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1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
🥇 1	Sir RJ Hadlee	Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	53	91	13856	2309.2	628	5574	289	9/52	19.28	2.41	47.94	14	28	7
🥈 2	MD Marshall	MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	63	120	14399	2399.5	512	6434	323	7/22	19.91	2.68	44.57	17	22	4
🥉 3	Imran Khan	Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	54	90	12040	2006.4	483	4896	256	8/58	19.12	2.43	47.03	12	18	5
4	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	80	134	16895	2815.5	615	8036	272	9/83	29.54	2.85	62.11	11	16	2
5	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	120	15900	2650.0	571	8359	258	8/103	32.39	3.15	61.62	13	15	2
6	Abdul Qadir	Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1980-1989	57	94	15176	2529.2	548	6980	216	9/56	32.31	2.75	70.25	11	14	5
7	TM Alderman	TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	33	58	8374	1395.4	356	3810	136	6/128	28.01	2.72	61.57	4	11	1
7	DK Lillee	DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1984	35	64	8957	1492.5	356	4117	171	7/83	24.07	2.75	52.38	13	11	3
7	GF Lawson	GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	46	78	11118	1853.0	386	5501	180	8/112	30.56	2.96	61.76	6	11	2
10	MA Holding	MA Holding (WI)	1980-1987	45	84	9272	1545.2	338	4302	184	6/21	23.38	2.78	50.39	8	9	1
11	Iqbal Qasim	Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1980-1988	32	57	8810	1468.2	453	3274	131	7/49	24.99	2.22	67.25	10	7	1
11	J Garner	J Garner (WI)	1980-1987	49	93	10887	1814.3	492	4331	210	6/56	20.62	2.38	51.84	12	7	-
13	B Yardley	B Yardley (AUS)	1981-1983	19	33	5378	896.2	251	2549	89	7/98	28.64	2.84	60.42	6	6	1
13	GR Dilley	GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	40	63	7976	1329.2	275	4010	135	6/38	29.70	3.01	59.08	11	6	-
13	JE Emburey	JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	55	86	12896	2149.2	636	4759	120	7/78	39.65	2.21	107.46	3	6	-
16	NA Foster	NA Foster (ENG)	1983-1989	28	46	6081	1013.3	235	2797	88	8/107	31.78	2.75	69.10	2	5	1
16	Wasim Akram	Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1989	29	49	6203	1033.5	240	2649	94	6/91	28.18	2.56	65.98	5	5	1
16	BL Cairns	BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	29	53	7332	1222.0	344	3025	101	7/74	29.95	2.47	72.59	5	5	1
16	RGD Willis	RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	39	70	7441	1240.1	274	3679	143	8/43	25.72	2.96	52.03	6	5	-
20	C Sharma	C Sharma (IND)	1984-1989	23	39	3470	578.2	61	2163	61	6/58	35.45	3.74	56.88	2	4	1
20	JR Ratnayeke	JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1989	22	31	3833	638.5	118	1972	56	8/83	35.21	3.08	68.44	3	4	-
20	NGB Cook	NGB Cook (ENG)	1983-1989	15	25	4174	695.4	220	1689	52	6/65	32.48	2.42	80.26	1	4	1
20	Azeem Hafeez	Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1983-1985	18	28	4351	725.1	172	2204	63	6/46	34.98	3.03	69.06	3	4	-
20	MG Hughes	MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1989	20	36	4496	749.2	172	2332	72	8/87	32.38	3.11	62.44	2	4	1
20	RJ Bright	RJ Bright (AUS)	1980-1986	20	30	4742	790.2	248	1892	46	7/87	41.13	2.39	103.08	-	4	1
20	DR Doshi	DR Doshi (IND)	1980-1983	23	36	6503	1083.5	317	2542	74	6/102	34.35	2.34	87.87	3	4	-
20	CA Walsh	CA Walsh (WI)	1984-1989	34	63	6617	1102.5	240	2958	122	6/62	24.24	2.68	54.23	9	4	1
28	CG Rackemann	CG Rackemann (AUS)	1982-1989	7	11	1425	237.3	62	690	29	6/86	23.79	2.90	49.13	-	3	1
28	ND Hirwani	ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1989	7	13	1820	303.2	61	870	42	8/61	20.71	2.86	43.33	1	3	1
28	RM Ellison	RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1986	11	20	2264	377.2	90	1048	35	6/77	29.94	2.77	64.68	2	3	1
28	L Sivaramakrishnan	L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1983-1986	9	16	2367	394.3	74	1145	26	6/64	44.03	2.90	91.03	-	3	1
