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1960s 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	RG Nadkarni	32.0	27	5	-	0.15	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1964	Test # 551
🥈 2	RG Nadkarni	14.0	11	3	-	0.21	India	v England	Brabourne	21 Jan 1964	Test # 552
🥉 3	Pervez Sajjad	12.0	8	5	4	0.41	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
4	DA Allen	19.0	15	8	1	0.42	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
5	DL Underwood	18.0	15	8	2	0.44	England	v Australia	Lord's	20 Jun 1968	Test # 638
6	RG Nadkarni	19.0	13	10	-	0.52	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
7	TL Goddard	17.0	14	10	1	0.58	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
8	FMM Worrell	27.0	18	16	-	0.59	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
9	RG Nadkarni	15.0	10	9	2	0.60	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	02 Dec 1960	Test # 497
9	R Illingworth	10.0	5	8	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Sydney	15 Feb 1963	Test # 539
11	RN Harvey	13.0	7	8	1	0.61	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
12	R Illingworth	15.0	11	10	1	0.66	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	27 Jul 1967	Test # 621
13	TL Goddard	16.0	10	11	1	0.68	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
14	FJ Titmus	26.0	17	18	4	0.69	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
15	RG Nadkarni	34.0	24	24	1	0.70	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505
16	LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
16	JT Partridge	14.0	8	10	-	0.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
16	RG Nadkarni	32.0	24	23	-	0.71	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
19	WW Hall	8.2	4	8	-	0.72	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
20	FJ Titmus	26.0	17	19	5	0.73	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
21	LR Gibbs	14.0	11	11	3	0.78	West Indies	v England	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	Test # 629
22	BS Bedi	17.4	11	14	3	0.79	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968	Test # 634
22	BW Yuile	54.0	38	43	4	0.79	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	Test # 576
24	KF Barrington	21.0	13	17	-	0.80	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
25	JB Mortimore	48.0	31	39	1	0.81	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
25	FS Trueman	19.4	8	16	2	0.81	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
25	RG Nadkarni	52.4	38	43	4	0.81	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505
28	GS Sobers	17.0	10	14	-	0.82	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
29	RG Nadkarni	36.3	19	31	2	0.84	India	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
30	TL Goddard	27.0	15	23	1	0.85	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
30	RS Cunis	14.0	7	12	3	0.85	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
32	TL Goddard	24.7	10	29	2	0.87	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
33	R Illingworth	17.0	11	15	3	0.88	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	09 Jun 1960	Test # 492
33	S Venkataraghavan	17.0	11	15	3	0.88	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	05 Mar 1965	Test # 581
35	AL Valentine	29.0	19	26	-	0.89	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
36	BF Butcher	10.0	7	9	-	0.90	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968	Test # 636
36	RG Nadkarni	42.0	24	38	2	0.90	India	v England	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
38	PR Umrigar	12.0	6	11	-	0.91	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
39	MC Carew	25.0	18	23	1	0.92	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
39	FMM Worrell	13.0	6	12	2	0.92	West Indies	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
39	K Higgs	13.0	7	12	2	0.92	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
39	FJ Titmus	27.0	19	25	2	0.92	England	v Australia	Leeds	02 Jul 1964	Test # 563
39	AN Connolly	28.0	15	26	1	0.92	Australia	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1968	Test # 637
44	KF Barrington	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
44	HD Bromfield	16.0	7	15	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
46	AW White	14.5	8	14	1	0.94	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	Test # 580
46	TL Goddard	35.5	18	34	2	0.94	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
48	K Higgs	28.0	11	27	3	0.96	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
49	JR Reid	45.0	27	44	4	0.97	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
49	PR Umrigar	49.0	27	48	2	0.97	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
51	FJ Titmus	20.0	9	20	1	1.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	04 Dec 1964	Test # 571
51	JW Gleeson	15.0	7	20	-	1.00	Australia	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
51	AN Connolly	20.0	10	20	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969	Test # 664
51	N Gifford	17.0	9	17	1	1.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	18 Jun 1964	Test # 562
51	RB Simpson	14.0	7	14	1	1.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1964	Test # 565
51	RW Barber	14.0	7	14	-	1.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
51	KC Bland	13.0	6	13	-	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
51	TW Cartwright	12.0	6	12	-	1.00	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
51	RS Cunis	12.0	5	12	3	1.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
51	RO Collinge	11.0	4	11	-	1.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	02 Apr 1965	Test # 586
51	WW Hall	10.0	3	10	-	1.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
62	Fazal Mahmood	25.3	12	26	5	1.01	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
63	DA Allen	19.0	11	26	3	1.02	England	v Australia	Sydney	15 Feb 1963	Test # 539
63	CG Borde	37.0	12	38	-	1.02	India	v England	Brabourne	21 Jan 1964	Test # 552
63	Fazal Mahmood	36.0	14	37	1	1.02	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
66	DL Underwood	31.0	18	32	7	1.03	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
66	R Benaud	14.3	8	15	3	1.03	Australia	v England	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961	Test # 507
66	R Illingworth	28.0	18	29	1	1.03	England	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
69	FMM Worrell	31.0	16	43	3	1.04	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
69	AA Mallett	21.0	9	22	2	1.04	Australia	v India	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969	Test # 664
71	GS Sobers	40.0	18	42	5	1.05	West Indies	v England	Leeds	10 Jul 1969	Test # 655
71	TR Veivers	34.0	15	48	1	1.05	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	06 Dec 1963	Test # 548
71	TL Goddard	17.0	9	18	4	1.05	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
74	PR Umrigar	16.0	8	17	-	1.06	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	Test # 528
74	D Wilson	16.0	10	17	2	1.06	England	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
76	FMM Worrell	14.0	5	15	-	1.07	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963	Test # 545
76	Mushtaq Mohammad	14.0	6	15	-	1.07	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
76	Mohammad Nazir	14.0	5	15	-	1.07	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969	Test # 662
76	BW Yuile	26.0	16	28	2	1.07	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	22 Jan 1965	Test # 574
80	TL Goddard	24.0	16	26	3	1.08	South Africa	v England	Manchester	21 Jul 1960	Test # 495
80	LF Kline	12.0	5	13	1	1.08	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
80	RG Nadkarni	12.0	7	13	1	1.08	India	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
83	RO Scarlett	22.0	11	24	-	1.09	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	09 Mar 1960	Test # 490
83	DA Allen	11.0	5	12	-	1.09	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
83	RW Barber	11.0	8	12	-	1.09	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
83	KR Stackpole	13.0	9	19	1	1.09	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
87	TL Goddard	38.0	21	42	-	1.10	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
88	JT Partridge	45.0	24	50	2	1.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
88	TL Goddard	26.0	10	29	1	1.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
88	RB Simpson	17.0	9	19	-	1.11	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
88	AA Mallett	51.5	30	58	3	1.11	Australia	v India	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969	Test # 666
92	IJ Jones	25.0	9	28	3	1.12	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
92	MC Carew	8.0	2	12	1	1.12	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
94	Intikhab Alam	15.0	7	17	-	1.13	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	Test # 576
94	BL D'Oliveira	15.0	7	17	-	1.13	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	27 Jul 1967	Test # 621
94	EAS Prasanna	15.0	6	17	-	1.13	India	v Australia	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969	Test # 666
94	JS Solomon	29.0	17	33	-	1.13	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
98	GD McKenzie	16.4	8	19	2	1.14	Australia	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1969	Test # 669
98	RG Nadkarni	14.0	6	16	1	1.14	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968	Test # 634
98	BW Yuile	14.0	6	16	1	1.14	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	30 Oct 1969	Test # 663

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