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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	50+	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	60	108	7	5647	221	55.91	6806+	44.32	22	25	47	6	530+	13
🥈 2	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	62	108	8	4611	179	46.11	5222+	41.74	10	28	38	5	405+	6
🥉 3	GS Chappell	GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1980	54	96	13	4398	247*	52.98	8118+	49.61	15	21	36	6	466	9
4	G Boycott	G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1979	44	77	9	3806	191	55.97	10884	34.96	12	21	33	2	369	6
5	AI Kallicharran	AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	53	89	9	3956	187	49.45	3189+	46.53	11	20	31	7	360+	12
6	RC Fredericks	RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1977	49	90	7	3809	169	45.89	3069+	51.54	8	22	30	5	305+	7
7	AW Greig	AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	93	4	3599	148	40.43	7251+	46.03	8	20	28	5	437	19
7	APE Knott	APE Knott (ENG)	1970-1977	71	112	10	3509	135	34.40	7046+	46.97	5	23	28	6	403	5
9	IM Chappell	IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1976	45	84	5	3512	196	44.45	6431+	46.18	10	17	27	8	406	12
10	KD Walters	KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1977	47	82	8	2968	250	40.10	4800+	51.47	7	19	26	1	323	14
11	IR Redpath	IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1976	33	64	7	2861	171	50.19	6522+	37.99	7	18	25	3	282	2
11	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1980	48	81	5	3475	242*	45.72	2045+	62.10	8	17	25	3	285+	35
13	KWR Fletcher	KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1970-1977	46	76	10	2748	216	41.63	6512+	38.80	7	15	22	5	311	6
13	DL Amiss	DL Amiss (ENG)	1971-1977	45	80	9	3487	262*	49.11	7302+	42.19	11	11	22	8	409	3
15	Mushtaq Mohammad	Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	35	61	3	2449	201	42.22	2273+	32.86	8	12	20	3	198+	2
16	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1980	30	49	2	2736	291	58.21	2116+	70.46	9	9	18	2	266+	15
16	JH Edrich	JH Edrich (ENG)	1970-1976	37	64	5	2427	175	41.13	6983	34.75	4	14	18	3	244	1
16	Majid Khan	Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	38	69	2	2884	167	43.04	2028+	47.83	7	11	18	4	247+	9
19	GM Turner	GM Turner (NZ)	1971-1977	30	52	4	2370	259	49.37	3490+	33.92	6	11	17	-	172+	0
19	Asif Iqbal	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	39	66	5	2644	175	43.34	2196+	48.72	10	7	17	6	242+	15
21	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1979	25	43	11	2059	206	64.34	2163+	41.51	6	10	16	2	174+	16
22	KR Stackpole	KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1974	26	50	2	1868	207	38.91	3150+	48.66	5	10	15	4	234	6
22	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	34	56	6	1997	157*	39.94	2974+	36.18	5	10	15	6	138+	8
22	BE Congdon	BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	32	56	5	1935	176	37.94	3439+	33.61	6	9	15	5	147+	4
22	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	36	64	4	2563	274	42.71	2748+	52.72	6	9	15	5	198+	8
22	RW Marsh	RW Marsh (AUS)	1970-1980	55	88	9	2471	132	31.27	4619+	47.06	3	12	15	6	261	17
27	CG Greenidge	CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1980	21	40	3	1732	134	46.81	1166+	59.51	5	9	14	4	206+	23
27	Sadiq Mohammad	Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	33	59	2	2271	166	39.84	2210+	41.94	5	9	14	4	200+	0
29	RB McCosker	RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	23	42	5	1545	127	41.75	3576	43.20	4	9	13	5	139	3
29	CPS Chauhan	CPS Chauhan (IND)	1973-1979	29	47	1	1501	93	32.63	2660+	35.78	-	13	13	5	143+	0
29	MG Burgess	MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1979	33	59	3	1815	111	32.41	1831+	41.34	4	9	13	2	132+	12
