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Top Cricket Stats and Records – 1972 Performances & Rankings
Explore 1972 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.
Year
Stat Leaders
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OVERALL
TEST
ODI
T20I
Most Runs
ALL
Full →
1
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
744
2
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
692
3
Glenn
TURNER
NZ
672
4
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
635
5
Tony
GREIG
ENG
547
6
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
531
7
Roy
FREDERICKS
WI
487
8
Charlie
DAVIS
WI
466
9
Rod
MARSH
AUS
454
10
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
449
Most Runs
TEST
Full →
1
Glenn
TURNER
NZ
672
2
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
643
3
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
605
4
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
531
5
Tony
GREIG
ENG
492
6
Roy
FREDERICKS
WI
487
7
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
485
8
Charlie
DAVIS
WI
466
9
Rod
MARSH
AUS
437
10
Lawrence
ROWE
WI
419
Most Runs
ODI
Full →
1
Dennis
AMISS
ENG
168
2
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
150
3
Keith
FLETCHER
ENG
114
4
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
101
5
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
87
6
Paul
SHEAHAN
AUS
75
7
Geoff
BOYCOTT
ENG
74
8
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
69
9
Alan
KNOTT
ENG
56
10
Tony
GREIG
ENG
55
Most Balls Faced
ALL
Full →
1
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
1462
2
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
1449
3
Tony
GREIG
ENG
1370
4
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
1225
5
Glenn
TURNER
NZ
759
6
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
751
7
John
EDRICH
ENG
713
8
Paul
SHEAHAN
AUS
684
9
Rod
MARSH
AUS
627
10
Barry
WOOD
ENG
614
Most Balls Faced
TEST
Full →
1
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
1322
2
Tony
GREIG
ENG
1294
3
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
1283
4
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
949
5
Glenn
TURNER
NZ
759
6
John
EDRICH
ENG
713
7
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
648
8
Ray
ILLINGWORTH
ENG
601
9
Rod
MARSH
AUS
595
10
Barry
WOOD
ENG
584
Most Balls Faced
ODI
Full →
1
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
276
2
Dennis
AMISS
ENG
258
3
Keith
FLETCHER
ENG
196
4
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
166
5
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
140
6
Geoff
BOYCOTT
ENG
136
7
Paul
SHEAHAN
AUS
124
8
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
103
9
Tony
GREIG
ENG
76
10
John
HAMPSHIRE
ENG
73
Highest Score
ALL
Full →
1
Glenn
TURNER
NZ
259
2
Lawrence
ROWE
WI
214
3
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
196
4
Charlie
DAVIS
WI
183
5
Terry
JARVIS
NZ
182
6
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
170
7
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
166
8
Roy
FREDERICKS
WI
163
9
Majid
KHAN
PAK
158
10
Sir
GARRY
SOBERS
WI
142
Highest Score
TEST
Full →
1
Glenn
TURNER
NZ
259
2
Lawrence
ROWE
WI
214
3
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
196
4
Charlie
DAVIS
WI
183
5
Terry
JARVIS
NZ
182
6
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
170
7
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
166
8
Roy
FREDERICKS
WI
163
9
Majid
KHAN
PAK
158
10
Sir
GARRY
SOBERS
WI
142
Highest Score
ODI
Full →
1
Dennis
AMISS
ENG
103
2
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
61
3
Keith
FLETCHER
ENG
60
4
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
57
5
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
53
6
Alan
KNOTT
ENG
50
7
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
48
8
Brian
CLOSE
ENG
43
9
Geoff
BOYCOTT
ENG
41
Best Strike Rate
ALL
Full →
1
Asif
MASOOD
PAK
100.00
2
Brian
CLOSE
ENG
98.00
3
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
75.00
4
Zaheer
ABBAS
PAK
73.08
5
Rod
MARSH
AUS
72.41
6
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
6
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
6
