Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1978 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1978 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

34901

Test

31557

ODI

3344

Total Wickets

All time

920

Test

781

ODI

139

Total Sixes

All time

2040

Test

1660

ODI

380

Total Fours

All time

43860

Test

39340

ODI

4520

Total Fifties

All time

130

Test

116

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

154

Test

131

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1103
David GOWER ENG	923
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	829
Graeme WOOD AUS	783
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	768
Clive RADLEY ENG	731
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND	688
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	677
Zaheer ABBAS PAK	674
Javed MIANDAD PAK	663

Most Runs (Test)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1099
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	788
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	759
Graeme WOOD AUS	750
David GOWER ENG	722
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND	651
Gundappa VISWANATH IND	644
Graham YALLOP AUS	634
Javed MIANDAD PAK	606
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	597

Most Runs (ODI)
Clive RADLEY 250
David GOWER ENG		201
Desmond HAYNES WI		148
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		104
Surinder AMARNATH IND		100
Graham GOOCH ENG		94
Graham ROOPE ENG		93
Zaheer ABBAS PAK		91
Majid KHAN PAK		87

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Geoff BOYCOTT 2655
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		1759
David GOWER ENG		1757
Clive RADLEY ENG		1735
Graham ROOPE ENG		1473
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		1270
Mike BREARLEY ENG		1218
Bob TAYLOR ENG		1163
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		1134
Geoff MILLER ENG		1096

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Geoff BOYCOTT 2626
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		1642
David GOWER ENG		1509
Clive RADLEY ENG		1368
Graham ROOPE ENG		1286
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		1212
Bob TAYLOR ENG		1137
Geoff MILLER ENG		1074
Mike BREARLEY ENG		1073
Graham GOOCH ENG		926

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Clive RADLEY 367
Mudassar NAZAR PAK	261
David GOWER ENG	248
Graham ROOPE ENG	187
Anshuman GAEKWAD IND	150
Javed MIANDAD PAK	149
Mohinder AMARNATH IND	146
Mike BREARLEY ENG	145
Desmond HAYNES WI	136
Graham GOOCH ENG	131

Highest Score (All time)
Zaheer ABBAS 235
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	205
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	187
Clive RADLEY ENG	158
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND	157
Javed MIANDAD PAK	154
Desmond HAYNES WI	148
Gundappa VISWANATH IND	145
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	131
Kim HUGHES AUS	129

Highest Score (Test)
Zaheer ABBAS 235
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	205
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	187
Clive RADLEY ENG	158
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND	157
Javed MIANDAD PAK	154
Gundappa VISWANATH IND	145
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	131
Kim HUGHES AUS	129
Graeme WOOD AUS	126

Highest Score (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 148
Clive RADLEY ENG		117
David GOWER ENG		114
Graham GOOCH ENG		94
Gary COSIER AUS		84
Anshuman GAEKWAD IND		78
Asif IQBAL PAK		62
Asif IQBAL PAK		62
Lance CAIRNS NZ		60
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		56

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Wayne DANIEL 116.67
Desmond HAYNES WI		108.82
Colin CROFT WI		100.00
Hasan JAMIL PAK		94.03
Zaheer ABBAS PAK		89.22
Kapil DEV IND		87.38
Vanburn HOLDER WI		86.27
Asif IQBAL PAK		86.11
Asif IQBAL PAK		86.11
Surinder AMARNATH IND		84.03

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Kapil DEV 91.01
Basil WILLIAMS WI		84.03
Faoud BACCHUS WI		73.33
Ashok MANKAD IND		69.57
Vanburn HOLDER WI		66.67
Bishan BEDI IND		65.79
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		63.64
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		59.37
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		55.68
Jock EDWARDS NZ		54.96

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 137.93
Wayne DANIEL WI		116.67
Desmond HAYNES WI		108.82
Gary COSIER AUS		107.69
Vanburn HOLDER WI		100.00
Lance CAIRNS NZ		95.40
Hasan JAMIL PAK		94.03

Most sixes (All time)
Haroon RASHEED 8
Javed MIANDAD PAK		7
Kapil DEV IND		6
Imran KHAN BHR		5
Imran KHAN BHR		5
Lance CAIRNS NZ		4

Most sixes (Test)
Haroon RASHEED 8
Javed MIANDAD PAK		7
Kapil DEV IND		6
Imran KHAN BHR		5
Imran KHAN BHR		5
Kim HUGHES AUS		4
Peter TOOHEY AUS		3
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		2

Most sixes (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 4
Desmond HAYNES WI		2
Gary COSIER AUS		1

Best Averages (All time)
Alvin KALLICHARRAN 829 / 14

Best Averages (Test)
Desmond HAYNES 182 / 3

Best Averages (ODI)
Deryck MURRAY 51 / 1

Most 50s (All time)
Gundappa VISWANATH 6
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		5
Sew SHIVNARINE WI		4

