Top 80 Bowlers Who Concede Most Runs In Test Cricket

Discover the bowlers who concede most runs in Test cricket international matches. Explore the stats of these bowlers who faced tough challenges on the global stage

Many bowlers in cricket face a difficult time when the batsmen hit boundaries in their overs making their overs concede many runs. Chuck Fleetwood-Smith is the top bowler in the list of Bowlers Who Concede Most Runs in Test cricket. He conceded 298 runs in 87 overs with an economy of 3.42 against England at the Oval. His bowling delivery failed at that match and he conceded the most runs ever by any bowler in Test cricket history.

In this blog, we have collected the Top 80 Bowlers Who concede most runs in Test Cricket international matches. Check it out!

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Top 80 Bowlers Who Concede Most Runs in Test Cricket

Sr. No	Players Name	Overs	Wickets	Runs	Economy	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	87.0	1	298	3.42	Australia	v England	The Oval	20 August 1938
2	Rajesh Chauhan	78.0	1	276	3.53	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	02 August 1997
3	Tommy Scott	80.2	5	266	3.31	West Indies	v England	Kingston	03 April 1930
4	Khan Mohammad	54.0	0	259	4.79	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	26 February 1958
5	Fazal Mahmood	85.2	2	247	2.89	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	26 February 1958
6	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	49.0	2	246	5.02	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Hamilton	28 February 2019
7	Herath Mudiyanselage	53.3	3	240	4.48	Sri Lanka	v India	Brabourne	02 December 2009
8	Saqlain Mushtaq	50.0	3	237	4.74	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 January 2003
9	Zahid Mahmood	33.0	4	235	7.12	Pakistan	v England	Rawalpindi	01 December 2022
10	Stephen Boock	70.0	1	229	3.27	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	24 February 1989
11	Mulvantrai Mankad	82.0	5	228	2.78	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 March 1953
12	Bishan Bedi	64.2	6	226	3.51	India	v England	Lord’s	20 June 1974
13	Muttiah Muralitharan	54.0	2	224	4.14	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	08 December 1995
14	Anil Kumble	72.0	1	223	3.09	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	02 August 1997
15	Suraj Randiv	73.0	2	222	3.04	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 July 2010
16	Nicky Boje	65.0	0	221	3.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 July 2006
17	Kapil Dev	38.4	7	220	5.68	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Janasry 1983
18	Taijul Islam	67.3	4	219	3.24	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	31 January 2018
19	Ian Botham	52.0	3	217	4.17	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 August 1987
20	Devendra Bishoo	54.0	4	217	4.01	West Indies	v India	Rajkot	04 October 2018
21	Jason Krejza	43.5	8	215	4.90	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 November 2008
22	Nathan Lyon	47.0	3	215	4.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	22 February 2013
23	Yasir Shah	54.0	1	213	3.94	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	22 July 2016
24	Paul Strang	69.0	5	212	3.07	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 October 1996
25	Yasir Shah	41.0	3	207	5.04	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 December 2016
26	Yasir Shah	48.4	4	205	4.21	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	21 November 2019
27	Abrar Ahmed	67.5	5	205	3.02	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	26 December 2022
28	Ian Peebles	71.0	6	204	2.87	England	v Australia	The Oval	16 August 1930
29	Omari Banks	40.0	3	204	5.10	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	01 May 2003
30	Saqlain Mushtaq	43.0	1	204	4.74	Pakistan	v India	Multan	28 March 2004
31	Paul Harris	53.1	3	203	3.81	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 March 2008
32	Amit Mishra	58.0	1	203	3.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 November 2009
33	Boyd Rankin	34.0	0	203	5.97	Ireland	v Sri Lanka	Galle	24 April 2023
34	Mulvantrai Mankad	75.0	3	202	2.69	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	09 December 1948
35	Haseeb Ahsan	84.0	6	202	2.40	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 January 1961