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
6
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
7
Ian
REDPATH
AUS
64.98
8
Jeff
THOMSON
AUS
63.33
9
John
BENAUD
AUS
62.75
10
John
PRICE
ENG
60.53
Best Strike Rate
TEST
Full →
1
Asif
MASOOD
PAK
100.00
2
Rod
MARSH
AUS
73.45
3
Zaheer
ABBAS
PAK
73.08
4
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
4
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
4
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
4
Asif
IQBAL
PAK
66.67
5
Ian
REDPATH
AUS
64.98
6
Jeff
THOMSON
AUS
63.33
7
John
BENAUD
AUS
62.75
8
John
PRICE
ENG
60.53
9
Erapalli
PRASANNA
IND
60.00
10
Majid
KHAN
PAK
56.16
Best Strike Rate
ODI
Full →
1
Brian
CLOSE
ENG
98.00
2
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
91.67
3
Alan
KNOTT
ENG
87.50
4
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
81.25
5
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
75.00
6
Tony
GREIG
ENG
72.37
7
Graeme
WATSON
AUS
68.75
8
Ross
EDWARDS
AUS
66.99
9
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
66.67
10
Doug
WALTERS
AUS
65.38
Most sixes
ALL
Full →
1
Rod
MARSH
AUS
10
2
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
5
3
Alvin
KALLICHARRAN
WI
2
Most sixes
TEST
Full →
1
Rod
MARSH
AUS
10
2
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
5
3
Alvin
KALLICHARRAN
WI
2
Most sixes
ODI
Full →
1
Brian
CLOSE
ENG
1
2
John
HAMPSHIRE
ENG
0
Best Averages
ALL
Full →
1
Majid
KHAN
PAK
227 / 4
Best Averages
TEST
Full →
1
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
643 / 11
Best Averages
ODI
Full →
1
Geoff
BOYCOTT
ENG
74 / 3
Most 50s
ALL
Full →
1
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
7
2
Tony
GREIG
ENG
5
3
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
4
4
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
3
5
Roy
FREDERICKS
WI
2
Most 50s
TEST
Full →
1
Tony
GREIG
ENG
5
2
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
3
3
Farokh
ENGINEER
IND
2
Most 50s
ODI
Full →
1
Keith
STACKPOLE
AUS
2
2
Ian
CHAPPELL
AUS
1
Most 100s
ALL
Full →
1
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
3
2
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
2
3
Sadiq
MOHAMMAD
PAK
1
Most 100s
TEST
Full →
1
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
3
2
Glenn
TURNER
NZ
2
3
Lawrence
ROWE
WI
1
Most 100s
ODI
Full →
1
Dennis
AMISS
ENG
1
Most Not Outs
ALL
Full →
1
Tony
GREIG
ENG
4
2
Rod
MARSH
AUS
3
3
Bishan
BEDI
IND
2
Most Not Outs
TEST
Full →
1
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
4
2
Saleem
ALTAF
PAK
3
3
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
2
Most Not Outs
ODI
Full →
1
John
SNOW
ENG
2
2
Jeff
HAMMOND
AUS
1
Most Wickets
ALL
Full →
1
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
44
2
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
30
3
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
28
4
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
27
5
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
25
6
Derek
UNDERWOOD
ENG
23
7
Tony
GREIG
ENG
19
8
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
18
9
Hedley
HOWARTH
NZ
14
Most Wickets
TEST
Full →
1
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
39
2
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
27
3
John
SNOW
ENG
24
4
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
23
5
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
22
6
Tony
GREIG
ENG
18
7
Hedley
HOWARTH
NZ
14
Most Wickets
ODI
Full →
1
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
6
2
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
5
3
John
SNOW
ENG
4
4
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
3
5
Basil
D'OLIVEIRA
ENG
2
Best Bowling Fig
ALL
Full →
1
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
8/9
2
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
8/26
3
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
8/42
4
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
7/9
5
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
6/7
6
Derek
UNDERWOOD
ENG
6/16
7
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
6/17
8
John
SNOW
ENG
5/11
9
Tony
GREIG
ENG
5/13
10
Bishan
BEDI
IND
5/50
Best Bowling Fig
TEST
