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1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Maninder Singh	20.4	12	9	3	0.43	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
🥈 2	Maninder Singh	23.0	16	13	1	0.56	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
🥉 3	NS Yadav	33.0	22	19	3	0.57	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
4	SD Anurasiri	15.0	11	9	-	0.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
5	A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	-	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
5	SM Patil	17.0	10	12	1	0.70	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
7	Mudassar Nazar	11.0	5	8	3	0.72	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
8	Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0	10	11	3	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
8	Tauseef Ahmed	21.4	13	16	2	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
10	CG Rackemann	31.0	21	23	1	0.74	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	24 Nov 1989	Test # 1129
11	IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	0.78	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
11	RJ Shastri	14.0	8	11	-	0.78	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
13	CEH Croft	10.0	6	8	2	0.80	West Indies	v England	The Oval	24 Jul 1980	Test # 883
13	JV Coney	10.0	4	8	-	0.80	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
13	JR Ratnayeke	21.0	11	17	-	0.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
16	RA Harper	12.0	8	10	3	0.83	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
17	RJ Shastri	20.5	10	18	1	0.86	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
17	PH Edmonds	15.0	9	13	2	0.86	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
19	J Garner	34.1	20	30	4	0.87	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
20	Iqbal Qasim	39.0	24	35	5	0.89	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
21	IVA Richards	10.0	6	9	1	0.90	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
22	DK Lillee	15.1	7	14	2	0.92	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
22	EJ Chatfield	13.0	7	12	-	0.92	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
22	PH Edmonds	27.0	13	25	1	0.92	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
25	J Garner	15.0	9	14	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
25	MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	0.93	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
25	Jalal-ud-Din	16.0	8	15	2	0.93	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
25	TM Moody	16.0	8	15	-	0.93	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
29	Sir RJ Hadlee	17.0	9	16	3	0.94	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
29	DR Doshi	19.0	9	18	2	0.94	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
31	CG Butts	22.0	9	22	2	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
31	PR Sleep	14.0	5	14	-	1.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
31	JV Coney	13.0	8	13	-	1.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
31	PH Edmonds	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
31	RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	1.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
36	JE Emburey	27.0	13	28	1	1.03	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
37	Maninder Singh	20.1	11	21	-	1.04	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
37	B Yardley	24.0	13	25	1	1.04	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
37	RJ Shastri	21.0	10	22	1	1.04	India	v England	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1982	Test # 916
40	RJ Shastri	20.0	8	21	1	1.05	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
40	EJ Chatfield	18.0	9	19	3	1.05	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
42	Arshad Ayub	48.0	21	51	4	1.06	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
43	Tauseef Ahmed	26.0	15	28	1	1.07	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
44	DK Lillee	12.0	6	13	3	1.08	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
44	RA Harper	12.0	3	13	-	1.08	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
46	PH Edmonds	28.0	11	31	4	1.10	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
47	TBA May	35.0	20	39	3	1.11	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
48	A Ranatunga	16.0	5	18	-	1.12	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
48	TV Hohns	16.0	8	18	1	1.12	Australia	v England	Birmingham	06 Jul 1989	Test # 1123
48	Iqbal Qasim	24.5	11	28	2	1.12	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
51	JE Emburey	21.0	10	24	-	1.14	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
51	Imran Khan	14.0	6	16	2	1.14	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
51	DR Doshi	69.0	34	79	2	1.14	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
54	Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
54	SM Patil	12.0	4	14	1	1.16	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
56	AH Gray	17.0	7	20	3	1.17	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
57	IVA Richards	11.0	3	13	-	1.18	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
57	EJ Chatfield	31.1	15	37	4	1.18	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
57	Iqbal Qasim	16.0	8	19	2	1.18	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Jan 1985	Test # 1009
60	EJ Chatfield	30.0	13	36	4	1.20	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
60	AIC Dodemaide	29.0	13	35	-	1.20	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
62	DR Doshi	57.0	31	69	4	1.21	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
62	Wasim Akram	14.0	7	17	2	1.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
64	DL Underwood	31.0	18	38	-	1.22	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1982	Test # 916
64	Sir RJ Hadlee	22.0	12	27	-	1.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
64	Sir RJ Hadlee	22.0	12	27	2	1.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
64	B Yardley	40.4	21	50	-	1.22	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
68	J Garner	13.0	6	16	-	1.23	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
68	DJ Capel	13.0	5	16	-	1.23	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
68	N Kapil Dev	35.4	17	44	2	1.23	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
68	MC Snedden	17.0	7	21	3	1.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
68	VB John	21.0	11	26	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
73	J Garner	25.0	10	31	2	1.24	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
73	N Kapil Dev	19.2	7	24	2	1.24	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
75	Abdul Qadir	36.0	14	45	4	1.25	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
75	EJ Chatfield	12.0	5	15	3	1.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
75	JE Emburey	31.0	15	39	1	1.25	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
78	RJ Bright	23.0	12	29	-	1.26	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
78	MD Marshall	15.0	7	19	4	1.26	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
80	ST Clarke	11.0	3	14	2	1.27	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
80	DL Underwood	11.0	4	14	-	1.27	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
80	EJ Chatfield	11.0	1	14	1	1.27	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
80	RJ Shastri	18.0	6	23	-	1.27	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
84	Wasim Akram	32.0	17	41	2	1.28	Pakistan	v India	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
84	Tauseef Ahmed	14.0	4	18	3	1.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
84	NGB Cook	14.0	8	18	5	1.28	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
84	AH Gray	14.0	7	18	1	1.28	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
84	NS Yadav	14.0	4	18	-	1.28	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
84	Mudassar Nazar	14.0	5	18	1	1.28	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
90	RA Harper	27.5	9	36	2	1.29	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
90	EJ Gray	27.0	12	35	1	1.29	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
92	BL Cairns	40.0	19	52	2	1.30	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
92	RA Harper	20.0	8	26	2	1.30	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
92	RJ Shastri	10.0	3	13	2	1.30	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
92	AR Border	10.0	2	13	-	1.30	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
96	BL Cairns	35.5	16	47	3	1.31	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
96	CA Walsh	16.0	7	21	2	1.31	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
96	LS Pascoe	22.0	11	29	3	1.31	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
96	N Kapil Dev	22.0	10	29	1	1.31	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
96	PH Edmonds	22.0	10	29	2	1.31	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051

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