Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores in 1979 in FC+LA+T20s

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
SFAF Bacchus	250	510	-	33	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	2	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
SM Gavaskar	221	490	443	21	-	49.88	India	v England	The Oval	4	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
JK Moss	220	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	2	26 Jan 1979	First-class
DI Gower	200*	365	279	24	-	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
RF Jeffery	198	-	-	-	-	-	Tasmania	v Queensland	Hobart	1	08 Dec 1979	First-class
J Dyson	197	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Tasmania	Sydney	1	24 Feb 1979	First-class
GS Chappell	185	-	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	2	26 Oct 1979	First-class
GR Viswanath	179	420	-	14	-	-	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	1	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
GN Yallop	167	520	392	15	-	42.60	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	1	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
U Banerjee	165*	-	-	-	-	-	East Zone	v South Zone	Eden Gardens	2	07 Dec 1979	First-class
BP Patel	163	-	-	-	-	-	South Zone	v East Zone	Eden Gardens	1	07 Dec 1979	First-class
AR Border	162	416	360	24	1	45.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	1	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
GR Viswanath	161*	405	297	11	1	54.20	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	2	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
Javed Miandad	160*	420	-	17	1	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	3	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
HR Fotheringham	156*	-	-	-	-	-	Transvaal	v OFS	Bloemfontein	1	20 Oct 1979	List A
Majid Khan	156	-	-	-	-	-	Pakistanis	v West Zone	Pune	3	11 Dec 1979	First-class
G Boycott	155	458	341	12	-	45.45	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
IM Chappell	154	-	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	1	28 Dec 1979	First-class
IVA Richards	153*	173	130	16	1	117.69	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	1	09 Dec 1979	ODI # 78
DW Randall	150	582	498	13	-	30.12	England	v Australia	Sydney	3	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
TM Chappell	150	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	4	27 Oct 1979	First-class
TE Srinivasan	149	-	-	-	-	-	South Zone	v East Zone	Eden Gardens	1	07 Dec 1979	First-class
DB Vengsarkar	146*	522	370	11	1	39.45	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
TM Chappell	144	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Tasmania	Launceston	1	29 Dec 1979	First-class
M Amarnath	140	-	-	-	-	-	North Zone	v West Indians	Jalandhar	2	20 Jan 1979	First-class
IVA Richards	140	329	259	20	-	54.05	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	2	01 Dec 1979	Test # 862
IVA Richards	138*	207	157	11	3	87.89	West Indies	v England	Lord's	1	23 Jun 1979	ODI # 74
GA Gooch	138	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Warwickshire	Chelmsford	1	06 Jun 1979	List A
IT Botham	137	201	152	10	5	90.13	England	v India	Leeds	1	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
Yashpal Sharma	135*	-	-	-	-	-	North Zone	v West Indians	Jalandhar	2	20 Jan 1979	First-class
Zaheer Abbas	135	387	-	15	1	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	2	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
Asif Iqbal	134*	304	280	18	1	47.85	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
JE Nash	134	-	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	1	28 Dec 1979	First-class
GA Gooch	133	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Comb Univ	Chelmsford	1	19 May 1979	List A
JK Moss	132	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	3	14 Dec 1979	First-class
GR Viswanath	131	274	207	18	-	63.28	India	v Australia	Delhi	1	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
SM Gavaskar	130*	-	-	-	-	-	West Zone	v North Zone	Delhi	2	15 Mar 1979	First-class
KJ Hughes	130*	378	244	17	1	53.27	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	3	01 Dec 1979	Test # 862
Javed Miandad	129*	390	276	15	-	46.73	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
BA Edgar	129	414	-	14	-	-	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	2	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
IVA Richards	127	-	-	-	-	-	West Indians	v	Devonport	1	23 Nov 1979	First-class
N Kapil Dev	126*	-	124	11	1	101.61	India	v West Indies	Delhi	1	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
AB Williams	126*	-	-	-	-	-	West Indians	v Karnataka	Ahmedabad	4	10 Feb 1979	First-class
Mudassar Nazar	126	450	337	13	-	37.38	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	1	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
B Dudleston	125	-	-	-	-	-	Leics	v Worcs	Leicester	1	18 Jul 1979	List A
G Boycott	125	418	293	6	-	42.66	England	v India	The Oval	3	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
RJ Inverarity	124*	-	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v Tasmania	Devonport	1	27 Jan 1979	First-class
GR Viswanath	124	346	-	17	-	-	India	v West Indies	Chennai	2	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
GS Chappell	124	376	299	12	-	41.47	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	3	01 Dec 1979	Test # 862
