Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
60.1 | 16 | 137 | 16 | 2.27 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 22 Jun 1972 | Test # 699 | |
53.4 | 15 | 149 | 14 | 2.77 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
48.5 | 25 | 71 | 13 | 1.45 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 08 Aug 1974 | Test # 743 | |
69.1 | 17 | 156 | 13 | 2.25 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 30 Mar 1974 | Test # 738 | |
44.1x8 | 14 | 97 | 12 | 1.64 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1971 | Test # 681 | |
34.1x8 | 5 | 104 | 12 | 2.28 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 | Test # 812 | |
42.3 | 11 | 121 | 12 | 2.84 | West Indies | v India | Chennai | 11 Jan 1975 | Test # 752 | |
45.7x8 | 9 | 165 | 12 | 2.69 | Pakistan | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 792 | |
63.4 | 12 | 166 | 12 | 2.60 | Australia | v India | Kanpur | 02 Oct 1979 | Test # 857 | |
22.3x8 | 1 | 58 | 11 | 1.94 | New Zealand | v India | Wellington | 13 Feb 1976 | Test # 772 | |
33.2x8 | 6 | 123 | 11 | 2.77 | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1977 | Test # 798 | |
57.2x8 | 13 | 125 | 11 | 1.63 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
39.4x8 | 5 | 130 | 11 | 2.46 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 07 Feb 1973 | Test # 712 | |
47.0x8 | 10 | 140 | 11 | 2.23 | India | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 | Test # 769 | |
56.1 | 17 | 140 | 11 | 2.49 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 24 Aug 1978 | Test # 830 | |
43.1 | 8 | 147 | 11 | 3.40 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 26 Jul 1973 | Test # 725 | |
47.7x8 | 9 | 165 | 11 | 2.58 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
80.5 | 23 | 176 | 11 | 2.17 | England | v Australia | Perth | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
59.0 | 10 | 190 | 11 | 3.22 | Pakistan | v India | Delhi | 04 Dec 1979 | Test # 863 | |
55.0x8 | 8 | 215 | 11 | 2.93 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1975 | Test # 754 | |
34.0x8 | 12 | 66 | 10 | 1.45 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1978 | Test # 838 | |
36.4 | 12 | 70 | 10 | 1.90 | England | v India | Delhi | 17 Dec 1976 | Test # 788 | |
52.0 | 22 | 82 | 10 | 1.57 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 | Test # 701 | |
41.3x8 | 9 | 100 | 10 | 1.81 | New Zealand | v England | Wellington | 10 Feb 1978 | Test # 817 | |
47.5x8 | 11 | 122 | 10 | 1.92 | Australia | v England | Perth | 15 Dec 1978 | Test # 836 | |
52.5 | 16 | 123 | 10 | 2.32 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 17 Jun 1976 | Test # 778 | |
37.0x8 | 5 | 135 | 10 | 2.73 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
41.0x8 | 7 | 149 | 10 | 2.72 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 20 Feb 1975 | Test # 757 | |
72.5 | 29 | 175 | 10 | 2.40 | Pakistan | v India | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
56.4 | 15 | 181 | 10 | 3.19 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 10 Aug 1972 | Test # 702 | |
61.2x8 | 12 | 194 | 10 | 2.37 | India | v Australia | Perth | 16 Dec 1977 | Test # 811 | |
32.5 | 12 | 59 | 9 | 1.79 | West Indies | v England | Manchester | 08 Jul 1976 | Test # 779 | |
38.4 | 16 | 70 | 9 | 1.81 | India | v New Zealand | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
46.3 | 18 | 86 | 9 | 1.84 | Australia | v England | Perth | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
29.0 | 9 | 88 | 9 | 3.03 | England | v India | Lord's | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
44.2 | 13 | 91 | 9 | 2.05 | England | v India | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 | Test # 703 | |
45.0 | 16 | 93 | 9 | 2.06 | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1978 | Test # 829 | |
43.5 | 10 | 95 | 9 | 2.16 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 04 Mar 1977 | Test # 799 | |
49.1 | 22 | 103 | 9 | 2.09 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
27.0x8 | 3 | 103 | 9 | 2.86 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 08 Feb 1975 | Test # 755 | |
38.5x8 | 8 | 105 | 9 | 2.03 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1974 | Test # 746 | |
55.2 | 19 | 107 | 9 | 1.93 | India | v England | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1972 | Test # 706 | |
35.6x8 | 9 | 111 | 9 | 2.32 | Australia | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1972 | Test # 704 | |
47.0 | 14 | 111 | 9 | 2.36 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1975 | Test # 752 | |
40.1 | 8 | 118 | 9 | 2.93 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 16 Jun 1977 | Test # 804 | |
27.0x8 | 4 | 119 | 9 | 3.30 | West Indies | v Australia | Perth | 12 Dec 1975 | Test # 765 | |
47.0x8 | 9 | 119 | 9 | 1.89 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 02 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 | |
46.4 | 14 | 121 | 9 | 2.59 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 04 Dec 1979 | Test # 863 | |
45.7x8 | 9 | 128 | 9 | 2.09 | New Zealand | v England | Auckland | 05 Mar 1971 | Test # 682 | |
67.4 | 20 | 131 | 9 | 1.93 | West Indies | v India | Port of Spain | 06 Mar 1971 | Test # 683 | |
46.2 | 10 | 131 | 9 | 2.82 | India | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
