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1970s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Most catches

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
🥇 1	AW Greig	AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	107	87	4	0.813
🥈 2	GS Chappell	GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1980	54	104	76	4	0.73
🥉 3	IM Chappell	IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1976	45	86	62	4	0.72
4	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	60	107	52	3	0.485
5	RC Fredericks	RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1977	49	93	51	4	0.548
6	JM Brearley	JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1979	32	61	45	3	0.737
6	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	62	110	45	2	0.409
8	ED Solkar	ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1977	22	40	42	4	1.05
8	Majid Khan	Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	38	72	42	3	0.583
8	KWR Fletcher	KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1970-1977	46	85	42	3	0.494
8	AI Kallicharran	AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	53	100	42	2	0.42
12	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1980	48	92	37	2	0.402
13	IR Redpath	IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1976	33	62	36	3	0.58
14	GRJ Roope	GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	21	37	35	3	0.945
14	Mushtaq Mohammad	Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	35	67	35	2	0.522
16	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1979	22	42	33	3	0.785
17	KD Walters	KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1977	47	90	32	2	0.355
18	DL Underwood	DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1979	59	110	31	3	0.281
19	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	34	60	30	3	0.5
20	GM Turner	GM Turner (NZ)	1971-1977	30	54	28	2	0.518
20	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1980	30	59	28	2	0.474
22	S Venkataraghavan	S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	36	64	27	4	0.421
23	KR Stackpole	KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1974	26	50	26	2	0.52
23	MG Burgess	MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1979	33	62	26	2	0.419
25	MH Denness	MH Denness (ENG)	1972-1975	27	48	25	2	0.52
25	CPS Chauhan	CPS Chauhan (IND)	1973-1979	29	51	25	3	0.49
25	AA Mallett	AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1976	28	53	25	2	0.471
25	JM Parker	JM Parker (NZ)	1973-1979	30	53	25	3	0.471
29	M Hendrick	M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1979	25	47	24	3	0.51
30	HJ Howarth	HJ Howarth (NZ)	1971-1977	21	38	23	3	0.605
30	M Amarnath	M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	25	42	23	2	0.547
30	CG Greenidge	CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1980	21	42	23	2	0.547
30	Sadiq Mohammad	Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	33	60	23	2	0.383
34	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1979	25	44	22	2	0.5
34	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	36	68	22	2	0.323
34	JH Edrich	JH Edrich (ENG)	1970-1976	37	70	22	2	0.314
34	CM Old	CM Old (ENG)	1972-1978	41	76	22	2	0.289
34	RGD Willis	RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1979	51	95	22	2	0.231
39	PH Edmonds	PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1979	18	33	21	4	0.636
39	Sarfraz Nawaz	Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1979	33	61	21	3	0.344
41	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1979	17	31	20	2	0.645
41	RB McCosker	RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	23	43	20	2	0.465
41	BE Congdon	BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	32	56	20	2	0.357
41	Asif Iqbal	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	39	74	20	2	0.27
41	BS Chandrasekhar	BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	42	75	20	2	0.266
41	DL Amiss	DL Amiss (ENG)	1971-1977	45	80	20	2	0.25
47	S Abid Ali	S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	17	30	19	3	0.633
48	DW Randall	DW Randall (ENG)	1977-1979	26	49	18	2	0.367
49	RB Kanhai	RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1974	18	34	17	3	0.5
49	BP Patel	BP Patel (IND)	1974-1977	21	37	17	3	0.459
49	R Illingworth	R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1973	25	46	17	3	0.369
49	LR Gibbs	LR Gibbs (WI)	1971-1976	29	57	17	3	0.298
49	G Boycott	G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1979	44	79	17	2	0.215
49	BS Bedi	BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	48	85	17	1	0.2
55	A Turner	A Turner (AUS)	1975-1977	14	27	15	4	0.555
55	BF Hastings	BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1976	20	34	15	3	0.441
55	KJ Hughes	KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1980	20	35	15	2	0.428
55	KJ O'Keeffe	KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	47	15	2	0.319
55	KD Ghavri	KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	32	57	15	2	0.263
55	VA Holder	VA Holder (WI)	1971-1979	37	68	15	1	0.22
61	GM Wood	GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	15	27	14	2	0.518
61	AL Wadekar	AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	16	29	14	3	0.482
61	Iqbal Qasim	Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1979	18	31	14	3	0.451
61	GS Sobers	GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1974	17	31	14	4	0.451
61	GJ Cosier	GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	18	34	14	2	0.411
61	BW Luckhurst	BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1974	21	39	14	2	0.358
61	BD Julien	BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	46	14	2	0.304
61	Sir RJ Hadlee	Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	26	48	14	2	0.291
61	LG Rowe	LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	26	48	14	2	0.291
61	JR Thomson	JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1979	34	64	14	1	0.218
71	DF Whatmore	DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	7	11	13	4	1.181
71	CS Serjeant	CS Serjeant (AUS)	1977-1978	12	22	13	3	0.59
73	B Yardley	B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1979	14	26	12	2	0.461
73	MHN Walker	MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	64	12	1	0.187
75	Yajurvindra Singh	Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1977-1979	4	8	11	5	1.375
75	D Lloyd	D Lloyd (ENG)	1974-1975	9	18	11	3	0.611
75	RB Simpson	RB Simpson (AUS)	1977-1978	10	18	11	2	0.611
75	AV Mankad	AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1978	15	29	11	2	0.379
75	P Lever	P Lever (ENG)	1970-1975	17	31	11	2	0.354
80	SFAF Bacchus	SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1979	8	13	10	3	0.769
80	BL D'Oliveira	BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1972	19	36	10	2	0.277
80	G Miller	G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	24	45	10	1	0.222
83	RA Hutton	RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	5	9	9	2	1
83	JV Coney	JV Coney (NZ)	1974-1979	7	13	9	3	0.692
83	AMJ Hilditch	AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	9	14	9	2	0.642
83	WM Lawry	WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1971	9	17	9	2	0.529
83	JFM Morrison	JFM Morrison (NZ)	1973-1976	14	24	9	2	0.375
83	IC Davis	IC Davis (AUS)	1973-1977	15	28	9	2	0.321
83	PM Toohey	PM Toohey (AUS)	1977-1980	15	28	9	2	0.321
83	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	23	40	9	1	0.225
83	Imran Khan	Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	25	47	9	1	0.191
83	EAS Prasanna	EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1978	27	47	9	2	0.191
83	DK Lillee	DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1980	35	68	9	2	0.132
94	EJ Barlow	EJ Barlow (SA)	1970-1970	4	8	8	3	1
94	MV Narasimha Rao	MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1978-1979	4	8	8	2	1
94	JE Emburey	JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1979	5	10	8	2	0.8
94	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1978-1980	14	24	8	2	0.333
94	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1976-1979	15	25	8	2	0.32
94	JK Lever	JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	15	28	8	1	0.285
94	S Madan Lal	S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1977	16	28	8	1	0.285

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Additional Information

All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure
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