Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings in 1979 in Tests

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	15.75	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
AG Hurst	10.6x8	2	28	5	17.20	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	17.33	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
NS Yadav	12.0	-	35	4	18.00	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
IT Botham	9.7x8	1	57	4	19.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
N Kapil Dev	14.0	-	38	4	21.00	India	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
RM Hogg	10.4x8	1	26	4	21.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
MA Holding	14.0	3	40	4	21.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
N Kapil Dev	14.1	5	39	4	21.25	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
IT Botham	19.0	9	35	5	22.80	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
IT Botham	11.4x8	-	42	4	23.00	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
DR Doshi	19.5	4	43	5	23.80	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
N Kapil Dev	16.2	5	30	4	24.50	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	24.57	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
S Venkataraghavan	16.5	5	43	4	25.25	India	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
Sikander Bakht	22.1	5	55	5	26.60	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
KD Ghavri	18.0	4	63	4	27.00	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
N Kapil Dev	28.0	5	63	6	28.00	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
N Kapil Dev	23.5	8	58	5	28.60	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Sikander Bakht	24.0	9	56	5	28.80	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	40	6	28.83	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
M Hendrick	20.4	8	45	4	31.00	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
NS Yadav	21.0	7	40	4	31.50	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
Sarfraz Nawaz	35.4x8	7	86	9	31.55	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
Ehteshamuddin	26.4	11	47	5	32.00	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
N Phillip	22.0	8	48	4	33.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
J Garner	22.0	5	55	4	33.00	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
Sikander Bakht	17.0x8	2	67	4	34.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
RM Hogg	17.0x8	4	49	4	34.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
NS Yadav	22.5	6	49	4	34.25	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
N Kapil Dev	22.5	6	63	4	34.25	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
JE Emburey	17.2x8	7	46	4	34.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
IT Botham	29.0	8	70	5	34.80	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
IT Botham	35.0	9	78	6	35.00	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Mushtaq Mohammad	22.0x8	5	59	5	35.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	35.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
Imran Khan	18.0x8	8	26	4	36.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
G Dymock	25.0	7	63	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
N Kapil Dev	32.0	7	82	5	38.40	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
N Kapil Dev	32.0	9	74	5	38.40	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
RM Hogg	26.0	3	66	4	39.00	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
AG Hurst	24.7x8	2	94	5	39.80	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
Sir RJ Hadlee	25.0x8	2	62	5	40.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
Wasim Raja	20.0x8	3	68	4	40.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
G Dymock	35.0	7	99	5	42.00	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
IT Botham	28.0	7	65	4	42.00	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
DK Lillee	28.0	11	73	4	42.00	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
DR Doshi	43.0	10	103	6	43.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
Imran Khan	28.4	12	53	4	43.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.0x8	3	104	5	43.20	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
G Miller	27.1x8	6	44	5	43.40	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
ST Clarke	29.1	3	75	4	43.75	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
DK Lillee	29.1	8	104	4	43.75	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
AG Hurst	23.0x8	4	61	4	46.00	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
KD Ghavri	31.0	4	118	4	46.50	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
G Dymock	31.0	2	106	4	46.50	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
JE Emburey	24.0x8	4	52	4	48.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
Mushtaq Mohammad	25.0x8	4	60	4	50.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
Sir RJ Hadlee	25.0x8	3	101	4	50.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
Imran Khan	33.0x8	6	106	5	52.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
IT Botham	45.5	14	98	5	55.00	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
RM Hogg	28.0x8	10	67	4	56.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
Sarfraz Nawaz	28.2x8	9	61	4	56.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
N Kapil Dev	48.0	15	146	5	57.60	India	v England	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
JD Higgs	30.0x8	8	69	4	60.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
B Yardley	42.0	11	91	4	63.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
G Dymock	42.2	8	135	4	63.50	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
DR Doshi	43.0	10	92	4	64.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
B Yardley	44.0	16	107	4	66.00	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
Iqbal Qasim	44.0	15	135	4	66.00	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
AG Hurst	37.0x8	9	97	4	74.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
JD Higgs	59.6x8	15	148	5	95.60	Australia	v England	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840

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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]