How many Test runs has Neil Adcock scored?

Neil Adcock has 146 runs in 39 Test innings from 26 matches at an average of 5.40. Highest score: 24.

What is Neil Adcock's Test batting average?

Neil Adcock's Test batting average is 5.40, from 146 runs and 39 innings.

How many Test wickets has Neil Adcock taken?

Neil Adcock has taken 104 wickets in Test from 26 matches at a bowling average of 21.10. Best innings: 6/43.

Which teams has Neil Adcock played international cricket for?

Neil Adcock is recorded for South Africa in this publication.

When did Neil Adcock play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1953 to 1962. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Neil Adcock

Bowler · 1953 to 1962 · 26 internationals

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26Internationals

146Runs

0Hundreds

104Wickets

4Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	0	0	9	-	1

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	8/87	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	26	48	4	0	4	0.083	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Neil Adcock: Test stats

Test

26 matches · 1953-1962

104wickets

Matches: 26
Average: 21.10
Economy: 2.06
Strike rate: 61.45
Best innings: 6/43
Five-fors: 5

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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	39	39	46	46	1953-12-11	1962-02-16	Complete

Questions fans ask about Neil Adcock

How many Test runs has Neil Adcock scored?: Neil Adcock has 146 runs in 39 Test innings from 26 matches at an average of 5.40. Highest score: 24.
What is Neil Adcock's Test batting average?: Neil Adcock's Test batting average is 5.40, from 146 runs and 39 innings.
How many Test wickets has Neil Adcock taken?: Neil Adcock has taken 104 wickets in Test from 26 matches at a bowling average of 21.10. Best innings: 6/43.
Which teams has Neil Adcock played international cricket for?: Neil Adcock is recorded for South Africa in this publication.
When did Neil Adcock play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1953 to 1962. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1962-02-16	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 40 runs
1962-02-02	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 51 runs
1960-08-18	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-07	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1960-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 73 runs
1960-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 100 runs
1958-02-28	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-02-07	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 10 wickets
1958-01-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1957-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 141 runs
1957-12-23	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1953 to 1962

Neil Adcock in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

104Wickets

21.10Average

2.06Economy

61.45Strike rate

6/43Best

5Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	0	0	9	-	1

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	8/87	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	26	48	4	0	4	0.083	1 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

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

Caught6 · 15.4%

Bowled15 · 38.5%

LBW3 · 7.7%

Run out3 · 7.7%

Not out12 · 30.8%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

1011.504 inns

114.3435 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

65runs

9.28average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

24wickets

22.75average

2.28economy

59.79strike rate

6/65best

Test record by situation

complete career

Neil Adcock: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
England	13	23	9	75	17	5.35	-	-	2	-	1
Australia	5	8	2	6	3*	1.00	-	-	5	0	0
New Zealand	6	8	1	65	24	9.28	-	-	2	-	0
All	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	9	-	1

Neil Adcock: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
England	14	25	3,488	138	1,152	57	6/65	20.21	1.98	61.19	4	2
New Zealand	7	13	1,855	65	633	33	5/43	19.18	2.04	56.21	1	2
Australia	5	8	1,048	15	410	14	6/43	29.28	2.34	74.85	0	1
All	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5

Neil Adcock: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Home	16	25	5	113	24	5.65	-	-	7	-	1
Away	8	14	7	33	8*	4.71	-	-	2	-	0
All	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	9	-	1

Neil Adcock: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	17	31	4,039	112	1,356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	3
Away	9	15	2,352	106	839	36	6/65	23.30	2.14	65.33	1	2
All	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5

Neil Adcock: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	6	6	2	9	6	2.25	-	-	3	1	0
2nd innings of the match	17	17	7	77	17	7.70	-	-	3	-	1
3rd innings of the match	11	11	1	28	6	2.80	-	-	3	-	0
4th innings of the match	5	5	2	32	24	10.66	-	-	0	-	0
All	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	9	-	1

Neil Adcock: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	18	18	2,969	99	1,048	55	6/43	19.05	2.11	53.98	4	3
2nd innings of the match	8	8	1,014	22	386	13	4/20	29.69	2.28	78.00	1	0
3rd innings of the match	14	14	2,034	88	641	29	5/45	22.10	1.89	70.13	0	1
4th innings of the match	6	6	374	9	120	7	5/43	17.14	1.92	53.42	0	1
All	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5

Neil Adcock: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
No. 10	3	4	0	46	24	11.50	-	-	1	-	0
No. 11	22	35	12	100	17	4.34	-	-	8	-	1
All	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	9	-	1

Neil Adcock: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Won	7	11	1	44	17	4.40	-	-	3	-	0
Lost	11	22	9	90	24	6.92	-	-	4	-	1
Drawn	6	6	2	12	8*	3.00	-	-	2	-	0
All	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	9	-	1

Neil Adcock: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	9	17	2,074	72	651	41	5/43	15.87	1.88	50.58	2	2
Lost	11	18	2,605	94	871	36	5/62	24.19	2.00	72.36	1	1
Drawn	6	11	1,712	52	673	27	6/43	24.92	2.35	63.40	2	2
All	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5

