Test matches

1950s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	RN Harvey	RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1959	56	99	8	4573	205	50.25	1014+	40.33	15	19	5	326+	1
🥈 2	PBH May	PBH May (ENG)	1951-1959	59	93	8	4182	285*	49.20	1680+	39.52	13	20	6	337+	12
🥉 3	ED Weekes	ED Weekes (WI)	1950-1958	39	68	5	3383	207	53.69	-	-	10	17	6	168+	2
4	L Hutton	L Hutton (ENG)	1950-1955	38	66	10	3183	205	56.83	166+	38.55	8	16	2	196+	2
5	CL Walcott	CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1958	33	57	6	3129	220	61.35	-	-	13	11	1	95+	8
6	DCS Compton	DCS Compton (ENG)	1950-1957	42	71	7	2675	278	41.79	200+	42.00	4	16	8	164+	2
7	CC McDonald	CC McDonald (AUS)	1952-1959	36	64	4	2590	170	43.16	1397+	44.95	5	13	2	137+	3
7	TW Graveney	TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1959	48	76	10	2590	258	39.24	1349+	33.65	4	11	7	156+	2
9	PR Umrigar	PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	43	70	6	2520	223	39.37	1+	-	7	11	4	80+	4+
10	MC Cowdrey	MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1959	39	61	3	2440	160	42.06	1405+	34.37	6	16	3	238+	9
11	FMM Worrell	FMM Worrell (WI)	1950-1957	29	53	3	2397	261	47.94	-	-	7	10	4	142+	4
12	P Roy	P Roy (IND)	1951-1959	39	72	4	2280	173	33.52	1+	-	5	8	14	59+	1+
13	GS Sobers	GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1959	27	46	7	2213	365*	56.74	-	-	6	7	1	82+	1+
14	KR Miller	KR Miller (AUS)	1950-1956	37	64	4	2080	147	34.66	80+	58.75	6	7	4	139+	15
15	TE Bailey	TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	57	86	12	2071	134*	27.98	1099+	25.29	1	8	7	158+	2
16	AR Morris	AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1955	30	54	-	2059	206	38.12	32+	68.75	5	8	3	139+	6
17	Hanif Mohammad	Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1959	27	48	3	1937	337	43.04	-	-	5	9	2	45+	1
18	B Sutcliffe	B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1951-1959	29	54	5	1854	230*	37.83	159+	45.91	3	7	4	77+	16
19	DJ McGlew	DJ McGlew (SA)	1951-1958	24	45	3	1825	255*	43.45	3+	-	5	9	3	75+	1
20	AL Hassett	AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	22	39	1	1712	167	45.05	-	-	6	7	-	128+	4
21	TG Evans	TG Evans (ENG)	1950-1959	64	93	7	1693	104	19.68	182+	64.28	2	6	15	154+	7
22	VL Manjrekar	VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1959	32	54	6	1682	177	35.04	-	-	4	7	7	67+	0
23	WR Endean	WR Endean (SA)	1951-1958	28	52	4	1630	162*	33.95	-	-	3	8	3	60+	1
24	PE Richardson	PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1959	25	40	-	1623	126	40.57	544+	31.25	5	7	1	134+	0
25	MH Mankad	MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	31	48	5	1536	231	35.72	-	-	3	5	3	44+	6+
26	JB Stollmeyer	JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1950-1955	23	42	4	1520	152	40.00	-	-	3	7	1	50+	3
27	JHB Waite	JHB Waite (SA)	1951-1958	31	57	5	1518	134	29.19	-	-	3	8	7	67+	0
28	JR Reid	JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1959	32	58	3	1487	135	27.03	128+	34.37	3	8	3	90+	10
29	R Benaud	R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1959	42	63	4	1440	122	24.40	448+	43.08	3	4	6	122+	8
30	RA McLean	RA McLean (SA)	1951-1958	28	51	2	1420	142	28.97	-	-	3	7	8	126+	6
31	OG Smith	OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	42	-	1331	168	31.69	4+	-	4	6	8	60+	12+
32	Imtiaz Ahmed	Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1959	29	48	-	1320	209	27.50	-	-	2	7	6	67+	0
33	RB Kanhai	RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1959	18	32	2	1317	256	43.90	-	-	2	4	4	101+	0+
34	JW Burke	JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	24	44	7	1280	189	34.59	942+	27.28	3	5	-	67+	0
35	RT Simpson	RT Simpson (ENG)	1950-1955	24	41	3	1225	156*	32.23	-	-	3	5	5	58+	2
