Batting Most Runs Innings IN England

High scores in 1979 in FC+LA+T20s IN England

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Gavaskar	221	490	443	21	-	49.88	India	v England	The Oval	4	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
DI Gower	200*	365	279	24	-	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
G Boycott	155	458	341	12	-	45.45	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
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	6 Jun 1979	List A
IT Botham	137	201	152	10	5	90.13	England	v India	Leeds	1	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
GA Gooch	133	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Comb Univ	Chelmsford	1	19 May 1979	List A
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
GA Gooch	120	203	141	11	3	85.10	Essex	v Surrey	Lord's	1	21 Jul 1979	List A
AW Lilley	119	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Comb Univ	Chelmsford	1	19 May 1979	List A
IVA Richards	117	189	136	11	-	86.02	Somerset	v Northants	Lord's	1	8 Sep 1979	List A
B Wood	116	-	-	13	2	-	Lancashire	v Kent	Canterbury	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
G Cook	114*	-	-	-	-	-	Northants	v Surrey	Northampton	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
GR Viswanath	113	351	337	14	-	33.53	India	v England	Lord's	3	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
Younis Ahmed	107	-	-	-	-	-	Worcs	v Surrey	Worcester	1	6 Jun 1979	List A
CG Greenidge	106*	181	173	9	1	61.27	West Indies	v India	Birmingham	2	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 61
PA Todd	105	-	-	-	-	-	Notts	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	1	18 Jul 1979	List A
KC Wessels	104	-	-	-	-	-	Sussex	v Comb Univ	Oxford	1	5 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	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
PN Kirsten	102	-	-	-	-	-	Derbyshire	v Glamorgan	Swansea	1	26 Aug 1979	List A
JG Wright	101	-	-	-	-	-	Derbyshire	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	2	6 Jun 1979	List A
AJ Lamb	101	184	-	11	-	-	Northants	v Sussex	Hove	1	22 Aug 1979	List A
GP Howarth	95	-	-	-	-	-	Surrey	v Derbyshire	The Oval	2	28 Jul 1979	First-class
Zaheer Abbas	93	143	122	8	1	76.22	Pakistan	v West Indies	The Oval	2	20 Jun 1979	ODI # 73
RDV Knight	92*	-	-	-	-	-	Surrey	v Northants	Northampton	1	23 May 1979	List A
W Larkins	92*	-	-	-	-	-	Northants	v Leics	Northampton	2	8 Aug 1979	List A
G Boycott	92	150	-	8	-	-	Yorkshire	v Durham	Chester-le-Street	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
PW Denning	90*	-	-	-	-	-	Somerset	v Middlesex	Lord's	2	22 Aug 1979	List A
A Jones	89	-	-	-	-	-	Glamorgan	v Worcs	Cardiff	1	28 Apr 1979	List A
P Willey	89	119	-	10	-	-	Northants	v Sussex	Hove	1	22 Aug 1979	List A
BC Rose	88*	-	-	-	-	-	Somerset	v Derbyshire	Taunton	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
CG Greenidge	87	-	-	-	-	-	Hampshire	v Middlesex	Lord's	1	18 Jul 1979	List A
CJ Tavare	87	-	-	-	-	-	Kent	v Lancashire	Canterbury	1	18 Jul 1979	List A
MJ Procter	86*	-	-	-	-	-	Gloucs	v Glamorgan	Swansea	1	19 May 1979	List A
CL King	86	77	66	10	3	130.30	West Indies	v England	Lord's	1	23 Jun 1979	ODI # 74
AGE Ealham	85*	-	-	-	-	-	Kent	v Glamorgan	Swansea	2	27 Jun 1979	List A
JD Birch	85	-	-	-	-	-	Notts	v MC North	Nottingham	2	19 May 1979	List A
KJ Barnett	85	-	-	-	-	-	Derbyshire	v Surrey	The Oval	1	28 Jul 1979	First-class
BA Edgar	84*	199	167	8	-	50.29	New Zealand	v India	Leeds	2	13 Jun 1979	ODI # 65
GM Turner	83*	-	143	4	-	58.04	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	2	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 62
GA Gooch	83	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Northants	Northampton	1	5 May 1979	List A
D Bailey	83	-	-	-	-	-	MC North	v Notts	Nottingham	1	19 May 1979	List A
GA Gooch	83	122	109	13	1	76.14	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
MJ Procter	82*	-	-	-	-	-	Gloucs	v MC South	Bristol	2	28 Apr 1979	List A
GM Turner	82*	-	-	-	-	-	Worcs	v Gloucs	Worcester	2	5 May 1979	List A
GD Barlow	82*	-	-	-	-	-	Middlesex	v Yorkshire	Lord's	1	23 May 1979	List A
DI Gower	82	131	94	10	2	87.23	England	v India	Lord's	2	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
DS Steele	81*	-	-	-	-	-	Derbyshire	v Somerset	Taunton	1	18 Jul 1979	List A
G Cook	81	-	-	-	-	-	Northants	v Comb Univ	Cambridge	2	12 May 1979	List A
Majid Khan	81	175	124	7	-	65.32	Pakistan	v West Indies	The Oval	2	20 Jun 1979	ODI # 73
