Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates in 1978 in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	6	8	0	274	61	34.25	130+	79.23*	0	2	0	9+	6
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1979	5	9	0	199	96	22.11	15+	73.33*	0	1	0	7+	0
AV Mankad (IND)	1978-1978	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	23	69.56	0	0	0	2	0
VA Holder (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	1	117	31	11.70	21+	66.66*	0	0	1	9+	2
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1979	4	6	3	23	8	7.66	12+	66.66*	0	0	1	2+	1
BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1979	8	11	3	57	18	7.12	38+	65.78*	0	0	0	1+	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	3	5	0	87	35	17.40	11+	63.63*	0	0	0	7	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1978-1979	8	13	0	788	187	60.61	315+	59.36*	3	3	1	85+	1
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	2	232	47	25.77	47+	55.31*	0	0	1	21+	1
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1979	8	14	2	1099	205	91.58	658+	55.16*	5	3	1	86+	2
GN Edwards (NZ)	1978-1978	3	6	0	144	55	24.00	262	54.96	0	2	1	18	2
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1978-1979	8	11	1	243	51	24.30	293+	53.92*	0	1	1	16+	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	0	474	115	43.09	117+	53.84*	2	3	0	37+	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1979	12	16	1	597	108	39.80	1212	49.25	3	1	0	70	2
DR Parry (WI)	1978-1979	8	14	3	331	65	30.09	114+	48.24*	0	3	3	31+	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	9	14	1	722	111	55.53	1509	47.84	2	3	0	79	1
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1978-1978	7	14	0	255	68	18.21	296+	46.28*	0	1	2	28	1
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1978-1978	5	8	0	203	108	25.37	440	46.13	1	0	0	20	8
AG Hurst (AUS)	1978-1979	3	6	1	10	5	2.00	23	43.47	0	0	3	1	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1978	8	13	5	606	154*	75.75	581+	42.85*	2	3	1	22+	7
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1978-1978	4	6	5	65	25*	65.00	117+	42.73*	0	0	0	5+	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1978-1979	8	11	0	644	145	58.54	307+	42.67*	1	6	1	42+	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1978-1978	5	8	0	126	47	15.75	296	42.56	0	0	2	14	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1978-1979	8	13	2	377	91*	34.27	926	40.71	0	3	1	41	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1979	8	13	1	463	93	38.58	560+	40.17*	0	3	1	24+	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	6	11	1	17	10	1.70	25+	40.00*	0	0	7	3	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	1	112	39	10.18	281	39.85	0	0	1	19	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1978-1979	6	8	1	230	64	32.85	264+	39.77*	0	1	0	8+	1
PM Toohey (AUS)	1978-1979	8	15	1	590	122	42.14	573+	39.09*	1	4	1	50	3
RW Anderson (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	0	245	62	20.41	629	38.95	0	2	1	32	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	5	9	0	298	97	33.11	620+	38.87*	0	2	1	23+	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1978-1979	8	14	1	350	75	26.92	908	38.54	0	3	2	31	1
WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1979	6	12	0	248	65	20.66	229+	36.68*	0	2	1	18	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1978	12	13	3	164	50	16.40	451	36.36	0	1	0	17	2
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	9	18	0	750	126	41.66	650+	35.23*	2	5	0	61	1
CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	8	10	0	481	158	48.10	1368	35.16	2	2	1	43	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1979	3	6	0	71	36	11.83	203	34.97	0	0	2	8	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	4	6	0	235	46	39.16	676	34.76	0	0	0	22	2
GP Howarth (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	2	560	123	56.00	1642	34.10	3	1	1	54	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1978	6	6	2	88	32*	22.00	126+	33.33*	0	0	1	6+	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1978-1978	3	6	0	72	27	12.00	217	33.17	0	0	1	7	0
DA Murray (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	0	242	84	22.00	258+	32.55*	0	2	0	16+	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1978-1978	2	2	0	25	21	12.50	77	32.46	0	0	0	2	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	8	16	1	634	121	42.26	531+	32.39*	2	3	0	54	1
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1978-1979	8	13	2	651	157*	59.18	214+	32.24*	1	4	0	11+	2
