Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Best averages in 1979 in Tests

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GR Viswanath (IND)	1979-1979	17	6.3	1	39	17	1	1/11	17.00	2.61	39.00	0	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1979-1979	7	-	70	1464	392	23	4/45	17.04	1.60	63.65	1	0	0
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1979-1979	2	70.4	22	424	139	8	5/47	17.37	1.96	53.00	0	1	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1979-1979	3	109.2	36	874	232	13	4/46	17.84	1.59	67.23	2	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1979-1980	3	34.0	14	204	39	2	1/5	19.50	1.14	102.00	0	0	0
J Garner (WI)	1979-1980	2	98.4	27	592	219	11	4/55	19.90	2.21	53.81	1	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1979	9	-	0	32	20	1	1/8	20.00	3.75	32.00	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	8	-	80	2066	871	42	6/78	20.73	2.52	49.19	3	4	1
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1979-1979	8	-	49	1718	786	36	8/69	21.83	2.74	47.72	1	3	1
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	8	-	14	452	197	9	4/68	21.88	2.61	50.22	1	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	17	592.1	141	3553	1699	74	6/63	22.95	2.86	48.01	4	5	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1979-1979	3	117.6	13	942	414	18	5/62	23.00	2.63	52.33	1	2	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1980	9	-	80	2357	983	41	7/67	23.97	2.50	57.48	3	3	1
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1979	10	469.5	139	2819	960	40	6/103	24.00	2.04	70.47	1	2	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	7	-	41	1818	760	30	5/28	25.33	2.50	60.60	2	2	0
G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	7	-	46	1237	368	14	5/44	26.28	1.78	88.35	0	1	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1979	9	329.1	77	1975	870	32	4/35	27.18	2.64	61.71	3	0	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1979-1980	2	88.3	15	531	274	10	3/27	27.40	3.09	53.10	0	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	59.0	12	354	193	7	3/90	27.57	3.27	50.57	0	0	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1979-1980	3	121.1	31	727	359	13	4/73	27.61	2.96	55.92	2	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1979	5	93.3	11	747	305	11	5/59	27.72	2.44	67.90	1	1	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1979-1979	1	54.0	18	324	115	4	3/82	28.75	2.12	81.00	0	0	0
ST Clarke (WI)	1979-1979	2	86.3	13	519	260	9	4/75	28.88	3.00	57.66	1	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	7	-	63	1728	641	22	5/106	29.13	2.22	78.54	2	1	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1979-1979	5	212.5	48	1701	618	21	9/86	29.42	2.17	81.00	1	1	1
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1979	4	72.5	13	437	269	9	3/53	29.88	3.69	48.55	0	0	0
N Phillip (WI)	1979-1979	3	102.2	20	614	333	11	4/48	30.27	3.25	55.81	1	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1979-1980	2	83.0	17	498	248	8	4/40	31.00	2.98	62.25	1	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1979	1	36.0	4	216	97	3	2/47	32.33	2.69	72.00	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1980	13	-	87	2744	1203	37	4/26	32.51	2.63	74.16	4	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1979	7	-	47	1290	597	18	3/41	33.16	2.77	71.66	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1979	8	-	16	290	101	3	1/3	33.66	2.08	96.66	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1979-1979	4	162.5	58	977	372	11	6/40	33.81	2.28	88.81	1	1	1
BS Bedi (IND)	1979-1979	3	103.3	23	621	249	7	2/26	35.57	2.40	88.71	0	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1979-1980	10	-	99	2723	1179	33	7/143	35.72	2.59	82.51	1	2	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1980	13	-	35	706	216	6	2/35	36.00	1.83	117.66	0	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1979-1980	2	80.1	12	481	223	6	3/64	37.16	2.78	80.16	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	10	369.3	104	2217	856	23	4/43	37.21	2.31	96.39	1	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1979-1979	3	112.0	20	896	345	9	3/86	38.33	2.31	99.55	0	0	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1979-1979	17	12.0	1	72	41	1	1/11	41.00	3.41	72.00	0	0	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1979-1979	17	551.4	120	3310	1671	39	4/63	42.84	3.02	84.87	2	0	0
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1979-1979	1	45.4	4	274	137	3	3/137	45.66	3.00	91.33	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1979-1979	4	50.2	12	302	147	3	2/53	49.00	2.92	100.66	0	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1979-1979	1	33.5	10	203	98	2	1/29	49.00	2.89	101.50	0	0	0
PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	46.0	10	368	99	2	2/41	49.50	1.61	184.00	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1979-1979	6	-	22	601	248	5	3/48	49.60	2.47	120.20	0	0	0
DD Parsana (IND)	1979-1979	2	20.0	6	120	50	1	1/32	50.00	2.50	120.00	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1979	3	73.0	19	584	153	3	2/33	51.00	1.57	194.66	0	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1979-1979	6	-	62	1612	686	13	4/91	52.76	2.55	124.00	2	0	0
