Bowling Most 10wm Career

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Most ten-wickets-in-a-match

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
DL Underwood (ENG)	1971-1974	6	10	1505	250.5	96	535	20	8/51	26.75	2.13	75.25	0	2	1
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1977	6	12	1811	226.3	35	893	33	6/82	27.06	2.95	54.87	2	2	1
WK Lees (NZ)	1976-1979	6	1	5	0.5	0	4	0	-	0.00	4.80	0.00	0	0	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1972-1973	3	1	8	1.0	0	10	0	-	0.00	7.50	0.00	0	0	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	8	1	8	-	0	2	0	-	0.00	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1977-1978	3	1	8	1.0	0	2	0	-	0.00	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
S Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	3	1	11	1.5	0	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.00	0	0	0
D Lloyd (ENG)	1974-1974	3	1	12	2.0	0	13	0	-	0.00	6.50	0.00	0	0	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1973-1974	6	1	18	3.0	0	22	0	-	0.00	7.33	0.00	0	0	0
B Wood (ENG)	1973-1978	2	1	18	3.0	2	2	0	-	0.00	0.66	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1978-1979	7	2	22	3.4	1	13	0	-	0.00	3.54	0.00	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1971-1978	5	1	24	-	0	4	0	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1976-1976	2	2	24	3.0	0	9	0	-	0.00	2.25	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1973-1979	9	1	32	4.0	1	20	1	1/20	20.00	3.75	32.00	0	0	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1979	7	2	36	6.0	0	29	0	-	0.00	4.83	0.00	0	0	0
CL King (WI)	1977-1977	1	2	42	7.0	2	18	0	-	0.00	2.57	0.00	0	0	0
JR Watkins (AUS)	1973-1973	1	1	48	6.0	1	21	0	-	0.00	2.62	0.00	0	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1976-1977	3	2	56	7.0	1	21	0	-	0.00	2.25	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1979	7	3	60	10.0	1	52	1	1/34	52.00	5.20	60.00	0	0	0
JSE Price (ENG)	1971-1971	1	1	70	11.4	5	29	3	3/29	9.66	2.48	23.33	0	0	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1973	3	3	72	9.0	1	37	0	-	0.00	3.08	0.00	0	0	0
ADG Roberts (NZ)	1976-1976	2	2	100	12.4	3	41	2	1/18	20.50	2.46	50.00	0	0	0
V Pollard (NZ)	1973-1973	1	1	104	13.0	2	64	0	-	0.00	3.69	0.00	0	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	127	15.7	2	78	2	1/16	39.00	3.68	63.50	0	0	0
K Shuttleworth (ENG)	1971-1971	1	1	138	23.0	2	83	0	-	0.00	3.60	0.00	0	0	0
RNS Hobbs (ENG)	1971-1971	1	2	144	24.0	5	70	0	-	0.00	2.91	0.00	0	0	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1973-1977	4	4	144	18.0	5	49	0	-	0.00	2.04	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1979	2	2	144	18.0	5	44	2	2/35	22.00	1.83	72.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1976-1979	5	6	152	19.0	3	71	1	1/13	71.00	2.80	152.00	0	0	0
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1979-1979	1	2	152	19.0	1	103	1	1/50	103.00	4.06	152.00	0	0	0
A Ward (ENG)	1971-1971	1	1	174	29.0	3	115	0	-	0.00	3.96	0.00	0	0	0
DAJ Holford (WI)	1977-1977	1	2	204	34.0	6	109	5	3/69	21.80	3.20	40.80	0	0	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1977-1977	1	2	210	35.0	15	75	3	2/41	25.00	2.14	70.00	0	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1976	2	3	221	27.5	3	144	2	2/34	72.00	3.90	110.50	0	0	0
RC Fredericks (WI)	1975-1977	7	6	221	-	7	101	3	1/14	33.66	2.74	73.66	0	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	224	28.0	5	94	1	1/42	94.00	2.51	224.00	0	0	0
J Birkenshaw (ENG)	1973-1973	1	2	297	49.3	10	146	6	5/57	24.33	2.94	49.50	0	1	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	304	38.0	10	103	1	1/56	103.00	2.03	304.00	0	0	0
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1977-1977	1	2	306	51.0	16	127	2	1/55	63.50	2.49	153.00	0	0	0
Inshan Ali (WI)	1977-1977	1	2	312	52.0	11	159	5	3/86	31.80	3.05	62.40	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1977	7	6	315	-	13	108	3	2/34	36.00	2.05	105.00	0	0	0
KD Boyce (WI)	1975-1975	2	4	352	44.0	6	177	4	3/55	44.25	3.01	88.00	0	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	358	44.6	9	137	4	3/65	34.25	2.29	89.50	0	0	0
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	2	3	378	63.0	13	126	5	3/72	25.20	2.00	75.60	0	0	0
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1973	2	3	383	47.7	6	235	3	2/100	78.33	3.68	127.66	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	3	6	383	63.5	4	276	3	1/35	92.00	4.32	127.66	0	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1974	2	4	408	68.0	16	195	6	3/39	32.50	2.86	68.00	0	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1977	6	6	422	52.6	12	166	7	5/61	23.71	2.36	60.28	0	1	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	437	72.5	13	269	9	3/53	29.88	3.69	48.55	0	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1973	3	5	453	56.5	4	220	5	2/44	44.00	2.91	90.60	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1978	3	5	455	75.5	19	209	13	8/34	16.07	2.75	35.00	1	1	0
