How many Test runs has John Wright scored?

John Wright has 5,334 runs in 148 Test innings from 82 matches at an average of 37.82. Highest score: 185.

What is John Wright's Test batting average?

John Wright's Test batting average is 37.82, from 5,334 runs and 148 innings.

How many ODI runs has John Wright scored?

John Wright has 3,891 runs in 148 ODI innings from 149 matches at an average of 26.46 and a strike rate of 57.18. Highest score: 101.

What is John Wright's ODI batting average?

John Wright's ODI batting average is 26.46, from 3,891 runs and 148 innings.

How many international centuries does John Wright have?

John Wright has 13 international hundreds: 12 in Test; 1 in ODI.

Which teams has John Wright played international cricket for?

John Wright is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.

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John Wright

Top-order batter · 1978 to 1993 · 231 internationals

New Zealand

Test82 matches ODI149 matches

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231Internationals

9,225Runs

13Hundreds

0Wickets

89Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10
ODI	149	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	82	3	30	1	5	0	-	-	N/A	1.00	N/A	0	0	0
ODI	149	3	24	1	8	0	-	-	N/A	2.00	N/A	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	82	145	38	0	38	0.262	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	149	147	51	0	51	0.346	2 (2ct 0st)

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

John Wright: Test and ODI stats

Test

82 matches · 1978-1993

5,334runs

Matches: 82
Average: 37.82
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 12
Highest: 185
Fifties: 23

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ODI

149 matches · 1978-1992

3,891runs

Matches: 149
Average: 26.46
Strike rate: 57.18
Hundreds: 1
Highest: 101
Fifties: 24

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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	148	148	3	3	1978-02-10	1993-03-12	Complete
ODI	148	148	3	3	1978-07-15	1992-12-12	Complete

Questions fans ask about John Wright

How many Test runs has John Wright scored?: John Wright has 5,334 runs in 148 Test innings from 82 matches at an average of 37.82. Highest score: 185.
What is John Wright's Test batting average?: John Wright's Test batting average is 37.82, from 5,334 runs and 148 innings.
How many ODI runs has John Wright scored?: John Wright has 3,891 runs in 148 ODI innings from 149 matches at an average of 26.46 and a strike rate of 57.18. Highest score: 101.
What is John Wright's ODI batting average?: John Wright's ODI batting average is 26.46, from 3,891 runs and 148 innings.
How many international centuries does John Wright have?: John Wright has 13 international hundreds: 12 in Test; 1 in ODI.
Which teams has John Wright played international cricket for?: John Wright is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1993-03-12	Australia v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1993-03-04	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1993-02-25	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by inns & 60 runs
1992-12-12	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
1992-12-06	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
1992-12-04	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1992-11-27	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1992-03-21	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1992-03-15	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1992-02-25	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1992-02-22	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 37 runs
1992-02-15	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 71 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1978 to 1993

John Wright in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

5,334Runs

37.82Average

-Strike rate

12Hundreds

23Fifties

185Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	82	3	30	1	5	0	-	-	N/A	1.00	N/A	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	82	145	38	0	38	0.262	3 (3ct 0st)

Test career in charts

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

Caught102 · 68.9%

Bowled21 · 14.2%

LBW12 · 8.1%

Run out4 · 2.7%

Stumped2 · 1.4%

Not out7 · 4.7%

Test batting position: average and innings

133.3274 inns

243.1970 inns

313.502 inns

41.001 inns

5-0 inns

611 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

370runs

41.11average

26.54strike rate

250s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

John Wright: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
England	23	43	2	1,518	130	37.02	4,354	34.86	4	7	6	189	1
Australia	19	36	3	1,277	141	38.69	3,845	33.21	2	4	0	148	1
Pakistan	11	19	0	576	107	30.31	-	-	1	3	0	-	3
West Indies	10	18	0	535	138	29.72	1,526	35.05	1	3	1	57	0
Sri Lanka	10	17	0	624	101	36.70	1,666	37.45	1	3	0	68	1
India	9	15	2	804	185	61.84	2,279	35.27	3	3	0	94	4
All	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