Most 50s (Test)
Gundappa VISWANATH 6
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		5
Sew SHIVNARINE WI		4
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Asif IQBAL 1
Most 50s
Asif IQBAL 1

Most 100s (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 5
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		3
Zaheer ABBAS PAK		2
Javed MIANDAD PAK		1

Most 100s (Test)
Sunil GAVASKAR 5
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		3
Graham YALLOP AUS		2
Craig SERJEANT AUS		1

Most 100s (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Bob WILLIS 8
Javed MIANDAD PAK		6
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		5
Phil EDMONDS ENG		4

Most Not Outs (Test)
Bob WILLIS 8
Jim HIGGS AUS		6
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		5
Stephen BOOCK NZ		4
Steve RIXON AUS		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 3
Sikander BAKHT PAK		2
Mohsin KHAN HK		1

Most Wickets (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 71
Bob WILLIS ENG		63
Phil EDMONDS ENG		42
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		31
Jeff THOMSON AUS		30
Karsan GHAVRI IND		29
Rodney HOGG AUS		27
Wayne CLARK AUS		26

Most Wickets (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 66
Bob WILLIS ENG		57
Phil EDMONDS ENG		37
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		28
Karsan GHAVRI IND		27
Chris OLD ENG		26
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		24

Most Wickets (ODI)
Hasan JAMIL 8
Bob WILLIS ENG		6
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		5
Geoff MILLER ENG		4

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 8/13
Phil EDMONDS ENG		7/0
Chris OLD ENG		7/6
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/12
Vanburn HOLDER WI		6/15
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		6/17
Abdul QADIR PAK		6/26
Rodney HOGG AUS		6/30
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		5/3
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		5/6

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 8/13
Phil EDMONDS ENG		7/0
Chris OLD ENG		7/9
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/12
Vanburn HOLDER WI		6/15
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		6/17
Abdul QADIR PAK		6/26
Rodney HOGG AUS		6/30
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		5/3
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		5/6

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 5/28
Bob WILLIS ENG		4/15
Jeff THOMSON AUS		4/20
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		3/6
Sikander BAKHT PAK		3/11
Wasim RAJA PAK		3/14
Phil EDMONDS ENG		3/17
Hasan JAMIL PAK		3/18
Ian CALLEN AUS		3/24
Joel GARNER WI		3/29

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 6/147
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		5/136
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		4/134
Kapil DEV IND		3/132
Sikander BAKHT PAK		4/132
Bishan BEDI IND		4/130
Sylvester CLARKE WI		5/126
Wayne CLARK AUS		4/124
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		4/123
Liaqat ALI PAK		3/114

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 6/147
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		5/136
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		4/134
Kapil DEV IND		3/132
Sikander BAKHT PAK		4/132
Bishan BEDI IND		4/130
Sylvester CLARKE WI		5/126
Wayne CLARK AUS		4/124
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		4/123
Liaqat ALI PAK		3/114

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 5/84
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		2/70
Jeff THOMSON AUS		4/67
Bob SIMPSON AUS		2/65
Stephen BOOCK NZ		1/57
Sikander BAKHT PAK		3/56
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		3/54
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		2/52
Kapil DEV IND		2/49
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		3/48

Most Dots (All time)
Surinder AMARNATH 0

Most Dots (Test)
Surinder AMARNATH 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Wayne CLARK 0

Bob WILLIS ENG		18.46
Colin CROFT WI		17.83
Chris OLD ENG		17.68
Hasan JAMIL PAK		14.38
Joel GARNER WI		14.00
Rodney HOGG AUS		11.00
Barry WOOD ENG		10.25
Surinder AMARNATH IND		5.00
David LLOYD ENG		3.00

Phil EDMONDS ENG		19.03
Colin CROFT WI		18.89
Bob WILLIS ENG		18.72
Chris OLD ENG		18.50
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		18.20
Andy ROBERTS NZ		17.58
Joel GARNER WI		15.00
Rodney HOGG AUS		11.00
Surinder AMARNATH IND		5.00

Geoff MILLER ENG		14.25
Vanburn HOLDER WI		14.00
Derick PARRY WI		13.50
Chris OLD ENG		13.40
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		10.00
Barry WOOD ENG		9.75
Joel GARNER WI		9.67
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		7.00
David LLOYD ENG		3.00

Best Economy (All time)
Derek RANDALL 1.00
Mike GATTING ENG		1.00
Shafiq AHMED PAK		1.00
David LLOYD ENG		1.50
Aamer HAMEED PAK		1.50
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		1.64
John EMBUREY ENG		1.77
Bev CONGDON NZ		1.91
Mike HENDRICK ENG		1.93
Phil EDMONDS ENG		1.99

