
198012151110467.8520254.45004102
1981560914615.1617552.0000180
198223013124.333438.2300101
19834442421*N/A--000-1
19841517513624*11.3336337.4600383
19853324937*49.0010845.3700062
1986551522413.0011744.4400150
198723011113.662642.3000220
All5868146726012.44--0117-15
Joel Garner: Test bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
19775101,31741688254/4827.523.1352.6830
19782437316195134/5615.003.1328.6920
19792459227219114/5519.902.2153.8110
198012222,726139880536/5616.601.9351.4341
19815101,13659399153/3726.602.1075.7300
1982245042617975/5625.572.1372.0001
1983476783630172/4143.002.6696.8500
198415293,6261491,629796/6020.622.6945.8944
19854781837302102/1430.202.2181.8000
198651093730436274/4316.142.7934.7030
19872446216205125/5117.082.6638.5011
All5811113,1695765,4332596/5620.972.4750.84187
Joel Garner: Test batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Queen's Park Oval91041023617.00--003-5
Kensington Oval7831114322.20--002142
Sabina Park671712411.83--001-0
Adelaide Oval342371618.504877.0800031
Melbourne Cricket Ground340442911.009446.8000160
Sydney Cricket Ground240982.254221.4200200
Antigua Recreation Ground330674622.3315443.5000040
Bourda3322116*21.00--000-0
Kennington Oval231624631.0014841.8900071
Lancaster Park23011113.662347.8200220
All5868146726012.44--0117-15
Joel Garner: Test bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Queen's Park Oval9182,08797785376/6021.212.2556.4011
Kensington Oval7141,48666762314/5624.583.0747.9340
Sabina Park6121,15343503223/2222.862.6152.4000
Adelaide Oval3673833301115/5627.362.4467.0901
Antigua Recreation Ground3665122279135/6321.462.5750.0711
Bourda4690736419206/7520.952.7745.3521
Melbourne Cricket Ground3670027308153/3320.532.6446.6600
Brisbane Cricket Ground2461027277104/5527.702.7261.0020
Headingley243662215273/4121.712.4952.2800
Kennington Oval2452022179114/5116.272.0647.2710
Lord's2461227215104/3621.502.1061.2010
Old Trafford2451224183114/5116.632.1446.5410
Lancaster Park23288615774/7922.423.2741.1410
Sydney Cricket Ground233781218042/5245.002.8594.5000
All5811113,1695765,4332596/5620.972.4750.84187

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

Test milestones

Best Test performances

Joel Garner: highest Test scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
608372.2834AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1979-12-01
469946.4661EnglandKennington Oval1980-07-24
469349.4630EnglandAntigua Recreation Ground1981-03-27
43--80PakistanKensington Oval1977-02-18
37*6160.6542New ZealandKensington Oval1985-04-26
36---2PakistanQueen's Park Oval1977-03-04
293876.3150AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1979-12-29
24*24100.0002AustraliaQueen's Park Oval1984-03-16
246338.0940EnglandSabina Park1986-02-21
21*---1IndiaQueen's Park Oval1983-03-11
Joel Garner: best Test bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
6/56218151.54New ZealandEden Park1980-02-29
6/6016992.13AustraliaQueen's Park Oval1984-03-16
6/75164102.74AustraliaBourda1984-03-02
5/5116251.88New ZealandBasin Reserve1987-02-20
5/5514372.30EnglandEdgbaston1984-06-14
5/56210151.60AustraliaAdelaide Oval1982-01-30
5/6312523.02AustraliaAntigua Recreation Ground1984-04-07
4/30205200.87EnglandTrent Bridge1980-06-05
4/3613861.56New ZealandUniversity Oval, Dunedin1980-02-08
4/3614781.46EnglandLord's1980-06-19

