Best strike rates in an innings in 1979 in FC
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 2.0x8 | - | 13 | 2 | 8.00 | Victoria | v West Aust | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9.00 | Pakistanis | v Central Zone | Jaipur | 11 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 10.50 | South Aust | v NSW | Adelaide | 30 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 5.6x8 | - | 30 | 4 | 11.50 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 31 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12.00 | EPR (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Zwide | 20 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 3.0x8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12.00 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 9.4 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 14.50 | South Aust | v West Aust | Adelaide | 28 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 15.00 | West Indians | v Karnataka | Ahmedabad | 10 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 15.00 | Karnataka | v West Indians | Ahmedabad | 10 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1979 | Test # 862 | |
| 5.0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 15.00 | West Zone | v South Zone | Bengaluru | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 15.1 | 4 | 51 | 6 | 15.16 | Queensland | v West Aust | Brisbane | 2 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 9.4x8 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 15.20 | TVL (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Johannesburg | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 9.4x8 | - | 32 | 5 | 15.20 | EPR (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Newcastle | 17 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 11.4x8 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 15.33 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 31 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 3 | 69 | 8 | 15.75 | Pakistan | v India | Delhi | 4 Dec 1979 | Test # 863 | |
| 10.3 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 15.75 | West Indians | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 10.0x8 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 16.00 | EPR (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 16.00 | Victoria | v South Aust | Melbourne | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 16.00 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 31 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | - | 39 | 4 | 16.00 | Natal (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Durban | 31 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | - | 19 | 3 | 16.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 16.00 | North Zone | v Pakistanis | Amritsar | 29 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 16.00 | India | v Pakistan | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
| 4.0x8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 16.00 | Natal (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Cape Town | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 12.3x8 | - | 63 | 6 | 16.50 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.3x8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16.75 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Potchefstroom | 17 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 16.80 | Queensland | v England XI | Brisbane | 12 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 10.6x8 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 17.20 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 17.2 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 17.33 | Australia | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 8.4 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 17.33 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 26 Oct 1979 | First-class | |
| 4.3x8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 17.50 | Victoria | v South Aust | Melbourne | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 11.0x8 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 17.60 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | - | 35 | 4 | 18.00 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 2 Oct 1979 | Test # 857 | |
| 12.0 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 18.00 | West Zone | v South Zone | Bengaluru | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 18.00 | West Indians | v | Devonport | 23 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | - | 20 | 2 | 18.00 | West Aust | v Victoria | Melbourne | 30 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0x8 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 18.66 | England XI | v Tasmania | Hobart | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | - | 38 | 3 | 18.66 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18.66 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18.66 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Potchefstroom | 17 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | - | 29 | 3 | 18.66 | EPR (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 9.4x8 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 19.00 | EPR (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 19.50 | North Zone | v Central Zone | Indore | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 7.3x8 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 19.66 | WPR (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 9.5 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 19.66 | - | v West Indians | Devonport | 23 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 9.7x8 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 19.75 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 10.0x8 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 20.00 | Victoria | v South Aust | Melbourne | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 13.2 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 20.00 | Tasmania | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 5.0x8 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 20.00 | Tasmania | v England XI | Hobart | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 5.0x8 | - | 23 | 2 | 20.00 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 6.4 | - | 36 | 2 | 20.00 | India | v Pakistan | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
| 5.0x8 | - | 24 | 2 | 20.00 | TVL (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Johannesburg | 31 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 20.40 | South Aust | v West Aust | Adelaide | 28 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 15.3x8 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 20.50 | Queensland | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.5 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 20.50 | South Zone | v West Zone | Bengaluru | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 24.0 | 4 | 65 | 7 | 20.57 | North Zone | v West Zone | Delhi | 15 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 13.0x8 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 20.80 | South Aust | v Queensland | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | - | 38 | 4 | 21.00 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 12 Jan 1979 | Test # 841 | |
| 10.4x8 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 21.00 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 21.00 | West Indians | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 21.00 | West Indians | v | Devonport | 23 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 21.00 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1979 | Test # 867 | |
| 14.1 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 21.25 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 3 Nov 1979 | Test # 860 | |
| 14.1 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 21.25 | West Aust | v Tasmania | W.A.C.A | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.0x8 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 21.33 | EPR (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Durban | 26 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | - | 25 | 3 | 21.33 | WPR (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Cape Town | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 25.0 | 10 | 58 | 7 | 21.42 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 26 Oct 1979 | First-class | |
| 21.5 | 8 | 64 | 6 | 21.83 | Ind Pres XI | v West Indians | Brabourne | 6 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | - | 79 | 6 | 22.00 | Karnataka | v West Indians | Ahmedabad | 10 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 22.00 | Queensland | v NSW | Lismore | 15 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0x8 | - | 69 | 5 | 22.40 | TVL (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Johannesburg | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.7x8 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 22.50 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 22.3 | 4 | 94 | 6 | 22.50 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 2 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 22.50 | Derbyshire | v Surrey | The Oval | 28 Jul 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.2x8 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 22.80 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 22.80 | England | v India | Lord's | 2 Aug 1979 | Test # 852 | |
| 11.4x8 | - | 42 | 4 | 23.00 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 11.4 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 23.33 | North Zone | v West Indians | Jalandhar | 20 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 19.3 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 23.40 | West Indians | v | Devonport | 23 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.7x8 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 23.66 | South Aust | v Queensland | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 19.5 | 4 | 43 | 5 | 23.80 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 3 Nov 1979 | Test # 860 | |
| 27.5 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 23.85 | Queensland | v West Aust | Brisbane | 2 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 15.0x8 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 24.00 | Victoria | v Tasmania | Launceston | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 24.00 | NSW | v Queensland | Lismore | 15 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 24.00 | Queensland | v West Aust | Brisbane | 2 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 24.00 | West Indians | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 24.00 | Pakistanis | v North Zone | Amritsar | 29 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 24.00 | India | v Pakistan | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 24.00 | West Zone | v South Zone | Bengaluru | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 24.00 | Ind Pres XI | v West Indians | Brabourne | 6 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 24.00 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 24.00 | EPR (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 24.00 | EPR (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 16 Nov 1979 | First-class | |
| 15.2x8 | 3 | 48 | 5 | 24.40 | Victoria | v West Aust | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.2 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 24.50 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 2 Oct 1979 | Test # 857 | |
| 28.4 | 5 | 67 | 7 | 24.57 | Australia | v India | Kanpur | 2 Oct 1979 | Test # 857 | |
| 9.2x8 | - | 40 | 3 | 24.66 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 25.0 | 7 | 84 | 6 | 25.00 | Surrey | v Derbyshire | The Oval | 28 Jul 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.4 | 3 | 62 | 4 | 25.00 | Central Zone | v North Zone | Indore | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class |
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Minimum of 2 wicketsPerformances 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:
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]