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1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	50+	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	97	164	30	7386	205	55.11	17365+	42.26	20	40	60	4	765	20
🥈 2	DI Gower	DI Gower (ENG)	1980-1989	89	157	11	6196	215	42.43	12474	49.67	12	32	44	4	750	7
🥉 3	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	78	112	8	5113	208	49.16	6350+	71.25	15	28	43	7	603+	56
4	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1989	76	110	7	5642	280*	54.77	10401+	47.54	16	26	42	3	486+	28
5	DL Haynes	DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1989	81	139	16	5074	184	41.25	10411+	42.79	12	28	40	7	525+	14
6	CG Greenidge	CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1989	75	123	12	5094	223	45.89	9246+	48.45	12	25	37	7	568+	39
7	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1980-1989	71	112	16	4501	166	46.88	6892+	44.31	12	22	34	7	340+	9
8	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1987	65	106	9	4475	236*	46.13	7378+	42.45	12	20	32	6	378+	13
9	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	56	105	2	3970	196	38.54	8020	49.50	8	23	31	7	477	6
10	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	124	4	4051	208	33.75	6326	64.03	10	19	29	12	499	56
11	MW Gatting	MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1989	66	114	14	3859	207	38.59	8254	46.75	9	18	27	12	482	10
12	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1985	44	61	6	2881	161*	52.38	4171+	55.69	8	17	25	1	284+	22
13	M Amarnath	M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1988	43	68	7	2912	138	47.73	3998+	42.02	9	15	24	6	226+	15
14	RB Richardson	RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1989	45	76	7	3320	194	48.11	7075+	46.55	10	13	23	3	413+	4
15	DC Boon	DC Boon (AUS)	1984-1989	45	82	7	3119	200	41.58	7358	42.38	8	14	22	5	348	1
15	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	61	90	7	3328	231	40.09	6767+	44.31	8	14	22	7	298+	1
15	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	80	118	9	3353	163	30.76	2996+	83.51	5	17	22	11	362+	32
18	MD Crowe	MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1989	45	76	7	3127	188	45.31	7339	42.60	10	11	21	7	384	6
18	Saleem Malik	Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1989	56	77	13	2642	119*	41.28	4739+	47.56	7	14	21	6	283+	4
18	AJ Lamb	AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1989	57	100	9	3098	137*	34.04	6387	48.50	9	12	21	6	406	11
21	KJ Hughes	KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1984	50	86	3	2989	213	36.01	6558+	44.89	6	14	20	8	307	18
21	JG Wright	JG Wright (NZ)	1980-1989	56	100	4	3271	141	34.07	9235	35.41	7	13	20	4	380	6
23	GS Chappell	GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1984	33	55	6	2712	235	55.34	4961	54.66	9	10	19	6	289	7
23	PJL Dujon	PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1989	64	89	9	2885	139	36.06	5091+	47.24	5	14	19	5	298+	8
23	RJ Shastri	RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	69	104	14	3036	142	33.73	5198+	37.51	8	11	19	9	225+	17
26	Imran Khan	Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	54	71	16	2430	135*	44.18	4295+	52.17	5	13	18	4	233+	37
27	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1980-1985	41	58	7	2460	215	48.23	4187+	56.86	6	11	17	5	255+	14
27	JV Coney	JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	45	73	14	2303	174*	39.03	5345	43.08	3	14	17	3	231	5
29	M Azharuddin	M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1989	34	51	3	2224	199	46.33	3387+	51.72	7	9	16	2	230+	3
29	DM Jones	DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1989	30	53	7	2370	216	51.52	4868	48.68	7	9	16	4	231	5
29	SR Waugh	SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-1989	35	54	10	1889	177*	42.93	3806	49.63	3	13	16	6	185	2