36	GS Ramchand	GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1959	30	48	5	1124	109	26.13	-	-	2	5	5	36+	1+
37	VS Hazare	VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	17	27	3	1097	164*	45.70	-	-	3	5	4	3+	0
38	Waqar Hasan	Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1952-1959	21	35	1	1071	189	31.50	-	-	1	6	-	3+	1
39	JKC Holt	JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1959	17	31	2	1066	166	36.75	-	-	2	5	2	21+	1+
40	Saeed Ahmed	Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1958-1959	11	21	1	1041	166	52.05	-	-	2	6	-	8+	0
40	RR Lindwall	RR Lindwall (AUS)	1950-1959	42	63	11	1041	118	20.01	89+	53.93	1	4	6	70+	9
42	W Watson	W Watson (ENG)	1951-1959	23	37	3	879	116	25.85	263+	31.17	2	3	3	63+	2
43	CC Hunte	CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	11	19	1	859	260	47.72	-	-	3	1	4	28+	2+
44	TL Goddard	TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1958	15	29	1	852	90	30.42	-	-	-	6	2	40+	1
45	AH Kardar	AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1958	23	37	3	847	93	24.91	-	-	-	5	1	7+	2
46	DS Atkinson	DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1958	18	29	4	843	219	33.72	-	-	1	5	2	17+	6
47	KJ Funston	KJ Funston (SA)	1952-1958	18	33	1	824	92	25.75	-	-	-	5	2	32+	3
48	NJ Contractor	NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1959	16	28	1	821	92	30.40	0+	-	-	7	2	3+	1+
49	AR MacGibbon	AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	26	46	5	814	66	19.85	0+	-	-	3	7	64+	4
50	KD Mackay	KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	21	28	4	804	83*	33.50	422+	27.96	-	7	4	18+	2
51	Wazir Mohammad	Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1959	20	33	4	801	189	27.62	-	-	2	3	8	47+	0
52	GB Hole	GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	18	33	2	789	66	25.45	30+	40.00	-	6	2	62+	0
53	AK Davidson	AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	27	36	3	788	76	23.87	599+	37.22	-	3	-	30+	4
53	JE Cheetham	JE Cheetham (SA)	1950-1955	21	37	6	788	89	25.41	-	-	-	5	1	36+	3
55	EAB Rowan	EAB Rowan (SA)	1950-1951	8	15	1	757	236	54.07	-	-	2	4	2	5+	0
56	GE Gomez	GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	30	4	733	74	28.19	-	-	-	5	3	30+	0
57	IWG Johnson	IWG Johnson (AUS)	1950-1956	30	47	10	725	77	19.59	30+	36.66	-	4	6	40+	2
58	CB van Ryneveld	CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1958	19	33	6	724	83	26.81	-	-	-	3	2	18+	0
59	RG Archer	RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	30	1	713	128	24.58	108+	50.92	1	2	4	60+	9
60	Alimuddin	Alimuddin (PAK)	1954-1959	19	34	2	708	103*	22.12	-	-	1	3	5	4+	0
61	DG Phadkar	DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	23	30	4	675	115	25.96	0+	-	1	4	2	1+	4
62	HJ Tayfield	HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	30	48	8	674	66	16.85	-	-	-	1	4	18+	4
63	JH Wardle	JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	27	39	7	647	66	20.21	87+	55.17	-	2	5	45+	14
64	AF Rae	AF Rae (WI)	1950-1953	10	17	2	642	109	42.80	-	-	2	3	1	18+	1
65	BF Butcher	BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1959	8	13	2	619	142	56.27	-	-	2	4	-	15+	0+
66	Rev.DS Sheppard	Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1950-1957	12	16	1	608	119	40.53	-	-	2	2	-	66+	1
67	C Washbrook	C Washbrook (ENG)	1950-1956	11	18	-	590	114	32.77	-	-	2	2	1	40+	2
68	NCL O'Neill	NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1958-1959	10	16	5	560	134	50.90	679+	41.53	1	3	1	22+	0
69	JDC Goddard	JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	18	26	7	547	83*	28.78	0+	-	-	4	5	34+	0
70	ML Apte	ML Apte (IND)	1952-1953	7	13	2	542	163*	49.27	-	-	1	3	1	-	0
