Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1979 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1979 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

43936

Test

34633

ODI

9303

Total Wickets

All time

1155

Test

800

ODI

355

Total Sixes

All time

2720

Test

1800

ODI

920

Total Fours

All time

63440

Test

49900

ODI

13540

Total Fifties

All time

166

Test

118

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

195

Test

139

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1496
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		1494
Kim HUGHES AUS		1374
Allan BORDER AUS		1273
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1088
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1065
Chetan CHAUHAN IND		864
Graham YALLOP AUS		800
David GOWER ENG		767
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		762

Most Runs (Test)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1407
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		1388
Kim HUGHES AUS		1152
Allan BORDER AUS		1073
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1044
Chetan CHAUHAN IND		864
Javed MIANDAD PAK		708
Graham YALLOP AUS		675
Kapil DEV IND		619
Yashpal SHARMA IND		591

Most Runs (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 526
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	493
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	429
Graham GOOCH ENG	316
David GOWER ENG	302
Desmond HAYNES WI	298
Greg CHAPPELL AUS	273
Mike BREARLEY ENG	270
Peter WILLEY ENG	244
Kim HUGHES AUS	222

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Allan BORDER 3196
Kim HUGHES AUS		3009
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		2638
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		2467
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		2456
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		2260
Graham YALLOP AUS		1830
Mike BREARLEY ENG		1701
Chetan CHAUHAN IND		1668
Yashpal SHARMA IND		1581

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Allan BORDER 2778
Kim HUGHES AUS		2641
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		2433
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		2390
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		2054
Chetan CHAUHAN IND		1668
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1592
Yashpal SHARMA IND		1581
Graham YALLOP AUS		1555
Andrew HILDITCH AUS		1119

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Geoff BOYCOTT 875
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	672
Mike BREARLEY ENG	646
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI	587
Desmond HAYNES WI	549
Graham GOOCH ENG	511
Allan BORDER AUS	418
Greg CHAPPELL AUS	407
David GOWER ENG	398
Derek RANDALL ENG	374

Highest Score (All time)
Faoud BACCHUS 250
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	221
David GOWER ENG	200
Gundappa VISWANATH IND	179
Graham YALLOP AUS	167
Allan BORDER AUS	162
Javed MIANDAD PAK	160
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	155
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI	153
Derek RANDALL ENG	150

Highest Score (Test)
Faoud BACCHUS 250
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	221
David GOWER ENG	200
Gundappa VISWANATH IND	179
Graham YALLOP AUS	167
Allan BORDER AUS	162
Javed MIANDAD PAK	160
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG	155
Derek RANDALL ENG	150
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND	146

Highest Score (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 153
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		106
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		105
David GOWER ENG		101
Zaheer ABBAS PAK		93
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		92
Collis KING WI		86
Bruce EDGAR NZ		84
Glenn TURNER NZ		83
Majid KHAN PAK		81

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Lance CAIRNS 130.77
Warren LEES NZ		112.00
Ian CHAPPELL AUS		106.96
Gary TROUP NZ		100.00
Collis KING WI		96.74
Gary COSIER AUS		93.33
Duleep MENDIS SL		92.86
Sudath PASQUAL SL		85.71
Kapil DEV IND		84.80
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		80.46

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Kapil DEV 83.77
John LEVER ENG		75.00
Joel GARNER WI		73.55
Desmond HAYNES WI		68.29
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		63.96
David GOWER ENG		63.61
Wasim RAJA PAK		62.52
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		59.71
Rick MCCOSKER AUS		59.49
David HOOKES AUS		56.34

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Lance CAIRNS 130.77
Warren LEES NZ		112.00
Collis KING WI		107.59
Ian CHAPPELL AUS		106.96
Wasim RAJA PAK		105.41
Dennis LILLEE AUS		103.45
Gary TROUP NZ		100.00
Kapil DEV IND		96.36
Gary COSIER AUS		93.33
Duleep MENDIS SL		92.86

Most sixes (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 11
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		8
Kim HUGHES AUS		7
Asif IQBAL PAK		6
Asif IQBAL PAK		6
Imran KHAN BHR		5
Imran KHAN BHR		5

Most sixes (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 9
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		6
Imran KHAN BHR		5
Imran KHAN BHR		5
Karsan GHAVRI IND		4
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		3

Most sixes (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 7
Graham GOOCH ENG		5
Collis KING WI		3
Kim HUGHES AUS		2

Best Averages (All time)
Raphick JUMADEEN 56 / 1

Best Averages (Test)
Raphick JUMADEEN 56 / 1

Best Averages (ODI)
Javed MIANDAD 46 / 1

Most 50s (All time)
Kim HUGHES 10
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		9
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		7
Allan BORDER AUS		6
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		5
Mike BREARLEY ENG		4

Most 50s (Test)
Chetan CHAUHAN 9
Kim HUGHES AUS		8
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		6
Wasim RAJA PAK		4

