How many Test runs has Jim Laker scored?

Jim Laker has 676 runs in 63 Test innings from 46 matches at an average of 14.08. Highest score: 63.

What is Jim Laker's Test batting average?

Jim Laker's Test batting average is 14.08, from 676 runs and 63 innings.

How many Test wickets has Jim Laker taken?

Jim Laker has taken 193 wickets in Test from 46 matches at a bowling average of 21.24. Best innings: 10/53.

Which teams has Jim Laker played international cricket for?

Jim Laker is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Jim Laker play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1948 to 1959. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Jim Laker

Bowler · 1948 to 1959 · 46 internationals

England

Test46 matches

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46Internationals

676Runs

0Hundreds

193Wickets

12Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	0	2	6	-	2

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	19/90	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9	3

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	46	91	12	0	12	0.131	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Jim Laker: Test stats

Test

46 matches · 1948-1959

193wickets

Matches: 46
Average: 21.24
Economy: 2.04
Strike rate: 62.31
Best innings: 10/53
Five-fors: 9

676 runs · batting average 14.08

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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	63	63	86	86	1948-01-21	1959-02-13	Complete

Questions fans ask about Jim Laker

How many Test runs has Jim Laker scored?: Jim Laker has 676 runs in 63 Test innings from 46 matches at an average of 14.08. Highest score: 63.
What is Jim Laker's Test batting average?: Jim Laker's Test batting average is 14.08, from 676 runs and 63 innings.
How many Test wickets has Jim Laker taken?: Jim Laker has taken 193 wickets in Test from 46 matches at a bowling average of 21.24. Best innings: 10/53.
Which teams has Jim Laker played international cricket for?: Jim Laker is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Jim Laker play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1948 to 1959. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1959-02-13	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1959-01-09	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1958-12-31	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-12-05	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-08-21	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1958-07-03	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by inns & 71 runs
1958-06-19	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by inns & 148 runs
1958-06-05	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 205 runs
1957-08-22	England v West Indies	Test	England won by inns & 237 runs
1957-07-25	England v West Indies	Test	England won by inns & 5 runs
1957-07-04	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1957-05-30	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1948 to 1959

Jim Laker in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

193Wickets

21.24Average

2.04Economy

62.31Strike rate

10/53Best

9Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	0	2	6	-	2

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	19/90	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9	3

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	46	91	12	0	12	0.131	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

Caught30 · 47.6%

Bowled14 · 22.2%

LBW3 · 4.8%

Run out1 · 1.6%

Not out15 · 23.8%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

524.001 inns

6-0 inns

719.002 inns

810.8510 inns

916.8831 inns

108.5417 inns

117.002 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

89runs

12.71average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

20wickets

20.70average

1.72economy

72.10strike rate

5/107best

Test record by situation

complete career

Jim Laker: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	15	23	4	277	63	14.57	-	-	1	1	-	0
West Indies	12	17	3	215	55	15.35	-	-	1	1	-	1
South Africa	8	14	4	100	27	10.00	-	-	0	2	-	0
India	4	4	2	44	23*	22.00	-	-	0	1	-	0
New Zealand	4	4	1	27	15	9.00	-	-	0	1	-	1
Pakistan	1	1	1	13	13*	N/A	-	-	0	0	-	0
All	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	2	6	-	2

Jim Laker: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Australia	15	28	4,010	204	1,444	79	10/53	18.27	2.16	50.75	5	5
West Indies	13	24	4,111	240	1,551	51	7/103	30.41	2.26	80.60	3	1
South Africa	8	16	2,191	107	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.46	1	2
New Zealand	5	10	978	73	262	21	5/17	12.47	1.60	46.57	2	1
India	4	6	543	33	189	8	4/39	23.62	2.08	67.87	2	0
Pakistan	1	2	194	17	39	2	1/17	19.50	1.20	97.00	0	0
All	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9

Jim Laker: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	27	35	8	421	63	15.59	-	-	1	3	-	1
Away	17	28	7	255	55	12.14	-	-	1	3	-	1
All	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	2	6	-	2

Jim Laker: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	29	55	7,397	472	2,442	135	10/53	18.08	1.98	54.79	10	7
Away	17	31	4,630	202	1,659	58	7/103	28.60	2.14	79.82	3	2
All	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9

