Test matches

1978 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Highest averages

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1978-1978	3	5	2	583	235*	194.33	-	-	2	1	-	-	5
🥈 2	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1979	8	14	2	1099	205	91.58	658+	55.16	5	3	1	86+	2
🥉 3	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1978	8	13	5	606	154*	75.75	581+	42.85	2	3	1	22+	7
4	CG Greenidge	CG Greenidge (WI)	1978-1978	2	3	1	131	80*	65.50	-	-	-	1	-	19	1
5	EAS Prasanna	EAS Prasanna (IND)	1978-1978	4	6	5	65	25*	65.00	117+	42.73	-	-	-	5+	0
6	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1978-1978	2	2	-	128	86	64.00	-	-	-	1	-	17	1
7	DL Haynes	DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1978	2	3	-	182	66	60.66	-	-	-	3	-	23	4
8	AI Kallicharran	AI Kallicharran (WI)	1978-1979	8	13	-	788	187	60.61	315+	59.36	3	3	1	85+	1
9	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1978-1979	8	13	2	651	157*	59.18	214+	32.24	1	4	-	11+	2
10	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1978-1979	8	11	-	644	145	58.54	307+	42.67	1	6	1	42+	0
11	GP Howarth	GP Howarth (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	2	560	123	56.00	1642	34.10	3	1	1	54	0
12	DI Gower	DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	9	14	1	722	111	55.53	1509	47.84	2	3	-	79	1
13	Imran Khan	Imran Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	3	4	2	104	32	52.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
14	Mushtaq Mohammad	Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	3	3	-	150	78	50.00	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
15	CT Radley	CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	8	10	-	481	158	48.10	1368	35.16	2	2	1	43	0
16	G Boycott	G Boycott (ENG)	1978-1979	10	18	1	759	131	44.64	2626	28.90	2	5	-	56	0
17	HA Gomes	HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	-	474	115	43.09	117+	53.84	2	3	-	37+	0
18	GN Yallop	GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	8	16	1	634	121	42.26	531+	32.39	2	3	-	54	1
19	PM Toohey	PM Toohey (AUS)	1978-1979	8	15	1	590	122	42.14	573+	39.09	1	4	1	50	3
20	GM Wood	GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	9	18	-	750	126	41.66	650+	35.23	2	5	-	61	1
21	DL Murray	DL Murray (WI)	1978-1978	2	2	-	81	60	40.50	-	-	-	1	-	10	0
22	S Shivnarine	S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1979	5	10	1	363	63	40.33	-	-	-	4	1	37+	0
23	AB Williams	AB Williams (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	-	443	111	40.27	1+	-	2	1	1	43+	0
24	Asif Iqbal	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1978-1978	3	6	1	199	104	39.80	-	-	1	-	1	15+	2
24	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1979	12	16	1	597	108	39.80	1212	49.25	3	1	-	70	2
26	Mohsin Khan	Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	4	6	-	235	46	39.16	676	34.76	-	-	-	22	2
27	GRJ Roope	GRJ Roope (ENG)	1978-1978	9	13	3	390	69	39.00	1286	30.32	-	4	1	39	2
28	CPS Chauhan	CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1979	8	13	1	463	93	38.58	560+	40.17	-	3	1	24+	0
29	Majid Khan	Majid Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	3	6	-	222	47	37.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
30	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1978-1979	8	13	2	377	91*	34.27	926	40.71	-	3	1	41	0
31	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	6	8	-	274	61	34.25	130+	79.23	-	2	-	9+	6
