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
GA Lohmann	14.2	6	28	9	2.33	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	3.45	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
N Kapil Dev	30.3	6	83	9	2.72	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
SP Gupte	34.3	11	102	9	2.95	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
SF Barnes	38.4	7	103	9	2.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
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
SF Barnes	16.4	4	29	8	1.74	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
M Muralidaran	16.2	4	46	8	2.81	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
ARC Fraser	16.1	2	53	8	3.27	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
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
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	3.29	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
MG Johnson	24.0	4	61	8	2.54	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
GD McKenzie	28.0	5	71	8	1.90	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	4.89	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
ARC Fraser	28.5	7	75	8	2.60	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	08 Apr 1994	Test # 1258
AW Greig	36.1	10	86	8	2.37	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
MG Hughes	37.0	9	87	8	2.35	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	3.72	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
GF Lawson	40.0	7	112	8	2.80	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
J Briggs	19.1	11	17	7	1.32	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
H Ironmonger	20.0	7	23	7	1.15	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
MJ Henry	15.0	7	23	7	1.53	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	1.18	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	3.09	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
TE Bailey	16.0	7	34	7	2.12	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
JH Wardle	19.0	3	36	7	1.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JJ Ferris	25.0	16	37	7	1.77	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
M Ntini	19.5	7	37	7	1.86	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
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
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
CV Grimmett	19.5	9	40	7	2.01	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
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
IWG Johnson	22.2	10	44	7	1.97	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
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
C Blythe	18.0	5	46	7	2.55	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
AR Border	26.0	10	46	7	1.76	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	2.87	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
Harbhajan Singh	28.3	12	48	7	1.68	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
JA Snow	21.0	7	49	7	2.33	England	v West Indies	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	Test # 629
WE Hollies	26.0	7	50	7	1.92	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	14 Feb 1935	Test # 240
R Tattersall	28.0	10	52	7	1.85	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
SK Warne	23.2	8	52	7	2.22	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1205
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
SK Warne	27.0	8	56	7	2.07	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
AV Bedser	32.3	10	58	7	1.78	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	16.0	1	58	7	3.62	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	30 Nov 2018	Test # 2331
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
R Ashwin	29.5	7	66	7	2.21	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
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
W Voce	37.2	15	70	7	1.87	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930	Test # 189
AP Freeman	32.0	12	71	7	2.21	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	3	71	7	2.84	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
R Ashwin	21.3	7	71	7	3.30	India	v West Indies	Roseau	12 Jul 2023	Test # 2510
SCJ Broad	24.5	6	72	7	2.89	England	v West Indies	Lord's	17 May 2012	Test # 2043
BR Taylor	20.3	6	74	7	3.60	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
Imran Khan	22.4	2	80	7	3.52	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
CV Grimmett	49.2	17	83	7	1.68	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
DK Lillee	26.3	3	83	7	3.13	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
R Ashwin	25.0	8	83	7	3.32	India	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016	Test # 2207
FA Rose	28.0	6	84	7	3.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
M Muralidaran	35.0	5	84	7	2.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
CV Grimmett	48.0	19	87	7	1.81	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930	Test # 199
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	2.90	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
SF Barnes	32.0	10	88	7	2.75	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
MR Whitney	30.0	6	89	7	2.96	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
Yasir Shah	39.5	12	94	7	2.35	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017	Test # 2260
M Muralidaran	46.5	12	97	7	2.07	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
B Yardley	31.4	6	98	7	3.09	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
CV Grimmett	45.0	18	100	7	2.22	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
JC Laker	37.0	9	103	7	2.78	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
SCG MacGill	37.0	11	104	7	2.81	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
AP Freeman	32.3	6	115	7	3.53	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
CV Grimmett	47.0	11	116	7	2.46	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
WPUJC Vaas	32.2	5	120	7	3.71	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	1	120	7	3.15	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
R Ashwin	46.2	11	145	7	3.12	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
BS Chandrasekhar	61.5	17	157	7	2.53	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
DG Phadkar	45.3	10	159	7	3.49	India	v West Indies	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
SP Gupte	66.0	15	162	7	2.45	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
AER Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	1.07	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
S Haigh	11.4	6	11	6	1.11	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	1.66	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	1.68	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
WJ Whitty	16.0	7	17	6	1.06	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
GD McGrath	20.0	12	17	6	0.85	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	1.39	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
GAR Lock	16.0	7	20	6	1.25	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	1.77	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338

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