29	Mohsin Khan	Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1981-1986	42	69	6	2427	200	38.52	4134+	50.87	7	9	16	3	232+	4
29	HA Gomes	HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1987	49	72	11	2490	143	40.81	5388+	41.05	7	9	16	3	206+	2
34	GM Wood	GM Wood (AUS)	1980-1988	44	82	5	2421	172	31.44	5651+	41.28	7	8	15	7	238	7
35	A Ranatunga	A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1989	26	46	2	1621	135*	36.84	1760+	50.68	2	12	14	3	117+	13
35	CJ Tavare	CJ Tavare (ENG)	1980-1989	31	56	2	1755	149	32.50	5735	30.60	2	12	14	5	175	0
35	K Srikkanth	K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1989	39	64	3	1927	123	31.59	2333+	65.96	2	12	14	6	201+	19
38	KC Wessels	KC Wessels (AUS)	1982-1985	24	42	1	1761	179	42.95	3460	50.89	4	9	13	3	197	2
38	BA Edgar	BA Edgar (NZ)	1980-1986	33	57	4	1662	161	31.35	5176	32.10	2	11	13	5	150	0
38	GR Marsh	GR Marsh (AUS)	1985-1989	33	61	3	2017	138	34.77	5913	34.11	4	9	13	1	210	1
41	Shoaib Mohammad	Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1983-1989	26	37	3	1543	203*	45.38	3099+	42.40	4	8	12	4	154+	3
41	LRD Mendis	LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	24	43	1	1329	124	31.64	991+	61.04	4	8	12	2	78+	11
41	BC Broad	BC Broad (ENG)	1984-1989	25	44	2	1661	162	39.54	4387	37.86	6	6	12	3	173	1
41	G Boycott	G Boycott (ENG)	1980-1982	23	46	5	1699	137	41.43	4680	36.30	4	8	12	2	125	0
41	Sir RJ Hadlee	Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	53	80	14	2040	151*	30.90	3466	58.85	2	10	12	7	235	20
46	RL Dias	RL Dias (SL)	1982-1987	20	36	1	1285	109	36.71	1256+	52.94	3	8	11	2	95+	1
46	DW Randall	DW Randall (ENG)	1980-1984	21	36	1	1370	164	39.14	2777	49.33	5	6	11	7	138	4
46	G Fowler	G Fowler (ENG)	1982-1985	21	37	-	1307	201	35.32	3362	38.87	3	8	11	3	145	3
46	Ramiz Raja	Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1984-1989	29	46	3	1379	122	32.06	2550+	44.50	2	9	11	2	132+	3
46	SM Patil	SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	29	47	4	1588	174	36.93	2103+	62.38	4	7	11	4	184+	9
46	AL Logie	AL Logie (WI)	1983-1989	37	56	6	1707	130	34.14	2726+	56.49	2	9	11	8	207+	8
52	Wasim Raja	Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1985	29	45	8	1246	125	33.67	2415+	50.80	2	8	10	4	145+	6
52	RT Robinson	RT Robinson (ENG)	1984-1989	29	49	5	1601	175	36.38	3846	41.62	4	6	10	5	182	0
52	GP Howarth	GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1985	30	51	2	1491	147	30.42	3649	40.86	2	8	10	3	149	0
52	GM Ritchie	GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1987	30	53	5	1690	146	35.20	4254+	38.38	3	7	10	1	158	11
56	MA Taylor	MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1989	11	20	1	1219	219	64.15	2766	44.07	4	5	9	-	125	2
56	WB Phillips	WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1986	27	48	2	1485	159	32.28	3191+	42.74	2	7	9	1	171	5
56	JJ Crowe	JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1989	38	64	4	1592	128	26.53	4615	34.49	3	6	9	6	182	4
59	JF Reid	JF Reid (NZ)	1981-1986	18	29	3	1277	180	49.11	3616	35.31	6	2	8	3	131	1
59	BM Laird	BM Laird (AUS)	1980-1982	18	34	2	1056	85	33.00	2974	35.50	-	8	8	1	70	0
59	RS Madugalle	RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	21	39	4	1029	103	29.40	1869+	38.89	1	7	8	4	93+	2
59	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1983	25	39	1	1135	222	29.86	2351+	47.80	3	5	8	4	137+	0
59	Qasim Umar	Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1986	26	43	2	1502	210	36.63	2662+	42.74	3	5	8	2	131+	0
59	S Wettimuny	S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1987	23	43	1	1221	190	29.07	2010+	40.74	2	6	8	5	114+	0
59	MD Marshall	MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	63	79	7	1430	92	19.86	2437+	53.18	-	8	8	10	149+	15
