Fielding Most Catches Career

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Most catches

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1976	10	19	20	4	1.052
AW Greig (ENG)	1973-1976	13	22	18	2	0.818
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	18	32	15	2	0.468
IM Chappell (AUS)	1973-1976	11	21	13	2	0.619
IR Redpath (AUS)	1973-1976	11	21	13	2	0.619
GS Chappell (AUS)	1973-1980	13	25	13	2	0.52
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	8	14	10	3	0.714
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	7	13	9	2	0.692
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	16	29	9	2	0.31
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1978-1978	5	9	8	3	0.888
AA Mallett (AUS)	1975-1976	6	11	8	2	0.727
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1976	6	11	8	3	0.727
Majid Khan (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	8	3	0.571
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	16	29	8	1	0.275
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1975-1977	6	12	7	2	0.583
FC Hayes (ENG)	1973-1976	9	15	7	2	0.466
DL Underwood (ENG)	1973-1976	12	21	7	1	0.333
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	16	29	7	1	0.241
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1976	6	9	6	2	0.666
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1978	5	9	6	2	0.666
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1973-1974	7	11	6	3	0.545
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1974-1979	12	21	6	1	0.285
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1978-1979	2	4	5	2	1.25
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1974	5	7	5	2	0.714
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	5	9	5	1	0.555
RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	5	9	5	2	0.555
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1979	6	10	5	3	0.5
BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1972	5	10	5	3	0.5
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1973-1973	5	10	5	2	0.5
GM Turner (NZ)	1972-1972	5	10	5	1	0.5
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1971	5	10	5	2	0.5
GN Yallop (AUS)	1976-1978	7	13	5	2	0.384
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1979	12	22	5	1	0.227
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1977	2	4	4	3	1
DB Close (ENG)	1976-1976	3	6	4	2	0.666
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1973-1973	4	8	4	2	0.5
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	6	9	4	1	0.444
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1975-1976	5	9	4	1	0.444
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	5	9	4	1	0.444
A Turner (AUS)	1975-1976	6	11	4	1	0.363
G Boycott (ENG)	1973-1974	8	12	4	1	0.333
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1976	9	16	4	2	0.25
M Hendrick (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	3	2	0.75
RW Morgan (NZ)	1972-1972	3	6	3	2	0.5
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	4	7	3	1	0.428
AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1975	4	8	3	2	0.375
GE Vivian (NZ)	1972-1972	4	8	3	1	0.375
GG Arnold (ENG)	1973-1974	6	9	3	1	0.333
MG Burgess (NZ)	1972-1972	5	10	3	1	0.3
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1977-1977	5	10	3	1	0.3
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1972-1972	5	10	3	1	0.3
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	6	10	3	1	0.3
PI Pocock (ENG)	1974-1976	6	10	3	3	0.3
DS Steele (ENG)	1976-1976	5	10	3	1	0.3
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1975-1977	5	10	3	1	0.3
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1975-1977	6	12	3	2	0.25
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	3	1	0.214
MHN Walker (AUS)	1973-1976	8	15	3	1	0.2
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1973	1	2	2	1	1
J Birkenshaw (ENG)	1974-1974	2	3	2	2	0.666
AD Ogilvie (AUS)	1978-1978	2	4	2	1	0.5
SA Durani (IND)	1971-1971	3	6	2	1	0.333
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1974-1975	4	8	2	1	0.25
JA Snow (ENG)	1973-1976	4	8	2	2	0.25
BR Taylor (NZ)	1972-1972	4	8	2	1	0.25
R Edwards (AUS)	1973-1973	5	10	2	1	0.2
JR Hammond (AUS)	1973-1973	5	10	2	2	0.2
Imran Khan (PAK)	1977-1977	5	10	2	1	0.2
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1976-1976	5	10	2	2	0.2
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	6	11	2	1	0.181
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1976	7	11	2	1	0.181
DL Amiss (ENG)	1973-1976	9	14	2	1	0.142
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	2	1	0.142
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	9	16	2	1	0.125
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1980	1	2	1	1	0.5
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1975-1975	1	2	1	1	0.5
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1977-1977	1	2	1	1	0.5
A Ward (ENG)	1976-1976	1	2	1	1	0.5
S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1976	2	3	1	1	0.333
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1973-1973	2	3	1	1	0.333
JC Balderstone (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	1	1	0.25
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	1	1	0.25
GT Dowling (NZ)	1972-1972	2	4	1	1	0.25
JH Edrich (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	1	1	0.25
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	1	1	0.25
BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	1	1	0.25
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	2	4	1	1	0.25
MWW Selvey (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	1	1	0.25
WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1978	3	6	1	1	0.166
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1977-1977	3	6	1	1	0.166
PM Toohey (AUS)	1978-1980	4	7	1	1	0.142
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1972-1972	4	8	1	1	0.125
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	5	9	1	1	0.111
BE Congdon (NZ)	1972-1972	5	10	1	1	0.1
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1976	6	11	1	1	0.09
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	1	1	0.071
DK Lillee (AUS)	1973-1980	8	15	1	1	0.066
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1979	11	20	1	1	0.05
FM Engineer (IND)	1974-1975	5	0	0	0	-
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1979	10	0	0	0	-

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All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure
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]