Best bowling figures in an innings Held in Australia for Tests
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 23.4 | 4 | 52 | 9 | 2.19 | New Zealand | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 8 Nov 1985 | Test # 1029 | |
| 35.4 | 7 | 86 | 9 | 1.81 | Pakistan | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 49.4 | 16 | 95 | 9 | 1.91 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Port of Spain | 6 Mar 1971 | Test # 683 | |
| 47.0 | 8 | 121 | 9 | 2.57 | Australia | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 | Test # 138 | |
| 16.0 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1.50 | Australia | 4 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 2004 | Test # 1726 | |
| 18.5 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 1.53 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 4 Mar 1977 | Test # 799 | |
| 27.1 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 1.92 | England | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 25 Feb 1887 | Test # 26 | |
| 53.3 | 37 | 38 | 8 | 0.71 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Bridgetown | 23 Mar 1962 | Test # 527 | |
| 27.0 | 10 | 43 | 8 | 1.59 | Australia | 4 | v England | Adelaide | 11 Jan 1895 | Test # 44 | |
| 22.4 | 10 | 45 | 8 | 1.98 | West Indies | 4 | v England | Bridgetown | 5 Apr 1990 | Test # 1143 | |
| 16.1 | 2 | 53 | 8 | 3.27 | England | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 5 Feb 1998 | Test # 1398 | |
| 43.2 | 18 | 58 | 8 | 1.33 | England | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 29 Jan 1892 | Test # 36 | |
| 23.6 | 6 | 59 | 8 | 1.86 | Australia | 3 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1972 | Test # 704 | |
| 21.4 | 2 | 60 | 8 | 2.76 | West Indies | 4 | v England | Bridgetown | 23 Jan 2019 | Test # 2342 | |
| 24.0 | 4 | 61 | 8 | 2.54 | Australia | 2 | v South Africa | W.A.C.A | 17 Dec 2008 | Test # 1899 | |
| 20.4 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 3.00 | West Indies | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Gros Islet | 14 Jun 2018 | Test # 2308 | |
| 15.0 | - | 68 | 8 | 4.53 | England | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 | |
| 28.0 | 5 | 71 | 8 | 1.90 | Australia | 1 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1968 | Test # 643 | |
| 50.2 | 22 | 71 | 8 | 1.41 | Australia | 4 | v England | Brisbane | 25 Nov 1994 | Test # 1275 | |
| 28.5 | 7 | 75 | 8 | 2.60 | England | 2 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 8 Apr 1994 | Test # 1258 | |
| 29.1 | 6 | 81 | 8 | 2.77 | England | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 5 Mar 1904 | Test # 82 | |
| 36.1 | 10 | 86 | 8 | 2.37 | England | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 30 Mar 1974 | Test # 738 | |
| 37.0 | 9 | 87 | 8 | 2.35 | Australia | 3 | v West Indies | W.A.C.A | 2 Dec 1988 | Test # 1110 | |
| 36.1 | 7 | 94 | 8 | 2.59 | England | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Feb 1898 | Test # 57 | |
| 24.4 | 2 | 97 | 8 | 3.93 | Australia | 1 | v England | W.A.C.A | 1 Feb 1991 | Test # 1163 | |
| 38.0 | 6 | 106 | 8 | 2.78 | India | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 13 Dec 1985 | Test # 1032 | |
| 40.0 | 7 | 112 | 8 | 2.80 | Australia | 1 | v West Indies | Adelaide | 7 Dec 1984 | Test # 1002 | |
| 64.5 | 21 | 126 | 8 | 1.94 | England | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 1 Feb 1929 | Test # 179 | |
| 46.5 | 7 | 141 | 8 | 3.01 | India | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 2004 | Test # 1680 | |
| 42.2 | 7 | 143 | 8 | 2.53 | Australia | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 8 Feb 1975 | Test # 755 | |
| 12.3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0.96 | England | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | 11 Mar 2004 | Test # 1687 | |
| 7.4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2.21 | Australia | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1902 | Test # 66 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1.15 | Australia | 1 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 205 | |
| 16.1 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1.42 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 9 Nov 1995 | Test # 1311 | |
| 18.0 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1.38 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 30 Jan 1993 | Test # 1212 | |
| 12.3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 1.63 | England | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 | |
| 12.1 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 2.21 | Australia | 4 | v India | W.A.C.A | 1 Feb 1992 | Test # 1186 | |
| 26.2 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1.58 | England | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 | Test # 11 | |
| 6.5 | - | 28 | 7 | 4.09 | Australia | 4 | v England | Melbourne | 5 Mar 1904 | Test # 82 | |
| 16.0 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 2.12 | England | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Mar 1954 | Test # 386 | |
| 19.5 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 1.86 | South Africa | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 8 Apr 2005 | Test # 1747 | |
| 16.5 | 4 | 38 | 7 | 1.71 | Australia | 3 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| 17.4 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 2.20 | Australia | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Darwin | 1 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 | |
| 34.2 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 1.73 | England | 4 | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Jan 1883 | Test # 12 | |
