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1960s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	BR Taylor	7.3	2	26	5	9.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
🥈 2	RS Cunis	7.0	-	21	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969	Test # 665
🥉 3	WW Hall	9.0	3	20	5	10.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	Test # 528
4	FS Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	12.42	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963	Test # 545
5	K Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
6	ER Dexter	9.1	3	10	4	13.75	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	05 Jul 1962	Test # 532
7	JA Snow	15.2	-	60	6	15.33	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968	Test # 636
8	AE Moss	10.3	-	35	4	15.75	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
9	FS Trueman	15.5	5	30	6	15.83	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
10	BF Butcher	13.4	2	34	5	16.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
11	DJ Brown	14.0	5	42	5	16.80	England	v Australia	Lord's	20 Jun 1968	Test # 638
12	GA Bartlett	16.5	5	38	6	16.83	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
13	AK Davidson	10.6x8	2	25	5	17.20	Australia	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
14	FS Trueman	14.3	6	27	5	17.40	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jul 1960	Test # 494
15	RB Simpson	11.4	4	23	4	17.50	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
16	FS Trueman	17.4	6	31	6	17.66	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	21 Jun 1962	Test # 531
17	JA Snow	21.0	7	49	7	18.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	Test # 629
17	Pervez Sajjad	12.0	8	5	4	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
19	LR Gibbs	19.0	6	39	6	19.00	West Indies	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
20	GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	19.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
21	FE Rumsey	13.0	4	25	4	19.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	17 Jun 1965	Test # 592
21	DJ Brown	13.0	1	39	4	19.50	England	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Jun 1969	Test # 653
23	JB Statham	20.0	5	63	6	20.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
23	CC Griffith	20.0	6	46	6	20.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	14 May 1965	Test # 590
25	CC Griffith	13.3	3	34	4	20.25	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
26	GD McKenzie	17.0	7	33	5	20.40	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 May 1965	Test # 590
27	PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	20.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
28	EW Freeman	10.3x8	-	52	4	20.75	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
29	WW Hall	20.5	5	49	6	20.83	West Indies	v India	Kingston	07 Mar 1962	Test # 526
30	CC Griffith	21.0	5	36	6	21.00	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1963	Test # 546
30	RC Motz	21.0	6	63	6	21.00	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
30	CC Griffith	14.0	2	61	4	21.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1967	Test # 614
33	JDF Larter	14.1	3	26	4	21.25	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963	Test # 540
34	RG Nadkarni	18.0	6	31	5	21.60	India	v Australia	Chennai	02 Oct 1964	Test # 566
35	EAS Prasanna	18.2	6	32	5	22.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
36	LR Gibbs	22.2	9	29	6	22.33	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
37	R Illingworth	22.3	12	29	6	22.50	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1967	Test # 619
37	GS Sobers	15.0	7	22	4	22.50	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
37	S Abid Ali	15.0	6	26	4	22.50	India	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
37	JA Snow	15.0	2	54	4	22.50	England	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Jun 1969	Test # 653
41	S Abid Ali	17.0x8	2	55	6	22.66	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
42	LA King	19.0	4	46	5	22.80	West Indies	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
42	DA Renneberg	14.2x8	2	39	5	22.80	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
44	GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	22.87	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
45	GS Sobers	19.3	4	41	5	23.40	West Indies	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
46	DA Allen	19.5	5	41	5	23.80	England	v South Africa	Durban	04 Dec 1964	Test # 571
47	RC Motz	18.0x8	2	69	6	24.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	07 Mar 1969	Test # 651
47	RB Simpson	15.0x8	3	57	5	24.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
47	K Higgs	20.0	7	58	5	24.00	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	24 Aug 1967	Test # 623
47	WW Hall	12.0x8	2	51	4	24.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
47	WW Hall	16.0	3	39	4	24.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1963	Test # 547
47	Pervez Sajjad	16.0	5	42	4	24.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
47	PI Philpott	16.0	3	49	4	24.00	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
54	AN Connolly	16.1	3	31	4	24.25	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969	Test # 668
55	CG Borde	16.2	7	21	4	24.50	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
56	GD McKenzie	21.4x8	2	66	7	24.57	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967	Test # 625
57	RB Desai	25.0	9	56	6	25.00	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
57	AN Connolly	12.4x8	1	54	4	25.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
59	FS Trueman	21.0	11	35	5	25.20	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
59	JB Statham	21.0	6	34	5	25.20	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
59	JB Statham	21.0	3	53	5	25.20	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
62	RC Motz	17.0	2	68	4	25.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
62	BR Knight	17.0	1	38	4	25.50	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	26 Jul 1962	Test # 533
62	TL Goddard	17.0	9	18	4	25.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
62	DR Hadlee	17.0	5	30	4	25.50	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
66	NJN Hawke	25.4	8	47	6	25.66	Australia	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1964	Test # 565
67	Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	25.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969	Test # 662
68	FS Trueman	30.2	9	75	7	26.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
68	DL Underwood	26.0	12	41	6	26.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
68	LC Mayne	17.2	2	43	4	26.00	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	Test # 580
71	GD McKenzie	21.5	6	46	5	26.20	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
72	FS Trueman	22.0	5	58	5	26.40	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
73	NCL O'Neill	17.4	3	41	4	26.50	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965	Test # 584
74	DL Underwood	31.0	18	32	7	26.57	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
75	JC Alabaster	17.5	2	59	4	26.75	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
76	WW Hall	31.2	8	69	7	26.85	West Indies	v England	Kingston	17 Feb 1960	Test # 489
77	DL Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	27.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
77	CC Griffith	27.0	4	71	6	27.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1963	Test # 547
77	FS Trueman	18.0	4	54	4	27.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	17 Feb 1960	Test # 489
77	R Illingworth	18.0	7	34	4	27.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963	Test # 540
77	R Dumbrill	18.0	8	30	4	27.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 1965	Test # 594
77	MJ Procter	18.0	7	32	4	27.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	03 Feb 1967	Test # 616
83	DJ Brown	17.0x8	1	63	5	27.20	England	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
84	JSE Price	23.0	4	73	5	27.60	England	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
84	FJ Cameron	23.0	11	34	5	27.60	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	Test # 576
84	HJ Howarth	23.0	11	34	5	27.60	New Zealand	v India	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969	Test # 660
84	BS Bedi	23.0	11	37	5	27.60	India	v Australia	Delhi	28 Nov 1969	Test # 667
88	DA Allen	23.1	11	30	5	27.80	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
89	GD McKenzie	28.0x8	5	71	8	28.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
89	SA Durani	28.0	11	73	6	28.00	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	17 Oct 1964	Test # 568
89	SA Durani	23.2	8	47	5	28.00	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
89	FM Misson	14.0x8	3	58	4	28.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
93	Arif Butt	21.3x8	1	89	6	28.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964	Test # 570
93	BR Knight	19.0	4	66	4	28.50	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Feb 1962	Test # 522
93	Mohammad Farooq	19.0	4	70	4	28.50	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1962	Test # 531
93	FJ Titmus	19.0	2	44	4	28.50	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1963	Test # 546
93	WW Hall	19.0	5	45	4	28.50	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	Test # 580
93	K Higgs	19.0	12	35	4	28.50	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	10 Aug 1967	Test # 622
99	WW Hall	17.7x8	3	63	5	28.60	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Dec 1960	Test # 498
99	BR Taylor	23.5	2	86	5	28.60	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	05 Mar 1965	Test # 581

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