Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records in 1979 in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	17	23	3	619	126*	30.95	616+	83.76*	1	3	2	67+	6
JK Lever (ENG)	1979-1979	1	1	1	6	6*	0.00	8	75.00	0	0	0	1	0
J Garner (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	0	89	60	44.50	121	73.55	0	1	0	8	4
DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1980	2	4	1	84	42	28.00	123	68.29	0	0	0	10	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	0	236	140	118.00	369	63.95	1	1	0	29	1
DI Gower (ENG)	1979-1979	8	12	1	465	200*	42.27	731	63.61	1	2	2	52	2
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	8	12	1	479	97	43.54	571+	62.52*	0	4	0	55+	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	8	12	0	446	137	37.16	747	59.70	1	2	1	40	9
RB McCosker (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	0	47	33	23.50	79	59.49	0	0	0	5	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	0	80	43	40.00	142	56.33	0	0	0	7	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	0	61	54	30.50	110	55.45	0	1	0	7	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	2	4	0	47	14	11.75	51+	54.90*	0	0	0	4+	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1979	8	12	1	569	134*	51.72	833+	51.62*	2	2	0	65	6
CG Greenidge (WI)	1979-1980	2	4	1	91	48	30.33	177	51.41	0	0	1	10	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1979-1979	8	14	1	436	135	33.53	521+	49.71*	1	2	0	41	1
B Yardley (AUS)	1979-1979	6	11	2	270	61*	30.00	475+	49.68*	0	2	1	28	2
WM Darling (AUS)	1979-1979	8	15	1	449	91	32.07	778+	49.61*	0	4	0	43	1
P Willey (ENG)	1979-1979	2	4	0	104	52	26.00	211	49.28	0	1	0	14	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	10	10	3	53	28	7.57	82+	48.78*	0	0	2	4+	2
JM Wiener (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	0	133	58	33.25	276	48.18	0	1	0	10	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	27	48.14	0	0	1	1	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	0	1407	221	54.11	2433+	47.43*	4	8	0	177+	3
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1979-1979	4	4	1	81	27*	27.00	174	46.55	0	0	0	12	1
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1979-1980	5	8	2	245	98	40.83	187+	46.52*	0	1	0	8+	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	0	301	124	50.16	651	46.23	1	1	0	31	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	2	1388	179	57.83	2054+	46.20*	5	6	0	127+	1
DL Bairstow (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	0	68	59	34.00	148	45.94	0	1	0	8	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	8	14	1	358	119*	27.53	437+	45.76*	2	0	3	49+	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1979-1979	17	21	7	304	86	21.71	538+	45.53*	0	1	1	23+	4
JK Moss (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	1	60	38*	60.00	136	44.11	0	0	0	4	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	7	12	1	225	33	20.45	378+	42.85*	0	0	0	24	5
DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	7	13	0	293	77	22.53	583+	42.19*	0	2	1	36	0
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1979-1979	2	4	0	126	47	31.50	121+	42.14*	0	0	0	13	2
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1979	9	16	4	708	160*	59.00	981+	41.89*	2	3	1	74	1
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1979-1979	13	17	4	463	101*	35.61	826+	41.76*	1	1	1	46+	1
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	14	27	3	1152	130*	48.00	2641+	41.68*	2	8	0	117	5
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1979	1	1	0	47	47	47.00	114	41.22	0	0	0	7	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	22	40.90	0	0	1	2	0
LG Rowe (WI)	1979-1980	2	3	0	79	50	26.33	195	40.51	0	1	0	9	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	7	10	0	340	83	34.00	841	40.42	0	3	0	35	3
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1979	4	6	0	86	46	14.33	214	40.18	0	0	2	10	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	7	11	1	50	17*	5.00	125	40.00	0	0	7	5	0
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1979	10	9	2	43	20	6.14	108+	39.81*	0	0	3	4	0
MA Holding (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	1	12	11	12.00	31	38.70	0	0	0	2	0
BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	0	285	92	47.50	739	38.56	0	3	1	24	0
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	9	18	0	452	85	25.11	1119+	38.24*	0	4	1	35	0
B Reddy (IND)	1979-1979	4	5	1	38	21	9.50	100	38.00	0	0	2	6	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1979	7	9	3	78	24	13.00	206	37.86	0	0	2	7	1
