How many Test runs has Mike Atherton scored?

Mike Atherton has 7,728 runs in 212 Test innings from 115 matches at an average of 37.69 and a strike rate of 37.49. Highest score: 185*.

What is Mike Atherton's Test batting average?

Mike Atherton's Test batting average is 37.69, from 7,728 runs and 212 innings.

How many ODI runs has Mike Atherton scored?

Mike Atherton has 1,791 runs in 54 ODI innings from 54 matches at an average of 35.11 and a strike rate of 58.64. Highest score: 127.

What is Mike Atherton's ODI batting average?

Mike Atherton's ODI batting average is 35.11, from 1,791 runs and 54 innings.

How many international centuries does Mike Atherton have?

Mike Atherton has 18 international hundreds: 16 in Test; 2 in ODI.

Which teams has Mike Atherton played international cricket for?

Mike Atherton is recorded for England in this publication.

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Mike Atherton

Top-order batter · 1989 to 2001 · 169 internationals

England

Test115 matches ODI54 matches

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169Internationals

9,519Runs

18Hundreds

-Wickets

98Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4
ODI	54	54	3	1,791	127	35.11	3,054	58.64	2	12	4	155	1

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	115	14	408	12	302	2	1/20	1/20	151.00	4.44	204.00	0	0	0
ODI	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	115	200	83	0	83	0.415	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	54	54	15	0	15	0.277	2 (2ct 0st)

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

Mike Atherton: Test and ODI stats

Test

115 matches · 1989-2001

7,728runs

Matches: 115
Average: 37.69
Strike rate: 37.49
Hundreds: 16
Highest: 185*
Fifties: 46

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ODI

54 matches · 1990-1998

1,791runs

Matches: 54
Average: 35.11
Strike rate: 58.64
Hundreds: 2
Highest: 127
Fifties: 12

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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	212	212	14	14	1989-08-10	2001-08-23	Complete
ODI	54	52	-	0	1990-07-18	1998-08-20	96%

Questions fans ask about Mike Atherton

How many Test runs has Mike Atherton scored?: Mike Atherton has 7,728 runs in 212 Test innings from 115 matches at an average of 37.69 and a strike rate of 37.49. Highest score: 185*.
What is Mike Atherton's Test batting average?: Mike Atherton's Test batting average is 37.69, from 7,728 runs and 212 innings.
How many ODI runs has Mike Atherton scored?: Mike Atherton has 1,791 runs in 54 ODI innings from 54 matches at an average of 35.11 and a strike rate of 58.64. Highest score: 127.
What is Mike Atherton's ODI batting average?: Mike Atherton's ODI batting average is 35.11, from 1,791 runs and 54 innings.
How many international centuries does Mike Atherton have?: Mike Atherton has 18 international hundreds: 16 in Test; 2 in ODI.
Which teams has Mike Atherton played international cricket for?: Mike Atherton is recorded for England in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
2001-08-23	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 25 runs
2001-08-16	Australia v England	Test	England won by 6 wickets
2001-08-02	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
2001-07-19	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
2001-07-05	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 118 runs
2001-05-31	England v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 108 runs
2001-05-17	England v Pakistan	Test	England won by inns & 9 runs
2001-03-15	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 4 wickets
2001-03-07	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 3 wickets
2001-02-22	England v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by inns & 28 runs
2000-12-07	England v Pakistan	Test	England won by 6 wickets
2000-11-29	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1989 to 2001

Mike Atherton in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

7,728Runs

37.69Average

37.49Strike rate

16Hundreds

46Fifties

185*Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	115	14	408	12	302	2	1/20	1/20	151.00	4.44	204.00	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	115	200	83	0	83	0.415	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

