Test matches

1979 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Highest strike rates

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	17	23	3	619	126*	30.95	616+	83.76*	1	3	2	67+	6
🥈 2	JK Lever	JK Lever (ENG)	1979-1979	1	1	1	6	6*	-	8	75.00	-	-	-	1	0
🥉 3	J Garner	J Garner (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	-	89	60	44.50	121	73.55	-	1	-	8	4
4	DL Haynes	DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1980	2	4	1	84	42	28.00	123	68.29	-	-	-	10	0
5	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	-	236	140	118.00	369	63.95	1	1	-	29	1
6	DI Gower	DI Gower (ENG)	1979-1979	8	12	1	465	200*	42.27	731	63.61	1	2	2	52	2
7	Wasim Raja	Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	8	12	1	479	97	43.54	571+	62.52*	-	4	-	55+	1
8	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	8	12	-	446	137	37.16	747	59.70	1	2	1	40	9
9	RB McCosker	RB McCosker (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	-	47	33	23.50	79	59.49	-	-	-	5	0
10	DW Hookes	DW Hookes (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	-	80	43	40.00	142	56.33	-	-	-	7	0
11	AME Roberts	AME Roberts (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	-	61	54	30.50	110	55.45	-	1	-	7	0
12	Mohsin Khan	Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	2	4	-	47	14	11.75	51+	54.90*	-	-	-	4+	0
13	Asif Iqbal	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1979	8	12	1	569	134*	51.72	833+	51.62*	2	2	-	65	6
14	CG Greenidge	CG Greenidge (WI)	1979-1980	2	4	1	91	48	30.33	177	51.41	-	-	1	10	0
15	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1979-1979	8	14	1	436	135	33.53	521+	49.71*	1	2	-	41	1
16	B Yardley	B Yardley (AUS)	1979-1979	6	11	2	270	61*	30.00	475+	49.68*	-	2	1	28	2
17	WM Darling	WM Darling (AUS)	1979-1979	8	15	1	449	91	32.07	778+	49.61*	-	4	-	43	1
18	P Willey	P Willey (ENG)	1979-1979	2	4	-	104	52	26.00	211	49.28	-	1	-	14	0
19	S Venkataraghavan	S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	10	10	3	53	28	7.57	82+	48.78*	-	-	2	4+	2
20	JM Wiener	JM Wiener (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	-	133	58	33.25	276	48.18	-	1	-	10	1
21	DL Underwood	DL Underwood (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	-	13	13	6.50	27	48.14	-	-	1	1	0
22	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	-	1407	221	54.11	2433+	47.43*	4	8	-	177+	3
23	PH Edmonds	PH Edmonds (ENG)	1979-1979	4	4	1	81	27*	27.00	174	46.55	-	-	-	12	1
24	AI Kallicharran	AI Kallicharran (WI)	1979-1980	5	8	2	245	98	40.83	187+	46.52*	-	1	-	8+	0
25	GS Chappell	GS Chappell (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	-	301	124	50.16	651	46.23	1	1	-	31	0
26	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	2	1388	179	57.83	2054+	46.20*	5	6	-	127+	1
27	DL Bairstow	DL Bairstow (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	-	68	59	34.00	148	45.94	-	1	-	8	0
28	Majid Khan	Majid Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	8	14	1	358	119*	27.53	437+	45.76*	2	-	3	49+	0
29	KD Ghavri	KD Ghavri (IND)	1979-1979	17	21	7	304	86	21.71	538+	45.53*	-	1	1	23+	4
30	JK Moss	JK Moss (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	1	60	38*	60.00	136	44.11	-	-	-	4	1
31	Imran Khan	Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	7	12	1	225	33	20.45	378+	42.85*	-	-	-	24	5
32	DF Whatmore	DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	7	13	-	293	77	22.53	583+	42.19*	-	2	1	36	0
33	Haroon Rasheed	Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1979-1979	2	4	-	126	47	31.50	121+	42.14*	-	-	-	13	2
34	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1979	9	16	4	708	160*	59.00	981+	41.89*	2	3	1	74	1
35	SMH Kirmani	SMH Kirmani (IND)	1979-1979	13	17	4	463	101*	35.61	826+	41.76*	1	1	1	46+	1
36	KJ Hughes	KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	14	27	3	1152	130*	48.00	2641+	41.68*	2	8	-	117	5
37	Sadiq Mohammad	Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1979	1	1	-	47	47	47.00	114	41.22	-	-	-	7	0
38	WM Clark	WM Clark (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	-	9	9	4.50	22	40.90	-	-	1	2	0
39	LG Rowe	LG Rowe (WI)	1979-1980	2	3	-	79	50	26.33	195	40.51	-	1	-	9	0
40	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	7	10	-	340	83	34.00	841	40.42	-	3	-	35	3
41	RMH Binny	RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1979	4	6	-	86	46	14.33	214	40.18	-	-	2	10	0
42	AG Hurst	AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	7	11	1	50	17*	5.00	125	40.00	-	-	7	5	0
43	DR Doshi	DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1979	10	9	2	43	20	6.14	108+	39.81*	-	-	3	4	0
44	MA Holding	MA Holding (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	1	12	11	12.00	31	38.70	-	-	-	2	0
45	BM Laird	BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	-	285	92	47.50	739	38.56	-	3	1	24	0
46	AMJ Hilditch	AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	9	18	-	452	85	25.11	1119+	38.24*	-	4	1	35	0
