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
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
FR Spofforth	64.3x4	33	90	14	2.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
Imran Khan	52.2	11	116	14	2.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
MA Noble	33.4	7	77	13	2.28	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Test # 66
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
ST Gabriel	36.4	10	121	13	3.30	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
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
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
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
Fazal Mahmood	60.0	27	99	12	1.65	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
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
SJ Snooke	53.0	9	127	12	2.39	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
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
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
SK Warne	76.0	8	246	12	3.23	Australia	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
KA Maharaj	81.1	14	283	12	3.48	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
AR Patel	36.4	6	70	11	1.90	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Mohammad Asif	35.0	13	71	11	2.02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
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
M Muralidaran	68.4	33	93	11	1.35	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
MA Starc	28.4	8	94	11	3.27	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
MA Noble	40.0	10	103	11	2.57	Australia	v England	Sheffield	03 Jul 1902	Test # 72
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
Waqar Younis	32.0	5	119	11	3.71	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
SLV Raju	56.2	16	125	11	2.21	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
AA Donald	38.0	10	127	11	3.34	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
A Kumble	64.3	19	128	11	1.98	India	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
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
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
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
JM Anderson	25.1	11	45	10	1.78	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
PJ Cummins	29.4	11	62	10	2.08	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
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
PM Pollock	47.5	23	87	10	1.81	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	05 Aug 1965	Test # 595
MD Marshall	43.0	10	92	10	2.13	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
K Rabada	29.0	5	92	10	3.17	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
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
MA Starc	31.3	4	100	10	3.17	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
Sir RJ Hadlee	38.0	11	102	10	2.68	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
VD Philander	24.1	3	102	10	4.22	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
LR Gibbs	69.1	29	106	10	1.53	West Indies	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
Maninder Singh	37.4	10	107	10	2.84	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
TG Southee	47.2	12	108	10	2.28	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
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
WJ O'Reilly	56.0	25	122	10	2.17	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
RM Hogg	47.5x8	11	122	10	1.92	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
AME Roberts	52.5	16	123	10	2.32	West Indies	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1976	Test # 778
GE Palmer	88.3x4	36	126	10	2.12	Australia	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882	Test # 10
CEL Ambrose	47.4	12	127	10	2.66	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	05 Apr 1990	Test # 1143
H Trumble	68.0	25	128	10	1.88	Australia	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
WJ O'Reilly	58.3	22	129	10	2.20	Australia	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1932	Test # 221
J Cowie	55.5	12	140	10	2.50	New Zealand	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1937	Test # 261
Sir RJ Hadlee	65.1	22	140	10	2.14	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986	Test # 1050
Harbhajan Singh	53.2	10	141	10	2.64	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Yasir Shah	60.0	15	141	10	2.35	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	14 Jul 2016	Test # 2206
FR Spofforth	96.1x4	45	144	10	2.24	Australia	v England	Sydney	20 Feb 1885	Test # 19
BL Cairns	57.2	16	144	10	2.51	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
TM Alderman	57.0	14	151	10	2.64	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
KR Miller	70.1	21	152	10	2.16	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
Harbhajan Singh	54.3	9	153	10	2.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
RA Jadeja	70.0	14	154	10	2.20	India	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016	Test # 2241
SK Warne	41.2	5	155	10	3.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
A Kumble	64.0	13	157	10	2.45	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
SK Warne	57.4	14	159	10	2.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
G Giffen	56.2	15	160	10	2.84	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36

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

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