32	LG Rowe	LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	26	41	2	1785	302	45.76	2312+	47.18	6	6	12	2	185+	5
32	Wasim Raja	Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1979	28	47	6	1575	117*	38.41	1231+	52.15	2	10	12	4	130+	21
34	R Edwards	R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1975	20	32	3	1171	170*	40.37	2006+	43.71	2	9	11	4	104	1
34	KJ Hughes	KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1980	20	38	3	1426	130*	40.74	3523+	39.02	3	8	11	2	137	9
34	M Amarnath	M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	25	43	2	1450	101*	35.36	1114+	42.99	2	9	11	5	75+	6
37	GN Yallop	GN Yallop (AUS)	1976-1979	21	41	3	1488	167	39.15	2536+	36.35	4	6	10	1	141	1
37	MH Denness	MH Denness (ENG)	1972-1975	27	43	2	1610	188	39.26	3603+	39.88	4	6	10	2	185	2
37	DL Murray	DL Murray (WI)	1973-1980	43	65	5	1553	91	25.88	1651+	42.33	-	10	10	4	118+	7
40	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1978-1980	14	28	3	1102	162	44.08	2905+	36.83	3	6	9	1	120	2
40	GS Sobers	GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1974	17	28	4	1256	178*	52.33	866+	46.88	5	4	9	4	94+	6
40	RB Kanhai	RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1974	18	29	3	1171	158*	45.03	777+	48.90	3	6	9	1	110+	2
40	FM Engineer	FM Engineer (IND)	1971-1975	16	30	2	1004	121	35.85	1416+	55.22	1	8	9	4	106+	1
40	BL D'Oliveira	BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1972	19	32	2	1094	117	36.46	2556	42.80	2	7	9	1	137	6
40	BW Luckhurst	BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1974	21	41	5	1298	131	36.05	3633	35.72	4	5	9	4	136	1
46	DI Gower	DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	17	26	2	1187	200*	49.45	2240	52.99	3	5	8	2	131	3
46	PM Toohey	PM Toohey (AUS)	1977-1980	15	29	1	893	122	31.89	1247+	42.26	1	7	8	3	81	4
46	DW Randall	DW Randall (ENG)	1977-1979	26	43	4	1100	174	28.20	2848	38.62	2	6	8	7	116	1
49	CA Davis	CA Davis (WI)	1971-1973	11	21	5	1065	183	66.56	-	-	3	4	7	-	46+	1
49	GM Wood	GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	15	30	1	953	126	32.86	1211+	35.67	2	5	7	2	78	1
49	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1979	22	30	1	1068	137	36.82	2023	52.79	4	3	7	2	113	11
49	GP Howarth	GP Howarth (NZ)	1975-1979	17	32	3	1040	123	35.86	2104+	36.07	4	3	7	4	102+	1
49	GRJ Roope	GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	21	32	4	860	77	30.71	2589+	30.89	-	7	7	3	86	2
49	ED Solkar	ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1977	22	39	4	877	102	25.05	1467+	31.08	1	6	7	-	72+	3
49	JM Brearley	JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1979	32	53	2	1200	91	23.52	4069	29.49	-	7	7	5	110	0
49	SMH Kirmani	SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1979	39	57	9	1360	101*	28.33	1874+	44.50	1	6	7	3	126+	1
57	DS Steele	DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1976	8	16	-	673	106	42.06	1700	39.58	1	5	6	1	74	3
57	HA Gomes	HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1979	11	19	-	681	115	35.84	150+	49.33	2	4	6	2	39+	0
57	WM Darling	WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1979	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	1007+	46.67	-	6	6	1	61	1
57	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1979	17	27	2	754	91*	30.16	1865	40.42	-	6	6	3	81	3
57	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	23	31	3	893	126*	31.89	746+	82.97	1	5	6	2	76+	12
57	BF Hastings	BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1976	20	35	3	890	110	27.81	1369+	34.91	3	3	6	4	68+	0
57	AD Gaekwad	AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1979	21	37	3	1089	102	32.02	699+	31.33	1	5	6	1	70+	0
57	BP Patel	BP Patel (IND)	1974-1977	21	38	5	972	115*	29.45	794+	43.07	1	5	6	-	86+	7
57	JM Parker	JM Parker (NZ)	1973-1979	30	52	2	1316	121	26.32	2555+	30.25	3	3	6	2	81+	0
