Best Strike Rate in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best strike rate in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS197972 entries
122.13Len PascoeAUS8.43 clear of Brian McKechnie
230.56Brian McKechnieNZ8.43 off the lead
331.75Gary CosierAUS9.62 off the lead
● LEADS
Len PascoeAUS
22.13 · 8.43 better than McKechnie
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Pascoe is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
42.52
The mark at number ten — 62 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

72 entries, ranked
1Len PascoeAUS22.13
2Brian McKechnieNZ30.56
3Gary CosierAUS31.75
4Chris OldENG37.82
5Somachandra De SilvaSL40.00
6Dennis LilleeAUS40.62
7Sikander BakhtPAK40.79
8Wasim RajaPAK41.11
9Geoff BoycottENG42.00
10Sir Richard HadleeNZ42.52
11Colin CroftWI43.29
12Trevor LaughlinAUS43.60
13Alan HurstAUS43.70
14Sir Ian BothamENG45.55
15Sir Viv RichardsWI46.00
16Asif IqbalPAK46.17
17Mike HendrickENG46.47
18Michael HoldingWI46.68
19Joel GarnerWI46.96
20Roger BinnyIND48.56
21Kapil DevIND49.36
22Sir Andy RobertsNZ49.70
23John EmbureyENG50.46
24Mushtaq MohammadPAK51.00
25Geoff DymockAUS52.70
26EhteshamuddinPAK53.00
27John LeverENG53.83
28Bob WillisENG54.26
29Norbert PhillipWI55.82
30Sarfraz NawazPAK56.44
31Jeff ThomsonAUS57.33
32Sylvester ClarkeWI57.67
33Graham DilleyENG59.25
34Lance CairnsNZ59.94
35Stanley De SilvaSL60.00
36Imran NiaziBHR60.33
37Rodney HoggAUS61.04
38Shivlal YadavIND61.72
39Peter WilleyENG65.00
40Derek UnderwoodENG66.00
41Mohinder AmarnathIND70.14
42Dilip DoshiIND70.48
43Majid KhanPAK72.60
44Jim HiggsAUS73.85
45Geoff MillerENG75.67
46Graham GoochENG76.60
47Allan BorderAUS77.40
48Gary TroupNZ79.57
49Greg ChappellAUS83.00
50Iqbal QasimPAK88.82
51Collis KingWI89.00
52Karsan GhavriIND89.79
53Derick ParryWI91.00
54Raphick JumadeenWI91.33
55Phil CarlsonAUS100.50
56Jeremy ConeyNZ104.00
57Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND105.78
58Bruce YardleyAUS111.38
59Phil EdmondsENG116.40
60Bishan BediIND119.57
61Dhiraj ParsanaIND120.00
62Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND121.20
63Stephen BoockNZ123.00
64Mudassar NazarPAK128.17
65Graham YallopAUS144.00
66Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND147.00
67Ray BrightAUS162.00
68Peter SleepAUS171.50
69Abdul QadirPAK180.00
70Malcolm MarshallWI204.00
71Vanburn HolderWI208.00
72Wayne ClarkAUS228.00
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