John Wright: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	46	81	6	3,140	185	41.86	-	-	10	11	3	-	6
Away	35	65	1	2,154	119	33.65	5,911	36.44	2	12	4	235	4
Neutral	1	2	0	40	22	20.00	72	55.55	0	0	0	7	0
All	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

John Wright: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	36	36	0	1,464	185	40.66	-	-	4	5	1	159	0
2nd innings of the match	46	46	1	1,689	116	37.53	-	-	4	8	2	207	6
3rd innings of the match	39	39	3	1,447	141	40.19	-	-	3	7	0	-	2
4th innings of the match	27	27	3	734	117*	30.58	-	-	1	3	4	-	2
All	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

John Wright: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	42	74	3	2,366	138	33.32	-	-	6	9	4	-	4
No. 2	41	70	3	2,894	185	43.19	-	-	6	14	3	352	6
No. 3	2	2	0	27	14	13.50	62	43.54	0	0	0	3	0
No. 4	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	7	14.28	0	0	0	0	0
No. 6	1	1	1	46	46*	N/A	171	26.90	0	0	0	7	0
All	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

John Wright: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	21	35	1	1,253	185	36.85	3,474	36.06	2	6	0	147	3
Lost	23	46	0	1,365	141	29.67	-	-	1	9	4	-	2
Drawn	38	67	6	2,716	138	44.52	-	-	9	8	3	-	5
All	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

John Wright: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1978	5	10	0	223	62	22.30	859	25.96	0	2	1	18	0
1979	3	5	0	178	88	35.60	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
1980	6	11	0	174	44	15.81	633	27.48	0	0	0	14	0
1981	3	5	1	201	110	50.25	738	27.23	1	0	0	19	1
1982	3	5	0	200	141	40.00	514	38.91	1	0	0	32	0
1983	5	8	0	257	93	32.12	580	44.31	0	2	1	35	0
1984	9	15	1	566	130	40.42	1,346	42.05	2	1	0	73	2
1985	10	17	0	516	66	30.35	1,457	35.41	0	3	1	53	1
1986	5	10	2	320	119	40.00	929	34.44	1	3	2	35	1
1987	6	12	0	487	138	40.58	1,339	36.37	1	2	0	49	0
1988	6	11	0	449	103	40.81	1,361	32.99	1	2	0	58	1
1989	3	6	0	101	36	16.83	338	29.88	0	0	0	12	0
1990	7	11	2	705	185	78.33	1,647	42.80	3	2	0	91	3
1991	3	6	0	329	101	54.83	651	50.53	1	2	0	43	1
1992	5	10	0	391	116	39.10	1,352	28.92	1	2	2	47	0
1993	3	6	1	237	72	47.40	875	27.08	0	1	0	30	0
All	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

John Wright: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Eden Park	15	29	2	1,060	130	39.25	-	-	3	5	1	-	3
Basin Reserve	13	23	2	1,005	138	47.85	2,985	33.66	3	4	1	114	1
Lancaster Park	13	21	1	687	185	34.35	-	-	2	1	1	-	0
Lord's	4	7	0	150	98	21.42	414	36.23	0	1	2	23	0
Kennington Oval	3	6	1	301	119	60.20	758	39.70	1	2	1	29	0
WACA Ground	3	6	0	105	35	17.50	405	25.92	0	0	0	9	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	3	5	0	129	46	25.80	360	35.83	0	0	0	13	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	0	190	99	47.50	443	42.88	0	1	0	18	0
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2	4	0	148	50	37.00	480	30.83	0	1	0	14	0
Trent Bridge	2	4	0	74	58	18.50	197	37.56	0	1	0	8	1
University Oval, Dunedin	2	4	0	65	32	16.25	162	40.12	0	0	0	7	1
All	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	-	12	23	7	-	10

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 12

Best Test performances

John Wright: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
185	443	41.76	23	0	India	Lancaster Park	1990-02-02
141	262	53.81	26	0	Australia	Lancaster Park	1982-03-19
138	465	29.67	14	0	West Indies	Basin Reserve	1987-02-20
130	297	43.77	24	0	England	Eden Park	1984-02-10
119	343	34.69	9	0	England	Kennington Oval	1986-08-21
117*	197	59.39	17	1	Australia	Basin Reserve	1990-03-15
116	334	34.73	15	0	England	Basin Reserve	1992-02-06
113*	208	54.32	12	1	India	McLean Park	1990-02-09
110	434	25.34	10	1	India	Eden Park	1981-03-13
107	200	53.50	17	1	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1984-12-10

