Test matches

1981 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

High scores

Rank	Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	KJ Hughes	213	383	301	21	-	70.76	Australia	v India	Adelaide	1	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
🥈 2	GS Chappell	204	408	296	27	-	68.91	Australia	v India	Sydney	2	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
🥉 3	GS Chappell	201	417	296	6	-	67.90	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	2	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
4	IVA Richards	182*	383	256	23	2	71.09	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	3	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
5	SM Patil	174	301	240	22	1	72.50	India	v Australia	Adelaide	2	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
6	SM Gavaskar	172	708	472	19	-	36.44	India	v England	Bengaluru	2	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
7	DI Gower	154*	461	403	16	1	38.21	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
8	GA Gooch	153	314	213	21	2	71.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	1	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
9	IT Botham	149*	219	148	27	1	100.67	England	v Australia	Leeds	3	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
10	CJ Tavare	149	454	303	18	-	49.17	England	v India	Delhi	1	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
11	GP Howarth	137*	353	237	15	-	57.80	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	1	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
12	G Boycott	137	441	321	7	-	42.67	England	v Australia	The Oval	2	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
13	GM Wood	125	286	217	10	1	57.60	Australia	v India	Adelaide	1	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
14	AR Border	124	303	265	12	-	46.79	Australia	v India	Melbourne	2	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
15	JF Reid	123*	446	429	11	-	28.67	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	2	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
15	AR Border	123*	420	356	17	-	34.55	Australia	v England	Manchester	4	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
17	IT Botham	118	123	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	3	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
18	GA Gooch	116	310	210	13	-	55.23	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	4	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
19	GR Viswanath	114	274	222	11	-	51.35	India	v Australia	Melbourne	1	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
19	IVA Richards	114	306	226	21	1	50.44	West Indies	v England	St John's	2	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
19	GN Yallop	114	177	125	17	-	91.20	Australia	v England	Manchester	4	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
22	JG Wright	110	460	434	10	1	25.34	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	2	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
23	GR Viswanath	107	268	200	14	-	53.50	India	v England	Delhi	2	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
24	AR Border	106*	290	230	13	-	46.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	1	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
25	KJ Hughes	106	271	198	16	-	53.53	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	3	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
26	G Boycott	105	440	285	7	-	36.84	England	v India	Delhi	1	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
27	G Boycott	104*	350	257	8	-	40.46	England	v West Indies	St John's	3	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
28	DM Wellham	103	266	221	12	-	46.60	Australia	v England	The Oval	3	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
29	P Willey	102*	226	158	15	1	64.55	England	v West Indies	St John's	1	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
30	J Dyson	102	294	234	14	-	43.58	Australia	v England	Leeds	1	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
31	KJ Hughes	100*	266	200	11	-	50.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
32	CH Lloyd	100	238	167	17	-	59.88	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
32	GM Wood	100	375	305	3	-	32.78	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	2	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
34	CPS Chauhan	97	342	227	11	-	42.73	India	v Australia	Adelaide	2	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
35	DL Haynes	96	286	199	10	-	48.24	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
36	CH Lloyd	95	209	168	19	-	56.54	West Indies	v England	Kingston	2	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
36	Mudassar Nazar	95	273	202	9	-	47.02	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
38	RJ Shastri	93	386	243	9	-	38.27	India	v England	Delhi	2	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
39	HA Gomes	90*	319	220	10	-	40.90	West Indies	v England	Kingston	2	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
40	Zaheer Abbas	90	221	174	9	-	51.72	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
41	DI Gower	89	245	207	11	1	42.99	England	v Australia	Lord's	3	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
41	KJ Hughes	89	270	208	8	-	42.78	Australia	v England	Leeds	1	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
43	CPS Chauhan	85	243	198	12	-	42.92	India	v Australia	Melbourne	3	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
43	BM Laird	85	298	201	6	-	42.28	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	3	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
45	CG Greenidge	84	223	191	12	-	43.97	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
45	DL Haynes	84	285	213	11	-	39.43	West Indies	v England	Kingston	2	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
45	AR Border	84	192	152	8	-	55.26	Australia	v England	The Oval	3	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
48	GA Gooch	83	191	158	8	-	52.53	England	v West Indies	St John's	3	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
49	P Willey	82	246	181	12	-	45.30	England	v Australia	Lord's	1	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
49	DI Gower	82	249	178	12	-	46.06	England	v India	Bengaluru	1	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
51	Zaheer Abbas	80	157	116	10	-	68.96	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	1	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
52	Javed Miandad	79	174	128	4	-	61.71	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	4	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
53	KD Walters	78	209	148	6	-	52.70	Australia	v India	Melbourne	2	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
53	CPS Chauhan	78	266	216	9	-	36.11	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
53	SMH Kirmani	78	278	230	5	-	33.91	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
53	CJ Tavare	78	423	289	3	-	26.98	England	v Australia	Manchester	3	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
57	GS Chappell	76	227	175	6	-	43.42	Australia	v India	Melbourne	2	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
58	JF Reid	74	272	269	5	-	27.50	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	2	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
58	Majid Khan	74	188	155	7	-	47.74	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
60	GM Wood	72	206	128	8	2	56.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	2	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
61	EH Mattis	71	209	181	10	1	39.22	West Indies	v England	St John's	2	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
61	GA Gooch	71	260	176	11	-	40.34	England	v India	Delhi	1	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
63	APE Knott	70*	167	138	11	-	50.72	England	v Australia	The Oval	4	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
63	Imran Khan	70*	155	111	5	1	63.06	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
65	SM Gavaskar	70	226	180	5	-	38.88	India	v Australia	Melbourne	3	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
65	G Boycott	70	307	229	7	-	30.56	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
67	CJ Tavare	69	287	193	7	-	35.75	England	v Australia	Manchester	1	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
68	KD Walters	67	151	107	6	-	62.61	Australia	v India	Sydney	2	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
68	P Willey	67	174	120	7	-	55.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
68	SMH Kirmani	67	215	142	9	-	47.18	India	v England	Delhi	2	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
71	CH Lloyd	66	136	83	8	2	79.51	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	3	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
71	GM Wood	66	168	129	6	-	51.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	1	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
71	IT Botham	66	78	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	1	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
71	AR Border	66	190	136	2	-	48.52	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	3	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
75	SM Patil	65*	142	78	9	-	83.33	India	v Australia	Sydney	1	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
76	JV Coney	65	261	207	7	-	31.40	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	2	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
76	K Srikkanth	65	140	88	8	-	73.86	India	v England	Bengaluru	2	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
78	CH Lloyd	64	193	148	9	-	43.24	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
78	SM Patil	64	137	113	10	-	56.63	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
78	AR Border	64	208	164	8	1	39.02	Australia	v England	Lord's	2	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
78	BM Laird	64	210	146	5	-	43.83	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	3	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
82	CG Greenidge	63	145	123	10	-	51.21	West Indies	v England	St John's	2	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
82	AR Border	63	266	204	7	-	30.88	Australia	v England	Nottingham	2	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
84	GM Wood	62*	168	131	6	-	47.32	Australia	v England	Lord's	4	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
85	CG Greenidge	62	165	121	8	1	51.23	West Indies	v England	Kingston	2	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
85	Javed Miandad	62	168	129	4	-	48.06	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
87	DB Vengsarkar	61	212	152	8	-	40.13	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
88	G Boycott	60	279	211	5	-	28.43	England	v Australia	Lord's	3	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
88	G Boycott	60	218	194	4	-	30.92	England	v India	Wankhede	2	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
90	MW Gatting	59	168	137	9	-	43.06	England	v Australia	Lord's	1	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
90	APE Knott	59	115	89	8	-	66.29	England	v Australia	Manchester	3	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
90	N Kapil Dev	59	98	58	10	1	101.72	India	v England	Bengaluru	2	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
93	MA Holding	58*	104	78	5	3	74.35	West Indies	v England	St John's	2	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
94	HA Gomes	58	234	166	6	-	34.93	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
94	CH Lloyd	58	164	117	10	-	49.57	West Indies	v England	St John's	2	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
94	GN Yallop	58	208	167	5	-	34.73	Australia	v England	Leeds	1	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
94	GA Gooch	58	161	114	7	-	50.87	England	v India	Bengaluru	1	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
98	AR Border	57	123	78	6	-	73.07	Australia	v India	Adelaide	1	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
98	SM Patil	57	100	93	8	1	61.29	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	3	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
98	JE Emburey	57	161	122	7	-	46.72	England	v Australia	Manchester	3	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907

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