59	JE Emburey	JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	55	81	17	1471	75	22.98	3832	38.38	-	8	8	13	173	5
67	Majid Khan	Majid Khan (PAK)	1980-1983	15	22	2	700	110*	35.00	1592	43.96	1	6	7	3	75	0
67	GN Yallop	GN Yallop (AUS)	1980-1984	18	29	-	1268	268	43.72	2815	45.04	4	3	7	2	135	0
67	GRJ Matthews	GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1986	21	34	6	1031	130	36.82	2311	44.61	3	4	7	1	101	4
67	SMH Kirmani	SMH Kirmani (IND)	1980-1986	49	67	13	1399	102	25.90	2402+	43.00	1	6	7	4	101+	2
71	MJ Greatbatch	MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1988-1989	7	13	4	693	146*	77.00	2046	33.87	2	4	6	-	83	0
71	SV Manjrekar	SV Manjrekar (IND)	1987-1989	9	15	2	784	218	60.30	1759	44.57	3	3	6	1	95	0
71	RA Smith	RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1989	8	16	2	698	143	49.85	1352	51.62	2	4	6	2	95	0
71	DW Hookes	DW Hookes (AUS)	1980-1985	16	28	3	870	143*	34.80	1433+	57.99	1	5	6	4	98	4
71	J Arun Lal	J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1989	16	29	1	729	93	26.03	1274+	42.62	-	6	6	1	66+	0
71	PA de Silva	PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1989	17	31	2	974	167	33.58	764+	48.03	3	3	6	-	71+	12
71	AD Gaekwad	AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1985	19	33	1	896	201	28.00	594+	45.79	1	5	6	3	34+	0
71	Yashpal Sharma	Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1983	24	40	7	1015	140	30.75	2037+	32.84	1	5	6	2	77+	3
71	P Willey	P Willey (ENG)	1980-1986	22	42	6	965	102*	26.80	2330	41.41	2	4	6	2	125	4
71	J Dyson	J Dyson (AUS)	1980-1984	27	52	7	1258	127*	27.95	3660	34.37	2	4	6	3	115	3
71	IDS Smith	IDS Smith (NZ)	1980-1989	49	70	15	1376	113*	25.01	2347	58.62	1	5	6	7	170	4
82	AH Jones	AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1989	10	19	1	751	150	41.72	1943	38.65	1	4	5	1	58	3
82	NS Sidhu	NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1989	13	22	2	685	116	34.25	1412+	45.75	2	3	5	3	69+	5
82	Saleem Yousuf	Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1982-1989	25	34	5	878	91*	30.27	1445+	50.10	-	5	5	2	82+	3
82	RMH Binny	RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	23	35	5	744	83*	24.80	832+	39.66	-	5	5	5	36+	5
82	JR Ratnayeke	JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1989	22	38	6	807	93	25.21	1074+	39.66	-	5	5	5	70+	1
82	CWJ Athey	CWJ Athey (ENG)	1980-1988	23	41	1	919	123	22.97	2373	38.72	1	4	5	2	93	0
82	JG Bracewell	JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1989	35	54	10	925	110	21.02	2356	39.26	1	4	5	11	74	4
82	MA Holding	MA Holding (WI)	1980-1987	45	54	8	685	73	14.89	845+	65.20	-	5	5	12	47+	31
90	KD Walters	KD Walters (AUS)	1980-1981	6	9	2	397	107	56.71	762	52.09	1	3	4	-	30	1
90	Aamer Malik	Aamer Malik (PAK)	1987-1989	10	12	3	472	117	52.44	1347	35.04	2	2	4	1	54	2
90	AMJ Hilditch	AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1984-1985	9	16	-	621	119	38.81	1240	50.08	2	2	4	2	68	4
90	CL Hooper	CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1989	16	26	1	639	100*	25.56	1453	43.97	1	3	4	3	58	7
90	Mansoor Akhtar	Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1980-1987	18	27	3	636	111	26.50	1490	42.68	1	3	4	4	90	1
90	S Madan Lal	S Madan Lal (IND)	1981-1986	23	32	10	614	74	27.90	756+	48.01	-	4	4	5	52+	1
90	PR Downton	PR Downton (ENG)	1981-1988	30	48	8	785	74	19.62	2676	29.33	-	4	4	4	67	0
90	RW Marsh	RW Marsh (AUS)	1980-1984	41	62	4	1162	91	20.03	2635	44.09	-	4	4	6	120	7
90	GF Lawson	GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	46	68	12	894	74	15.96	1755+	50.25	-	4	4	6	100	1
99	VJ Marks	VJ Marks (ENG)	1982-1984	6	10	1	249	83	27.66	532	46.80	-	3	3	-	23	0
99	Taslim Arif	Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	6	10	2	501	210*	62.62	1042	48.08	1	2	3	1	44	0

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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