Best Economy (Test)
Barry WOOD 0.67
Derek RANDALL ENG		1.00
Mike GATTING ENG		1.00
Shafiq AHMED PAK		1.00
Larry GOMES WI		1.63
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		1.64
John EMBUREY ENG		1.77
Mike HENDRICK ENG		1.84
Bev CONGDON NZ		1.84
Stephen BOOCK NZ		1.85

Best Economy (ODI)
David LLOYD 1.50
Aamer HAMEED PAK		1.50
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		2.00
Sylvester CLARKE WI		2.14
Geoff COPE ENG		2.29
Bev CONGDON NZ		2.32
Bob WILLIS ENG		2.40
Geoff MILLER ENG		2.48
Barry WOOD ENG		2.60
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		2.66

Andy ROBERTS NZ		35.60
Colin CROFT WI		32.55
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		28.50
Rodney HOGG AUS		27.11
Barry WOOD ENG		27.00
Joel GARNER WI		26.29
Hasan JAMIL PAK		21.75
David LLOYD ENG		12.00
Surinder AMARNATH IND		9.00

Karsan GHAVRI IND		44.27
Bob WILLIS ENG		44.03
Jeff THOMSON AUS		41.88
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		37.57
Colin CROFT WI		36.73
Andy ROBERTS NZ		32.10
Joel GARNER WI		28.66
Rodney HOGG AUS		27.11
Surinder AMARNATH IND		9.00

Vanburn HOLDER WI		21.00
Colin CROFT WI		20.00
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		18.00
Joel GARNER WI		16.00
David LLOYD ENG		12.00
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		3.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 1362
Bishan BEDI IND		1164
Bob WILLIS ENG		1163
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		937
Kapil DEV IND		821
Phil EDMONDS ENG		788
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		765
Jeff THOMSON AUS		758
Sikander BAKHT PAK		733

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 1201
Bob WILLIS ENG	1067
Bishan BEDI IND	1064
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND	937
Bruce YARDLEY AUS	751
Kapil DEV IND	714
Norbert PHILLIP WI	708
Phil EDMONDS ENG	704
Jeff THOMSON AUS	671
Wayne CLARK AUS	668

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 161
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		124
Sikander BAKHT PAK		120
Hasan JAMIL PAK		115
Lance CAIRNS NZ		112
Kapil DEV IND		107
Bishan BEDI IND		100
Bob WILLIS ENG		96
Bob SIMPSON AUS		95

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Phil EDMONDS 126
Bob WILLIS ENG		106
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		99
Geoff MILLER ENG		94
Iqbal QASIM PAK		93
Chris OLD ENG		84
Bishan BEDI IND		79
Stephen BOOCK NZ		74
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		69
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		61

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Phil EDMONDS 120
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		95
Bob WILLIS ENG		94
Iqbal QASIM PAK		89
Geoff MILLER ENG		87
Bishan BEDI IND		79
Stephen BOOCK NZ		73
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		66
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		60

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 13
Bob WILLIS ENG		12
Geoff MILLER ENG		7
Phil EDMONDS ENG		6
Chris OLD ENG		5
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		4

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 6
Rodney HOGG AUS		5
Bob WILLIS ENG		4
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		2
Derick PARRY WI		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 6
Rodney HOGG AUS		5
Bob WILLIS ENG		4
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		2
Derick PARRY WI		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 1

Series updates of 1978

The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies)

03 Mar-28 Apr 1978

3-1 (5)
West Indies

Australia in West Indies ODI Series

22 Feb-12 Apr 1978

1-1 (2)
drawn

Prudential Trophy (Pakistan in England)

24 May-26 May 1978

2-0 (2)
England

Prudential Trophy (New Zealand in England)

15 Jul-17 Jul 1978

2-0 (2)
England

Pakistan in England Test Series

01 Jun-29 Jun 1978

2-0 (3)
England

New Zealand in England Test Series

27 Jul-24 Aug 1978

3-0 (3)
England

India in Pakistan Test Series

16 Oct-14 Nov 1978

2-0 (3)
Pakistan

India in Pakistan ODI Series

01 Oct-03 Nov 1978

2-1 (3)
Pakistan

West Indies in India Test Series

01 Dec-02 Feb 1979

1-0 (6)
India

The Ashes (England in Australia)

01 Dec-10 Feb 1979

5-1 (6)
England

England in Australia ODI Series

26 Dec-07 Feb 1979

2-1 (5)
Australia

England in New Zealand Test Series

10 Feb-04 Mar 1978

1-1 (3)
drawn

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Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1978 Performances & Rankings

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688

677

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788

759

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722

651

644

634

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261

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187

150

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146

145

136

131

235

205

187

158

157

154

148

145

131

129

235

205

187

158

157

154

145

131

129

126