Worst Bowling Fig in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the worst bowling fig in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS197888 entries
18/109Sir Ian BothamENGBest return on the list
27/60Chris OldENG
37/107Phil EdmondsENG
● LEADS
Sir Ian BothamENG
8/109 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
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entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/79
The mark at number ten — 78 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Worst Bowling Fig — full list

88 entries, ranked
1Sir Ian BothamENG8/109
2Chris OldENG7/60
3Phil EdmondsENG7/107
4Rodney HoggAUS6/74
5Abdul QadirPAK6/81
6Jeff ThomsonAUS6/84
7Vanburn HolderWI6/94
8Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/147
9Stephen BoockNZ5/67
10Andy RobertsNZ5/79
10Bob WillisENG5/79
12Lance CairnsNZ5/85
13Karsan GhavriIND5/93
14Derick ParryWI5/100
15Trevor LaughlinAUS5/101
16Sarfraz NawazPAK5/112
17Sylvester ClarkeWI5/126
18Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5/136
19Colin CroftWI4/55
20Joel GarnerWI4/65
21Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND4/77
22Norbert PhillipWI4/90
22Raphick JumadeenWI4/90
24Jim HiggsAUS4/91
25Alan HurstAUS4/93
26John LeverENG4/96
27Richard CollingeNZ4/98
28Mushtaq MohammadPAK4/106
29Imran KhanBHR4/111
30Erapalli PrasannaIND4/123
31Wayne ClarkAUS4/124
32Bishan BediIND4/130
33Sikander BakhtPAK4/132
34Bruce YardleyAUS4/134
35John EmbureyENG3/44
36Hasan JamilPAK3/48
37Wasim RajaPAK3/49
38Mike HendrickENG3/50
39Bob SimpsonAUS3/70
40Geoff DymockAUS3/72
41Geoff MillerENG3/99
42Iqbal QasimPAK3/101
43Ian CallenAUS3/108
44Brendon BracewellNZ3/110
45Liaqat AliPAK3/114
46Kapil DevIND3/132
47Barry WoodENG2/25
48Graham GoochENG2/29
49Saleem AltafPAK2/41
50Gary CosierAUS2/45
51Mudassar NazarPAK2/59
52Bev CongdonNZ2/71
53Mohinder AmarnathIND2/76
54Geoff CopeENG2/77
55David LloydENG1/3
56Surinder AmarnathIND1/5
57Javed MiandadPAK1/26
58Sunil GavaskarIND1/34
59Wayne DanielWI1/35
60Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND1/43
61Asif IqbalPAK1/44
62Malcolm MarshallWI1/53
63Maurice FosterWI1/68
63Sew ShivnarineWI1/68
65Ewen ChatfieldNZ1/94
66Derek RandallENG0/1
66Shafiq AhmedPAK0/1
66Mike GattingENG0/1
69Wasim BariPAK0/2
69Graham RoopeENG0/2
71Haroon RasheedPAK0/3
71Mohsin KhanHK0/3
73Majid KhanPAK0/5
74Alvin KallicharranWI0/6
74Aamer HameedPAK0/6
76Gundappa ViswanathIND0/7
77Graham YallopAUS0/8
78Sir Viv RichardsWI0/12
79Richard AustinWI0/13
80Allan BorderAUS0/14
81Geoff HowarthNZ0/15
82Sadiq MohammadPAK0/16
83Larry GomesWI0/18
84Chetan ChauhanIND0/26
85Naeem AhmedPAK0/43
86Dayle HadleeNZ0/47
87Sam GannonAUS0/65
88Tony MannAUS0/101
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