P Willey (ENG)	1979-1979	2	48.5	16	293	107	2	2/96	53.50	2.19	146.50	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1979-1979	4	161.0	56	966	323	6	2/60	53.83	2.00	161.00	0	0	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1979-1979	3	101.0	21	606	295	5	2/32	59.00	2.92	121.20	0	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1979-1979	3	81.6	18	654	238	4	2/22	59.50	2.18	163.50	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1979-1979	3	11.0	0	66	60	1	1/54	60.00	5.45	66.00	0	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1979-1979	2	60.5	7	485	181	3	2/70	60.33	2.23	161.66	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	10	-	2	96	62	1	1/21	62.00	3.87	96.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	8	-	22	472	188	3	3/55	62.66	2.38	157.33	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	7	-	10	190	63	1	1/16	63.00	1.98	190.00	0	0	0
CL King (WI)	1979-1979	1	27.0	7	162	63	1	1/50	63.00	2.33	162.00	0	0	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1979-1979	2	61.0	23	366	141	2	1/30	70.50	2.31	183.00	0	0	0
DR Parry (WI)	1979-1979	3	71.0	12	426	213	3	2/127	71.00	3.00	142.00	0	0	0
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1979-1979	3	49.0	5	294	151	2	2/46	75.50	3.08	147.00	0	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1979-1979	3	60.0	17	360	173	2	1/27	86.50	2.88	180.00	0	0	0
VA Holder (WI)	1979-1979	3	104.0	18	624	277	3	2/22	92.33	2.66	208.00	0	0	0
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1979-1979	1	19.0	1	152	103	1	1/50	103.00	4.06	152.00	0	0	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1979-1979	1	38.0	10	304	103	1	1/56	103.00	2.03	304.00	0	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1979	3	-	10	373	223	2	1/16	111.50	3.58	186.50	0	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1979-1979	1	34.0	3	204	123	1	1/123	123.00	3.61	204.00	0	0	0
Anwar Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	1	4.0	0	32	12	0	-	-	2.25	0.00	0	0	0
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Bairstow (ENG)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1979-1979	8	-	3	50	14	0	-	-	1.68	0.00	0	0	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1979	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Butcher (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2.0	0	12	9	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
HS Chang (WI)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WM Darling (AUS)	1979-1979	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1979-1979	5	4.0	0	24	17	0	-	-	4.25	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1979	17	5.0	1	30	18	0	-	-	3.60	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1979-1979	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AE Greenidge (WI)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1979-1980	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1980	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	9	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1979-1979	1	5.0	2	30	15	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1979-1979	3	16.0	3	128	58	0	-	-	2.71	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	14	-	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1979-1980	5	18.0	0	108	32	0	-	-	1.77	0.00	0	0	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1979-1979	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WK Lees (NZ)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1979-1980	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB McCosker (AUS)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JA Maclean (AUS)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1979-1980	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JK Moss (AUS)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DA Murray (WI)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Murray (WI)	1979-1980	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Parker (NZ)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1979-1979	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
B Reddy (IND)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1979-1980	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LG Rowe (WI)	1979-1980	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Shivnarine (WI)	1979-1979	3	7.0	1	42	24	0	-	-	3.42	0.00	0	0	0
Talat Ali (PAK)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1979-1979	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PM Toohey (AUS)	1979-1980	4	-	0	2	4	0	-	-	12.00	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1979	17	1.0	0	6	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1979-1979	9	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	7	-	2	30	11	0	-	-	2.20	0.00	0	0	0
JM Wiener (AUS)	1979-1980	2	8.0	3	48	22	0	-	-	2.75	0.00	0	0	0
AB Williams (WI)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1979-1979	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Wright (AUS)	1979-1979	10	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1979-1979	2	19.0	3	114	48	0	-	-	2.52	0.00	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1979	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1979-1979	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	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:

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

India vs Pakistan at Kanpur, Pakistan tour of India 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India vs Pakistan at Wankhede, Pakistan tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]