28	BP Patterson	BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1989	17	32	2846	474.2	62	1759	59	5/24	29.81	3.70	48.23	2	3	-
28	RG Holland	RG Holland (AUS)	1984-1986	11	17	2889	481.3	124	1352	34	6/54	39.76	2.80	84.97	2	3	2
28	RJ Ratnayake	RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1983-1989	15	22	3153	525.3	89	1701	49	6/66	34.71	3.23	64.34	2	3	-
28	ALF de Mel	ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	17	27	3518	586.2	92	2180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3	-
28	Arshad Ayub	Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	13	22	3663	610.3	150	1438	41	5/50	35.07	2.35	89.34	4	3	-
28	SL Boock	SL Boock (NZ)	1980-1989	21	35	4791	798.3	236	2008	57	7/87	35.22	2.51	84.05	1	3	-
28	CJ McDermott	CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1988	24	39	5027	837.5	133	2735	80	8/141	34.18	3.26	62.83	5	3	-
28	NS Yadav	NS Yadav (IND)	1980-1987	26	44	6385	1064.1	262	2710	70	5/76	38.71	2.54	91.21	5	3	-
28	Tauseef Ahmed	Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1989	28	48	6974	1162.2	334	2573	87	6/45	29.57	2.21	80.16	3	3	-
28	JG Bracewell	JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1989	35	57	7027	1171.1	301	3057	82	6/32	37.28	2.61	85.69	4	3	1
28	Maninder Singh	Maninder Singh (IND)	1982-1989	34	50	7816	1302.4	347	3143	81	7/27	38.80	2.41	96.49	4	3	2
28	EJ Chatfield	EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1982-1989	39	66	9306	1551.0	471	3473	115	6/73	30.20	2.23	80.92	8	3	1
44	M Prabhakar	M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1989	6	8	1262	210.2	30	644	17	6/132	37.88	3.06	74.23	-	2	-
44	VB John	VB John (SL)	1983-1984	6	9	1281	213.3	53	614	28	5/60	21.92	2.87	45.75	1	2	-
44	KD Ghavri	KD Ghavri (IND)	1980-1981	7	12	1294	215.4	38	731	22	5/52	33.22	3.38	58.81	-	2	-
44	GC Small	GC Small (ENG)	1986-1989	6	11	1443	240.3	61	652	24	5/48	27.16	2.71	60.12	1	2	-
44	Mohammad Nazir	Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1980-1983	10	15	2196	366.0	107	771	24	5/44	32.12	2.10	91.50	-	2	-
44	RMH Binny	RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	23	31	2433	405.3	63	1265	38	6/56	33.28	3.11	64.02	-	2	-
44	Tahir Naqqash	Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1985	15	27	2800	466.4	108	1398	34	5/40	41.11	2.99	82.35	1	2	-
44	JR Thomson	JR Thomson (AUS)	1981-1985	17	29	3023	503.5	91	1709	48	5/50	35.60	3.39	62.97	2	2	-
44	NG Cowans	NG Cowans (ENG)	1982-1985	19	36	3452	575.2	113	2003	51	6/77	39.27	3.48	67.68	-	2	-
44	GRJ Matthews	GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1986	21	28	3500	583.2	139	1707	39	5/103	43.76	2.92	89.74	2	2	1
44	S Madan Lal	S Madan Lal (IND)	1981-1986	23	35	3540	590.0	117	1869	42	5/23	44.50	3.16	84.28	-	2	-
44	SR Waugh	SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-1989	35	50	3620	603.2	139	1787	42	5/69	42.54	2.96	86.19	2	2	-
44	DR Pringle	DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1989	21	37	3750	625.0	133	1807	48	5/95	37.64	2.89	78.12	2	2	-
44	AME Roberts	AME Roberts (WI)	1980-1983	18	33	3796	632.4	148	1653	62	5/39	26.66	2.61	61.22	4	2	-
44	CEH Croft	CEH Croft (WI)	1980-1982	18	34	3996	666.0	138	1793	73	6/74	24.56	2.69	54.73	3	2	-
44	RJ Shastri	RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	69	109	14528	2421.2	629	5572	141	5/75	39.51	2.30	103.03	10	2	-
60	V Razdan	V Razdan (IND)	1989-1989	2	2	240	40.0	6	141	5	5/79	28.20	3.52	48.00	-	1	-
60	AK Kuruppuarachchi	AK Kuruppuarachchi (SL)	1986-1987	2	3	272	45.2	6	149	8	5/44	18.62	3.28	34.00	-	1	-
60	FS Ahangama	FS Ahangama (SL)	1985-1985	3	6	801	133.3	32	348	18	5/52	19.33	2.60	44.50	-	1	-
60	IR Bishop	IR Bishop (WI)	1989-1989	4	7	822	137.0	38	370	16	6/87	23.12	2.70	51.37	1	1	-
60	WW Daniel	WW Daniel (WI)	1983-1984	5	10	966	161.0	25	529	21	5/39	25.19	3.28	46.00	-	1	-
60	MR Whitney	MR Whitney (AUS)	1981-1989	4	8	1089	181.3	37	532	18	7/89	29.55	2.93	60.50	1	1	-
60	G Dymock	G Dymock (AUS)	1980-1980	6	10	1163	193.5	49	481	16	5/104	30.06	2.48	72.68	1	1	-