36	Dilruwan Perera	45.0	3	202	4.48	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	24 November 2017
37	Brett Lee	39.3	4	201	5.08	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 January 2004
38	Daniel Vettori	57.0	4	200	3.50	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	29 October 1999
39	Raymond Price	43.0	5	199	4.62	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	12 November 2003
40	Steve O’Keefe	77.0	3	199	2.58	Australia	v India	Ranchi	16 March 2017
41	Yasir Shah	32.0	0	197	6.15	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	29 November 2019
42	Mulvantrai Mankad	73.0	5	196	2.68	India	v England	Lord’s	19 June 1952
43	Narendra Hirwani	75.0	1	196	2.61	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 October 1984
44	Keshav Maharaj	50.0	1	196	3.92	South Africa	v India	Pune	10 October 2019
45	Nilesh Kulkarni	70.0	1	195	2.78	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	02 August 1997
46	Muttiah Muralitharan	51.0	4	195	3.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Brabourne	02 December 2009
47	Mushtaq Ahmed	38.0	3	194	5.10	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	05 November 1999
48	Danish Kaneria	50.0	2	194	3.88	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 November 2007
49	Ravichandran Ashwin	53.0	3	194	3.66	India	v Australia	Adelaide	24 January 2012
50	Nathan Lyon	64.0	2	194	3.03	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 July 2022
51	Sanath Jayasuriya	53.0	2	194	3.66	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	24 July 2023
52	Shane Shillingford	52.0	3	193	3.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Basseterre	18 June 2010
53	Yasir Shah	44.1	4	193	4.36	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	26 November 2014
54	Mason Crane	48.0	1	193	4.02	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 January 2018
55	Lasith Embuldeniya	50.0	1	193	3.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 December 2019
56	Fazal Mahmood	49.0	2	192	3.91	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	16 August 1962
57	Raymond Price	42.0	0	192	4.57	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	07 September 2001
58	Adil Rashid	55.3	4	192	3.45	England	v India	Wankhede	08 December 2016
59	Clarrie Grimmett	64.0	2	191	2.98	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 December 1928
60	Maninder Singh	61.0	2	191	3.13	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 December 1989
61	Andy McBrine	57.0	1	191	3.35	Ireland	v Sri Lanka	Galle	24 April 2023
62	Ashley Giles	65.0	2	190	2.92	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	18 December 2003
63	Moeen Ali	41.0	1	190	4.63	England	v India	Chennai	16 December 2016
64	Jack Leach	49.0	2	190	3.87	England	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	01 December 2022
65	Bill O’Reilly	59.0	7	189	3.20	Australia	v England	Manchester	06 July 1934
66	Tauseef Ahmed	67.0	3	189	2.82	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	03 Febraury 1987
67	Harbhajan Singh	48.4	2	189	3.88	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 November 2009
68	Danish Kaneria	42.5	3	189	4.41	Pakistan	v Australia	Hobart	14 January 2010
69	Keshav Maharaj	55.0	3	189	3.43	South Africa	v India	Visakhapatnam	02 October 2019
70	Claude Vincent	42.0	2	188	4.47	South Africa	v England	The Oval	17 August 1935
71	Danish Kaneria	49.3	7	188	3.79	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	02 January 2005
72	Lasith Embuldeniya	46.0	2	188	4.08	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	04 March 2022
73	Erapalli Prasanna	59.0	0	187	3.16	India	v England	Leeds	08 June 1967
74	Bruce Yardley	66.0	7	187	2.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	11 December 1981
75	Manoj Prabhakar	43.0	1	187	4.34	India	v England	Lord’s	26 July 1990
76	Raymond Price	36.0	0	187	5.19	Zimbabwe	v Australia	Perth	09 October 2003
77	Graeme Cremer	53.0	1	187	3.52	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	28 July 2016
78	Arthur Mailey	43.6	4	186	3.18	Australia	v England	Melbourne	03 February 1987
79	John Traicos	50.0	3	186	3.72	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	13 March 1993
80	Harbhajan Singh	53.3	2	185	3.45	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 August 2001

Top 80 Bowlers Who Concede Most Runs in Test Cricket

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