Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1973 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1973 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Total Runs

All time

31697

Test

30119

ODI

1578

Total Wickets

All time

597

Test

526

ODI

Total Sixes

All time

1581

Test

1368

ODI

213

Total Fours

All time

47869

Test

45612

ODI

2257

Total Fifties

All time

121

Test

116

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

134

Test

124

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Keith FLETCHER 1191
Dennis AMISS ENG		1044
Tony GREIG ENG		856
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		804
Roy FREDERICKS WI		741
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		687
Ian CHAPPELL AUS		666
Clive LLOYD WI		646
Rohan KANHAI WI		636
Doug WALTERS AUS		601

Most Runs (Test)
Keith FLETCHER 1085
Dennis AMISS ENG		910
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		777
Ian CHAPPELL AUS		666
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		650
Roy FREDERICKS WI		632
Clive LLOYD WI		615
Doug WALTERS AUS		601
Asif IQBAL PAK		592
Asif IQBAL PAK		592

Most Runs (ODI)
Dennis AMISS 134
Roy FREDERICKS WI		109
Keith FLETCHER ENG		106
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		79
Mike DENNESS ENG		66
Rohan KANHAI WI		55
Mike SMITH ENG		50
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		49

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Keith FLETCHER 2189
Dennis AMISS ENG		1367
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1315
Tony GREIG ENG		1117
Bev CONGDON NZ		1003
Graham ROOPE ENG		968
Vic POLLARD NZ		817
Roy FREDERICKS WI		804
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		728
Ray ILLINGWORTH ENG		613

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Keith FLETCHER 2047
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1188
Dennis AMISS ENG		1182
Tony GREIG ENG		1021
Bev CONGDON NZ		990
Graham ROOPE ENG		861
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		728
Vic POLLARD NZ		705
Roy FREDERICKS WI		670
Ray ILLINGWORTH ENG		602

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Dennis AMISS 185
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		162
Keith FLETCHER ENG		142
Roy FREDERICKS WI		134
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		127
Mike DENNESS ENG		121
Vic POLLARD NZ		112
Glenn TURNER NZ		111
Mike SMITH ENG		107

Highest Score (All time)
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD 201
Keith FLETCHER ENG		178
Bev CONGDON NZ		176
Asif IQBAL PAK		175
Asif IQBAL PAK		175
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		166
Dennis AMISS ENG		158
Rohan KANHAI WI		157
Roy FREDERICKS WI		150

Highest Score (Test)
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD 201
Keith FLETCHER ENG		178
Bev CONGDON NZ		176
Asif IQBAL PAK		175
Asif IQBAL PAK		175
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		166
Dennis AMISS ENG		158
Rohan KANHAI WI		157
Roy FREDERICKS WI		150

Highest Score (ODI)
Roy FREDERICKS 105
Dennis AMISS ENG		100
Mike DENNESS ENG		66
Keith FLETCHER ENG		63
Rohan KANHAI WI		55
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		53
Tony GREIG ENG		48
Mark BURGESS NZ		47
Graham ROOPE ENG		44

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Gary GILMOUR 89.66
Bernard JULIEN WI		74.07
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		73.17
Keith BOYCE WI		66.67
Clive LLOYD WI		65.23
Keith STACKPOLE AUS		60.92
Kerry O'KEEFFE AUS		59.70
Mark BURGESS NZ		58.80
Ross EDWARDS AUS		58.54
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		57.14

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Gary GILMOUR 89.66
Bernard JULIEN WI		74.58
Keith BOYCE WI		68.98
Clive LLOYD WI		63.22
Keith STACKPOLE AUS		60.92
Kerry O'KEEFFE AUS		59.70
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		59.05
Ross EDWARDS AUS		58.54
Mark BURGESS NZ		57.42
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		55.49

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 141.67
Alan KNOTT ENG		120.00
Bob WILLIS ENG		112.50
Clive LLOYD WI		96.88
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		85.00
Tony GREIG ENG		82.29
Roy FREDERICKS WI		81.34
Majid KHAN PAK		80.00
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		75.38
Keith FLETCHER ENG		74.65

Most sixes (All time)
Intikhab ALAM 8
Clive LLOYD WI		7
Salim DURANI IND		6
Asif IQBAL PAK		4
Asif IQBAL PAK		4
Nawab OF PATAUDI IND		3

Most sixes (Test)
Intikhab ALAM 8
Clive LLOYD WI		6
Tony GREIG ENG		5
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		4
Nawab OF PATAUDI IND		3

Most sixes (ODI)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 2
Roy FREDERICKS WI		1

Best Averages (All time)
Clive LLOYD 646 / 11

Best Averages (Test)
Ajit WADEKAR 241 / 4

Best Averages (ODI)
Keith FLETCHER 106 / 3

Most 50s (All time)
Keith FLETCHER 10
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		6
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		5
Doug WALTERS AUS		4

