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
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	6	12	1101	183.3	39	478	28	7/46	17.07	2.60	39.32	0	2	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1976-1976	5	10	1149	-	22	634	25	7/23	25.36	3.31	45.96	2	1	1
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1979	5	9	1209	201.3	44	598	26	8/69	23.00	2.96	46.50	0	3	1
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1979	5	7	1276	212.4	46	580	24	7/67	24.16	2.72	53.16	2	2	1
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1978-1979	7	11	1499	249.5	84	599	13	6/40	46.07	2.39	115.30	1	1	1
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1976	7	13	1569	261.3	63	761	38	7/64	20.02	2.91	41.28	0	3	1
RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1971	5	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1976-1977	2	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1971-1971	3	1	12	2.0	0	9	1	1/9	9.00	4.50	12.00	0	0	0
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1973	3	1	12	2.0	0	13	0	-	0.00	6.50	0.00	0	0	0
D Lloyd (ENG)	1974-1974	2	1	12	2.0	0	4	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
AR Butcher (ENG)	1979-1979	1	1	12	2.0	0	9	0	-	0.00	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1976-1976	6	1	16	-	1	2	0	-	0.00	0.75	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1979	2	1	24	4.0	0	16	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1973	2	1	30	5.0	1	14	0	-	0.00	2.80	0.00	0	0	0
DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	5	1	30	5.0	2	11	0	-	0.00	2.20	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1974-1979	15	2	35	5.5	2	9	0	-	0.00	1.54	0.00	0	0	0
JM Parker (NZ)	1976-1976	6	1	40	-	2	24	1	1/24	24.00	3.60	40.00	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1971-1979	6	2	42	7.0	3	8	0	-	0.00	1.14	0.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1976-1976	2	2	48	8.0	1	30	0	-	0.00	3.75	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1979	7	3	60	10.0	2	26	1	1/7	26.00	2.60	60.00	0	0	0
S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1979	5	5	72	12.0	4	28	0	-	0.00	2.33	0.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1976	9	2	78	13.0	2	27	0	-	0.00	2.07	0.00	0	0	0
MC Carew (WI)	1971-1971	3	3	84	14.0	4	20	0	-	0.00	1.42	0.00	0	0	0
MWW Selvey (ENG)	1977-1977	1	1	90	15.0	1	80	0	-	0.00	5.33	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	7	6	96	-	2	62	1	1/21	62.00	3.87	96.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1979	6	6	96	16.0	3	65	1	1/54	65.00	4.06	96.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	4	4	120	20.0	5	67	1	1/25	67.00	3.35	120.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1976	14	7	132	22.0	2	79	0	-	0.00	3.59	0.00	0	0	0
WW Daniel (WI)	1976-1976	1	2	140	23.2	7	64	2	2/52	32.00	2.74	70.00	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	4	6	150	25.0	9	49	1	1/16	49.00	1.96	150.00	0	0	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1978-1978	1	2	174	29.0	7	70	1	1/34	70.00	2.41	174.00	0	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1976-1976	1	2	180	30.0	3	116	1	1/69	116.00	3.86	180.00	0	0	0
CA Davis (WI)	1971-1971	4	6	186	31.0	5	69	0	-	0.00	2.22	0.00	0	0	0
P Lever (ENG)	1971-1971	1	2	198	33.0	7	84	5	5/70	16.80	2.54	39.60	0	1	0
Imtiaz Ali (WI)	1976-1976	1	2	204	34.0	10	89	2	2/37	44.50	2.61	102.00	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1978-1979	7	4	218	36.2	15	72	2	1/3	36.00	1.98	109.00	0	0	0
RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1976	13	11	222	37.0	8	94	1	1/24	94.00	2.54	222.00	0	0	0
Inshan Ali (WI)	1971-1971	1	2	228	38.0	5	125	1	1/65	125.00	3.28	228.00	0	0	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1971-1971	2	4	234	39.0	14	52	1	1/10	52.00	1.33	234.00	0	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1979	2	2	246	41.0	8	145	0	-	0.00	3.53	0.00	0	0	0
P Willey (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	287	47.5	16	106	2	2/96	53.00	2.21	143.50	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1979	6	6	312	52.0	16	110	3	2/60	36.66	2.11	104.00	0	0	0
ADG Roberts (NZ)	1976-1976	5	6	340	-	12	141	2	1/12	70.50	2.48	170.00	0	0	0
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1971-1971	3	5	348	58.0	28	83	3	2/40	27.66	1.43	116.00	0	0	0
RMH Cottam (ENG)	1972-1973	2	4	348	58.0	12	147	5	3/45	29.40	2.53	69.60	0	0	0
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	3	5	360	60.0	14	131	4	2/38	32.75	2.18	90.00	0	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1979-1979	3	4	360	60.0	17	173	2	1/27	86.50	2.88	180.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1978-1979	7	6	372	62.0	20	146	3	3/55	48.66	2.35	124.00	0	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	3	4	414	69.0	23	134	2	2/52	67.00	1.94	207.00	0	0	0
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1979-1979	2	3	424	70.4	22	139	8	5/47	17.37	1.96	53.00	0	1	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1979	6	11	438	73.0	22	176	5	2/4	35.20	2.41	87.60	0	0	0
