I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer

Lore & Background

The plot centers on three amateur cricketers—Wallis, Blake, and Peacock—found murdered with cricket equipment. After Boyd is bashed to death with a cricket bat in a toilet cubicle, police suspect a serial killer. The victims were once members of an under-12 boys' team involved in a bullying scandal. Surviving team members are taken to a safe house at Joadja but disobey orders and are killed one by one by a lanky, moustachioed killer in traditional cricketers' apparel (cream trousers, jumper, bucket hat), later identified as Phil Philips, the target of the bullying. The killer uses a cricket ball with six-inch nails and stumps with sharpened steel points. A gratuitous steamy shower scene features Reynolds, played by Arianna Starr. The two police supervising the safe house are killed by Philips and Reynolds, who is revealed as Philips' sister and illicit lover.

Reader's Guide

I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer is notable as a low-budget Australian black comedy slasher that uniquely combines cricket culture with horror tropes. Its reception includes a brief mention in a 2017 roundup of cricketing films by The Cricketer, which called it 'a rather-amusing-sounding Australian slasher flick featuring a serial killer who uses bats, stumps, a spiked box and a wicketkeeping glove.' The film's use of cricket equipment as murder weapons and its plot revolving around a bullying scandal give it a distinct place in the slasher genre. It was released on DVD in Australia by Anchor Bay Entertainment. The film's cast includes Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, and Doug Turner, who also co-directed. The original score was by Dallas Johnson, with additional recordings by Luke A. Edwards, Hell City Glamours, Mortal Sin, and Vox Mortis.

Did You Know?

• The killer, Phil Philips, is identified as the target of the bullying from the under-12 team.
• The shower scene features Arianna Starr as a body double for Stacey Edmonds.