Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Harbhajan Singh	80.1	26	217	15	2.70	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
WPUJC Vaas	57.2	8	191	14	3.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
M Muralidaran	66.4	26	115	13	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
M Ntini	47.5	10	132	13	2.75	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
M Muralidaran	76.0	13	171	13	2.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
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
M Muralidaran	35.5	11	82	12	2.28	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
Danish Kaneria	28.0	6	94	12	3.35	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
IK Pathan	34.2	7	126	12	3.66	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
DL Vettori	60.0	19	149	12	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
DL Vettori	60.4	21	170	12	2.80	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
Enamul Haque jnr	73.0	17	200	12	2.73	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
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
A Kumble	88.5	15	279	12	3.14	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
JJ Krejza	74.5	4	358	12	4.78	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
Mohammad Asif	35.0	13	71	11	2.02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
SJ Harmison	31.1	10	76	11	2.43	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
Shoaib Akhtar	38.3	8	78	11	2.02	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
M Muralidaran	68.4	33	93	11	1.35	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
IK Pathan	31.0	10	96	11	3.09	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
Wasim Akram	56.2	19	110	11	1.95	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
M Muralidaran	42.0	7	110	11	2.61	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
M Muralidaran	61.0	20	132	11	2.16	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
CD Collymore	44.2	7	134	11	3.02	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
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
M Muralidaran	85.1	21	170	11	1.99	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
CS Martin	54.0	12	180	11	3.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
SK Warne	55.0	10	188	11	3.41	Australia	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
M Muralidaran	81.0	26	196	11	2.41	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
M Muralidaran	77.3	14	212	11	2.73	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Harbhajan Singh	71.1	12	224	11	3.14	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
SK Warne	72.2	15	229	11	3.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
GD McGrath	33.0	21	27	10	0.81	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
Shoaib Akhtar	34.5	6	80	10	2.29	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
M Muralidaran	25.3	4	83	10	3.25	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
A Nel	37.4	6	88	10	2.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
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
M Muralidaran	44.4	12	98	10	2.19	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
SE Bond	31.0	5	99	10	3.19	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
GD McGrath	35.5	8	103	10	2.87	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
PR Adams	31.1	8	106	10	3.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
M Muralidaran	45.1	10	111	10	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
CR Miller	52.5	19	113	10	2.13	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
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
M Muralidaran	46.2	12	118	10	2.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
SCG MacGill	44.0	12	133	10	3.02	Australia	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
M Muralidaran	59.3	21	135	10	2.26	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
RJ Sidebottom	51.3	12	139	10	2.69	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
Harbhajan Singh	53.2	10	141	10	2.64	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
M Ntini	33.0	5	145	10	4.39	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
SM Pollock	48.4	18	147	10	3.02	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
M Muralidaran	66.1	14	148	10	2.23	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
Harbhajan Singh	54.3	9	153	10	2.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
DW Steyn	49.2	9	154	10	3.12	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
Saqlain Mushtaq	63.5	11	155	10	2.42	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
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
PA Strang	72.3	15	158	10	2.17	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
SK Warne	57.4	14	159	10	2.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
RW Price	75.2	24	161	10	2.13	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	04 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
A Kumble	75.1	27	161	10	2.14	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
SK Warne	48.3	11	162	10	3.34	Australia	v England	Birmingham	04 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
M Muralidaran	82.2	17	172	10	2.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
M Ntini	44.5	6	178	10	3.97	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
DL Vettori	56.3	7	183	10	3.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
MS Panesar	68.3	18	187	10	2.72	England	v West Indies	Manchester	07 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
Danish Kaneria	83.0	23	190	10	2.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
M Muralidaran	70.0	17	190	10	2.71	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
BAW Mendis	55.2	5	209	10	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
UDU Chandana	44.4	3	210	10	4.70	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
AR Caddick	45.0	8	215	10	4.77	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
M Ntini	48.0	8	220	10	4.58	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
A Kumble	89.0	18	233	10	2.61	India	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
M Muralidaran	24.4	5	60	9	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
GD McGrath	35.0	15	68	9	1.94	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
MG Johnson	25.3	9	69	9	2.70	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
HH Streak	41.0	17	72	9	1.75	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
SJ Harmison	33.3	14	73	9	2.17	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
ST Jayasuriya	47.0	15	74	9	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
SJ Harmison	46.5	17	79	9	1.68	England	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
JN Gillespie	38.5	15	80	9	2.06	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
GD McGrath	35.1	7	82	9	2.33	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
SCG MacGill	24.1	4	82	9	3.39	Australia	v ICC World XI	Sydney	14 Oct 2005	Test # 1768
CD Collymore	31.0	8	85	9	2.74	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
JN Gillespie	35.0	11	88	9	2.51	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
SR Clark	33.0	10	89	9	2.69	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
M Muralidaran	74.3	33	91	9	1.22	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
JH Kallis	37.1	11	92	9	2.47	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
RL Johnson	33.1	7	93	9	2.80	England	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667
SM Pollock	60.5	25	94	9	1.54	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
JE Taylor	33.4	8	95	9	2.82	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
Shahadat Hossain	34.3	8	97	9	2.81	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
JM Anderson	36.0	11	98	9	2.72	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
M Muralidaran	43.4	15	102	9	2.33	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]