Test matches

1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Most catches

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
🥇 1	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	97	171	115	4	0.672
🥈 2	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	78	149	84	4	0.563
🥉 3	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	128	79	3	0.617
4	CG Greenidge	CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1989	75	143	67	3	0.468
5	DI Gower	DI Gower (ENG)	1980-1989	89	158	65	3	0.411
6	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1989	76	134	63	3	0.47
7	RB Richardson	RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1989	45	86	56	2	0.651
7	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1987	65	109	56	3	0.513
9	JV Coney	JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	45	84	55	3	0.654
10	DL Haynes	DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1989	81	154	54	2	0.35
11	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	56	96	53	3	0.552
11	AJ Lamb	AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1989	57	106	53	4	0.5
13	DC Boon	DC Boon (AUS)	1984-1989	45	78	48	4	0.615
13	MW Gatting	MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1989	66	113	48	3	0.424
15	GS Chappell	GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1984	33	61	46	3	0.754
15	MD Crowe	MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1989	45	78	46	4	0.589
17	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1985	44	83	44	2	0.53
17	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	80	136	44	2	0.323
19	Saleem Malik	Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1989	56	99	43	3	0.434
20	JJ Crowe	JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1989	38	67	41	4	0.611
20	AL Logie	AL Logie (WI)	1983-1989	37	70	41	3	0.585
20	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1980-1989	71	121	41	4	0.338
23	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	61	108	40	2	0.37
24	RA Harper	RA Harper (WI)	1983-1989	24	47	35	3	0.744
24	KJ Hughes	KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1984	50	91	35	3	0.384
24	J Garner	J Garner (WI)	1980-1987	49	93	35	3	0.376
27	K Srikkanth	K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1989	39	70	33	3	0.471
27	RJ Shastri	RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	69	118	33	2	0.279
29	M Azharuddin	M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1989	34	60	30	5	0.5
30	SR Waugh	SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-1989	35	61	29	3	0.475
31	Iqbal Qasim	Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1980-1988	32	58	28	3	0.482
31	Mohsin Khan	Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1981-1986	42	74	28	3	0.378
31	JG Wright	JG Wright (NZ)	1980-1989	56	101	28	3	0.277
34	JG Bracewell	JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1989	35	63	27	3	0.428
34	GM Wood	GM Wood (AUS)	1980-1988	44	81	27	2	0.333
36	JE Emburey	JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	55	92	25	2	0.271
37	BL Cairns	BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	29	54	24	2	0.444
37	GR Marsh	GR Marsh (AUS)	1985-1989	33	57	24	2	0.421
37	M Amarnath	M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1988	43	71	24	3	0.338
37	MD Marshall	MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	63	121	24	2	0.198
41	Sir RJ Hadlee	Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	53	96	23	2	0.239
42	GP Howarth	GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1985	30	56	21	2	0.375
42	PH Edmonds	PH Edmonds (ENG)	1982-1987	33	58	21	3	0.362
42	TM Alderman	TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	33	60	21	2	0.35
45	Ramiz Raja	Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1984-1989	29	53	20	3	0.377
45	CJ Tavare	CJ Tavare (ENG)	1980-1989	31	56	20	1	0.357
47	B Yardley	B Yardley (AUS)	1981-1983	19	36	19	2	0.527
47	Imran Khan	Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	54	96	19	3	0.197
49	KC Wessels	KC Wessels (AUS)	1982-1985	24	41	18	2	0.439
50	DM Jones	DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1989	30	51	17	2	0.333
50	RGD Willis	RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	39	70	17	2	0.242
50	MA Holding	MA Holding (WI)	1980-1987	45	85	17	2	0.2
53	HA Gomes	HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1987	49	93	16	1	0.172
54	BM Laird	BM Laird (AUS)	1980-1982	18	31	15	2	0.483
54	GN Yallop	GN Yallop (AUS)	1980-1984	18	32	15	2	0.468
54	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1983	25	41	15	3	0.365
54	Qasim Umar	Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1986	26	42	15	2	0.357
58	Yashpal Sharma	Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1983	24	37	14	2	0.378
58	A Ranatunga	A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1989	26	41	14	2	0.341
58	Shoaib Mohammad	Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1983-1989	26	45	14	2	0.311
58	GM Ritchie	GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1987	30	48	14	2	0.291
58	DK Lillee	DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1984	35	65	14	2	0.215
63	Ijaz Ahmed	Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1988	13	24	13	2	0.541
63	J Arun Lal	J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1989	16	30	13	2	0.433
63	GRJ Matthews	GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1986	21	34	13	2	0.382
63	CWJ Athey	CWJ Athey (ENG)	1980-1988	23	38	13	2	0.342
63	DW Randall	DW Randall (ENG)	1980-1984	21	39	13	2	0.333
63	Wasim Raja	Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1985	29	49	13	2	0.265
69	Majid Khan	Majid Khan (PAK)	1980-1983	15	26	12	3	0.461
69	SM Patil	SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	29	49	12	2	0.244
69	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1980-1985	41	69	12	3	0.173
72	MRJ Veletta	MRJ Veletta (AUS)	1987-1988	7	13	11	2	0.846
72	RJ Bright	RJ Bright (AUS)	1980-1986	20	33	11	1	0.333
74	MD Moxon	MD Moxon (ENG)	1986-1989	10	16	10	3	0.625
74	Haroon Rasheed	Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1980-1983	9	17	10	2	0.588
74	MA Taylor	MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1989	11	20	10	3	0.5
74	WW Davis	WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	15	28	10	2	0.357
74	AD Gaekwad	AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1985	19	29	10	2	0.344
74	DW Hookes	DW Hookes (AUS)	1980-1985	16	29	10	2	0.344
74	CL Hooper	CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1989	16	31	10	2	0.322
74	S Wettimuny	S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1987	23	35	10	2	0.285
74	G Fowler	G Fowler (ENG)	1982-1985	21	39	10	1	0.256
74	RMH Binny	RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	23	40	10	1	0.25
74	BC Broad	BC Broad (ENG)	1984-1989	25	41	10	2	0.243
74	J Dyson	J Dyson (AUS)	1980-1984	27	51	10	2	0.196
74	GR Dilley	GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	40	64	10	2	0.156
74	GF Lawson	GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	46	81	10	2	0.123
74	Abdul Qadir	Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1980-1989	57	99	10	2	0.101
89	G Cook	G Cook (ENG)	1982-1983	7	13	9	2	0.692
89	WB Phillips	WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1986	27	15	9	3	0.6
89	AH Jones	AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1989	10	16	9	2	0.562
89	L Sivaramakrishnan	L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1983-1986	9	16	9	2	0.562
89	AI Kallicharran	AI Kallicharran (WI)	1980-1981	13	24	9	2	0.375
89	PA de Silva	PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1989	17	26	9	2	0.346
89	ALF de Mel	ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	17	27	9	2	0.333
89	KR Rutherford	KR Rutherford (NZ)	1985-1988	16	28	9	1	0.321
89	JF Reid	JF Reid (NZ)	1981-1986	18	33	9	3	0.272
89	RS Madugalle	RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	21	34	9	2	0.264
89	NG Cowans	NG Cowans (ENG)	1982-1985	19	36	9	1	0.25
89	LRD Mendis	LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	24	37	9	1	0.243

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Additional Information

All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure
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