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
SFAF Bacchus	250	510	-	33	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
CH Lloyd	242*	429	-	19	4	0.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
Zaheer Abbas	235*	375	-	29	2	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
D Lloyd	214*	448	396	17	0	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
DI Gower	200*	365	279	24	0	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
IVA Richards	192*	321	-	20	6	0.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
DL Amiss	188	370	303	29	0	62.04	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
AI Kallicharran	187	367	315	25	0	59.36	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
DL Amiss	179	511	397	22	1	45.08	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
GS Sobers	178*	340	-	19	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
IVA Richards	177	341	-	23	2	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
RB Simpson	176	388	355	17	0	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
GN Yallop	167	520	392	15	0	42.60	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
CH Lloyd	163	205	149	22	2	109.39	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
AR Border	162	416	360	24	1	45.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
RB Kanhai	158*	390	-	17	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
G Boycott	155	458	341	12	0	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
AW Greig	148	360	291	24	0	50.85	England	v India	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
IVA Richards	142	285	-	19	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
IT Botham	137	201	152	10	5	90.13	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
GS Sobers	132	-	-	-	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
IVA Richards	130	294	203	21	0	64.03	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976	Test # 774
Mudassar Nazar	126	450	337	13	0	37.38	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
CA Davis	125*	-	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	19 Mar 1971	Test # 684
AR Lewis	125	267	228	16	1	54.82	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
G Boycott	125	418	293	6	0	42.66	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
AI Kallicharran	124	281	-	15	2	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
KWR Fletcher	123*	335	289	8	0	42.56	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
GN Yallop	121	227	-	13	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
MH Denness	118	244	220	12	0	53.63	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
GM Turner	117	411	-	9	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
KWR Fletcher	113	298	259	13	0	43.62	England	v India	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
GM Turner	113	216	-	14	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
AB Williams	111	214	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
GS Sobers	108*	-	-	-	2	0.00	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	19 Mar 1971	Test # 684
R Illingworth	107	278	298	8	1	35.90	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
CG Greenidge	107	260	208	14	2	51.44	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
AW Greig	106	187	180	8	1	58.88	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
CA Davis	105	330	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
AL Mann	105	183	165	10	0	63.63	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
RC Fredericks	104	215	-	17	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
JM Parker	104	289	-	8	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
Asif Iqbal	104	-	-	15	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
AI Kallicharran	103*	257	-	8	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
AW Greig	103	434	347	7	1	29.68	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1977	Test # 791
CH Lloyd	102	175	-	12	2	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
BW Luckhurst	101	230	173	10	1	58.38	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
JH Edrich	100*	201	188	9	1	53.19	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
MH Denness	100	213	189	10	0	52.91	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
RC Fredericks	100	212	-	13	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
RB Simpson	100	264	200	6	0	50.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Javed Miandad	100	-	-	8	1	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
KJ Hughes	100	276	204	10	1	49.01	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
MLC Foster	99	-	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
AI Kallicharran	98	222	-	13	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
AI Kallicharran	98	209	155	16	0	63.22	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
KWR Fletcher	97*	230	180	10	4	53.88	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
Wasim Raja	97	251	174	15	0	55.74	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
JH Edrich	96	235	181	13	0	53.03	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Zaheer Abbas	96	-	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
SFAF Bacchus	96	-	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
MG Burgess	95	313	-	3	1	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
Wasim Raja	94*	229	124	5	1	75.80	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
GS Sobers	93	182	-	13	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
CG Greenidge	93	177	-	13	3	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
AI Kallicharran	93	-	-	12	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
KJ Hughes	92	301	240	9	1	38.33	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
DL Murray	91	267	-	9	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
JM Brearley	91	311	259	12	0	35.13	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
HA Gomes	91	265	-	13	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
APE Knott	90	117	116	11	1	77.58	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
RB Simpson	89	311	269	7	0	33.08	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
GN Yallop	89	198	-	13	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
P Lever	88*	227	214	7	0	41.12	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
DM Lewis	88	260	-	10	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
KJ Hughes	86	261	195	7	0	44.10	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
RB Kanhai	85	232	-	10	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
CS Serjeant	85	216	170	8	0	50.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
PM Toohey	85	231	258	9	0	32.94	Australia	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
Wasim Bari	85	-	-	-	1	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
AMJ Hilditch	85	182	162	9	0	52.46	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
ADG Roberts	84*	-	-	9	1	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
DA Murray	84	295	258	8	0	32.55	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
PM Toohey	83	164	140	7	0	59.28	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
GA Gooch	83	122	109	13	1	76.14	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
JA Jameson	82	162	152	10	2	53.94	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
RC Fredericks	82	270	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
DL Amiss	82	238	189	11	0	43.38	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
PM Toohey	82	142	142	11	1	57.74	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
HA Gomes	82	265	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
DI Gower	82	131	94	10	2	87.23	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
DM Lewis	81*	216	-	10	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	19 Mar 1971	Test # 684
APE Knott	81*	132	91	9	0	89.01	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
RA Hutton	81	132	125	13	0	64.80	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
RC Fredericks	80	-	-	-	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
KJ Hughes	80	168	144	8	0	55.55	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
CA Davis	79	225	-	9	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
DL Amiss	79	165	180	6	0	43.88	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741

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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]