PJ Petherick (NZ)	1976-1976	2	3	471	58.7	8	283	7	3/103	40.42	3.60	67.28	0	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1979-1979	2	3	485	60.5	7	181	3	2/70	60.33	2.23	161.66	0	0	0
VA Holder (WI)	1975-1977	3	5	486	-	14	200	5	3/69	40.00	2.46	97.20	0	0	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1978-1978	2	3	486	81.0	17	251	2	1/34	125.50	3.09	243.00	0	0	0
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1976-1977	3	5	507	63.3	5	300	8	3/81	37.50	3.55	63.37	0	0	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	3	4	522	87.0	36	162	6	3/58	27.00	1.86	87.00	0	0	0
P Lever (ENG)	1971-1971	3	4	531	88.3	20	239	7	3/10	34.14	2.70	75.85	0	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1977-1978	3	5	542	67.6	14	195	4	2/47	48.75	2.15	135.50	0	0	0
RAL Massie (AUS)	1972-1973	2	4	544	68.0	16	238	8	4/70	29.75	2.62	68.00	1	0	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	568	94.4	14	293	8	3/11	36.62	3.09	71.00	0	0	0
BD Julien (WI)	1975-1977	3	6	574	-	17	233	3	1/25	77.66	2.43	191.33	0	0	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1978-1978	3	4	576	96.0	13	385	8	4/130	48.12	4.01	72.00	1	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	584	73.0	19	153	3	2/33	51.00	1.57	194.66	0	0	0
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1971-1971	3	4	594	99.0	47	162	8	3/46	20.25	1.63	74.25	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1979	2	4	600	75.0	13	257	10	4/49	25.70	2.57	60.00	1	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	654	81.6	18	238	4	2/22	59.50	2.18	163.50	0	0	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	2	4	700	87.4	11	325	15	5/94	21.66	2.78	46.66	1	1	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1975-1975	2	4	717	89.5	27	210	7	3/89	30.00	1.75	102.42	0	0	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1972-1973	2	4	731	91.3	16	291	13	8/59	22.38	2.38	56.23	0	1	0
G Miller (ENG)	1977-1978	6	8	756	-	24	312	6	3/102	52.00	2.47	126.00	0	0	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1973-1973	3	4	774	129.0	25	377	8	5/169	47.12	2.92	96.75	0	1	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1978	3	6	828	138.0	24	449	6	3/124	74.83	3.25	138.00	0	0	0
GA Cope (ENG)	1977-1978	3	5	864	108.0	29	277	8	3/102	34.62	1.92	108.00	0	0	0
BR Taylor (NZ)	1973-1973	3	5	868	108.4	20	416	13	4/86	32.00	2.87	66.76	2	0	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1978-1979	5	9	876	146.0	30	454	11	4/63	41.27	3.10	79.63	1	0	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	1973-1976	4	8	936	117.0	7	544	11	2/19	49.45	3.48	85.09	0	0	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1973-1974	6	11	949	158.1	33	477	14	4/86	34.07	3.01	67.78	1	0	0
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	981	163.3	52	330	13	3/42	25.38	2.01	75.46	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1978	5	8	1062	-	39	331	18	7/66	18.38	1.87	59.00	2	1	0
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	4	8	1066	133.2	22	476	17	6/15	28.00	2.67	62.70	1	1	0
DR O'Sullivan (NZ)	1973-1976	4	5	1077	134.5	21	489	7	2/95	69.85	2.72	153.85	0	0	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1973-1973	3	5	1184	148.0	35	440	10	4/99	44.00	2.22	118.40	1	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1974-1978	7	12	1214	-	28	552	22	5/47	25.09	2.72	55.18	0	1	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1977	5	10	1307	217.5	45	676	33	8/29	20.48	3.10	39.60	2	1	0
J Garner (WI)	1977-1977	5	10	1317	219.3	41	688	25	4/48	27.52	3.13	52.68	3	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1976-1979	5	7	1328	166.0	29	589	11	3/86	53.54	2.66	120.72	0	0	0
GG Arnold (ENG)	1973-1974	6	11	1356	226.0	45	606	13	3/36	46.61	2.68	104.30	0	0	0
N Gifford (ENG)	1971-1973	4	6	1360	226.4	83	398	16	5/55	24.87	1.75	85.00	0	1	0
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1972-1977	5	9	1409	176.1	35	533	14	4/38	38.07	2.26	100.64	1	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	7	13	1441	240.1	41	732	26	6/63	28.15	3.04	55.42	1	2	0
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1978	8	14	1579	-	64	694	21	7/50	33.04	2.63	75.19	1	1	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	7	13	1744	218.0	15	973	30	5/62	32.43	3.34	58.13	2	3	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1977	7	14	2139	-	49	1085	31	5/66	35.00	3.04	69.00	2	1	0

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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]