Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Best averages in 1978 in Tests

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
S Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	3	1.5	0	11	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.00	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1979	3	122.2	33	978	297	27	6/74	11.00	1.82	36.22	0	5	2
J Garner (WI)	1978-1978	2	62.1	16	373	195	13	4/56	15.00	3.13	28.69	2	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1978-1978	2	64.2	14	386	211	12	5/56	17.58	3.27	32.16	1	1	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1979	12	-	95	2877	1201	66	8/34	18.19	2.50	43.59	1	6	1
CM Old (ENG)	1978-1978	7	-	79	1531	481	26	7/50	18.50	1.88	58.88	1	2	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1978-1979	14	-	94	2977	1067	57	5/32	18.71	2.15	52.22	3	4	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1978-1978	2	55.1	13	331	170	9	4/15	18.88	3.08	36.77	2	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1978	12	-	120	2630	704	37	7/66	19.02	1.60	71.08	5	1	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1978-1978	2	99.1	24	793	223	11	6/44	20.27	1.68	72.09	1	1	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1978-1979	5	-	45	1066	274	13	3/50	21.07	1.54	82.00	0	0	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	1978-1978	4	-	37	1053	377	17	4/98	22.17	2.14	61.94	1	0	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1979	2	-	27	457	114	5	3/30	22.80	1.49	91.40	0	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1978-1978	6	-	57	1698	641	28	6/26	22.89	2.26	60.64	3	2	1
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1978	7	-	14	304	115	5	2/4	23.00	2.26	60.80	0	0	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1978-1979	6	-	38	1302	626	27	5/51	23.18	2.88	48.22	2	1	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1978	6	-	47	1390	560	23	5/39	24.34	2.41	60.43	2	2	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1978	6	-	73	1153	318	13	5/67	24.46	1.65	88.69	0	1	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	-	34	1151	671	26	6/77	25.80	3.49	44.26	2	1	0
G Miller (ENG)	1978-1979	13	-	87	1774	553	21	3/21	26.33	1.87	84.47	0	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1979	6	-	47	1260	497	18	4/91	27.61	2.36	70.00	1	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1978-1979	2	84.1	14	673	200	7	3/38	28.57	1.78	96.14	0	0	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1978-1979	3	103.4	25	828	286	10	4/93	28.60	2.07	82.80	1	0	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	6	-	41	1471	668	23	4/62	29.04	2.72	63.95	3	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1978-1978	4	114.7	24	919	338	11	4/28	30.72	2.20	83.54	1	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	8	-	66	1919	751	24	4/35	31.29	2.34	79.95	3	0	0
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1978-1978	3	89.2	14	536	282	9	3/110	31.33	3.15	59.55	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	3	162.1	42	973	441	14	4/54	31.50	2.71	69.50	1	0	0
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1978-1978	3	138.4	24	832	350	11	4/72	31.81	2.52	75.63	1	0	0
IW Callen (AUS)	1978-1978	1	55.0	5	440	191	6	3/83	31.83	2.60	73.33	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1978-1978	5	-	12	346	128	4	1/2	32.00	2.21	86.50	0	0	0
VA Holder (WI)	1978-1979	6	209.0	37	1254	519	16	6/28	32.43	2.48	78.37	1	1	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1978-1979	3	154.0	60	924	292	9	4/55	32.44	1.89	102.66	1	0	0
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1979	4	196.2	34	1178	592	18	5/126	32.88	3.01	65.44	1	1	0
GA Cope (ENG)	1978-1978	2	66.0	23	528	168	5	2/42	33.60	1.90	105.60	0	0	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1978-1978	7	-	32	1764	937	26	5/116	36.03	3.18	67.84	2	2	0
DR Parry (WI)	1978-1979	8	225.1	47	1351	660	18	5/15	36.66	2.93	75.05	0	1	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1978	8	-	2	166	76	2	1/7	38.00	2.74	83.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	3	75.0	16	450	235	6	4/55	39.16	3.13	75.00	1	0	0
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	6	201.0	26	1206	708	17	4/64	41.64	3.52	70.94	2	0	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	3	-	16	516	262	6	5/101	43.66	3.04	86.00	0	1	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1979	8	-	1	54	44	1	1/34	44.00	4.88	54.00	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1978-1978	8	-	89	1872	598	13	3/56	46.00	1.91	144.00	0	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1979	8	-	79	2368	1064	23	4/53	46.26	2.69	102.95	1	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1978	7	-	44	1322	613	13	4/132	47.15	2.78	101.69	1	0	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1978-1978	4	-	38	1130	432	8	4/51	54.00	2.29	141.25	1	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	6	200.4	29	1204	714	13	3/132	54.92	3.55	92.61	0	0	0
