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John Lever

Bowler · 1976 to 1986 · 43 internationals

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43Internationals
362Runs
0Hundreds
97Wickets
17Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR100s50s0s4s6s
Test213153065311.761,19825.54012261
ODI221145627*8.0015236.8400120
Bowling career records by format
FormatMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Test21384,4331401,951737/4610/7026.722.6460.72331
ODI22221,15219713244/294/2929.703.7148.0010-
Fielding career records by format
FormatMatInnsCtStDisDis/innsBest
Test2138110110.2891 (1ct 0st)
ODI22226060.2722 (2ct 0st)

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

John Lever: Test and ODI stats

Where the career sits

Runs by format
Test 306 85%ODI 56 15%
Wickets by format
Test 73 75%ODI 24 25%

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
FormatOfficial bat innsIn scorecardsOfficial bowl innsIn scorecardsFirstLatestCoverage
Test313138381976-12-171986-06-19Complete
ODI111122221976-08-261982-02-14Complete

Questions fans ask about John Lever

How many Test runs has John Lever scored?
John Lever has 306 runs in 31 Test innings from 21 matches at an average of 11.76 and a strike rate of 25.54. Highest score: 53.
What is John Lever's Test batting average?
John Lever's Test batting average is 11.76, from 306 runs and 31 innings.
How many Test wickets has John Lever taken?
John Lever has taken 73 wickets in Test from 21 matches at a bowling average of 26.72. Best innings: 7/46.
How many ODI runs has John Lever scored?
John Lever has 56 runs in 11 ODI innings from 22 matches at an average of 8.00 and a strike rate of 36.84. Highest score: 27*.
What is John Lever's ODI batting average?
John Lever's ODI batting average is 8.00, from 56 runs and 11 innings.
How many ODI wickets has John Lever taken?
John Lever has taken 24 wickets in ODI from 22 matches at a bowling average of 29.70. Best innings: 4/29.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
DateMatchFormatResult
1986-06-19England v IndiaTestIndia won by 279 runs
1982-02-14England v Sri LankaODISri Lanka won by 3 runs
1982-01-27England v IndiaODIIndia won by 5 wickets
1981-12-23England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1981-12-20England v IndiaODIIndia won by 6 wickets
1981-12-09England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1981-11-25England v IndiaODIEngland won by 5 wickets
1980-06-05England v West IndiesTestWest Indies won by 2 wickets
1980-05-30England v West IndiesODIEngland won by 3 wickets
1980-05-28England v West IndiesODIWest Indies won by 24 runs
1980-02-15England v IndiaTestEngland won by 10 wickets
1980-02-01Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by 8 wickets

TEST CAREER · 1976 to 1986

John Lever in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

73Wickets
26.72Average
2.64Economy
60.72Strike rate
7/46Best
3Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career213153065311.761,19825.54012261
Official Test bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career21384,4331401,951737/4610/7026.722.6460.72331
Official Test fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career2138110110.2891 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings
020406050 wickets: 1979-08-0250731976197819801986
Test wickets by year
071421281976: 10 wickets1019761977: 28 wickets281978: 11 wickets1119781979: 2 wickets21980: 9 wickets919801981: 7 wickets71982: 0 wickets19821983: 0 wickets1984: 0 wickets19841985: 0 wickets1986: 6 wickets61986
Last 20 Test bowling innings
Test innings by wickets
Test runs, innings by innings
080160240250 runs: 1980-02-012503061976197819801986
Test runs by year
03060901976: 53 runs5319761977: 108 runs1081978: 62 runs6219781979: 6 runs61980: 74 runs7419801981: 3 runs31982: 0 runs19821983: 0 runs1984: 0 runs19841985: 0 runs1986: 0 runs1986
Last 20 Test innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
Test innings by score
How Test innings ended
Caught17 · 54.8%
Bowled6 · 19.4%
LBW3 · 9.7%
Not out5 · 16.1%
Test batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
32.002 inns
4-0 inns
51.001 inns
6-0 inns
70.001 inns
89.405 inns
913.9113 inns
1014.838 inns
1111 inns
Test runs from boundaries
Fours104 · 34.0%
Sixes6 · 2.0%
Other runs196 · 64.1%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings
83runs
10.37average
31.80strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
22wickets
33.95average
2.89economy
70.31strike rate
5/100best

