Test matches

1978 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Most runs conceded in an innings

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Innings in match	Team	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Sir RJ Hadlee	43.0	10	147	4	2.56	1	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	lost	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
🥈 2	BS Chandrasekhar	29.4	-	136	5	3.45	1	India	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
🥉 3	B Yardley	43.0	6	134	4	2.33	4	Australia	v India	Adelaide	won	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
4	Sikander Bakht	45.0	13	132	4	2.93	2	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	lost	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
4	N Kapil Dev	42.0	4	132	3	3.14	2	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
6	BS Chandrasekhar	38.0	6	130	4	3.42	1	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
6	BS Bedi	34.0	6	130	2	3.82	2	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
8	BS Bedi	34.0	1	127	1	2.80	1	India	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
9	ST Clarke	34.2	3	126	5	3.66	2	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
10	WM Clark	34.4	4	124	4	3.57	3	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	won	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
10	BS Bedi	49.0	9	124	3	2.53	1	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
12	EAS Prasanna	42.0	11	123	1	2.92	1	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
13	BS Chandrasekhar	43.0	7	116	5	2.69	2	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	draw	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
14	Sikander Bakht	27.0	3	115	2	4.25	1	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	lost	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
15	Liaqat Ali	42.0	9	114	1	2.71	2	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	lost	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
16	Sarfraz Nawaz	38.0	7	112	2	2.94	3	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	won	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
17	Imran Khan	34.5	7	111	1	3.18	2	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
18	BP Bracewell	33.5	2	110	3	3.25	1	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	lost	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
18	Imran Khan	42.3	12	110	3	2.58	3	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	won	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
20	IT Botham	34.0	4	109	5	2.40	1	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
20	BS Chandrasekhar	21.0	2	109	1	5.19	2	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
22	IW Callen	33.0	5	108	3	2.45	4	Australia	v India	Adelaide	won	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
23	PH Edmonds	45.0	15	107	3	1.78	3	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
23	Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	6	107	1	2.58	2	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	draw	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
25	Mushtaq Mohammad	30.0	6	106	2	3.53	3	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	won	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
26	Sarfraz Nawaz	37.0	6	105	2	2.83	2	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
27	ST Clarke	28.0	4	104	1	3.71	3	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
28	BS Bedi	36.0	7	102	1	2.83	2	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	draw	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
29	AL Mann	20.0	-	101	-	3.78	2	Australia	v India	Sydney	lost	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
29	TJ Laughlin	25.4	4	101	5	3.93	2	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
29	Iqbal Qasim	30.0	5	101	3	3.36	1	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	lost	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
29	IT Botham	38.0	13	101	6	2.65	1	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	won	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
33	DR Parry	28.0	4	100	1	3.57	1	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	draw	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
34	G Miller	30.0	10	99	3	2.47	3	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
34	BS Bedi	35.0	5	99	1	2.82	2	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
36	RO Collinge	38.0	9	98	4	1.93	2	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	draw	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
36	N Kapil Dev	28.0	1	98	1	3.50	2	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
36	ST Clarke	42.0	9	98	4	2.33	1	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	draw	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
36	BS Bedi	29.0	7	98	3	3.37	1	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
40	BS Chandrasekhar	25.0	4	97	3	3.88	2	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
41	JK Lever	34.0	5	96	3	2.11	1	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
41	B Yardley	30.0	6	96	3	3.20	3	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	won	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
43	PH Edmonds	30.0	6	95	-	2.37	3	England	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
43	IT Botham	26.0	5	95	3	2.74	3	England	v Australia	Brisbane	won	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
45	EJ Chatfield	37.0	8	94	1	1.90	1	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	lost	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
45	Sir RJ Hadlee	42.0	11	94	4	2.23	1	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	lost	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
45	EAS Prasanna	25.0	2	94	-	3.76	2	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
45	VA Holder	27.0	3	94	4	3.48	1	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	draw	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
