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1979 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	50+	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	-	1407	221	54.11	2433+	47.43	4	8	12	-	177+	3
🥈 2	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	2	1388	179	57.83	2054+	46.20	5	6	11	-	127+	1
🥉 3	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	3	1044	146*	45.39	2390+	35.48	4	6	10	5	113+	6
🥉 3	KJ Hughes	KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	14	27	3	1152	130*	48.00	2641+	41.68	2	8	10	-	117	5
5	CPS Chauhan	CPS Chauhan (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	-	864	84	33.23	1668+	33.15	-	9	9	2	96+	0
5	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1979-1980	13	26	3	1073	162	46.65	2778+	37.47	3	6	9	-	116	2
7	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1979	9	16	4	708	160*	59.00	981+	41.89	2	3	5	1	74	1
7	Yashpal Sharma	Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1979	13	19	4	591	100*	39.40	1581+	37.38	1	4	5	2	63	4
9	Asif Iqbal	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1979	8	12	1	569	134*	51.72	833+	51.62	2	2	4	-	65	6
9	Wasim Raja	Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	8	12	1	479	97	43.54	571+	62.52	-	4	4	-	55+	1
9	WM Darling	WM Darling (AUS)	1979-1979	8	15	1	449	91	32.07	778+	49.61	-	4	4	-	43	1
9	AMJ Hilditch	AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	9	18	-	452	85	25.11	1119+	38.24	-	4	4	1	35	0
9	GN Yallop	GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	10	20	1	675	167	35.52	1555+	36.72	2	2	4	1	67	0
9	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	17	23	3	619	126*	30.95	616+	83.76	1	3	4	2	67+	6
15	BM Laird	BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	-	285	92	47.50	739	38.56	-	3	3	1	24	0
15	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	7	10	-	340	83	34.00	841	40.42	-	3	3	-	35	3
15	G Miller	G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	7	10	1	319	64	35.44	862	37.00	-	3	3	-	27	0
15	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	8	12	-	446	137	37.16	747	59.70	1	2	3	1	40	9
15	DI Gower	DI Gower (ENG)	1979-1979	8	12	1	465	200*	42.27	731	63.61	1	2	3	2	52	2
15	G Boycott	G Boycott (ENG)	1979-1979	8	13	1	572	155	47.66	1592	35.92	2	1	3	2	42	0
15	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1979-1979	8	14	1	436	135	33.53	521+	49.71	1	2	3	-	41	1
22	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	-	236	140	118.00	369	63.95	1	1	2	-	29	1
22	JV Coney	JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	-	242	82	48.40	-	-	-	2	2	-	23+	2
22	SFAF Bacchus	SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1979-1979	3	5	-	315	250	63.00	-	-	1	1	2	2	40+	3
22	GS Chappell	GS Chappell (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	-	301	124	50.16	651	46.23	1	1	2	-	31	0
22	RW Taylor	RW Taylor (ENG)	1979-1979	7	9	2	262	97	37.42	795	32.95	-	2	2	-	23	0
22	B Yardley	B Yardley (AUS)	1979-1979	6	11	2	270	61*	30.00	475+	49.68	-	2	2	1	28	2
22	DW Randall	DW Randall (ENG)	1979-1979	7	11	1	260	150	26.00	809	32.13	1	1	2	2	27	0
22	DF Whatmore	DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	7	13	-	293	77	22.53	583+	42.19	-	2	2	1	36	0
22	JM Brearley	JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1979	8	13	1	318	64	26.50	1055	30.14	-	2	2	-	22	0
22	Majid Khan	Majid Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	8	14	1	358	119*	27.53	437+	45.76	2	-	2	3	49+	0
22	SMH Kirmani	SMH Kirmani (IND)	1979-1979	13	17	4	463	101*	35.61	826+	41.76	1	1	2	1	46+	1
33	RR Jumadeen	RR Jumadeen (WI)	1979-1979	1	1	-	56	56	56.00	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	0
33	J Garner	J Garner (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	-	89	60	44.50	121	73.55	-	1	1	-	8	4
33	AME Roberts	AME Roberts (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	-	61	54	30.50	110	55.45	-	1	1	-	7	0
33	DL Bairstow	DL Bairstow (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	-	68	59	34.00	148	45.94	-	1	1	-	8	0
33	LG Rowe	LG Rowe (WI)	1979-1980	2	3	-	79	50	26.33	195	40.51	-	1	1	-	9	0
33	JM Wiener	JM Wiener (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	-	133	58	33.25	276	48.18	-	1	1	-	10	1
33	P Willey	P Willey (ENG)	1979-1979	2	4	-	104	52	26.00	211	49.28	-	1	1	-	14	0
33	M Amarnath	M Amarnath (IND)	1979-1979	4	5	1	144	101*	36.00	141+	30.49	1	-	1	1	17	0
33	MG Burgess	MG Burgess (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	-	136	71	27.20	-	-	-	1	1	-	11+	2
33	BA Edgar	BA Edgar (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	-	149	129	29.80	-	-	1	-	1	1	0+	0
33	Sir RJ Hadlee	Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	1	115	53*	28.75	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	0
33	GP Howarth	GP Howarth (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	-	176	114	35.20	-	-	1	-	1	1	13+	1
33	JG Wright	JG Wright (NZ)	1979-1979	3	5	-	178	88	35.60	-	-	-	1	1	-	12+	0
33	HA Gomes	HA Gomes (WI)	1979-1979	3	5	-	196	91	39.20	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	0
33	PR Sleep	PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1979	3	6	-	95	64	15.83	279	34.05	-	1	1	1	8	0
33	Talat Ali	Talat Ali (PAK)	1979-1979	3	6	1	127	61	25.40	-	-	-	1	1	-	11+	0
33	AD Gaekwad	AD Gaekwad (IND)	1979-1979	5	8	1	248	102	35.42	280+	19.28	1	-	1	-	17+	0
33	AI Kallicharran	AI Kallicharran (WI)	1979-1980	5	8	2	245	98	40.83	187+	46.52	-	1	1	-	8+	0
33	Mudassar Nazar	Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1979-1979	6	11	1	258	126	25.80	679+	36.37	1	-	1	-	22+	0
33	KJ Wright	KJ Wright (AUS)	1979-1979	10	18	5	219	55*	16.84	586+	34.47	-	1	1	2	21	0
33	KD Ghavri	KD Ghavri (IND)	1979-1979	17	21	7	304	86	21.71	538+	45.53	-	1	1	1	23+	4

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