Bowling Best Figures Innings - vs Australia

Best bowling figures in an innings in Tests at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground - vs Australia

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sarfraz Nawaz	35.4	7	86	9	1.81	Pakistan	4	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
W Rhodes	15.0	-	68	8	4.53	England	4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
LC Braund	29.1	6	81	8	2.77	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
FH Tyson	12.3	1	27	7	1.63	England	4	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
W Bates	26.2	14	28	7	1.58	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
W Rhodes	15.2	3	56	7	3.65	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
JB Statham	28.0	6	57	7	1.52	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
T Emmett	59.0	31	68	7	1.72	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
W Bates	33.0	14	74	7	3.36	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
HJ Tayfield	37.1	13	81	7	1.63	South Africa	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
SF Barnes	64.0	17	121	7	1.89	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
W Barnes	38.3	26	31	6	1.20	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885	Test # 18
JJ Bumrah	15.5	4	33	6	2.08	India	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
P Lever	11.0	2	38	6	2.59	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
SF Barnes	16.1	5	42	6	2.59	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
BS Chandrasekhar	20.0	3	52	6	1.95	India	4	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
BS Chandrasekhar	14.1	2	52	6	2.76	India	2	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.2	7	57	6	2.08	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
AA Donald	27.0	8	59	6	2.18	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
DW Headley	17.0	5	60	6	3.52	England	4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
MA Holding	21.3	5	62	6	2.88	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Wasim Akram	30.0	9	62	6	2.06	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test # 1134
NG Cowans	26.0	6	77	6	2.96	England	4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
ARC Fraser	39.0	10	82	6	2.10	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
JW Sharpe	51.0	20	84	6	1.64	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1892	Test # 35
HJ Tayfield	29.4	9	84	6	2.13	South Africa	2	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
Arif Butt	21.3	1	89	6	3.12	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	4 Dec 1964	Test # 570
FR Foster	38.0	9	91	6	2.39	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
K Farnes	28.5	5	96	6	2.51	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937	Test # 259
JT Hearne	35.4	13	98	6	2.74	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Jan 1898	Test # 56
MW Tate	33.3	8	99	6	2.22	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
T Richardson	45.2	7	104	6	2.29	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Mar 1895	Test # 46
EAS Prasanna	34.0	6	141	6	3.11	India	2	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967	Test # 625
A Kumble	51.0	8	176	6	3.45	India	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
N Kapil Dev	16.4	4	28	5	1.68	India	4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
J Trim	12.0	2	34	5	2.12	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
A Shaw	34.0	16	38	5	1.67	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	2.57	West Indies	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
IT Botham	16.0	4	41	5	2.56	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
SF Barnes	23.0	9	44	5	1.91	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
MA Holding	17.0	3	45	5	2.64	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
JC Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	3.97	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2025	Test # 2615
JWHT Douglas	17.5	6	46	5	2.57	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
AV Bedser	22.0	5	46	5	1.56	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
GH Hirst	16.5	4	48	5	2.85	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
JN Crawford	23.5	3	48	5	2.01	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1908	Test # 99
GC Small	22.4	7	48	5	2.11	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
FR Brown	18.0	4	49	5	2.04	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
CEL Ambrose	24.5	7	55	5	2.21	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
T Richardson	23.0	6	57	5	2.47	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894	Test # 43
JJ Bumrah	24.4	7	57	5	2.31	India	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2571
AV Bedser	20.3	4	59	5	2.17	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
JB Statham	16.3	-	60	5	2.74	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
RGD Willis	21.7	4	61	5	2.09	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
FS Trueman	20.0	1	62	5	2.32	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
ERH Fuller	30.2	4	66	5	1.63	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	9	67	5	2.16	New Zealand	4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
DW Steyn	20.2	3	67	5	3.29	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
AJ Bell	26.1	9	69	5	2.63	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
SF Barnes	27.4	4	72	5	2.60	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908	Test # 97
SF Barnes	29.1	4	74	5	2.53	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
MW Tate	25.5	6	75	5	2.19	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	Test # 161
JN Crawford	29.0	1	79	5	2.72	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908	Test # 97
Mohammad Amir	24.0	6	79	5	3.29	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
A Kumble	25.0	4	84	5	3.36	India	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
MD Marshall	31.5	6	86	5	2.70	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
DW Steyn	29.0	6	87	5	3.00	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
AL Valentine	30.0	9	88	5	2.20	West Indies	4	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
LC Braund	26.1	4	95	5	3.63	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
D Gough	28.0	7	96	5	3.42	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
N Kapil Dev	35.0	9	97	5	2.77	India	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991	Test # 1180
Wasim Akram	41.4	12	98	5	2.35	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test # 1134
G Geary	81.0	36	105	5	1.29	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
JC White	56.5	20	107	5	1.88	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
Sir RJ Hadlee	44.0	11	109	5	2.47	New Zealand	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Shoaib Akhtar	27.0	4	109	5	4.03	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
GS Sobers	44.0	7	120	5	2.04	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
PGH Fender	32.0	3	122	5	3.81	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
Imran Khan	25.5	2	122	5	3.57	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
Danish Kaneria	39.3	5	125	5	3.16	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
Abdul Qadir	54.3	12	166	5	3.04	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
CEL Ambrose	12.0	4	17	4	1.41	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
TW Hayward	16.0	9	22	4	1.37	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
FR Brown	12.0	2	26	4	1.62	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
Imran Khan	18.0	8	26	4	1.08	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
CT Tremlett	11.5	5	26	4	2.19	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1986
A Hill	27.0	12	27	4	1.50	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
Mir Hamza	18.1	6	32	4	1.76	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2519
JM Anderson	23.0	10	33	4	1.43	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
BA Carse	11.0	3	34	4	3.09	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2025	Test # 2615
AV Bedser	19.0	3	37	4	1.46	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
JR Gunn	17.0	6	38	4	2.23	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
TE Bailey	17.1	5	40	4	1.75	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
MA Holding	14.0	3	40	4	2.85	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
NA Quinn	31.0	13	42	4	1.35	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
FJ Titmus	15.0	2	43	4	2.15	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
Iqbal Qasim	24.0	11	44	4	1.83	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
JM Anderson	16.0	4	44	4	2.75	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1986
J Southerton	28.3	13	46	4	2.40	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
BP Patterson	20.0	2	49	4	2.45	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs India at Melbourne, Australia vs India 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2024 [Test # 2571]

Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan in Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2023 [Test # 2519]