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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.
ODI
1979
74 entries
1
0/58
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
Worst return on the list
2
0/56
Graham Yallop
AUS
3
0/53
Karsan Ghavri
IND
● LEADS
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
0/58 · worst figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
31
entries on this list took 0 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
0/44
The mark at number ten — 64 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
13 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
74 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
0/58
2
Graham Yallop
AUS
0/56
3
Karsan Ghavri
IND
0/53
4
Collis King
WI
0/52
5
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0/50
5
Rodney Hogg
AUS
0/50
7
Michael Holding
WI
0/47
7
Joel Garner
WI
0/47
9
Bishan Bedi
IND
0/45
10
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
0/44
11
Somachandra De Silva
SL
0/42
12
Allan Border
AUS
0/40
12
Greg Chappell
AUS
0/40
14
Peter Willey
ENG
0/39
15
Geoff Dymock
AUS
0/38
15
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0/38
17
Ranjan Gunatilleke
SL
0/34
18
Tony Opatha
SL
0/31
19
Max Walker
AUS
0/30
20
Jitendra Patel
CAN
0/27
21
Doug Walters
AUS
0/24
22
Wayne Larkins
ENG
0/21
22
Glenroy Sealy
CAN
0/21
22
John Vaughan
CAN
0/21
25
Sudath Pasqual
SL
0/20
26
John Morrison
NZ
0/19
27
Martin Stead
CAN
0/18
28
Julien Wiener
AUS
0/16
29
David Hookes
AUS
0/10
29
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/10
31
Clive Lloyd
WI
0/2
32
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
1/71
33
Alan Hurst
AUS
1/65
34
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
1/63
35
Derick Parry
WI
1/56
36
Kapil Dev
IND
1/53
36
Jeff Thomson
AUS
1/53
38
Derek Underwood
ENG
1/49
39
Jeremy Coney
NZ
1/47
39
Bandula Warnapura
SL
1/47
41
Brian McKechnie
NZ
1/46
42
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/45
43
Imran Niazi
BHR
1/43
44
Bob Willis
ENG
1/41
44
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
1/41
46
Ray Bright
AUS
1/40
47
Ajit de Silva
SL
1/39
48
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/38
48
Gary Troup
NZ
1/38
50
Geoff Miller
ENG
1/33
51
Graham Dilley
ENG
1/32
52
John Valentine
CAN
1/28
53
Phil Carlson
AUS
1/27
54
Graeme Porter
AUS
1/20
55
Robert Callender
CAN
1/14
56
Derek Randall
ENG
1/2
57
Chris Old
ENG
2/55
58
Lance Cairns
NZ
2/48
59
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2/40
60
Len Pascoe
AUS
2/38
61
Stanley De Silva
SL
2/36
62
Cornelius Henry
CAN
2/27
63
Mike Hendrick
ENG
3/55
64
Gary Cosier
AUS
3/54
65
Majid Khan
PAK
3/53
66
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3/52
67
John Lever
ENG
3/51
68
Warren Stott
NZ
3/48
69
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
3/43
70
Colin Croft
WI
3/42
71
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
3/40
72
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3/34
73
Asif Iqbal
PAK
4/56
73
Dennis Lillee
AUS
4/56
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