Best bowling figures in an innings in 1980s in ODIs
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 10.3 | - | 51 | 7 | 4.85 | West Indies | 2 | v Australia | Leeds | 11 Jun 1983 | ODI # 203 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1.40 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Sharjah | 22 Mar 1985 | ODI # 321 | |
| 9.0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1.66 | West Indies | 2 | v England | Kingstown | 04 Feb 1981 | ODI # 115 | |
| 9.4 | - | 29 | 6 | 3.00 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Nagpur | 08 Dec 1987 | ODI # 481 | |
| 11.5 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 3.29 | Australia | 2 | v India | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1983 | ODI # 207 | |
| 9.4 | - | 41 | 6 | 4.24 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Delhi | 23 Oct 1989 | ODI # 582 | |
| 4.3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.22 | West Indies | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 03 Dec 1986 | ODI # 405 | |
| 9.5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1.52 | Australia | 1 | v India | Sydney | 08 Jan 1981 | ODI # 104 | |
| 8.2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1.92 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1984 | ODI # 243 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1.70 | Australia | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 20 Feb 1982 | ODI # 148 | |
| 8.2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2.04 | West Indies | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 15 Dec 1988 | ODI # 540 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 2.00 | England | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 22 Feb 1984 | ODI # 250 | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2.62 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Feb 1985 | ODI # 311 | |
| 7.2 | - | 21 | 5 | 2.86 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | W.A.C.A | 02 Jan 1988 | ODI # 484 | |
| 9.0 | - | 21 | 5 | 2.33 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 31 Oct 1988 | ODI # 532 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2.20 | West Indies | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 16 Jan 1980 | ODI # 84 | |
| 10.1 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 2.45 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Bristol | 13 Jun 1983 | ODI # 206 | |
| 8.3 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 3.05 | New Zealand | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 29 Jan 1981 | ODI # 111 | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3.25 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Moratuwa | 31 Mar 1984 | ODI # 257 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 2.60 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 12 Feb 1985 | ODI # 305 | |
| 7.3 | - | 26 | 5 | 3.46 | India | 2 | v West Indies | Sharjah | 16 Oct 1988 | ODI # 523 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 2.60 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 14 Jan 1989 | ODI # 551 | |
| 7.0 | - | 27 | 5 | 3.85 | India | 1 | v New Zealand | Visakhapatnam | 10 Dec 1988 | ODI # 536 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 2.70 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 01 Jan 1989 | ODI # 544 | |
| 7.3 | - | 28 | 5 | 3.73 | Pakistan | 1 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 06 Mar 1985 | ODI # 317 | |
| 7.5 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 3.82 | Australia | 2 | v New Zealand | Sydney | 25 Nov 1980 | ODI # 95 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 2.81 | England | 2 | v Australia | The Oval | 20 Aug 1980 | ODI # 91 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 3.10 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1984 | ODI # 248 | |
| 9.0 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 3.55 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | W.A.C.A | 09 Dec 1980 | ODI # 99 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 2.66 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Derby | 18 Jun 1983 | ODI # 214 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 3.20 | New Zealand | 1 | v England | Christchurch | 18 Feb 1984 | ODI # 249 | |
| 6.0 | - | 32 | 5 | 5.33 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Indore | 15 Dec 1988 | ODI # 541 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 3.40 | New Zealand | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Nov 1980 | ODI # 94 | |
| 10.0 | - | 38 | 5 | 3.80 | New Zealand | 1 | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 06 Feb 1989 | ODI # 554 | |
| 9.4 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 3.93 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Sharjah | 14 Oct 1989 | ODI # 570 | |
| 12.0 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 3.25 | England | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Taunton | 11 Jun 1983 | ODI # 201 | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 3.25 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Leeds | 16 Jun 1983 | ODI # 211 | |
| 10.0 | - | 41 | 5 | 4.10 | West Indies | 2 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1987 | ODI # 435 | |
| 12.0 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 3.58 | India | 1 | v Australia | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1983 | ODI # 207 | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 3.66 | Pakistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 16 Jun 1983 | ODI # 211 | |
| 10.0 | - | 44 | 5 | 4.40 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 04 Nov 1987 | ODI # 475 | |
| 10.0 | - | 46 | 5 | 4.60 | Australia | 1 | v New Zealand | Sydney | 14 Jan 1986 | ODI # 350 | |
| 10.0 | - | 47 | 5 | 4.70 | West Indies | 1 | v England | W.A.C.A | 03 Jan 1987 | ODI # 411 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 5.30 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 21 Jan 1984 | ODI # 238 | |
| 10.0 | - | 53 | 5 | 5.30 | Australia | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 26 Jan 1986 | ODI # 357 | |
| 10.0 | - | 57 | 5 | 5.70 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Vadodara | 15 Jan 1987 | ODI # 417 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0.90 | Pakistan | 1 | v New Zealand | Sharjah | 15 Apr 1986 | ODI # 384 | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1.66 | West Indies | 1 | v New Zealand | Port of Spain | 17 Apr 1985 | ODI # 327 | |
| 10.0 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1.20 | Australia | 2 | v England | Sydney | 14 Jan 1980 | ODI # 83 | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2.33 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v India | Kanpur | 24 Dec 1986 | ODI # 407 | |
