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

31697

Test

30119

ODI

1578

Total Wickets

All time

597

Test

526

ODI

Total Sixes

All time

Test

ODI

Total Fours

All time

2758

Test

2632

ODI

126

Total Fifties

All time

125

Test

120

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1103
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	1042
David GOWER ENG	923
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	829
Graeme WOOD AUS	783
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	768
Clive RADLEY ENG	731
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND	688
Zaheer ABBAS PAK	674
Javed MIANDAD PAK	663

Most Runs (Test)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1099
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	962
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

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
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		85

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Geoff BOYCOTT 2655
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		1887
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		1759
David GOWER ENG		1757
Clive RADLEY ENG		1735
Graham ROOPE ENG		1473
Mike BREARLEY ENG		1218
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		1134
Geoff MILLER ENG		1096
Graham GOOCH ENG		1057

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Geoff BOYCOTT 2626
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		1829
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		1642
David GOWER ENG		1509
Clive RADLEY ENG		1368
Graham ROOPE ENG		1286
Geoff MILLER ENG		1074
Mike BREARLEY ENG		1073
Graham GOOCH ENG		926
Derek RANDALL ENG		908

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Clive RADLEY 367
Mudassar NAZAR PAK	261
David GOWER ENG	248
Graham ROOPE ENG	187
Javed MIANDAD PAK	149
Mohinder AMARNATH IND	146
Mike BREARLEY ENG	145
Desmond HAYNES WI	136
Graham GOOCH ENG	131
Surinder AMARNATH IND	119

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
Asif IQBAL PAK	62
Asif IQBAL PAK	62
Lance CAIRNS NZ	60
Mudassar NAZAR PAK	56
Mohsin KHAN PAK	51
Mohsin KHAN PAK	51

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
Basil WILLIAMS WI		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
Norbert PHILLIP WI		54.17

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 137.93
Wayne DANIEL WI		116.67
Desmond HAYNES WI		108.82
Gary COSIER AUS		107.69
Colin CROFT 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 NIAZI PAK		5
Vanburn HOLDER WI		4

Most sixes (Test)
Haroon RASHEED 8
Javed MIANDAD PAK		7
Kapil DEV IND		6
Imran NIAZI PAK		5
Desmond HAYNES WI		4
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		3
Phil EDMONDS ENG		2

Most sixes (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 4
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		2
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		1

Best Averages (All time)
Alvin KALLICHARRAN 829 / 14

Best Averages (Test)
Desmond HAYNES 182 / 3

Best Averages (ODI)
Majid KHAN 87 / 2

Most 50s (All time)
Gundappa VISWANATH 6
Graeme WOOD AUS		5
Sew SHIVNARINE WI		4

Most 50s (Test)
Gundappa VISWANATH 6
Graeme WOOD AUS		5
Sew SHIVNARINE WI		4
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Mudassar NAZAR 1

Most 100s (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 5
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		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
Stephen BOOCK NZ		4

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

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 3
Sikander BAKHT PAK		2
Naeem AHMED PAK		1

Most Wickets (All time)
Bob WILLIS 41
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		39
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		29
Jeff THOMSON AUS		27
Wayne CLARK AUS		26
Chris OLD ENG		25
Karsan GHAVRI IND		23

Most Wickets (Test)
Bob WILLIS 41
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		39
Rodney HOGG AUS		27
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		26
Chris OLD ENG		24
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		23
Karsan GHAVRI IND		22

Most Wickets (ODI)
Sikander BAKHT 6
Hasan JAMIL PAK		5
Ian CALLEN AUS		4
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		3

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 8/17
Phil EDMONDS ENG		7/0
Chris OLD ENG		7/24
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/12
Vanburn HOLDER WI		6/15
Abdul QADIR PAK		6/26
Rodney HOGG AUS		6/30
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		5/3
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		5/6
Derick PARRY WI		5/15

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 8/17
Phil EDMONDS ENG		7/0
Chris OLD ENG		7/24
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/12
Vanburn HOLDER WI		6/15
Abdul QADIR PAK		6/26
Rodney HOGG AUS		6/30
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		5/3
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		5/6
Derick PARRY WI		5/15

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 5/28
Jeff THOMSON AUS		4/20
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		3/6
Sikander BAKHT PAK		3/11
Hasan JAMIL PAK		3/18
Ian CALLEN AUS		3/24
Joel GARNER WI		3/29
Colin CROFT WI		3/44
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		3/54
Saleem ALTAF PAK		2/7

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 4/147
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
Wayne CLARK AUS		4/124
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		4/123
Liaqat ALI PAK		3/114
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		5/112

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 4/147
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
Wayne CLARK AUS		4/124
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		4/123
Liaqat ALI PAK		3/114
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		5/112

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)
Ian CALLEN 0

John EMBUREY ENG		22.60
Abdul QADIR PAK		20.27
Bob WILLIS ENG		20.15
Chris OLD ENG		16.28
Colin CROFT WI		13.25
Joel GARNER WI		13.21
Rodney HOGG AUS		11.00
Hasan JAMIL PAK		9.40
Surinder AMARNATH IND		5.00

