Individual Most Matches Career

Most matches in Tests in 1970s

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
APE Knott (ENG)	1970-1977	71	3509	135	34.40	5	-	-	-	-	181	11
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	62	4611	179	46.11	10	1	1/11	34.00	-	45	-
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	60	5647	221	55.91	22	1	1/34	134.00	-	52	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1979	59	661	43	11.01	-	202	8/51	27.65	10	31	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	3599	148	40.43	8	141	8/86	32.20	6	87	-
RW Marsh (AUS)	1970-1980	55	2471	132	31.27	3	-	-	-	-	201	8
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1980	54	4398	247*	52.98	15	34	5/61	42.29	1	76	-
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	53	3956	187	49.45	11	1	1/7	114.00	-	42	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1979	51	441	24*	12.60	-	182	7/78	24.78	11	22	-
RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1977	49	3809	169	45.89	8	7	1/12	78.28	-	51	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	48	452	50*	9.22	-	196	6/71	29.79	10	17	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1980	48	3475	242*	45.72	8	6	2/13	69.83	-	37	-
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1977	47	2968	250	40.10	7	38	5/66	24.89	1	32	-
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1970-1977	46	2748	216	41.63	7	1	1/48	128.00	-	42	-
DL Amiss (ENG)	1971-1977	45	3487	262*	49.11	11	-	-	-	-	20	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1976	45	3512	196	44.45	10	9	1/4	40.22	-	62	-
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1971-1979	45	892	85	17.84	-	-	-	-	-	122	14
G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1979	44	3806	191	55.97	12	-	-	-	-	17	-
DL Murray (WI)	1973-1980	43	1553	91	25.88	-	-	-	-	-	122	5
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	42	95	20*	3.16	-	180	8/79	29.20	14	20	-
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1978	41	751	65	14.72	-	129	7/50	27.86	4	22	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	39	2644	175	43.34	10	13	3/37	41.53	-	20	-
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1979	39	1360	101*	28.33	1	-	-	-	-	68	23
Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	38	2884	167	43.04	7	15	4/45	51.40	-	47	-
JH Edrich (ENG)	1970-1976	37	2427	175	41.13	4	-	-	-	-	22	-
VA Holder (WI)	1971-1979	37	602	42	14.33	-	100	6/28	32.92	3	15	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	36	477	64	11.92	-	98	5/95	38.37	1	27	-
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	36	2563	274	42.71	6	-	-	-	-	22	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1980	35	497	73*	16.03	-	184	6/26	23.78	12	9	-
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	35	2449	201	42.22	8	65	5/28	29.12	3	35	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1979	34	433	49	11.70	-	152	6/46	25.60	6	14	-
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	34	1997	157*	39.94	5	-	-	-	-	30	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	586	78*	19.53	-	138	8/143	27.47	6	12	-
MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1979	33	1815	111	32.41	4	1	1/20	49.00	-	26	-
IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1976	33	2861	171	50.19	7	-	-	-	-	36	-
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	33	2271	166	39.84	5	-	-	-	-	23	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1979	33	626	53	16.05	-	120	9/86	29.92	4	21	-
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1979	32	1200	91	23.52	-	-	-	-	-	45	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	32	1935	176	37.94	6	48	5/65	37.08	1	20	-
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	32	777	86	22.85	-	87	5/33	33.62	2	15	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1975	31	347	45	10.84	-	107	6/45	28.75	5	6	-
JM Parker (NZ)	1973-1979	30	1316	121	26.32	3	1	1/24	24.00	-	25	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1980	30	2736	291	58.21	9	4	2/34	58.75	-	28	-
GM Turner (NZ)	1971-1977	30	2370	259	49.37	6	-	-	-	-	28	-
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1973-1979	29	1501	93	32.63	-	1	1/11	72.00	-	25	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1971-1976	29	151	25	7.94	-	100	7/98	32.32	5	17	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1980	29	290	54	8.78	-	140	7/54	25.15	9	7	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1976	28	294	31	10.50	-	91	8/59	29.76	3	25	-
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1979	28	1575	117*	38.41	2	26	4/68	30.57	-	7	-
