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1970s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Most runs conceded in an innings

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Innings in match	Team	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	BS Bedi	64.2	8	226	6	3.51	1	India	v England	Lord's	lost	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
🥈 2	AW Greig	33.0	2	180	3	5.45	1	England	v West Indies	Lord's	lost	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
🥉 3	AME Roberts	45.0	6	174	3	3.86	3	West Indies	v Pakistan	Georgetown	draw	18 Mar 1977	Test # 801
4	PI Pocock	52.0	9	169	5	3.25	2	England	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
5	EAS Prasanna	51.0	6	166	2	3.25	1	India	v England	Lord's	lost	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
5	KJ O'Keeffe	53.0	12	166	3	2.34	3	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	draw	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
7	DL Underwood	60.5	15	165	3	2.71	1	England	v West Indies	The Oval	lost	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
8	AW Greig	46.0	2	164	6	3.56	2	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
9	S Venkataraghavan	57.0	12	163	1	2.85	1	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
9	BS Bedi	71.0	19	163	1	2.29	2	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
9	BS Chandrasekhar	39.0	5	163	4	4.17	2	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
9	DK Lillee	47.7	10	163	5	2.55	3	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	draw	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
13	JW Gleeson	51.0	9	160	3	3.13	1	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	lost	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
14	N Phillip	38.2	3	159	3	4.14	1	West Indies	v India	Delhi	draw	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
15	Sir RJ Hadlee	29.0	1	155	3	4.00	1	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	draw	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
16	PJ Petherick	36.0	5	154	2	3.20	1	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	lost	23 Oct 1976	Test # 783
17	BS Chandrasekhar	42.0	7	153	5	3.64	2	India	v West Indies	Kingston	lost	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
18	PI Pocock	57.0	14	152	-	2.66	2	England	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
18	BS Bedi	45.0	4	152	1	3.37	2	India	v England	Birmingham	lost	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
20	JD Higgs	47.0	11	150	3	3.19	1	Australia	v India	Delhi	draw	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
21	EAS Prasanna	45.0	5	149	-	3.31	1	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	lost	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
22	DR O'Sullivan	35.5	4	148	5	3.11	1	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
22	JD Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	1.85	3	Australia	v England	Sydney	lost	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
24	EAS Prasanna	34.0	7	147	4	4.32	2	India	v West Indies	Delhi	lost	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
24	Imran Khan	28.0	3	147	3	5.25	2	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
24	Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0	2	147	2	3.93	2	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	lost	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
24	Sir RJ Hadlee	43.0	10	147	4	2.56	1	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	lost	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
28	EAS Prasanna	65.0	15	146	3	2.24	2	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
28	BS Bedi	53.0	13	146	1	2.75	2	India	v West Indies	Delhi	lost	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
28	N Kapil Dev	48.0	15	146	5	3.04	1	India	v England	Birmingham	lost	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
31	HJ Howarth	70.0	24	144	4	2.05	3	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	draw	21 Jun 1973	Test # 723
32	JA Snow	33.5	3	143	4	3.18	2	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	draw	11 Dec 1970	Test # 675
32	CM Old	29.3	3	143	-	4.84	1	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	draw	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
32	MHN Walker	42.2	7	143	8	2.53	2	Australia	v England	Melbourne	lost	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
32	JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44	2	Australia	v India	Chennai	draw	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
36	JW Gleeson	30.2	5	142	1	4.68	3	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	lost	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
36	BL Cairns	28.0	2	142	1	3.80	1	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
38	RO Collinge	21.0	1	141	2	5.03	1	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
39	AB Howard	62.0	16	140	2	2.25	2	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	draw	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
39	KD Ghavri	35.0	8	140	4	4.00	1	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	lost	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
41	DK Lillee	34.4	7	139	5	3.02	4	Australia	v England	Melbourne	won	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
41	ST Clarke	36.0	7	139	3	3.86	1	West Indies	v India	Delhi	draw	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
43	HJ Howarth	74.0	24	138	2	1.86	3	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
43	BS Bedi	69.0	20	138	3	2.00	2	India	v England	Brabourne	draw	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
43	Sir RJ Hadlee	20.2	1	138	4	5.11	1	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
46	Intikhab Alam	65.0	17	137	4	2.10	1	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
46	RR Jumadeen	45.4	4	137	3	3.00	1	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	draw	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
48	AL Thomson	43.0	8	136	1	2.37	2	Australia	v England	Brisbane	draw	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
48	BS Chandrasekhar	29.4	-	136	5	3.45	1	India	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
50	BS Chandrasekhar	46.1	8	135	5	2.92	2	India	v England	Brabourne	draw	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