60	PL Taylor	PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1989	7	11	1256	209.2	57	616	19	6/78	32.42	2.94	66.10	2	1	-
60	GF Labrooy	GF Labrooy (SL)	1986-1989	5	8	1297	216.1	31	778	14	5/133	55.57	3.59	92.64	1	1	-
60	TG Hogan	TG Hogan (AUS)	1983-1984	7	9	1436	239.2	55	706	15	5/66	47.06	2.94	95.73	1	1	-
60	JK Lever	JK Lever (ENG)	1980-1986	6	10	1547	257.5	52	747	22	5/100	33.95	2.89	70.31	2	1	-
60	DK Morrison	DK Morrison (NZ)	1987-1989	9	13	1675	279.1	48	949	21	5/69	45.19	3.39	79.76	2	1	-
60	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	97	55	1825	304.1	91	738	21	7/46	35.14	2.42	86.90	1	1	1
60	AIC Dodemaide	AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1987-1988	8	14	1861	310.1	77	803	28	6/58	28.67	2.58	66.46	2	1	-
60	Saleem Jaffar	Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1989	10	17	1931	321.5	68	887	25	5/40	35.48	2.75	77.24	-	1	-
60	PJW Allott	PJW Allott (ENG)	1981-1985	13	22	2225	370.5	76	1084	26	6/61	41.69	2.92	85.57	-	1	-
60	PR Sleep	PR Sleep (AUS)	1982-1989	10	17	2435	405.5	110	1104	27	5/72	40.88	2.72	90.18	1	1	-
60	GB Troup	GB Troup (NZ)	1980-1986	12	21	2518	419.4	95	1157	35	6/95	33.05	2.75	71.94	2	1	1
60	DL Underwood	DL Underwood (ENG)	1980-1982	11	18	2559	426.3	158	959	28	5/28	34.25	2.24	91.39	-	1	-
60	LS Pascoe	LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1982	11	22	2577	429.3	77	1305	51	5/59	25.58	3.03	50.52	2	1	-
60	PAJ DeFreitas	PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1989	13	20	2719	453.1	97	1296	26	5/86	49.84	2.85	104.57	-	1	-
60	DS de Silva	DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1984	12	19	3031	505.1	108	1347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1	-
60	MC Snedden	MC Snedden (NZ)	1981-1989	18	30	3222	537.0	133	1534	44	5/68	34.86	2.85	73.22	3	1	-
60	RA Harper	RA Harper (WI)	1983-1989	24	37	3465	577.3	171	1252	45	6/57	27.82	2.16	77.00	2	1	-
60	CEL Ambrose	CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1989	17	33	3695	615.5	132	1641	60	5/72	27.35	2.66	61.58	3	1	-
60	RM Hogg	RM Hogg (AUS)	1980-1984	22	40	3911	651.5	110	2003	59	6/77	33.94	3.07	66.28	3	1	-
60	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	61	78	5062	843.4	181	2169	56	6/32	38.73	2.57	90.39	1	1	-
60	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1983	25	1	3	0.3	-	4	-	-	-	8.00	-	-	-	-
60	Sadiq Mohammad	Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1980-1981	5	1	6	1.0	-	4	-	-	-	4.00	-	-	-	-
60	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1985	44	1	6	1.0	-	1	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
60	SFAF Bacchus	SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1980-1982	11	1	6	1.0	-	3	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
60	GM Ritchie	GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1987	30	1	6	1.0	-	10	-	-	-	10.00	-	-	-	-
60	Qasim Umar	Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1986	26	1	6	1.0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
60	NS Sidhu	NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1989	13	1	6	1.0	-	9	-	-	-	9.00	-	-	-	-
60	BC Broad	BC Broad (ENG)	1984-1989	25	1	6	1.0	-	4	-	-	-	4.00	-	-	-	-
60	RT Robinson	RT Robinson (ENG)	1984-1989	29	1	6	1.0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
60	M Azharuddin	M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1989	34	1	6	1.0	-	8	-	-	-	8.00	-	-	-	-
60	RS Mahanama	RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1989	6	1	6	1.0	-	3	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
60	Younis Ahmed	Younis Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1987	2	1	6	1.0	-	6	-	-	-	6.00	-	-	-	-
60	SV Manjrekar	SV Manjrekar (IND)	1987-1989	9	1	6	1.0	-	7	-	-	-	7.00	-	-	-	-
60	AL Logie	AL Logie (WI)	1983-1989	37	2	7	1.1	1	4	-	-	-	3.42	-	-	-	-

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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