Test matches

1970s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

High scores

Rank	Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	LG Rowe	302	612	430	36	1	70.23	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
🥈 2	IVA Richards	291	472	386	38	-	75.38	West Indies	v England	The Oval	1	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
🥉 3	RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	-	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
🥉 3	Zaheer Abbas	274	544	467	38	-	58.67	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	1	03 Jun 1971	Test # 687
5	DL Amiss	262*	570	563	40	1	46.53	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
6	GM Turner	259	704	759	22	-	34.12	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	2	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
7	KD Walters	250	394	342	30	2	73.09	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
7	SFAF Bacchus	250	510	-	33	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	2	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
9	GS Chappell	247*	410	356	30	1	69.38	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	1	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
10	CH Lloyd	242*	429	-	19	4	-	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	1	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
11	Zaheer Abbas	240	545	410	22	-	58.53	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	1	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
12	Zaheer Abbas	235*	375	-	29	2	-	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	2	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
13	IVA Richards	232	438	313	31	4	74.12	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	1	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
14	GM Turner	223*	572	-	26	-	-	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	2	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
15	SM Gavaskar	221	490	443	21	-	49.88	India	v England	The Oval	4	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
16	SM Gavaskar	220	529	-	22	-	-	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
17	KWR Fletcher	216	443	413	29	-	52.30	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
18	D Lloyd	214*	448	396	17	-	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	2	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
19	LG Rowe	214	427	-	19	1	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	1	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
20	DN Sardesai	212	470	-	17	1	-	India	v West Indies	Kingston	1	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
21	KR Stackpole	207	454	356	25	1	58.14	Australia	v England	Brisbane	1	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
22	Javed Miandad	206	410	-	29	2	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	1	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
23	SM Gavaskar	205	397	342	29	2	59.94	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	1	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
24	DL Amiss	203	443	320	28	-	63.43	England	v West Indies	The Oval	2	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
25	Mushtaq Mohammad	201	383	-	20	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	1	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
26	DI Gower	200*	365	279	24	-	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
27	IM Chappell	196	295	243	21	4	80.65	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	2	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
28	IVA Richards	192*	321	-	20	6	-	West Indies	v India	Delhi	2	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
29	IM Chappell	192	439	367	17	-	52.31	Australia	v England	The Oval	1	28 Aug 1975	Test # 763
30	G Boycott	191	629	471	23	-	40.55	England	v Australia	Leeds	1	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
31	DL Amiss	188	370	303	29	-	62.04	England	v India	Lord's	1	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
31	MH Denness	188	492	448	17	-	41.96	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
33	AI Kallicharran	187	367	315	25	-	59.36	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	2	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
34	CA Davis	183	602	-	21	-	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	3	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
34	DL Amiss	183	422	372	19	-	49.19	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	2	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
36	GS Chappell	182*	366	274	22	-	66.42	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2	03 Jan 1976	Test # 767
36	SM Gavaskar	182*	-	-	-	-	-	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	3	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
38	TW Jarvis	182	540	555	19	-	32.79	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	2	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
39	MH Denness	181	414	392	25	-	46.17	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
40	DL Amiss	179	511	397	22	1	45.08	England	v India	Delhi	1	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
40	GR Viswanath	179	420	-	14	-	-	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	1	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
42	GS Sobers	178*	340	-	19	1	-	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	1	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
43	CH Lloyd	178	354	-	24	1	-	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	1	06 Apr 1973	Test # 720
43	KWR Fletcher	178	379	380	21	2	46.84	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	3	21 Jun 1973	Test # 723
45	IVA Richards	177	341	-	23	2	-	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	1	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
46	BE Congdon	176	409	377	19	-	46.68	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	4	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
46	RB Simpson	176	388	355	17	-	49.57	Australia	v India	W.A.C.A	2	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
46	Zaheer Abbas	176	315	-	24	2	-	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	1	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
49	Asif Iqbal	175	275	-	18	1	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	1	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
