How many Test runs has Mike Brearley scored?

Mike Brearley has 1,442 runs in 66 Test innings from 39 matches at an average of 22.88 and a strike rate of 29.79. Highest score: 91.

What is Mike Brearley's Test batting average?

Mike Brearley's Test batting average is 22.88, from 1,442 runs and 66 innings.

How many ODI runs has Mike Brearley scored?

Mike Brearley has 510 runs in 24 ODI innings from 25 matches at an average of 24.28 and a strike rate of 45.53. Highest score: 78.

What is Mike Brearley's ODI batting average?

Mike Brearley's ODI batting average is 24.28, from 510 runs and 24 innings.

Which teams has Mike Brearley played international cricket for?

Mike Brearley is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Mike Brearley play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1976 to 1981. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Mike Brearley

Top-order batter · 1976 to 1981 · 64 internationals

England

Test39 matches ODI25 matches

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64Internationals

1,952Runs

0Hundreds

-Wickets

64Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	0	9	6	131	0
ODI	25	24	3	510	78	24.28	1,120	45.53	0	3	6	47	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	39	75	52	0	52	0.693	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	25	25	12	0	12	0.480	2 (2ct 0st)

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

Mike Brearley: Test and ODI stats

Test

39 matches · 1976-1981

1,442runs

Matches: 39
Average: 22.88
Strike rate: 29.79
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 91
Fifties: 9

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ODI

25 matches · 1977-1980

510runs

Matches: 25
Average: 24.28
Strike rate: 45.53
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 78
Fifties: 3

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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	66	66	-	0	1976-06-03	1981-08-27	Complete
ODI	24	23	-	0	1977-06-02	1980-01-22	96%

Questions fans ask about Mike Brearley

How many Test runs has Mike Brearley scored?: Mike Brearley has 1,442 runs in 66 Test innings from 39 matches at an average of 22.88 and a strike rate of 29.79. Highest score: 91.
What is Mike Brearley's Test batting average?: Mike Brearley's Test batting average is 22.88, from 1,442 runs and 66 innings.
How many ODI runs has Mike Brearley scored?: Mike Brearley has 510 runs in 24 ODI innings from 25 matches at an average of 24.28 and a strike rate of 45.53. Highest score: 78.
What is Mike Brearley's ODI batting average?: Mike Brearley's ODI batting average is 24.28, from 510 runs and 24 innings.
Which teams has Mike Brearley played international cricket for?: Mike Brearley is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Mike Brearley play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1976 to 1981. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1981-08-27	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1981-08-13	Australia v England	Test	England won by 103 runs
1981-07-30	Australia v England	Test	England won by 29 runs
1981-07-16	Australia v England	Test	England won by 18 runs
1980-02-15	England v India	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1980-02-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1980-01-22	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1980-01-20	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 2 runs
1980-01-16	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 107 runs
1980-01-14	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 2 wickets
1980-01-04	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 6 wickets
1979-12-26	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 4 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1976 to 1981

Mike Brearley in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,442Runs

22.88Average

29.79Strike rate

0Hundreds

9Fifties

91Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	0	9	6	131	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	39	75	52	0	52	0.693	3 (3ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

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Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught43 · 65.2%

Bowled8 · 12.1%

LBW8 · 12.1%

Run out3 · 4.5%

Stumped1 · 1.5%

Not out3 · 4.5%

Test batting position: average and innings

119.0012 inns

224.7529 inns

322.004 inns

415.605 inns

515.858 inns

632.004 inns

738.664 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours524 · 36.3%

Other runs918 · 63.7%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

156runs

15.60average

34.36strike rate

150s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Mike Brearley: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Australia	19	37	2	798	81	22.80	2,561	31.15	5	4	69
India	10	14	0	316	91	22.57	1,057	29.89	2	0	33
Pakistan	5	6	0	154	74	25.66	650	23.69	1	1	12
New Zealand	3	5	1	104	50	26.00	351	29.62	1	0	8
West Indies	2	4	0	70	40	17.50	220	31.81	0	1	9
All	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	9	6	131

Mike Brearley: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Home	21	34	1	698	81	21.15	2,132	32.73	3	4	73
Away	17	30	2	653	91	23.32	2,299	28.40	5	2	51
Neutral	1	2	0	91	74	45.50	408	22.30	1	0	7
All	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	9	6	131

