How many Test runs has Rick Darling scored?

Rick Darling has 697 runs in 27 Test innings from 14 matches at an average of 26.80. Highest score: 91.

What is Rick Darling's Test batting average?

Rick Darling's Test batting average is 26.80, from 697 runs and 27 innings.

How many ODI runs has Rick Darling scored?

Rick Darling has 363 runs in 18 ODI innings from 18 matches at an average of 21.35 and a strike rate of 53.46. Highest score: 74.

What is Rick Darling's ODI batting average?

Rick Darling's ODI batting average is 21.35, from 363 runs and 18 innings.

Which teams has Rick Darling played international cricket for?

Rick Darling is recorded for Australia in this publication.

When did Rick Darling play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1978 to 1982. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Rick Darling

Top-order batter · 1978 to 1982 · 32 internationals

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32Internationals

1,060Runs

0Hundreds

-Wickets

11Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	0	6	1	61	1
ODI	18	18	1	363	74	21.35	679	53.46	0	1	0	26	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	14	25	5	0	5	0.200	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	18	17	6	0	6	0.352	3 (3ct 0st)

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

Rick Darling: Test and ODI stats

Test

14 matches · 1978-1979

697runs

Matches: 14
Average: 26.80
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 91
Fifties: 6

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ODI

18 matches · 1978-1982

363runs

Matches: 18
Average: 21.35
Strike rate: 53.46
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 74
Fifties: 1

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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	27	27	-	0	1978-01-28	1979-11-03	Complete
ODI	18	17	-	0	1978-02-22	1982-01-23	94%

Questions fans ask about Rick Darling

How many Test runs has Rick Darling scored?: Rick Darling has 697 runs in 27 Test innings from 14 matches at an average of 26.80. Highest score: 91.
What is Rick Darling's Test batting average?: Rick Darling's Test batting average is 26.80, from 697 runs and 27 innings.
How many ODI runs has Rick Darling scored?: Rick Darling has 363 runs in 18 ODI innings from 18 matches at an average of 21.35 and a strike rate of 53.46. Highest score: 74.
What is Rick Darling's ODI batting average?: Rick Darling's ODI batting average is 21.35, from 363 runs and 18 innings.
Which teams has Rick Darling played international cricket for?: Rick Darling is recorded for Australia in this publication.
When did Rick Darling play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1978 to 1982. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1982-01-23	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 86 runs
1982-01-19	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 5 runs
1982-01-10	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1982-01-09	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 25 runs
1981-12-20	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1981-12-17	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
1981-12-06	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Australia won by 38 runs
1981-11-24	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1981-11-22	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1979-12-11	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 72 runs
1979-11-03	Australia v India	Test	India won by inns & 100 runs
1979-10-26	Australia v India	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1978 to 1979

Rick Darling in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

697Runs

26.80Average

-Strike rate

0Hundreds

6Fifties

91Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	0	6	1	61	1

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	14	25	5	0	5	0.200	2 (2ct 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

Caught16 · 59.3%

Bowled4 · 14.8%

LBW2 · 7.4%

Run out3 · 11.1%

Stumped1 · 3.7%

Not out1 · 3.7%

Test batting position: average and innings

124.229 inns

227.5313 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

620.664 inns

7-0 inns

859.001 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours244 · 35.0%

Sixes6 · 0.9%

Other runs447 · 64.1%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

237runs

26.33average

-strike rate

250s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Rick Darling: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
India	6	11	1	279	65	27.90	-	-	3	0	25	0
England	4	8	0	221	91	27.62	536	41.23	1	0	17	1
West Indies	3	6	0	43	15	7.16	-	-	0	1	4	0
Pakistan	1	2	0	154	79	77.00	271	56.82	2	0	15	0
All	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	6	1	61	1

Rick Darling: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	6	12	0	496	91	41.33	-	-	5	0	42	1
Away	8	15	1	201	59	14.35	-	-	1	1	19	0
All	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	6	1	61	1

Rick Darling: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	5	5	0	148	65	29.60	-	-	1	0	11	0
2nd innings of the match	9	9	0	325	91	36.11	-	-	3	0	29	1
3rd innings of the match	6	6	1	99	56	19.80	-	-	1	0	9	0
4th innings of the match	7	7	0	125	79	17.85	-	-	1	1	12	0
All	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	6	1	61	1

Rick Darling: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	5	9	0	218	79	24.22	-	-	2	1	21	1
No. 2	7	13	0	358	91	27.53	-	-	3	0	28	0
No. 6	2	4	1	62	39	20.66	125	49.60	0	0	7	0
No. 8	1	1	0	59	59	59.00	-	-	1	0	5	0
All	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	6	1	61	1

Rick Darling: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	4	8	0	344	79	43.00	-	-	4	1	29	0
Lost	7	14	1	274	91	21.07	-	-	2	0	24	1
Drawn	3	5	0	79	39	15.80	163	48.46	0	0	8	0
All	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	6	1	61	1

Rick Darling: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1978	6	12	0	248	65	20.66	-	-	2	1	18	0
1979	8	15	1	449	91	32.07	-	-	4	0	43	1
All	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	6	1	61	1

Rick Darling: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Adelaide Oval	2	4	0	154	65	38.50	-	-	2	0	13	1
WACA Ground	2	4	0	184	79	46.00	343	53.64	2	0	17	0
All	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	-	-	6	1	61	1