Jim Laker: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	25	25	6	266	63	14.00	-	-	2	3	-	2
2nd innings of the match	19	19	3	198	28	12.37	-	-	0	1	-	0
3rd innings of the match	13	13	4	187	48	20.77	-	-	0	0	-	0
4th innings of the match	6	6	2	25	13*	6.25	-	-	0	2	3	0
All	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	2	6	-	2

Jim Laker: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	20	20	2,583	118	955	40	7/103	23.87	2.21	64.57	3	2
2nd innings of the match	26	26	4,245	204	1,529	66	9/37	23.16	2.16	64.31	6	3
3rd innings of the match	24	24	3,628	237	1,202	61	10/53	19.70	1.98	59.47	4	3
4th innings of the match	16	16	1,571	115	415	26	5/56	15.96	1.58	60.42	0	1
All	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9

Jim Laker: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 5	1	1	0	24	24	24.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 7	1	2	1	19	13*	19.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 8	9	10	3	76	27	10.85	-	-	0	2	-	0
No. 9	21	31	4	456	63	16.88	-	-	2	3	-	1
No. 10	13	17	6	94	15*	8.54	-	-	0	1	-	1
No. 11	1	2	1	7	5*	7.00	31	22.58	0	0	0	0
All	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	2	6	-	2

Jim Laker: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	18	22	5	213	40	12.52	-	-	0	3	-	2
Lost	12	24	5	250	63	13.15	-	-	1	2	-	0
Drawn	14	17	5	213	55	17.75	-	-	1	1	-	0
All	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	2	6	-	2

Jim Laker: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	19	37	4,858	323	1,379	101	10/53	13.65	1.70	48.09	6	7
Lost	12	22	3,002	113	1,260	35	4/81	36.00	2.51	85.77	3	0
Drawn	15	27	4,167	238	1,462	57	7/103	25.64	2.10	73.10	4	2
All	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9

Jim Laker: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1948	7	13	2	223	63	20.27	-	-	2	1	-	0
1949	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	0	1	0	0
1950	1	2	0	44	40	22.00	-	-	0	0	6	0
1951	2	3	1	46	27	23.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
1952	4	4	2	44	23*	22.00	-	-	0	1	-	0
1953	3	4	0	64	48	16.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
1954	5	6	2	57	27	14.25	-	-	0	1	-	1
1955	1	2	0	14	12	7.00	-	-	0	0	1	0
1956	6	8	2	40	12	6.66	-	-	0	1	3	0
1957	7	10	3	55	17	7.85	-	-	0	1	2	0
1958	5	7	2	80	22*	16.00	-	-	0	0	-	1
1959	2	3	1	9	5*	4.50	35	25.71	0	0	0	0
All	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	2	6	-	2

Jim Laker: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1948	7	12	2,052	90	1,020	27	7/103	37.77	2.98	76.00	1	1
1949	1	2	192	6	89	4	4/78	22.25	2.78	48.00	1	0
1950	1	2	186	9	86	1	1/43	86.00	2.77	186.00	0	0
1951	2	4	666	30	208	14	6/55	14.85	1.87	47.57	1	1
1952	4	6	543	33	189	8	4/39	23.62	2.08	67.87	2	0
1953	3	6	353	11	212	9	4/75	23.55	3.60	39.22	1	0
1954	5	9	1,521	101	508	16	4/71	31.75	2.00	95.06	2	0
1955	1	2	364	31	84	7	5/56	12.00	1.38	52.00	0	1
1956	6	12	1,887	138	480	48	10/53	10.00	1.52	39.31	2	4
1957	8	16	2,455	134	734	27	4/119	27.18	1.79	90.92	1	0
1958	6	12	1,131	75	281	21	5/17	13.38	1.49	53.85	1	1
1959	2	3	677	16	210	11	5/107	19.09	1.86	61.54	1	1
All	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9