49	BE Congdon	175	514	454	12	-	38.54	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	2	21 Jun 1973	Test # 723
49	JH Edrich	175	538	420	21	-	41.66	England	v Australia	Lord's	3	31 Jul 1975	Test # 761
52	DL Amiss	174	396	429	19	-	40.55	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
52	DW Randall	174	446	353	21	-	49.29	England	v Australia	Melbourne	4	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
54	IR Redpath	171	484	372	14	-	45.96	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	2	11 Dec 1970	Test # 675
55	R Edwards	170*	324	290	13	-	58.62	Australia	v England	Nottingham	3	13 Jul 1972	Test # 700
56	RC Fredericks	169	212	145	27	1	116.55	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
57	GJ Cosier	168	228	206	20	-	81.55	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	1	01 Jan 1977	Test # 790
58	Majid Khan	167	360	-	25	-	-	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	3	18 Mar 1977	Test # 801
58	GN Yallop	167	520	392	15	-	42.60	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	1	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
60	BE Congdon	166*	527	-	14	1	-	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
61	Sadiq Mohammad	166	362	-	19	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	1	02 Feb 1973	Test # 710
61	Asif Iqbal	166	334	-	13	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	1	09 Oct 1976	Test # 782
63	DL Amiss	164*	378	351	25	-	46.72	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2	28 Feb 1975	Test # 758
64	RC Fredericks	163	408	-	20	-	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	1	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
64	CH Lloyd	163	205	149	22	2	109.39	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	3	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
64	Javed Miandad	163	259	-	19	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	1	09 Oct 1976	Test # 782
67	AR Border	162	416	360	24	1	45.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	1	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
68	GR Viswanath	161*	405	297	11	1	54.20	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	2	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
69	Javed Miandad	160*	420	-	17	1	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	3	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
70	IR Redpath	159*	348	310	20	-	51.29	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	3	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
71	RB Kanhai	158*	390	-	17	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kingston	3	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
72	Majid Khan	158	303	276	18	-	57.24	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	2	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
72	DL Amiss	158	325	-	27	-	-	England	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
72	AI Kallicharran	158	369	334	18	-	47.30	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	2	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
72	CT Radley	158	648	524	15	-	30.15	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	2	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
76	DB Vengsarkar	157*	379	-	-	1	-	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	3	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
77	Mushtaq Mohammad	157	469	-	17	-	-	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	2	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
77	RB Kanhai	157	339	280	21	-	56.07	West Indies	v England	Lord's	1	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
77	CH Lloyd	157	290	-	21	3	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	2	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
80	IM Chappell	156	377	261	16	-	59.77	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
80	SM Gavaskar	156	485	352	13	-	44.31	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	2	24 Mar 1976	Test # 774
82	G Boycott	155	458	341	12	-	45.45	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
83	Javed Miandad	154*	420	-	13	3	-	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	1	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
84	Asif Iqbal	152*	268	291	14	-	52.23	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	3	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
85	WK Lees	152	338	-	21	2	-	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	2	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
86	GS Sobers	150*	288	227	19	-	66.07	West Indies	v England	Lord's	1	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
87	DN Sardesai	150	360	-	20	-	-	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	2	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
87	RC Fredericks	150	510	443	17	-	33.86	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	1	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
87	DW Randall	150	582	498	13	-	30.12	England	v Australia	Sydney	3	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
90	RA Woolmer	149	495	390	20	-	38.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	3	28 Aug 1975	Test # 763
90	CH Lloyd	149	218	186	22	1	80.10	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
92	AW Greig	148	360	291	24	-	50.85	England	v India	Brabourne	2	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
92	AW Greig	148	404	320	15	2	46.25	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
94	DB Vengsarkar	146*	522	370	11	1	39.45	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
95	KWR Fletcher	146	446	424	11	-	34.43	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
96	IM Chappell	145	283	268	17	1	54.10	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	1	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
96	GR Viswanath	145	-	-	16	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	2	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
98	GS Chappell	144	252	209	16	-	68.89	Australia	v England	Sydney	3	04 Jan 1975	Test # 751
99	G Boycott	142*	412	360	12	-	39.44	England	v Australia	Sydney	3	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
100	GS Sobers	142	363	-	18	-	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	3	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695

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