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 FORMATS197972 entries
111.88Len PascoeAUS3.79 clear of Brian McKechnie
215.67Brian McKechnieNZ3.79 off the lead
316.97Mike HendrickENG5.09 off the lead
● LEADS
Len PascoeAUS
11.88 · 3.79 better than McKechnie
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Pascoe is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21.60
The mark at number ten — 62 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Average — full list

72 entries, ranked
1Len PascoeAUS11.88
2Brian McKechnieNZ15.67
3Mike HendrickENG16.97
4EhteshamuddinPAK17.38
5Chris OldENG17.55
6John EmbureyENG17.85
7Gary CosierAUS20.63
8Sikander BakhtPAK20.79
9Asif IqbalPAK21.50
10Geoff BoycottENG21.60
11Wasim RajaPAK21.89
12Joel GarnerWI22.44
13Dennis LilleeAUS22.46
14Sir Ian BothamENG22.48
15Colin CroftWI22.76
16Sir Richard HadleeNZ23.09
17Alan HurstAUS23.40
18Geoff DymockAUS23.62
19Somachandra De SilvaSL23.67
20Dilip DoshiIND24.00
21Kapil DevIND24.16
22Michael HoldingWI24.32
23Sir Andy RobertsNZ26.55
24Geoff MillerENG26.80
25Bob WillisENG27.00
25Stanley De SilvaSL27.00
26Shivlal YadavIND27.19
27Mushtaq MohammadPAK27.73
28Imran NiaziBHR28.30
29Sarfraz NawazPAK28.60
30Sylvester ClarkeWI28.89
31Graham DilleyENG29.25
32John LeverENG29.83
33Roger BinnyIND29.89
34Norbert PhillipWI30.27
35Majid KhanPAK30.50
36Peter WilleyENG32.29
37Rodney HoggAUS32.43
38Lance CairnsNZ32.56
39Iqbal QasimPAK33.82
40Trevor LaughlinAUS34.00
41Derek UnderwoodENG35.11
42Sir Viv RichardsWI35.50
43Jim HiggsAUS35.73
44Allan BorderAUS36.30
45Mohinder AmarnathIND37.29
46Jeff ThomsonAUS37.56
47Gary TroupNZ40.71
48Greg ChappellAUS41.00
49Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND41.91
50Phil EdmondsENG42.20
51Phil CarlsonAUS42.25
52Jeremy ConeyNZ45.50
53Raphick JumadeenWI45.67
54Karsan GhavriIND45.72
55Graham GoochENG48.40
56Dhiraj ParsanaIND50.00
57Derick ParryWI50.67
58Bishan BediIND51.86
59Bruce YardleyAUS52.77
60Collis KingWI53.50
61Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND59.00
62Stephen BoockNZ59.50
63Mudassar NazarPAK61.67
64Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND75.50
65Ray BrightAUS78.67
66Abdul QadirPAK86.50
67Vanburn HolderWI92.33
68Wayne ClarkAUS103.00
69Peter SleepAUS111.50
70Graham YallopAUS118.00
71Malcolm MarshallWI123.00
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