Bowling Best Figures Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings in 1970s in FC

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DW Hourn	16.5	-	77	9	3.47	NSW	1	v Victoria	Sydney	09 Dec 1978	First-class
Sarfraz Nawaz	35.4	7	86	9	1.81	Pakistan	4	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
S Venkataraghavan	36.3	13	93	9	2.54	Indians	3	v Hampshire	Bournemouth	17 Jul 1971	First-class
JM Noreiga	49.4	16	95	9	1.91	West Indies	2	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
CEH Croft	18.5	7	29	8	1.53	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799
IT Botham	20.5	8	34	8	1.63	England	3	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
IW Callen	19.5	3	42	8	1.60	Victoria	3	v Queensland	Melbourne	18 Feb 1977	First-class
DL Underwood	34.5	17	51	8	1.46	England	3	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
RAL Massie	27.2	9	53	8	1.93	Australia	3	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
JRF Duncan	21.0	6	55	8	1.96	Queensland	1	v Victoria	Melbourne	11 Dec 1970	First-class
AA Mallett	23.6	6	59	8	1.86	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
EW Freeman	18.5	2	64	8	2.57	South Aust	4	v NSW	Adelaide	26 Feb 1971	First-class
JD Higgs	21.5	2	66	8	2.28	Victoria	1	v West Aust	Melbourne	01 Nov 1974	First-class
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	3.28	Pakistan	2	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
ET Willett	36.1	15	73	8	2.01	West Indians	1	v Glamorgan	Swansea	07 Jul 1973	First-class
EAS Prasanna	23.0	5	76	8	2.47	India	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
BS Chandrasekhar	41.5	18	79	8	1.88	India	2	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
RAL Massie	32.5	7	84	8	2.55	Australia	1	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
AG Hurst	32.0	5	84	8	1.96	Victoria	3	v Queensland	Melbourne	17 Feb 1978	First-class
AW Greig	36.1	10	86	8	2.37	England	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
MA Holding	33.0	9	92	8	2.78	West Indies	2	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
PR Sleep	34.6	5	133	8	2.87	South Aust	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	26 Jan 1979	First-class
MHN Walker	42.2	7	143	8	2.53	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
GD McKenzie	11.4	6	8	7	0.68	Leics	2	v Glamorgan	Leicester	18 Aug 1971	First-class
MHN Walker	11.5	4	19	7	1.60	Australians	2	v Gloucs	Bristol	21 May 1977	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3	-	23	7	2.05	New Zealand	3	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
Mubashir Sajjad	14.2	3	24	7	1.26	Karachi W	3	v Pak Customs	Karachi	30 Nov 1973	First-class
S Chothia	8.7	4	29	7	2.45	TVL (SACBOC)	2	v EPR (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1972	First-class
PK Shivalkar	12.0	5	29	7	2.41	West Zone	3	v East Zone	Ahmedabad	22 Oct 1976	First-class
D Jacobs	16.0	3	31	7	1.45	EPR (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1978	First-class
JR Thomson	9.7	-	33	7	2.50	Queensland	2	v NSW	Brisbane	26 Nov 1976	First-class
MR Magiet	16.0	3	35	7	1.64	WPR (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	30 Dec 1978	First-class
GA Cope	18.1	8	36	7	1.98	Yorkshire	3	v Essex	Colchester	25 Jul 1970	First-class
RK Rowan	12.2	2	36	7	2.20	Victoria	1	v South Aust	Melbourne	03 Mar 1972	First-class
Intikhab Alam	15.0	1	37	7	2.46	Pakistanis	1	v Glamorgan	Swansea	23 Jun 1971	First-class
JA Snow	17.5	5	40	7	1.70	England	4	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
DK Lillee	9.3	-	41	7	3.28	West Aust	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	14 Feb 1976	First-class
JH Frans	12.0	-	41	7	2.56	EPR (SACB)	2	v Natal (SACB)	Zwide	30 Dec 1978	First-class
G Johannessie	36.0	17	42	7	0.87	TVL (SACBOC)	3	v EPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	16 Mar 1974	First-class
CM Old	18.3	6	42	7	2.27	Yorkshire	1	v West Indians	Sheffield	30 Jun 1976	First-class
PH Carlson	27.5	9	42	7	1.50	Queensland	4	v West Aust	Brisbane	02 Nov 1979	First-class
B Yardley	21.0	9	44	7	1.57	West Aust	3	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1977	First-class
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	2.00	England	2	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
A Snyman	17.0	3	47	7	2.07	EPR (SACBOC)	2	v WPR (SACBOC)	Cape Town	27 Jan 1973	First-class
JM Hubble	13.0	2	49	7	2.82	West Aust	3	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	17 Feb 1973	First-class
Ahad Khan	19.0	3	49	7	1.93	P Railways	2	v Pak Univ	Lahore	16 Dec 1973	First-class
JD Higgs	39.0	18	49	7	1.25	Victoria	3	v West Aust	Melbourne	30 Nov 1979	First-class
CM Old	22.4	6	50	7	2.20	England	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
BM Brain	19.0	6	51	7	2.68	Gloucs	1	v Australians	Bristol	21 May 1977	First-class
