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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.
TEST
1979
123 entries
1
9
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3 clear of Asif Iqbal
2
6
Asif Iqbal
PAK
3 off the lead
2
6
Kapil Dev
IND
3 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
9 · 3 ahead of Iqbal
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Botham is out on their own
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
16 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
★ RANGE
9
top of the list, down to 0 at the other end
Most sixes — full list
123 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
9
2
Asif Iqbal
PAK
6
2
Kapil Dev
IND
6
2
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
6
3
Kim Hughes
AUS
5
3
Imran Niazi
BHR
5
4
Karsan Ghavri
IND
4
4
Joel Garner
WI
4
4
Yashpal Sharma
IND
4
5
Faoud Bacchus
WI
3
5
Graham Gooch
ENG
3
5
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
3
6
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
2
6
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2
6
David Gower
ENG
2
6
Bruce Yardley
AUS
2
6
Allan Border
AUS
2
6
Mark Burgess
NZ
2
6
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2
7
Lance Cairns
NZ
1
7
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1
7
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
1
7
Julien Wiener
AUS
1
7
Rick Darling
AUS
1
7
Jeff Moss
AUS
1
7
Phil Edmonds
ENG
1
7
Sylvester Clarke
WI
1
7
Norbert Phillip
WI
1
7
Vanburn Holder
WI
1
7
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1
7
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
1
7
Anwar Khan
PAK
1
7
Bob Willis
ENG
1
7
Wasim Raja
PAK
1
7
Javed Miandad
PAK
1
7
Syed Kirmani
IND
1
7
Rod Marsh
AUS
1
8
Greg Chappell
AUS
0
8
Dennis Lillee
AUS
0
8
Jeff Thomson
AUS
0
8
Geoff Dymock
AUS
0
8
Alan Hurst
AUS
0
8
Rick McCosker
AUS
0
8
Graham Yallop
AUS
0
8
David Hookes
AUS
0
8
Ray Bright
AUS
0
8
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
0
8
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
0
8
Dhiraj Parsana
IND
0
8
Bharath Reddy
IND
0
8
Sikander Bakht
PAK
0
8
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
0
8
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
8
Bob Taylor
ENG
0
8
Mike Hendrick
ENG
0
8
Talat Ali
PAK
0
8
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
0
8
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
0
8
Abdul Qadir
PAK
0
8
Mohsin Khan
HK
0
8
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
0
8
Bishan Bedi
IND
0
8
Chetan Chauhan
IND
0
8
Michael Holding
WI
0
8
Larry Gomes
WI
0
8
Collis King
WI
0
8
Colin Croft
WI
0
8
Lawrence Rowe
WI
0
8
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0
8
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
0
8
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
0
8
Gordon Greenidge
WI
0
8
Sew Shivnarine
WI
0
8
Basil Williams
WI
0
8
Alvin Greenidge
WI
0
8
David Murray
WI
0
8
Desmond Haynes
WI
0
8
Derick Parry
WI
0
8
Deryck Murray
WI
0
8
Clive Lloyd
WI
0
8
Mike Brearley
ENG
0
8
Peter Willey
ENG
0
8
Geoff Miller
ENG
0
8
John Lever
ENG
0
8
Derek Randall
ENG
0
8
Malcolm Marshall
WI
0
8
Herbert Chang
WI
0
8
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0
8
Derek Underwood
ENG
0
8
John Emburey
ENG
0
8
David Bairstow
ENG
0
8
Alan Butcher
ENG
0
8
Graham Dilley
ENG
0
8
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
0
8
Majid Khan
PAK
0
8
Wasim Bari
PAK
0
8
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
0
8
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
8
Bruce Laird
AUS
0
8
Graeme Wood
AUS
0
8
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
0
8
John Parker
NZ
0
8
Warren Lees
NZ
0
8
Gary Troup
NZ
0
8
Stephen Boock
NZ
0
8
John Wright
NZ
0
8
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
0
8
Bruce Edgar
NZ
0
8
John Reid
NZ
0
8
Phil Carlson
AUS
0
8
Kevin Wright
AUS
0
8
Andrew Hilditch
AUS
0
8
Peter Sleep
AUS
0
8
Dav Whatmore
AUS
0
8
Jim Higgs
AUS
0
8
Rodney Hogg
AUS
0
8
John Maclean
AUS
0
8
Dilip Doshi
IND
0
8
Shivlal Yadav
IND
0
8
Roger Binny
IND
0
8
Wayne Clark
AUS
0
8
Peter Toohey
AUS
0
8
Yajurvindra Singh
IND
0
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