Neil Adcock: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1953	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	-	-	1	-	0
1954	3	3	1	13	8*	6.50	-	-	1	-	0
1955	3	6	3	13	6	4.33	-	-	1	-	0
1956	1	2	1	17	17	17.00	-	-	0	2	1
1957	6	10	2	25	11	3.12	-	-	2	3	0
1958	3	5	1	6	3*	1.50	-	-	3	0	0
1960	5	8	4	20	8*	5.00	-	-	1	-	0
1962	2	3	0	46	24	15.33	-	-	0	-	0
All	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	9	-	1

Neil Adcock: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1953	2	4	528	13	177	11	5/43	16.09	2.01	48.00	0	1
1954	3	5	835	14	308	13	5/45	23.69	2.21	64.23	1	1
1955	4	6	774	37	252	10	3/48	25.20	1.95	77.40	0	0
1956	1	2	264	7	69	7	4/36	9.85	1.56	37.71	1	0
1957	6	11	1,296	33	441	16	4/20	27.56	2.04	81.00	2	0
1958	3	5	624	7	213	12	6/43	17.75	2.04	52.00	0	1
1960	5	9	1,578	69	587	26	6/65	22.57	2.23	60.69	1	2
1962	2	4	492	38	148	9	3/40	16.44	1.80	54.66	0	0
All	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5

Neil Adcock: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
The Wanderers Stadium	7	11	1	50	17	5.00	-	-	4	-	1
St George's Park	4	7	2	40	24	8.00	-	-	1	-	0
Newlands	3	5	2	20	11	6.66	-	-	1	-	0
Lord's	2	4	3	10	8*	10.00	-	-	0	-	0
Trent Bridge	2	4	2	8	6	4.00	-	-	1	1	0
All	26	39	12	146	24	5.40	-	-	9	-	1

Neil Adcock: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
The Wanderers Stadium	7	13	1,607	50	519	31	5/43	16.74	1.93	51.83	1	2
St George's Park	4	8	963	31	345	18	4/20	19.16	2.14	53.50	2	0
Kingsmead	3	6	819	21	245	14	6/43	17.50	1.79	58.50	1	1
Newlands	3	4	650	10	247	5	3/54	49.40	2.28	130.00	0	0
Old Trafford	2	4	636	31	225	13	4/66	17.30	2.12	48.92	1	0
Lord's	2	3	414	19	144	5	3/70	28.80	2.08	82.80	0	0
Trent Bridge	2	3	442	13	176	3	2/74	58.66	2.38	147.33	0	0
All	26	46	6,391	218	2,195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5

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Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 5

Best Test performances

Neil Adcock: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
24	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	St George's Park	1962-02-16
17	-	-	2	1	England	The Wanderers Stadium	1956-12-24
17	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1962-02-02
11	-	-	2	0	England	Newlands	1957-01-01
8*	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	Newlands	1954-01-01
8*	-	-	-	0	England	Lord's	1960-06-23
7	-	-	1	0	England	Edgbaston	1960-06-09
6	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1953-12-24
6	-	-	1	0	England	Trent Bridge	1955-06-09
6	-	-	-	0	England	Headingley	1955-07-21

Neil Adcock: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
6/43	144	2	1.79	Australia	Kingsmead	1958-01-24
6/65	189	10	2.06	England	Kennington Oval	1960-08-18
5/43	152	4	1.69	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1953-12-24
5/45	208	8	1.29	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1954-01-29
5/62	251	14	1.48	England	Edgbaston	1960-06-09
4/20	91	4	1.31	England	St George's Park	1957-03-01
4/36	160	6	1.35	England	The Wanderers Stadium	1956-12-24
4/39	123	3	1.90	England	Kingsmead	1957-01-25
4/66	138	5	2.86	England	Old Trafford	1960-07-21
4/86	152	1	3.39	New Zealand	St George's Park	1954-02-05

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1962-02-16	New Zealand	5 & 24	3/60 & 1/25	St George's Park	New Zealand won by 40 runs
1962-02-02	New Zealand	17	2/23 & 3/40	The Wanderers Stadium	South Africa won by inns & 51 runs
1960-08-18	England	1	6/65 & 1/106	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1960-07-21	England	0*	4/66 & 3/59	Old Trafford	Match drawn
1960-07-07	England	0 & 1*	1/86 & 0/16	Trent Bridge	England won by 8 wickets
1960-06-23	England	8* & 2	3/70	Lord's	England won by inns & 73 runs
1960-06-09	England	1* & 7	5/62 & 3/57	Edgbaston	England won by 100 runs
1958-02-28	Australia	3* & 0	2/81 & 1/18	St George's Park	Australia won by 8 wickets
1958-02-07	Australia	0 & 3	2/37	The Wanderers Stadium	Australia won by 10 wickets
1958-01-24	Australia	0	6/43 & 1/34	Kingsmead	Match drawn