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	3	-	11	440	226	4	3/80	56.50	3.08	110.00	0	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1978-1978	7	-	21	484	170	3	2/26	56.66	2.10	161.33	0	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1978-1978	3	-	32	774	234	4	2/65	58.50	1.81	193.50	0	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	-	24	892	503	8	3/45	62.87	3.38	111.50	0	0	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1978-1978	1	29.0	7	174	70	1	1/34	70.00	2.41	174.00	0	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1979	2	44.0	8	264	142	2	1/44	71.00	3.22	132.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	6	-	11	625	360	5	1/6	72.00	3.45	125.00	0	0	0
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1978-1979	1	28.1	6	169	76	1	1/43	76.00	2.69	169.00	0	0	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1978-1978	1	39.0	11	234	90	1	1/68	90.00	2.30	234.00	0	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1978-1978	1	42.0	8	336	116	1	1/94	116.00	2.07	336.00	0	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1978-1978	6	-	52	910	240	2	2/14	120.00	1.58	455.00	0	0	0
S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1979	5	49.0	9	294	143	1	1/13	143.00	2.91	294.00	0	0	0
RW Anderson (NZ)	1978-1978	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
RA Austin (WI)	1978-1978	2	1.0	0	6	5	0	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1979	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1979	1	5.0	0	40	14	0	-	0.00	2.10	0.00	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1978-1979	10	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1978-1979	10	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1978-1978	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1979	8	-	0	42	31	0	-	0.00	4.42	0.00	0	0	0
WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1979	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
J Dyson (AUS)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
GN Edwards (NZ)	1978-1978	3	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1978-1979	3	-	0	46	47	0	-	0.00	6.13	0.00	0	0	0
JB Gannon (AUS)	1978-1978	1	20.0	4	160	65	0	-	0.00	2.43	0.00	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1978-1978	2	1.0	0	8	1	0	-	0.00	0.75	0.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1979	6	8.0	3	48	13	0	-	0.00	1.62	0.00	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1978-1979	8	-	0	68	30	0	-	0.00	2.64	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	9	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AE Greenidge (WI)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1978-1978	1	22.0	6	176	47	0	-	0.00	1.60	0.00	0	0	0
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1978-1978	5	-	0	8	3	0	-	0.00	2.25	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1978-1978	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1978-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1978-1979	8	5.5	2	35	9	0	-	0.00	1.54	0.00	0	0	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1978-1979	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
WK Lees (NZ)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
JA Maclean (AUS)	1978-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	3	2.0	0	12	5	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
AV Mankad (IND)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AL Mann (AUS)	1978-1978	1	20.0	0	160	101	0	-	0.00	3.78	0.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	4	-	0	8	3	0	-	0.00	2.25	0.00	0	0	0
DA Murray (WI)	1978-1979	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Murray (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AD Ogilvie (AUS)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Parker (NZ)	1978-1978	5	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1978-1979	8	1.0	0	8	1	0	-	0.00	0.75	0.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
SJ Rixon (AUS)	1978-1978	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1978-1978	9	-	0	16	4	0	-	0.00	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
BC Rose (ENG)	1978-1978	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	5	-	0	24	16	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1978-1978	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shafiq Ahmed (PAK)	1978-1978	2	1.0	0	8	1	0	-	0.00	0.75	0.00	0	0	0
IT Shillingford (WI)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Talat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1978-1979	14	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
PM Toohey (AUS)	1978-1979	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1978-1979	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1978-1979	8	-	0	4	7	0	-	0.00	10.50	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1978-1978	8	-	0	8	2	0	-	0.00	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
AB Williams (WI)	1978-1979	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
B Wood (ENG)	1978-1978	1	3.0	2	18	2	0	-	0.00	0.66	0.00	0	0	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	9	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1978	5	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	8	-	1	18	8	0	-	0.00	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	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:

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]