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 FORMATS1979112 entries
16/103Dilip DoshiINDBest return on the list
25/98Sir Ian BothamENG
35/104Sir Richard HadleeNZ
● LEADS
Dilip DoshiIND
6/103 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 6 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4/135
The mark at number ten — 102 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Worst Bowling Fig — full list

112 entries, ranked
1Dilip DoshiIND6/103
2Sir Ian BothamENG5/98
3Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/104
4Imran NiaziBHR5/106
5Kapil DevIND5/146
6Asif IqbalPAK4/56
7Wasim RajaPAK4/68
8Dennis LilleeAUS4/104
9Bruce YardleyAUS4/107
10Geoff DymockAUS4/135
10Iqbal QasimPAK4/135
12Warren StottNZ3/48
13Sir Viv RichardsWI3/52
14Gary CosierAUS3/54
15Majid KhanPAK3/55
16Derek UnderwoodENG3/82
17Jeff ThomsonAUS3/90
18Alan HurstAUS3/115
19Sikander BakhtPAK3/121
20Raphick JumadeenWI3/137
21Sylvester ClarkeWI3/139
22Jim HiggsAUS3/150
23Norbert PhillipWI3/159
24Cornelius HenryCAN2/27
25Stanley De SilvaSL2/36
26Len PascoeAUS2/38
27Phil CarlsonAUS2/41
28EhteshamuddinPAK2/52
28Geoff MillerENG2/52
30Mohinder AmarnathIND2/53
31Chris OldENG2/55
32Allan BorderAUS2/60
33Joel GarnerWI2/75
34Roger BinnyIND2/76
35Stephen BoockNZ2/77
36Bishan BediIND2/87
37Peter WilleyENG2/96
37Lance CairnsNZ2/96
39Sarfraz NawazPAK2/112
40Derick ParryWI2/127
41Derek RandallENG1/2
42Gundappa ViswanathIND1/11
43Robert CallenderCAN1/14
44Graeme PorterAUS1/20
45John ValentineCAN1/28
46Dhiraj ParsanaIND1/32
47Graham GoochENG1/38
48Ajit de SilvaSL1/39
49Ewen ChatfieldNZ1/45
50Brian McKechnieNZ1/46
51Bandula WarnapuraSL1/47
52Graham DilleyENG1/50
53Larry GomesWI1/54
54Wayne ClarkAUS1/56
55John EmbureyENG1/57
56Mudassar NazarPAK1/61
57Trevor LaughlinAUS1/63
58John LeverENG1/69
59Sir Andy RobertsNZ1/70
59Mushtaq MohammadPAK1/70
61Gary TroupNZ1/86
62Phil EdmondsENG1/87
63Bob WillisENG1/89
64Michael HoldingWI1/94
65Ray BrightAUS1/97
66Colin CroftWI1/106
67Abdul QadirPAK1/114
68Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND1/117
69Malcolm MarshallWI1/123
70Shivlal YadavIND1/135
71Kim HughesAUS0/0
72Clive LloydWI0/2
73Dilip VengsarkarIND0/3
74Peter TooheyAUS0/4
75Alan ButcherENG0/9
76Sunil GavaskarIND0/10
77Dav WhatmoreAUS0/11
78Anwar KhanPAK0/12
78Anshuman GaekwadIND0/12
78Javed MiandadPAK0/12
81David HookesAUS0/15
82Sew ShivnarineWI0/16
83Martin SteadCAN0/18
84John MorrisonNZ0/19
84Chetan ChauhanIND0/19
86Sudath PasqualSL0/20
87Wayne LarkinsENG0/21
87Glenroy SealyCAN0/21
87John VaughanCAN0/21
90Julien WienerAUS0/22
91Doug WaltersAUS0/24
92Geoff HowarthNZ0/25
93Jitendra PatelCAN0/27
94Yajurvindra SinghIND0/29
95Max WalkerAUS0/30
96Tony OpathaSL0/31
97Alvin KallicharranWI0/32
98Ranjan GunatillekeSL0/34
99Geoff BoycottENG0/38
100Greg ChappellAUS0/40
101Somachandra De SilvaSL0/42
102Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND0/50
103Jeremy ConeyNZ0/51
104Collis KingWI0/52
105Brendon BracewellNZ0/53
106Mike HendrickENG0/56
106Graham YallopAUS0/56
108Peter SleepAUS0/79
109Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND0/107
110Vanburn HolderWI0/118
110Rodney HoggAUS0/118
112Karsan GhavriIND0/129
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