Fielding Most Catches Career

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Most catches

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	97	171	115	4	0.672
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	78	149	84	4	0.563
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	128	79	3	0.617
CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1989	75	143	67	3	0.468
DI Gower (ENG)	1980-1989	89	158	65	3	0.411
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1989	76	134	63	3	0.47
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1989	45	86	56	2	0.651
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1987	65	109	56	3	0.513
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	45	84	55	3	0.654
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1989	81	154	54	2	0.35
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	56	96	53	3	0.552
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1989	57	106	53	4	0.5
DC Boon (AUS)	1984-1989	45	78	48	4	0.615
MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1989	66	113	48	3	0.424
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1984	33	61	46	3	0.754
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1989	45	78	46	4	0.589
CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1985	44	83	44	2	0.53
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	80	136	44	2	0.323
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1989	56	99	43	3	0.434
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1989	38	67	41	4	0.611
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1989	37	70	41	3	0.585
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1980-1989	71	121	41	4	0.338
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	61	108	40	2	0.37
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1989	24	47	35	3	0.744
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1984	50	91	35	3	0.384
J Garner (WI)	1980-1987	49	93	35	3	0.376
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1989	39	70	33	3	0.471
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	69	118	33	2	0.279
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1989	34	60	30	5	0.5
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-1989	35	61	29	3	0.475
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1980-1988	32	58	28	3	0.482
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1981-1986	42	74	28	3	0.378
JG Wright (NZ)	1980-1989	56	101	28	3	0.277
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1989	35	63	27	3	0.428
GM Wood (AUS)	1980-1988	44	81	27	2	0.333
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	55	92	25	2	0.271
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	29	54	24	2	0.444
GR Marsh (AUS)	1985-1989	33	57	24	2	0.421
M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1988	43	71	24	3	0.338
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	63	121	24	2	0.198
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	53	96	23	2	0.239
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1985	30	56	21	2	0.375
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1982-1987	33	58	21	3	0.362
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	33	60	21	2	0.35
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1984-1989	29	53	20	3	0.377
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1980-1989	31	56	20	1	0.357
B Yardley (AUS)	1981-1983	19	36	19	2	0.527
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	54	96	19	3	0.197
KC Wessels (AUS)	1982-1985	24	41	18	2	0.439
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1989	30	51	17	2	0.333
RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	39	70	17	2	0.242
MA Holding (WI)	1980-1987	45	85	17	2	0.2
HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1987	49	93	16	1	0.172
BM Laird (AUS)	1980-1982	18	31	15	2	0.483
GN Yallop (AUS)	1980-1984	18	32	15	2	0.468
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1983	25	41	15	3	0.365
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1986	26	42	15	2	0.357
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1983	24	37	14	2	0.378
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1989	26	41	14	2	0.341
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1983-1989	26	45	14	2	0.311
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1987	30	48	14	2	0.291
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1984	35	65	14	2	0.215
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1988	13	24	13	2	0.541
J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1989	16	30	13	2	0.433
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1986	21	34	13	2	0.382
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1980-1988	23	38	13	2	0.342
DW Randall (ENG)	1980-1984	21	39	13	2	0.333
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1985	29	49	13	2	0.265
Majid Khan (PAK)	1980-1983	15	26	12	3	0.461
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	29	49	12	2	0.244
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1980-1985	41	69	12	3	0.173
MRJ Veletta (AUS)	1987-1988	7	13	11	2	0.846
RJ Bright (AUS)	1980-1986	20	33	11	1	0.333
MD Moxon (ENG)	1986-1989	10	16	10	3	0.625
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1980-1983	9	17	10	2	0.588
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1989	11	20	10	3	0.5
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	15	28	10	2	0.357
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1985	19	29	10	2	0.344
DW Hookes (AUS)	1980-1985	16	29	10	2	0.344
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1989	16	31	10	2	0.322
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1987	23	35	10	2	0.285
G Fowler (ENG)	1982-1985	21	39	10	1	0.256
RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	23	40	10	1	0.25
BC Broad (ENG)	1984-1989	25	41	10	2	0.243
J Dyson (AUS)	1980-1984	27	51	10	2	0.196
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	40	64	10	2	0.156
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	46	81	10	2	0.123
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1980-1989	57	99	10	2	0.101
G Cook (ENG)	1982-1983	7	13	9	2	0.692
WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1986	27	15	9	3	0.6
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1989	10	16	9	2	0.562
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1983-1986	9	16	9	2	0.562
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1980-1981	13	24	9	2	0.375
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1989	17	26	9	2	0.346
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	17	27	9	2	0.333
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1985-1988	16	28	9	1	0.321
JF Reid (NZ)	1981-1986	18	33	9	3	0.272
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	21	34	9	2	0.264
NG Cowans (ENG)	1982-1985	19	36	9	1	0.25
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	24	37	9	1	0.243

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All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure
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 Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]