Test record by situation

complete career
John Lever: Test batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
India101431525313.8163024.12011150
Australia610097229.7037725.7200060
Pakistan3423733*18.5011731.6200141
West Indies12019159.506131.1400010
New Zealand110111.00137.6900000
All213153065311.761,19825.54012261
John Lever: Test bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
India10182,11669995457/4622.112.8247.0213
Australia6111,19944505184/2828.052.5266.6120
Pakistan355421419542/4748.752.15135.5000
New Zealand12408915553/9631.002.2781.6000
West Indies12168410111/76101.003.60168.0000
All21384,4331401,951737/4626.722.6460.7233
John Lever: Test batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home69249157.0018226.9200140
Away142022535314.0599825.35011221
Neutral121444.001822.2200000
All213153065311.761,19825.54012261
John Lever: Test bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home6111,13945562144/6440.142.9681.3510
Away14253,000861,286587/4622.172.5751.7223
Neutral12294910311/41103.002.10294.0000
All21384,4331401,951737/4626.722.6460.7233
John Lever: Test batting by match innings
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1st innings of the match101011745319.3361828.15010161
2nd innings of the match11113822110.2533624.4000180
3rd innings of the match55031126.2017717.5100010
4th innings of the match55119114.756728.3500110
All213153065311.761,19825.54012261
John Lever: Test bowling by match innings
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1st innings of the match11111,49740640213/4230.472.5671.2800
2nd innings of the match10101,53156670277/4624.812.6256.7013
3rd innings of the match12121,17535548194/6428.842.7961.8410
4th innings of the match5523099364/2815.502.4238.3310
All21384,4331401,951737/4626.722.6460.7233
John Lever: Test batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 3221222.00219.5200000
No. 5110111.00714.2800000
No. 7110000.0010.0000100
No. 845047239.4027417.1500040
No. 9101311675313.9159328.16010130
No. 107828933*14.8329030.6800191
No. 1111100*N/A120.0000000
All213153065311.761,19825.54012261
John Lever: Test batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won6801355316.8749627.21010130
Lost5102992212.3739924.8100160
Drawn101337233*7.2030323.7600171
All213153065311.761,19825.54012261
John Lever: Test bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won6121,08432482317/4615.542.6634.9612
Lost5101,27036603174/6435.472.8474.7020
Drawn10162,07972866255/10034.642.4983.1601
All21384,4331401,951737/4626.722.6460.7233
John Lever: Test batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1976110535353.0019427.3101060
19779141108238.3053020.3700190
19784626233*15.5021329.1000041
197911166*N/A875.0000010
1980350742214.8022632.7400060
1981220321.501421.4200000
198612100*0.00130.0000100
All213153065311.761,19825.54012261
John Lever: Test bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1976122201270107/467.001.9022.0001
19779171,54442698285/5924.922.7155.1401
19784791924338114/2830.722.2083.5410
197912203109821/2949.002.89101.5000
1980367912737794/11141.882.8587.8810
1981224381620475/10029.142.7962.5701
198612318916664/6427.663.1353.0010
All21384,4331401,951737/4626.722.6460.7233
John Lever: Test batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Melbourne Cricket Ground240492212.2518326.7700040
Lord's2311788.505928.8100020
M Chinnaswamy Stadium2313220*16.0014921.4700010
Wankhede Stadium230322110.6610729.9000040
All213153065311.761,19825.54012261
John Lever: Test bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Lord's243471716331/2954.332.81115.6600
Melbourne Cricket Ground246282026084/11132.502.4878.5010
Wankhede Stadium244711523593/4226.112.9952.3300
Arun Jaitley Stadium2344219174127/4614.502.3636.8301
M Chinnaswamy Stadium233721217675/10025.142.8353.1401
All21384,4331401,951737/4626.722.6460.7233