45	BS Chandrasekhar	33.0	4	94	2	2.84	1	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
50	KD Ghavri	22.0	2	93	3	3.17	1	India	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
50	AG Hurst	27.4	6	93	4	2.53	2	Australia	v England	Brisbane	lost	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
52	JD Higgs	24.5	3	91	4	3.66	2	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
53	RR Jumadeen	23.0	2	90	2	3.91	3	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
53	N Phillip	32.0	5	90	1	2.81	1	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
55	RO Collinge	26.5	6	89	3	2.50	1	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	lost	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
55	Sarfraz Nawaz	31.2	4	89	4	2.84	1	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	won	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
57	N Kapil Dev	20.4	3	88	2	4.25	2	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
58	Sikander Bakht	24.0	1	86	-	3.58	2	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
58	N Phillip	25.0	6	86	3	3.44	2	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
60	BS Chandrasekhar	24.0	3	85	2	2.65	3	India	v Australia	Sydney	won	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
60	BL Cairns	38.0	7	85	1	2.23	1	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	lost	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
62	JR Thomson	21.0	6	84	3	4.00	2	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
62	Sir RJ Hadlee	32.0	9	84	5	2.62	2	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	lost	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
64	JR Thomson	27.0	8	83	4	2.30	2	Australia	v India	Sydney	lost	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
64	IW Callen	22.0	-	83	3	2.82	2	Australia	v India	Adelaide	won	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
64	JR Thomson	20.0	2	83	1	4.15	3	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	won	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
64	ST Clarke	27.0	5	83	3	3.07	4	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	lost	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
64	RR Jumadeen	24.0	4	83	2	3.45	2	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
69	Abdul Qadir	40.1	9	81	4	1.51	1	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
69	N Phillip	16.0	-	81	-	5.06	3	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
71	Liaqat Ali	18.0	1	80	3	4.44	1	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	lost	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
72	WM Clark	29.0	6	79	2	2.04	4	Australia	v India	Adelaide	won	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
72	AME Roberts	18.0	2	79	1	4.38	1	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	won	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
72	RGD Willis	29.0	9	79	1	2.72	1	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	won	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
72	N Kapil Dev	20.0	5	79	1	3.95	1	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
76	GA Cope	28.0	8	77	1	2.06	2	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
76	WM Clark	24.0	3	77	2	3.20	2	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
76	JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	5.92	2	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
76	DR Parry	30.0	5	77	1	2.56	2	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
76	S Venkataraghavan	34.0	12	77	1	2.26	2	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	draw	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
76	DR Parry	27.0	7	77	1	2.85	3	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	draw	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
76	KD Ghavri	16.0	1	77	2	4.81	1	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
83	JR Thomson	15.0	1	76	-	5.06	3	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
83	M Amarnath	21.0	1	76	1	3.61	2	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
83	Imran Khan	28.0	7	76	3	2.71	3	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	won	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
83	Sikander Bakht	22.0	6	76	2	3.45	1	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	won	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
87	PH Edmonds	24.0	2	75	3	2.34	1	England	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
87	N Phillip	18.0	-	75	4	4.16	2	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	lost	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
87	Imran Khan	32.0	12	75	3	2.34	1	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	won	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
90	Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0	5	74	4	1.98	2	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	won	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
90	RM Hogg	28.0	8	74	6	1.98	2	Australia	v England	Brisbane	lost	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
90	S Venkataraghavan	41.0	15	74	1	1.80	1	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
90	KD Ghavri	29.0	5	74	3	2.55	2	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
94	IT Botham	24.7	6	73	5	2.20	2	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
94	N Phillip	17.0	-	73	1	4.29	2	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
96	Abdul Qadir	27.0	5	72	-	2.00	4	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
96	RR Jumadeen	38.4	6	72	4	1.86	1	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
96	G Dymock	34.0	4	72	1	1.58	1	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	lost	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
99	G Miller	14.0	-	71	1	3.80	2	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
99	BE Congdon	39.0	15	71	-	1.82	1	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	lost	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures