Best Average in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best average in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS197987 entries
12.00Derek RandallENG9 clear of Graeme Porter
211.00Graeme PorterAUS9 off the lead
311.88Len PascoeAUS9.88 off the lead
● LEADS
Derek RandallENG
2.00 · 9 better than Porter
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Randall is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
17.85
The mark at number ten — 77 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Average — full list

87 entries, ranked
1Derek RandallENG2.00
2Graeme PorterAUS11.00
3Len PascoeAUS11.88
4Brian McKechnieNZ15.67
5Warren StottNZ16.00
6Mike HendrickENG16.97
7Gundappa ViswanathIND17.00
8EhteshamuddinPAK17.38
9Chris OldENG17.55
10John EmbureyENG17.85
11Javed MiandadPAK20.00
12Gary CosierAUS20.63
13Tony OpathaSL20.67
14Sikander BakhtPAK20.79
15Asif IqbalPAK21.50
16Geoff BoycottENG21.60
17Wasim RajaPAK21.89
18John ValentineCAN22.00
19Joel GarnerWI22.44
20Dennis LilleeAUS22.46
21Sir Ian BothamENG22.48
22Colin CroftWI22.76
23Sir Richard HadleeNZ23.09
24Alan HurstAUS23.40
25Geoff DymockAUS23.62
26Somachandra De SilvaSL23.67
27Dilip DoshiIND24.00
28Kapil DevIND24.16
29Michael HoldingWI24.32
30Robert CallenderCAN26.00
31Cornelius HenryCAN26.50
32Andy RobertsNZ26.55
33Geoff MillerENG26.80
34Bob WillisENG27.00
34Stanley De SilvaSL27.00
35Shivlal YadavIND27.19
36Mushtaq MohammadPAK27.73
37Imran KhanBHR28.30
38Sarfraz NawazPAK28.60
39Sylvester ClarkeWI28.89
40Graham DilleyENG29.25
41John LeverENG29.83
42Roger BinnyIND29.89
43Norbert PhillipWI30.27
44Majid KhanPAK30.50
45Peter WilleyENG32.29
46Rodney HoggAUS32.43
47Lance CairnsNZ32.56
48Iqbal QasimPAK33.82
49Trevor LaughlinAUS34.00
50Derek UnderwoodENG35.11
51Sir Viv RichardsWI35.50
52Jim HiggsAUS35.73
53Allan BorderAUS36.30
54Mohinder AmarnathIND37.29
55Jeff ThomsonAUS37.56
56Ajit de SilvaSL39.00
57Gary TroupNZ40.71
58Greg ChappellAUS41.00
58Chetan ChauhanIND41.00
59Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND41.91
60Phil EdmondsENG42.20
61Phil CarlsonAUS42.25
62Ewen ChatfieldNZ45.00
63Jeremy ConeyNZ45.50
64Raphick JumadeenWI45.67
65Karsan GhavriIND45.72
66Graham GoochENG48.40
67Dhiraj ParsanaIND50.00
68Derick ParryWI50.67
69Bishan BediIND51.86
70Bruce YardleyAUS52.77
71Collis KingWI53.50
72Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND59.00
73Stephen BoockNZ59.50
74Larry GomesWI60.00
75Mudassar NazarPAK61.67
76Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND75.50
77Bandula WarnapuraSL77.00
78Ray BrightAUS78.67
79Abdul QadirPAK86.50
80Vanburn HolderWI92.33
81Brendon BracewellNZ103.00
81Wayne ClarkAUS103.00
82Peter SleepAUS111.50
83Graham YallopAUS118.00
84Malcolm MarshallWI123.00
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