Test matches

1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	ST Clarke	35*	18	1	4	194.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
🥈 2	IVA Richards	110*	58	7	7	189.65	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
🥉 3	IDS Smith	30	17	6	-	176.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
4	IDS Smith	33*	19	5	-	173.68	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	03 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
5	IVA Richards	34	20	4	2	170.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
6	IVA Richards	61	36	5	4	169.44	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
7	BL Cairns	30	18	1	3	166.66	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
8	IT Botham	59*	36	8	2	163.88	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
9	BL Cairns	34	21	3	2	161.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
9	DL Haynes	34	21	4	1	161.90	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
11	N Kapil Dev	89	55	13	3	161.81	India	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
12	CG Greenidge	37	23	6	-	160.86	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
13	BL Cairns	32	20	1	4	160.00	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
14	Taslim Arif	31	20	5	-	155.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
15	A Ranatunga	52	36	8	1	144.44	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
16	SM Patil	36	26	1	-	138.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
16	N Kapil Dev	36	26	7	-	138.46	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
18	N Kapil Dev	73	53	12	1	137.73	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
19	IT Botham	66	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
20	B Yardley	45	33	7	-	136.36	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
21	N Kapil Dev	31	23	4	1	134.78	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
22	IDS Smith	41	31	6	-	132.25	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
22	K Srikkanth	41*	31	4	-	132.25	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
24	MG Hughes	25	19	4	-	131.57	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
25	N Kapil Dev	34	26	5	-	130.76	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
26	BC Broad	30	23	5	-	130.43	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
27	RA Harper	26	20	3	1	130.00	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
28	N Kapil Dev	27	21	5	-	128.57	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
29	N Kapil Dev	42	33	4	-	127.27	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
30	Tahir Naqqash	29*	23	4	-	126.08	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
31	DB Vengsarkar	34	27	7	-	125.92	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
32	M Azharuddin	54*	43	5	-	125.58	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
33	GM Ritchie	26	21	5	-	123.80	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
33	N Kapil Dev	26	21	5	-	123.80	India	v England	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
35	Saleem Yousuf	32*	26	3	2	123.07	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
36	IT Botham	27	22	1	1	122.72	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
37	Sir RJ Hadlee	99	81	18	-	122.22	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
38	SM Patil	68	56	11	1	121.42	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
38	IDS Smith	34	28	5	-	121.42	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
40	Sir RJ Hadlee	54	45	4	3	120.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
40	RJ Shastri	48*	40	3	2	120.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
42	IDS Smith	31*	26	5	-	119.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
43	N Kapil Dev	116	98	16	2	118.36	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
44	N Kapil Dev	65	55	9	1	118.18	India	v England	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
45	IT Botham	60	51	10	2	117.64	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
45	MD Marshall	40*	34	4	2	117.64	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
45	DM Jones	40*	34	3	-	117.64	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
48	K Srikkanth	47	40	-	-	117.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
49	IT Botham	27	23	5	-	117.39	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
50	IDS Smith	28	24	4	-	116.66	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
51	MA Holding	73	63	6	4	115.87	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
52	IT Botham	118	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
53	MF Kent	52	45	7	-	115.55	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
54	IT Botham	38	33	6	1	115.15	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
55	B Yardley	40	35	4	1	114.28	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
55	GRJ Matthews	32	28	4	-	114.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
57	K Srikkanth	71	63	11	1	112.69	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
58	Imran Khan	28*	25	2	1	112.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
59	Sir RJ Hadlee	103	92	11	2	111.95	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
60	Abdul Qadir	39*	35	4	2	111.42	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	01 Dec 1989	Test # 1130
61	Mansoor Akhtar	32	29	6	-	110.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
62	SMH Kirmani	43*	39	4	-	110.25	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
63	N Kapil Dev	55	50	8	-	110.00	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
64	IVA Richards	49	45	8	-	108.88	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
65	CJ McDermott	25	23	2	1	108.69	Australia	v England	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
66	GF Lawson	38*	35	4	-	108.57	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
66	IT Botham	38	35	7	-	108.57	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
68	A Ranatunga	51	47	7	1	108.51	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
69	RG de Alwis	26	24	3	1	108.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
70	AL Logie	67	62	8	2	108.06	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
71	WB Phillips	54	50	10	-	108.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
71	GRJ Matthews	27*	25	2	-	108.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
73	Sir RJ Hadlee	84	78	12	1	107.69	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
73	JG Bracewell	28	26	3	1	107.69	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
75	N Kapil Dev	44	41	7	1	107.31	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
76	MA Holding	59	55	3	5	107.27	West Indies	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
77	SMH Kirmani	30	28	5	-	107.14	India	v Pakistan	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
78	IT Botham	54	51	6	-	105.88	England	v West Indies	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
79	IVA Richards	76	72	13	-	105.55	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
80	CS Pandit	39	37	5	-	105.40	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
81	N Kapil Dev	100*	95	13	3	105.26	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
82	N Kapil Dev	97	93	14	2	104.30	India	v England	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
83	PL Taylor	25*	24	4	-	104.16	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
84	Qasim Umar	52	50	8	-	104.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
85	IT Botham	29	28	3	1	103.57	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
85	IT Botham	29	28	3	2	103.57	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
85	IDS Smith	29*	28	4	-	103.57	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
88	CD Matthews	32	31	5	-	103.22	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
89	IVA Richards	38	37	7	-	102.70	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
90	Imran Khan	39*	38	5	-	102.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
91	Wasim Akram	43	42	2	4	102.38	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
92	N Kapil Dev	47	46	4	-	102.17	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
93	N Kapil Dev	59	58	10	1	101.72	India	v England	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
94	N Kapil Dev	98	97	10	1	101.03	India	v West Indies	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
95	IT Botham	149*	148	27	1	100.67	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
96	IT Botham	103	103	14	3	100.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
96	MD Marshall	57	57	11	-	100.00	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
96	MW Gatting	48	48	6	1	100.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
96	IT Botham	46	46	8	-	100.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
96	IA Healy	44	44	6	-	100.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126

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