32	Sadiq Mohammad	Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	5	9	-	298	97	33.11	620+	38.87	-	2	1	23+	0
33	KD Ghavri	KD Ghavri (IND)	1978-1979	6	8	1	230	64	32.85	264+	39.77	-	1	-	8+	1
34	RB Simpson	RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	13	-	421	100	32.38	225+	31.55	1	2	1	27	0
35	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1978	7	11	-	353	76	32.09	873+	29.20	-	3	-	21+	0
36	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1978-1978	2	2	-	62	39	31.00	-	-	-	-	-	8	1
37	KJ Hughes	KJ Hughes (AUS)	1978-1979	4	8	-	245	129	30.62	769	31.85	1	-	1	17	4
38	DR Parry	DR Parry (WI)	1978-1979	8	14	3	331	65	30.09	114+	48.24	-	3	3	31+	0
39	S Amarnath	S Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	3	5	-	147	60	29.40	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
40	AE Greenidge	AE Greenidge (WI)	1978-1978	3	5	-	142	69	28.40	8+	-	-	2	1	21	1
41	AD Gaekwad	AD Gaekwad (IND)	1978-1979	3	5	-	138	87	27.60	-	-	-	1	-	2+	0
42	DW Randall	DW Randall (ENG)	1978-1979	8	14	1	350	75	26.92	908	38.54	-	3	2	31	1
43	CS Serjeant	CS Serjeant (AUS)	1978-1978	6	12	1	289	124	26.27	41+	12.19	1	-	1	37	1
44	M Amarnath	M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	6	10	1	234	86	26.00	180+	27.77	-	2	1	13+	1
45	N Phillip	N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	2	232	47	25.77	47+	55.31	-	-	1	21+	1
46	JM Parker	JM Parker (NZ)	1978-1978	5	10	2	205	53*	25.62	716	28.63	-	1	1	16	0
47	Haroon Rasheed	Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1978-1978	5	8	-	203	108	25.37	440	46.13	1	-	-	20	8
48	Shafiq Ahmed	Shafiq Ahmed (PAK)	1978-1978	2	3	1	50	27*	25.00	156	32.05	-	-	-	5	0
49	BA Edgar	BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1978	3	6	-	147	60	24.50	465	31.61	-	1	1	13	0
50	SMH Kirmani	SMH Kirmani (IND)	1978-1979	8	11	1	243	51	24.30	293+	53.92	-	1	1	16+	0
51	GN Edwards	GN Edwards (NZ)	1978-1978	3	6	-	144	55	24.00	262	54.96	-	2	1	18	2
52	B Yardley	B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	8	15	2	306	74	23.53	173+	30.05	-	1	-	42	2
53	SJ Rixon	SJ Rixon (AUS)	1978-1978	7	13	3	230	54	23.00	95+	29.47	-	1	2	21	0
54	MG Burgess	MG Burgess (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	1	252	68	22.90	908	27.75	-	2	-	28	0
55	JG Wright	JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1978	5	10	-	223	62	22.30	859	25.96	-	2	1	18	0
56	SFAF Bacchus	SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1979	5	9	-	199	96	22.11	15+	73.33	-	1	-	7+	0
57	Sarfraz Nawaz	Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1978	6	6	2	88	32*	22.00	126+	33.33	-	-	1	6+	0
57	DA Murray	DA Murray (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	-	242	84	22.00	258+	32.55	-	2	-	16+	0
59	WM Darling	WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1979	6	12	-	248	65	20.66	229+	36.68	-	2	1	18	0
60	RW Anderson	RW Anderson (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	-	245	62	20.41	629	38.95	-	2	1	32	0
61	G Miller	G Miller (ENG)	1978-1979	13	17	1	321	89	20.06	1074	29.88	-	1	2	29	0
62	GA Cope	GA Cope (ENG)	1978-1978	2	2	-	40	22	20.00	182	21.97	-	-	-	1	0
63	GJ Cosier	GJ Cosier (AUS)	1978-1978	7	14	-	255	68	18.21	296+	46.28	-	1	2	28	1
64	JM Brearley	JM Brearley (ENG)	1978-1979	10	16	1	272	74	18.13	1073	25.34	-	2	3	20	0
65	TJ Laughlin	TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	3	5	-	87	35	17.40	11+	63.63	-	-	-	7	0
66	BC Rose	BC Rose (ENG)	1978-1978	4	7	1	99	27	16.50	389	25.44	-	-	-	10	0
