Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	68.0	27	90	19	1.32	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
RAL Massie	60.1	16	137	16	2.27	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
M Muralidaran	113.5	41	220	16	1.93	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
C Blythe	38.3	10	99	15	2.57	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
H Verity	58.3	23	104	15	1.77	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
FR Spofforth	64.3x4	33	90	14	2.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
AV Bedser	55.5	23	99	14	1.77	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
CA Walsh	36.0	15	55	13	1.52	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
SF Barnes	37.4	14	57	13	1.51	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
DL Underwood	48.5	25	71	13	1.45	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
T Richardson	110.3x5	39	244	13	2.64	England	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
H Trumble	65.0x5	19	89	12	1.64	Australia	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
DL Underwood	44.1x8	14	97	12	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
Fazal Mahmood	60.0	27	99	12	1.65	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
R Tattersall	60.2	24	101	12	1.67	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
DL Underwood	64.3	27	101	12	1.56	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
F Martin	57.2x5	21	102	12	2.13	England	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1890	Test # 34
GA Lohmann	67.2x4	31	104	12	2.31	England	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886	Test # 24
AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
FS Trueman	40.3	7	119	12	2.93	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963	Test # 545
DL Vettori	60.0	19	149	12	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
AP Freeman	71.4	25	171	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
H Trumble	64.5	17	173	12	2.66	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
SK Warne	76.0	8	246	12	3.23	Australia	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
GAR Lock	37.4	19	48	11	1.27	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.3x8	1	58	11	1.94	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
GAR Lock	53.3	33	65	11	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
R Peel	42.2x4	21	68	11	2.40	England	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
DL Underwood	60.3	34	70	11	1.15	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
JM Anderson	37.0	15	71	11	1.91	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010	Test # 1967
J Briggs	72.1x4	39	74	11	1.53	England	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jul 1886	Test # 23
WH Lockwood	37.1	10	76	11	2.04	England	v Australia	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
SJ Harmison	31.1	10	76	11	2.43	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
Shoaib Akhtar	38.3	8	78	11	2.02	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
GAR Lock	54.2	28	84	11	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
CG Macartney	42.2	11	85	11	2.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	01 Jul 1909	Test # 103
FS Trueman	37.5	10	88	11	2.32	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
AER Gilligan	34.3	10	90	11	2.60	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
AV Bedser	51.0	13	93	11	1.82	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
PCR Tufnell	47.4	22	93	11	1.95	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
CS Marriott	41.1	8	96	11	2.33	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
JB Statham	41.0	11	97	11	2.36	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
TE Bailey	43.0	14	98	11	2.27	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
C Blythe	47.0	9	102	11	2.17	England	v Australia	Birmingham	27 May 1909	Test # 101
Sir RJ Hadlee	56.0	22	102	11	1.82	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
CR Woakes	42.0	13	102	11	2.42	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	14 Jul 2016	Test # 2206
MA Noble	40.0	10	103	11	2.57	Australia	v England	Sheffield	03 Jul 1902	Test # 72
SF Barnes	47.0	12	110	11	2.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
JC Laker	70.3	31	113	11	1.60	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
KA Jamieson	41.0	14	117	11	2.85	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
SCJ Broad	43.0	10	121	11	2.81	England	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	09 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
DK Lillee	33.2x8	6	123	11	2.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
WJ O'Reilly	78.4	40	129	11	1.63	Australia	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934	Test # 233
Intikhab Alam	39.4x8	5	130	11	2.46	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
M Muralidaran	61.0	20	132	11	2.16	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
EAS Prasanna	47.0x8	10	140	11	2.23	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
IT Botham	56.1	17	140	11	2.49	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
AV Bedser	61.2	14	145	11	2.36	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
KD Boyce	43.1	8	147	11	3.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
PCR Tufnell	85.1	35	147	11	1.72	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
S Ramadhin	115.0	70	152	11	1.32	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
FS Trueman	70.0	25	152	11	2.17	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
LR Gibbs	75.3	25	157	11	2.07	West Indies	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1963	Test # 543
DK Lillee	61.4	14	159	11	2.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
SCJ Broad	58.5	12	165	11	2.80	England	v West Indies	Lord's	17 May 2012	Test # 2043
DJ Nash	54.0	14	169	11	3.12	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1994	Test # 1261
T Richardson	58.3x5	18	173	11	3.54	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
Wasim Akram	61.0	17	179	11	2.93	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
CS Martin	54.0	12	180	11	3.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
AL Valentine	106.0	36	204	11	1.92	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
SK Warne	72.2	15	229	11	3.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
JM Anderson	25.1	11	45	10	1.78	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
FE Woolley	17.2	4	49	10	2.82	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
JT Hearne	39.1x5	18	60	10	1.83	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
CTB Turner	49.0x4	17	63	10	1.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
SCJ Broad	22.1	5	67	10	3.02	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
Imran Khan	38.1	8	77	10	2.01	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
GOB Allen	35.0	8	78	10	2.22	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
TA Boult	27.5	7	80	10	2.87	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
DL Underwood	52.0	22	82	10	1.57	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
PM Pollock	47.5	23	87	10	1.81	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	05 Aug 1965	Test # 595
WPUJC Vaas	45.3	13	90	10	1.97	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
MD Marshall	43.0	10	92	10	2.13	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
AP Freeman	51.4	23	93	10	1.80	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
Sir RJ Hadlee	41.3x8	9	100	10	1.81	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
CL Cairns	53.5	21	100	10	1.85	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
RM Ellison	40.5	12	104	10	2.54	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
LR Gibbs	69.1	29	106	10	1.53	West Indies	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
JG Bracewell	65.3	27	106	10	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
TG Southee	47.2	12	108	10	2.28	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
NM Lyon	35.1	9	108	10	3.07	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
MM Ali	35.0	11	112	10	3.20	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
VD Philander	30.5	6	114	10	3.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
SF Barnes	43.2	12	115	10	2.65	England	v South Africa	Leeds	08 Jul 1912	Test # 124
M Muralidaran	37.2	5	115	10	3.08	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
CA Walsh	40.5	11	117	10	2.86	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
M Muralidaran	46.2	12	118	10	2.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
JC Laker	65.0	20	119	10	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
WJ O'Reilly	56.0	25	122	10	2.17	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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]