Mike Brearley: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	18	18	1	430	60*	25.29	1,551	27.72	3	1	33
2nd innings of the match	21	21	0	390	91	18.57	1,303	29.93	2	3	33
3rd innings of the match	13	13	0	227	53	17.46	727	31.22	1	1	20
4th innings of the match	14	14	2	395	81	32.91	1,258	31.39	3	1	45
All	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	9	6	131

Mike Brearley: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
No. 1	9	12	0	228	81	19.00	752	30.31	1	2	23
No. 2	16	29	1	693	91	24.75	2,352	29.46	3	2	64
No. 3	3	4	0	88	59	22.00	305	28.85	1	0	10
No. 4	4	5	0	78	29	15.60	319	24.45	0	1	6
No. 5	7	8	1	111	50	15.85	384	28.90	1	1	8
No. 6	4	4	0	128	64	32.00	395	32.40	2	0	14
No. 7	3	4	1	116	60*	38.66	332	34.93	1	0	6
All	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	9	6	131

Mike Brearley: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Won	21	34	2	690	81	21.56	2,261	30.51	4	2	65
Lost	6	12	1	235	64	21.36	805	29.19	2	1	13
Drawn	12	20	0	517	91	25.85	1,773	29.15	3	3	53
All	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	9	6	131

Mike Brearley: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1976	3	5	0	75	40	15.00	251	29.88	0	1	9
1977	11	19	0	535	91	28.15	1,690	31.65	3	1	59
1978	10	16	1	272	74	18.13	1,073	25.34	2	3	20
1979	8	13	1	318	64	26.50	1,055	30.14	2	0	22
1980	3	5	1	101	60*	25.25	370	27.29	1	0	3
1981	4	8	0	141	51	17.62	400	35.25	1	1	18
All	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	9	6	131

Mike Brearley: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Kennington Oval	4	8	0	152	51	19.00	504	30.15	1	1	14
Lord's	5	8	1	166	49	23.71	506	32.80	0	0	14
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	6	1	126	60*	25.20	410	30.73	1	1	6
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	6	1	162	53	32.40	583	27.78	1	0	7
Headingley	4	5	0	39	15	7.80	157	24.84	0	2	4
Trent Bridge	3	5	0	163	81	32.60	483	33.74	2	1	21
Edgbaston	3	4	0	123	48	30.75	342	35.96	0	0	12
Old Trafford	2	4	0	55	44	13.75	140	39.28	0	0	8
WACA Ground	2	4	0	92	64	23.00	313	29.39	1	1	8
Wankhede Stadium	2	3	0	114	91	38.00	353	32.29	1	0	14
All	39	66	3	1,442	91	22.88	4,839	29.79	9	6	131

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

Best Test performances

Mike Brearley: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
91	259	35.13	12	India	Wankhede Stadium	1977-02-11
81	211	38.38	13	Australia	Trent Bridge	1977-07-28
74	344	21.51	6	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1978-01-02
64	184	34.78	6	Australia	WACA Ground	1979-12-14
60*	186	32.25	2	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1980-02-01
59	205	28.78	6	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1977-01-14
53	195	27.17	2	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-01-06
51	160	31.87	7	Australia	Kennington Oval	1981-08-27
50	172	29.06	6	New Zealand	Trent Bridge	1978-08-10
49	137	35.76	4	Australia	Lord's	1977-06-16

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1981-08-27	Australia	0 & 51	-	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1981-08-13	Australia	2 & 3	-	Old Trafford	England won by 103 runs
1981-07-30	Australia	48 & 13	-	Edgbaston	England won by 29 runs
1981-07-16	Australia	10 & 14	-	Headingley	England won by 18 runs
1980-02-15	India	5	-	Wankhede Stadium	England won by 10 wickets
1980-02-01	Australia	60* & 10	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 8 wickets
1980-01-04	Australia	7 & 19	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 6 wickets
1979-12-14	Australia	64 & 11	-	WACA Ground	Australia won by 138 runs
1979-08-30	India	34 & 11	-	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1979-08-16	India	15	-	Headingley	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1977 to 1980

Mike Brearley in ODIs

Scorecards for 23 of 24 official batting innings

510Runs

24.28Average

45.53Strike rate

0Hundreds

3Fifties

78Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	25	24	3	510	78	24.28	1,120	45.53	0	3	6	47	0

