Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1981 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1981 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

36809

Test

26508

ODI

10301

Total Wickets

All time

1014

Test

625

ODI

389

Total Sixes

All time

2060

Test

1240

ODI

820

Total Fours

All time

56680

Test

42620

ODI

14060

Total Fifties

All time

139

Test

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

173

Test

112

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Graeme WOOD 1429
Allan BORDER AUS		1369
Kim HUGHES AUS		1271
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1088
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		1079
Graham GOOCH ENG		949
David GOWER ENG		908
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		788
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		741
Sandeep PATIL IND		688

Most Runs (Test)
Geoff BOYCOTT 975
Kim HUGHES AUS		931
Allan BORDER AUS		915
Graham GOOCH ENG		791
Graeme WOOD AUS		771
David GOWER ENG		767
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		629
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		625
Sandeep PATIL IND		575
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		531

Most Runs (ODI)
Graeme WOOD 658
Allan BORDER AUS		454
Bruce EDGAR NZ		390
John WRIGHT NZ		378
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		342
Kim HUGHES AUS		340
Desmond HAYNES WI		294
Mike GATTING ENG		278
Clive LLOYD WI		240

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Allan BORDER 3016
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		2959
Graeme WOOD AUS		2791
Kim HUGHES AUS		2471
David GOWER ENG		2197
Graham GOOCH ENG		1845
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		1758
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		1746
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1548
John WRIGHT NZ		1407

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Geoff BOYCOTT 2713
Allan BORDER AUS		2296
Kim HUGHES AUS		2010
David GOWER ENG		1943
Graeme WOOD AUS		1716
Graham GOOCH ENG		1563
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		1480
Chris TAVARÉ ENG		1369
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		1150
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1040

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Graeme WOOD 1075
Allan BORDER AUS		720
John WRIGHT NZ		669
Bruce EDGAR NZ		635
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		608
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		508
Kim HUGHES AUS		461
Desmond HAYNES WI		445
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		380
Mike GATTING ENG		374

Highest Score (All time)
Kim HUGHES 213
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		204
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		182
Sandeep PATIL IND		174
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		172
David GOWER ENG		154
Graham GOOCH ENG		153
Chris TAVARÉ ENG		149
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		137

Highest Score (Test)
Kim HUGHES 213
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		204
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		182
Sandeep PATIL IND		174
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		172
David GOWER ENG		154
Graham GOOCH ENG		153
Chris TAVARÉ ENG		149
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		137

Highest Score (ODI)
Bruce LAIRD 117
Zaheer ABBAS PAK		108
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		103
Bruce EDGAR NZ		102
Mike GATTING ENG		96
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		90
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		88
Allan BORDER AUS		85
Desmond HAYNES WI		84

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Gary ROBERTSON 170.00
Gary TROUP NZ		127.27
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		73.64
John PARKER NZ		73.03
Kapil DEV IND		71.01
Chris OLD ENG		70.65
Sandeep PATIL IND		69.22
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		66.76
Michael HOLDING WI		64.60
Lance CAIRNS NZ		64.58

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 74.79
Chris OLD ENG		71.91
Kapil DEV IND		70.06
Sandeep PATIL IND		69.28
Michael HOLDING WI		66.91
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		63.16
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		59.27
Jeff THOMSON AUS		59.04
Zaheer ABBAS PAK		58.02
Ijaz FAQIH PAK		57.89

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Gary ROBERTSON 170.00
Gary TROUP NZ		155.56
Rod MARSH AUS		100.94
Wasim BARI PAK		100.00
Geoff LAWSON AUS		93.22
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		92.31
Ray BRIGHT AUS		90.00
Lance CAIRNS NZ		82.35
Clive LLOYD WI		80.54
Javed MIANDAD PAK		76.08

Most sixes (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 16
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		7
Sandeep PATIL IND		6
Andy ROBERTS NZ		5
Kapil DEV IND		4

Most sixes (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 14
Michael HOLDING WI		5
Graeme WOOD AUS		4
Kapil DEV IND		3
Clive LLOYD WI		2

Most sixes (ODI)
Allan BORDER 6
Mike GATTING ENG		5
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		3
Geoff LAWSON AUS		2
Kirti AZAD IND		1

Best Averages (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 498 / 9

Best Averages (Test)
Geoff HOWARTH 172 / 3

Best Averages (ODI)
Clive LLOYD 240 / 5

Most 50s (All time)
Allan BORDER 8
Graeme WOOD AUS		7
Clive LLOYD WI		6
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		5
Graham GOOCH ENG		4

Most 50s (Test)
Allan BORDER 5
Clive LLOYD WI		4
Bruce LAIRD AUS		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Graeme WOOD 4
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		3
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		2

