Test matches

1990s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	SK Warne	15.0	12	8	4	0.53	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
🥈 2	AA Donald	10.0	7	6	2	0.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
🥉 3	HDPK Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	-	0.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
4	SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	0.67	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
5	KJ Silva	14.4	9	10	3	0.68	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
6	SLV Raju	36.0	25	25	2	0.69	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
7	RK Chauhan	11.0	8	8	3	0.72	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
8	AR Kapoor	13.0	8	10	-	0.76	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
9	AA Donald	23.0	13	18	1	0.78	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
9	GA Hick	14.0	8	11	-	0.78	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
9	DJ Nash	14.0	7	11	1	0.78	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
12	M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	0.79	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
13	TBA May	32.0	20	26	2	0.81	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
13	WJ Cronje	11.0	4	9	-	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
15	RK Chauhan	24.0	18	20	1	0.83	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
16	GA Hick	14.0	6	12	1	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
17	PCR Tufnell	15.0	6	13	-	0.86	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
17	A Kumble	23.0	11	20	1	0.86	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
19	MP Jarvis	34.0	22	30	3	0.88	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
19	CEL Ambrose	26.0	16	23	3	0.88	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
21	GA Gooch	10.0	5	9	-	0.90	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 1992	Test # 1189
21	DL Vettori	22.0	12	20	1	0.90	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
23	WJ Cronje	18.4	8	17	2	0.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
23	CA Walsh	12.0	6	11	1	0.91	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	05 Apr 1991	Test # 1168
25	CZ Harris	14.0	6	13	-	0.92	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
26	SLV Raju	11.4	7	11	3	0.94	India	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992	Test # 1184
27	RDB Croft	20.0	9	19	3	0.95	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
28	MP Jarvis	24.0	14	24	1	1.00	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
28	N Kapil Dev	19.0	11	19	-	1.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
28	AR Border	16.0	9	16	1	1.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1993	Test # 1224
28	WPUJC Vaas	15.0	7	15	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
28	UC Hathurusingha	12.0	4	12	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
28	RK Chauhan	11.0	7	11	1	1.00	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
28	WJ Cronje	10.0	6	10	1	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
28	GP Thorpe	10.0	3	10	-	1.00	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	08 Aug 1996	Test # 1331
28	GW Flower	10.0	4	10	-	1.00	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
28	AA Donald	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
28	SK Warne	30.5	15	31	4	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
39	PCR Tufnell	46.1	25	47	7	1.01	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
40	A Kumble	41.0	19	42	3	1.02	India	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
40	RK Chauhan	29.1	15	30	3	1.02	India	v England	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1993	Test # 1211
42	BC Strang	26.0	16	27	1	1.03	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	15 Feb 1995	Test # 1290
42	NJ Astle	26.0	12	27	2	1.03	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
44	SK Warne	22.0	12	23	3	1.04	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1993	Test # 1215
45	SLV Raju	13.2	5	14	2	1.05	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	Test # 1255
45	SB Doull	17.0	8	18	2	1.05	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
45	SM Pollock	17.0	8	18	2	1.05	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
48	ST Jayasuriya	28.0	14	30	-	1.07	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
48	CL Hooper	14.0	6	15	-	1.07	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
48	SM Pollock	27.0	16	29	1	1.07	South Africa	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
51	DL Vettori	12.0	4	13	1	1.08	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
51	M Mbangwa	23.0	15	25	2	1.08	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998	Test # 1408
53	SM Pollock	14.4	6	16	4	1.09	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
53	CE Eksteen	11.0	5	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
53	Aamer Sohail	11.0	6	12	-	1.09	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
53	Azhar Mahmood	11.0	4	12	-	1.09	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
57	IVA Richards	10.0	5	11	-	1.10	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	05 Apr 1990	Test # 1143
57	CEL Ambrose	10.0	4	11	-	1.10	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	05 Apr 1991	Test # 1168
57	WJ Cronje	10.0	5	11	2	1.10	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
57	CR Miller	10.0	4	11	1	1.10	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1998	Test # 1431
61	A Kumble	24.0	11	27	1	1.12	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
61	CL Cairns	16.0	7	18	1	1.12	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	25 Oct 1995	Test # 1309
61	GJ Whittall	16.0	5	18	4	1.12	Zimbabwe	v England	Harare	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1348
61	AD Mullally	16.0	6	18	-	1.12	England	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998	Test # 1434
65	SK Warne	17.4	7	20	2	1.13	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
65	PR Reiffel	15.0	9	17	2	1.13	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
65	CEL Ambrose	12.2	5	14	3	1.13	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	08 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
65	MN Hart	44.0	21	50	1	1.13	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1994	Test # 1261
69	CR Matthews	28.0	12	32	3	1.14	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
69	BM McMillan	14.0	6	16	-	1.14	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
69	GJ Whittall	14.0	6	16	-	1.14	Zimbabwe	v England	Harare	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1348
72	CR Matthews	20.0	10	23	2	1.15	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
72	SM Pollock	28.3	14	33	5	1.15	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
74	SK Warne	25.0	11	29	3	1.16	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
74	M Muralidaran	24.0	9	28	2	1.16	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
74	PR Reiffel	12.0	3	14	3	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
77	GJ Crocker	35.0	18	41	1	1.17	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
77	CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	1.17	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
77	GD McGrath	17.0	9	20	1	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
80	CL Hooper	22.0	11	26	-	1.18	West Indies	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1995	Test # 1303
80	Waqar Younis	11.0	6	13	1	1.18	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
80	CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	1.18	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
80	A Kumble	27.0	12	32	1	1.18	India	v New Zealand	Cuttack	08 Nov 1995	Test # 1310
84	M Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	1.19	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
85	PS de Villiers	15.0	7	18	-	1.20	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
85	PV Simmons	10.0	6	12	1	1.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	St John's	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
85	A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	1.20	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
85	GR Larsen	25.4	14	31	1	1.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
89	WV Raman	19.0	10	23	-	1.21	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990	Test # 1139
89	N Kapil Dev	29.4	15	36	4	1.21	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
89	L Klusener	14.0	9	17	-	1.21	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
92	J Srinath	27.0	10	33	4	1.22	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
92	SK Warne	40.0	25	49	2	1.22	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1993	Test # 1216
94	SD Anurasiri	26.0	11	32	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
94	WJ Cronje	26.0	14	32	1	1.23	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
94	SK Warne	13.0	6	16	3	1.23	Australia	v England	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994	Test # 1279
94	MRCN Bandaratilleke	38.0	13	47	4	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
98	KPJ Warnaweera	25.0	15	31	1	1.24	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
98	CEL Ambrose	29.0	14	36	-	1.24	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
98	SR Waugh	22.3	9	28	5	1.24	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253

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