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1974 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	MHN Walker	10.0	4	11	1	0.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
🥈 2	CH Lloyd	12.0	4	13	2	1.08	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
🥉 3	MHN Walker	24.0	10	36	1	1.12	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
4	BD Julien	12.0	5	14	2	1.16	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	2 Feb 1974	Test # 731
5	DL Underwood	15.0	10	18	1	1.20	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
6	CM Old	16.0	7	20	4	1.25	England	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
7	DL Underwood	15.0	7	19	1	1.26	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
8	AW Greig	11.0	4	14	1	1.27	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
8	AG Hurst	10.0	2	17	-	1.27	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
10	MHN Walker	28.0	10	50	2	1.33	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
11	S Madan Lal	16.1	5	22	4	1.36	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
11	KJ O'Keeffe	28.0	12	51	3	1.36	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
13	LR Gibbs	29.0	17	40	2	1.37	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
14	AW Greig	25.1	8	35	3	1.39	England	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
15	KD Boyce	10.0	3	14	-	1.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
15	LR Gibbs	28.3	15	40	1	1.40	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
15	BD Julien	22.0	7	31	3	1.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
18	KD Walters	9.0	4	17	-	1.41	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
18	GS Sobers	31.0	16	44	1	1.41	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
20	CH Lloyd	19.0	5	27	-	1.42	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	22 Mar 1974	Test # 737
20	DL Underwood	14.0	8	20	5	1.42	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test # 743
22	LR Gibbs	37.0	17	53	1	1.43	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
23	DL Underwood	34.5	17	51	8	1.46	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test # 743
23	FJ Titmus	22.0	11	43	2	1.46	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
25	GS Sobers	24.2	9	36	2	1.47	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
26	Inshan Ali	34.0	12	51	1	1.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
26	AA Mallett	23.0	6	46	2	1.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
26	HJ Howarth	11.0	2	22	-	1.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
29	MHN Walker	19.0	8	39	4	1.53	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
30	GG Arnold	23.1	11	36	3	1.55	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
30	Sarfraz Nawaz	36.0	14	56	4	1.55	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
32	DK Lillee	12.0	2	25	2	1.56	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
33	GS Sobers	35.0	21	55	1	1.57	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
34	GS Sobers	34.0	15	54	3	1.58	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	2 Feb 1974	Test # 731
35	GS Chappell	17.6	5	38	1	1.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
36	AG Barrett	54.0	24	87	3	1.61	West Indies	v England	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
36	G Dymock	27.0	7	58	5	1.61	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
38	AA Mallett	21.5	9	47	2	1.63	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
39	G Dymock	35.0	7	77	3	1.65	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
39	Asif Masood	40.0	13	66	1	1.65	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
39	FJ Titmus	29.0	10	64	2	1.65	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
42	BD Julien	21.0	8	35	2	1.66	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
43	BE Congdon	13.0	2	29	1	1.67	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
43	DL Underwood	34.0	12	57	-	1.67	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
45	EAS Prasanna	25.0	12	42	-	1.68	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
46	KJ O'Keeffe	24.3	9	55	3	1.69	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
46	DL Underwood	19.0	7	43	-	1.69	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
48	LR Gibbs	50.0	15	85	1	1.70	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
48	ET Willett	30.0	14	51	2	1.70	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
48	GG Arnold	10.0	5	17	-	1.70	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	22 Mar 1974	Test # 737
48	BD Julien	17.0	8	29	-	1.70	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
52	G Dymock	19.0	5	44	2	1.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
53	Mushtaq Mohammad	29.0	12	51	1	1.75	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
54	VA Holder	20.5	7	37	3	1.77	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
55	Intikhab Alam	14.0	4	25	1	1.78	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
56	VA Holder	10.0	3	18	2	1.80	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
56	S Madan Lal	31.0	11	56	2	1.80	India	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
58	DL Underwood	26.0	6	63	2	1.81	England	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
59	MHN Walker	20.0	5	49	2	1.83	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
60	G Dymock	24.0	6	59	3	1.84	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
61	AA Mallett	15.0	3	37	2	1.85	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
62	LR Gibbs	40.5	17	76	6	1.86	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
62	LR Gibbs	44.0	15	82	1	1.86	West Indies	v England	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
62	J Birkenshaw	22.0	7	41	1	1.86	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	22 Mar 1974	Test # 737
65	AA Mallett	24.0	6	60	4	1.87	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
65	KJ O'Keeffe	8.0	2	20	1	1.87	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
67	Asif Masood	25.0	10	47	3	1.88	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test # 743
67	LR Gibbs	57.2	15	108	6	1.88	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	2 Feb 1974	Test # 731
67	KJ O'Keeffe	33.0	9	83	2	1.88	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
70	Imran Khan	29.0	7	55	1	1.89	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
71	Sarfraz Nawaz	22.0	8	42	1	1.90	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test # 743
71	BD Julien	11.0	4	21	-	1.90	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
71	EAS Prasanna	11.0	4	21	-	1.90	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
74	M Hendrick	15.0	4	29	-	1.93	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test # 743
75	RGD Willis	21.5	3	56	4	1.94	England	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
76	LR Gibbs	40.0	16	78	1	1.95	West Indies	v England	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
76	M Hendrick	14.2	1	28	4	1.95	England	v India	Birmingham	4 Jul 1974	Test # 741
76	MHN Walker	41.0	11	107	3	1.95	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
76	JR Thomson	17.5	3	46	6	1.95	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
80	AW Greig	24.0	2	63	2	1.96	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
80	GS Sobers	33.0	11	65	3	1.96	West Indies	v England	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
82	BS Bedi	26.2	13	52	4	1.97	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
83	LR Gibbs	17.0	6	34	1	2.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
83	MLC Foster	16.0	5	32	-	2.00	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	22 Mar 1974	Test # 737
83	DL Underwood	15.0	3	30	1	2.00	England	v India	Birmingham	4 Jul 1974	Test # 741
86	DK Lillee	22.0	5	59	2	2.01	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
86	DL Underwood	17.5	4	36	1	2.01	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	22 Mar 1974	Test # 737
86	AA Mallett	13.0	4	35	1	2.01	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
89	BS Bedi	43.0	14	87	2	2.02	India	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
89	DL Underwood	20.0	6	54	2	2.02	England	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
89	LR Gibbs	34.3	10	70	3	2.02	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
92	EAS Prasanna	22.2	4	46	1	2.05	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
93	AW Greig	49.0	14	102	3	2.08	England	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
94	RGD Willis	21.7	4	61	5	2.09	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
95	GG Arnold	31.5	8	67	3	2.10	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
95	JR Thomson	21.0	5	59	3	2.10	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
95	TJ Jenner	16.0	5	45	2	2.10	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
98	DL Underwood	22.0	6	62	-	2.11	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
99	AW Greig	33.0	7	70	5	2.12	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
100	AA Mallett	41.0	8	117	1	2.14	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733

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