MH Denness (ENG)	1972-1975	27	1610	188	39.26	4	-	-	-	-	25	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1978	27	373	37	11.65	-	76	8/76	35.32	2	9	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	26	844	87	20.09	-	107	7/23	30.14	6	14	-
DW Randall (ENG)	1977-1979	26	1100	174	28.20	2	-	-	-	-	18	-
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	26	1785	302	45.76	6	-	-	-	-	14	-
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1974	26	1868	207	38.91	5	5	2/75	82.40	-	26	-
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	25	1450	101*	35.36	2	21	4/63	52.80	-	23	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1979	25	98	15	5.15	-	78	4/28	22.64	-	24	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1973	25	1035	107	27.97	1	36	5/70	40.61	1	17	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	25	832	59	22.48	-	98	6/63	31.88	5	9	-
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1979	25	2059	206	64.34	6	17	3/74	32.70	-	22	-
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	866	121	30.92	2	50	5/57	37.36	1	14	-
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	24	817	98*	28.17	-	42	5/44	28.57	1	10	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	644	85	25.76	-	53	5/101	38.07	1	15	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1970-1976	24	499	73	14.25	-	103	7/40	25.85	4	7	-
KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1971-1976	24	886	80	27.68	-	-	-	-	-	70	2
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	23	893	126*	31.89	1	87	6/63	27.73	5	9	-
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	23	1545	127	41.75	4	-	-	-	-	20	-
RW Taylor (ENG)	1971-1979	23	504	97	20.16	-	-	-	-	-	65	6
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1979	22	1068	137	36.82	4	118	8/34	19.27	12	33	-
RO Collinge (NZ)	1971-1978	22	284	68*	13.52	-	79	6/63	28.46	3	4	-
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1977	22	877	102	25.05	1	15	3/28	60.00	-	42	-
KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1976	21	657	95*	24.33	-	60	6/77	30.01	2	5	-
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1979	21	1089	102	32.02	1	-	-	-	-	5	-
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1980	21	1732	134	46.81	5	-	-	-	-	23	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1971-1977	21	248	61	14.58	-	50	4/46	46.48	-	23	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1977	21	739	138	23.83	1	76	7/52	30.11	3	6	-
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1974	21	1298	131	36.05	4	1	1/9	32.00	-	14	-
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1977	21	972	115*	29.45	1	-	-	-	-	17	-
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	21	860	77	30.71	-	-	-	-	-	35	-
GN Yallop (AUS)	1976-1979	21	1488	167	39.15	4	1	1/21	70.00	-	8	-
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1975	20	1171	170*	40.37	2	-	-	-	-	7	-
BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1976	20	890	110	27.81	3	-	-	-	-	15	-
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1980	20	1426	130*	40.74	3	-	-	-	-	15	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1972	19	1094	117	36.46	2	22	3/46	32.40	-	10	-
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	18	897	168	28.93	2	5	2/26	68.20	-	14	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1979	18	277	50	17.31	-	49	7/66	25.53	2	21	-
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1978	18	323	37*	12.42	-	44	4/42	42.63	-	5	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1979	18	128	32	8.00	-	40	6/40	38.32	1	14	-
RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1974	18	1171	158*	45.03	3	-	-	-	-	18	-
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	17	488	71	18.76	-	26	4/64	52.07	-	19	-
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1979	17	754	91*	30.16	-	1	1/16	93.00	-	20	-
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	17	1187	200*	49.45	3	-	-	-	-	7	-
GP Howarth (NZ)	1975-1979	17	1040	123	35.86	4	2	1/13	83.50	-	8	-
P Lever (ENG)	1970-1975	17	350	88*	21.87	-	41	6/38	36.80	2	11	-
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1971-1978	17	266	53*	16.62	-	37	4/11	38.91	-	3	-
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1976-1979	17	105	22*	7.50	-	57	8/69	28.61	3	5	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1974	17	1256	178*	52.33	5	42	4/64	31.50	-	14	-
FM Engineer (IND)	1971-1975	16	1004	121	35.85	1	-	-	-	-	24	4
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	16	92	16	6.13	-	51	7/143	32.86	2	2	-
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1980	16	194	36	7.46	-	64	6/74	23.43	5	3	-

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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:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]