RG Matthews	124	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	3	14 Dec 1979	First-class
SM Gavaskar	123	303	239	17	-	51.46	India	v Australia	Wankhede	1	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
AI Kallicharran	123	-	-	-	-	-	West Indians	v	Devonport	1	23 Nov 1979	First-class
RB McCosker	123	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	1	08 Dec 1979	First-class
GN Yallop	121	267	212	13	-	57.07	Australia	v England	Sydney	1	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
SM Gavaskar	120	344	-	18	-	-	India	v West Indies	Delhi	1	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
WR Broad	120	-	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	1	27 Jan 1979	First-class
GA Gooch	120	203	141	11	3	85.10	Essex	v Surrey	Lord's	1	21 Jul 1979	List A
Majid Khan	119*	411	-	13	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	3	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
AW Lilley	119	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Comb Univ	Chelmsford	1	19 May 1979	List A
PA Hibbert	119	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v NSW	Sydney	2	03 Nov 1979	First-class
AD Gaekwad	119	-	-	-	-	-	West Zone	v Pakistanis	Pune	2	11 Dec 1979	First-class
IVA Richards	117	189	136	11	-	86.02	Somerset	v Northants	Lord's	1	08 Sep 1979	List A
BM Laird	117	-	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	1	27 Oct 1979	First-class
GAHM Parkar	117	-	-	-	-	-	West Zone	v Pakistanis	Pune	2	11 Dec 1979	First-class
B Wood	116	-	-	13	2	-	Lancashire	v Kent	Canterbury	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
RB McCosker	115*	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Tasmania	Launceston	1	29 Dec 1979	First-class
SM Gavaskar	115	329	238	17	1	48.31	India	v Australia	Delhi	1	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
AR Border	115	383	296	13	-	38.85	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	3	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
GA Gooch	115	-	-	-	-	-	England XI	v Queensland	Brisbane	1	28 Dec 1979	First-class
G Cook	114*	-	-	-	-	-	Northants	v Surrey	Northampton	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
RL Knight	114*	-	-	-	-	-	Tasmania	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	1	21 Dec 1979	First-class
GP Howarth	114	280	-	11	1	-	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	2	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
Zaheer Abbas	114	-	-	-	-	-	Pakistanis	v West Zone	Pune	1	11 Dec 1979	First-class
GJ Cosier	113	-	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	1	27 Jan 1979	First-class
DF Whatmore	113	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v Tasmania	Launceston	1	17 Feb 1979	First-class
AR Border	113	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Tasmania	Sydney	1	24 Feb 1979	First-class
GR Viswanath	113	351	337	14	-	33.53	India	v England	Lord's	3	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
PM Toohey	112	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Tasmania	Sydney	1	24 Feb 1979	First-class
DB Vengsarkar	112	366	283	12	2	39.57	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	2	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
CE Penter	112	-	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	1	27 Oct 1979	First-class
IC Davis	112	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Tasmania	Launceston	1	29 Dec 1979	First-class
PM Toohey	111	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	1	08 Dec 1979	First-class
Javed Miandad	110*	-	-	-	-	-	Pakistanis	v Central Zone	Jaipur	1	11 Nov 1979	First-class
JJ Crowe	109*	-	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	1	14 Dec 1979	First-class
DB Vengsarkar	109	330	-	11	-	-	India	v West Indies	Delhi	1	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
DF Whatmore	108	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	2	02 Mar 1979	First-class
Majid Khan	108	219	157	16	-	68.78	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	3	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
R Sudhakar Rao	107*	-	-	-	-	-	Karnataka	v West Indians	Ahmedabad	1	10 Feb 1979	First-class
Younis Ahmed	107	-	-	-	-	-	Worcs	v Surrey	Worcester	1	06 Jun 1979	List A
CG Greenidge	106*	181	173	9	1	61.27	West Indies	v India	Birmingham	2	09 Jun 1979	ODI # 61
G Shipperd	106	-	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	1	30 Nov 1979	First-class
JM Wiener	105	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v Tasmania	Launceston	1	17 Feb 1979	First-class
AR Border	105	378	275	7	-	38.18	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	4	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
PA Todd	105	-	-	-	-	-	Notts	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	1	18 Jul 1979	List A
G Boycott	105	194	124	7	-	84.67	England	v Australia	Sydney	1	11 Dec 1979	ODI # 79
Asif Iqbal	104	237	-	10	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	1	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
KC Wessels	104	-	-	-	-	-	Sussex	v Comb Univ	Oxford	1	05 May 1979	List A
DW Randall	103*	-	-	-	-	-	Notts	v MC North	Nottingham	2	19 May 1979	List A
PN Kirsten	103*	-	-	-	-	-	Derbyshire	v Surrey	The Oval	3	28 Jul 1979	First-class
DB Vengsarkar	103	353	295	13	-	34.91	India	v England	Lord's	3	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852

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