JW Gleeson	25.6	12	52	7	1.51	NSW	4	v Queensland	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
Intikhab Alam	21.0	3	52	7	1.85	Pakistan	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
JM Allan	33.0	14	54	7	1.63	Scotland	1	v Pakistanis	Selkirk	30 Jun 1971	First-class
AME Roberts	14.0	3	54	7	2.89	West Indies	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
S Gabriels	22.0	2	56	7	1.90	TVL (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
Intikhab Alam	22.0	6	57	7	2.59	Pakistanis	1	v Surrey	The Oval	14 Jul 1971	First-class
AA Mallett	31.2	9	58	7	1.39	South Aust	4	v West Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
GS Chappell	19.0	2	58	7	3.05	Australians	3	v Pearce's XI	Scarborough	02 Sep 1972	First-class
JR Thomson	25.0	10	58	7	2.32	Queensland	3	v Victoria	Brisbane	26 Oct 1979	First-class
J Simmons	21.0	5	59	7	2.10	Tasmania	1	v Queensland	Brisbane	15 Dec 1978	First-class
Abdur Raqib	33.0	6	60	7	1.36	Karachi B	3	v Karachi W	Karachi	10 Dec 1973	First-class
EJ Barlow	22.4	6	64	7	2.82	ROW XI	1	v England	Leeds	30 Jul 1970	First-class
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	3.07	West Indies	1	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
N Kapil Dev	24.0	4	65	7	2.70	North Zone	2	v West Zone	Delhi	15 Mar 1979	First-class
PH Edmonds	33.0	7	66	7	1.50	England	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
PI Pocock	16.0	1	67	7	4.18	Surrey	4	v Sussex	Eastbourne	12 Aug 1972	First-class
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	2.33	Australia	3	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Pervez Sajjad	23.7	4	68	7	2.13	PIA A	3	v P Railways	Lahore	24 Dec 1973	First-class
JR Douglas	27.0	4	71	7	1.97	Victoria	2	v South Aust	Adelaide	10 Feb 1978	First-class
DW Hourn	30.2	11	71	7	1.76	NSW	1	v South Aust	Sydney	25 Feb 1978	First-class
PM Salgaoncar	27.3	8	72	7	2.61	West Zone	1	v Central Zone	Brabourne	24 Nov 1972	First-class
P Willey	27.0	5	73	7	2.70	Pearce's XI	4	v N Zealanders	Scarborough	02 Sep 1978	First-class
BR Taylor	20.3	6	74	7	3.60	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
Sarfraz Nawaz	18.3	3	76	7	3.10	Pakistanis	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	01 Dec 1972	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	14.0	1	77	7	5.50	N Zealanders	3	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	12 Jul 1978	First-class
BD Julien	29.0	7	78	7	2.68	West Indians	2	v Sussex	Hove	29 May 1976	First-class
RGD Willis	30.1	7	78	7	2.58	England	2	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jun 1977	Test # 804
DW Hourn	20.5	1	80	7	2.90	NSW	2	v Tasmania	Devonport	04 Mar 1978	First-class
P Lever	32.5	9	83	7	2.52	England	2	v ROW XI	The Oval	13 Aug 1970	First-class
SR Bernard	13.6	1	85	7	4.63	NSW	1	v South Aust	Sydney	23 Nov 1973	First-class
JR Thomson	20.5	4	85	7	3.09	NSW	2	v Queensland	Sydney	08 Feb 1974	First-class
GR Attenborough	23.3	3	90	7	2.88	South Aust	1	v Victoria	Melbourne	09 Dec 1977	First-class
S Madan Lal	27.5	5	95	7	3.41	Indians	1	v Worcs	Worcester	27 Apr 1974	First-class
LR Gibbs	59.0	20	98	7	1.66	West Indies	2	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
R Goel	52.2	20	98	7	1.87	North Zone	1	v South Zone	Chennai	27 Dec 1975	First-class
Intikhab Alam	42.0	11	108	7	2.57	Pakistanis	4	v Gloucs	Bristol	29 May 1971	First-class
BS Bedi	37.0	11	111	7	3.00	Indians	1	v Surrey	The Oval	31 Jul 1971	First-class
DL Underwood	29.0	3	113	7	2.92	England	1	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
AL Thomson	34.7	7	115	7	2.47	Victoria	1	v South Aust	Melbourne	13 Nov 1970	First-class
TJ Jenner	36.2	4	127	7	2.62	South Aust	4	v West Aust	Adelaide	12 Jan 1974	First-class
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44	Australia	2	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
A Jabaar	9.2	4	9	6	0.96	WPR (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1977	First-class
Mohammad Nazir	7.2	1	10	6	1.03	P Railways	2	v PIA B	Karachi	10 Dec 1973	First-class
DL Underwood	11.6	7	12	6	0.76	England	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
JR Hammond	15.2	8	15	6	0.97	Australians	2	v Minor C	Stoke-on-Trent	19 Jul 1972	First-class
MHN Walker	16.0	8	15	6	0.70	Australia	4	v Pakistan	Sydney	06 Jan 1973	Test # 707
AR Dell	8.4	1	17	6	1.50	Queensland	3	v West Aust	Brisbane	24 Nov 1972	First-class
Abdur Rahim	10.0	4	17	6	1.27	Bahawalpur	1	v Lahore A	Lahore	06 Dec 1973	First-class
JR Thomson	12.6	6	17	6	1.00	Queensland	3	v Victoria	Brisbane	07 Mar 1975	First-class
GS Sobers	20.0	11	21	6	1.05	ROW XI	1	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1970	First-class
JW Gleeson	10.0	4	21	6	2.10	Australians	2	v Kent	Canterbury	19 Aug 1972	First-class

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