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1950s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	GS Sobers	14.0	11	3	1	0.21	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
🥈 2	JC Laker	14.1	9	7	2	0.37	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
🥉 3	JW Burke	15.0	10	8	-	0.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
4	JC Laker	18.0	14	8	3	0.44	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
5	JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
6	TL Goddard	16.0	8	12	2	0.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
7	KD Mackay	9.0	6	7	1	0.58	Australia	v England	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958	Test # 460
8	TL Goddard	25.2	15	22	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
8	HJ Tayfield	24.0	17	21	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
10	Khan Mohammad	30.0	19	20	2	0.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
10	S Ramadhin	15.0	9	10	2	0.66	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
12	TE Bailey	25.0	12	23	3	0.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
12	TE Bailey	13.0	4	12	2	0.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
12	Ghulam Ahmed	13.0	9	9	1	0.69	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
12	HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
16	DG Phadkar	10.0	6	7	1	0.70	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
17	Fazal Mahmood	25.0	19	18	-	0.72	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
18	JC Laker	36.0	23	27	3	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
18	JH Wardle	32.0	23	24	4	0.75	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
18	AH Kardar	28.0	17	21	2	0.75	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
18	TL Goddard	14.0	7	14	1	0.75	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
18	ARA Murray	13.0	7	13	-	0.75	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
18	TL Goddard	13.0	8	13	2	0.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
18	CL Walcott	16.0	10	12	2	0.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
18	RG Archer	12.0	7	12	3	0.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
18	KD Mackay	11.0	5	11	-	0.75	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
18	RR Lindwall	12.0	7	9	-	0.75	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
28	MH Mankad	76.0	47	58	4	0.76	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
28	L Amarnath	13.0	9	10	-	0.76	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
28	GE Gomez	13.0	8	10	1	0.76	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
31	GAR Lock	18.1	13	14	4	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
31	JC Laker	22.0	12	17	1	0.77	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
31	JC Laker	22.0	11	17	5	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
31	WA Johnston	18.0	9	14	-	0.77	Australia	v England	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
35	R Gilchrist	23.0	13	18	3	0.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
36	JH Wardle	24.0	16	19	4	0.79	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
36	DG Phadkar	24.0	14	19	2	0.79	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
38	HB Cave	27.3	17	22	4	0.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
38	VL Manjrekar	20.0	13	16	1	0.80	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
38	RG Archer	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	Australia	v England	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
38	R Tattersall	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
38	AK Davidson	28.0	12	30	2	0.80	Australia	v England	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958	Test # 460
43	R Tattersall	16.0	9	13	-	0.81	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
43	JC Watkins	12.0	4	13	2	0.81	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
43	R Appleyard	12.0	7	13	3	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
43	Zulfiqar Ahmed	16.0	8	13	1	0.81	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
43	AH Kardar	27.0	15	22	-	0.81	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
43	TL Goddard	23.0	12	25	2	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
49	RR Lindwall	17.0	10	14	1	0.82	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	04 Dec 1959	Test # 481
49	ARA Murray	23.0	16	19	2	0.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
51	AL Valentine	34.4	21	29	3	0.83	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Feb 1952	Test # 350
52	KD Mackay	19.0	12	16	1	0.84	Australia	v Pakistan	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
53	GAR Lock	15.0	6	17	1	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
53	TE Bailey	20.0	9	17	2	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
53	JC Watkins	14.0	7	16	2	0.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
56	IWG Johnson	15.0	10	13	-	0.86	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
57	AL Valentine	35.0	20	31	1	0.88	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
57	TE Bailey	11.0	5	13	-	0.88	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
59	HJ Tayfield	29.3	15	35	1	0.89	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
60	AK Davidson	15.0	6	18	2	0.90	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
60	MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	0.90	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
60	Zulfiqar Ahmed	46.3	21	42	6	0.90	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
60	GE Gomez	46.1	20	42	1	0.90	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
64	G Noblet	17.1	7	21	3	0.91	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
65	JC Watkins	23.5	14	22	4	0.92	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
65	Ghulam Ahmed	13.0	7	12	1	0.92	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
65	AK Davidson	14.0	5	13	-	0.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
68	OG Smith	29.0	15	27	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
68	SP Gupte	36.3	22	34	2	0.93	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Jan 1955	Test # 397
68	KD Mackay	45.0	27	42	6	0.93	Australia	v Pakistan	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
68	ARA Murray	31.0	16	29	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
68	GAR Lock	18.1	11	17	1	0.93	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
68	I Meckiff	16.0	8	20	-	0.93	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
68	JB Statham	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
68	ARA Murray	8.0	3	10	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
68	JC Laker	8.0	3	10	2	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1959	Test # 464
77	S Ramadhin	53.0	30	50	4	0.94	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
78	GF Rorke	18.1	7	23	3	0.95	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
78	KR Miller	11.0	8	14	3	0.95	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
78	IWG Johnson	36.0	17	46	2	0.95	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
81	GAR Lock	12.3	8	12	4	0.96	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
81	R Benaud	28.0	14	27	1	0.96	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
81	JC Laker	30.0	19	29	2	0.96	England	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956	Test # 425
81	TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
85	GE Gomez	7.5	2	10	2	0.98	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
85	DS Atkinson	62.0	35	61	1	0.98	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
87	Zulfiqar Ahmed	37.2	19	37	5	0.99	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
88	GAR Lock	40.0	23	40	3	1.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
88	NBF Mann	24.0	16	24	4	1.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
88	Shujauddin	22.0	12	22	3	1.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
88	KR Miller	17.0	8	17	-	1.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
88	JC Watkins	12.0	5	16	1	1.00	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
88	R Illingworth	16.0	10	16	2	1.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
88	GS Ramchand	14.0	7	14	-	1.00	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
88	AH Kardar	12.0	5	12	-	1.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
88	GB Hole	11.0	6	11	-	1.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
88	Ghulam Ahmed	10.0	1	10	1	1.00	India	v England	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
88	CL Walcott	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
88	HJ Tayfield	26.1	12	35	3	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
100	S Ramadhin	38.2	21	39	4	1.01	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Feb 1952	Test # 349

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