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

Test milestones

Best Test performances

John Lever: highest Test scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
5319427.3160IndiaArun Jaitley Stadium1976-12-17
33*8837.5041PakistanNational Stadium, Karachi1978-01-18
2312019.1630IndiaMA Chidambaram Stadium1977-01-14
226832.3510AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1980-02-01
213265.6230IndiaWankhede Stadium1980-02-15
20*11118.0110IndiaM Chinnaswamy Stadium1977-01-28
153444.1110West IndiesTrent Bridge1980-06-05
144035.0000AustraliaWACA Ground1978-12-15
126518.4610AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1980-02-01
113135.4800IndiaM Chinnaswamy Stadium1977-01-28
John Lever: best Test bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
7/4613862.00IndiaArun Jaitley Stadium1976-12-17
5/5911922.97IndiaMA Chidambaram Stadium1977-01-14
5/10021692.77IndiaM Chinnaswamy Stadium1981-12-09
4/286522.58AustraliaWACA Ground1978-12-15
4/6413852.78IndiaHeadingley1986-06-19
4/111318152.09AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1980-02-01
3/248261.75IndiaArun Jaitley Stadium1976-12-17
3/4210642.37IndiaWankhede Stadium1977-02-11
3/6015082.40AustraliaOld Trafford1977-07-07
3/6512123.22IndiaWankhede Stadium1980-02-15

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1986-06-19India0* & 02/102 & 4/64HeadingleyIndia won by 279 runs
1981-12-23India22/104Arun Jaitley StadiumMatch drawn
1981-12-09India15/100M Chinnaswamy StadiumMatch drawn
1980-06-05West Indies15 & 41/76 & 0/25Trent BridgeWest Indies won by 2 wickets
1980-02-15India211/82 & 3/65Wankhede StadiumEngland won by 10 wickets
1980-02-01Australia22 & 124/111 & 0/18Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia won by 8 wickets
1979-08-02India6*1/29 & 1/69Lord'sMatch drawn
1978-12-15Australia14 & 101/20 & 4/28WACA GroundEngland won by 166 runs
1978-03-04New Zealand13/96 & 2/59Eden ParkMatch drawn
1978-01-18Pakistan33*0/32National Stadium, KarachiMatch drawn

ODI CAREER · 1976 to 1982

John Lever in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

24Wickets
29.70Average
3.71Economy
48.00Strike rate
4/29Best
0Five-fors

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career221145627*8.0015236.8400120
Official ODI bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career22221,15219713244/294/2929.703.7148.0010-
Official ODI fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career22226060.2722 (2ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI wickets, innings by innings
0612182410 wickets: 1977-12-301020 wickets: 1980-01-1420241976197819801982
ODI wickets by year
03691976: 2 wickets219761977: 10 wickets1019771978: 3 wickets319781979: 4 wickets419791980: 3 wickets319801981: 0 wickets19811982: 2 wickets21982
Last 20 ODI bowling innings
ODI innings by wickets
ODI runs, innings by innings
0204050 runs: 1980-05-285056197619771978197919801982
ODI runs by year
0816241976: 1 runs119761977: 30 runs3019771978: 5 runs519781979: 1 runs119791980: 17 runs1719801981: 0 runs19811982: 2 runs21982
Last 20 ODI innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
ODI innings by score
How ODI innings ended
Caught2 · 18.2%
Bowled4 · 36.4%
Run out1 · 9.1%
Not out4 · 36.4%
ODI 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
8-0 inns
912.667 inns
100.502 inns
118.502 inns
ODI runs from boundaries
Fours8 · 14.3%
Other runs48 · 85.7%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings
55runs
9.16average
36.66strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
9wickets
41.44average
4.19economy
59.33strike rate
3/51best

