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Jack Alabaster

Bowler · 1955 to 1972 · 21 internationals

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21Internationals
272Runs
0Hundreds
49Wickets
7Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR100s50s0s4s6s
Test21346272349.71--002-0
Bowling career records by format
FormatMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Test21323,9921781,863494/468/18038.022.8081.46400
Fielding career records by format
FormatMatInnsCtStDisDis/innsBest
Test21357070.2001 (1ct 0st)

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

Jack Alabaster: Test stats

Test

21 matches · 1955-1972

49wickets
Matches
21
Average
38.02
Economy
2.80
Strike rate
81.46
Best innings
4/46
Five-fors
0

272 runs · batting average 9.71

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Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
FormatOfficial bat innsIn scorecardsOfficial bowl innsIn scorecardsFirstLatestCoverage
Test343432321955-10-131972-03-09Complete

Questions fans ask about Jack Alabaster

How many Test runs has Jack Alabaster scored?
Jack Alabaster has 272 runs in 34 Test innings from 21 matches at an average of 9.71. Highest score: 34.
What is Jack Alabaster's Test batting average?
Jack Alabaster's Test batting average is 9.71, from 272 runs and 34 innings.
How many Test wickets has Jack Alabaster taken?
Jack Alabaster has taken 49 wickets in Test from 21 matches at a bowling average of 38.02. Best innings: 4/46.
Which teams has Jack Alabaster played international cricket for?
Jack Alabaster is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.
When did Jack Alabaster play international cricket?
This career snapshot covers 1955 to 1972. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
DateMatchFormatResult
1972-03-09New Zealand v West IndiesTestMatch drawn
1972-02-16New Zealand v West IndiesTestMatch drawn
1968-03-07India v New ZealandTestIndia won by 272 runs
1968-02-29India v New ZealandTestIndia won by 8 wickets
1968-02-22India v New ZealandTestNew Zealand won by 6 wickets
1968-02-15India v New ZealandTestIndia won by 5 wickets
1963-03-15England v New ZealandTestEngland won by 7 wickets
1963-02-23England v New ZealandTestEngland won by inns & 215 runs
1962-02-16New Zealand v South AfricaTestNew Zealand won by 40 runs
1962-02-02New Zealand v South AfricaTestSouth Africa won by inns & 51 runs
1962-01-01New Zealand v South AfricaTestNew Zealand won by 72 runs
1961-12-26New Zealand v South AfricaTestMatch drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1955 to 1972

Jack Alabaster in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

49Wickets
38.02Average
2.80Economy
81.46Strike rate
4/46Best
0Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career21346272349.71--002-0
Official Test bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career21323,9921781,863494/468/18038.022.8081.46400
Official Test fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career21357070.2001 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings
0204025 wickets: 1962-02-0225491955195819621968
Test wickets by year
048121955: 2 wickets19551956: 2 wickets1957: 0 wickets1958: 5 wickets19581959: 0 wickets1960: 0 wickets1961: 7 wickets19611962: 15 wickets1963: 5 wickets1964: 0 wickets19641965: 0 wickets1966: 0 wickets1967: 0 wickets19671968: 12 wickets1969: 0 wickets1970: 0 wickets19701971: 0 wickets1972: 1 wickets1972
Last 20 Test bowling innings
Test innings by wickets
Test runs, innings by innings
070140210250 runs: 1968-03-072502721955195819621968
Test runs by year
02040601955: 71 runs19551956: 6 runs1957: 0 runs1958: 25 runs19581959: 0 runs1960: 0 runs1961: 27 runs19611962: 41 runs1963: 23 runs1964: 0 runs19641965: 0 runs1966: 0 runs1967: 0 runs19671968: 59 runs1969: 0 runs1970: 0 runs19701971: 0 runs1972: 20 runs1972
Last 20 Test innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
Test innings by score
How Test innings ended
Caught17 · 50.0%
Bowled7 · 20.6%
LBW3 · 8.8%
Stumped1 · 2.9%
Not out6 · 17.6%
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
86.754 inns
910.577 inns
109.7319 inns
1112.504 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings
80runs
13.33average
-strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
10wickets
48.00average
2.79economy
103.20strike rate
3/48best

