Test matches

1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Javed Miandad	280*	696	460	19	1	60.86	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	1	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
🥈 2	Javed Miandad	271	558	465	28	5	58.27	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
🥉 3	GN Yallop	268	716	517	29	-	51.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	2	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
4	Javed Miandad	260	617	521	28	1	49.90	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	1	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
5	SM Gavaskar	236*	644	425	23	-	55.52	India	v West Indies	Chennai	2	24 Dec 1983	Test # 972
6	GS Chappell	235	441	363	21	-	64.73	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
7	Mudassar Nazar	231	627	444	21	1	52.02	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	1	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
8	CG Greenidge	223	585	425	30	-	52.47	West Indies	v England	Manchester	1	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
9	GR Viswanath	222	643	374	31	-	59.35	India	v England	Chennai	1	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
10	MA Taylor	219	554	461	23	-	47.50	Australia	v England	Nottingham	1	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
11	SV Manjrekar	218	534	401	28	-	54.36	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	1	01 Dec 1989	Test # 1130
12	DM Jones	216	538	347	16	-	62.24	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	1	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
13	Zaheer Abbas	215	334	254	23	2	84.64	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	1	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
13	DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
15	CG Greenidge	214*	302	242	29	2	88.42	West Indies	v England	Lord's	4	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
16	KJ Hughes	213	383	301	21	-	70.76	Australia	v India	Adelaide	1	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
16	CG Greenidge	213	534	384	20	7	55.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
18	Javed Miandad	211	636	441	29	1	47.84	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	1	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
19	Taslim Arif	210*	435	379	20	-	55.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	2	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
20	Qasim Umar	210	685	442	27	-	47.51	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	2	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996
20	DM Jones	210	502	330	27	2	63.63	Australia	v India	Chennai	1	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
22	IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	1	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
22	IVA Richards	208	374	245	22	3	84.89	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	1	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
24	MW Gatting	207	504	309	20	3	66.99	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
25	Qasim Umar	206	-	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
26	AR Border	205	599	485	20	-	42.26	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	2	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
27	GS Chappell	204	408	296	27	-	68.91	Australia	v India	Sydney	2	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
28	Javed Miandad	203*	-	-	-	1	-	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
28	Shoaib Mohammad	203*	484	338	20	-	60.05	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	2	01 Dec 1989	Test # 1130
30	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	777	548	24	-	36.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	1	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
31	GS Chappell	201	417	296	6	-	67.90	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	2	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
31	AD Gaekwad	201	671	436	17	-	46.10	India	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	2	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
31	G Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	49.14	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
34	Mohsin Khan	200	495	386	23	-	51.81	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	1	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
34	DC Boon	200	451	326	28	-	61.34	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	1	24 Nov 1989	Test # 1129
36	Mudassar Nazar	199	552	408	24	-	48.77	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	2	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996
36	M Azharuddin	199	505	-	16	1	-	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	2	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
38	AR Border	196	448	318	22	-	61.63	Australia	v England	Lord's	2	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
38	GA Gooch	196	423	310	27	-	63.22	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
40	CG Greenidge	194	554	368	23	-	52.71	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	1	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
40	RB Richardson	194	459	367	20	-	52.86	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	1	25 Mar 1989	Test # 1117
42	S Wettimuny	190	642	471	21	-	40.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	1	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
43	MD Crowe	188	571	462	22	1	40.69	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	2	06 Apr 1985	Test # 1014
43	MD Crowe	188	472	328	26	-	57.31	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	2	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
45	Zaheer Abbas	186	328	246	23	-	75.60	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	2	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
46	RB Richardson	185	455	346	26	-	53.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	1	06 Apr 1985	Test # 1014
47	DM Jones	184*	540	421	12	1	43.70	Australia	v England	Sydney	1	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
47	DC Boon	184*	492	431	14	-	42.69	Australia	v England	Sydney	3	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
49	DL Haynes	184	490	395	27	1	46.58	West Indies	v England	Lord's	2	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
50	MW Gatting	183*	383	294	20	2	62.24	England	v India	Birmingham	1	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
51	GA Gooch	183	439	369	22	-	49.59	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	3	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