82.0 | 30 | 143 | 9 | 1.74 | West Indies | v India | Wankhede | 23 Jan 1975 | Test # 753 | |
65.5 | 25 | 149 | 9 | 2.26 | India | v England | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 | Test # 703 | |
47.7x8 | 6 | 155 | 9 | 2.42 | Australia | v Pakistan | Perth | 24 Mar 1979 | Test # 850 | |
51.2 | 15 | 157 | 9 | 3.05 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 14 Aug 1975 | Test # 762 | |
55.2 | 9 | 159 | 9 | 2.87 | Pakistan | v India | Karachi | 14 Nov 1978 | Test # 833 | |
57.5 | 13 | 160 | 9 | 2.76 | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 03 Jun 1971 | Test # 687 | |
34.4x8 | 4 | 166 | 9 | 3.60 | New Zealand | v Australia | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 | Test # 736 | |
40.0x8 | 9 | 167 | 9 | 3.13 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 03 Jan 1976 | Test # 767 | |
71.0 | 23 | 173 | 9 | 2.43 | England | v India | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
53.3 | 9 | 182 | 9 | 3.40 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 23 Mar 1972 | Test # 695 | |
49.0x8 | 9 | 187 | 9 | 2.86 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Lahore | 15 Feb 1975 | Test # 756 | |
25.5 | 10 | 51 | 8 | 1.97 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 15 Jun 1978 | Test # 826 | |
31.5x8 | 11 | 63 | 8 | 1.49 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 09 Jan 1971 | Test # 676 | |
47.4 | 18 | 88 | 8 | 1.84 | England | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 01 Jun 1978 | Test # 825 | |
49.0 | 19 | 89 | 8 | 1.81 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 05 Jul 1973 | Test # 724 | |
38.2 | 8 | 95 | 8 | 2.47 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 11 Aug 1977 | Test # 807 | |
41.5 | 12 | 97 | 8 | 2.31 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 01 Apr 1977 | Test # 802 | |
36.0 | 12 | 99 | 8 | 2.75 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 23 Aug 1973 | Test # 727 | |
35.0 | 4 | 100 | 8 | 2.85 | England | v India | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
44.5 | 10 | 103 | 8 | 2.29 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 03 Nov 1979 | Test # 860 | |
59.0 | 22 | 106 | 8 | 1.79 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 08 Jun 1972 | Test # 698 | |
40.0x8 | 10 | 109 | 8 | 2.04 | Pakistan | v Australia | Sydney | 06 Jan 1973 | Test # 707 | |
31.7x8 | 7 | 111 | 8 | 2.61 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1978 | Test # 818 | |
35.3 | 8 | 113 | 8 | 3.18 | England | v West Indies | Leeds | 22 Jul 1976 | Test # 780 | |
42.1 | 9 | 114 | 8 | 2.70 | India | v England | The Oval | 19 Aug 1971 | Test # 692 | |
43.4 | 9 | 115 | 8 | 2.63 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 20 Apr 1972 | Test # 697 | |
69.5 | 34 | 116 | 8 | 1.66 | West Indies | v India | Delhi | 11 Dec 1974 | Test # 747 | |
26.5x8 | 5 | 118 | 8 | 3.32 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1975 | Test # 754 | |
31.1 | 5 | 121 | 8 | 3.88 | West Indies | v Australia | Bridgetown | 17 Mar 1978 | Test # 821 | |
70.0 | 29 | 126 | 8 | 1.80 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 24 Mar 1976 | Test # 774 | |
64.3 | 18 | 127 | 8 | 1.96 | England | v India | Lord's | 22 Jul 1971 | Test # 690 | |
45.3 | 8 | 127 | 8 | 2.79 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 16 Jun 1977 | Test # 804 | |
47.0 | 9 | 128 | 8 | 2.72 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 08 Jun 1972 | Test # 698 | |
50.3 | 12 | 138 | 8 | 2.73 | West Indies | v India | Eden Gardens | 27 Dec 1974 | Test # 750 | |
59.0 | 18 | 142 | 8 | 2.40 | England | v India | Chennai | 12 Jan 1973 | Test # 708 | |
39.4x8 | 5 | 143 | 8 | 2.71 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1974 | Test # 749 | |
42.2x8 | 7 | 143 | 8 | 2.53 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 08 Feb 1975 | Test # 755 | |
51.0x8 | 6 | 145 | 8 | 2.13 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 02 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 | |
44.0x8 | 6 | 147 | 8 | 2.50 | Australia | v India | Brisbane | 02 Dec 1977 | Test # 809 | |
55.0 | 12 | 148 | 8 | 2.69 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 18 Mar 1977 | Test # 801 | |
52.3x8 | 9 | 162 | 8 | 2.31 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1970 | Test # 674 | |
57.1 | 17 | 162 | 8 | 2.83 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 26 Jul 1973 | Test # 725 | |
85.0 | 25 | 167 | 8 | 1.96 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 11 Sep 1979 | Test # 855 | |
45.2 | 5 | 168 | 8 | 3.70 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Kingston | 15 Apr 1977 | Test # 803 | |
48.2x8 | 5 | 169 | 8 | 2.62 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 | Test # 812 | |
29.3x8 | 1 | 175 | 8 | 4.46 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Jan 1976 | Test # 770 | |
52.2x8 | 8 | 179 | 8 | 2.56 | India | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 | Test # 769 | |
83.0 | 25 | 181 | 8 | 2.18 | West Indies | v Australia | Port of Spain | 23 Mar 1973 | Test # 718 | |
66.4 | 17 | 186 | 8 | 2.79 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 |
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]
India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]
India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]
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