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1993-03-12	Australia	33 & 33	-	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1993-03-04	Australia	72 & 46*	-	Basin Reserve	Match drawn
1993-02-25	Australia	39 & 14	-	Lancaster Park	Australia won by inns & 60 runs
1992-12-06	Sri Lanka	30 & 50	-	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
1992-11-27	Sri Lanka	11 & 42	-	Moratuwa	Match drawn
1992-02-06	England	116 & 0	-	Basin Reserve	Match drawn
1992-01-30	England	15 & 0	-	Eden Park	England won by 168 runs
1992-01-18	England	28 & 99	-	Lancaster Park	England won by inns & 4 runs
1991-03-01	Sri Lanka	84 & 20	-	Eden Park	Match drawn
1991-02-22	Sri Lanka	21 & 101	-	Seddon Park	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1978 to 1992

John Wright in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

3,891Runs

26.46Average

57.18Strike rate

1Hundreds

24Fifties

101Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	149	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	149	3	24	1	8	0	-	-	N/A	2.00	N/A	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	149	147	51	0	51	0.346	2 (2ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI runs, innings by innings

ODI runs by year

Last 20 ODI innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

ODI innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How ODI innings ended

Caught97 · 65.5%

Bowled25 · 16.9%

LBW3 · 2.0%

Run out14 · 9.5%

Stumped7 · 4.7%

Other dismissal1 · 0.7%

Not out1 · 0.7%

ODI batting position: average and innings

127.6681 inns

225.7554 inns

316.427 inns

440.004 inns

56.002 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

157runs

15.70average

58.36strike rate

150s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

John Wright: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	42	42	0	1,109	84	26.40	2,072	53.52	0	9	3	83	5
England	30	30	0	930	101	31.00	1,545	60.19	1	6	0	111	3
Sri Lanka	24	24	0	588	64	24.50	966	60.86	0	3	2	66	3
India	21	21	1	560	70	28.00	955	58.63	0	2	1	-	-
Pakistan	17	17	0	412	65	24.23	714	57.70	0	3	1	37	2
West Indies	11	11	0	169	45	15.36	382	44.24	0	0	2	-	-
Zimbabwe	2	2	0	30	18	15.00	72	41.66	0	0	0	2	0
Bangladesh	1	1	0	93	93	93.00	98	94.89	0	1	0	8	0
All	148	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

John Wright: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	42	42	0	1,136	101	27.04	1,875	60.58	1	5	3	-	-
Away	61	61	0	1,565	84	25.65	2,960	52.87	0	12	2	138	4
Neutral	45	45	1	1,190	93	27.04	1,969	60.43	0	7	4	-	-
All	148	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

John Wright: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	82	82	0	1,986	93	24.21	3,583	55.42	0	14	5	-	-
Chasing	66	66	1	1,905	101	29.30	3,221	59.14	1	10	4	-	-
All	148	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

John Wright: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	81	81	1	2,213	101	27.66	3,919	56.46	1	14	6	-	-
No. 2	54	54	0	1,391	93	25.75	2,427	57.31	0	9	3	-	-
No. 3	7	7	0	115	45	16.42	219	52.51	0	0	0	13	1
No. 4	4	4	0	160	61	40.00	212	75.47	0	1	0	15	3
No. 5	2	2	0	12	6	6.00	27	44.44	0	0	0	0	0
All	148	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

John Wright: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	67	67	1	2,126	101	32.21	3,516	60.46	1	14	3	-	-
Lost	77	77	0	1,723	70	22.37	3,167	54.40	0	10	6	-	-
No result	4	4	0	42	22	10.50	121	34.71	0	0	0	2	0
All	148	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

