How many Test runs has Colin Cowdrey scored?

Colin Cowdrey has 7,624 runs in 188 Test innings from 114 matches at an average of 44.06. Highest score: 182.

What is Colin Cowdrey's Test batting average?

Colin Cowdrey's Test batting average is 44.06, from 7,624 runs and 188 innings.

How many ODI runs has Colin Cowdrey scored?

Colin Cowdrey has 1 runs in 1 ODI innings from 1 matches at an average of 1.00 and a strike rate of 20.00. Highest score: 1.

How many international centuries does Colin Cowdrey have?

Colin Cowdrey has 22 international hundreds: 22 in Test.

Which teams has Colin Cowdrey played international cricket for?

Colin Cowdrey is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Colin Cowdrey play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1954 to 1975. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Colin Cowdrey

Middle-order batter · 1954 to 1975 · 115 internationals

England

Test114 matches ODI1 matches

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115Internationals

7,625Runs

22Hundreds

-Wickets

120Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	114	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13
ODI	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	114	10	119	0	104	0	-	-	N/A	5.24	N/A	0	0	0
ODI	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	114	214	120	0	120	0.560	3 (3ct 0st)
ODI	1	1	0	0	0	0.000	0

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

Colin Cowdrey: Test and ODI stats

Test

114 matches · 1954-1975

7,624runs

Matches: 114
Average: 44.06
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 22
Highest: 182
Fifties: 38

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ODI

1 matches · 1971-1971

1runs

Matches: 1
Average: 1.00
Strike rate: 20.00
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 1
Fifties: 0

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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	188	188	10	10	1954-11-26	1975-02-08	Complete
ODI	1	1	-	0	1971-01-05	1971-01-05	Complete

Questions fans ask about Colin Cowdrey

How many Test runs has Colin Cowdrey scored?: Colin Cowdrey has 7,624 runs in 188 Test innings from 114 matches at an average of 44.06. Highest score: 182.
What is Colin Cowdrey's Test batting average?: Colin Cowdrey's Test batting average is 44.06, from 7,624 runs and 188 innings.
How many ODI runs has Colin Cowdrey scored?: Colin Cowdrey has 1 runs in 1 ODI innings from 1 matches at an average of 1.00 and a strike rate of 20.00. Highest score: 1.
How many international centuries does Colin Cowdrey have?: Colin Cowdrey has 22 international hundreds: 22 in Test.
Which teams has Colin Cowdrey played international cricket for?: Colin Cowdrey is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Colin Cowdrey play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1954 to 1975. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1975-02-08	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 4 runs
1975-01-25	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 163 runs
1975-01-04	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 171 runs
1974-12-26	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1974-12-13	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1971-06-03	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1971-03-05	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1971-01-21	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1971-01-05	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 5 wickets
1970-12-31	Australia v England	Test	No result
1970-12-11	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1970-11-27	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1954 to 1975

Colin Cowdrey in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

7,624Runs

44.06Average

-Strike rate

22Hundreds

38Fifties

182Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	114	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	114	10	119	0	104	0	-	-	N/A	5.24	N/A	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	114	214	120	0	120	0.560	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

Caught116 · 61.7%

Bowled31 · 16.5%

LBW19 · 10.1%

Run out5 · 2.7%

Stumped2 · 1.1%

Not out15 · 8.0%

Test batting position: average and innings

17.254 inns

246.8134 inns

344.7136 inns

438.2847 inns

549.5254 inns

637.5411 inns

76.001 inns

811 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

199runs

19.90average

29.30strike rate

050s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Colin Cowdrey: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	43	75	4	2,433	113	34.26	-	-	5	11	5	-	0
West Indies	21	36	2	1,751	154	51.50	-	-	6	10	2	-	0
South Africa	14	27	1	1,021	155	39.26	-	-	3	7	1	-	3
New Zealand	17	24	5	1,133	128*	59.63	-	-	2	8	1	-	2
Pakistan	10	15	1	633	182	45.21	-	-	3	0	0	-	1
India	8	11	2	653	160	72.55	-	-	3	2	0	-	7
All	113	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

Colin Cowdrey: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	54	88	6	3,537	182	43.13	-	-	9	18	4	-	9
Away	58	99	9	4,080	151	45.33	-	-	13	20	5	-	4
Neutral	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
All	113	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

Colin Cowdrey: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	62	62	0	2,713	182	43.75	-	-	9	14	6	-	4
2nd innings of the match	51	51	2	2,537	160	51.77	-	-	10	9	0	-	5
3rd innings of the match	45	45	4	1,600	155	39.02	-	-	3	9	2	-	2
4th innings of the match	30	30	9	774	82	36.85	-	-	0	6	1	-	2
All	113	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

Colin Cowdrey: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	3	4	0	29	16	7.25	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
No. 2	22	34	2	1,498	182	46.81	-	-	5	5	3	-	2
No. 3	24	36	1	1,565	160	44.71	-	-	5	9	2	-	6
No. 4	32	47	5	1,608	119	38.28	-	-	4	8	2	-	1
No. 5	41	54	6	2,377	154	49.52	-	-	6	16	1	-	3
No. 6	10	11	0	413	151	37.54	-	-	1	0	0	51	1
No. 7	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
No. 8	1	1	1	128	128*	N/A	-	-	1	0	0	10	0
All	113	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