50	BS Chandrasekhar	35.0	3	135	1	3.85	1	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	lost	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
50	HJ Howarth	46.0	9	135	1	2.20	1	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	lost	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
50	G Dymock	42.2	8	135	4	3.18	1	Australia	v India	Delhi	draw	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
50	NS Yadav	42.0	8	135	1	3.21	1	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	draw	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
50	Iqbal Qasim	44.0	15	135	4	3.06	1	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	lost	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
56	BS Bedi	68.5	15	134	3	1.94	2	India	v England	Kanpur	draw	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
56	S Madan Lal	43.0	9	134	5	2.33	2	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	draw	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
56	B Yardley	43.0	6	134	4	2.33	4	Australia	v India	Adelaide	won	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
59	Sikander Bakht	45.0	13	132	4	2.93	2	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	lost	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
59	N Kapil Dev	42.0	4	132	3	3.14	2	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
61	GG Arnold	53.0	15	131	5	2.47	4	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	won	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
61	DR O'Sullivan	35.0	6	131	2	2.80	1	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
61	MHN Walker	54.0	15	131	3	2.42	2	Australia	v England	Manchester	lost	07 Jul 1977	Test # 805
64	AN Connolly	36.0	3	130	1	3.61	3	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	lost	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
64	RS Cunis	38.0	8	130	1	3.42	3	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
64	G Dymock	39.0	6	130	1	2.50	2	Australia	v England	Melbourne	lost	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
64	DR Hadlee	24.5	1	130	2	3.95	1	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	draw	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
64	J Garner	37.0	7	130	4	3.51	1	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	draw	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
64	BS Chandrasekhar	38.0	6	130	4	3.42	1	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
64	BS Bedi	34.0	6	130	2	3.82	2	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
71	JM Noreiga	53.4	8	129	5	2.40	3	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	draw	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
71	GG Arnold	27.0	1	129	2	3.58	2	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	lost	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
71	KD Ghavri	38.0	5	129	-	3.39	1	India	v England	Birmingham	lost	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
74	S Venkataraghavan	59.0	14	128	3	2.16	1	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	draw	19 Mar 1971	Test # 684
74	JR Thomson	17.0	-	128	3	5.64	2	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	lost	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
76	S Abid Ali	31.0	1	127	2	4.09	1	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
76	Intikhab Alam	30.0	4	127	6	3.17	2	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	16 Feb 1973	Test # 713
76	AA Mallett	36.4	10	127	3	3.46	3	Australia	v England	Lord's	draw	31 Jul 1975	Test # 761
76	BS Bedi	34.0	1	127	1	2.80	1	India	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
76	DR Parry	39.0	6	127	2	3.25	1	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	draw	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
81	AA Mallett	55.1	16	126	5	2.28	1	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	lost	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
81	P Lever	38.0	7	126	1	3.31	1	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	draw	03 Jun 1971	Test # 687
81	Sarfraz Nawaz	29.0	5	126	4	3.25	2	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	draw	02 Feb 1973	Test # 710
81	AME Roberts	32.0	2	126	4	2.95	2	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	26 Dec 1975	Test # 766
81	MA Holding	22.0	3	126	1	4.29	1	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
81	ST Clarke	34.2	3	126	5	3.66	2	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
87	JW Gleeson	45.0	15	125	5	2.77	3	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	lost	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
87	DR O'Sullivan	50.0	14	125	3	2.50	1	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	draw	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
87	EJ Chatfield	31.0	4	125	3	3.02	1	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	draw	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
87	Sarfraz Nawaz	29.0	3	125	3	4.31	2	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
91	BS Bedi	54.0	15	124	2	2.29	1	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
91	AA Mallett	38.0	4	124	3	2.44	2	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	won	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
91	Inshan Ali	44.0	4	124	3	2.81	1	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	draw	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
91	AME Roberts	30.0	3	124	1	4.13	1	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	draw	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
91	WM Clark	34.4	4	124	4	3.57	3	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	won	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
91	BS Bedi	49.0	9	124	3	2.53	1	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
97	DK Lillee	32.2	8	123	5	3.80	3	Australia	v England	The Oval	won	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
97	RAL Massie	28.0	6	123	3	3.29	2	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	won	06 Jan 1973	Test # 707
97	DK Lillee	20.0	-	123	2	4.61	2	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	lost	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
97	VA Holder	27.0	2	123	1	3.41	2	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	26 Dec 1975	Test # 766

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures