Batting Most Runs Innings

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
LG Rowe	302	612	430	36	1	70.23	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
IVA Richards	291	472	386	38	-	75.38	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	-	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
Zaheer Abbas	274	544	467	38	-	58.67	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971	Test # 687
DL Amiss	262*	570	563	40	1	46.53	England	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
GM Turner	259	704	759	22	-	34.12	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
KD Walters	250	394	342	30	2	73.09	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
SFAF Bacchus	250	510	-	33	-	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
GS Chappell	247*	410	356	30	1	69.38	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
CH Lloyd	242*	429	-	19	4	0.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
Zaheer Abbas	240	545	410	22	-	58.53	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
Zaheer Abbas	235*	375	-	29	2	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
IVA Richards	232	438	313	31	4	74.12	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
GM Turner	223*	572	-	26	-	0.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
SM Gavaskar	221	490	443	21	-	49.88	India	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
SM Gavaskar	220	529	-	22	-	0.00	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
KWR Fletcher	216	443	413	29	-	52.30	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
D Lloyd	214*	448	396	17	-	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
LG Rowe	214	427	-	19	1	0.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
DN Sardesai	212	470	-	17	1	0.00	India	v West Indies	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
KR Stackpole	207	454	356	25	1	58.14	Australia	v England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
Javed Miandad	206	410	-	29	2	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
SM Gavaskar	205	397	342	29	2	59.94	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
DL Amiss	203	443	320	28	-	63.43	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
Mushtaq Mohammad	201	383	-	20	-	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
DI Gower	200*	365	279	24	-	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
IM Chappell	196	295	243	21	4	80.65	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
IVA Richards	192*	321	-	20	6	0.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
IM Chappell	192	439	367	17	-	52.31	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1975	Test # 763
G Boycott	191	629	471	23	-	40.55	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
DL Amiss	188	370	303	29	-	62.04	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
MH Denness	188	492	448	17	-	41.96	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
AI Kallicharran	187	367	315	25	-	59.36	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
CA Davis	183	602	-	21	-	0.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
DL Amiss	183	422	372	19	-	49.19	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
GS Chappell	182*	366	274	22	-	66.42	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	03 Jan 1976	Test # 767
SM Gavaskar	182*	-	-	-	-	0.00	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
TW Jarvis	182	540	555	19	-	32.79	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
MH Denness	181	414	392	25	-	46.17	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
DL Amiss	179	511	397	22	1	45.08	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
GR Viswanath	179	420	-	14	-	0.00	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
GS Sobers	178*	340	-	19	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
CH Lloyd	178	354	-	24	1	0.00	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	06 Apr 1973	Test # 720
KWR Fletcher	178	379	380	21	2	46.84	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	21 Jun 1973	Test # 723
IVA Richards	177	341	-	23	2	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
BE Congdon	176	409	377	19	-	46.68	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
RB Simpson	176	388	355	17	-	49.57	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
Zaheer Abbas	176	315	-	24	2	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
Asif Iqbal	175	275	-	18	1	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
BE Congdon	175	514	454	12	-	38.54	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1973	Test # 723
JH Edrich	175	538	420	21	-	41.66	England	v Australia	Lord's	31 Jul 1975	Test # 761
DL Amiss	174	396	429	19	-	40.55	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
DW Randall	174	446	353	21	-	49.29	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
IR Redpath	171	484	372	14	-	45.96	Australia	v England	Perth	11 Dec 1970	Test # 675
R Edwards	170*	324	290	13	-	58.62	Australia	v England	Nottingham	13 Jul 1972	Test # 700
RC Fredericks	169	212	145	27	1	116.55	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
GJ Cosier	168	228	206	20	-	81.55	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977	Test # 790
Majid Khan	167	360	-	25	-	0.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	18 Mar 1977	Test # 801
GN Yallop	167	520	392	15	-	42.60	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
BE Congdon	166*	527	-	14	1	0.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
Sadiq Mohammad	166	362	-	19	-	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	02 Feb 1973	Test # 710
Asif Iqbal	166	334	-	13	-	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	09 Oct 1976	Test # 782
DL Amiss	164*	378	351	25	-	46.72	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1975	Test # 758
RC Fredericks	163	408	-	20	-	0.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
CH Lloyd	163	205	149	22	2	109.39	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
Javed Miandad	163	259	-	19	-	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	09 Oct 1976	Test # 782
AR Border	162	416	360	24	1	45.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
GR Viswanath	161*	405	297	11	1	54.20	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
Javed Miandad	160*	420	-	17	1	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
IR Redpath	159*	348	310	20	-	51.29	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
RB Kanhai	158*	390	-	17	-	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
Majid Khan	158	303	276	18	-	57.24	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
DL Amiss	158	325	-	27	-	0.00	England	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
AI Kallicharran	158	369	334	18	-	47.30	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
CT Radley	158	648	524	15	-	30.15	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
DB Vengsarkar	157*	379	-	-	1	0.00	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
Mushtaq Mohammad	157	469	-	17	-	0.00	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
RB Kanhai	157	339	280	21	-	56.07	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
CH Lloyd	157	290	-	21	3	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
IM Chappell	156	377	261	16	-	59.77	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
SM Gavaskar	156	485	352	13	-	44.31	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976	Test # 774
G Boycott	155	458	341	12	-	45.45	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
Javed Miandad	154*	420	-	13	3	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
Asif Iqbal	152*	268	291	14	-	52.23	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
WK Lees	152	338	-	21	2	0.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
GS Sobers	150*	288	227	19	-	66.07	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
DN Sardesai	150	360	-	20	-	0.00	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
RC Fredericks	150	510	443	17	-	33.86	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
DW Randall	150	582	498	13	-	30.12	England	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
RA Woolmer	149	495	390	20	-	38.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	28 Aug 1975	Test # 763
CH Lloyd	149	218	186	22	1	80.10	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
AW Greig	148	360	291	24	-	50.85	England	v India	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
AW Greig	148	404	320	15	2	46.25	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
DB Vengsarkar	146*	522	370	11	1	39.45	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
KWR Fletcher	146	446	424	11	-	34.43	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
IM Chappell	145	283	268	17	1	54.10	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
GR Viswanath	145	-	-	16	-	0.00	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
GS Chappell	144	252	209	16	-	68.89	Australia	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1975	Test # 751
G Boycott	142*	412	360	12	-	39.44	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
GS Sobers	142	363	-	18	-	0.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]