Jim Laker: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Kennington Oval	8	10	3	69	15	9.85	-	-	0	1	-	0
Headingley	5	7	1	98	48	16.33	-	-	0	0	-	0
Lord's	5	7	2	81	28	16.20	-	-	0	1	-	0
Old Trafford	5	6	0	79	40	13.16	-	-	0	1	11	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	2	32	22*	16.00	126	25.39	0	0	0	0
The Wanderers Stadium	2	4	1	25	17	8.33	-	-	0	1	0	0
Bourda	2	3	0	43	27	14.33	-	-	0	0	-	1
Kensington Oval	2	3	0	3	2	1.00	-	-	0	1	0	0
Queen's Park Oval	2	3	1	86	55	43.00	-	-	1	0	-	0
Sabina Park	2	3	1	21	9	10.50	-	-	0	0	-	0
Trent Bridge	2	3	1	76	63	38.00	-	-	1	0	7	0
All	46	63	15	676	63	14.08	-	-	2	6	-	2

Jim Laker: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Kennington Oval	8	15	1,833	114	638	40	6/55	15.95	2.08	45.82	4	2
Headingley	6	12	1,562	103	509	30	6/55	16.96	1.95	52.06	1	3
Lord's	5	10	1,097	73	391	16	4/13	24.43	2.13	68.56	2	0
Old Trafford	5	9	1,038	54	325	27	10/53	12.03	1.87	38.44	0	2
Trent Bridge	3	5	1,315	85	424	14	4/58	30.28	1.93	93.92	2	0
Bourda	2	4	612	41	216	8	2/32	27.00	2.11	76.50	0	0
Edgbaston	2	4	552	43	155	8	4/119	19.37	1.68	69.00	1	0
Kensington Oval	2	4	763	40	341	13	7/103	26.23	2.68	58.69	1	1
Sabina Park	2	4	556	33	198	7	4/71	28.28	2.13	79.42	1	0
The Wanderers Stadium	2	4	360	15	113	4	1/5	28.25	1.88	90.00	0	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	373	6	147	5	4/93	29.40	2.36	74.60	1	0
All	46	86	12,027	674	4,101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9

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

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 9

Best Test performances

Jim Laker: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
63	97	64.94	6	0	Australia	Trent Bridge	1948-06-10
55	-	-	7	0	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1948-02-11
48	-	-	6	0	Australia	Headingley	1953-07-23
40	-	-	5	0	West Indies	Old Trafford	1950-06-08
28	-	-	-	0	Australia	Lord's	1948-06-24
27	-	-	4	0	South Africa	Old Trafford	1951-07-05
27	-	-	-	1	West Indies	Bourda	1954-02-24
24	-	-	-	0	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1948-02-11
23*	-	-	-	0	India	Lord's	1952-06-19
22*	85	25.88	0	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1958-12-31

Jim Laker: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
10/53	308	23	1.03	Australia	Old Trafford	1956-07-26
9/37	100	4	2.22	Australia	Old Trafford	1956-07-26
7/103	222	9	2.78	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1948-01-21
6/55	168	8	1.96	South Africa	Kennington Oval	1951-08-16
6/55	249	21	1.32	Australia	Headingley	1956-07-12
5/17	132	11	0.77	New Zealand	Headingley	1958-07-03
5/56	226	18	1.48	South Africa	Kennington Oval	1955-08-13
5/58	174	10	2.00	Australia	Headingley	1956-07-12
5/107	368	9	1.74	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1959-01-09
4/13	72	6	1.08	New Zealand	Lord's	1958-06-19

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1959-02-13	Australia	2 & 5*	4/93	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 9 wickets
1959-01-09	Australia	2	5/107 & 2/10	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1958-12-31	Australia	22* & 3	0/47 & 1/7	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-12-05	Australia	13 & 15	2/15 & 1/39	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-08-21	New Zealand	15	1/44 & 1/25	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1958-07-03	New Zealand	did not bat	5/17 & 3/27	Headingley	England won by inns & 71 runs
1958-06-19	New Zealand	1	4/13 & 1/24	Lord's	England won by inns & 148 runs
1958-06-05	New Zealand	11*	1/9 & 1/14	Edgbaston	England won by 205 runs
1957-08-22	West Indies	10*	3/39 & 2/38	Kennington Oval	England won by inns & 237 runs
1957-07-25	West Indies	1	2/24 & 1/16	Headingley	England won by inns & 5 runs