Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores in 1979 in FC

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	2 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	8 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	2 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	7 Dec 1979	First-class
BP Patel	163	-	-	-	-	-	South Zone	v East Zone	Eden Gardens	1	7 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	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
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
DW Randall	150	582	498	13	-	30.12	England	v Australia	Sydney	3	6 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	7 Dec 1979	First-class
DB Vengsarkar	146*	522	370	11	1	39.45	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4	4 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	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
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
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	1 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	2 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
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	1 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	3 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	8 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
Majid Khan	119*	411	-	13	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	3	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
PA Hibbert	119	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v NSW	Sydney	2	3 Nov 1979	First-class
AD Gaekwad	119	-	-	-	-	-	West Zone	v Pakistanis	Pune	2	11 Dec 1979	First-class
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
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
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	2 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	8 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	2 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
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
Asif Iqbal	104	237	-	10	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	1	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
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
DL Murray	103	-	-	-	-	-	West Indians	v South Aust	Adelaide	2	16 Nov 1979	First-class
E Isaacs	103	-	-	-	-	-	WPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	1	31 Dec 1979	First-class
PH Carlson	102*	-	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	3	5 Jan 1979	First-class
AD Gaekwad	102	340	-	10	-	-	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	1	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
M Amarnath	101*	265	-	10	-	-	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	1	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
SMH Kirmani	101*	306	206	17	-	49.02	India	v Australia	Wankhede	1	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
SJ Rixon	101*	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	3	8 Dec 1979	First-class
P Willey	101*	-	-	-	-	-	England XI	v Queensland	Brisbane	3	28 Dec 1979	First-class
Taslim Arif	101	-	-	-	-	-	Pakistanis	v West Zone	Pune	1	11 Dec 1979	First-class
Yashpal Sharma	100*	280	239	10	3	41.84	India	v Australia	Delhi	1	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
KJ Hughes	100	276	204	10	1	49.01	Australia	v India	Chennai	1	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
RD Woolley	99*	-	-	-	-	-	Tasmania	v West Aust	Devonport	4	27 Jan 1979	First-class
G Boycott	99*	337	285	8	-	34.73	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	4	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
PR Sleep	99	-	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	2	19 Jan 1979	First-class
KJ Hughes	99	235	195	10	-	50.76	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	1	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
J Dyson	99	-	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Tasmania	Launceston	1	29 Dec 1979	First-class
AI Kallicharran	98	209	155	16	-	63.22	West Indies	v India	Chennai	1	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841

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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]