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1987-03-12New Zealand0 & 114/79 & 1/3Lancaster ParkNew Zealand won by 5 wickets
1987-02-20New Zealand05/51 & 2/72Basin ReserveMatch drawn
1986-04-11England114/67 & 2/38Antigua Recreation GroundWest Indies won by 240 runs
1986-04-03England5*4/43 & 3/15Queen's Park OvalWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1986-03-21England01/35 & 4/69Kensington OvalWest Indies won by inns & 30 runs
1986-03-07England123/45 & 1/44Queen's Park OvalWest Indies won by 7 wickets
1986-02-21England242/58 & 3/22Sabina ParkWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1985-05-04New Zealand122/37 & 2/41Sabina ParkWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1985-04-26New Zealand37*2/14 & 0/56Kensington OvalWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1985-04-06New Zealanddid not bat2/72BourdaMatch drawn

ODI CAREER · 1977 to 1987

Joel Garner in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

146Wickets
18.84Average
3.09Economy
36.50Strike rate
5/31Best
3Five-fors

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career984115239379.1936066.38005--
Official ODI bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career98985,3301412,7521465/315/3118.843.0936.5023-
Official ODI fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career9898300300.3063 (3ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI wickets, innings by innings
04080120100 wickets: 1985-02-12100146197719791981198319851987
ODI wickets by year
0918271977: 3 wickets319771978: 3 wickets31979: 14 wickets1419791980: 9 wickets91981: 6 wickets619811982: 18 wickets181983: 6 wickets619831984: 26 wickets261985: 35 wickets3519851986: 9 wickets91987: 17 wickets171987
Last 20 ODI bowling innings
ODI innings by wickets
ODI runs, innings by innings
060120180100 runs: 1983-06-09100200 runs: 1987-01-0320023919781980198219841986
ODI runs by year
020401978: 13 runs1319781979: 25 runs251980: 32 runs3219801981: 6 runs61982: 6 runs619821983: 42 runs421984: 30 runs3019841985: 42 runs421986: 3 runs319861987: 40 runs401987
Last 20 ODI innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
ODI innings by score
How ODI innings ended
Caught11 · 26.8%
Bowled2 · 4.9%
LBW2 · 4.9%
Run out10 · 24.4%
Stumped1 · 2.4%
Not out15 · 36.6%
ODI batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
3-0 inns
4-0 inns
5-0 inns
611 inns
71.502 inns
86.257 inns
94.8812 inns
1013.7513 inns
1116.666 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings
44runs
5.50average
75.86strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
10wickets
31.90average
3.28economy
58.20strike rate
3/37best