| 9.0 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1.66 | New Zealand | 2 | v Australia | Dunedin | 19 Mar 1986 | ODI # 369 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1.60 | New Zealand | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 18 Jan 1983 | ODI # 170 | |
| 7.3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2.13 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Guwahati | 23 Dec 1987 | ODI # 482 | |
| 9.3 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1.78 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 18 Jan 1980 | ODI # 85 | |
| 5.2 | - | 17 | 4 | 3.18 | Pakistan | 1 | v West Indies | Lahore | 29 Nov 1985 | ODI # 343 | |
| 7.3 | - | 17 | 4 | 2.26 | West Indies | 2 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 02 Dec 1985 | ODI # 344 | |
| 9.0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2.11 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Brisbane | 21 Dec 1980 | ODI # 102 | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2.37 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Peshawar | 12 Nov 1984 | ODI # 276 | |
| 9.0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2.11 | Pakistan | 1 | v Bangladesh | Moratuwa | 31 Mar 1986 | ODI # 375 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1.90 | Australia | 2 | v West Indies | Sydney | 28 Jan 1987 | ODI # 427 | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2.37 | India | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Wankhede | 17 Oct 1987 | ODI # 461 | |
| 7.0 | - | 20 | 4 | 2.85 | New Zealand | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 17 Mar 1983 | ODI # 188 | |
| 8.2 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 2.40 | India | 2 | v Australia | Chelmsford | 20 Jun 1983 | ODI # 219 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1.75 | Pakistan | 1 | v New Zealand | Birmingham | 11 Jun 1983 | ODI # 202 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2.20 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 12 Jan 1984 | ODI # 233 | |
| 9.0 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 2.44 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 05 Dec 1986 | ODI # 406 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 2.20 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Brabourne | 23 Oct 1989 | ODI # 581 | |
| 9.0 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 2.55 | West Indies | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 16 Jan 1980 | ODI # 84 | |
| 9.0 | - | 23 | 4 | 2.55 | England | 1 | v New Zealand | Sydney | 20 Jan 1983 | ODI # 171 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 2.30 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Auckland | 20 Mar 1983 | ODI # 190 | |
| 10.0 | - | 23 | 4 | 2.30 | England | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 26 Mar 1985 | ODI # 323 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2.30 | West Indies | 1 | v England | Kingston | 18 Feb 1986 | ODI # 364 | |
| 8.3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2.70 | England | 1 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 17 Jan 1987 | ODI # 418 | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2.87 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 02 Nov 1988 | ODI # 533 | |
| 7.0 | - | 25 | 4 | 3.57 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Adelaide | 05 Dec 1981 | ODI # 126 | |
| 8.1 | - | 25 | 4 | 3.06 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 02 Jan 1989 | ODI # 545 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 2.50 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Sharjah | 13 Oct 1989 | ODI # 569 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 2.60 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Sydney | 19 Jan 1984 | ODI # 237 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 2.60 | Australia | 1 | v England | Manchester | 30 May 1985 | ODI # 329 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 2.70 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1984 | ODI # 232 | |
| 4.0 | - | 27 | 4 | 6.75 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1984 | ODI # 277 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2.70 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Sharjah | 10 Apr 1987 | ODI # 447 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 2.80 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 23 Jan 1986 | ODI # 355 | |
| 9.0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 3.11 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 11 Mar 1986 | ODI # 368 | |
| 8.5 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 3.28 | Australia | 2 | v England | Leeds | 08 Jun 1981 | ODI # 121 | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 3.62 | India | 2 | v Australia | Chelmsford | 20 Jun 1983 | ODI # 219 | |
| 8.0 | - | 29 | 4 | 3.62 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Gwalior | 22 Jan 1988 | ODI # 500 | |
| 10.0 | - | 29 | 4 | 2.90 | West Indies | 2 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 22 Oct 1988 | ODI # 527 | |
| 10.0 | - | 30 | 4 | 3.00 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 21 Dec 1980 | ODI # 102 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 3.00 | New Zealand | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1986 | ODI # 356 | |
| 9.0 | - | 30 | 4 | 3.33 | India | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Jan 1986 | ODI # 360 | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 5.16 | West Indies | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Jan 1982 | ODI # 140 | |
| 9.4 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 3.20 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 28 Nov 1986 | ODI # 402 | |
| 10.0 | - | 31 | 4 | 3.10 | Pakistan | 2 | v England | Rawalpindi | 12 Oct 1987 | ODI # 455 | |
| 11.0 | - | 31 | 4 | 2.81 | England | 1 | v West Indies | Birmingham | 19 May 1988 | ODI # 518 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 3.20 | Australia | 2 | v India | Sydney | 15 Jan 1981 | ODI # 108 | |
| 7.5 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 4.08 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Jan 1982 | ODI # 133 | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 4.00 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Hyderabad (Sind) | 20 Sep 1982 | ODI # 158 | |
| 9.2 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 3.42 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sydney | 05 Jan 1988 | ODI # 486 | |
| 9.4 | - | 33 | 4 | 3.41 | England | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Jan 1980 | ODI # 83 |
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