Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	51.2	23	53	10	1.03	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	2.22	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	3.45	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
M Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	1.19	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
SCJ Broad	9.3	5	15	8	1.57	England	v Australia	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
SF Barnes	16.4	4	29	8	1.74	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
FJ Laver	18.2	7	31	8	1.69	Australia	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1909	Test # 104
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	3.57	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
IT Botham	20.5	8	34	8	1.63	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
GD McGrath	20.3	8	38	8	1.85	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
H Verity	22.3	8	43	8	1.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	2.83	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
DL Underwood	34.5	17	51	8	1.46	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
RAL Massie	27.2	9	53	8	1.93	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
C Blythe	15.5	1	59	8	3.72	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
H Trumble	31.0	13	65	8	2.09	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
M Muralidaran	30.0	10	70	8	2.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
EAS Prasanna	23.0	5	76	8	2.47	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
RAL Massie	32.5	7	84	8	2.55	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
MA Holding	33.0	9	92	8	2.78	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	3.72	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
AL Valentine	50.0	14	104	8	2.08	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
BJT Bosanquet	32.4	2	107	8	3.27	England	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905	Test # 83
NA Foster	46.2	15	107	8	2.30	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
CJ McDermott	36.0	3	141	8	3.91	Australia	v England	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
W Rhodes	11.0	3	17	7	1.54	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	1.40	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3	-	23	7	2.05	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
MJ Henry	15.0	7	23	7	1.53	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
GR Hazlitt	21.4	8	25	7	1.15	Australia	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	1.18	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
R Peel	26.2	17	31	7	1.75	England	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
DL Underwood	31.0	18	32	7	1.03	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
GAR Lock	24.0	11	35	7	1.45	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
G Ulyett	39.1	23	36	7	1.37	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 1884	Test # 15
GA Lohmann	30.2	17	36	7	1.77	England	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886	Test # 24
MS Kasprowicz	15.5	5	36	7	2.27	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
CA Walsh	20.4	7	37	7	1.79	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
JN Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	2.70	Australia	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
JB Statham	29.0	12	39	7	1.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
N Wagner	14.4	2	39	7	2.65	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	01 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
C Blythe	22.4	9	40	7	1.76	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	2.08	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
JM Anderson	20.1	5	42	7	2.08	England	v West Indies	Lord's	07 Sep 2017	Test # 2274
DG Cork	19.3	5	43	7	2.20	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jun 1995	Test # 1299
JM Anderson	21.3	8	43	7	2.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
FR Spofforth	28.0	15	44	7	2.35	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
RG Barlow	52.0	34	44	7	1.26	England	v Australia	Manchester	05 Jul 1886	Test # 22
AV Bedser	17.2	7	44	7	2.53	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
TE Bailey	21.0	8	44	7	2.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
FS Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	3.03	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963	Test # 545
SCJ Broad	11.0	-	44	7	4.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
FR Spofforth	36.3	18	46	7	1.87	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
PCR Tufnell	46.1	25	47	7	1.01	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	6	47	7	2.16	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
AV Bedser	29.1	11	49	7	1.68	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
S Ramadhin	31.0	16	49	7	1.58	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
DL Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	1.58	England	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
CM Old	22.4	6	50	7	2.20	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
GAR Lock	35.2	20	51	7	1.44	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
AV Bedser	25.0	4	52	7	2.08	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
R Tattersall	28.0	10	52	7	1.85	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
Intikhab Alam	21.0	3	52	7	1.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
Imran Khan	25.3	11	52	7	2.03	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
DS Atkinson	40.0	21	53	7	1.32	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
MD Marshall	26.0	9	53	7	2.03	West Indies	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
CL Cairns	18.2	2	53	7	2.89	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
WJ O'Reilly	41.4	24	54	7	1.29	Australia	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934	Test # 233
AV Bedser	38.3	16	55	7	1.42	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
James Langridge	17.0	4	56	7	3.29	England	v West Indies	Manchester	22 Jul 1933	Test # 228
JH Wardle	35.0	16	56	7	1.60	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
Mushtaq Ahmed	34.4	13	56	7	1.61	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
CG Macartney	25.3	6	58	7	2.27	Australia	v England	Leeds	01 Jul 1909	Test # 103
AV Bedser	32.3	10	58	7	1.78	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
H Verity	36.0	15	61	7	1.69	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
MJ Hoggard	21.2	7	63	7	2.95	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
FJ Laver	31.3	14	64	7	2.03	Australia	v England	Nottingham	29 May 1905	Test # 83
SJ Pegler	31.0	8	65	7	2.09	South Africa	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
SB Doull	24.0	7	65	7	2.70	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
PCR Tufnell	34.3	16	66	7	1.91	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
DJG Sammy	21.3	2	66	7	3.06	West Indies	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
MJ Henry	23.0	4	67	7	2.91	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	08 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
FMM Worrell	38.2	9	70	7	1.82	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
PAJ DeFreitas	26.0	8	70	7	2.69	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
WH Lockwood	40.3	17	71	7	2.09	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1899	Test # 64
AP Freeman	32.0	12	71	7	2.21	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
SCJ Broad	24.5	6	72	7	2.89	England	v West Indies	Lord's	17 May 2012	Test # 2043
BL Cairns	33.2	14	74	7	2.22	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
I Sharma	23.0	6	74	7	3.21	India	v England	Lord's	17 Jul 2014	Test # 2130
FS Trueman	30.2	9	75	7	2.47	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
FE Woolley	28.3	5	76	7	2.66	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Jan 1930	Test # 188
GD McGrath	21.0	4	76	7	3.61	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
GD McGrath	30.2	9	76	7	2.50	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
RGD Willis	30.1	7	78	7	2.58	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jun 1977	Test # 804
GOB Allen	20.0	3	80	7	4.00	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
GF Lawson	43.1	14	81	7	1.87	Australia	v England	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
GA Faulkner	27.1	4	84	7	3.09	South Africa	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
DL Vettori	35.0	11	87	7	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
FH Edwards	29.4	6	87	7	2.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
E Jones	36.1	11	88	7	2.91	Australia	v England	Lord's	15 Jun 1899	Test # 61

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]