DR Turner	80	-	-	-	-	-	Hampshire	v Lancashire	Manchester	1	19 May 1979	List A
CPS Chauhan	80	314	263	7	-	30.41	India	v England	The Oval	4	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
GA Gooch	79	246	205	7	-	38.53	England	v India	The Oval	1	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
GR Viswanath	78	213	181	9	-	43.09	India	v England	Birmingham	2	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
BF Davison	78	-	-	-	-	-	Leics	v Worcs	Leicester	1	18 Jul 1979	List A
SM Gavaskar	78	240	209	9	-	37.32	India	v England	Leeds	2	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
AJ Lamb	78	145	127	9	-	61.41	Northants	v Somerset	Lord's	2	8 Sep 1979	List A
AJ Lamb	77	-	-	-	-	-	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	2	5 May 1979	List A
JC Balderstone	76*	-	-	-	-	-	Leics	v Lancashire	Leicester	1	12 May 1979	List A
JF Steele	76*	-	-	-	-	-	Leics	v Devon	Leicester	2	27 Jun 1979	List A
RV Lewis	76	-	-	-	-	-	MC South	v Gloucs	Bristol	1	28 Apr 1979	List A
CH Lloyd	76	-	-	-	-	-	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	1	27 Jun 1979	List A
JM Brearley	76	-	-	-	-	-	Middlesex	v Yorkshire	Lord's	1	8 Aug 1979	List A
PD Swart	75*	-	-	-	-	-	Glamorgan	v Derbyshire	Cardiff	1	6 Jun 1979	List A
JH Hampshire	75*	109	-	7	-	-	Yorkshire	v Durham	Chester-le-Street	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
GP Howarth	75	-	-	-	-	-	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	1	12 May 1979	List A
GR Viswanath	75	158	134	7	-	55.97	India	v West Indies	Birmingham	1	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 61
RG Lumb	75	-	-	-	-	-	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	1	4 Jul 1979	List A
DW Randall	75	-	-	-	-	-	Notts	v Sussex	Hove	1	8 Aug 1979	List A
GP Howarth	74	131	99	6	-	74.74	Surrey	v Essex	Lord's	2	21 Jul 1979	List A
CH Lloyd	73*	-	80	4	-	91.25	West Indies	v New Zealand	Nottingham	1	16 Jun 1979	ODI # 69
JH Hampshire	73	-	-	-	-	-	Yorkshire	v Kent	Leeds	1	19 May 1979	List A
CG Greenidge	73	122	107	5	1	68.22	West Indies	v Pakistan	The Oval	1	20 Jun 1979	ODI # 73
IVA Richards	73	-	-	-	-	-	Somerset	v Derbyshire	Taunton	2	18 Jul 1979	List A
RDV Knight	72*	-	-	-	-	-	Surrey	v Derbyshire	The Oval	4	28 Jul 1979	First-class
KWR Fletcher	72	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Surrey	The Oval	2	12 May 1979	List A
AMJ Hilditch	72	185	129	4	-	55.81	Australia	v Pakistan	Nottingham	2	13 Jun 1979	ODI # 66
KS McEwan	72	96	99	10	-	72.72	Essex	v Surrey	Lord's	1	21 Jul 1979	List A
NE Briers	71*	-	-	-	-	-	Leics	v Hampshire	Southampton	2	23 May 1979	List A
GA Gooch	71	105	84	1	3	84.52	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	1	20 Jun 1979	ODI # 72
AJ Lamb	70*	-	-	-	-	-	Northants	v Sussex	Eastbourne	2	28 Apr 1979	List A
B Dudleston	70	-	-	-	-	-	Leics	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	2	28 Apr 1979	List A
AW Lilley	70	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Sussex	Chelmsford	2	23 May 1979	List A
PN Kirsten	70	-	-	-	-	-	Derbyshire	v Surrey	Derby	2	4 Jul 1979	List A
JG Wright	69	142	137	9	-	50.36	New Zealand	v England	Manchester	2	20 Jun 1979	ODI # 72
GD Mendis	69	-	-	-	-	-	Sussex	v Northants	Hove	2	22 Aug 1979	List A
KD Smith	68	-	-	-	-	-	Warwickshire	v Hampshire	Bournemouth	1	12 May 1979	List A
SM Gavaskar	68	137	117	10	-	58.11	India	v England	Birmingham	3	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
MW Gatting	67	-	-	-	-	-	Middlesex	v Kent	Canterbury	1	12 May 1979	List A
JA Ormrod	67	-	-	-	-	-	Worcs	v MC South	High Wycombe	1	12 May 1979	List A
MA Lynch	67	-	-	-	-	-	Surrey	v Worcs	Worcester	2	6 Jun 1979	List A
SRD Wettimuny	67	132	120	8	-	55.83	Sri Lanka	v India	Manchester	1	16 Jun 1979	ODI # 68
GA Gooch	66	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Sussex	Chelmsford	2	23 May 1979	List A
B Wood	65*	-	-	-	-	-	Lancashire	v Warwickshire	Southport	2	5 May 1979	List A
BW Reidy	65*	-	-	-	-	-	Lancashire	v Leics	Leicester	2	12 May 1979	List A
DB Vengsarkar	65*	178	183	6	-	35.51	India	v England	Leeds	2	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
KWR Fletcher	65	-	-	-	-	-	Essex	v Northants	Northampton	1	5 May 1979	List A

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New South Wales vs Tasmania at Launceston, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [First-class]

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

South Australia vs Western Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 28-31, 1979 [First-class]