How many Test runs has Lala Amarnath scored?

Lala Amarnath has 878 runs in 40 Test innings from 24 matches at an average of 24.38. Highest score: 118.

What is Lala Amarnath's Test batting average?

Lala Amarnath's Test batting average is 24.38, from 878 runs and 40 innings.

How many Test wickets has Lala Amarnath taken?

Lala Amarnath has taken 45 wickets in Test from 24 matches at a bowling average of 32.91. Best innings: 5/96.

How many international centuries does Lala Amarnath have?

Lala Amarnath has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.

Which teams has Lala Amarnath played international cricket for?

Lala Amarnath is recorded for India in this publication.

When did Lala Amarnath play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1933 to 1952. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Lala Amarnath

All-rounder · 1933 to 1952 · 24 internationals

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24Internationals

878Runs

1Hundreds

45Wickets

13Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	8/167	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	24	38	13	0	13	0.342	3 (3ct 0st)

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

Lala Amarnath: Test stats

Test

24 matches · 1933-1952

45wickets

Matches: 24
Average: 32.91
Economy: 2.09
Strike rate: 94.24
Best innings: 5/96
Five-fors: 2

878 runs · batting average 24.38

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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	40	40	35	35	1933-12-15	1952-12-12	Complete

Questions fans ask about Lala Amarnath

How many Test runs has Lala Amarnath scored?: Lala Amarnath has 878 runs in 40 Test innings from 24 matches at an average of 24.38. Highest score: 118.
What is Lala Amarnath's Test batting average?: Lala Amarnath's Test batting average is 24.38, from 878 runs and 40 innings.
How many Test wickets has Lala Amarnath taken?: Lala Amarnath has taken 45 wickets in Test from 24 matches at a bowling average of 32.91. Best innings: 5/96.
How many international centuries does Lala Amarnath have?: Lala Amarnath has 1 international hundreds: 1 in Test.
Which teams has Lala Amarnath played international cricket for?: Lala Amarnath is recorded for India in this publication.
When did Lala Amarnath play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1933 to 1952. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1952-12-12	India v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1952-11-28	India v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1952-11-13	India v Pakistan	Test	India won by 10 wickets
1952-10-23	India v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 43 runs
1952-10-16	India v Pakistan	Test	India won by inns & 70 runs
1952-02-06	England v India	Test	India won by inns & 8 runs
1951-12-30	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1951-12-14	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1949-02-04	India v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1949-01-27	India v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 193 runs
1948-12-31	India v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1948-12-09	India v West Indies	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1933 to 1952

Lala Amarnath in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

878Runs

24.38Bat avg

-Strike rate

45Wickets

32.91Bowl avg

2.09Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	8/167	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	24	38	13	0	13	0.342	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

Caught19 · 47.5%

Bowled13 · 32.5%

LBW3 · 7.5%

Other dismissal1 · 2.5%

Not out4 · 10.0%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

339.004 inns

438.205 inns

517.0617 inns

68.333 inns

723.718 inns

842.003 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

211runs

23.44average

-strike rate

150s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

9wickets

29.33average

1.67economy

105.22strike rate

4/40best

Test record by situation

complete career

Lala Amarnath: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
England	9	15	1	339	118	24.21	-	-	1	1	3	-
Australia	5	10	0	140	46	14.00	258	54.26	0	0	2	12
West Indies	5	10	2	294	62	36.75	-	-	0	2	0	-
Pakistan	4	5	1	105	61*	26.25	-	-	0	1	0	-
All	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-

Lala Amarnath: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
England	9	15	1,890	94	650	20	5/96	32.50	2.06	94.50	0	2
Pakistan	5	8	767	60	202	9	4/40	22.44	1.58	85.22	1	0
Australia	5	6	1,008	21	366	13	4/78	28.15	2.17	77.53	2	0
West Indies	5	6	576	20	263	3	2/75	87.66	2.73	192.00	0	0
All	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2

Lala Amarnath: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Home	15	25	4	669	118	31.85	-	-	1	3	2	-
Away	8	15	0	209	50	13.93	-	-	0	1	3	-
All	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-

Lala Amarnath: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	16	24	2,291	124	785	19	4/40	41.31	2.05	120.57	1	0
Away	8	11	1,950	71	696	26	5/96	26.76	2.14	75.00	2	2
All	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2

Lala Amarnath: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	7	7	0	122	38	17.42	-	-	0	0	1	-
2nd innings of the match	16	16	0	277	62	17.31	-	-	0	1	3	-
3rd innings of the match	12	12	2	369	118	36.90	-	-	1	3	1	-
4th innings of the match	5	5	2	110	39	36.66	-	-	0	0	0	-
All	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-

Lala Amarnath: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	17	17	2,253	92	817	23	5/96	35.52	2.17	97.95	3	1
2nd innings of the match	7	7	1,079	65	326	11	5/118	29.63	1.81	98.09	0	1
3rd innings of the match	9	9	855	37	317	11	3/52	28.81	2.22	77.72	0	0
4th innings of the match	2	2	54	1	21	0	0/6	N/A	2.33	N/A	0	0
All	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2

Lala Amarnath: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
No. 3	3	4	0	156	118	39.00	-	-	1	0	2	-
No. 4	4	5	0	191	62	38.20	-	-	0	1	0	-
No. 5	12	17	2	256	58*	17.06	-	-	0	1	3	-
No. 6	3	3	0	25	14	8.33	-	-	0	0	0	-
No. 7	6	8	1	166	61*	23.71	-	-	0	1	0	-
No. 8	3	3	1	84	50	42.00	-	-	0	1	0	-
All	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-