ODI record by situation

complete career
John Lever: ODI batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Australia4413127*10.3311427.1900020
West Indies44118116.002378.2600000
New Zealand11155*N/A862.5000000
Pakistan110000.0040.0000100
Sri Lanka11122*N/A366.6600000
All221145627*8.0015236.8400120
John Lever: ODI bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Australia884007209134/2916.073.1330.7610
West Indies55282720832/5769.334.4294.0000
India33162013200/31N/A4.88N/A00
Pakistan3314636053/1812.002.4629.2000
New Zealand2210825311/2853.002.94108.0000
Sri Lanka115405122/5125.505.6627.0000
All22221,15219713244/2929.703.7148.0010
John Lever: ODI batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home7734227*10.5012035.0000020
Away33132*1.502114.2800100
Neutral110111111.0011100.0000000
All221145627*8.0015236.8400120
John Lever: ODI bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home101055812341114/2931.003.6650.7210
Away11115346318133/1824.463.5741.0700
Neutral116015400/54N/A5.40N/A00
All22221,15219713244/2929.703.7148.0010
John Lever: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first4423527*17.5011829.6600020
Chasing77221114.203461.7600100
All221145627*8.0015236.8400120
John Lever: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first121262412381143/1827.213.6644.5700
Defending a total10105287332104/2933.203.7752.8010
All22221,15219713244/2929.703.7148.0010
John Lever: ODI batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 97743827*12.6612530.4000020
No. 10220110.50616.6600100
No. 1122017118.502180.9500000
All221145627*8.0015236.8400120
John Lever: ODI batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won4433327*33.009734.0200020
Lost77123113.835541.8100100
All221145627*8.0015236.8400120
John Lever: ODI bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won101052011249124/2920.752.8743.3310
Lost11116088456123/5138.004.5050.6600
No result11240800/8N/A2.00N/A00
All22221,15219713244/2929.703.7148.0010
John Lever: ODI batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1976110111.00250.0000000
19773313027*15.0010030.0000020
197822155*5.001241.6600100
1979110111.00147.1400000
198033117118.502180.9500000
198211122*N/A366.6600000
All221145627*8.0015236.8400120
John Lever: ODI bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
19762211429522/5747.505.0057.0000
1977442344135104/2913.503.4623.4010
19784420649532/2531.662.7668.6600
19794416038143/5120.253.0340.0000
198044222612432/1141.333.3574.0000
19812210207700/31N/A4.52N/A00
198222114010622/5153.005.5757.0000
All22221,15219713244/2929.703.7148.0010
John Lever: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first4423527*17.5011829.6600020
Chasing77221114.203461.7600100
All221145627*8.0015236.8400120
John Lever: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first121262412381143/1827.213.6644.5700
Defending a total10105287332104/2933.203.7752.8010
All22221,15219713244/2929.703.7148.0010
John Lever: ODI bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Melbourne Cricket Ground3313637343/5118.253.2234.0000
All22221,15219713244/2929.703.7148.0010

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

Best ODI performances

John Lever: highest ODI scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
27*8531.7620AustraliaEdgbaston1977-06-04
1111100.0000West IndiesAdelaide Oval1980-01-16
61060.0000West IndiesHeadingley1980-05-28
5*862.5000New ZealandNorth Marine Road Ground1978-07-15
2*366.6600Sri LankaSinhalese Sports Club Ground1982-02-14
21118.1800AustraliaKennington Oval1977-06-06
1250.0000West IndiesEdgbaston1976-08-30
1425.0000AustraliaOld Trafford1977-06-02
1147.1400AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1979-02-07
0*0N/A00West IndiesLord's1980-05-30
John Lever: best ODI bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
4/296622.63AustraliaEdgbaston1977-06-04
3/184812.25PakistanSialkot1977-12-30
3/515615.46AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1979-02-04
2/115411.22AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1980-01-14
2/255612.67PakistanGaddafi Stadium1978-01-13
2/456014.50AustraliaOld Trafford1977-06-02
2/515405.66Sri LankaSinhalese Sports Club Ground1982-02-14
2/576015.70West IndiesEdgbaston1976-08-30
1/154002.25AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground1979-02-07
1/284204.00New ZealandOld Trafford1978-07-17

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1982-02-14Sri Lanka2*2/51Sinhalese Sports Club GroundSri Lanka won by 3 runs
1982-01-27Indiadid not bat0/55Barabati StadiumIndia won by 5 wickets
1981-12-20Indiadid not bat0/31JalandharIndia won by 6 wickets
1981-11-25Indiadid not bat0/46Narendra Modi StadiumEngland won by 5 wickets
1980-05-30West Indies0*0/23Lord'sEngland won by 3 wickets
1980-05-28West Indies61/36HeadingleyWest Indies won by 24 runs
1980-01-16West Indies110/54Adelaide OvalWest Indies won by 107 runs
1980-01-14Australiadid not bat2/11Sydney Cricket GroundEngland won by 2 wickets
1979-02-07Australia11/15Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia won by 6 wickets
1979-02-04Australiadid not bat3/51Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia won by 4 wickets