Test matches

1979 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	GS Chappell	11.0	6	5	1	0.45	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
🥈 2	JE Emburey	12.0	7	13	2	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
🥉 3	M Hendrick	14.0	6	13	1	0.92	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
4	M Hendrick	15.0	7	15	2	1.00	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
5	AR Border	23.0	11	31	1	1.01	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
5	M Hendrick	14.0	6	19	3	1.01	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
7	Imran Khan	18.0	8	26	4	1.08	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
7	G Miller	9.0	3	13	1	1.08	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
9	SL Boock	14.6	5	22	2	1.11	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
10	PH Carlson	27.0	8	41	2	1.13	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
11	JV Coney	25.0	9	38	1	1.14	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
12	DR Doshi	12.0	5	14	1	1.16	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
13	GB Troup	16.0	3	25	-	1.17	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
14	G Miller	27.1	6	44	5	1.21	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
15	M Hendrick	10.0	3	17	2	1.27	England	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
16	Wasim Raja	10.4	5	18	2	1.28	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
17	S Venkataraghavan	46.1	16	60	1	1.29	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
18	KD Ghavri	17.4	8	23	-	1.30	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
18	RJ Bright	23.0	11	30	1	1.30	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
20	M Hendrick	12.0	2	21	1	1.31	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
20	S Venkataraghavan	10.4	5	14	2	1.31	India	v West Indies	Delhi	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
22	JE Emburey	9.0	5	16	-	1.33	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
23	Sarfraz Nawaz	21.6	6	39	2	1.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
24	PH Edmonds	45.0	18	62	2	1.37	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
25	Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	40	6	1.38	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
26	G Miller	20.0	7	38	3	1.42	England	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
27	NS Yadav	11.0	6	16	2	1.45	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
27	Abdul Qadir	11.0	3	16	-	1.45	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
29	JE Emburey	29.0	10	57	1	1.47	England	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
30	M Hendrick	24.1	9	36	2	1.48	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
31	BL Cairns	23.0	7	46	1	1.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
31	G Miller	18.0	3	36	2	1.50	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
33	DR Doshi	42.0	15	64	2	1.52	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
33	PR Sleep	7.7	2	16	1	1.52	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
33	DR Doshi	17.0	8	26	1	1.52	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
36	Ehteshamuddin	26.0	9	40	1	1.53	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
37	G Dymock	17.0	4	35	-	1.54	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
38	M Hendrick	24.0	4	50	2	1.56	England	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
38	BL Cairns	11.0	2	23	-	1.56	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
40	JV Coney	10.0	2	21	-	1.57	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
41	N Kapil Dev	14.3	4	23	1	1.58	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
42	RM Hogg	27.6	7	59	3	1.59	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
43	GA Gooch	10.0	5	16	1	1.60	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
44	Sarfraz Nawaz	28.2	9	61	4	1.61	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
45	JE Emburey	24.0	4	52	4	1.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
45	G Miller	32.0	13	52	2	1.62	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
47	DR Doshi	19.0	6	31	2	1.63	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
47	G Miller	11.0	3	18	-	1.63	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
49	WM Clark	21.0	6	47	-	1.67	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
50	Imran Khan	32.0	9	72	2	1.68	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
50	RM Hogg	20.0	5	45	2	1.68	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
50	M Hendrick	22.3	7	38	3	1.68	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
53	AG Hurst	19.0	3	43	-	1.69	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
54	S Venkataraghavan	45.0	10	77	3	1.71	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
55	JD Higgs	30.0	8	69	4	1.72	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
56	JD Higgs	18.0	4	42	3	1.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
56	RM Hogg	18.0	6	42	1	1.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
56	Iqbal Qasim	16.0	7	28	-	1.75	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
59	Ehteshamuddin	26.4	11	47	5	1.76	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
59	Sikander Bakht	17.0	6	30	2	1.76	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
61	M Hendrick	19.0	1	45	2	1.77	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
61	AI Kallicharran	18.0	-	32	-	1.77	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
63	G Dymock	29.1	14	52	3	1.78	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
64	RM Hogg	28.0	10	67	4	1.79	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
65	Mushtaq Mohammad	25.0	4	60	4	1.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
65	PH Carlson	10.0	1	24	-	1.80	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
67	Sarfraz Nawaz	35.4	7	86	9	1.81	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
67	NS Yadav	11.0	2	20	1	1.81	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
69	Iqbal Qasim	41.0	17	75	-	1.82	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
69	J Garner	41.0	13	75	2	1.82	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
71	N Kapil Dev	16.2	5	30	4	1.83	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
72	IT Botham	19.0	9	35	5	1.84	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
72	Imran Khan	28.4	12	53	4	1.84	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
74	S Venkataraghavan	14.0	8	26	1	1.85	India	v West Indies	Delhi	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
74	RM Hogg	10.4	1	26	4	1.85	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
74	JD Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	1.85	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
77	Sir RJ Hadlee	25.0	2	62	5	1.86	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
78	AR Border	14.0	5	35	2	1.87	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
79	RM Hogg	28.0	14	53	2	1.89	Australia	v India	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
80	NS Yadav	21.0	7	40	4	1.90	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
81	SL Boock	30.0	6	77	2	1.92	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
81	DR Doshi	27.0	8	52	3	1.92	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
83	DR Doshi	52.3	20	102	3	1.94	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
84	AG Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	1.95	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
85	G Dymock	13.0	1	34	-	1.96	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
85	G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	1.96	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
85	Majid Khan	28.0	9	55	3	1.96	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
85	AG Hurst	37.0	9	97	4	1.96	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
89	IT Botham	14.0	4	37	1	1.98	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
89	AG Hurst	23.0	4	61	4	1.98	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
91	DL Underwood	41.0	14	82	3	2.00	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
91	JD Higgs	28.0	12	56	1	2.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
91	RGD Willis	26.0	7	52	1	2.00	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
91	JE Emburey	18.0	3	48	2	2.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
91	JE Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	2.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
91	KD Ghavri	21.0	5	42	1	2.00	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
91	DR Doshi	16.0	5	32	1	2.00	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
91	CEH Croft	13.3	4	27	3	2.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
91	JD Higgs	28.0	4	75	1	2.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
100	Mushtaq Mohammad	22.0	5	59	5	2.01	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844

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