Caught133 · 62.7%

Bowled32 · 15.1%

LBW35 · 16.5%

Run out3 · 1.4%

Stumped1 · 0.5%

Other dismissal1 · 0.5%

Not out7 · 3.3%

Test batting position: average and innings

136.6194 inns

241.48103 inns

316.5313 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

611 inns

734.001 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours3,616 · 46.8%

Sixes24 · 0.3%

Other runs4,088 · 52.9%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

221runs

22.10average

45.66strike rate

250s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Mike Atherton: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	33	66	2	1,900	105	29.68	5,032	37.75	1	15	7	225	1
West Indies	27	50	0	1,587	144	31.74	4,222	37.58	4	6	5	187	0
South Africa	18	32	2	1,315	185*	43.83	3,672	35.81	3	8	5	172	1
Pakistan	11	19	1	746	125	41.44	2,116	35.25	1	6	1	76	0
New Zealand	11	17	1	1,088	151	68.00	2,767	39.32	4	6	1	130	0
India	7	13	1	689	160	57.41	1,639	42.03	2	4	1	70	0
Sri Lanka	4	8	0	144	44	18.00	512	28.12	0	0	0	12	0
Zimbabwe	4	7	0	259	136	37.00	649	39.90	1	1	0	32	2
All	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

Mike Atherton: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	67	124	3	4,716	160	38.97	12,052	39.13	9	31	9	591	3
Away	48	88	4	3,012	185*	35.85	8,557	35.19	7	15	11	313	1
All	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

Mike Atherton: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	57	57	0	2,329	144	40.85	5,973	38.99	6	15	9	268	3
2nd innings of the match	57	57	1	2,129	160	38.01	5,994	35.51	7	9	7	235	0
3rd innings of the match	60	60	0	1,902	108	31.70	5,152	36.91	1	13	3	226	0
4th innings of the match	38	38	6	1,368	185*	42.75	3,490	39.19	2	9	1	175	1
All	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

Mike Atherton: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	55	94	2	3,369	185*	36.61	9,335	36.08	9	14	9	395	1
No. 2	57	103	4	4,107	151	41.48	10,528	39.01	7	31	8	482	3
No. 3	7	13	0	215	60	16.53	620	34.67	0	1	3	21	0
No. 6	1	1	1	3	3*	N/A	32	9.37	0	0	0	0	0
No. 7	1	1	0	34	34	34.00	94	36.17	0	0	0	6	0
All	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

Mike Atherton: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	31	56	4	2,090	125	40.19	5,211	40.10	4	15	4	252	0
Lost	44	88	0	2,319	144	26.35	6,402	36.22	1	15	11	264	1
Drawn	40	68	3	3,319	185*	51.06	8,996	36.89	11	16	5	388	3
All	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

Mike Atherton: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1989	2	4	0	73	47	18.25	210	34.76	0	0	1	7	0
1990	8	15	0	767	151	51.13	1,846	41.54	2	6	2	78	0
1991	8	15	1	326	105	23.28	976	33.40	1	1	2	32	0
1992	3	5	0	145	76	29.00	407	35.62	0	2	1	15	0
1993	8	16	0	616	99	38.50	1,571	39.21	0	6	0	79	0
1994	13	23	0	1,136	144	49.39	2,829	40.15	4	5	3	138	1
1995	13	24	1	1,129	185*	49.08	3,098	36.44	2	7	1	134	0
1996	9	16	1	469	160	31.26	1,224	38.31	1	2	2	55	1
1997	9	16	2	582	118	41.57	1,449	40.16	1	4	0	66	1
1998	15	29	1	802	103	28.64	2,354	34.06	1	4	5	99	0
1999	5	9	0	245	108	27.22	726	33.74	1	1	2	31	0
2000	12	21	1	990	136	49.50	2,714	36.47	3	5	0	109	1
2001	10	19	0	448	57	23.57	1,205	37.17	0	3	1	61	0
All	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

Mike Atherton: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	15	27	0	852	99	31.55	2,164	39.37	0	7	3	110	0
Kennington Oval	12	24	0	859	108	35.79	2,288	37.54	1	7	2	112	0
Trent Bridge	11	19	1	1,083	160	60.16	2,782	38.92	5	3	2	138	1
Edgbaston	9	18	2	664	103	41.50	1,509	44.00	1	6	1	84	0
Headingley	10	18	0	529	99	29.38	1,365	38.75	0	5	0	61	1
Old Trafford	10	18	0	729	131	40.50	1,944	37.50	2	3	1	86	1
Adelaide Oval	3	6	0	227	87	37.83	635	35.74	0	2	1	21	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	3	6	0	133	54	22.16	375	35.46	0	1	1	13	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	6	0	73	44	12.16	245	29.79	0	0	3	8	0
Queen's Park Oval	3	6	0	141	49	23.50	435	32.41	0	0	1	16	0
WACA Ground	3	6	0	100	35	16.66	273	36.63	0	0	0	14	0
Bourda	2	4	0	145	144	36.25	320	45.31	1	0	2	17	0
Kensington Oval	2	4	0	175	85	43.75	393	44.52	0	2	0	23	0
Newlands	2	4	0	116	71	29.00	269	43.12	0	1	1	12	0
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2	4	0	49	21	12.25	143	34.26	0	0	0	6	0
All	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	20,609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 16