Most 100s (All time)
Geoff BOYCOTT 3
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		2
David GOWER ENG		1

Most 100s (Test)
Geoff BOYCOTT 3
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		2
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		1

Most 100s (ODI)
Gordon GREENIDGE 1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Terry ALDERMAN 9
Dennis LILLEE AUS		8
Doug WALTERS AUS		6
Colin CROFT WI		5
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		4

Most Not Outs (Test)
Terry ALDERMAN 8
Dennis LILLEE AUS		5
Colin CROFT WI		4
Ravi SHASTRI IND		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Bruce EDGAR 4
Ashraf ALI PAK		3
Larry GOMES WI		2

Most Wickets (All time)
Dennis LILLEE 105
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		71
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		62
Kapil DEV IND		44
Bob WILLIS ENG		39
Colin CROFT WI		36
Dilip DOSHI IND		31
Graham DILLEY ENG		30

Most Wickets (Test)
Dennis LILLEE 85
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		62
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		54
Kapil DEV IND		33
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		30
Graham DILLEY ENG		29
Michael HOLDING WI		28
Colin CROFT WI		27
Dilip DOSHI IND		26

Most Wickets (ODI)
Greg CHAPPELL 25
Dennis LILLEE AUS		20
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		14
Trevor CHAPPELL AUS		13
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		12
Kapil DEV IND		11
Imran KHAN BHR		10
Imran KHAN BHR		10

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Bob WILLIS 8/17
Dennis LILLEE AUS		7/3
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		7/21
Geoff LAWSON AUS		7/25
Colin CROFT WI		6/9
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		6/10
Michael HOLDING WI		6/13
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		6/19
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		5/0
Dilip DOSHI IND		5/0

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Bob WILLIS 8/28
Dennis LILLEE AUS		7/18
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		7/23
Geoff LAWSON AUS		7/25
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		6/10
Michael HOLDING WI		6/16
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		6/23
Colin CROFT WI		6/26
Dilip DOSHI IND		5/0
Madan LAL IND		5/4

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Colin CROFT 6/9
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		5/1
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		5/6
Dennis LILLEE AUS		4/3
Sikander BAKHT PAK		4/11
Rodney HOGG AUS		4/14
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		4/24
Wasim RAJA PAK		4/25
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		3/1
Jeremy CONEY NZ		3/7

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Bruce YARDLEY 7/187
Dilip DOSHI IND		5/146
Shivlal YADAV IND		4/143
Dennis LILLEE AUS		7/137
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		6/137
Kapil DEV IND		5/136
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		6/135
Ravi SHASTRI IND		5/125
John EMBUREY ENG		5/124
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		4/121

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Bruce YARDLEY 7/187
Dilip DOSHI IND		5/146
Shivlal YADAV IND		4/143
Dennis LILLEE AUS		7/137
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		6/137
Kapil DEV IND		5/136
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		6/135
Ravi SHASTRI IND		5/125
John EMBUREY ENG		5/124
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		3/121

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Trevor CHAPPELL 3/69
Len PASCOE AUS		3/64
Karsan GHAVRI IND		3/61
Dilip DOSHI IND		2/59
Paul MCEWAN NZ		2/58
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		3/57
Colin CROFT WI		6/57
Yograj SINGH IND		1/57
Shaun GRAF AUS		2/56
Bob WILLIS ENG		2/56

Most Dots (All time)
Roger BINNY 0

Most Dots (Test)
Sandeep PATIL 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Yograj SINGH 0

Jeremy CONEY NZ		18.88
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		18.17
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		17.54
Graeme BEARD AUS		17.50
Madan LAL IND		17.27
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		16.67
Michael HOLDING WI		16.08
John BRACEWELL NZ		15.11
Gary ROBERTSON NZ		14.50

Sandeep PATIL IND		19.50
Jeremy CONEY NZ		19.00
Len PASCOE AUS		18.69
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		16.67
Madan LAL IND		16.33
Lance CAIRNS NZ		15.69
John BRACEWELL NZ		15.11
Michael HOLDING WI		15.07

Mudassar NAZAR PAK		14.83
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		14.67
Gary ROBERTSON NZ		14.50
Colin CROFT WI		14.33
John EMBUREY ENG		14.00
Wasim RAJA PAK		10.20
Larry GOMES WI		10.00
Gary TROUP NZ		9.75
Chris OLD ENG		8.00

Best Economy (All time)
Kim HUGHES 0.75
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1.17
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1.50
John BRACEWELL NZ		1.63
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1.67
Larry GOMES WI		1.85
Dilip DOSHI IND		2.06
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		2.07
Graham YALLOP AUS		2.13
Ray BRIGHT AUS		2.16

Best Economy (Test)
Kim HUGHES 0.75
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1.17
Jeremy CONEY NZ		1.46
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		1.47
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1.50
Lance CAIRNS NZ		1.52
Larry GOMES WI		1.54
John BRACEWELL NZ		1.63
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1.67
Dilip DOSHI IND		1.85

Best Economy (ODI)
Javed MIANDAD 1.00
Chris OLD ENG		1.60
Gary TROUP NZ		2.03
John EMBUREY ENG		2.10
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		2.50
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2.55
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		2.59
Graham STEVENSON ENG		2.75
Max WALKER AUS		2.76
Michael HOLDING WI		2.90

Colin CROFT WI		37.97
Michael HOLDING WI		37.45
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		34.70
Paul ALLOTT ENG		34.50
Trevor CHAPPELL AUS		33.69
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		32.94
Gary ROBERTSON NZ		30.00
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		29.00
Graeme BEARD AUS		27.60

Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		53.75
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		49.42
Madan LAL IND		43.50
Colin CROFT WI		43.02
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		42.00
Len PASCOE AUS		40.88
Michael HOLDING WI		36.54
Paul ALLOTT ENG		34.50

Gary TROUP NZ		28.80
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		28.73
Graeme BEARD AUS		27.60
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		27.43
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		25.00
Colin CROFT WI		22.80
Wasim RAJA PAK		20.40
Larry GOMES WI		20.00
Kirti AZAD IND		18.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Dennis LILLEE 2204
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		1818
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		1450
Kapil DEV IND		1270
Dilip DOSHI IND		1026
Bob WILLIS ENG		1019
Graham DILLEY ENG		929
John EMBUREY ENG		895
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		706
Colin CROFT WI		684

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Dennis LILLEE 1781
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		1584
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		1222
Kapil DEV IND		1016
Graham DILLEY ENG		908
John EMBUREY ENG		853
Dilip DOSHI IND		831
Bob WILLIS ENG		829
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		685
Colin CROFT WI		555

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Dennis LILLEE 164
Dilip DOSHI IND		158
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		146
John EMBUREY ENG		130
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		112
Kapil DEV IND		87
Ray BRIGHT AUS		82
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		78
Bob WILLIS ENG		77

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Dilip DOSHI 157
Dennis LILLEE AUS		147
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		136
John EMBUREY ENG		122
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		105
Ray BRIGHT AUS		82
Ravi SHASTRI IND		81
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		78
Kapil DEV IND		74
Bob WILLIS ENG		68

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 21
Dennis LILLEE AUS		17
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		16
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		15
Kapil DEV IND		13
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		10
Bob WILLIS ENG		9

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Dennis LILLEE 5
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		4
Colin CROFT WI		3
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		2
Geoff LAWSON AUS		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Dennis LILLEE 5
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		4
Kapil DEV IND		3
Colin CROFT WI		2
John LEVER ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Colin CROFT 1

Series updates of 1981

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, Pakistan, West Indies in Australia)

21 Nov-27 Jan 1982

-
West Indies

England in West Indies ODI Series

04 Feb-26 Feb 1981

2-0 (2)
West Indies

The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies)

13 Feb-10 Apr 1981

2-0 (4)
West Indies

The Ashes (Australia in England)

18 Jun-27 Aug 1981

3-1 (6)
England

Prudential Trophy (Australia in England)

04 Jun-08 Jun 1981

2-1 (3)
Australia

England in India ODI Series

25 Nov-27 Jan 1982

2-1 (3)
India

England in India Test Series

27 Nov-30 Jan 1982

1-0 (6)
India

India in Australia Test Series

02 Jan-07 Feb 1981

1-1 (3)
drawn

Pakistan in Australia Test Series

13 Nov-11 Dec 1981

2-1 (3)
Australia

The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia)

26 Dec-30 Jan 1982

1-1 (3)
drawn

India in New Zealand Test Series

21 Feb-13 Mar 1981

1-0 (3)
New Zealand

India in New Zealand ODI Series

14 Feb-15 Feb 1981

2-0 (2)
New Zealand

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Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Greg CHAPPELL 441
Dennis LILLEE AUS		423
Trevor CHAPPELL AUS		338
Geoff LAWSON AUS		320
Lance CAIRNS NZ		302
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		279
Rodney HOGG AUS		278
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		261
Len PASCOE AUS		259
Kapil DEV IND		254

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1981 Performances & Rankings

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1369

1271

1088

1079

949

908

788

741

688

975

931

915

791

771

767

629

625

575

531

658

454

390

378

342

340

294

278

240

3016

2959

2791

2471

2197

1845

1758

1746

1548

1407

2713

2296

2010

1943

1716

1563

1480

1369

1150

1040

1075

720

669

635

608

508

461

445

380

374

213

204

182

174

172

154

153

149

137

213

204

182

174

172

154

153

149

137

117

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