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Worst Bowling Fig in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the worst bowling fig in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1979
111 entries
1
9/112
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
Best return on the list
2
8/121
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3
7/135
Geoff Dymock
AUS
● LEADS
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
9/112 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/70
The mark at number ten — 101 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
111 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
9/112
2
Sikander Bakht
PAK
8/121
3
Geoff Dymock
AUS
7/135
4
Jim Higgs
AUS
7/150
5
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
6/98
6
Dilip Doshi
IND
6/103
7
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
6/135
8
Kapil Dev
IND
6/146
9
Geoff Miller
ENG
5/52
9
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
5/52
11
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
5/70
12
Joel Garner
WI
5/75
13
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/104
14
Imran Khan
BHR
5/106
15
Alan Hurst
AUS
5/115
16
Len Pascoe
AUS
4/38
17
Chris Old
ENG
4/55
18
Mike Hendrick
ENG
4/56
18
Asif Iqbal
PAK
4/56
20
John Emburey
ENG
4/57
21
Wasim Raja
PAK
4/68
22
Derek Underwood
ENG
4/82
23
Bob Willis
ENG
4/89
24
Michael Holding
WI
4/94
25
Dennis Lillee
AUS
4/104
26
Bruce Yardley
AUS
4/107
26
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
4/107
28
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4/118
29
Karsan Ghavri
IND
4/129
30
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/135
31
Sylvester Clarke
WI
4/139
32
Norbert Phillip
WI
4/159
33
Tony Opatha
SL
3/31
34
Somachandra De Silva
SL
3/42
35
Brian McKechnie
NZ
3/46
36
Warren Stott
NZ
3/48
37
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3/52
38
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
3/53
39
Gary Cosier
AUS
3/54
40
Majid Khan
PAK
3/55
41
Allan Border
AUS
3/60
42
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/61
43
John Lever
ENG
3/69
44
Andy Roberts
NZ
3/70
45
Roger Binny
IND
3/76
46
Jeff Thomson
AUS
3/90
47
Peter Willey
ENG
3/96
47
Lance Cairns
NZ
3/96
49
Colin Croft
WI
3/106
50
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
3/137
51
Graeme Porter
AUS
2/20
52
Cornelius Henry
CAN
2/27
53
Stanley De Silva
SL
2/36
54
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/38
54
Geoff Boycott
ENG
2/38
56
Greg Chappell
AUS
2/40
57
Phil Carlson
AUS
2/41
58
Graham Dilley
ENG
2/50
58
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
2/50
60
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/51
61
Collis King
WI
2/52
62
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
2/63
63
Stephen Boock
NZ
2/77
64
Gary Troup
NZ
2/86
65
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2/87
65
Bishan Bedi
IND
2/87
67
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
2/117
68
Vanburn Holder
WI
2/118
69
Derick Parry
WI
2/127
70
Derek Randall
ENG
1/2
71
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
1/11
72
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/12
73
Robert Callender
CAN
1/14
74
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1/19
75
John Valentine
CAN
1/28
76
Dhiraj Parsana
IND
1/32
77
Ajit de Silva
SL
1/39
78
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/45
79
Bandula Warnapura
SL
1/47
80
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
1/53
81
Larry Gomes
WI
1/54
82
Wayne Clark
AUS
1/56
82
Graham Yallop
AUS
1/56
84
Peter Sleep
AUS
1/79
85
Ray Bright
AUS
1/97
86
Abdul Qadir
PAK
1/114
87
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1/123
88
Kim Hughes
AUS
0/0
89
Clive Lloyd
WI
0/2
90
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0/3
91
Peter Toohey
AUS
0/4
92
Alan Butcher
ENG
0/9
93
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/10
94
Dav Whatmore
AUS
0/11
95
Anwar Khan
PAK
0/12
96
David Hookes
AUS
0/15
97
Sew Shivnarine
WI
0/16
98
Martin Stead
CAN
0/18
99
John Morrison
NZ
0/19
100
Sudath Pasqual
SL
0/20
101
Wayne Larkins
ENG
0/21
101
Glenroy Sealy
CAN
0/21
101
John Vaughan
CAN
0/21
104
Julien Wiener
AUS
0/22
105
Doug Walters
AUS
0/24
106
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/25
107
Jitendra Patel
CAN
0/27
108
Yajurvindra Singh
IND
0/29
109
Max Walker
AUS
0/30
110
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/32
111
Ranjan Gunatilleke
SL
0/34
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