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	25	25	12	0	12	0.480	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

Caught14 · 60.9%

Bowled2 · 8.7%

LBW2 · 8.7%

Run out1 · 4.3%

Stumped1 · 4.3%

Not out3 · 13.0%

ODI batting position: average and innings

140.878 inns

213.878 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

55.001 inns

6-0 inns

726.003 inns

815.003 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours188 · 36.9%

Other runs322 · 63.1%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

161runs

23.00average

54.02strike rate

150s

0100s

ODI record by situation

23 recorded innings

Mike Brearley: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Australia	11	11	1	241	78	24.10	557	43.26	1	3	24
West Indies	6	6	2	127	64	31.75	235	54.04	1	1	11
New Zealand	3	3	0	111	53	37.00	252	44.04	1	0	8
Pakistan	3	3	0	31	30	10.33	66	46.96	0	1	4
All	23	23	3	510	78	25.50	1,110	45.94	3	5	47

Mike Brearley: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Home	9	9	0	336	78	37.33	752	44.68	3	1	34
Away	9	9	1	111	46	13.87	253	43.87	0	3	9
Neutral	5	5	2	63	25*	21.00	105	60.00	0	1	4
All	23	23	3	510	78	25.50	1,110	45.94	3	5	47

Mike Brearley: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Batting first	12	12	2	285	78	28.50	599	47.57	2	2	26
Chasing	11	11	1	225	64	22.50	511	44.03	1	3	21
All	23	23	3	510	78	25.50	1,110	45.94	3	5	47

Mike Brearley: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
No. 1	8	8	0	327	78	40.87	700	46.71	3	1	32
No. 2	8	8	0	111	46	13.87	307	36.15	0	3	11
No. 5	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	19	26.31	0	0	0
No. 7	3	3	1	52	27	26.00	67	77.61	0	1	3
No. 8	3	3	2	15	9*	15.00	17	88.23	0	0	1
All	23	23	3	510	78	25.50	1,110	45.94	3	5	47

Mike Brearley: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Won	14	14	1	283	53	21.76	703	40.25	1	3	24
Lost	9	9	2	227	78	32.42	407	55.77	2	2	23
All	23	23	3	510	78	25.50	1,110	45.94	3	5	47

Mike Brearley: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1977	4	4	0	147	78	36.75	277	53.06	1	0	21
1978	3	3	0	59	31	19.66	145	40.68	0	0	5
1979	12	12	2	270	64	27.00	636	42.45	2	4	20
1980	4	4	1	34	25*	11.33	52	65.38	0	1	1
All	23	23	3	510	78	25.50	1,110	45.94	3	5	47

Mike Brearley: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	5	1	98	46	24.50	190	51.57	0	2	6
Sydney Cricket Ground	5	5	1	36	25	9.00	93	38.70	0	1	2
Old Trafford	3	3	0	109	53	36.33	243	44.85	1	0	11
All	23	23	3	510	78	25.50	1,110	45.94	3	5	47

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

Best ODI performances

Mike Brearley: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
78	113	69.02	11	Australia	Kennington Oval	1977-06-06
64	130	49.23	7	West Indies	Lord's	1979-06-23
53	115	46.08	3	New Zealand	Old Trafford	1979-06-20
46	112	41.07	3	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1979-02-07
44	147	29.93	2	Australia	Lord's	1979-06-09
31	79	39.24	2	New Zealand	North Marine Road Ground	1978-07-15
30	56	53.57	4	Pakistan	Sahiwal	1977-12-23
29	70	41.42	5	Australia	Old Trafford	1977-06-02
27	58	46.55	3	New Zealand	Old Trafford	1978-07-17
27	39	69.23	2	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1979-12-08

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1980-01-22	West Indies	4	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1980-01-20	West Indies	25*	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 2 runs
1980-01-16	West Indies	0	-	Adelaide Oval	West Indies won by 107 runs
1980-01-14	Australia	5	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	England won by 2 wickets
1979-12-26	Australia	0	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	England won by 4 wickets
1979-12-23	West Indies	9*	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 9 wickets
1979-12-11	Australia	2*	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	England won by 72 runs
1979-12-08	Australia	27	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	England won by 3 wickets
1979-11-28	West Indies	25	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	England won by 2 runs
1979-06-23	West Indies	64	-	Lord's	West Indies won by 92 runs