Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket 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
H Verity	58.3	23	104	15	1.77	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
Sir RJ Hadlee	52.3	13	123	15	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
W Rhodes	30.2	3	124	15	4.08	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
Harbhajan Singh	80.1	26	217	15	2.70	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
AV Bedser	55.5	23	99	14	1.77	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
W Bates	59.2x4	28	102	14	2.57	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
JM Patel	61.3	23	124	14	2.01	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
Yasir Shah	57.2	10	184	14	3.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
CA Walsh	36.0	15	55	13	1.52	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
Fazal Mahmood	75.0	28	114	13	1.52	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
R Ashwin	41.1	7	140	13	3.40	India	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
HMRKB Herath	56.2	14	145	13	2.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
SF Barnes	80.1	22	163	13	2.03	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Test # 66
HJ Tayfield	66.5x8	22	165	13	1.85	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
A Kumble	64.3	12	181	13	2.80	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
Harbhajan Singh	68.2	15	196	13	2.86	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
T Richardson	110.3x5	39	244	13	2.64	England	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
JC White	124.5	37	256	13	2.05	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929	Test # 179
R Ashwin	43.2	14	85	12	1.96	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012	Test # 2054
DL Underwood	44.1x8	14	97	12	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
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
BS Chandrasekhar	34.1x8	5	104	12	2.28	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
Waqar Younis	54.1	22	130	12	2.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
J Briggs	49.5	11	136	12	2.72	England	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Mar 1892	Test # 38
DL Vettori	60.0	19	149	12	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
S Venkataraghavan	112.3	56	152	12	1.35	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
Imran Khan	45.7x8	9	165	12	2.69	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
NGRP Jayasuriya	52.0	5	177	12	3.40	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
R Ashwin	74.0	18	198	12	2.67	India	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
A Kumble	88.5	15	279	12	3.14	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
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
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
Shoaib Akhtar	38.3	8	78	11	2.02	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
Zulfiqar Ahmed	83.5	40	79	11	0.94	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
GAR Lock	54.2	28	84	11	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
FS Trueman	37.5	10	88	11	2.32	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
PCR Tufnell	47.4	22	93	11	1.95	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
C Blythe	47.0	9	102	11	2.17	England	v Australia	Birmingham	27 May 1909	Test # 101
MA Holding	38.3	8	107	11	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
HMRKB Herath	48.0	8	108	11	2.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
JC Laker	70.3	31	113	11	1.60	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
Iqbal Qasim	72.0	34	118	11	1.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
MD Marshall	40.3	9	120	11	2.96	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
SCJ Broad	43.0	10	121	11	2.81	England	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	09 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
RG Nadkarni	72.4	27	122	11	1.67	India	v Australia	Chennai	02 Oct 1964	Test # 566
DK Lillee	33.2x8	6	123	11	2.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
Sarfraz Nawaz	57.2x8	13	125	11	1.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
Intikhab Alam	39.4x8	5	130	11	2.46	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
Mohammad Zahid	41.0	8	130	11	3.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
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
PCR Tufnell	85.1	35	147	11	1.72	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
K Rabada	43.0	11	150	11	3.48	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
Sir RJ Hadlee	65.5	17	155	11	2.35	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
Wasim Akram	71.4	21	160	11	2.23	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test # 1134
T Richardson	58.3x5	18	173	11	3.54	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
IT Botham	80.5	23	176	11	2.17	England	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Wasim Akram	61.0	17	179	11	2.93	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
SF Burke	81.0	29	196	11	2.41	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
M Muralidaran	77.3	14	212	11	2.73	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
DL Underwood	55.0x8	8	215	11	2.93	England	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
Abdul Qadir	92.5	26	218	11	2.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Harbhajan Singh	71.1	12	224	11	3.14	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
MW Tate	89.0x8	19	228	11	1.92	England	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
AG Huckle	72.4	12	255	11	3.50	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
FE Woolley	17.2	4	49	10	2.82	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
W Voce	27.1x8	5	57	10	1.57	England	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936	Test # 255
JT Hearne	39.1x5	18	60	10	1.83	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
DL Underwood	52.0	22	82	10	1.57	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
GA Lohmann	67.1x4	28	87	10	1.94	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	Test # 26
WPUJC Vaas	45.3	13	90	10	1.97	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
DW Steyn	24.3	6	91	10	3.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
DW Steyn	31.3	4	93	10	2.95	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
Mohammad Abbas	29.4	6	95	10	3.20	Pakistan	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018	Test # 2322
MDK Perera	38.0	9	99	10	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
RM Ellison	40.5	12	104	10	2.54	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
AV Bedser	42.3x8	9	105	10	1.85	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
JG Bracewell	65.3	27	106	10	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Waqar Younis	52.5	17	106	10	2.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	18 Oct 1990	Test # 1152
MD Marshall	41.5	12	107	10	2.55	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
NM Lyon	35.1	9	108	10	3.07	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
RA Jadeja	33.1	3	110	10	3.31	India	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023	Test # 2493
GE Gomez	36.2x8	6	113	10	2.33	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
VD Philander	30.5	6	114	10	3.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
CB Llewellyn	49.5	12	116	10	2.32	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
M Muralidaran	46.2	12	118	10	2.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
NM Lyon	47.3	14	118	10	2.48	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2378
CEL Ambrose	54.2	11	120	10	2.20	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993	Test # 1210
PS de Villiers	59.3	20	123	10	2.06	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
H Larwood	49.0	9	124	10	2.53	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Dec 1932	Test # 220
Wasim Akram	59.0	17	128	10	2.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
FH Tyson	31.4x8	3	130	10	3.09	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
Ghulam Ahmed	49.3	11	130	10	2.62	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
MG Johnson	36.1	8	132	10	3.64	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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