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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.
TEST
1978
80 entries
1
8/109
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
Best return on the list
2
7/60
Chris Old
ENG
3
7/107
Phil Edmonds
ENG
● LEADS
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
8/109 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/79
The mark at number ten — 70 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
80 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
8/109
2
Chris Old
ENG
7/60
3
Phil Edmonds
ENG
7/107
4
Rodney Hogg
AUS
6/74
5
Abdul Qadir
PAK
6/81
6
Jeff Thomson
AUS
6/84
7
Vanburn Holder
WI
6/94
8
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/147
9
Stephen Boock
NZ
5/67
10
Andy Roberts
NZ
5/79
10
Bob Willis
ENG
5/79
12
Karsan Ghavri
IND
5/93
13
Derick Parry
WI
5/100
14
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
5/101
15
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
5/112
16
Sylvester Clarke
WI
5/126
17
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
5/136
18
Colin Croft
WI
4/55
19
Joel Garner
WI
4/65
20
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
4/77
21
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
4/90
21
Norbert Phillip
WI
4/90
23
Jim Higgs
AUS
4/91
24
Alan Hurst
AUS
4/93
25
John Lever
ENG
4/96
26
Richard Collinge
NZ
4/98
27
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
4/106
28
Imran Khan
BHR
4/111
29
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
4/123
30
Wayne Clark
AUS
4/124
31
Bishan Bedi
IND
4/130
32
Sikander Bakht
PAK
4/132
33
Bruce Yardley
AUS
4/134
34
John Emburey
ENG
3/44
35
Mike Hendrick
ENG
3/50
36
Bob Simpson
AUS
3/70
37
Geoff Dymock
AUS
3/72
38
Geoff Miller
ENG
3/99
39
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
3/101
40
Ian Callen
AUS
3/108
41
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
3/110
42
Liaqat Ali
PAK
3/114
43
Kapil Dev
IND
3/132
44
Gary Cosier
AUS
2/45
45
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/59
46
Bev Congdon
NZ
2/71
47
Geoff Cope
ENG
2/77
48
Lance Cairns
NZ
2/85
49
Surinder Amarnath
IND
1/5
50
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/21
51
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
1/34
52
Saleem Altaf
PAK
1/36
53
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
1/43
54
Wasim Raja
PAK
1/49
55
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1/53
56
Maurice Foster
WI
1/68
56
Sew Shivnarine
WI
1/68
58
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/76
59
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/94
60
Derek Randall
ENG
0/1
60
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/1
60
Shafiq Ahmed
PAK
0/1
63
Wasim Bari
PAK
0/2
63
Barry Wood
ENG
0/2
63
Graham Roope
ENG
0/2
66
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
0/3
66
Mohsin Khan
HK
0/3
68
Richard Austin
WI
0/5
68
Majid Khan
PAK
0/5
70
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/6
71
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
0/7
72
Graham Yallop
AUS
0/8
72
Larry Gomes
WI
0/8
74
Allan Border
AUS
0/14
75
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0/16
76
Chetan Chauhan
IND
0/26
77
Graham Gooch
ENG
0/29
78
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
0/47
79
Sam Gannon
AUS
0/65
80
Tony Mann
AUS
0/101
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