DL Murray (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	0	45	24	22.50	120	37.50	0	0	0	3	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1980	13	26	3	1073	162	46.65	2778+	37.47*	3	6	0	116	2
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1979	13	19	4	591	100*	39.40	1581+	37.38*	1	4	2	63	4
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1979-1979	4	6	1	65	32	13.00	174	37.35	0	0	1	5	0
G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	7	10	1	319	64	35.44	862	37.00	0	3	0	27	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	10	20	1	675	167	35.52	1555+	36.72*	2	2	1	67	0
PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	4	0	23	21	5.75	63	36.50	0	0	2	2	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1979-1979	6	11	1	258	126	25.80	679+	36.37*	1	0	0	22+	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1979-1979	6	12	1	203	35	18.45	561	36.18	0	0	2	17	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1979-1979	5	8	1	137	35	19.57	183+	36.06*	0	0	0	12+	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1979-1979	8	13	1	572	155	47.66	1592	35.92	2	1	2	42	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1979	9	9	3	78	29*	13.00	167+	35.92*	0	0	2	6	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	3	1044	146*	45.39	2390+	35.48*	4	6	5	113+	6
CH Lloyd (WI)	1979-1980	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	113	35.39	0	0	0	2	0
Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1979-1979	2	3	1	59	43*	29.50	169	34.91	0	0	0	4	0
KJ Wright (AUS)	1979-1979	10	18	5	219	55*	16.84	586+	34.47*	0	1	2	21	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1979	3	6	0	95	64	15.83	279	34.05	0	1	1	8	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1979-1979	2	4	1	44	17	14.66	131	33.58	0	0	0	5	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	3	2	9	8	9.00	27	33.33	0	0	0	1	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1979-1979	17	26	0	864	84	33.23	1668+	33.15*	0	9	2	96+	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1979-1979	7	9	2	262	97	37.42	795	32.95	0	2	0	23	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1979-1979	7	11	1	260	150	26.00	809	32.13	1	1	2	27	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1979-1979	9	13	4	168	49*	18.66	303+	32.01*	0	0	4	14+	0
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1979-1979	3	5	1	45	20*	11.25	111+	31.53*	0	0	0	5+	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1980	9	16	4	162	31*	13.50	461+	31.45*	0	0	2	18	0
CL King (WI)	1979-1979	1	2	1	8	8*	8.00	26	30.76	0	0	1	1	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1979-1979	4	5	1	144	101*	36.00	141+	30.49*	1	0	1	17	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1979	8	13	1	318	64	26.50	1055	30.14	0	2	0	22	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1979-1980	3	6	0	75	42	12.50	260	28.84	0	0	1	5	1
PM Toohey (AUS)	1979-1980	4	8	0	53	19	6.62	185	28.64	0	0	1	5	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1979	5	9	0	210	48	23.33	312+	28.20*	0	0	0	20+	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1979-1979	3	5	1	72	29*	18.00	261	27.58	0	0	0	11	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1979-1979	3	5	0	60	42	12.00	221	27.14	0	0	2	5	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1979-1980	3	5	0	49	19	9.80	181	27.07	0	0	2	2	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1980	13	22	2	123	19	6.15	410+	26.09*	0	0	6	11	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1979-1979	7	7	2	20	10	4.00	78	25.64	0	0	3	1	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	1	54	38*	54.00	218	24.77	0	0	0	5	0
AR Butcher (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	0	34	20	17.00	156	21.79	0	0	0	3	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1979-1980	10	17	7	80	16	8.00	320+	21.56*	0	0	1	3	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1979-1979	8	11	3	45	19	5.62	93+	21.50*	0	0	3	2+	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1979-1979	5	8	1	248	102	35.42	280+	19.28*	1	0	0	17+	0
JA Maclean (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	69	17.39	0	0	1	1	0
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1979-1979	2	1	0	2	2	2.00	16	12.50	0	0	0	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1979-1979	3	2	0	1	1	0.50	9	11.11	0	0	1	0	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1979-1980	2	2	1	2	2*	2.00	77	2.59	0	0	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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]