How many Test runs has Paul Downton scored?

Paul Downton has 785 runs in 48 Test innings from 30 matches at an average of 19.62 and a strike rate of 29.33. Highest score: 74.

What is Paul Downton's Test batting average?

Paul Downton's Test batting average is 19.62, from 785 runs and 48 innings.

How many ODI runs has Paul Downton scored?

Paul Downton has 242 runs in 20 ODI innings from 28 matches at an average of 16.13 and a strike rate of 67.59. Highest score: 44*.

What is Paul Downton's ODI batting average?

Paul Downton's ODI batting average is 16.13, from 242 runs and 20 innings.

Which teams has Paul Downton played international cricket for?

Paul Downton is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Paul Downton play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1977 to 1988. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Paul Downton

Wicketkeeper-batter · 1977 to 1988 · 58 internationals

England

Test30 matches ODI28 matches

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58Internationals

1,027Runs

0Hundreds

-Wickets

96Catches

8Stumpings

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	0	4	4	67	0
ODI	28	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	0	0	2	13	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	30	51	70	5	75	1.470	4 (4ct 0st)
ODI	28	28	26	3	29	1.035	4 (4ct 0st)

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

Paul Downton: Test and ODI stats

Test

30 matches · 1981-1988

785runs

Matches: 30
Average: 19.62
Strike rate: 29.33
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 74
Fifties: 4

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ODI

28 matches · 1977-1988

242runs

Matches: 28
Average: 16.13
Strike rate: 67.59
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 44*
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	48	48	-	0	1981-02-13	1988-06-30	Complete
ODI	20	20	-	0	1984-12-05	1988-05-21	Complete

Questions fans ask about Paul Downton

How many Test runs has Paul Downton scored?: Paul Downton has 785 runs in 48 Test innings from 30 matches at an average of 19.62 and a strike rate of 29.33. Highest score: 74.
What is Paul Downton's Test batting average?: Paul Downton's Test batting average is 19.62, from 785 runs and 48 innings.
How many ODI runs has Paul Downton scored?: Paul Downton has 242 runs in 20 ODI innings from 28 matches at an average of 16.13 and a strike rate of 67.59. Highest score: 44*.
What is Paul Downton's ODI batting average?: Paul Downton's ODI batting average is 16.13, from 242 runs and 20 innings.
Which teams has Paul Downton played international cricket for?: Paul Downton is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Paul Downton play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1977 to 1988. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1988-06-30	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 156 runs
1988-06-16	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 134 runs
1988-06-02	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1988-05-23	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 7 wickets
1988-05-21	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 47 runs
1988-05-19	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1987-11-08	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 7 runs
1987-11-05	England v India	ODI	England won by 35 runs
1987-10-30	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 8 wickets
1987-10-26	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 34 runs
1987-10-20	England v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
1987-10-17	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 108 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1981 to 1988

Paul Downton in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

785Runs

19.62Average

29.33Strike rate

0Hundreds

70Catches

5Stumpings

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	0	4	4	67	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	30	51	70	5	75	1.470	4 (4ct 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

Caught24 · 50.0%

Bowled5 · 10.4%

LBW11 · 22.9%

Not out8 · 16.7%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

256.001 inns

324.001 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

722.7020 inns

815.0022 inns

916.334 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours268 · 34.1%

Other runs517 · 65.9%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

147runs

18.37average

28.65strike rate

050s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Paul Downton: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
West Indies	16	30	4	433	56	16.65	1,544	28.04	1	2	37
Australia	7	9	1	125	54	15.62	334	37.42	1	2	12
India	6	8	3	217	74	43.40	745	29.12	2	0	17
Sri Lanka	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	53	18.86	0	0	1
All	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	4	4	67

Paul Downton: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Home	17	27	3	463	56	19.29	1,486	31.15	2	3	43
Away	13	21	5	322	74	20.12	1,190	27.05	2	1	24
All	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	4	4	67