Lala Amarnath: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Won	2	2	0	40	31	20.00	-	-	0	0	0	-
Lost	9	18	2	435	118	27.18	-	-	1	2	3	-
Drawn	12	20	2	403	62	22.38	-	-	0	2	2	-
All	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-

Lala Amarnath: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	3	6	522	36	149	5	4/40	29.80	1.71	104.40	1	0
Lost	9	12	1,867	75	684	23	5/118	29.73	2.19	81.17	2	1
Drawn	12	17	1,852	84	648	17	5/96	38.11	2.09	108.94	0	1
All	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2

Lala Amarnath: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1933	1	2	0	156	118	78.00	-	-	1	0	0	-
1934	2	4	1	47	26*	15.66	-	-	0	0	1	-
1946	3	5	0	69	50	13.80	-	-	0	1	1	-
1947	2	4	0	66	25	16.50	161	40.99	0	0	0	4
1948	6	12	2	291	62	29.10	-	-	0	2	2	-
1949	2	4	0	77	39	19.25	-	-	0	0	0	-
1951	2	3	0	36	32	12.00	-	-	0	0	1	-
1952	5	6	1	136	61*	27.20	-	-	0	1	0	-
All	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-

Lala Amarnath: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1933	1	1	12	1	2	0	0/2	N/A	1.00	N/A	0	0
1934	2	3	269	17	111	4	2/32	27.75	2.47	67.25	0	0
1946	3	5	942	50	330	13	5/96	25.38	2.10	72.46	0	2
1947	2	2	424	14	115	5	4/84	23.00	1.62	84.80	1	0
1948	6	8	1,040	21	466	11	4/78	42.36	2.68	94.54	1	0
1949	2	2	120	6	48	0	0/9	N/A	2.40	N/A	0	0
1951	2	4	487	20	145	3	3/61	48.33	1.78	162.33	0	0
1952	6	10	947	66	264	9	4/40	29.33	1.67	105.22	1	0
All	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2

Lala Amarnath: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Brabourne Stadium	3	6	1	176	58*	35.20	-	-	0	1	0	-
Eden Gardens	4	6	1	57	34*	11.40	-	-	0	0	2	-
MA Chidambaram Stadium	4	6	1	102	31	20.40	-	-	0	0	0	-
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	0	28	12	7.00	49	57.14	0	0	1	3
Arun Jaitley Stadium	2	3	0	107	62	35.66	-	-	0	1	0	-
All	24	40	4	878	118	24.38	-	-	1	4	5	-

Lala Amarnath: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Eden Gardens	4	7	666	29	229	3	2/75	76.33	2.06	222.00	0	0
Brabourne Stadium	4	6	541	32	174	7	4/40	24.85	1.92	77.28	1	0
MA Chidambaram Stadium	4	6	574	30	211	5	2/32	42.20	2.20	114.80	0	0
Arun Jaitley Stadium	2	3	258	14	95	2	1/12	47.50	2.20	129.00	0	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	512	7	209	8	4/78	26.12	2.44	64.00	1	0
All	24	35	4,241	195	1,481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 1

118v EnglandMumbai · 1933-12-15

Five-wicket innings 2

Best Test performances

Lala Amarnath: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
118	-	-	21	England	Mumbai	1933-12-15
62	-	-	-	West Indies	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1948-11-10
61*	-	-	-	Pakistan	Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	1952-10-23
58*	-	-	-	West Indies	Brabourne Stadium	1948-12-09
50	-	-	-	England	Lord's	1946-06-22
46	47	97.87	5	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1948-01-23
39	-	-	6	West Indies	Brabourne Stadium	1949-02-04
38	-	-	-	England	Mumbai	1933-12-15
36	-	-	-	West Indies	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1948-11-10
34*	-	-	-	West Indies	Eden Gardens	1948-12-31

Lala Amarnath: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/96	306	17	1.88	England	Old Trafford	1946-07-20
5/118	342	18	2.07	England	Lord's	1946-06-22
4/40	126	10	1.90	Pakistan	Brabourne Stadium	1952-11-13
4/78	168	3	2.78	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1948-01-01
4/84	312	10	1.61	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1947-11-28
3/52	160	3	1.95	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1948-01-01
3/61	205	9	1.78	England	Brabourne Stadium	1951-12-14
3/71	180	9	2.36	England	Old Trafford	1946-07-20
2/32	71	3	2.70	England	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1934-02-10
2/69	186	14	2.22	England	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1934-02-10

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1952-12-12	Pakistan	11	1/31 & 0/1	Eden Gardens	Match drawn
1952-11-28	Pakistan	14	1/9	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Match drawn
1952-11-13	Pakistan	did not bat	4/40 & 0/25	Brabourne Stadium	India won by 10 wickets
1952-10-23	Pakistan	10 & 61*	2/74	Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by inns & 43 runs
1952-10-16	Pakistan	9	0/10 & 1/12	Arun Jaitley Stadium	India won by inns & 70 runs
1952-02-06	England	31	0/56 & 0/6	MA Chidambaram Stadium	India won by inns & 8 runs
1951-12-30	England	0	0/35 & 0/43	Eden Gardens	Match drawn
1951-12-14	England	32 & 4	3/61 & 0/6	Brabourne Stadium	Match drawn
1949-02-04	West Indies	19 & 39	0/9	Brabourne Stadium	Match drawn
1949-01-27	West Indies	13 & 6	0/39	MA Chidambaram Stadium	West Indies won by inns & 193 runs