Full →
1
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
8/9
2
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
8/26
3
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
8/42
4
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
7/9
5
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
6/7
6
Derek
UNDERWOOD
ENG
6/16
7
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
6/17
8
John
SNOW
ENG
5/11
9
Tony
GREIG
ENG
5/13
10
Bishan
BEDI
IND
5/50
Best Bowling Fig
ODI
Full →
1
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
4/27
2
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
3/25
3
John
SNOW
ENG
3/29
4
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
3/33
5
Doug
WALTERS
AUS
2/16
6
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
2/16
7
Barry
WOOD
ENG
2/20
8
Graeme
WATSON
AUS
2/28
9
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
2/35
10
Basil
D'OLIVEIRA
ENG
1/19
Worst Bowling Fig
ALL
Full →
1
Tony
HOWARD
WI
2/140
2
Hedley
HOWARTH
NZ
3/138
3
Bob
CUNIS
NZ
1/130
4
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
8/124
5
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
6/123
6
Intikhab
ALAM
PAK
2/115
7
Max
WALKER
AUS
3/112
8
John
SNOW
ENG
5/111
9
Jack
ALABASTER
NZ
1/110
10
Asif
MASOOD
PAK
3/110
Worst Bowling Fig
TEST
Full →
1
Tony
HOWARD
WI
2/140
2
Hedley
HOWARTH
NZ
3/138
3
Bob
CUNIS
NZ
1/130
4
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
8/124
5
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
6/123
6
Intikhab
ALAM
PAK
2/115
7
Max
WALKER
AUS
3/112
8
John
SNOW
ENG
5/111
9
Asif
MASOOD
PAK
3/110
10
Jack
ALABASTER
NZ
1/110
Worst Bowling Fig
ODI
Full →
1
David
COLLEY
AUS
0/72
2
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
3/56
3
Tony
GREIG
ENG
1/50
4
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
3/50
5
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
2/49
6
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
4/47
7
Basil
D'OLIVEIRA
ENG
1/46
8
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
2/43
9
Jeff
HAMMOND
AUS
1/41
10
John
SNOW
ENG
3/35
Most Dots
ALL
Full →
1
Ian
REDPATH
AUS
0
Most Dots
TEST
Full →
1
Ian
REDPATH
AUS
0
Most Dots
ODI
Full →
1
Brian
CLOSE
ENG
0
Best Average
ALL
Full →
42
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
21.13
43
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
21.11
44
Bishan
BEDI
IND
19.25
45
Chris
OLD
ENG
19.17
46
Derek
UNDERWOOD
ENG
18.13
47
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
17.70
48
Erapalli
PRASANNA
IND
17.33
49
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
17.21
50
Barry
WOOD
ENG
16.50
51
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
14.22
Best Average
TEST
Full →
39
John
INVERARITY
AUS
22.50
40
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
20.49
41
Bishan
BEDI
IND
19.25
42
Chris
OLD
ENG
19.17
43
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
18.70
44
Derek
UNDERWOOD
ENG
18.13
45
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
17.70
46
Erapalli
PRASANNA
IND
17.33
47
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
16.82
48
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
14.22
Best Average
ODI
Full →
4
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
41.50
5
Jeff
HAMMOND
AUS
41.00
6
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
37.00
7
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
26.00
8
John
SNOW
ENG
24.25
9
Doug
WALTERS
AUS
20.00
10
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
18.67
11
Graeme
WATSON
AUS
14.00
12
Barry
WOOD
ENG
10.00
Best Economy
ALL
Full →
1
Terry
JARVIS
NZ
0.00
2
Sunil
GAVASKAR
IND
1.00
3
Raphick
JUMADEEN
WI
1.00
4
Syed
ABID
ALI
IND
1.40
5
John
INVERARITY
AUS
1.48
6
Bishan
BEDI
IND
1.52
7
Charlie
DAVIS
WI
1.64
8
David
HOLFORD
WI
1.74
9
Maurice
FOSTER
WI
1.75
10
Roy
FREDERICKS
WI
1.76
Best Economy
TEST
Full →
1
Terry
JARVIS
NZ
0.00
2
Sunil
GAVASKAR
IND
1.00
3
Raphick
JUMADEEN
WI
1.00
4
Syed
ABID
ALI
IND
1.40
5
Doug
WALTERS
AUS
1.40
6
John
INVERARITY
AUS
1.48
7
Bishan
BEDI
IND
1.52
8
Charlie
DAVIS
WI
1.64
9
David
HOLFORD
WI
1.74
10
Maurice
FOSTER
WI
1.75
Best Economy
ODI
Full →
1
John
SNOW
ENG
2.94
2
