How many Test runs has John Parker scored?

John Parker has 1,498 runs in 63 Test innings from 36 matches at an average of 24.55. Highest score: 121.

What is John Parker's Test batting average?

John Parker's Test batting average is 24.55, from 1,498 runs and 63 innings.

How many ODI runs has John Parker scored?

John Parker has 248 runs in 20 ODI innings from 24 matches at an average of 12.40 and a strike rate of 61.53. Highest score: 66.

What is John Parker's ODI batting average?

John Parker's ODI batting average is 12.40, from 248 runs and 20 innings.

How many international centuries does John Parker have?

John Parker has 3 international hundreds: 3 in Test.

Which teams has John Parker played international cricket for?

John Parker is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.

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John Parker

Middle-order batter · 1973 to 1981 · 60 internationals

New Zealand

Test36 matches ODI24 matches

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60Internationals

1,746Runs

3Hundreds

2Wickets

41Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	36	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-	0
ODI	24	20	0	248	66	12.40	403	61.53	0	1	1	-	-

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	36	1	40	2	24	1	1/24	1/24	24.00	3.60	40.00	0	0	0
ODI	24	1	16	0	10	1	1/10	1/10	10.00	3.75	16.00	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	36	65	30	0	30	0.461	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	24	24	11	1	12	0.500	3 (3ct 0st)

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

John Parker: Test and ODI stats

Test

36 matches · 1973-1980

1,498runs

Matches: 36
Average: 24.55
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 3
Highest: 121
Fifties: 5

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ODI

24 matches · 1974-1981

248runs

Matches: 24
Average: 12.40
Strike rate: 61.53
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 66
Fifties: 1

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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	63	63	1	1	1973-06-07	1980-12-26	Complete
ODI	20	19	1	1	1974-03-31	1981-02-03	95%

Questions fans ask about John Parker

How many Test runs has John Parker scored?: John Parker has 1,498 runs in 63 Test innings from 36 matches at an average of 24.55. Highest score: 121.
What is John Parker's Test batting average?: John Parker's Test batting average is 24.55, from 1,498 runs and 63 innings.
How many ODI runs has John Parker scored?: John Parker has 248 runs in 20 ODI innings from 24 matches at an average of 12.40 and a strike rate of 61.53. Highest score: 66.
What is John Parker's ODI batting average?: John Parker's ODI batting average is 12.40, from 248 runs and 20 innings.
How many international centuries does John Parker have?: John Parker has 3 international hundreds: 3 in Test.
Which teams has John Parker played international cricket for?: John Parker is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1981-02-03	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1981-02-01	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 6 runs
1981-01-18	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 22 runs
1981-01-13	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 1 runs
1981-01-10	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 10 wickets
1980-12-26	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1980-12-23	India v New Zealand	ODI	India won by 6 runs
1980-12-21	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 3 wickets
1980-12-12	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1980-12-09	India v New Zealand	ODI	India won by 5 runs
1980-12-07	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 4 wickets
1980-11-28	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1973 to 1980

John Parker in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,498Runs

24.55Average

-Strike rate

3Hundreds

5Fifties

121Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	36	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	36	1	40	2	24	1	1/24	1/24	24.00	3.60	40.00	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	36	65	30	0	30	0.461	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

Caught42 · 66.7%

Bowled5 · 7.9%

LBW11 · 17.5%

Run out3 · 4.8%

Not out2 · 3.2%

Test batting position: average and innings

132.805 inns

213.5411 inns

338.5012 inns

419.3020 inns

519.258 inns

627.206 inns

711 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

182runs

18.20average

38.47strike rate

250s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

John Parker: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Australia	11	21	0	504	108	24.00	1,496	33.68	1	2	1	44
England	10	18	2	403	121	25.18	1,393	28.93	1	1	1	36
India	6	10	0	345	104	34.50	-	-	1	1	0	-
Pakistan	5	9	0	198	82	22.00	-	-	0	1	0	-
West Indies	3	5	0	48	42	9.60	142	33.80	0	0	2	5
All	35	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-

John Parker: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Home	18	30	2	726	121	25.92	-	-	1	2	2	-
Away	16	31	0	683	108	22.03	-	-	2	2	2	-
Neutral	1	2	0	89	82	44.50	-	-	0	1	0	-
All	35	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-

