Batting Most Fifties Career

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Most fifties (and over)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	50+	0	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1987	17	28	3	1367	166	54.68	2025+	42.86	3	8	11	1	101+	2
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1988	17	27	5	1256	153	57.09	2702	46.48	5	5	10	0	135	7
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1987	11	19	1	882	173*	49.00	1838	47.98	2	6	8	1	99	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1984	14	22	0	904	106	41.09	2146	42.12	2	6	8	1	95	5
M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1987	15	23	4	982	120	51.68	1402+	43.08	4	4	8	1	73+	6
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1988	9	15	1	817	123	58.35	1228	66.53	2	5	7	1	87	5
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1989	8	14	1	729	174	56.07	1604	45.44	1	5	6	1	93	2
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1984	11	16	1	996	235	66.40	1856	53.66	4	2	6	1	86	2
RJ Shastri (IND)	1982-1989	15	22	1	801	139	38.14	1249+	38.51	3	3	6	3	70+	3
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1980-1987	15	23	4	797	109	41.94	995+	43.81	1	5	6	1	45+	3
MW Gatting (ENG)	1982-1987	14	25	2	842	150*	36.60	1961	42.93	2	4	6	3	111	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	22	30	2	747	84	26.67	805+	73.78	0	6	6	2	76+	6
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1989-1989	4	7	1	569	218	94.83	1223	46.52	2	3	5	0	70	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1987-1989	9	13	0	627	141	48.23	848+	54.95	3	2	5	1	67+	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1984	5	8	1	451	201	64.42	436+	46.10	1	3	4	0	17+	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1984-1985	6	10	1	565	158*	62.77	1463	38.61	3	1	4	1	59	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1987-1987	7	11	3	369	74*	46.12	924	39.93	0	4	4	1	40	5
GN Yallop (AUS)	1980-1984	9	13	0	849	268	65.30	1852	45.84	3	1	4	0	87	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1986	8	14	2	533	135*	44.41	253+	49.40	1	3	4	1	19+	5
BM Laird (AUS)	1980-1982	9	17	1	492	85	30.75	1349	36.47	0	4	4	1	34	0
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	11	17	0	479	127	28.17	606+	67.32	1	3	4	2	63+	1
G Fowler (ENG)	1982-1984	3	5	0	229	86	45.80	500	45.80	0	3	3	0	29	0
GR Marsh (AUS)	1988-1988	3	6	1	233	84*	46.60	615	37.88	0	3	3	0	34	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1989-1989	4	7	0	269	97	38.42	565	47.61	0	3	3	1	33	1
J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1987	4	7	0	222	70	31.71	268+	37.31	0	3	3	1	16+	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1982-1984	4	7	1	237	83	39.50	485	48.86	0	3	3	0	22	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1982-1984	7	10	3	248	74	35.42	370+	54.05	0	3	3	1	31+	1
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1988	6	11	0	388	75	35.27	773	50.19	0	3	3	0	48	1
RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	8	11	4	281	83*	40.14	399+	39.09	0	3	3	2	19+	2
BC Broad (ENG)	1987-1987	7	13	0	397	116	30.53	1196	33.19	1	2	3	1	39	0
RL Dias (SL)	1982-1986	7	13	0	419	109	32.23	502+	58.76	1	2	3	0	44+	1
JG Wright (NZ)	1984-1989	8	14	0	398	107	28.42	949	41.93	1	2	3	0	53	3
IT Botham (ENG)	1982-1987	9	16	1	427	69	28.46	961	44.43	0	3	3	1	52	2
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1986	9	17	0	506	157	29.76	672+	47.02	1	2	3	3	46+	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1981-1988	9	17	2	545	100	36.33	1536	35.48	1	2	3	1	47	4
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-1989	4	6	0	215	59	35.83	487	44.14	0	2	2	0	23	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1987-1987	3	6	0	225	93	37.50	520	43.26	0	2	2	0	23	0
J Dyson (AUS)	1982-1982	3	6	0	220	87	36.66	504	43.65	0	2	2	0	27	3
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1982-1982	3	6	0	216	82	36.00	734	29.42	0	2	2	0	24	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1984	5	7	1	362	159	60.33	776	46.64	1	1	2	0	33	0
DJ Capel (ENG)	1987-1987	4	8	0	206	98	25.75	693	29.72	0	2	2	2	18	1