Paul Downton: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	16	16	3	230	37*	17.69	819	28.08	0	2	18
2nd innings of the match	14	14	3	218	74	19.81	700	31.14	2	1	20
3rd innings of the match	15	15	2	287	62	22.07	982	29.22	2	1	24
4th innings of the match	3	3	0	50	27	16.66	175	28.57	0	0	5
All	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	4	4	67

Paul Downton: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
No. 2	1	1	0	56	56	56.00	187	29.94	1	0	3
No. 3	1	1	0	24	24	24.00	115	20.86	0	0	3
No. 7	16	20	3	386	74	22.70	1,177	32.79	2	2	35
No. 8	16	22	4	270	54	15.00	1,012	26.67	1	1	22
No. 9	4	4	1	49	33	16.33	185	26.48	0	1	4
All	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	4	4	67

Paul Downton: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Won	5	5	2	147	74	49.00	355	41.40	2	0	16
Lost	17	34	3	543	62	17.51	1,845	29.43	2	2	44
Drawn	8	9	3	95	26*	15.83	476	19.95	0	2	7
All	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	4	4	67

Paul Downton: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1981	4	7	1	59	26*	9.83	298	19.79	0	1	4
1984	9	15	3	399	74	33.25	1,354	29.46	3	1	33
1985	8	9	2	118	54	16.85	324	36.41	1	2	12
1986	6	12	1	125	29	11.36	466	26.82	0	0	11
1988	3	5	1	84	27	21.00	234	35.89	0	0	7
All	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	4	4	67

Paul Downton: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Lord's	5	9	1	130	29	16.25	432	30.09	0	1	13
Queen's Park Oval	3	6	1	40	11*	8.00	189	21.16	0	0	2
Old Trafford	3	5	0	77	24	15.40	282	27.30	0	1	6
Sabina Park	2	4	1	31	26*	10.33	160	19.37	0	1	2
Trent Bridge	3	4	1	27	16*	9.00	111	24.32	0	1	1
Antigua Recreation Ground	2	3	0	31	13	10.33	141	21.98	0	0	4
Edgbaston	2	3	1	89	56	44.50	288	30.90	1	0	6
Headingley	2	3	0	98	54	32.66	219	44.74	1	0	15
Kennington Oval	2	3	0	42	16	14.00	154	27.27	0	0	2
All	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2,676	29.33	4	4	67

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

Best Test performances

Paul Downton: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
74	206	35.92	6	India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1984-12-12
62	155	40.00	5	India	Wankhede Stadium	1984-11-28
56	187	29.94	3	West Indies	Edgbaston	1984-06-14
54	98	55.10	9	Australia	Headingley	1985-06-13
37*	166	22.28	2	India	Wankhede Stadium	1984-11-28
33	101	32.67	3	West Indies	Edgbaston	1984-06-14
29	109	26.60	4	India	Lord's	1986-06-05
27	67	40.29	4	West Indies	Headingley	1984-07-12
27	51	52.94	3	West Indies	Lord's	1988-06-16
26*	144	18.05	2	West Indies	Sabina Park	1981-04-10

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1988-06-30	West Indies	24 & 6	-	Old Trafford	West Indies won by inns & 156 runs
1988-06-16	West Indies	11 & 27	-	Lord's	West Indies won by 134 runs
1988-06-02	West Indies	16*	-	Trent Bridge	Match drawn
1986-06-05	India	5 & 29	-	Lord's	India won by 5 wickets
1986-04-11	West Indies	5 & 13	-	Antigua Recreation Ground	West Indies won by 240 runs
1986-04-03	West Indies	7 & 11*	-	Queen's Park Oval	West Indies won by 10 wickets
1986-03-21	West Indies	11 & 26	-	Kensington Oval	West Indies won by inns & 30 runs
1986-03-07	West Indies	8 & 5	-	Queen's Park Oval	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1986-02-21	West Indies	2 & 3	-	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 10 wickets
1985-08-29	Australia	16	-	Kennington Oval	England won by inns & 94 runs