47	B Reddy	B Reddy (IND)	1979-1979	4	5	1	38	21	9.50	100	38.00	-	-	2	6	0
48	RGD Willis	RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1979	7	9	3	78	24	13.00	206	37.86	-	-	2	7	1
49	DL Murray	DL Murray (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	-	45	24	22.50	120	37.50	-	-	-	3	0
50	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1979-1980	13	26	3	1073	162	46.65	2778+	37.47*	3	6	-	116	2
51	Yashpal Sharma	Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1979	13	19	4	591	100*	39.40	1581+	37.38*	1	4	2	63	4
52	Iqbal Qasim	Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1979-1979	4	6	1	65	32	13.00	174	37.35	-	-	1	5	0
53	G Miller	G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	7	10	1	319	64	35.44	862	37.00	-	3	-	27	0
54	GN Yallop	GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	10	20	1	675	167	35.52	1555+	36.72*	2	2	1	67	0
55	PH Carlson	PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	4	-	23	21	5.75	63	36.50	-	-	2	2	0
56	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1979-1979	6	11	1	258	126	25.80	679+	36.37*	1	-	-	22+	0
57	GM Wood	GM Wood (AUS)	1979-1979	6	12	1	203	35	18.45	561	36.18	-	-	2	17	0
58	Sarfraz Nawaz	Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1979-1979	5	8	1	137	35	19.57	183+	36.06*	-	-	-	12+	0
59	G Boycott	G Boycott (ENG)	1979-1979	8	13	1	572	155	47.66	1592	35.92	2	1	2	42	0
60	NS Yadav	NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1979	9	9	3	78	29*	13.00	167+	35.92*	-	-	2	6	0
61	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	3	1044	146*	45.39	2390+	35.48*	4	6	5	113+	6
62	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1979-1980	1	1	-	40	40	40.00	113	35.39	-	-	-	2	0
63	Yajurvindra Singh	Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1979-1979	2	3	1	59	43*	29.50	169	34.91	-	-	-	4	0
64	KJ Wright	KJ Wright (AUS)	1979-1979	10	18	5	219	55*	16.84	586+	34.47*	-	1	2	21	0
65	PR Sleep	PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1979	3	6	-	95	64	15.83	279	34.05	-	1	1	8	0
66	RJ Bright	RJ Bright (AUS)	1979-1979	2	4	1	44	17	14.66	131	33.58	-	-	-	5	0
67	JR Thomson	JR Thomson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	3	2	9	8	9.00	27	33.33	-	-	-	1	0
68	CPS Chauhan	CPS Chauhan (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	-	864	84	33.23	1668+	33.15*	-	9	2	96+	0
69	RW Taylor	RW Taylor (ENG)	1979-1979	7	9	2	262	97	37.42	795	32.95	-	2	-	23	0
70	DW Randall	DW Randall (ENG)	1979-1979	7	11	1	260	150	26.00	809	32.13	1	1	2	27	0
71	Wasim Bari	Wasim Bari (PAK)	1979-1979	9	13	4	168	49*	18.66	303+	32.01*	-	-	4	14+	0
72	MV Narasimha Rao	MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1979-1979	3	5	1	45	20*	11.25	111+	31.53*	-	-	-	5+	0
73	G Dymock	G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1980	9	16	4	162	31*	13.50	461+	31.45*	-	-	2	18	0
74	CL King	CL King (WI)	1979-1979	1	2	1	8	8*	8.00	26	30.76	-	-	1	1	0
75	M Amarnath	M Amarnath (IND)	1979-1979	4	5	1	144	101*	36.00	141+	30.49*	1	-	1	17	0
76	JM Brearley	JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1979	8	13	1	318	64	26.50	1055	30.14	-	2	-	22	0
77	RW Marsh	RW Marsh (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	-	75	42	12.50	260	28.84	-	-	1	5	1
78	PM Toohey	PM Toohey (AUS)	1979-1980	4	8	-	53	19	6.62	185	28.64	-	-	1	5	0
79	Mushtaq Mohammad	Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1979	5	9	-	210	48	23.33	312+	28.20*	-	-	-	20+	0
80	Abdul Qadir	Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1979-1979	3	5	1	72	29*	18.00	261	27.58	-	-	-	11	0
81	JE Emburey	JE Emburey (ENG)	1979-1979	3	5	-	60	42	12.00	221	27.14	-	-	2	5	0
82	DK Lillee	DK Lillee (AUS)	1979-1980	3	5	-	49	19	9.80	181	27.07	-	-	2	2	0
83	RM Hogg	RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1980	13	22	2	123	19	6.15	410+	26.09*	-	-	6	11	0
84	M Hendrick	M Hendrick (ENG)	1979-1979	7	7	2	20	10	4.00	78	25.64	-	-	3	1	0
85	GR Dilley	GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	1	54	38*	54.00	218	24.77	-	-	-	5	0
86	AR Butcher	AR Butcher (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	-	34	20	17.00	156	21.79	-	-	-	3	0
87	JD Higgs	JD Higgs (AUS)	1979-1980	10	17	7	80	16	8.00	320+	21.56*	-	-	1	3	0
88	Sikander Bakht	Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1979-1979	8	11	3	45	19	5.62	93+	21.50*	-	-	3	2+	0
89	AD Gaekwad	AD Gaekwad (IND)	1979-1979	5	8	1	248	102	35.42	280+	19.28*	1	-	-	17+	0
90	JA Maclean	JA Maclean (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	-	12	12	6.00	69	17.39	-	-	1	1	0
91	Ehteshamuddin	Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1979-1979	2	1	-	2	2	2.00	16	12.50	-	-	-	0	0
92	BS Bedi	BS Bedi (IND)	1979-1979	3	2	-	1	1	0.50	9	11.11	-	-	1	0	0
93	CEH Croft	CEH Croft (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	1	2	2*	2.00	77	2.59	-	-	1	0	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