Bowling Best Figures Innings - England

Best bowling figures in an innings By England vs Sri Lanka in Tests - England

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
PAJ DeFreitas	26.0	8	70	7	2.69	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
JE Emburey	25.0	9	33	6	1.32	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	1.37	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
CT Tremlett	20.0	5	48	6	2.40	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Southampton	16 Jun 2011	Test # 1996
GP Swann	30.0	5	82	6	2.73	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
IT Botham	27.0	6	90	6	3.33	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
GP Swann	40.0	1	106	6	2.65	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
JM Anderson	11.4	6	16	5	1.37	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	1.55	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JM Anderson	13.3	5	29	5	2.14	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	2.95	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
AU Rashid	13.5	2	49	5	3.54	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
JM Anderson	27.0	9	58	5	2.14	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
AAP Atkinson	16.0	4	62	5	3.87	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	29 Aug 2024	Test # 2546
LE Plunkett	15.5	2	64	5	4.04	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
JM Anderson	20.3	5	72	5	3.51	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
MS Panesar	37.1	13	78	5	2.09	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
MJ Leach	28.0	2	83	5	2.96	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
MJ Hoggard	23.0	2	92	5	4.00	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
PCR Tufnell	34.3	14	94	5	2.72	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
AF Giles	37.4	7	116	5	3.07	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
MJ Leach	41.5	6	122	5	2.91	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
AF Giles	9.1	4	11	4	1.20	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
GP Swann	7.0	1	16	4	2.28	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
SCJ Broad	10.0	1	21	4	2.10	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
JM Anderson	19.0	10	25	4	1.31	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
MJ Hoggard	14.0	4	27	4	1.92	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
MJ Hoggard	14.0	3	29	4	2.07	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
CT Tremlett	10.0	2	40	4	4.00	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
SCJ Broad	13.0	2	40	4	3.07	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
DM Bess	16.0	1	49	4	3.06	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
D Gough	22.0	6	50	4	2.27	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
AR Caddick	20.0	3	55	4	2.75	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
RDB Croft	32.0	9	56	4	1.75	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
MJ Leach	14.0	1	59	4	4.21	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
AF Giles	24.2	4	62	4	2.54	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
AF Giles	40.0	14	63	4	1.57	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
AJ Tudor	25.0	8	65	4	2.60	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
CC Lewis	31.0	5	66	4	2.12	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
MM Ali	21.0	4	66	4	3.14	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
AF Giles	32.5	9	69	4	2.10	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
MM Ali	20.0	2	71	4	3.55	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
MM Ali	19.0	2	72	4	3.78	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
MJ Leach	28.4	4	72	4	2.51	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
D Gough	14.0	1	73	4	5.21	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
GP Swann	28.1	4	75	4	2.66	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
PJ Newport	26.3	7	87	4	3.28	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
MM Ali	26.0	3	92	4	3.53	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
ST Finn	33.0	8	108	4	3.27	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	3 Jun 2011	Test # 1995
LE Plunkett	29.0	2	112	4	3.86	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
CR Woakes	7.0	4	9	3	1.28	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
LE Plunkett	13.2	6	17	3	1.27	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
SCJ Broad	9.0	3	20	3	2.22	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
D Gough	6.0	1	23	3	3.83	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
ST Finn	8.0	-	26	3	3.25	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
IT Botham	12.5	1	28	3	2.18	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
BA Stokes	10.0	1	30	3	3.00	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
CR Woakes	17.1	5	31	3	1.80	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	9 Jun 2016	Test # 2205
CR Woakes	11.0	3	32	3	2.90	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
OP Stone	9.0	3	35	3	3.88	England	2	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
JM Anderson	12.3	2	36	3	2.88	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
MJ Hoggard	16.0	4	38	3	2.37	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
RDB Croft	22.0	11	40	3	1.81	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
A Flintoff	23.0	7	42	3	1.82	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
LE Plunkett	12.0	1	43	3	3.58	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
SCJ Broad	21.0	9	43	3	2.04	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
AJ Tudor	21.0	6	44	3	2.09	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
MS Panesar	14.0	4	46	3	3.28	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
SCJ Broad	15.0	3	46	3	3.06	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
AR Caddick	17.0	4	47	3	2.76	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
MJ Potts	17.3	4	47	3	2.68	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
SI Mahmood	13.0	2	50	3	3.84	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
NA Foster	21.0	5	51	3	2.42	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
A Flintoff	15.0	2	52	3	3.46	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
J Hull	11.0	-	53	3	4.81	England	2	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
GJ Batty	23.2	7	55	3	2.35	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
Shoaib Bashir	23.0	4	55	3	2.39	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
CR Woakes	22.0	6	58	3	2.63	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
ST Finn	18.0	1	59	3	3.27	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	9 Jun 2016	Test # 2205
MJ Leach	21.0	1	60	3	2.85	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
JM Anderson	22.0	5	62	3	2.81	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
MJ Hoggard	22.0	8	64	3	2.90	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
JM Anderson	28.0	8	66	3	2.35	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
DL Underwood	37.5	15	67	3	1.77	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
AR Caddick	25.0	4	67	3	2.68	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
J Lewis	21.0	3	68	3	3.23	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
MJ Leach	29.0	5	70	3	2.41	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
AU Rashid	22.0	2	75	3	3.40	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
PW Jarvis	25.5	1	76	3	2.94	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
PJ Newport	21.0	4	77	3	3.66	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
GP Swann	24.4	2	78	3	3.16	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
MA Wood	28.0	4	84	3	3.00	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
JM Anderson	25.5	5	91	3	3.52	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
DG Cork	35.3	11	93	3	2.61	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	16 May 2002	Test # 1603
JM Anderson	31.0	7	93	3	3.00	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
ARC Fraser	23.0	3	95	3	4.13	England	2	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
RJ Sidebottom	36.0	4	100	3	2.77	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	9 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
DM Bess	33.0	4	100	3	3.03	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
AF Giles	22.0	3	101	3	4.59	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
GP Swann	32.4	5	101	3	3.09	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	3 Jun 2011	Test # 1995

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]