Most 50s (ODI)
Geoff BOYCOTT 4
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		3
Mike BREARLEY ENG		2

Most 100s (All time)
Gundappa VISWANATH 5
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		4
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		3
Majid KHAN PAK		2

Most 100s (Test)
Gundappa VISWANATH 5
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		4
Allan BORDER AUS		3
Majid KHAN PAK		2
Zaheer ABBAS PAK		1

Most 100s (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 2
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Jim HIGGS 7
Kevin WRIGHT AUS		5
David GOWER ENG		4

Most Not Outs (Test)
Jim HIGGS 7
Kevin WRIGHT AUS		5
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		4
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 4
Dennis LILLEE AUS		3
Kim HUGHES AUS		2

Most Wickets (All time)
Kapil DEV 76
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		58
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		50
Rodney HOGG AUS		46
Sikander BAKHT PAK		43
Dilip DOSHI IND		40
Karsan GHAVRI IND		39
Mike HENDRICK ENG		38
Bob WILLIS ENG		34

Most Wickets (Test)
Kapil DEV 74
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		42
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		41
Dilip DOSHI IND		40
Karsan GHAVRI IND		39
Rodney HOGG AUS		37
Sikander BAKHT PAK		36
Jim HIGGS AUS		33
Shivlal YADAV IND		32
Alan HURST AUS		30

Most Wickets (ODI)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 16
Mike HENDRICK ENG		15
Joel GARNER WI		14
Dennis LILLEE AUS		13
Colin CROFT WI		11
Alan HURST AUS		10

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 9/22
Sikander BAKHT PAK		8/14
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		7/5
Jim HIGGS AUS		7/9
Kapil DEV IND		6/1
Iqbal QASIM PAK		6/7
Dilip DOSHI IND		6/11
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		6/12
Geoff MILLER ENG		5/1
Imran KHAN BHR		5/2
Imran KHAN BHR		5/2

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 9/22
Sikander BAKHT PAK		8/14
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		7/5
Jim HIGGS AUS		7/9
Kapil DEV IND		6/1
Iqbal QASIM PAK		6/7
Dilip DOSHI IND		6/11
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		6/35
Imran KHAN BHR		5/2
Imran KHAN BHR		5/2
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		5/8

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Alan HURST 5/7
Joel GARNER WI		5/26
Mike HENDRICK ENG		4/0
Chris OLD ENG		4/5
Dennis LILLEE AUS		4/10
Bob WILLIS ENG		4/11
Michael HOLDING WI		4/16
Rodney HOGG AUS		4/20
Len PASCOE AUS		4/28
Asif IQBAL PAK		4/28
Asif IQBAL PAK		4/28

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Norbert PHILLIP 4/159
Jim HIGGS AUS		7/150
Kapil DEV IND		6/146
Sylvester CLARKE WI		4/139
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		3/137
Shivlal YADAV IND		4/135
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		7/135
Iqbal QASIM PAK		6/135
Karsan GHAVRI IND		4/129
Derick PARRY WI		2/127

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Norbert PHILLIP 4/159
Jim HIGGS AUS		7/150
Kapil DEV IND		6/146
Sylvester CLARKE WI		4/139
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		3/137
Iqbal QASIM PAK		6/135
Shivlal YADAV IND		4/135
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		7/135
Karsan GHAVRI IND		4/129
Derick PARRY WI		2/127

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 3/71
Alan HURST AUS		5/65
Trevor LAUGHLIN AUS		2/63
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		3/58
Graham YALLOP AUS		0/56
Dennis LILLEE AUS		4/56
Asif IQBAL PAK		4/56
Asif IQBAL PAK		4/56
Derick PARRY WI		2/56
Chris OLD ENG		4/55
Mike HENDRICK ENG		4/55

Most Dots (All time)
Yajurvindra SINGH 0

Most Dots (Test)
Yajurvindra SINGH 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Max WALKER 0

Chris OLD ENG		17.55
Ehteshamuddin PAK		17.38
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		17.00
Mike HENDRICK ENG		16.97
Warren STOTT NZ		16.00
Brian MCKECHNIE NZ		15.67
Len PASCOE AUS		11.88
Graeme PORTER AUS		11.00
Derek RANDALL ENG		2.00

Sikander BAKHT PAK		21.83
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		20.74
Javed MIANDAD PAK		20.00
Joel GARNER WI		19.91
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		19.50
John EMBUREY ENG		17.85
Ehteshamuddin PAK		17.38
Mike HENDRICK ENG		17.04
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		17.00

Asif IQBAL PAK		17.44
Dennis LILLEE AUS		17.31
Mike HENDRICK ENG		16.87
Majid KHAN PAK		16.71
Warren STOTT NZ		16.00
Brian MCKECHNIE NZ		15.67
Sikander BAKHT PAK		15.43
Len PASCOE AUS		11.88
Graeme PORTER AUS		11.00
Derek RANDALL ENG		2.00