71	Fazal Mahmood	Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1959	26	39	6	541	60	16.39	0+	-	-	1	8	6+	2
72	JC Watkins	JC Watkins (SA)	1950-1957	13	23	1	532	92	24.18	-	-	-	3	1	37+	1
73	FR Brown	FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1953	14	22	1	516	79	24.57	-	-	-	3	1	46+	3
74	Maqsood Ahmed	Maqsood Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1955	16	27	1	507	99	19.50	-	-	-	2	2	9+	3
75	AJ Watkins	AJ Watkins (ENG)	1951-1952	8	11	1	502	137*	50.20	-	-	1	3	1	1+	0
76	W Mathias	W Mathias (PAK)	1955-1959	12	20	1	501	77	26.36	-	-	-	3	1	0+	0
77	CG Borde	CG Borde (IND)	1958-1959	10	18	1	499	109	29.35	-	-	1	3	5	10+	0+
78	JS Solomon	JS Solomon (WI)	1958-1959	7	11	3	495	100*	61.87	-	-	1	4	1	5+	0+
79	AD Nourse	AD Nourse (SA)	1950-1951	8	13	-	491	208	37.76	-	-	1	2	-	30+	0
80	HR Adhikari	HR Adhikari (IND)	1951-1959	11	18	4	462	81*	33.00	-	-	-	3	4	5+	1
81	BH Pairaudeau	BH Pairaudeau (WI)	1953-1957	13	21	-	454	115	21.61	-	-	1	3	3	0+	0
82	JC Laker	JC Laker (ENG)	1950-1959	38	49	13	453	48	12.58	188+	32.97	-	-	4	22+	2
83	WJ Edrich	WJ Edrich (ENG)	1950-1955	10	18	1	434	88	25.52	136+	28.67	-	4	1	57+	1
84	SN McGregor	SN McGregor (NZ)	1955-1959	15	27	1	433	111	16.65	74+	9.45	1	-	3	3+	0
85	JB Statham	JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1959	47	57	17	429	38	10.72	207+	49.75	-	-	9	23+	1
86	RJ Christiani	RJ Christiani (WI)	1950-1954	13	24	3	427	76	20.33	-	-	-	1	-	26+	1
87	JW Guy	JW Guy (NZ)	1955-1959	10	19	2	422	102	24.82	171+	35.08	1	3	2	22+	0
88	LE Favell	LE Favell (AUS)	1954-1959	12	19	1	417	72	23.16	298+	41.94	-	3	2	38+	0
89	GO Rabone	GO Rabone (NZ)	1952-1955	8	14	1	414	107	31.84	-	-	1	2	-	25+	0
90	KF Barrington	KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1959	7	9	-	409	87	45.44	5+	-	-	4	1	29+	4
91	DJ Insole	DJ Insole (ENG)	1950-1957	9	17	2	408	110*	27.20	-	-	1	1	2	25+	0
92	DT Ring	DT Ring (AUS)	1951-1953	11	19	2	406	67	23.88	-	-	-	4	2	45+	2
93	FS Trueman	FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1959	31	34	9	401	39*	16.04	222+	43.24	-	-	6	26+	10
94	JEF Beck	JEF Beck (NZ)	1953-1956	8	15	-	394	99	26.26	-	-	-	3	1	15+	2
95	Shujauddin	Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1959	17	29	6	375	47	16.30	-	-	-	-	2	3+	0
95	GAR Lock	GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1959	31	39	6	375	25*	11.36	339+	22.12	-	-	5	29+	0
97	GRA Langley	GRA Langley (AUS)	1951-1956	26	37	12	374	53	14.96	20+	25.00	-	1	3	20+	0
98	WGA Parkhouse	WGA Parkhouse (ENG)	1950-1959	7	13	-	373	78	28.69	-	-	-	2	1	8+	0
99	FCM Alexander	FCM Alexander (WI)	1957-1959	15	20	2	369	70	20.50	0+	-	-	2	3	1+	1+
100	PJP Burge	PJP Burge (AUS)	1955-1959	12	18	2	359	83	22.43	79+	46.83	-	2	2	12+	0
101	ID Craig	ID Craig (AUS)	1953-1958	11	18	-	358	53	19.88	-	-	-	2	3	17+	0
102	PNF Mansell	PNF Mansell (SA)	1951-1955	13	22	2	355	90	17.75	-	-	-	2	3	44+	0
102	MB Poore	MB Poore (NZ)	1953-1956	14	24	1	355	45	15.43	0+	-	-	-	6	2+	0
104	RT Spooner	RT Spooner (ENG)	1951-1955	7	14	1	354	92	27.23	-	-	-	3	3	0+	0
105	ATW Grout	ATW Grout (AUS)	1957-1959	14	17	3	352	74	25.14	303+	39.27	-	2	1	17+	0
106	RG Nadkarni	RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1959	8	15	1	351	76	25.07	-	-	-	2	-	9+	0
106	JG Leggat	JG Leggat (NZ)	1952-1956	9	18	2	351	61	21.93	-	-	-	2	1	1+	0
108	AG Kripal Singh	AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1959	8	11	2	349	100*	38.77	0+	-	1	2	2	0+	0+
109	LSM Miller	LSM Miller (NZ)	1953-1958	13	25	-	346	47	13.84	-	-	-	-	5	2+	0
110	DK Gaekwad	DK Gaekwad (IND)	1952-1959	10	19	1	341	52	18.94	-	-	-	1	3	9+	0
111	AM Moir	AM Moir (NZ)	1951-1959	17	30	8	327	41*	14.86	41+	26.82	-	-	5	17+	2
112	HJ Keith	HJ Keith (SA)	1953-1957	8	16	1	318	73	21.20	-	-	-	2	3	28+	0