Most 50s (Test)
Keith FLETCHER 9
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		5
Doug WALTERS AUS		4

Most 50s (ODI)
Alvin KALLICHARRAN 1

Most 100s (All time)
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD 3
Asif IQBAL PAK		2
Asif IQBAL PAK		2

Most 100s (Test)
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD 3
Asif IQBAL PAK		2
Asif IQBAL PAK		2

Most 100s (ODI)
Roy FREDERICKS 1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Lance GIBBS 6
Keith FLETCHER ENG		5
Norman GIFFORD ENG		4
Bob WILLIS ENG		3

Most Not Outs (Test)
Lance GIBBS 5
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		4
Saleem ALTAF PAK		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Derek UNDERWOOD 2
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		1

Most Wickets (All time)
Geoff ARNOLD 47
Lance GIBBS WI		37
Intikhab ALAM PAK		35
Max WALKER AUS		33
Keith BOYCE WI		30
Chris OLD ENG		27
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		26
Tony GREIG ENG		25
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		23
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		21

Most Wickets (Test)
Geoff ARNOLD 42
Lance GIBBS WI		35
Intikhab ALAM PAK		34
Max WALKER AUS		33
Keith BOYCE WI		28
Chris OLD ENG		24
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		22
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		21
Richard COLLINGE NZ		19

Most Wickets (ODI)
Geoff ARNOLD 5
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		4
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		3

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Intikhab ALAM 7/9
Max WALKER AUS		6/1
Keith BOYCE WI		6/21
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/26
Doug WALTERS AUS		5/0
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		5/4
Lance GIBBS WI		5/9
Chris OLD ENG		5/11
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		5/11
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		5/13

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Intikhab ALAM 7/9
Max WALKER AUS		6/1
Keith BOYCE WI		6/21
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/26
Doug WALTERS AUS		5/0
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		5/4
Lance GIBBS WI		5/9
Chris OLD ENG		5/11
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		5/11
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		5/13

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
John SNOW 4/32
Dayle HADLEE NZ		4/34
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		4/46
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		3/24
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		3/25
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		3/26
Chris OLD ENG		3/43
Bev CONGDON NZ		2/17
Saleem ALTAF PAK		2/22
Maurice FOSTER WI		2/22

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Tony GREIG 4/180
Pat POCOCK ENG		5/169
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		4/144
Bishan BEDI IND		4/138
Intikhab ALAM PAK		7/137
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/135
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		5/131
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		4/126
Inshan ALI WI		3/124
Bob MASSIE AUS		3/123

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Tony GREIG 4/180
Pat POCOCK ENG		5/169
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		4/144
Bishan BEDI IND		4/138
Intikhab ALAM PAK		7/137
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/135
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		5/131
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		4/126
Inshan ALI WI		3/124
Bob MASSIE AUS		3/123

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Bob WILLIS 2/55
Chris OLD ENG		3/52
Richard COLLINGE NZ		1/52
Keith BOYCE WI		2/47
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		4/46
Bernard JULIEN WI		2/40
Vanburn HOLDER WI		2/40
Tony GREIG ENG		1/40
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		3/37
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		2/37

Most Dots (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 0

Most Dots (Test)
Sunil GAVASKAR 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Bev CONGDON 0

Gary GILMOUR AUS		22.75
Intikhab ALAM PAK		22.43
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		21.43
Mike SHRIMPTON NZ		19.50
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		18.95
Max WALKER AUS		18.76
Ashley MALLETT AUS		18.17
Doug WALTERS AUS		15.20
John BENAUD AUS		6.00

Intikhab ALAM PAK		22.74
Keith BOYCE WI		22.64
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		21.43
Mike SHRIMPTON NZ		19.50
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		18.95
Max WALKER AUS		18.76
Ashley MALLETT AUS		18.17
Doug WALTERS AUS		15.20
John BENAUD AUS		6.00

Bev CONGDON NZ		14.60
Clive LLOYD WI		12.50
Intikhab ALAM PAK		12.00
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		11.50
Saleem ALTAF PAK		11.00
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		10.40
Dayle HADLEE NZ		8.50
John SNOW ENG		8.00

Best Economy (All time)
Zaheer ABBAS 1.00
Bishan BEDI IND		1.82
Nawab OF PATAUDI IND		2.00
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		2.00
Lance GIBBS WI		2.00
Max WALKER AUS		2.04
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		2.09
Ian CHAPPELL AUS		2.13
Sir GARRY SOBERS WI		2.16
Norman GIFFORD ENG		2.19

