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Best Bowling Fig in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1979
112 entries
1
9/86
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
Best return on the list
2
8/69
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3
7/67
Geoff Dymock
AUS
● LEADS
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
9/86 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/38
The mark at number ten — 102 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
112 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
9/86
2
Sikander Bakht
PAK
8/69
3
Geoff Dymock
AUS
7/67
4
Jim Higgs
AUS
7/143
5
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
6/40
6
Kapil Dev
IND
6/63
7
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
6/78
8
Dilip Doshi
IND
6/103
9
Alan Hurst
AUS
5/21
10
Joel Garner
WI
5/38
11
Geoff Miller
ENG
5/44
12
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
5/47
13
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
5/59
14
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/62
15
Imran Niazi
BHR
5/106
16
Chris Old
ENG
4/8
17
Bob Willis
ENG
4/11
18
Mike Hendrick
ENG
4/15
19
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4/26
20
Dennis Lillee
AUS
4/28
21
Len Pascoe
AUS
4/29
22
Michael Holding
WI
4/33
23
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/35
24
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
4/43
25
Derek Underwood
ENG
4/44
26
John Emburey
ENG
4/46
27
Norbert Phillip
WI
4/48
28
Asif Iqbal
PAK
4/56
29
Karsan Ghavri
IND
4/63
30
Wasim Raja
PAK
4/68
31
Sylvester Clarke
WI
4/75
32
Bruce Yardley
AUS
4/91
33
Gary Cosier
AUS
3/22
34
Brian McKechnie
NZ
3/24
35
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
3/26
36
Colin Croft
WI
3/27
36
Majid Khan
PAK
3/27
37
Somachandra De Silva
SL
3/29
38
Tony Opatha
SL
3/31
39
Peter Willey
ENG
3/33
40
Lance Cairns
NZ
3/36
40
Allan Border
AUS
3/36
41
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
3/40
42
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/48
42
Warren Stott
NZ
3/48
43
John Lever
ENG
3/51
44
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3/52
45
Roger Binny
IND
3/53
46
Jeff Thomson
AUS
3/90
47
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
3/137
48
Graeme Porter
AUS
2/13
49
Geoff Boycott
ENG
2/14
49
Greg Chappell
AUS
2/14
50
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
2/17
51
Stephen Boock
NZ
2/22
51
Vanburn Holder
WI
2/22
52
Bishan Bedi
IND
2/26
53
Cornelius Henry
CAN
2/27
54
Graham Dilley
ENG
2/30
55
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/32
55
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
2/32
56
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/33
57
Derick Parry
WI
2/35
58
Stanley De Silva
SL
2/36
58
Gary Troup
NZ
2/36
59
Collis King
WI
2/40
59
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2/40
60
Phil Carlson
AUS
2/41
61
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
2/46
62
Derek Randall
ENG
1/2
63
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/8
64
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1/11
64
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
1/11
65
Robert Callender
CAN
1/14
66
Peter Sleep
AUS
1/16
67
John Valentine
CAN
1/18
68
Graham Yallop
AUS
1/21
69
Abdul Qadir
PAK
1/27
70
Ray Bright
AUS
1/30
71
Dhiraj Parsana
IND
1/32
72
Ajit de Silva
SL
1/39
73
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/45
74
Bandula Warnapura
SL
1/47
75
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
1/50
76
Larry Gomes
WI
1/54
77
Wayne Clark
AUS
1/56
78
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1/123
79
Kim Hughes
AUS
0/0
79
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/0
80
Clive Lloyd
WI
0/2
81
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0/3
82
Yajurvindra Singh
IND
0/4
82
Peter Toohey
AUS
0/4
83
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
0/5
84
Martin Stead
CAN
0/6
85
Sew Shivnarine
WI
0/8
85
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/8
86
Alan Butcher
ENG
0/9
87
David Hookes
AUS
0/10
87
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/10
88
Dav Whatmore
AUS
0/11
89
Doug Walters
AUS
0/12
89
John Morrison
NZ
0/12
89
Anwar Khan
PAK
0/12
90
John Vaughan
CAN
0/15
91
Julien Wiener
AUS
0/16
92
Sudath Pasqual
SL
0/20
92
Jitendra Patel
CAN
0/20
93
Glenroy Sealy
CAN
0/21
93
Wayne Larkins
ENG
0/21
94
Max Walker
AUS
0/30
95
Ranjan Gunatilleke
SL
0/34
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