John Parker: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	10	10	0	293	108	29.30	-	-	1	1	0	-
2nd innings of the match	25	25	1	618	121	25.75	-	-	2	2	4	-
3rd innings of the match	15	15	1	366	82	26.14	-	-	0	2	0	-
4th innings of the match	13	13	0	221	38	17.00	-	-	0	0	0	-
All	35	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-

John Parker: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
No. 1	3	5	0	164	108	32.80	450	36.44	1	0	1	13
No. 2	7	11	0	149	34	13.54	629	23.68	0	0	0	12
No. 3	7	12	0	462	121	38.50	-	-	2	1	0	-
No. 4	13	20	0	386	70	19.30	-	-	0	2	1	-
No. 5	7	8	0	154	52	19.25	-	-	0	1	2	12
No. 6	4	6	1	136	53*	27.20	-	-	0	1	0	12
No. 7	1	1	1	47	47*	N/A	138	34.05	0	0	0	5
All	35	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-

John Parker: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Won	4	7	0	74	26	10.57	-	-	0	0	1	-
Lost	18	36	1	897	121	25.62	-	-	2	4	2	-
Drawn	13	20	1	527	108	27.73	-	-	1	1	1	-
All	35	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-

John Parker: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1973	4	7	0	73	27	10.42	370	19.72	0	0	0	2
1974	5	9	0	240	108	26.66	709	33.85	1	0	1	23
1975	2	3	0	175	121	58.33	499	35.07	1	0	0	20
1976	9	16	0	505	104	31.56	-	-	1	2	0	-
1977	2	4	0	80	34	20.00	261	30.65	0	0	0	10
1978	5	10	2	205	53*	25.62	716	28.63	0	1	1	16
1979	2	3	0	38	33	12.66	-	-	0	0	0	4
1980	6	11	0	182	56	16.54	476	38.23	0	2	2	14
All	35	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-

John Parker: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Eden Park	6	12	1	353	121	32.09	-	-	1	1	1	-
Lancaster Park	7	11	1	330	53*	33.00	-	-	0	1	0	33
Basin Reserve	3	4	0	35	16	8.75	-	-	0	0	0	-
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	0	107	56	26.75	329	32.52	0	1	0	5
Trent Bridge	2	4	0	46	38	11.50	197	23.35	0	0	1	2
Lord's	2	3	0	20	14	6.66	75	26.66	0	0	0	1
All	35	63	2	1,498	121	24.55	-	-	3	5	4	-

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 3

Best Test performances

John Parker: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
121	297	40.74	18	England	Eden Park	1975-02-20
108	220	49.09	10	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1974-01-05
104	-	-	8	India	Wankhede Stadium	1976-11-10
82	-	-	7	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1976-10-23
70	-	-	9	India	Eden Park	1976-01-24
56	124	45.16	3	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1980-12-26
53*	165	32.12	5	England	Lancaster Park	1978-02-24
52	96	54.16	5	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1980-11-28
47*	138	34.05	5	England	Eden Park	1978-03-04
44	-	-	6	India	Lancaster Park	1976-02-05

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1980-12-26	Australia	56 & 1	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1980-12-12	Australia	3 & 18	-	WACA Ground	Australia won by 8 wickets
1980-11-28	Australia	52 & 4	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Australia won by 10 wickets
1980-02-29	West Indies	0 & 1	-	Eden Park	Match drawn
1980-02-22	West Indies	42	-	Lancaster Park	Match drawn
1980-02-08	West Indies	0 & 5	-	University Oval, Dunedin	New Zealand won by 1 wickets
1979-02-16	Pakistan	3	-	McLean Park	Match drawn
1979-02-02	Pakistan	2 & 33	-	Lancaster Park	Pakistan won by 128 runs
1978-08-24	England	14 & 3	-	Lord's	England won by 7 wickets
1978-08-10	England	0 & 38	-	Trent Bridge	England won by inns & 119 runs

ODI CAREER · 1974 to 1981

John Parker in ODIs

Scorecards for 19 of 20 official batting innings

248Runs

12.40Average

61.53Strike rate

0Hundreds

1Fifties

66Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	24	20	0	248	66	12.40	403	61.53	0	1	1	-	-

