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Most sixes in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most sixes in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1979
162 entries
1
11
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3 clear of Graham Gooch
2
8
Graham Gooch
ENG
3 off the lead
2
8
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
11 · 3 ahead of Gooch
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Botham is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
0
The mark at number ten — 152 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most sixes — full list
162 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
11
2
Graham Gooch
ENG
8
2
Sir Viv Richards
WI
8
3
Kim Hughes
AUS
7
4
Asif Iqbal
PAK
6
4
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
6
4
Kapil Dev
IND
6
5
Imran Niazi
BHR
5
5
Joel Garner
WI
5
5
Gordon Greenidge
WI
5
6
Karsan Ghavri
IND
4
6
Yashpal Sharma
IND
4
7
Rod Marsh
AUS
3
7
Allan Border
AUS
3
7
Duleep Mendis
SL
3
7
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
3
7
David Gower
ENG
3
7
Faoud Bacchus
WI
3
7
Collis King
WI
3
7
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
3
8
Desmond Haynes
WI
2
8
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2
8
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
2
8
Wasim Raja
PAK
2
8
Mark Burgess
NZ
2
8
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2
8
Lance Cairns
NZ
2
8
Geoff Howarth
NZ
2
8
Bruce Yardley
AUS
2
9
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
1
9
Rick Darling
AUS
1
9
Julien Wiener
AUS
1
9
Gary Cosier
AUS
1
9
Warren Lees
NZ
1
9
Bryan Mauricette
CAN
1
9
Jeff Moss
AUS
1
9
Javed Miandad
PAK
1
9
Majid Khan
PAK
1
9
David Bairstow
ENG
1
9
Anwar Khan
PAK
1
9
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
1
9
Syed Kirmani
IND
1
9
Sylvester Clarke
WI
1
9
Norbert Phillip
WI
1
9
Vanburn Holder
WI
1
9
Bob Willis
ENG
1
9
Derek Randall
ENG
1
9
Phil Edmonds
ENG
1
10
Mike Brearley
ENG
0
10
Peter Willey
ENG
0
10
Geoff Miller
ENG
0
10
John Lever
ENG
0
10
John Emburey
ENG
0
10
Bob Taylor
ENG
0
10
Chris Old
ENG
0
10
Mike Hendrick
ENG
0
10
Malcolm Marshall
WI
0
10
Herbert Chang
WI
0
10
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0
10
Derek Underwood
ENG
0
10
Lawrence Rowe
WI
0
10
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0
10
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
0
10
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
0
10
Michael Holding
WI
0
10
Larry Gomes
WI
0
10
Deryck Murray
WI
0
10
Clive Lloyd
WI
0
10
Sew Shivnarine
WI
0
10
Basil Williams
WI
0
10
Alvin Greenidge
WI
0
10
David Murray
WI
0
10
Derick Parry
WI
0
10
Colin Croft
WI
0
10
Yajurvindra Singh
IND
0
10
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
0
10
Dhiraj Parsana
IND
0
10
Bharath Reddy
IND
0
10
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
0
10
Brijesh Patel
IND
0
10
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
0
10
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
0
10
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
0
10
Bishan Bedi
IND
0
10
Chetan Chauhan
IND
0
10
Alan Butcher
ENG
0
10
Graham Dilley
ENG
0
10
Wayne Larkins
ENG
0
10
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
0
10
Wasim Bari
PAK
0
10
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
0
10
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
10
Sikander Bakht
PAK
0
10
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
0
10
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
10
Abdul Qadir
PAK
0
10
Mohsin Khan
HK
0
10
Talat Ali
PAK
0
10
Bruce Laird
AUS
0
10
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0
10
Glenn Turner
NZ
0
10
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
0
10
John Parker
NZ
0
10
John Morrison
NZ
0
10
Bandula Warnapura
SL
0
10
Tony Opatha
SL
0
10
Anura Tennekoon
SL
0
10
Sunil Wettimuny
SL
0
10
Stanley De Silva
SL
0
10
Sunil Jayasinghe
SL
0
10
Sudath Pasqual
SL
0
10
Jitendra Patel
CAN
0
10
Glenroy Sealy
CAN
0
10
Martin Stead
CAN
0
10
Tariq Javed
CAN
0
10
John Valentine
CAN
0
10
John Vaughan
CAN
0
10
Robert Callender
CAN
0
10
Charles Baksh
CAN
0
10
Gary Troup
NZ
0
10
Stephen Boock
NZ
0
10
John Wright
NZ
0
10
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
0
10
Bruce Edgar
NZ
0
10
John Reid
NZ
0
10
Brian McKechnie
NZ
0
10
Christopher Chappell
CAN
0
10
Franklyn Dennis
CAN
0
10
Cornelius Henry
CAN
0
10
Cecil Marshall
CAN
0
10
Graham Yallop
AUS
0
10
David Hookes
AUS
0
10
Ray Bright
AUS
0
10
Dilip Doshi
IND
0
10
Shivlal Yadav
IND
0
10
Roger Binny
IND
0
10
Surinder Khanna
IND
0
10
Ian Chappell
AUS
0
10
Doug Walters
AUS
0
10
Greg Chappell
AUS
0
10
Dennis Lillee
AUS
0
10
Jeff Thomson
AUS
0
10
Max Walker
AUS
0
10
Geoff Dymock
AUS
0
10
Alan Hurst
AUS
0
10
Rick McCosker
AUS
0
10
Graeme Porter
AUS
0
10
Somachandra De Silva
SL
0
10
Ajit de Silva
SL
0
10
Roy Dias
SL
0
10
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0
10
Phil Carlson
AUS
0
10
Kevin Wright
AUS
0
10
Andrew Hilditch
AUS
0
10
Peter Sleep
AUS
0
10
Dav Whatmore
AUS
0
10
Graeme Wood
AUS
0
10
Wayne Clark
AUS
0
10
Peter Toohey
AUS
0
10
Rodney Hogg
AUS
0
10
John Maclean
AUS
0
10
Jim Higgs
AUS
0
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