66	DN Sardesai	DN Sardesai (IND)	1971-1972	9	16	1	811	212	54.06	640+	26.40	3	2	5	-	46+	1
66	Yashpal Sharma	Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1979	13	19	4	591	100*	39.40	1581+	37.38	1	4	5	2	63	4
66	RB Simpson	RB Simpson (AUS)	1977-1978	10	19	-	738	176	38.84	957+	40.54	2	3	5	1	55	0
66	Haroon Rasheed	Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1977-1979	14	25	1	853	122	35.54	983+	48.62	2	3	5	-	60+	16
66	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1976-1979	15	26	1	786	126	31.44	2149+	31.50	2	3	5	-	60+	0
66	RA Woolmer	RA Woolmer (ENG)	1975-1977	15	26	1	920	149	36.80	2236	41.14	3	2	5	2	113	2
66	IC Davis	IC Davis (AUS)	1973-1977	15	27	1	692	105	26.61	1581	43.76	1	4	5	3	67	2
66	G Miller	G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	24	32	3	817	98*	28.17	2460	33.21	-	5	5	2	75	0
66	GJ Cosier	GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	18	32	1	897	168	28.93	1447+	53.83	2	3	5	3	105	1
66	Intikhab Alam	Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1977	21	33	2	739	138	23.83	502+	46.01	1	4	5	5	59+	11
66	BD Julien	BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	34	6	866	121	30.92	836+	66.26	2	3	5	-	78+	7
66	KJ Wadsworth	KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1971-1976	24	36	4	886	80	27.68	1145+	44.89	-	5	5	3	78+	1
66	Wasim Bari	Wasim Bari (PAK)	1971-1979	45	68	18	892	85	17.84	910+	29.12	-	5	5	14	54+	2
79	RG Pollock	RG Pollock (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	517	274	73.85	960	53.85	1	3	4	-	76	1
79	BA Richards	BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	4	-	70	5
79	V Pollard	V Pollard (NZ)	1971-1973	5	9	2	418	116	59.71	827+	42.80	2	2	4	-	47	0
79	CT Radley	CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	8	10	-	481	158	48.10	1368	35.16	2	2	4	1	43	0
79	S Shivnarine	S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1979	8	14	1	379	63	29.15	-	-	-	4	4	2	37+	0
79	AR Lewis	AR Lewis (ENG)	1972-1973	9	16	2	457	125	32.64	558+	42.65	1	3	4	2	51	1
79	AMJ Hilditch	AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	9	18	-	452	85	25.11	1119+	38.24	-	4	4	1	35	0
79	S Amarnath	S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1978	10	18	-	550	124	30.55	319+	56.42	1	3	4	1	26+	1
79	WM Lawry	WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1971	9	18	2	517	84	32.31	1677	30.82	-	4	4	1	56	3
79	GJ Gilmour	GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	15	22	1	483	101	23.00	708	68.22	1	3	4	3	67	6
79	JFM Morrison	JFM Morrison (NZ)	1973-1976	14	24	-	610	117	25.41	1170+	38.63	1	3	4	4	49+	2
79	A Turner	A Turner (AUS)	1975-1977	14	27	1	768	136	29.53	1516	50.65	1	3	4	2	79	2
79	AL Wadekar	AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	16	29	1	749	90	26.75	1467+	40.76	-	4	4	3	66+	1
79	KD Boyce	KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1976	21	30	3	657	95*	24.33	631+	72.26	-	4	4	4	78+	5
79	R Illingworth	R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1973	25	40	3	1035	107	27.97	3082	33.58	1	3	4	3	108	3
94	DM Lewis	DM Lewis (WI)	1971-1971	3	5	2	259	88	86.33	-	-	-	3	3	-	10+	0
94	BM Laird	BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	-	285	92	47.50	739	38.56	-	3	3	1	24	0
94	DL Haynes	DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1980	4	7	1	266	66	44.33	123+	68.29	-	3	3	-	33	4
94	EJ Barlow	EJ Barlow (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	360	127	51.42	930	38.70	2	1	3	-	36	3
94	BL Irvine	BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	3	-	33	6
94	GN Edwards	GN Edwards (NZ)	1977-1978	5	10	-	244	55	24.40	397	61.46	-	3	3	2	36	2
94	AB Williams	AB Williams (WI)	1978-1979	7	12	-	469	111	39.08	1+	-	2	1	3	1	43+	0

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