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

Best Test performances

Rick Darling: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
91	200	45.50	9	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-01-06
79	140	56.42	7	Pakistan	WACA Ground	1979-03-24
75	131	57.25	8	Pakistan	WACA Ground	1979-03-24
65	-	-	3	India	Adelaide Oval	1978-01-28
59	-	-	5	India	Green Park	1979-10-02
56	122	45.90	7	India	Adelaide Oval	1978-01-28
39	73	53.42	5	India	Eden Gardens	1979-10-26
33	71	46.47	2	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1978-12-29
25	63	39.68	1	England	WACA Ground	1978-12-15
21	86	24.41	0	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1978-12-29

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1979-11-03	India	16 & 0*	-	Wankhede Stadium	India won by inns & 100 runs
1979-10-26	India	39 & 7	-	Eden Gardens	Match drawn
1979-10-13	India	19 & 7	-	Arun Jaitley Stadium	Match drawn
1979-10-02	India	59 & 4	-	Green Park	India won by 153 runs
1979-09-19	India	7	-	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	Match drawn
1979-03-24	Pakistan	75 & 79	-	WACA Ground	Australia won by 7 wickets
1979-01-27	England	15 & 18	-	Adelaide Oval	England won by 205 runs
1979-01-06	England	91 & 13	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	England won by 93 runs
1978-12-29	England	33 & 21	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 103 runs
1978-12-15	England	25 & 5	-	WACA Ground	England won by 166 runs

ODI CAREER · 1978 to 1982

Rick Darling in ODIs

Scorecards for 17 of 18 official batting innings

363Runs

21.35Average

53.46Strike rate

0Hundreds

1Fifties

74Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	18	18	1	363	74	21.35	679	53.46	0	1	0	26	0

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	18	17	6	0	6	0.352	3 (3ct 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 · 64.7%

Bowled1 · 5.9%

LBW1 · 5.9%

Run out3 · 17.6%

Not out1 · 5.9%

ODI batting position: average and innings

125.805 inns

221.7710 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

612.502 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours96 · 27.4%

Other runs254 · 72.6%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

255runs

25.50average

57.56strike rate

150s

0100s

ODI record by situation

17 recorded innings

Rick Darling: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
West Indies	7	7	0	109	34	15.57	222	49.09	0	5
England	5	5	1	73	25	18.25	160	45.62	0	9
Pakistan	5	5	0	168	74	33.60	281	59.78	1	10
All	17	17	1	350	74	21.87	663	52.79	1	24

Rick Darling: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Home	13	13	1	283	74	23.58	508	55.70	1	18
Away	3	3	0	54	25	18.00	130	41.53	0	5
Neutral	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	25	52.00	0	1
All	17	17	1	350	74	21.87	663	52.79	1	24

Rick Darling: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Batting first	7	7	1	209	74	34.83	400	52.25	1	12
Chasing	10	10	0	141	34	14.10	263	53.61	0	12
All	17	17	1	350	74	21.87	663	52.79	1	24

Rick Darling: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
No. 1	5	5	0	129	74	25.80	214	60.28	1	8
No. 2	10	10	1	196	41	21.77	386	50.77	0	16
No. 6	2	2	0	25	20	12.50	63	39.68	0	0
All	17	17	1	350	74	21.87	663	52.79	1	24

Rick Darling: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Won	6	6	0	116	35	19.33	234	49.57	0	8
Lost	10	10	0	227	74	22.70	397	57.17	1	16
No result	1	1	1	7	7*	N/A	32	21.87	0	0
All	17	17	1	350	74	21.87	663	52.79	1	24

Rick Darling: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
1978	2	2	0	29	21	14.50	69	42.02	0	2
1979	6	6	1	86	25	17.20	185	46.48	0	10
1981	5	5	0	162	74	32.40	265	61.13	1	9
1982	4	4	0	73	34	18.25	144	50.69	0	3
All	17	17	1	350	74	21.87	663	52.79	1	24

Rick Darling: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	6	0	101	41	16.83	186	54.30	0	7
Sydney Cricket Ground	5	5	1	140	74	35.00	236	59.32	1	11
All	17	17	1	350	74	21.87	663	52.79	1	24

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

Best ODI performances

Rick Darling: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
74	100	74.00	6	Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground	1981-12-17
41	70	58.57	3	Pakistan	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1981-11-22
35	74	47.29	0	Pakistan	Adelaide Oval	1981-12-06
34	61	55.73	3	West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground	1982-01-19
25	61	40.98	3	England	Lord's	1979-06-09
21	57	36.84	1	West Indies	Castries	1978-04-12
20	34	58.82	2	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-12-11
20	51	39.21	0	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1982-01-10
14	21	66.66	3	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1979-02-07
14	20	70.00	0	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1982-01-23

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1982-01-23	West Indies	14	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 86 runs
1982-01-19	West Indies	34	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 5 runs
1982-01-10	West Indies	20	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 5 wickets
1982-01-09	Pakistan	5	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Pakistan won by 25 runs
1981-12-20	West Indies	7	-	WACA Ground	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1981-12-17	Pakistan	74	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
1981-12-06	Pakistan	35	-	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 38 runs
1981-11-24	West Indies	5	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 7 wickets
1981-11-22	Pakistan	41	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1979-12-11	England	20	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	England won by 72 runs