Best Economy (Test)
Zaheer ABBAS 1.00
Bishan BEDI IND		1.82
Nawab OF PATAUDI IND		2.00
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		2.00
Lance GIBBS WI		2.01
Max WALKER AUS		2.04
Sir GARRY SOBERS WI		2.06
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		2.09
Ian CHAPPELL AUS		2.13
Vanburn HOLDER WI		2.15

Best Economy (ODI)
Lance GIBBS 1.91
Clive LLOYD WI		2.27
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2.45
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		2.60
Majid KHAN PAK		2.88
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		2.93
Sir GARRY SOBERS WI		3.01
Ray ILLINGWORTH ENG		3.09
Saleem ALTAF PAK		3.14
John SNOW ENG		3.20

Intikhab ALAM PAK		48.75
Asif IQBAL PAK		46.00
Asif IQBAL PAK		46.00
Keith BOYCE WI		45.10
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		40.91
Ashley MALLETT AUS		40.70
Gary GILMOUR AUS		37.50
Doug WALTERS AUS		35.52
Mike SHRIMPTON NZ		21.00
John BENAUD AUS		12.00

Erapalli PRASANNA IND		50.57
Intikhab ALAM PAK		49.66
Keith BOYCE WI		44.68
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		40.91
Ashley MALLETT AUS		40.70
Gary GILMOUR AUS		37.50
Doug WALTERS AUS		35.52
Mike SHRIMPTON NZ		21.00
John BENAUD AUS		12.00

Asif IQBAL PAK		30.00
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		27.90
Bev CONGDON NZ		25.56
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		24.00
Saleem ALTAF PAK		21.00
Intikhab ALAM PAK		18.00
Maurice FOSTER WI		15.00
Dayle HADLEE NZ		12.00
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		10.95

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Geoff ARNOLD 1308
Tony GREIG ENG		1091
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		977
Lance GIBBS WI		965
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		873
Chris OLD ENG		825
Intikhab ALAM PAK		785
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		767
Keith BOYCE WI		721
Dayle HADLEE NZ		711

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Geoff ARNOLD 1256
Tony GREIG ENG		1004
Lance GIBBS WI		923
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		892
Bruce TAYLOR NZ		811
Intikhab ALAM PAK		773
Chris OLD ENG		730
Dayle HADLEE NZ		677
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		670
Pat POCOCK ENG		657

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Richard COLLINGE 105
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		97
Chris OLD ENG		95
Keith BOYCE WI		87
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		85
Bob WILLIS ENG		84
Bernard JULIEN WI		75
Vanburn HOLDER WI		74

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Lance GIBBS 154
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		132
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		131
Max WALKER AUS		93
Bishan BEDI IND		72
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		71
Tony GREIG ENG		70
Norman GIFFORD ENG		69
Intikhab ALAM PAK		66
Ray ILLINGWORTH ENG		59

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Derek UNDERWOOD 5
Lance GIBBS WI		4
Richard COLLINGE NZ		3

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Max WALKER 4
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		3
Keith BOYCE WI		2
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Max WALKER 4
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		3
Keith BOYCE WI		2
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		1

Series updates of 1973

The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies)

16 Feb-21 Apr 1973

2-0 (5)
Australia

New Zealand in England Test Series

07 Jun-05 Jul 1973

2-0 (3)
England

The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England)

26 Jul-23 Aug 1973

2-0 (3)
West Indies

Prudential Trophy (New Zealand in England)

18 Jul-20 Jul 1973

1-0 (2)
England

Prudential Trophy (West Indies in England)

05 Sep-07 Sep 1973

1-1 (2)
West Indies

England in Pakistan Test Series

02 Mar-24 Mar 1973

0-0 (3)
drawn

New Zealand in Australia Test Series

29 Dec-26 Jan 1974

2-0 (3)
Australia

Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Match

11 Feb-11 Feb 1973

1-0 (1)
New Zealand

Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series

02 Feb-16 Feb 1973

1-0 (3)
Pakistan

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Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Lance GIBBS 158
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		137
Geoff ARNOLD ENG		134
Max WALKER AUS		93
Hedley HOWARTH NZ		75
Tony GREIG ENG		74
Bishan BEDI IND		72
Norman GIFFORD ENG		69
Intikhab ALAM PAK		67
Ray ILLINGWORTH ENG		60

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1973 Performances & Rankings

1191

1044

856

804

741

687

666

646

636

601

1085

910

777

666

650

632

615

601

592

592

134

109

106

79

66

55

50

49

2189

1367

1315

1117

1003

968

817

804

728

613

2047

1188

1182

1021

990

861

728

705

670

602

185

162

142

134

127

121

112

111

107

201

178

176

175

175

166

158

157

150

201

178

176

175

175

166

158

157

150

105

100

66

63