Best Economy (All time)
Kim HUGHES 0.00
Clive LLOYD WI		1.00
Graeme PORTER AUS		1.83
Ehteshamuddin PAK		1.97
Dilip DOSHI IND		2.05
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		2.10
John EMBUREY ENG		2.12
Geoff MILLER ENG		2.13
Phil EDMONDS ENG		2.18
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2.20

Best Economy (Test)
Kim HUGHES 0.00
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		1.15
Geoff BOYCOTT ENG		1.75
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		1.78
Mike HENDRICK ENG		1.82
Ehteshamuddin PAK		1.97
Phil EDMONDS ENG		2.01
Dilip DOSHI IND		2.05
Geoff MILLER ENG		2.08
Jeremy CONEY NZ		2.10

Best Economy (ODI)
Clive LLOYD 1.00
Graeme PORTER AUS		1.83
Majid KHAN PAK		2.49
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		2.60
Sikander BAKHT PAK		2.63
Stanley DE SILVA SL		2.70
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		2.79
Chris OLD ENG		2.79
Geoff MILLER ENG		2.83
Robert CALLENDER CAN		2.89

Chris OLD ENG		37.75
Graeme PORTER AUS		36.00
Tony OPATHA SL		34.20
Gary COSIER AUS		31.65
Brian MCKECHNIE NZ		30.33
Javed MIANDAD PAK		24.00
Len PASCOE AUS		21.98
Derek RANDALL ENG		1.20

Roger BINNY IND		48.33
Alan HURST AUS		47.96
Kapil DEV IND		47.88
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		46.09
Sikander BAKHT PAK		41.80
Wasim RAJA PAK		40.93
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		39.20
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		37.80
Javed MIANDAD PAK		24.00

Mike HENDRICK ENG		31.60
Asif IQBAL PAK		31.33
Asif IQBAL PAK		31.33
Brian MCKECHNIE NZ		30.33
Alan HURST AUS		30.12
John LEVER ENG		30.00
Dennis LILLEE AUS		25.15
Warren STOTT NZ		24.00
Len PASCOE AUS		21.98
Derek RANDALL ENG		1.20

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Kapil DEV 1836
Karsan GHAVRI IND		1783
Rodney HOGG AUS		1492
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		1304
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		1181
Jim HIGGS AUS		1179
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		964
Dilip DOSHI IND		960
Alan HURST AUS		936
Bob WILLIS ENG		918

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Kapil DEV 1699
Karsan GHAVRI IND	1671
Rodney HOGG AUS	1203
Jim HIGGS AUS	1179
Geoff DYMOCK AUS	983
Dilip DOSHI IND	960
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	871
Shivlal YADAV IND	870
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND	856
Sikander BAKHT PAK	786

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 433
Joel GARNER WI		342
Bob WILLIS ENG		321
Andy ROBERTS NZ		308
Rodney HOGG AUS		289
Michael HOLDING WI		287
Collis KING WI		258
Mike HENDRICK ENG		253
Dennis LILLEE AUS		225
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		213

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Kapil DEV 141
Dilip DOSHI IND		139
Karsan GHAVRI IND		120
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		104
Jim HIGGS AUS		99
Rodney HOGG AUS		87
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		80
Shivlal YADAV IND		77
Mike HENDRICK ENG		70

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 21
Bob WILLIS ENG		19
Mike HENDRICK ENG		16
Andy ROBERTS NZ		12
Alan HURST AUS		11
Sikander BAKHT PAK		10

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Kapil DEV 5
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		4
Sikander BAKHT PAK		3
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		2
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Kapil DEV 5
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		4
Sikander BAKHT PAK		3
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		2
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Joel GARNER 1

Series updates of 1979

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia)

27 Nov-22 Jan 1980

-
West Indies

India in England Test Series

12 Jul-30 Aug 1979

1-0 (4)
England

Australia in India Test Series

11 Sep-03 Nov 1979

2-0 (6)
India

Prudential World Cup (in England)

09 Jun-23 Jun 1979

-
West Indies

Pakistan in India Test Series

21 Nov-29 Jan 1980

2-0 (6)
India

England in Australia Test Series

14 Dec-01 Feb 1980

3-0 (3)
Australia

The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia)

01 Dec-26 Jan 1980

2-0 (3)
West Indies

Pakistan in Australia Test Series

10 Mar-24 Mar 1979

1-1 (2)
drawn

Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series

02 Feb-23 Feb 1979

1-0 (3)
Pakistan

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Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Kapil DEV 147
Dilip DOSHI IND		139
Karsan GHAVRI IND		123
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		107
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		101
Jim HIGGS AUS		99
Rodney HOGG AUS		95
Geoff DYMOCK AUS		92
Mike HENDRICK ENG		86
Shivlal YADAV IND		77

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1979 Performances & Rankings

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1273

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864

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767

762

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864

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429

316

302

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270

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222

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2456

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1581

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511

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167

162

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