Test record by situation

complete career
Jack Alabaster: Test batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
India71141083415.42--000-0
South Africa59068247.55--000-0
England4814820*6.85--002-0
West Indies34126188.66--000-0
Pakistan120221411.00--000-0
All21346272349.71--002-0
Jack Alabaster: Test bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
India8131,56366711143/4850.782.72111.6400
South Africa581,34760617224/5928.042.7461.2230
England4673434361104/4636.102.9573.4010
West Indies353481817432/458.003.00116.0000
All21323,9921781,863494/4638.022.8081.4640
Jack Alabaster: Test batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home7136883412.57--001-0
Away13210184248.76--001-0
All21346272349.71--002-0
Jack Alabaster: Test bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home7131,37763626193/4832.942.7272.4700
Away13192,6151151,237304/4641.232.8387.1640
All21323,9921781,863494/4638.022.8081.4640
Jack Alabaster: Test batting by match innings
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1st innings of the match101031183416.85--000-0
2nd innings of the match1010083188.30--001-0
3rd innings of the match111125213*5.77--001-0
4th innings of the match33119119.50--000-0
All21346272349.71--002-0
Jack Alabaster: Test bowling by match innings
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1st innings of the match10101,17733661134/4650.843.3690.5320
2nd innings of the match10101,24653625164/6139.063.0077.8710
3rd innings of the match556723724063/3640.002.14112.0000
4th innings of the match7789755337144/11924.072.2564.0710
All21323,9921781,863494/4638.022.8081.4640
Jack Alabaster: Test batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 824027146.75--001-0
No. 9470742410.57--000-0
No. 1012194146349.73--001-0
No. 11342251812.50--000-0
All21346272349.71--002-0
Jack Alabaster: Test batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won47143247.16--000-0
Lost11225163349.58--002-0
Drawn550661813.20--000-0
All21346272349.71--002-0
Jack Alabaster: Test bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won481,21671448164/6128.002.2176.0020
Lost10161,87971965304/4632.163.0862.6320
Drawn688973645032/8150.003.01299.0000
All21323,9921781,863494/4638.022.8081.4640
Jack Alabaster: Test batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1955460711811.83--000-0
1956121656.00--000-0
195824025116.25--001-0
196123027179.00--000-0
196236041246.83--000-0
19632412320*7.66--00130
1968474593419.66--000-0
1972220201810.00--00020
All21346272349.71--002-0
Jack Alabaster: Test bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1955456872532922/8164.502.87343.5000
1956124851022/45.001.2524.0000
1958232811712754/4625.402.7156.2010
1961232691013574/5919.283.0138.4210
1962351,07850482154/6132.132.6871.8620
1963234531723452/4746.803.0990.6000
19684887641382123/4831.832.6173.0000
1972233001316411/5164.003.28300.0000
All21323,9921781,863494/4638.022.8081.4640
Jack Alabaster: Test batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Eden Park3621463.50--001-0
Lancaster Park2312220*11.00--00030
The Wanderers Stadium23022177.33--000-0
All21346272349.71--002-0
Jack Alabaster: Test bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Eden Park354981523752/447.402.8599.6000
Lancaster Park244893120362/4733.832.4981.5000
All21323,9921781,863494/4638.022.8081.4640

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

Best Test performances

Jack Alabaster: highest Test scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
34--60IndiaUniversity Oval, Dunedin1968-02-15
24---0South AfricaSt George's Park1962-02-16
20*--30EnglandLancaster Park1963-03-15
18---0IndiaEden Gardens1955-12-28
18--20West IndiesQueen's Park Oval1972-03-09
17---0South AfricaThe Wanderers Stadium1961-12-26
16---0IndiaBrabourne Stadium1955-12-02
14---0PakistanNational Stadium, Karachi1955-10-13
13*---0IndiaUniversity Oval, Dunedin1968-02-15
11---0IndiaHyderabad (Deccan)1955-11-19
Jack Alabaster: best Test bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
4/469542.90EnglandEdgbaston1958-06-05
4/5910723.30South AfricaKingsmead1961-12-08
4/6112642.90South AfricaNewlands1962-01-01
4/119300122.38South AfricaNewlands1962-01-01
3/3610262.11South AfricaKingsmead1961-12-08
3/4813292.18IndiaUniversity Oval, Dunedin1968-02-15
3/6614462.75IndiaUniversity Oval, Dunedin1968-02-15
3/14318644.61South AfricaThe Wanderers Stadium1962-02-02
2/43040.80West IndiesEden Park1956-03-09
2/81503.20IndiaEden Gardens1955-12-28

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1972-03-09West Indies180/49 & 1/5Queen's Park OvalMatch drawn
1972-02-16West Indies20/110Sabina ParkMatch drawn
1968-03-07India6 & 0*1/41 & 1/56Eden ParkIndia won by 272 runs
1968-02-29India3* & 2*2/64 & 0/8Basin ReserveIndia won by 8 wickets
1968-02-22India10/36 & 2/63Lancaster ParkNew Zealand won by 6 wickets
1968-02-15India34 & 13*3/66 & 3/48University Oval, DunedinIndia won by 5 wickets
1963-03-15England20* & 12/47 & 2/57Lancaster ParkEngland won by 7 wickets
1963-02-23England2 & 01/130Eden ParkEngland won by inns & 215 runs
1962-02-16South Africa24 & 72/63 & 2/96St George's ParkNew Zealand won by 40 runs
1962-02-02South Africa2 & 33/143The Wanderers StadiumSouth Africa won by inns & 51 runs