67	PH Edmonds	PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1978	12	13	3	164	50	16.40	451	36.36	-	1	-	17	2
68	AV Mankad	AV Mankad (IND)	1978-1978	1	1	-	16	16	16.00	23	69.56	-	-	-	2	0
68	J Dyson	J Dyson (AUS)	1978-1978	1	2	-	32	26	16.00	165	19.39	-	-	-	2	0
70	Wasim Raja	Wasim Raja (PAK)	1978-1978	5	8	-	126	47	15.75	296	42.56	-	-	2	14	1
71	JK Lever	JK Lever (ENG)	1978-1978	4	6	2	62	33*	15.50	213	29.10	-	-	-	4	1
72	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1978-1979	1	2	-	29	29	14.50	127	22.83	-	-	1	4	0
73	B Wood	B Wood (ENG)	1978-1978	1	1	-	14	14	14.00	52	26.92	-	-	-	1	0
73	Talat Ali	Talat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	2	3	-	42	40	14.00	147	28.57	-	-	1	5	0
75	BE Congdon	BE Congdon (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	-	163	44	13.58	714	22.82	-	-	2	14	0
76	JA Maclean	JA Maclean (AUS)	1978-1979	3	6	1	67	33*	13.40	288	23.26	-	-	1	4	0
77	Wasim Bari	Wasim Bari (PAK)	1978-1978	8	10	1	119	85	13.22	126+	22.22	-	1	2	2+	1
78	RGD Willis	RGD Willis (ENG)	1978-1979	14	15	8	92	19	13.14	422	21.80	-	-	-	4	0
79	RW Taylor	RW Taylor (ENG)	1978-1979	14	17	1	206	45	12.87	1137	18.11	-	-	2	10	0
80	RO Collinge	RO Collinge (NZ)	1978-1978	4	8	2	75	32	12.50	239	31.38	-	-	2	8	1
80	Abdul Qadir	Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1978-1978	2	2	-	25	21	12.50	77	32.46	-	-	-	2	0
82	BL Cairns	BL Cairns (NZ)	1978-1978	3	6	-	72	27	12.00	217	33.17	-	-	1	7	0
83	RM Hogg	RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1979	3	6	-	71	36	11.83	203	34.97	-	-	2	8	0
84	AD Ogilvie	AD Ogilvie (AUS)	1978-1978	2	4	-	47	43	11.75	-	-	-	-	2	6	0
85	VA Holder	VA Holder (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	1	117	31	11.70	21+	66.66	-	-	1	9+	2
86	CM Old	CM Old (ENG)	1978-1978	7	8	1	78	29*	11.14	250	31.20	-	-	1	9	0
87	RA Austin	RA Austin (WI)	1978-1978	2	2	-	22	20	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
88	Sir RJ Hadlee	Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	1	112	39	10.18	281	39.85	-	-	1	19	0
89	Sikander Bakht	Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1978	7	9	3	59	22*	9.83	85+	24.70	-	-	1	2+	0
90	IT Shillingford	IT Shillingford (WI)	1978-1978	1	2	-	19	16	9.50	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
91	G Dymock	G Dymock (AUS)	1978-1979	2	4	1	23	11	7.66	134	17.16	-	-	1	1	0
91	ST Clarke	ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1979	4	6	3	23	8	7.66	12+	66.66	-	-	1	2+	1
93	JR Thomson	JR Thomson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	12	1	79	24	7.18	65+	26.15	-	-	2	6	0
94	BS Bedi	BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1979	8	11	3	57	18	7.12	38+	65.78	-	-	-	1+	0
95	Iqbal Qasim	Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1978-1978	8	8	2	42	29*	7.00	97+	13.40	-	-	5	0+	0
95	CEH Croft	CEH Croft (WI)	1978-1978	2	2	1	7	4*	7.00	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
97	MLC Foster	MLC Foster (WI)	1978-1978	1	2	-	13	8	6.50	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
98	S Venkataraghavan	S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1978-1979	3	3	-	18	11	6.00	4+	-	-	-	1	0+	0
99	AME Roberts	AME Roberts (WI)	1978-1978	2	2	-	11	7	5.50	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
99	M Hendrick	M Hendrick (ENG)	1978-1979	5	8	2	33	12	5.50	113	29.20	-	-	3	3	0

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures