Most Legal Deliveries in a Test Innings


Rank Name Dlv/Ov Opp. Venue Date
1 S Ramadhin (WI) 588    .. 98 Eng Birmingham 30 May 1957
2 TR Veivers (Aus) 571    .. 95.1 Eng Manchester 23 Jul 1964
3 AL Valentine (WI) 552    .. 92 Eng Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
4 LO'B Fleetwood-Smith (Aus) 522    .. 87 Eng The Oval 20 Aug 1938
5 Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 512    .. 85.2 WI Kingston 26 Feb 1958
6 WJ O'Reilly (Aus) 510    .. 85 Eng The Oval 20 Aug 1938
7 Haseeb Ahsan (Pak) 504    .. 84 Ind Madras Corp 13 Jan 1961
8 MH Mankad (Ind) 492    .. 82 WI Kingston 28 Mar 1953
9 S Ramadhin (WI) 488    .. 81.2 Eng Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
10 G Geary (Eng) 486    .. 81 Aus Melbourne 8 Mar 1929
11 OC Scott (WI) 482    .. 80.2 Eng Kingston 3 Apr 1930
12 AMB Rowan (SAf) 480    .. 60 Eng Port Elizabeth 5 Mar 1949
13 JD Higgs (Aus) 478    .. 59.6 Eng Sydney 6 Jan 1979
14 RW Price (Zim) 474    .. 79 SAf Bulawayo 14 Sep 2001
15 HJ Tayfield (SAf) 472    .. 59 Aus Durban 24 Jan 1958
16 G Giffen (Aus) 470    .. 78.2 Eng Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
17 RK Chauhan (Ind) 468    .. 78 SL Colombo RPS 2 Aug 1997
18 TW Cartwright (Eng) 462    .. 77 Aus Manchester 23 Jul 1964
19 SP Gupte (Ind) 460    .. 76.4 NZ Hyderabad LBS 19 Nov 1955
20 MH Mankad (Ind) 456    .. 76 Eng Delhi 2 Nov 1951
21 JC White (Eng) 453    .. 75.3 Aus Melbourne 8 Mar 1929
22 G Giffen (Aus) 450    .. 75 Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1894
= M Muralitharan (SL) 450    .. 75 Ind Mohali 19 Nov 1997
= MH Mankad (Ind) 450    .. 75 WI Mumbai BS 9 Dec 1948
= NS Yadav (Ind) 450    .. 75 Pak Faisalabad 24 Oct 1984
26 ABC Langton (SAf) 448    .. 56 Eng Durban 3 Mar 1939
= R Kilner (Eng) 448    .. 56 Aus Adelaide 16 Jan 1925
28 H Verity (Eng) 446    .. 55.6 SAf Durban 3 Mar 1939
29 HJ Howarth (NZ) 444    .. 74 WI Bridgetown 23 Mar 1972
= Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 444    .. 74 Eng Lahore 15 Nov 2000
31 SP Gupte (Ind) 443    .. 73.5 Pak Lahore LG 29 Jan 1955
32 N Gordon (SAf) 442    .. 55.2 Eng Durban 3 Mar 1939
33 MW Tate (Eng) 441    .. 55.1 Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
34 MH Mankad (Ind) 438    .. 73 Eng Lord's 19 Jun 1952
= GAR Lock (Eng) 438    .. 73 Pak Dhaka 19 Jan 1962
= SG Shinde (Ind) 438    .. 73 Eng Delhi 2 Nov 1951
= LR Gibbs (WI) 438    .. 73 Aus Bridgetown 5 May 1965
38 MG Waite (Aus) 432    .. 72 Eng The Oval 20 Aug 1938
= DStE Atkinson (WI) 432    .. 72 Eng Birmingham 30 May 1957
= A Kumble (Ind) 432    .. 72 SL Colombo RPS 2 Aug 1997
= S Ramadhin (WI) 432    .. 72 Eng Lord's 24 Jun 1950
42 DL Vettori (NZ) 426    .. 71 Ind Mohali 10 Oct 1999
= PCR Tufnell (Eng) 426    .. 71 NZ Wellington BR 6 Feb 1992
= IAR Peebles (Eng) 426    .. 71 Aus The Oval 16 Aug 1930
= AL Valentine (WI) 426    .. 71 Eng Lord's 24 Jun 1950
= BS Bedi (Ind) 426    .. 71 WI Port-of-Spain 13 Apr 1971
47 KJ O'Keeffe (Aus) 424    .. 53 Pak Adelaide 24 Dec 1976
= HJ Tayfield (SAf) 424    .. 53 Eng Cape Town 1 Jan 1957
49 SA Durani (Ind) 420    .. 70 WI Kingston 7 Mar 1962
= SK Warne (Aus) 420    .. 70 SAf Cape Town 8 Mar 2002

 

Most Legal Deliveries in a Test Match


Rank Name Dlv/Ov Opp. Venue Date
1 S Ramadhin (WI) 774    ..129 Eng Birmingham 30 May 1957
2 H Verity (Eng) 766    .. 95.6 SAf Durban 3 Mar 1939
3 JC White (Eng) 749    ..124.5 Aus Adelaide 1 Feb 1929
4 N Gordon (SAf) 738    .. 92.2 Eng Durban 3 Mar 1939
5 ABC Langton (SAf) 728    .. 91 Eng Durban 3 Mar 1939
6 MW Tate (Eng) 712    .. 89 Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
7 G Giffen (Aus) 708    ..118 Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1894
8 AL Valentine (WI) 696    ..116 Eng Lord's 24 Jun 1950
9 S Ramadhin (WI) 690    ..115 Eng Lord's 24 Jun 1950
= MH Mankad (Ind) 690    ..115 Pak Peshawar PSC 13 Feb 1955
= GAR Lock (Eng) 690    ..115 Pak Dhaka 19 Jan 1962
12 AP Freeman (Eng) 688    .. 86 Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
13 JC White (Eng) 683    ..113.5 Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1928
= M Muralitharan (SL) 683    ..113.5 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
15 S Venkataraghavan (Ind) 675    ..112.3 NZ Delhi 19 Mar 1965
16 WA Johnston (Aus) 672    .. 84 SAf Melbourne 6 Feb 1953
17 SP Gupte (Ind) 662    ..110.2 Pak Lahore LG 29 Jan 1955
= S Ramadhin (WI) 662    ..110.2 Eng Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
19 AL Valentine (WI) 660    ..110 Eng Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
20 CV Grimmett (Aus) 656    ..109.2 Eng The Oval 16 Aug 1930
= FA Ward (Aus) 656    .. 82 Eng Brisbane 4 Dec 1936
22 CV Grimmett (Aus) 654    ..109 SAf Melbourne 31 Dec 1931
= H Trumble (Aus) 654    ..109 Eng Adelaide 17 Jan 1902
= MH Mankad (Ind) 654    ..109 Eng Delhi 2 Nov 1951
25 SG Shinde (Ind) 651    ..108.3 Eng Delhi 2 Nov 1951
26 Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 644    ..107.2 SL Colombo RPS 19 Apr 1997
27 KD Mackay (Aus) 642    ..107 Eng The Oval 17 Aug 1961
28 HJ Tayfield (SAf) 640    .. 80 Aus Durban 24 Jan 1958
29 AL Valentine (WI) 636    ..106 Eng Manchester 8 Jun 1950
= LR Gibbs (WI) 636    .. 79.4 Aus Melbourne 10 Feb 1961

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