Best Test performances

Mike Atherton: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
185*	492	37.60	29	0	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1995-11-30
160	376	42.55	20	0	India	Trent Bridge	1996-07-04
151	382	39.52	16	0	New Zealand	Trent Bridge	1990-06-07
144	296	48.64	17	0	West Indies	Bourda	1994-03-17
136	330	41.21	19	1	Zimbabwe	Trent Bridge	2000-06-01
135	383	35.24	13	0	West Indies	Antigua Recreation Ground	1994-04-16
131	276	47.46	12	0	India	Old Trafford	1990-08-09
125	430	29.06	9	0	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	2000-12-07
118	311	37.94	11	0	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	1997-02-14
113	247	45.74	17	0	West Indies	Trent Bridge	1995-08-10

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
2001-08-23	Australia	13 & 9	-	Kennington Oval	Australia won by inns & 25 runs
2001-08-16	Australia	22 & 8	-	Headingley	England won by 6 wickets
2001-08-02	Australia	0 & 51	-	Trent Bridge	Australia won by 7 wickets
2001-07-19	Australia	37 & 20	-	Lord's	Australia won by 8 wickets
2001-07-05	Australia	57 & 4	-	Edgbaston	Australia won by inns & 118 runs
2001-05-31	Pakistan	5 & 51	-	Old Trafford	Pakistan won by 108 runs
2001-05-17	Pakistan	42	-	Lord's	England won by inns & 9 runs
2001-03-15	Sri Lanka	21 & 13	-	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	England won by 4 wickets
2001-03-07	Sri Lanka	7 & 11	-	Asgiriya Stadium	England won by 3 wickets
2001-02-22	Sri Lanka	33 & 44	-	Galle International Stadium	Sri Lanka won by inns & 28 runs

ODI CAREER · 1990 to 1998

Mike Atherton in ODIs

Scorecards for 52 of 54 official batting innings

1,791Runs

35.11Average

58.64Strike rate

2Hundreds

12Fifties

127Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	54	54	3	1,791	127	35.11	3,054	58.64	2	12	4	155	1

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	54	54	15	0	15	0.277	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

Caught30 · 57.7%

Bowled10 · 19.2%

LBW6 · 11.5%

Run out3 · 5.8%

Not out3 · 5.8%

ODI batting position: average and innings

140.8623 inns

235.4220 inns

321.166 inns

4-0 inns

521.502 inns

6-0 inns

711 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours616 · 35.0%

Sixes6 · 0.3%

Other runs1,139 · 64.7%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

319runs

35.44average

66.18strike rate

150s

1100s

ODI record by situation

52 recorded innings

Mike Atherton: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
West Indies	11	11	2	638	127	70.88	1,023	62.36	1	5	0	57	1
New Zealand	10	10	0	269	81	26.90	499	53.90	0	1	1	29	0
South Africa	9	9	0	214	85	23.77	380	56.31	0	1	2	21	0
Australia	6	6	1	200	113*	40.00	325	61.53	1	1	0	15	0
India	5	5	0	86	59	17.20	182	47.25	0	1	1	5	0
Zimbabwe	5	5	0	106	26	21.20	261	40.61	0	0	0	6	0
Pakistan	4	4	0	162	66	40.50	234	69.23	0	2	0	12	0
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	86	64	43.00	100	86.00	0	1	0	9	0
All	52	52	3	1,761	127	35.93	3,004	58.62	2	12	4	154	1

Mike Atherton: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	21	21	2	908	127	47.78	1,464	62.02	2	7	1	82	1
Away	25	25	1	757	86	31.54	1,331	56.87	0	5	2	67	0
Neutral	6	6	0	96	33	16.00	209	45.93	0	0	1	5	0
All	52	52	3	1,761	127	35.93	3,004	58.62	2	12	4	154	1

