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1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	9.33	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
🥈 2	Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
🥉 3	CG Rackemann	8.0	-	32	5	9.60	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
4	Sir RJ Hadlee	7.0	4	8	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
5	BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	10.60	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
6	DK Lillee	9.0	3	18	5	10.80	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
7	RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	11.37	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
8	SL Boock	9.3	4	28	5	11.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
9	ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	11.50	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
10	JD Higgs	8.0	2	25	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
11	Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	12.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
12	MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	13.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
13	RM Ellison	9.0	3	27	4	13.50	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
14	ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	13.87	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
15	WW Daniel	11.5	-	39	5	14.20	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
16	S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	14.40	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
17	MD Marshall	9.4	-	25	4	14.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
18	DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	15.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
18	MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	15.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
18	Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
21	Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	15.12	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
22	Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	15.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
23	TM Alderman	10.2	2	36	4	15.50	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
24	MA Holding	13.0	2	43	5	15.60	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
24	RMH Binny	13.0	1	40	5	15.60	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
26	Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	15.71	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
27	Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	15.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
28	C Sharma	13.1	2	55	5	15.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
29	N Kapil Dev	13.2	-	70	5	16.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
30	Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	16.42	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
31	BP Patterson	11.0	4	30	4	16.50	West Indies	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
31	RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
33	GR Dilley	11.1	4	24	4	16.75	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
34	IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	16.80	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
34	ALF de Mel	14.0	-	68	5	16.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
34	RGD Willis	14.0	5	35	5	16.80	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
34	NGB Cook	14.0	8	18	5	16.80	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
34	NG Cowans	14.0	2	42	5	16.80	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
39	Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	17.33	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
40	JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	17.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
41	JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	17.66	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
42	AH Gray	11.5	3	39	4	17.75	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
43	JR Thomson	14.5	2	50	5	17.80	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
43	AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	17.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
45	MD Marshall	18.0	5	32	6	18.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
46	BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	18.20	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
47	GF Lawson	18.3	4	47	6	18.50	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
48	C Sharma	12.3	-	38	4	18.75	India	v England	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
48	Maninder Singh	12.3	4	31	4	18.75	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
50	Mudassar Nazar	19.0	7	32	6	19.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
50	MD Marshall	15.5	1	42	5	19.00	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
50	MD Marshall	15.5	4	38	5	19.00	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
53	Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	7	29	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
53	IT Botham	16.0	4	41	5	19.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
53	BP Patterson	16.0	1	68	5	19.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
53	NA Foster	16.0	2	64	5	19.20	England	v West Indies	The Oval	04 Aug 1988	Test # 1102
57	Imran Khan	22.4	2	80	7	19.42	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
58	MA Holding	13.0	2	40	4	19.50	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
58	GR Dilley	13.0	1	47	4	19.50	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
58	N Kapil Dev	13.0	-	73	4	19.50	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
58	Imran Khan	13.0	5	30	4	19.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
62	RJ Ratnayake	19.4	2	66	6	19.66	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
63	MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	19.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
64	N Kapil Dev	16.4	4	28	5	20.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
64	DK Lillee	16.4	2	46	5	20.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
66	DK Lillee	13.3	4	40	4	20.25	Australia	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
66	Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	1	33	4	20.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
68	N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	20.28	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
69	N Kapil Dev	30.3	6	83	9	20.33	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
70	MA Holding	17.0	3	45	5	20.40	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
70	RM Ellison	17.0	3	46	5	20.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
70	JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
70	Saleem Jaffar	17.0	4	40	5	20.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
70	MD Marshall	17.0	7	34	5	20.40	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
75	GF Lawson	17.1	1	49	5	20.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
76	IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	20.75	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
76	CEH Croft	13.5	2	39	4	20.75	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
76	WW Davis	13.5	5	19	4	20.75	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	04 May 1985	Test # 1016
79	Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	20.83	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
80	RGD Willis	14.0	-	63	4	21.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
80	MD Marshall	14.0	1	42	4	21.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
80	CA Walsh	14.0	2	40	4	21.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
83	CA Walsh	17.4	2	54	5	21.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
84	MD Marshall	17.5	5	35	5	21.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
85	MA Holding	21.3	5	62	6	21.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
85	IA Greig	14.2	3	53	4	21.50	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
87	LS Pascoe	18.0	5	59	5	21.60	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
87	MA Holding	18.0	3	56	5	21.60	West Indies	v England	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
87	DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	21.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
87	DS de Silva	18.0	2	59	5	21.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
87	Tahir Naqqash	18.0	7	40	5	21.60	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
87	Sir RJ Hadlee	18.0	6	28	5	21.60	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
87	MD Marshall	18.0	5	33	5	21.60	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
94	J Garner	14.3	2	53	4	21.75	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
95	Imran Khan	25.3	11	52	7	21.85	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
95	MD Marshall	25.3	6	80	7	21.85	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
97	RG Holland	22.0	7	54	6	22.00	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
97	EJ Chatfield	22.0	4	73	6	22.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
97	ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	22.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
97	JG Bracewell	22.0	8	32	6	22.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040

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