52	IVA Richards	182*	383	256	23	2	71.09	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	3	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
53	GS Chappell	182	530	400	17	-	45.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	2	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
54	JF Reid	180	685	445	16	-	40.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	2	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
55	KC Wessels	179	340	233	23	1	76.82	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	1	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
56	IVA Richards	178	377	229	30	-	77.72	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	2	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
57	SR Waugh	177*	310	242	24	-	73.14	Australia	v England	Leeds	1	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
58	GS Chappell	176	266	218	23	2	80.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
58	SM Gavaskar	176	506	302	22	-	58.27	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	2	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
60	RT Robinson	175	414	272	26	-	64.33	England	v Australia	Leeds	2	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
61	JV Coney	174*	488	374	26	1	46.52	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	3	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
62	SM Patil	174	301	240	22	1	72.50	India	v Australia	Adelaide	2	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
62	MD Crowe	174	592	410	16	-	42.43	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	1	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
64	DI Gower	173*	423	284	16	-	60.91	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	3	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
65	KC Wessels	173	481	352	14	-	49.14	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	1	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
66	GN Yallop	172	504	447	19	-	38.47	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
66	SM Gavaskar	172	708	472	19	-	36.44	India	v England	Bengaluru	2	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
66	GM Wood	172	596	449	21	-	38.30	Australia	v England	Nottingham	2	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
66	SM Gavaskar	172	513	400	19	-	43.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	1	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
70	Zaheer Abbas	168*	-	341	6	1	49.26	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	1	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
71	Zaheer Abbas	168	264	176	23	1	95.45	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	2	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
72	PA de Silva	167	491	361	17	1	46.26	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	2	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
73	SM Gavaskar	166*	551	416	16	-	39.90	India	v Australia	Adelaide	2	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
74	SM Gavaskar	166	593	373	15	1	44.50	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	2	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
74	DI Gower	166	381	284	17	-	58.45	England	v Australia	Nottingham	1	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
74	DB Vengsarkar	166	429	279	14	-	59.49	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	1	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
74	RT Robinson	166	528	365	16	-	45.47	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	1	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
78	DB Vengsarkar	164*	432	303	21	1	54.12	India	v Australia	Wankhede	2	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
79	DW Randall	164	365	269	20	2	60.96	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
79	MA Taylor	164	425	334	17	2	49.10	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	3	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
81	AR Border	163	410	358	16	-	45.53	Australia	v India	Melbourne	3	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
81	N Kapil Dev	163	240	165	19	1	98.78	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	2	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
81	Shoaib Mohammad	163	720	516	17	1	31.58	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
84	KC Wessels	162	464	343	17	-	47.23	Australia	v England	Brisbane	2	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
84	BC Broad	162	435	313	25	-	51.75	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
86	CH Lloyd	161*	495	290	12	-	55.51	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	2	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
87	BA Edgar	161	513	418	22	-	38.51	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	2	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
88	RT Robinson	160	508	390	17	-	41.02	England	v India	Delhi	2	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
88	MW Gatting	160	355	266	21	-	60.15	England	v Australia	Manchester	2	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
88	RB Richardson	160	348	278	18	-	57.55	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
91	DB Vengsarkar	159	370	238	20	1	66.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	1	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
91	WB Phillips	159	307	246	20	-	64.63	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	1	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
93	JF Reid	158*	486	318	17	-	49.68	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	2	25 Jan 1985	Test # 1010
94	S Wettimuny	157	372	330	21	-	47.57	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
94	DB Vengsarkar	157	334	264	21	-	59.46	India	v England	Lord's	3	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
94	DI Gower	157	335	216	20	-	72.68	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
94	DM Jones	157	400	294	17	-	53.40	Australia	v England	Birmingham	1	06 Jul 1989	Test # 1123
98	RB Richardson	156	482	314	20	-	49.68	West Indies	v India	Kingston	2	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
99	SM Gavaskar	155	399	293	24	1	52.90	India	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	2	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
100	DI Gower	154*	461	403	16	1	38.21	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902

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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