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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.
TEST
1979
82 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 — 72 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
82 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
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/104
13
Imran Khan
BHR
5/106
14
Alan Hurst
AUS
5/115
15
Mike Hendrick
ENG
4/56
16
John Emburey
ENG
4/57
17
Wasim Raja
PAK
4/68
18
Joel Garner
WI
4/75
19
Michael Holding
WI
4/94
20
Dennis Lillee
AUS
4/104
21
Bruce Yardley
AUS
4/107
21
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
4/107
23
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4/118
24
Karsan Ghavri
IND
4/129
25
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/135
26
Sylvester Clarke
WI
4/139
27
Norbert Phillip
WI
4/159
28
Majid Khan
PAK
3/55
29
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/61
30
Andy Roberts
NZ
3/70
31
Roger Binny
IND
3/76
32
Derek Underwood
ENG
3/82
33
Bob Willis
ENG
3/89
34
Jeff Thomson
AUS
3/90
35
Lance Cairns
NZ
3/96
36
Colin Croft
WI
3/106
37
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
3/137
38
Phil Carlson
AUS
2/41
39
Graham Dilley
ENG
2/50
39
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
2/50
41
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/51
42
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/53
43
Allan Border
AUS
2/60
44
Stephen Boock
NZ
2/77
45
Gary Troup
NZ
2/86
46
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2/87
46
Bishan Bedi
IND
2/87
48
Peter Willey
ENG
2/96
49
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
2/117
50
Vanburn Holder
WI
2/118
51
Derick Parry
WI
2/127
52
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
1/11
53
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/12
54
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/16
55
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1/19
56
Graham Yallop
AUS
1/21
57
Greg Chappell
AUS
1/25
58
Dhiraj Parsana
IND
1/32
59
Asif Iqbal
PAK
1/46
60
Collis King
WI
1/50
61
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
1/53
62
Larry Gomes
WI
1/54
63
Wayne Clark
AUS
1/56
64
John Lever
ENG
1/69
65
Peter Sleep
AUS
1/79
66
Ray Bright
AUS
1/97
67
Abdul Qadir
PAK
1/114
68
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1/123
69
Kim Hughes
AUS
0/0
70
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0/3
71
Peter Toohey
AUS
0/4
72
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0/8
73
Alan Butcher
ENG
0/9
74
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/10
75
Dav Whatmore
AUS
0/11
76
Anwar Khan
PAK
0/12
77
David Hookes
AUS
0/15
78
Sew Shivnarine
WI
0/16
79
Julien Wiener
AUS
0/22
80
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/25
81
Yajurvindra Singh
IND
0/29
82
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/32
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