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
SF Barnes	65.3	16	159	17	2.42	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
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
J Briggs	33.3x4	16	28	15	1.24	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	25.3x5	11	45	15	2.10	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
C Blythe	38.3	10	99	15	2.57	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
FR Spofforth	64.3x4	33	90	14	2.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
SF Barnes	61.5	17	144	14	2.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
CV Grimmett	96.2	28	199	14	2.06	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
SF Barnes	37.4	14	57	13	1.51	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
MA Noble	33.4	7	77	13	2.28	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Test # 66
JJ Ferris	54.2x5	27	91	13	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
Abdul Qadir	73.0	27	101	13	1.38	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
FR Spofforth	60.0x4	25	110	13	2.75	Australia	v England	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879	Test # 3
K Rabada	39.4	8	144	13	3.63	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
BA Reid	61.0	20	148	13	2.42	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
M Muralidaran	76.0	13	171	13	2.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
CV Grimmett	93.0	41	173	13	1.86	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
HJ Tayfield	74.0x8	26	192	13	1.94	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
AA Mailey	76.2	9	236	13	3.09	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
GA Lohmann	31.2x5	10	71	12	2.71	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
CTB Turner	88.0x4	50	87	12	1.48	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
H Trumble	65.0x5	19	89	12	1.64	Australia	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
JH Wardle	42.6x8	12	89	12	1.56	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
R Ashwin	46.0	13	98	12	2.13	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
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
SCG MacGill	40.2	6	107	12	2.65	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1439
MH Mankad	69.4	24	108	12	1.55	India	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
SJ Snooke	53.0	9	127	12	2.39	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
MG Johnson	33.1	4	127	12	3.82	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
SK Warne	69.0	25	128	12	1.85	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
G Geary	54.3	16	130	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	49.3	4	159	12	3.21	Bangladesh	v England	Mirpur	28 Oct 2016	Test # 2227
R Ashwin	64.3	7	167	12	2.58	India	v England	Wankhede	08 Dec 2016	Test # 2239
AP Freeman	71.4	25	171	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
HMRKB Herath	57.0	14	171	12	3.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
H Trumble	64.5	17	173	12	2.66	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
HV Hordern	69.2	15	175	12	2.52	Australia	v England	Sydney	15 Dec 1911	Test # 116
AEE Vogler	52.1	6	181	12	3.46	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1910	Test # 106
L Sivaramakrishnan	77.2	20	181	12	2.34	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
MJ Hoggard	52.3	7	205	12	3.90	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
M Muralidaran	80.4	14	225	12	2.78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
SK Warne	76.0	8	246	12	3.23	Australia	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
H Ironmonger	22.5	12	24	11	1.05	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
AR Patel	36.4	6	70	11	1.90	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
CV Grimmett	31.3x8	5	82	11	1.96	Australia	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
CEL Ambrose	39.0	7	84	11	2.15	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
CG Macartney	42.2	11	85	11	2.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	01 Jul 1909	Test # 103
AER Gilligan	34.3	10	90	11	2.60	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
M Muralidaran	68.4	33	93	11	1.35	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
JB Statham	41.0	11	97	11	2.36	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
MA Noble	40.0	10	103	11	2.57	Australia	v England	Sheffield	03 Jul 1902	Test # 72
SK Warne	53.1	17	109	11	2.05	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
SF Barnes	47.0	12	110	11	2.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
SK Warne	71.4	29	110	11	1.53	Australia	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1275
AE Hall	62.3	20	112	11	1.79	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
FR Spofforth	92.1x4	42	117	11	1.90	Australia	v England	Sydney	26 Jan 1883	Test # 12
C Blythe	60.5	23	118	11	1.93	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
AA Donald	38.0	10	127	11	3.34	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
WJ O'Reilly	78.4	40	129	11	1.63	Australia	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934	Test # 233
M Muralidaran	61.0	20	132	11	2.16	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
GF Lawson	54.0	15	134	11	2.48	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
DK Lillee	66.1	15	138	11	2.08	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
KD Boyce	43.1	8	147	11	3.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
EP Nupen	51.4	4	150	11	2.90	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
S Ramadhin	115.0	70	152	11	1.32	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
LR Gibbs	75.3	25	157	11	2.07	West Indies	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1963	Test # 543
CJ McDermott	44.1	4	157	11	3.55	Australia	v England	Perth	01 Feb 1991	Test # 1163
DK Lillee	61.4	14	159	11	2.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
MG Johnson	58.2	9	159	11	2.72	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
M Muralidaran	68.3	17	161	11	2.35	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
GE Palmer	124.0x4	65	165	11	1.99	Australia	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
DK Lillee	47.7x8	9	165	11	2.58	Australia	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
DJ Nash	54.0	14	169	11	3.12	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1994	Test # 1261
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
W Ferguson	73.2	9	229	11	3.12	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
SK Warne	72.2	15	229	11	3.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
Abrar Ahmed	51.0	4	234	11	4.58	Pakistan	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022	Test # 2480
CTB Turner	49.0x4	17	63	10	1.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
RM Hogg	34.0x8	12	66	10	1.45	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
Imran Khan	38.1	8	77	10	2.01	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
MDK Perera	37.0	12	78	10	2.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
PM Pollock	47.5	23	87	10	1.81	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	05 Aug 1965	Test # 595
CV Grimmett	53.4	21	88	10	1.63	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936	Test # 249
MD Marshall	43.0	10	92	10	2.13	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
HHH Johnson	65.5	24	96	10	1.45	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
Saeed Ajmal	42.0	11	97	10	2.30	Pakistan	v England	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	Test # 2030
Sir RJ Hadlee	41.3x8	9	100	10	1.81	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
C Blythe	48.0	18	104	10	2.16	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
SF Barnes	44.4	12	105	10	2.35	England	v South Africa	Durban	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
LR Gibbs	69.1	29	106	10	1.53	West Indies	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
TG Southee	47.2	12	108	10	2.28	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
CV Grimmett	46.3	15	110	10	2.36	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
MM Ali	35.0	11	112	10	3.20	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Hasan Ali	31.4	4	114	10	3.60	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
SF Barnes	43.2	12	115	10	2.65	England	v South Africa	Leeds	08 Jul 1912	Test # 124

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