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
2.96
3
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
3.19
4
Barry
WOOD
ENG
3.33
5
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
3.39
6
Tony
GREIG
ENG
3.43
7
Graeme
WATSON
AUS
3.50
8
Doug
WALTERS
AUS
3.64
9
Basil
D'OLIVEIRA
ENG
3.92
10
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
3.94
Best Strike Rate
ALL
Full →
44
Doug
WALTERS
AUS
48.00
45
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
47.10
46
Chris
OLD
ENG
47.00
47
Max
WALKER
AUS
45.60
48
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
40.23
49
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
40.14
50
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
38.18
51
Mushtaq
MOHAMMAD
PAK
36.40
52
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
36.36
53
Barry
WOOD
ENG
24.00
Best Strike Rate
TEST
Full →
41
John
SNOW
ENG
51.38
42
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
50.63
43
Erapalli
PRASANNA
IND
50.00
44
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
48.06
45
Chris
OLD
ENG
47.00
46
Max
WALKER
AUS
45.60
47
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
42.08
48
Bhagwath
CHANDRASEKHAR
IND
40.23
49
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
38.18
50
Mushtaq
MOHAMMAD
PAK
36.40
Best Strike Rate
ODI
Full →
3
Greg
CHAPPELL
AUS
75.00
4
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
60.60
5
Jeff
HAMMOND
AUS
54.00
6
John
SNOW
ENG
49.50
7
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
39.60
8
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
36.36
9
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
33.00
10
Graeme
WATSON
AUS
24.00
11
Barry
WOOD
ENG
18.00
Most Runs Conceed
ALL
Full →
1
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
929
2
Hedley
HOWARTH
NZ
703
3
John
SNOW
ENG
652
4
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
643
5
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
634
6
Bob
CUNIS
NZ
617
7
Tony
GREIG
ENG
586
8
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
482
9
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
478
10
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
446
Most Runs Conceed
TEST
Full →
1
Dennis
LILLEE
AUS
799
2
Hedley
HOWARTH
NZ
703
3
Bob
CUNIS
NZ
617
4
Ashley
MALLETT
AUS
560
5
John
SNOW
ENG
555
6
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
505
7
Tony
GREIG
ENG
483
8
Bruce
TAYLOR
NZ
478
9
Bev
CONGDON
NZ
446
10
Derek
UNDERWOOD
ENG
417
Most Runs Conceed
ODI
Full →
1
Bob
WOOLMER
ENG
130
2
Bob
MASSIE
AUS
129
3
Geoff
ARNOLD
ENG
112
4
Tony
GREIG
ENG
103
5
Basil
D'OLIVEIRA
ENG
102
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97
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83
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74
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100
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99
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ENG
78
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AUS
69
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ENG
67
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62
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52
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95
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78
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64
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63
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62
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4
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3
4
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ENG
2
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1
Dennis
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3
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AUS
2
3
Geoff
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1
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3
2
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MALLETT
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2
3
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ARNOLD
ENG
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