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
GA Lohmann	14.2	6	28	9	2.33	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
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
SF Barnes	38.4	7	103	9	2.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
HJ Tayfield	37.0	11	113	9	2.29	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
GA Lohmann	9.4	5	7	8	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
J Briggs	14.2	5	11	8	1.13	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
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
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	1.73	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
RAL Massie	27.2	9	53	8	1.93	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
SF Barnes	26.5	9	56	8	2.08	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
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
HJ Tayfield	37.7	14	69	8	1.36	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
SJ Snooke	31.4	8	70	8	2.21	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
M Muralidaran	30.0	10	70	8	2.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
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
J Briggs	19.1	11	17	7	1.32	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
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
HJ Tayfield	8.4	1	23	7	2.02	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
GR Hazlitt	21.4	8	25	7	1.15	Australia	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	1.52	South Africa	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928	Test # 172
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	2.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
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
KA Maharaj	10.0	0	32	7	3.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	3.09	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
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
JH Wardle	19.0	3	36	7	1.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
MS Kasprowicz	15.5	5	36	7	2.27	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
JJ Ferris	25.0	16	37	7	1.77	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
JN Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	2.70	Australia	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
GA Lohmann	15.4	6	38	7	2.88	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
JB Statham	29.0	12	39	7	1.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
C Blythe	22.4	9	40	7	1.76	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
CV Grimmett	19.5	9	40	7	2.01	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	2.08	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	3.33	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
GA Lohmann	24.0	9	42	7	2.10	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
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	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
C Blythe	18.0	5	46	7	2.55	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	2.87	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
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
Imran Khan	25.3	11	52	7	2.03	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
MD Marshall	26.0	9	53	7	2.03	West Indies	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
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
SF Barnes	29.5	7	56	7	1.87	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
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
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	18.3	5	61	7	3.29	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
SN Thakur	17.5	3	61	7	3.42	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
AE Hall	37.3	12	63	7	1.68	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
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
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
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	3.96	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
G Geary	27.3	7	70	7	2.54	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
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

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2023 [Test # 2520]

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]