Colin Cowdrey: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	42	63	7	3,087	182	55.12	-	-	10	17	3	-	10
Lost	21	42	0	1,180	105	28.09	-	-	1	6	0	134	1
Drawn	50	83	8	3,357	155	44.76	-	-	11	15	6	-	2
All	113	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

Colin Cowdrey: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1954	3	6	0	236	102	39.33	-	-	1	1	0	30	0
1955	5	8	1	198	79	28.28	-	-	0	2	1	23	0
1956	6	10	0	309	81	30.90	-	-	0	3	2	33	0
1957	9	14	0	701	154	50.07	-	-	3	4	0	63	2
1958	5	8	0	338	81	42.25	-	-	0	3	0	40	1
1959	10	15	2	658	160	50.61	-	-	2	3	0	-	6
1960	10	19	1	803	155	44.61	-	-	3	3	2	-	1
1961	4	8	0	168	93	21.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
1962	6	9	1	610	182	76.25	-	-	3	1	0	-	1
1963	8	14	3	524	128*	47.63	-	-	1	3	0	-	1
1964	6	9	2	497	151	71.00	-	-	2	1	0	60	1
1965	7	11	2	652	119	72.44	-	-	3	3	0	-	0
1966	10	18	2	611	96	38.18	-	-	0	5	2	59	0
1967	2	4	1	41	16	13.66	146	28.08	0	0	0	4	0
1968	9	14	0	749	148	53.50	-	-	3	4	1	100	0
1969	3	4	0	133	100	33.25	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
1970	2	3	0	69	40	23.00	210	32.85	0	0	0	5	0
1971	3	5	0	162	54	32.40	385	42.07	0	1	0	26	0
1974	2	4	0	106	41	26.50	394	26.90	0	0	0	13	0
1975	3	5	0	59	26	11.80	180	32.77	0	0	0	6	0
All	113	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

Colin Cowdrey: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	13	21	3	733	152	40.72	-	-	2	2	0	-	1
Kennington Oval	11	18	2	717	182	44.81	-	-	2	3	2	74	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	9	15	2	661	113	50.84	-	-	3	2	0	67	0
Trent Bridge	8	14	1	594	105	45.69	-	-	1	4	0	57	0
Edgbaston	8	13	0	737	159	56.69	-	-	3	3	1	-	1
Old Trafford	7	13	0	364	80	28.00	-	-	0	4	0	-	2
Sydney Cricket Ground	7	12	1	382	100*	34.72	-	-	1	3	2	32	0
Adelaide Oval	5	10	0	322	84	32.20	-	-	0	2	0	35	0
Headingley	7	9	0	392	160	43.55	-	-	1	2	1	-	4
Brisbane Cricket Ground	4	7	0	149	40	21.28	-	-	0	0	0	17	0
Eden Park	5	7	0	298	86	42.57	-	-	0	3	0	34	1
Queen's Park Oval	4	7	0	433	148	61.85	-	-	2	2	1	-	0
Lancaster Park	3	5	1	114	43	28.50	-	-	0	0	1	11	0
Bourda	2	4	0	233	82	58.25	-	-	0	3	0	-	0
Sabina Park	2	4	0	312	114	78.00	-	-	2	1	1	-	0
All	113	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	-	22	38	9	-	13

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 22

Best Test performances

Colin Cowdrey: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
182	-	-	23	1	Pakistan	Kennington Oval	1962-08-16
160	-	-	14	4	India	Headingley	1959-07-02
159	-	-	21	0	Pakistan	Edgbaston	1962-05-31
155	-	-	22	0	South Africa	Kennington Oval	1960-08-18
154	-	-	16	0	West Indies	Edgbaston	1957-05-30
152	-	-	14	0	West Indies	Lord's	1957-06-20
151	-	-	23	1	India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1964-02-08
148	-	-	21	0	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1968-03-14
128*	-	-	10	0	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1963-03-01
119	-	-	15	0	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1960-03-25

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1975-02-08	Australia	7	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	England won by inns & 4 runs
1975-01-25	Australia	26 & 3	-	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 163 runs
1975-01-04	Australia	22 & 1	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 171 runs
1974-12-26	Australia	35 & 8	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1974-12-13	Australia	22 & 41	-	WACA Ground	Australia won by 9 wickets
1971-06-03	Pakistan	16 & 34	-	Edgbaston	Match drawn
1971-03-05	New Zealand	54 & 45	-	Eden Park	Match drawn
1971-01-21	Australia	13	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1970-12-31	Australia v England	did not bat	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	No result
1970-12-11	Australia	40 & 1	0/18	WACA Ground	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1971 to 1971

Colin Cowdrey in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1Runs

1.00Average

20.00Strike rate

0Hundreds

0Fifties

1Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

ODI record by situation

complete career

Colin Cowdrey: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

Colin Cowdrey: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Away	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

Colin Cowdrey: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

Colin Cowdrey: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 6	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

Colin Cowdrey: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lost	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

Colin Cowdrey: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1971	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
All	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0

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

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1971-01-05	Australia	1	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 5 wickets