Shafiq Ahmed (PAK)	1978-1978	2	3	1	50	27*	25.00	156	32.05	0	0	0	5	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1978-1979	4	8	0	245	129	30.62	769	31.85	1	0	1	17	4
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1978	3	6	0	147	60	24.50	465	31.61	0	1	1	13	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	13	0	421	100	32.38	225+	31.55*	1	2	1	27	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	1978-1978	4	8	2	75	32	12.50	239	31.38	0	0	2	8	1
CM Old (ENG)	1978-1978	7	8	1	78	29*	11.14	250	31.20	0	0	1	9	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1978-1978	9	13	3	390	69	39.00	1286	30.32	0	4	1	39	2
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	8	15	2	306	74	23.53	173+	30.05*	0	1	0	42	2
G Miller (ENG)	1978-1979	13	17	1	321	89	20.06	1074	29.88	0	1	2	29	0
SJ Rixon (AUS)	1978-1978	7	13	3	230	54	23.00	95+	29.47*	0	1	2	21	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1978	7	11	0	353	76	32.09	873+	29.20*	0	3	0	21+	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1978-1979	5	8	2	33	12	5.50	113	29.20	0	0	3	3	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1978-1978	4	6	2	62	33*	15.50	213	29.10	0	0	0	4	1
G Boycott (ENG)	1978-1979	10	18	1	759	131	44.64	2626	28.90	2	5	0	56	0
JM Parker (NZ)	1978-1978	5	10	2	205	53*	25.62	716	28.63	0	1	1	16	0
Talat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	2	3	0	42	40	14.00	147	28.57	0	0	1	5	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	6	10	1	234	86	26.00	180+	27.77*	0	2	1	13+	1
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1978-1978	7	8	2	9	4	1.50	18+	27.77*	0	0	2	0+	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	1	252	68	22.90	908	27.75	0	2	0	28	0
B Wood (ENG)	1978-1978	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	52	26.92	0	0	0	1	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	12	1	79	24	7.18	65+	26.15*	0	0	2	6	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1978	5	10	0	223	62	22.30	859	25.96	0	2	1	18	0
BC Rose (ENG)	1978-1978	4	7	1	99	27	16.50	389	25.44	0	0	0	10	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1978-1979	10	16	1	272	74	18.13	1073	25.34	0	2	3	20	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1978	7	9	3	59	22*	9.83	85+	24.70*	0	0	1	2+	0
WK Lees (NZ)	1978-1978	2	4	0	12	11	3.00	50	24.00	0	0	2	2	0
JA Maclean (AUS)	1978-1979	3	6	1	67	33*	13.40	288	23.26	0	0	1	4	0
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1979	1	2	0	29	29	14.50	127	22.83	0	0	1	4	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1978-1978	6	12	0	163	44	13.58	714	22.82	0	0	2	14	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1978-1978	8	10	1	119	85	13.22	126+	22.22*	0	1	2	2+	1
GA Cope (ENG)	1978-1978	2	2	0	40	22	20.00	182	21.97	0	0	0	1	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1978-1979	14	15	8	92	19	13.14	422	21.80	0	0	0	4	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1978-1978	1	2	0	9	6	4.50	44	20.45	0	0	0	1	0
J Dyson (AUS)	1978-1978	1	2	0	32	26	16.00	165	19.39	0	0	0	2	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1978-1979	14	17	1	206	45	12.87	1137	18.11	0	0	2	10	0
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	3	5	2	16	9	5.33	90	17.77	0	0	1	2	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1978-1979	2	4	1	23	11	7.66	134	17.16	0	0	1	1	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1978-1978	2	3	0	11	6	3.66	72	15.27	0	0	1	1	0
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1978-1978	1	2	0	3	2	1.50	21	14.28	0	0	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1978-1978	8	8	2	42	29*	7.00	97+	13.40*	0	0	5	0+	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1978	6	11	4	24	8	3.42	185	12.97	0	0	2	1	0
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1978-1978	6	12	1	289	124	26.27	41+	12.19*	1	0	1	37	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1979	2	3	1	9	7*	4.50	81	11.11	0	0	1	0	0
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1978-1978	3	5	5	8	4*	0.00	20+	10.00*	0	0	0	1	0
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1978-1978	3	6	1	4	4	0.80	46	8.69	0	0	4	1	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1979	6	11	6	12	4*	2.40	29+	6.89*	0	0	2	1	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:

India vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, West Indies tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 839]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, England tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 838]

West Indies vs India at Bengaluru, West Indies tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 15-20, 1978 [Test # 837]