ODI CAREER · 1977 to 1988

Paul Downton in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

242Runs

16.13Average

67.59Strike rate

0Hundreds

0Fifties

44*Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	28	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	0	0	2	13	0

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	28	28	26	3	29	1.035	4 (4ct 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

Caught11 · 55.0%

Bowled1 · 5.0%

LBW1 · 5.0%

Run out2 · 10.0%

Not out5 · 25.0%

ODI batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

227.001 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

56.001 inns

69.002 inns

717.579 inns

817.007 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours52 · 21.5%

Other runs190 · 78.5%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

69runs

8.62average

59.48strike rate

050s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Paul Downton: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
India	8	8	4	114	44*	28.50	148	77.02	0	7
West Indies	5	5	0	53	30	10.60	89	59.55	1	2
Australia	4	4	1	63	27	21.00	99	63.63	0	4
Pakistan	3	3	0	12	6	4.00	22	54.54	1	0
All	20	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	2	13

Paul Downton: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Home	5	5	2	65	30	21.66	95	68.42	0	3
Away	11	11	3	150	44*	18.75	227	66.07	2	9
Neutral	4	4	0	27	9	6.75	36	75.00	0	1
All	20	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	2	13

Paul Downton: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Batting first	10	10	2	128	30	16.00	218	58.71	0	6
Chasing	10	10	3	114	44*	16.28	140	81.42	2	7
All	20	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	2	13

Paul Downton: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
No. 2	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	64	42.18	0	2
No. 5	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	7	85.71	0	0
No. 6	2	2	0	18	9	9.00	25	72.00	0	1
No. 7	9	9	2	123	44*	17.57	180	68.33	0	7
No. 8	7	7	3	68	27*	17.00	82	82.92	2	3
All	20	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	2	13

Paul Downton: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Won	7	7	4	121	44*	40.33	156	77.56	0	8
Lost	13	13	1	121	27	10.08	202	59.90	2	5
All	20	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	2	13

Paul Downton: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
1984	2	2	2	71	44*	N/A	78	91.02	0	4
1985	7	7	1	94	27	15.66	142	66.19	0	6
1986	5	5	1	28	12	7.00	59	47.45	1	0
1987	5	5	1	19	9	4.75	32	59.37	1	1
1988	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	47	63.82	0	2
All	20	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	2	13

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

Best ODI performances

Paul Downton: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
44*	41	107.31	3	India	Barabati Stadium	1984-12-27
30	47	63.82	2	West Indies	Headingley	1988-05-21
27*	37	72.97	1	India	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	1984-12-05
27	64	42.18	2	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1985-02-17
16*	9	177.77	1	Australia	Edgbaston	1985-06-01
13	9	144.44	1	India	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	1985-01-23
12	18	66.66	2	India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	1985-01-20
12	14	85.71	0	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1986-03-31
11	18	61.11	0	Australia	Old Trafford	1985-05-30
9	17	52.94	0	India	Sydney Cricket Ground	1985-02-26

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1988-05-23	England v West Indies	did not bat	-	Lord's	England won by 7 wickets
1988-05-21	West Indies	30	-	Headingley	England won by 47 runs
1988-05-19	England v West Indies	did not bat	-	Edgbaston	England won by 6 wickets
1987-11-08	Australia	9	-	Eden Gardens	Australia won by 7 runs
1987-11-05	India	1*	-	Wankhede Stadium	England won by 35 runs
1987-10-30	England v Sri Lanka	did not bat	-	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	England won by 8 wickets
1987-10-26	England v West Indies	did not bat	-	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	England won by 34 runs
1987-10-20	Pakistan	6	-	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
1987-10-17	England v Sri Lanka	did not bat	-	Arbab Niaz Stadium	England won by 108 runs
1987-10-12	Pakistan	0	-	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 18 runs