Test matches

1970s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Most catches in a match

Rank	Player	Team	Opposition	Ground	Ct Fi	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	GS Chappell	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	7	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
🥇 1	Yajurvindra Singh	India	v England	Bengaluru	7	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
🥉 3	ED Solkar	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
🥉 3	GS Sobers	West Indies	v England	Lord's	6	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
🥉 3	IM Chappell	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	6	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
🥉 3	AW Greig	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	6	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
🥉 3	DF Whatmore	Australia	v India	Kanpur	6	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
8	AW Greig	England	v India	Delhi	5	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
8	ED Solkar	India	v England	Chennai	5	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
8	RC Fredericks	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	5	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
8	KWR Fletcher	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	5	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
8	JM Brearley	England	v India	Chennai	5	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
8	PH Edmonds	England	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	5	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
8	PH Edmonds	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	5	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
8	IT Botham	England	v Australia	Sydney	5	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
16	EJ Barlow	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	4	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
16	AJ Traicos	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	4	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
16	KR Stackpole	Australia	v England	Sydney	4	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
16	S Abid Ali	India	v West Indies	Kingston	4	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
16	AL Wadekar	India	v England	Lord's	4	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
16	PH Parfitt	England	v Australia	Nottingham	4	13 Jul 1972	Test # 700
16	R Illingworth	England	v Australia	Leeds	4	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
16	GS Chappell	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	4	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
16	ED Solkar	India	v England	Eden Gardens	4	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
16	GRJ Roope	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	4	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
16	HJ Howarth	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	4	21 Jun 1973	Test # 723
16	RC Fredericks	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	4	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
16	JM Parker	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	4	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
16	KWR Fletcher	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	4	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
16	AW Greig	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	4	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
16	AA Mallett	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	4	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
16	IR Redpath	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	4	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
16	ED Solkar	India	v West Indies	Chennai	4	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
16	AW Greig	England	v Australia	Adelaide	4	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
16	GS Chappell	Australia	v England	Leeds	4	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
16	S Venkataraghavan	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	4	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
16	A Turner	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	4	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
16	J Garner	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	4	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
16	AW Greig	England	v Australia	Melbourne	4	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
16	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	4	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
16	M Hendrick	England	v Australia	Nottingham	4	28 Jul 1977	Test # 806
16	GM Wood	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	4	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
16	GM Wood	Australia	v England	Sydney	4	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
16	SFAF Bacchus	West Indies	v India	Chennai	4	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
16	IT Botham	England	v Australia	Sydney	4	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
16	GA Gooch	England	v India	Birmingham	4	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
16	IT Botham	England	v India	The Oval	4	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
48	IM Chappell	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
48	WM Lawry	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
48	EJ Barlow	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
48	KR Stackpole	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	3	11 Dec 1970	Test # 675
48	IM Chappell	Australia	v England	Sydney	3	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
48	KWR Fletcher	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	3	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
48	DL Underwood	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	3	05 Mar 1971	Test # 682
48	GS Sobers	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	3	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
48	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	3	03 Jun 1971	Test # 687
48	JH Edrich	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	3	08 Jul 1971	Test # 689
48	RA Hutton	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	3	08 Jul 1971	Test # 689
48	R Illingworth	England	v India	Lord's	3	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
48	SM Gavaskar	India	v England	Manchester	3	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
48	ED Solkar	India	v England	The Oval	3	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
48	MC Carew	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	3	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
48	RW Morgan	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	3	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
48	BF Hastings	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
48	GS Chappell	Australia	v England	Lord's	3	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
48	ED Solkar	India	v England	Delhi	3	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
48	KWR Fletcher	England	v India	Eden Gardens	3	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
48	IR Redpath	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	3	06 Jan 1973	Test # 707
48	S Abid Ali	India	v England	Kanpur	3	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
48	BE Congdon	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	3	02 Feb 1973	Test # 710
48	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
48	Majid Khan	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
48	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
48	GRJ Roope	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	3	02 Mar 1973	Test # 715
48	Majid Khan	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	3	02 Mar 1973	Test # 715
48	RB Kanhai	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	3	09 Mar 1973	Test # 716
48	GS Chappell	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
48	IR Redpath	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
48	RC Fredericks	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	3	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
48	MH Denness	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	3	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719
48	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	3	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719
48	AI Kallicharran	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	3	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
48	GRJ Roope	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	3	05 Jul 1973	Test # 724
48	HJ Howarth	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	3	05 Jul 1973	Test # 724
48	LR Gibbs	West Indies	v England	The Oval	3	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
48	RC Fredericks	West Indies	v England	Lord's	3	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
48	IM Chappell	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	3	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
48	GS Chappell	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	3	05 Jan 1974	Test # 729
48	JV Coney	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	3	05 Jan 1974	Test # 729
48	RC Fredericks	West Indies	v England	Kingston	3	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
48	HJ Howarth	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	3	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
48	HJ Howarth	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	3	08 Mar 1974	Test # 735
48	IM Chappell	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	3	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
48	PI Pocock	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
48	M Hendrick	England	v India	Manchester	3	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
48	ED Solkar	India	v England	Lord's	3	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
48	Sadiq Mohammad	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	3	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
48	D Lloyd	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	3	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
48	ED Solkar	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	3	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
48	IM Chappell	Australia	v England	Brisbane	3	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746

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