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1983	7	10	2	271	63*	33.87	630+	34.92	0	2	2	0	26+	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-1986	6	11	1	345	122	34.50	-	0.00	2	0	2	0	17+	3
DW Randall (ENG)	1982-1984	6	11	0	271	105	24.63	525	51.61	1	1	2	2	28	1
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1985	6	11	1	230	91*	23.00	415+	37.34	0	2	2	3	23+	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1987-1987	7	12	1	315	166	28.63	789	39.92	1	1	2	1	33	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1984-1989	8	12	3	309	65	34.33	471	65.60	0	2	2	1	34	1
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1984-1989	8	13	1	355	62	29.58	1043	34.03	0	2	2	2	36	2
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1986	9	15	0	244	58	16.26	199+	58.29	0	2	2	1	17+	1
K Srikkanth (IND)	1983-1989	11	18	0	436	123	24.22	507+	58.57	1	1	2	1	41+	4
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1989-1989	1	2	1	89	76	89.00	207	42.99	0	1	1	0	15	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1984	2	2	1	97	75	97.00	259	37.45	0	1	1	0	11	0
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	3	3	1	115	71	57.50	185	62.16	0	1	1	0	11	2
JM Wiener (AUS)	1980-1980	2	3	0	102	93	34.00	239	42.67	0	1	1	0	10	2
AH Jones (NZ)	1989-1989	2	4	0	172	86	43.00	462	37.22	0	1	1	1	11	2
RH Vance (NZ)	1989-1989	2	4	0	148	68	37.00	441	33.56	0	1	1	0	20	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1988-1988	2	4	2	110	54*	55.00	331	33.23	0	1	1	0	17	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1988-1988	3	5	0	92	59	18.40	236	38.98	0	1	1	1	11	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1984-1984	3	5	0	132	66	26.40	452	29.20	0	1	1	0	13	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1989-1989	4	6	3	168	54*	56.00	429	39.16	0	1	1	0	19	1
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-1988	3	6	0	156	54	26.00	389	40.10	0	1	1	1	16	0
AL Logie (WI)	1988-1988	3	6	0	126	80	21.00	195	64.61	0	1	1	1	16	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1985-1986	3	6	2	216	116*	54.00	-	0.00	1	0	1	0	-	1
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1982	3	6	1	205	106*	41.00	532	38.53	1	0	1	0	13	3
HM Goonatilleke (SL)	1982-1982	3	6	0	146	56	24.33	357	40.89	0	1	1	0	18	0
DA Murray (WI)	1980-1981	4	6	0	142	50	23.66	431	32.94	0	1	1	2	11	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1985-1986	4	7	1	110	56	18.33	-	0.00	0	1	1	0	0+	2
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1985-1989	5	7	1	184	89	30.66	307	59.93	0	1	1	0	21	2
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1984	5	7	1	256	179	42.66	390	65.64	1	0	1	0	34	1
BN French (ENG)	1987-1987	7	10	2	183	59	22.87	452	40.48	0	1	1	2	24	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1984-1985	6	10	2	286	111*	35.75	665	43.00	1	0	1	0	29	1
HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1986	7	10	0	212	61	21.20	713	29.73	0	1	1	0	18	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1986-1988	6	11	2	212	106*	23.55	479	44.25	1	0	1	3	22	1
CG Greenidge (WI)	1986-1988	6	11	0	267	75	24.27	619	43.13	0	1	1	0	29	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1982-1984	8	11	2	160	57*	17.77	325	49.23	0	1	1	3	19	1
RW Taylor (ENG)	1982-1984	6	11	2	137	54	15.22	391	35.03	0	1	1	1	12	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1983	8	11	0	176	53	16.00	444	39.63	0	1	1	2	23	0
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1987-1987	7	12	1	278	123	25.27	677	41.06	1	0	1	1	31	0
KS More (IND)	1987-1989	9	12	5	207	58*	29.57	361+	43.49	0	1	1	1	20+	1
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1988	10	17	1	328	88*	20.50	1065	30.79	0	1	1	2	28	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1980-1984	13	17	2	243	66	16.20	381+	39.89	0	1	1	2	16+	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1980-1984	14	22	2	395	71	19.75	867	45.55	0	1	1	2	43	4

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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 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]