Andy ROBERTS NZ		22.14
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		21.74
Abdul QADIR PAK		20.27
Bob WILLIS ENG		20.15
Chris OLD ENG		15.50
Joel GARNER WI		14.18
Colin CROFT WI		12.78
Rodney HOGG AUS		11.00
Surinder AMARNATH IND		5.00

Colin CROFT WI		14.67
Phil EDMONDS ENG		14.00
Derick PARRY WI		13.50
John LEVER ENG		12.50
Joel GARNER WI		9.67
Hasan JAMIL PAK		9.40
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		7.00
Saleem ALTAF PAK		3.50

Best Economy (All time)
Barry WOOD 0.67
Shafiq AHMED PAK		1.00
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		1.64
John EMBUREY ENG		1.84
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		1.97
Graham ROOPE ENG		2.00
Wasim BARI PAK		2.00
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2.02
Chris OLD ENG		2.06
Stephen BOOCK NZ		2.19

Best Economy (Test)
Barry WOOD 0.67
Shafiq AHMED PAK		1.00
Stephen BOOCK NZ		1.43
Larry GOMES WI		1.63
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		1.64
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		1.83
John EMBUREY ENG		1.84
Chris OLD ENG		1.95
Graham ROOPE ENG		2.00
Wasim BARI PAK		2.00

Best Economy (ODI)
Saleem ALTAF 1.40
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		2.00
Sylvester CLARKE WI		2.14
Geoff COPE ENG		2.29
Liaqat ALI PAK		2.77
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		2.87
Hasan JAMIL PAK		2.94
Norbert PHILLIP WI		3.14
Wasim RAJA PAK		3.29
John LEVER ENG		3.57

Bob WILLIS ENG		46.29
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		43.72
Ian CALLEN AUS		41.40
Jeff THOMSON AUS		39.44
Rodney HOGG AUS		27.11
Colin CROFT WI		26.05
Joel GARNER WI		22.76
Hasan JAMIL PAK		19.20
Surinder AMARNATH IND		9.00

Chris OLD ENG		47.63
Bob WILLIS ENG		46.29
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		42.65
Jeff THOMSON AUS		41.87
Andy ROBERTS NZ		41.14
Colin CROFT WI		28.07
Rodney HOGG AUS		27.11
Joel GARNER WI		24.60
Surinder AMARNATH IND		9.00

Colin CROFT WI		20.00
Hasan JAMIL PAK		19.20
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		18.00
Joel GARNER WI		16.00
Saleem ALTAF PAK		15.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Bishan BEDI 1075
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		898
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		889
Bob WILLIS ENG		826
Sikander BAKHT PAK		733
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		701
Wayne CLARK AUS		688
Jeff THOMSON AUS		674
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		661

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Bishan BEDI 1031
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND	898
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	848
Bob WILLIS ENG	826
Bruce YARDLEY AUS	687
Kapil DEV IND	684
Wayne CLARK AUS	627
Norbert PHILLIP WI	622
Sikander BAKHT PAK	613
Iqbal QASIM PAK	598

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Iqbal QASIM 91
Bishan BEDI IND		71
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		68
Chris OLD ENG		67
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		62
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		58
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		55
Geoff MILLER ENG		54
Phil EDMONDS ENG		50

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Iqbal QASIM 89
Bishan BEDI IND		71
Chris OLD ENG		67
Bruce YARDLEY AUS		65
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		62
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		55
Geoff MILLER ENG		54
Phil EDMONDS ENG		49
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		47

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 11
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		4
Hasan JAMIL PAK		3
Sikander BAKHT PAK		2

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Rodney HOGG 5
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		3
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		2
Phil EDMONDS ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Rodney HOGG 5
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		3
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		2
Abdul QADIR PAK		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 1

Series updates of 1978

England in New Zealand Test Series

10 Feb-04 Mar 1978

1-1 (3)
drawn

The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies)

03 Mar-28 Apr 1978

3-1 (5)
West Indies

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

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

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

India in Pakistan ODI Series

01 Oct-03 Nov 1978

2-1 (3)
Pakistan

England in Australia ODI Series

26 Dec-07 Feb 1979

2-1 (5)
Australia

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Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Sikander BAKHT 120
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		115
Lance CAIRNS NZ		112
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		101
Bob SIMPSON AUS		95
Richard COLLINGE NZ		94
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		92
Jeff THOMSON AUS		87
Wasim RAJA PAK		69
Ian CALLEN AUS		66

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

1103

1042

923

829

783

768

731

688

674

663

1099

962

788

759

750

722

651

644

634

606

250

201

148

104

100

94

93

91

87

85

2655

1887

1759

1757

1735

1473

1218

1134

1096

1057

2626

1829

1642

1509

1368

1286

1074

1073

926

908

367

261

248

187

149

146

145

136

131

119

235

205

187

158

157

154

148

145

131

129

235

205

187

158

157

154

145

131

129