Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket 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
AY Patel	47.5	12	119	10	2.48	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	2.22	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	2.19	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
JM Patel	35.5	16	69	9	1.92	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
Sarfraz Nawaz	35.4	7	86	9	1.81	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
JM Noreiga	49.4	16	95	9	1.91	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
SCJ Broad	9.3	5	15	8	1.57	England	v Australia	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	3.57	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
GA Lohmann	27.1	12	35	8	1.92	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	Test # 26
LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
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
NM Lyon	22.2	4	50	8	2.23	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
GA Lohmann	43.2	18	58	8	1.33	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	2.97	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	2.97	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
NM Lyon	23.3	1	64	8	2.72	Australia	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
W Rhodes	15.0	-	68	8	4.53	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	3.28	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
LC Braund	29.1	6	81	8	2.77	England	v Australia	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	Test # 82
Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	2.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	8	2.54	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
T Richardson	36.1	7	94	8	2.59	England	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1898	Test # 57
N Kapil Dev	38.0	6	106	8	2.78	India	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
BJT Bosanquet	32.4	2	107	8	3.27	England	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905	Test # 83
JC White	64.5	21	126	8	1.94	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
A Kumble	46.5	7	141	8	3.01	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
JJ Krejza	43.5	1	215	8	4.90	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
W Rhodes	11.0	3	17	7	1.54	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
HJ Tayfield	8.4	1	23	7	2.02	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3	-	23	7	2.05	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
CEL Ambrose	18.0	9	25	7	1.38	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	30 Jan 1993	Test # 1212
FH Tyson	12.3	1	27	7	1.63	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
MR Whitney	12.1	3	27	7	2.21	Australia	v India	Perth	01 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
W Bates	26.2	14	28	7	1.58	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
R Peel	26.2	17	31	7	1.75	England	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
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
RR Lindwall	16.5	4	38	7	1.71	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
RG Barlow	34.2	20	40	7	1.73	England	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1883	Test # 12
JA Snow	17.5	5	40	7	1.70	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
Fazal Mahmood	27.3	11	42	7	1.52	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
RA Jadeja	12.1	1	42	7	3.45	India	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023	Test # 2493
RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	1.88	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
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
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	2.00	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	1.84	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	2.74	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	48	7	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
H Verity	23.5	10	49	7	2.05	England	v India	Chennai	10 Feb 1934	Test # 232
AV Bedser	29.1	11	49	7	1.68	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	2.39	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
DL Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	1.58	England	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	3.06	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
AV Bedser	25.0	4	52	7	2.08	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
AME Roberts	14.0	3	54	7	2.89	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
GE Gomez	18.0	3	55	7	2.29	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
AV Bedser	38.3	16	55	7	1.42	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
W Rhodes	15.2	3	56	7	3.65	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
JB Statham	28.0	6	57	7	1.52	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
SF Barnes	22.4	6	60	7	2.64	England	v Australia	Sydney	21 Feb 1908	Test # 100
H Verity	36.0	15	61	7	1.69	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
TW Hartley	26.2	5	62	7	2.35	England	v India	Hyderabad	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2525
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	3.07	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
TG Southee	24.0	6	64	7	2.66	New Zealand	v India	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012	Test # 2055
HMRKB Herath	18.1	3	64	7	3.52	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
SB Doull	24.0	7	65	7	2.70	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
GD McKenzie	21.4	2	66	7	2.30	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967	Test # 625
PCR Tufnell	34.3	16	66	7	1.91	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	2.33	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
MJ Henry	23.0	4	67	7	2.91	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	08 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
T Emmett	59.0	31	68	7	1.72	England	v Australia	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879	Test # 3
S Joseph	11.5	-	68	7	5.74	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2524
WH Lockwood	40.3	17	71	7	2.09	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1899	Test # 64
R Benaud	29.3	10	72	7	2.44	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
W Bates	33.0	14	74	7	3.36	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
RGD Willis	30.1	7	78	7	2.58	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jun 1977	Test # 804
JE Emburey	46.0	15	78	7	1.69	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
JJC Lawson	19.1	3	78	7	4.06	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	09 May 2003	Test # 1645
FJ Titmus	37.0	14	79	7	1.60	England	v Australia	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
GOB Allen	20.0	3	80	7	4.00	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
Fazal Mahmood	48.0	17	80	7	1.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
HJ Tayfield	37.1	13	81	7	1.63	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
AA Donald	28.0	4	84	7	3.00	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
SM Pollock	41.0	11	87	7	2.12	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
DL Vettori	35.0	11	87	7	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
DK Morrison	26.4	5	89	7	3.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	04 Mar 1993	Test # 1216
JT Partridge	31.1	6	91	7	2.19	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
AK Davidson	57.3	23	93	7	1.61	Australia	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
AR Caddick	22.0	5	94	7	4.27	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
NM Lyon	23.2	4	94	7	4.02	Australia	v India	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
BS Bedi	50.0	19	98	7	1.96	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969	Test # 668
LR Gibbs	59.0	20	98	7	1.66	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
M Muralidaran	38.4	8	100	7	2.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
R Ashwin	42.0	12	103	7	2.45	India	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
DVP Wright	29.0	4	105	7	2.71	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
MJ Hoggard	42.0	6	109	7	2.59	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819

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