Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores in 1980s in Tests

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
Javed Miandad	280*	696	460	19	1	60.86	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	1	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
Javed Miandad	271	558	465	28	5	58.27	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
GN Yallop	268	716	517	29	-	51.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	2	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
Javed Miandad	260	617	521	28	1	49.90	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	1	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
SM Gavaskar	236*	644	425	23	-	55.52	India	v West Indies	Chennai	2	24 Dec 1983	Test # 972
GS Chappell	235	441	363	21	-	64.73	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
Mudassar Nazar	231	627	444	21	1	52.02	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	1	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
CG Greenidge	223	585	425	30	-	52.47	West Indies	v England	Manchester	1	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
GR Viswanath	222	643	374	31	-	59.35	India	v England	Chennai	1	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
MA Taylor	219	554	461	23	-	47.50	Australia	v England	Nottingham	1	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
SV Manjrekar	218	534	401	28	-	54.36	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	1	01 Dec 1989	Test # 1130
DM Jones	216	538	347	16	-	62.24	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	1	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
Zaheer Abbas	215	334	254	23	2	84.64	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	1	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
CG Greenidge	214*	302	242	29	2	88.42	West Indies	v England	Lord's	4	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
KJ Hughes	213	383	301	21	-	70.76	Australia	v India	Adelaide	1	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
CG Greenidge	213	534	384	20	7	55.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
Javed Miandad	211	636	441	29	1	47.84	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	1	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
Taslim Arif	210*	435	379	20	-	55.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	2	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
Qasim Umar	210	685	442	27	-	47.51	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	2	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996
DM Jones	210	502	330	27	2	63.63	Australia	v India	Chennai	1	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	1	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
IVA Richards	208	374	245	22	3	84.89	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	1	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
MW Gatting	207	504	309	20	3	66.99	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
Qasim Umar	206	-	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
AR Border	205	599	485	20	-	42.26	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	2	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
GS Chappell	204	408	296	27	-	68.91	Australia	v India	Sydney	2	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
Javed Miandad	203*	-	-	-	1	-	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
Shoaib Mohammad	203*	484	338	20	-	60.05	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	2	01 Dec 1989	Test # 1130
DSBP Kuruppu	201*	777	548	24	-	36.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	1	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
GS Chappell	201	417	296	6	-	67.90	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	2	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
AD Gaekwad	201	671	436	17	-	46.10	India	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	2	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
G Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	49.14	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
Mohsin Khan	200	495	386	23	-	51.81	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	1	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
DC Boon	200	451	326	28	-	61.34	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	1	24 Nov 1989	Test # 1129
Mudassar Nazar	199	552	408	24	-	48.77	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	2	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996
M Azharuddin	199	505	-	16	1	-	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	2	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
AR Border	196	448	318	22	-	61.63	Australia	v England	Lord's	2	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
GA Gooch	196	423	310	27	-	63.22	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
CG Greenidge	194	554	368	23	-	52.71	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	1	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
RB Richardson	194	459	367	20	-	52.86	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	1	25 Mar 1989	Test # 1117
S Wettimuny	190	642	471	21	-	40.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	1	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
MD Crowe	188	571	462	22	1	40.69	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	2	06 Apr 1985	Test # 1014
MD Crowe	188	472	328	26	-	57.31	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	2	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
Zaheer Abbas	186	328	246	23	-	75.60	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	2	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
RB Richardson	185	455	346	26	-	53.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	1	06 Apr 1985	Test # 1014
DM Jones	184*	540	421	12	1	43.70	Australia	v England	Sydney	1	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
DC Boon	184*	492	431	14	-	42.69	Australia	v England	Sydney	3	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
DL Haynes	184	490	395	27	1	46.58	West Indies	v England	Lord's	2	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
MW Gatting	183*	383	294	20	2	62.24	England	v India	Birmingham	1	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
GA Gooch	183	439	369	22	-	49.59	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	3	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
IVA Richards	182*	383	256	23	2	71.09	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	3	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
GS Chappell	182	530	400	17	-	45.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	2	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
JF Reid	180	685	445	16	-	40.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	2	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
KC Wessels	179	340	233	23	1	76.82	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	1	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
IVA Richards	178	377	229	30	-	77.72	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	2	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
SR Waugh	177*	310	242	24	-	73.14	Australia	v England	Leeds	1	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
GS Chappell	176	266	218	23	2	80.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
SM Gavaskar	176	506	302	22	-	58.27	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	2	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
RT Robinson	175	414	272	26	-	64.33	England	v Australia	Leeds	2	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
JV Coney	174*	488	374	26	1	46.52	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	3	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
SM Patil	174	301	240	22	1	72.50	India	v Australia	Adelaide	2	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
MD Crowe	174	592	410	16	-	42.43	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	1	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
DI Gower	173*	423	284	16	-	60.91	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	3	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
KC Wessels	173	481	352	14	-	49.14	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	1	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
GN Yallop	172	504	447	19	-	38.47	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
SM Gavaskar	172	708	472	19	-	36.44	India	v England	Bengaluru	2	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
GM Wood	172	596	449	21	-	38.30	Australia	v England	Nottingham	2	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
SM Gavaskar	172	513	400	19	-	43.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	1	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
Zaheer Abbas	168*	-	341	6	1	49.26	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	1	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
Zaheer Abbas	168	264	176	23	1	95.45	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	2	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
PA de Silva	167	491	361	17	1	46.26	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	2	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
SM Gavaskar	166*	551	416	16	-	39.90	India	v Australia	Adelaide	2	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
SM Gavaskar	166	593	373	15	1	44.50	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	2	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
DI Gower	166	381	284	17	-	58.45	England	v Australia	Nottingham	1	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
DB Vengsarkar	166	429	279	14	-	59.49	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	1	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
RT Robinson	166	528	365	16	-	45.47	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	1	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
DB Vengsarkar	164*	432	303	21	1	54.12	India	v Australia	Wankhede	2	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
DW Randall	164	365	269	20	2	60.96	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
MA Taylor	164	425	334	17	2	49.10	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	3	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
AR Border	163	410	358	16	-	45.53	Australia	v India	Melbourne	3	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
N Kapil Dev	163	240	165	19	1	98.78	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	2	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
Shoaib Mohammad	163	720	516	17	1	31.58	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
KC Wessels	162	464	343	17	-	47.23	Australia	v England	Brisbane	2	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
BC Broad	162	435	313	25	-	51.75	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
CH Lloyd	161*	495	290	12	-	55.51	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	2	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
BA Edgar	161	513	418	22	-	38.51	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	2	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
RT Robinson	160	508	390	17	-	41.02	England	v India	Delhi	2	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
MW Gatting	160	355	266	21	-	60.15	England	v Australia	Manchester	2	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
RB Richardson	160	348	278	18	-	57.55	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
DB Vengsarkar	159	370	238	20	1	66.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	1	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
WB Phillips	159	307	246	20	-	64.63	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	1	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
JF Reid	158*	486	318	17	-	49.68	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	2	25 Jan 1985	Test # 1010
S Wettimuny	157	372	330	21	-	47.57	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
DB Vengsarkar	157	334	264	21	-	59.46	India	v England	Lord's	3	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
DI Gower	157	335	216	20	-	72.68	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
DM Jones	157	400	294	17	-	53.40	Australia	v England	Birmingham	1	06 Jul 1989	Test # 1123
RB Richardson	156	482	314	20	-	49.68	West Indies	v India	Kingston	2	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
SM Gavaskar	155	399	293	24	1	52.90	India	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	2	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
DI Gower	154*	461	403	16	1	38.21	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902

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