Mike Atherton: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	21	21	0	856	127	40.76	1,400	61.14	1	7	2	74	1
Chasing	31	31	3	905	113*	32.32	1,604	56.42	1	5	2	80	0
All	52	52	3	1,761	127	35.93	3,004	58.62	2	12	4	154	1

Mike Atherton: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	23	23	1	899	127	40.86	1,493	60.21	2	5	2	86	1
No. 2	20	20	1	673	85	35.42	1,141	58.98	0	6	1	56	0
No. 3	6	6	0	127	65	21.16	247	51.41	0	1	1	9	0
No. 5	2	2	0	43	25	21.50	82	52.43	0	0	0	2	0
No. 7	1	1	1	19	19*	N/A	41	46.34	0	0	0	1	0
All	52	52	3	1,761	127	35.93	3,004	58.62	2	12	4	154	1

Mike Atherton: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	22	22	2	1,008	127	50.40	1,623	62.10	2	8	2	89	1
Lost	28	28	1	717	66	26.55	1,309	54.77	0	4	2	62	0
Tied	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	41	56.09	0	0	0	3	0
No result	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	31	41.93	0	0	0	0	0
All	52	52	3	1,761	127	35.93	3,004	58.62	2	12	4	154	1

Mike Atherton: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1990	3	3	0	99	59	33.00	186	53.22	0	1	0	6	0
1991	7	7	1	236	74	39.33	467	50.53	0	2	1	21	0
1994	10	10	1	466	86	51.77	804	57.96	0	4	0	41	0
1995	5	5	0	267	127	53.40	405	65.92	1	1	0	26	1
1996	17	17	0	374	85	22.00	660	56.66	0	3	3	28	0
1997	9	9	1	255	113*	31.87	409	62.34	1	0	0	25	0
1998	1	1	0	64	64	64.00	73	87.67	0	1	0	7	0
All	52	52	3	1,761	127	35.93	3,004	58.62	2	12	4	154	1

Mike Atherton: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Edgbaston	4	4	1	200	81	66.66	366	54.64	0	2	0	19	0
Lord's	4	4	0	217	127	54.25	294	73.80	1	1	0	24	1
Old Trafford	4	4	0	158	74	39.50	268	58.95	0	2	1	13	0
Headingley	3	3	0	18	7	6.00	62	29.03	0	0	0	0	0
Kennington Oval	3	3	1	218	113*	109.00	298	73.15	1	1	0	20	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	3	0	82	60	27.33	161	50.93	0	1	0	5	0
Trent Bridge	3	3	0	97	59	32.33	176	55.11	0	1	0	6	0
All	52	52	3	1,761	127	35.93	3,004	58.62	2	12	4	154	1

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

ODI milestones

Hundreds 2

Best ODI performances

Mike Atherton: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
127	160	79.37	14	1	West Indies	Lord's	1995-05-28
113*	149	75.83	10	0	Australia	Kennington Oval	1997-05-24
92	118	77.96	10	0	West Indies	Kennington Oval	1995-05-26
86	146	58.90	6	0	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1994-02-16
85	110	77.27	5	0	South Africa	Mangaung Oval	1996-01-11
81	137	59.12	8	0	New Zealand	Edgbaston	1994-05-19
74	123	60.16	6	0	West Indies	Old Trafford	1991-05-25
69*	147	46.93	4	0	West Indies	Edgbaston	1991-05-23
66	91	72.52	6	0	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1996-03-03
65	93	69.89	5	0	Pakistan	Old Trafford	1996-08-29

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1998-08-20	Sri Lanka	64	-	Lord's	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1997-05-25	Australia	1	-	Lord's	England won by 6 wickets
1997-05-24	Australia	113*	-	Kennington Oval	England won by 6 wickets
1997-05-22	Australia	4	-	Headingley	England won by 6 wickets
1997-03-04	New Zealand	43	-	Basin Reserve	New Zealand won by 28 runs
1997-03-02	New Zealand	9	-	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 9 runs
1997-02-26	New Zealand	23	-	McLean Park	Match tied
1997-02-20	New Zealand	19	-	Lancaster Park	England won by 4 wickets
1997-01-03	Zimbabwe	18	-	Harare Sports Club	Zimbabwe won by 131 runs
1997-01-01	Zimbabwe	25	-	Harare Sports Club	Zimbabwe won by 7 runs