ODI record by situation

complete career
Joel Garner: ODI batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
England1414457145.7010255.8800321
Australia1212178277.099185.7100132
Pakistan9974121*20.507653.9400100
New Zealand442219*10.504348.83000--
India221423742.004887.5000001
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Australia34341,864421,076545/3119.923.4634.5111
England22221,19820626365/3817.383.1333.2702
Pakistan181898427496243/1720.663.0241.0000
New Zealand121261225264204/1013.202.5830.6010
India663841219562/1132.503.0464.0000
Sri Lanka55246118242/1920.502.0061.5000
Zimbabwe114241322/136.501.8521.0000
All98985,3301412,7521465/3118.843.0936.5023
Joel Garner: ODI batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home55221137.003658.3300010
Away20204103276.4312781.10003-2
Neutral161691153716.4219758.37002--
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home191996426492324/1015.373.0630.1210
Away45452,447621,334645/3120.843.2738.2312
Neutral34341,91953926505/4718.522.8938.3801
All98985,3301412,7521465/3118.843.0936.5023
Joel Garner: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first27278108145.6818757.75004--
Chasing141471313718.7117375.7200124
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first57573,228851,682955/3117.703.1233.9722
Defending a total41412,102561,070515/3820.983.0541.2101
All98985,3301412,7521465/3118.843.0936.5023
Joel Garner: ODI batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 611177*N/A887.5000000
No. 7220331.50650.0000100
No. 877325136.253865.78001-0
No. 912123449*4.889048.88002--
No. 10131351102713.7515670.5100142
No. 11663503716.666280.6400001
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won1818769146.2711957.98003--
Lost232381703711.3324170.53002-4
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won72723,8711071,8851135/3116.682.9234.2522
Lost24241,36330817295/4728.173.5947.0001
Tied116013933/3913.003.9020.0000
No result113631111/1111.001.8336.0000
All98985,3301412,7521465/3118.843.0936.5023
Joel Garner: ODI batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1978110131313.001872.2200010
1979663259*8.335545.45001--
198077332148.003591.42001-0
1981441642.002821.4200100
1982441632.001540.0000100
1983221423742.004887.5000001
19844433021*30.004566.6600000
1985442422721.005971.1800010
1986110333.003100.0000000
198788140185.715474.0700122
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1977115432733/279.003.0018.0000
1978114802933/299.663.6216.0000
1979995827342145/3824.423.5241.5701
1980994901026392/4229.223.2254.4400
198177390921263/2335.333.2665.0000
1982994388213184/4511.832.9124.3310
1983663721218662/1331.003.0062.0000
1984131374220346265/3113.302.7928.5301
198526261,30853633354/1018.082.9037.3710
198644204410893/2212.003.1722.6600
1987131370215393175/4723.113.3541.2901
All98985,3301412,7521465/3118.843.0936.5023
Joel Garner: ODI batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Sydney Cricket Ground99172279.008188.8800023
Melbourne Cricket Ground5513721*9.256358.7300200
Adelaide Oval33287*8.001747.0500100
Lord's33155*2.502420.8300200
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Melbourne Cricket Ground171790025469255/3118.763.1236.0001
Sydney Cricket Ground171796623548263/1721.073.4037.1500
Adelaide Oval663411215263/1725.332.6756.8300
Brisbane Cricket Ground662884165114/4515.003.4326.1810
Queen's Park Oval662928163124/1013.583.3424.3310
WACA Ground6630010130135/4710.002.6023.0701
Albion44192711353/2722.603.5338.4000
Lord's44267812075/3817.142.6938.1401
All98985,3301412,7521465/3118.843.0936.5023
Joel Garner: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first27278108145.6818757.75004--
Chasing141471313718.7117375.7200124
All984115239379.1936066.38005--
Joel Garner: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first57573,228851,682955/3117.703.1233.9722
Defending a total41412,102561,070515/3820.983.0541.2101
All98985,3301412,7521465/3118.843.0936.5023

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

ODI milestones

Best ODI performances

Joel Garner: highest ODI scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
3729127.5801IndiaOld Trafford1983-06-09
273187.0910AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1985-02-06
21*2972.4100PakistanMelbourne Cricket Ground1984-01-12
188225.0012AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1987-01-28
1410140.0020EnglandHeadingley1980-05-28
131872.2210AustraliaAntigua Recreation Ground1978-02-22
132650.0000PakistanMelbourne Cricket Ground1985-03-06
9*2536.00--New ZealandTrent Bridge1979-06-16
8*1361.5301EnglandSydney Cricket Ground1979-11-28
7*887.5000EnglandAdelaide Oval1980-01-16
Joel Garner: best ODI bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
5/316013.10AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1984-02-12
5/386603.45EnglandLord's1979-06-23
5/476004.70EnglandWACA Ground1987-01-03
4/103611.66New ZealandQueen's Park Oval1985-04-17
4/455405.00AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1982-01-17
3/176011.70PakistanSydney Cricket Ground1982-01-12
3/176031.70AustraliaAdelaide Oval1985-01-27
3/184812.25EnglandOld Trafford1984-05-31
3/196011.90PakistanBrisbane Cricket Ground1982-01-16
3/225412.44EnglandQueen's Park Oval1986-03-31

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1987-03-28New Zealanddid not bat1/33Lancaster ParkWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1987-03-21New Zealanddid not bat1/18Eden ParkWest Indies won by 6 wickets
1987-03-18New Zealand61/18University Oval, DunedinWest Indies won by 95 runs
1987-02-06Australia61/37Sydney Cricket GroundAustralia won by 2 wickets
1987-02-03England40/30DevonportEngland won by 29 runs
1987-01-30Englanddid not bat3/37Melbourne Cricket GroundWest Indies won by 6 wickets
1987-01-28Australia181/32Sydney Cricket GroundAustralia won by 36 runs
1987-01-25Australiadid not bat1/36Adelaide OvalWest Indies won by 16 runs
1987-01-24England00/31Adelaide OvalEngland won by 89 runs
1987-01-20Australiadid not bat1/47Melbourne Cricket GroundWest Indies won by 7 wickets