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	24	1	16	0	10	1	1/10	1/10	10.00	3.75	16.00	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	24	24	11	1	12	0.500	3 (3ct 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 · 73.7%

Bowled3 · 15.8%

LBW2 · 10.5%

ODI batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

29.502 inns

314.001 inns

45.007 inns

510.663 inns

613.754 inns

713.502 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

115runs

11.50average

57.21strike rate

050s

0100s

ODI record by situation

19 recorded innings

John Parker: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Australia	7	7	98	24	14.00	159	61.63	0	7	0
India	6	6	46	14	7.66	103	44.66	0	-	-
England	3	3	33	25	11.00	56	58.92	0	-	-
West Indies	2	2	3	3	1.50	14	21.42	1	0	0
Pakistan	1	1	2	2	2.00	3	66.66	0	0	0
All	19	19	182	25	9.57	335	54.32	1	-	-

John Parker: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Home	4	4	53	25	13.25	89	59.55	1	-	-
Away	9	9	94	24	10.44	151	62.25	0	7	0
Neutral	6	6	35	13	5.83	95	36.84	0	2	0
All	19	19	182	25	9.57	335	54.32	1	-	-

John Parker: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Batting first	8	8	88	25	11.00	144	61.11	0	-	-
Chasing	11	11	94	24	8.54	191	49.21	1	5	0
All	19	19	182	25	9.57	335	54.32	1	-	-

John Parker: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
No. 2	2	2	19	13	9.50	47	40.42	0	1	0
No. 3	1	1	14	14	14.00	35	40.00	0	1	0
No. 4	7	7	35	23	5.00	94	37.23	1	4	0
No. 5	3	3	32	14	10.66	60	53.33	0	-	-
No. 6	4	4	55	25	13.75	73	75.34	0	-	-
No. 7	2	2	27	24	13.50	26	103.84	0	1	0
All	19	19	182	25	9.57	335	54.32	1	-	-

John Parker: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Won	8	8	73	23	9.12	137	53.28	1	-	-
Lost	10	10	84	24	8.40	166	50.60	0	5	0
No result	1	1	25	25	25.00	32	78.12	0	-	-
All	19	19	182	25	9.57	335	54.32	1	-	-

John Parker: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1974	1	1	14	14	14.00	35	40.00	0	1	0
1975	4	4	30	25	7.50	58	51.72	0	-	-
1976	2	2	16	14	8.00	23	69.56	0	-	-
1978	1	1	7	7	7.00	16	43.75	0	1	0
1980	7	7	50	16	7.14	114	43.85	1	2	0
1981	4	4	65	24	16.25	89	73.03	0	6	0
All	19	19	182	25	9.57	335	54.32	1	-	-

John Parker: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	3	0	41	23	13.66	73	56.16	0	0	0	4	0
All	19	19	0	182	25	9.57	335	54.32	0	0	1	-	-

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

Best ODI performances

John Parker: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
25	32	78.12	-	-	England	Basin Reserve	1975-03-09
24	19	126.31	1	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1981-02-01
23	45	51.11	3	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1981-01-13
16	25	64.00	1	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1980-11-23
14	35	40.00	1	0	Australia	Lancaster Park	1974-03-31
14	20	70.00	-	-	India	Eden Park	1976-02-22
13	32	40.62	1	0	India	Adelaide Oval	1980-12-23
12	13	92.30	1	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1981-02-03
11	24	45.83	0	0	India	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1980-12-21
7	16	43.75	1	0	England	North Marine Road Ground	1978-07-15

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1981-02-03	Australia	12	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 6 wickets
1981-02-01	Australia	24	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 6 runs
1981-01-18	India	6	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	New Zealand won by 22 runs
1981-01-13	Australia	23	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	New Zealand won by 1 runs
1981-01-10	India v New Zealand	did not bat	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	New Zealand won by 10 wickets
1980-12-23	India	13	-	Adelaide Oval	India won by 6 runs
1980-12-21	India	11	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	New Zealand won by 3 wickets
1980-12-09	India	1	-	WACA Ground	India won by 5 runs
1980-12-07	Australia	3	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 4 wickets
1980-11-25	Australia	6	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 94 runs