IW Callen (AUS)	1978-1978	1	2	440	55.0	5	191	6	3/83	31.83	2.60	73.33	0	0	0
JA Snow (ENG)	1971-1971	2	4	444	74.0	21	169	6	2/64	28.16	2.28	74.00	0	0	0
GC Shillingford (WI)	1971-1971	3	5	450	75.0	9	217	4	2/70	54.25	2.89	112.50	0	0	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1976-1976	2	3	450	56.2	16	160	5	2/15	32.00	2.13	90.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	3	5	450	75.0	16	235	6	4/55	39.16	3.13	75.00	1	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1976-1976	3	4	455	56.7	9	139	6	5/65	23.16	1.83	75.83	0	1	0
ET Willett (WI)	1974-1975	2	4	456	76.0	29	155	4	2/30	38.75	2.03	114.00	0	0	0
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	2	456	76.0	21	134	1	1/36	134.00	1.76	456.00	0	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1979	3	4	468	78.0	11	265	3	1/44	88.33	3.39	156.00	0	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1977-1978	4	7	471	58.7	17	150	4	2/26	37.50	1.91	117.75	0	0	0
J Birkenshaw (ENG)	1973-1973	2	4	480	80.0	14	227	5	2/66	45.40	2.83	96.00	0	0	0
JSE Price (ENG)	1971-1971	3	6	486	81.0	21	207	8	2/30	25.87	2.55	60.75	0	0	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1977-1979	3	4	488	-	14	225	2	2/50	112.50	2.76	244.00	0	0	0
UG Dowe (WI)	1971-1971	2	4	510	85.0	15	245	7	4/69	35.00	2.88	72.85	1	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1977-1978	5	8	524	65.4	9	283	4	1/11	70.75	3.24	131.00	0	0	0
KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1975	4	8	526	87.4	18	305	8	3/43	38.12	3.47	65.75	0	0	0
AL Mann (AUS)	1977-1978	4	7	552	69.0	4	316	4	3/12	79.00	3.43	138.00	0	0	0
DAJ Holford (WI)	1971-1976	3	5	604	100.4	15	257	9	5/23	28.55	2.55	67.11	0	1	0
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1976-1976	3	6	608	76.0	7	284	9	3/76	31.55	2.80	67.55	0	0	0
JN Shepherd (WI)	1971-1971	2	4	618	103.0	26	213	7	3/78	30.42	2.06	88.28	0	0	0
N Gifford (ENG)	1971-1973	4	5	686	114.2	37	230	11	4/43	20.90	2.01	62.36	2	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1976-1976	3	5	698	-	24	246	9	5/55	27.33	2.11	77.55	0	1	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	3	5	711	118.3	43	202	7	5/70	28.85	1.70	101.57	0	1	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	1976-1976	4	8	712	-	12	314	12	6/63	26.16	2.64	59.33	0	1	0
JB Gannon (AUS)	1977-1978	3	5	726	90.6	13	361	11	4/77	32.81	2.98	66.00	1	0	0
PJ Petherick (NZ)	1976-1976	3	6	802	133.4	27	384	9	3/90	42.66	2.87	89.11	0	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1976	4	7	828	138.0	35	378	19	6/65	19.89	2.73	43.57	1	1	0
AG Barrett (WI)	1971-1975	4	7	868	144.4	37	343	6	3/43	57.16	2.37	144.66	0	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1978	3	6	890	148.2	27	425	17	5/70	25.00	2.86	52.35	2	1	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1979-1979	4	7	966	161.0	56	323	6	2/60	53.83	2.00	161.00	0	0	0
DR Parry (WI)	1978-1979	6	8	1029	171.3	39	513	9	3/51	57.00	2.99	114.33	0	0	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1972-1973	4	8	1062	177.0	49	410	14	4/28	29.28	2.31	75.85	2	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	4	7	1074	179.0	49	472	20	5/35	23.60	2.63	53.70	1	2	0
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	6	9	1160	193.2	38	650	19	4/48	34.21	3.36	61.05	2	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1979	6	8	1166	194.2	39	591	11	4/66	53.72	3.04	106.00	1	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1977-1978	5	8	1167	145.7	21	516	22	4/76	23.45	2.65	53.04	3	0	0
BD Julien (WI)	1974-1976	8	15	1200	200.0	61	520	11	2/12	47.27	2.60	109.09	0	0	0
DR O'Sullivan (NZ)	1976-1976	4	8	1206	-	47	507	6	3/125	84.50	2.52	201.00	0	0	0
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1974	6	12	1220	203.2	55	504	27	6/45	18.66	2.47	45.18	1	1	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1979	7	13	1286	214.2	65	433	26	4/28	16.65	2.02	49.46	2	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1978-1979	6	10	1286	214.2	65	542	19	4/53	28.52	2.52	67.68	2	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1971	5	9	1314	219.0	70	401	12	3/72	33.41	1.83	109.50	0	0	0
JM Noreiga (WI)	1971-1971	4	7	1322	220.2	47	493	17	9/95	29.00	2.23	77.76	0	2	0
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1976-1979	6	10	1330	221.4	57	486	12	3/57	40.50	2.19	110.83	0	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1979-1979	6	8	1365	227.3	62	702	14	7/143	50.14	3.08	97.50	0	1	0
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1979	5	8	1403	233.5	39	711	21	5/126	33.85	3.04	66.80	2	1	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1979	4	7	1482	-	61	577	14	4/91	41.21	2.33	105.85	3	0	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1977-1978	5	9	1585	198.1	27	701	28	4/46	25.03	2.65	56.60	5	0	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]