John Wright: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1978	2	2	0	48	30	24.00	100	48.00	0	0	0	4	0
1979	4	4	0	166	69	41.50	332	50.00	0	1	0	-	-
1980	6	6	0	201	60	33.50	417	48.20	0	2	0	15	1
1981	10	10	1	378	81	42.00	669	56.50	0	3	0	-	-
1982	3	3	0	23	18	7.66	82	28.04	0	0	1	3	0
1983	22	22	0	598	84	27.18	991	60.34	0	3	1	66	2
1984	11	11	0	166	55	15.09	307	54.07	0	1	0	14	0
1985	12	12	0	187	65	15.58	364	51.37	0	1	3	16	1
1986	15	15	0	320	61	21.33	649	49.30	0	1	0	27	2
1987	7	7	0	252	61	36.00	406	62.06	0	1	0	17	2
1988	21	21	0	742	101	35.33	1,159	64.02	1	4	1	77	4
1989	5	5	0	102	59	20.40	167	61.07	0	1	1	10	1
1990	16	16	0	465	93	29.06	717	64.85	0	4	1	52	1
1991	6	6	0	122	64	20.33	219	55.70	0	1	0	16	0
1992	8	8	0	121	57	15.12	225	53.77	0	1	1	14	1
All	148	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

John Wright: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sydney Cricket Ground	17	17	0	427	81	25.11	873	48.91	0	3	1	29	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	15	15	1	461	84	32.92	830	55.54	0	4	0	45	0
Eden Park	13	13	0	313	59	24.07	523	59.84	0	1	1	-	-
Adelaide Oval	9	9	0	335	67	37.22	560	59.82	0	4	0	21	3
Lancaster Park	9	9	0	210	65	23.33	351	59.82	0	1	0	21	3
Brisbane Cricket Ground	7	7	0	183	54	26.14	297	61.61	0	1	0	19	0
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	7	7	0	213	93	30.42	269	79.18	0	2	2	22	0
University Oval, Dunedin	7	7	0	218	70	31.14	392	55.61	0	1	0	21	2
WACA Ground	7	7	0	90	33	12.85	210	42.85	0	0	0	6	0
Basin Reserve	5	5	0	40	30	8.00	57	70.17	0	0	2	7	0
McLean Park	4	4	0	220	101	55.00	319	68.96	1	1	0	28	0
Seddon Park	4	4	0	135	57	33.75	233	57.93	0	1	0	11	0
Headingley	3	3	0	121	52	40.33	226	53.53	0	1	0	11	0
Old Trafford	3	3	0	138	69	46.00	266	51.87	0	1	0	15	0
P Sara Oval	3	3	0	22	11	7.33	53	41.50	0	0	0	2	0
All	148	148	1	3,891	101	26.46	6,804	57.18	1	24	9	-	-

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

ODI milestones

Hundreds 1

101v EnglandMcLean Park · 1988-03-16

Best ODI performances

John Wright: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
101	120	84.16	15	0	England	McLean Park	1988-03-16
93	98	94.89	8	0	Bangladesh	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1990-04-28
84	138	60.86	9	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1983-01-22
81	111	72.97	3	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1981-01-29
78	135	57.77	9	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1981-01-13
70	92	76.08	8	1	England	University Oval, Dunedin	1988-03-09
70	96	72.91	7	1	India	Kotambi Stadium	1988-12-17
69	137	50.36	9	0	England	Old Trafford	1979-06-20
67	88	76.13	6	0	England	Adelaide Oval	1990-12-01
65	86	75.58	5	1	Pakistan	Lancaster Park	1985-02-06

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1992-12-12	Sri Lanka	1	-	P Sara Oval	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
1992-12-04	Sri Lanka	7	-	R Premadasa Stadium	No result
1992-03-21	Pakistan	13	-	Eden Park	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1992-03-15	England	1	-	Basin Reserve	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1992-02-25	Sri Lanka	57	-	Seddon Park	New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1992-02-22	Australia	0	-	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 37 runs
1992-02-15	England	36	-	Lancaster Park	England won by 71 runs
1992-01-11	England	6	-	Eden Park	England won by 7 wickets
1991-02-13	England	9	-	Basin Reserve	New Zealand won by 9 runs
1991-02-09	England	27	-	Lancaster Park	England won by 14 runs