113	JDB Robertson	JDB Robertson (ENG)	1951-1952	5	9	1	310	77	38.75	-	-	-	3	-	-	0
114	S Ramadhin	S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1959	37	50	14	299	44	8.30	0+	-	-	-	12	17+	0
115	ARA Murray	ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1954	10	14	1	289	109	22.23	-	-	1	1	1	23+	0
116	GM Fullerton	GM Fullerton (SA)	1950-1951	5	9	-	279	88	31.00	-	-	-	3	1	2+	1
117	Nazar Mohammad	Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	1	277	124*	39.57	-	-	1	1	1	-	0
117	J Moroney	J Moroney (AUS)	1950-1952	5	9	1	277	118	34.62	11+	-	2	-	2	2+	0
119	ER Dexter	ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1959	7	10	-	270	141	27.00	366+	43.44	1	1	2	32+	2
120	MJK Smith	MJK Smith (ENG)	1958-1959	5	7	-	264	100	37.71	-	-	1	1	1	14+	0
121	AV Bedser	AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1955	28	36	9	263	30*	9.74	0+	-	-	-	6	18+	3
122	JT Ikin	JT Ikin (ENG)	1951-1955	6	10	1	248	53	27.55	-	-	-	2	1	18+	0
123	FA Lowson	FA Lowson (ENG)	1951-1955	7	13	-	245	68	18.84	-	-	-	2	2	-	0
124	VJ Scott	VJ Scott (NZ)	1951-1952	4	7	1	244	84	40.66	-	-	-	2	1	13+	0
124	FLH Mooney	FLH Mooney (NZ)	1951-1954	11	18	2	244	39	15.25	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
126	G Pullar	G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	-	242	131	60.50	-	-	1	1	-	0+	0
127	AA Baig	AA Baig (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	-	234	112	29.25	-	-	1	-	-	3+	0
127	KA Archer	KA Archer (AUS)	1950-1951	5	9	-	234	48	26.00	-	-	-	-	1	17	0
129	ME Chapple	ME Chapple (NZ)	1953-1956	8	15	-	233	76	15.53	-	-	-	1	1	6+	2
130	FH Tyson	FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	167+	37.72	-	-	3	14	2
131	JM Ghorpade	JM Ghorpade (IND)	1953-1959	8	15	-	229	41	15.26	-	-	-	-	3	6+	0
131	NS Harford	NS Harford (NZ)	1955-1958	8	15	-	229	93	15.26	-	-	-	2	4	0+	0
133	NS Tamhane	NS Tamhane (IND)	1955-1959	19	25	5	222	54*	11.10	0+	-	-	1	7	4+	0
134	Ijaz Butt	Ijaz Butt (PAK)	1959-1959	5	10	2	213	58	26.62	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
135	CA Milton	CA Milton (ENG)	1958-1959	6	9	1	204	104*	25.50	158+	24.05	1	-	-	21+	1
136	CD Gopinath	CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1955	7	10	1	203	50*	22.55	-	-	-	1	3	0+	0
137	CA McWatt	CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1955	6	9	2	202	54	28.85	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
137	SC Guillen	SC Guillen (NZ/WI)	1951-1956	8	12	2	202	54	20.20	0+	-	-	1	3	12+	2
139	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1956	9	10	4	200	63*	33.33	0+	-	-	1	1	7+	2
140	R Swetman	R Swetman (ENG)	1959-1959	7	10	2	196	65	24.50	296+	21.95	-	1	-	12+	0
141	SJE Loxton	SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1951	6	9	-	194	54	21.55	-	-	-	1	1	4+	0
142	D Kenyon	D Kenyon (ENG)	1951-1955	8	15	-	192	87	12.80	-	-	-	1	1	10+	0
143	CC Depeiaza	CC Depeiaza (WI)	1955-1956	5	8	2	187	122	31.16	-	-	1	-	1	0+	0
144	PL Winslow	PL Winslow (SA)	1950-1955	5	9	-	186	108	20.66	-	-	1	-	1	14+	5
145	HB Cave	HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1958	15	26	4	185	22*	8.40	0+	-	-	-	5	2+	0
146	Mahmood Hussain	Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1959	18	26	5	183	32	8.71	-	-	-	-	6	10+	0
147	SP Gupte	SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1959	31	39	12	182	21	6.74	0+	-	-	-	4	2+	0
148	RH Shodhan	RH Shodhan (IND)	1952-1953	3	4	1	181	110	60.33	-	-	1	-	-	15+	0
149	WA Johnston	WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	29	39	20	179	28	9.42	22+	50.00	-	-	7	19+	0
150	PS Heine	PS Heine (SA)	1955-1958	13	23	3	178	24	8.90	3+	-	-	-	3	9+	1

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