| 17.5 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 1.70 | England | 4 | v Australia | Sydney | 9 Jan 1971 | Test # 676 | |
| 17.2 | 8 | 40 | 7 | 2.30 | Australia | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 5 Dec 2013 | Test # 2105 | |
| 38.0 | 23 | 43 | 7 | 1.69 | Australia | 3 | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 | Test # 27 | |
| 41.1 | 23 | 44 | 7 | 1.60 | Australia | 3 | v England | Sydney | 26 Jan 1883 | Test # 12 | |
| 22.2 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 1.97 | Australia | 3 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 26 Apr 1955 | Test # 405 | |
| 26.0 | 10 | 46 | 7 | 1.76 | Australia | 1 | v West Indies | Sydney | 26 Jan 1989 | Test # 1113 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 49 | 7 | 2.33 | England | 2 | v West Indies | Kingston | 8 Feb 1968 | Test # 629 | |
| 26.0 | 7 | 50 | 7 | 1.92 | England | 2 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 14 Feb 1935 | Test # 240 | |
| 20.1 | 4 | 50 | 7 | 2.47 | Australia | 4 | v England | Sydney | 2 Jan 1999 | Test # 1439 | |
| 22.0 | 12 | 51 | 7 | 2.31 | Australia | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1990 | Test # 1159 | |
| 23.2 | 8 | 52 | 7 | 2.22 | Australia | 4 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1992 | Test # 1205 | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 2.89 | West Indies | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 12 Dec 1975 | Test # 765 | |
| 33.1 | 12 | 55 | 7 | 2.48 | Australia | 4 | v England | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 | Test # 1 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 55 | 7 | 2.29 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 25 Jan 1952 | Test # 347 | |
| 15.2 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 3.65 | England | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 | |
| 27.0 | 8 | 56 | 7 | 2.07 | Australia | 1 | v South Africa | Sydney | 2 Jan 1994 | Test # 1243 | |
| 28.0 | 6 | 57 | 7 | 1.52 | England | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 462 | |
| 16.0 | 2 | 57 | 7 | 3.56 | West Indies | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Kingston | 27 Jun 2003 | Test # 1649 | |
| 22.4 | 6 | 60 | 7 | 2.64 | England | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 21 Feb 1908 | Test # 100 | |
| 22.0 | 4 | 60 | 7 | 2.04 | Australia | 2 | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1946 | Test # 279 | |
| 35.0 | 16 | 62 | 7 | 2.65 | Australia | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 2 Jan 1879 | Test # 3 | |
| 22.0 | 3 | 63 | 7 | 2.14 | Australia | 1 | v England | Sydney | 28 Feb 1947 | Test # 283 | |
| 52.2 | 25 | 65 | 7 | 1.85 | Australia | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 | Test # 10 | |
| 21.4 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 2.30 | Australia | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1967 | Test # 625 | |
| 59.0 | 31 | 68 | 7 | 1.72 | England | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 2 Jan 1879 | Test # 3 | |
| 58.0 | 36 | 68 | 7 | 1.75 | Australia | 1 | v England | Sydney | 17 Feb 1882 | Test # 6 | |
| 11.5 | - | 68 | 7 | 5.74 | West Indies | 4 | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Jan 2024 | Test # 2524 | |
| 20.0 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 3.45 | Australia | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 | Test # 136 | |
| 31.2 | 8 | 69 | 7 | 2.20 | West Indies | 1 | v England | Kingston | 17 Feb 1960 | Test # 489 | |
| 37.2 | 15 | 70 | 7 | 1.87 | England | 4 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1 Feb 1930 | Test # 189 | |
| 21.3 | 7 | 71 | 7 | 3.30 | India | 3 | v West Indies | Roseau | 12 Jul 2023 | Test # 2510 | |
| 33.0 | 14 | 74 | 7 | 3.36 | England | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 | Test # 11 | |
| 20.3 | 6 | 74 | 7 | 3.60 | New Zealand | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 23 Mar 1972 | Test # 695 | |
| 46.0 | 15 | 78 | 7 | 1.69 | England | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 | Test # 1065 | |
| 19.1 | 3 | 78 | 7 | 4.06 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | St John's | 9 May 2003 | Test # 1645 | |
| 27.3 | 5 | 78 | 7 | 2.83 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Kingston | 3 Jun 2005 | Test # 1754 | |
| 37.0 | 14 | 79 | 7 | 1.60 | England | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 11 Jan 1963 | Test # 537 | |
| 25.3 | 6 | 80 | 7 | 3.13 | West Indies | 3 | v New Zealand | Bridgetown | 26 Apr 1985 | Test # 1015 | |
| 22.4 | 2 | 80 | 7 | 3.52 | Pakistan | 1 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 2 Apr 1988 | Test # 1095 | |
| 37.1 | 13 | 81 | 7 | 1.63 | South Africa | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 | Test # 361 | |
| 49.2 | 17 | 83 | 7 | 1.68 | Australia | 3 | v South Africa | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 | Test # 215 | |
| 26.3 | 3 | 83 | 7 | 3.13 | Australia | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 25.0 | 8 | 83 | 7 | 3.32 | India | 3 | v West Indies | North Sound | 21 Jul 2016 | Test # 2207 | |
| 48.0 | 19 | 87 | 7 | 1.81 | Australia | 1 | v West Indies | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1930 | Test # 199 | |
| 41.0 | 11 | 87 | 7 | 2.12 | South Africa | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1998 | Test # 1397 | |
| 30.0 | 6 | 89 | 7 | 2.96 | Australia | 2 | v West Indies | Adelaide | 3 Feb 1989 | Test # 1114 | |
| 42.2 | 11 | 90 | 7 | 2.12 | Australia | 4 | v England | Sydney | 15 Dec 1911 | Test # 116 | |
| 31.1 | 6 | 91 | 7 | 2.19 | South Africa | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 7 Feb 1964 | Test # 555 | |
| 22.0 | 5 | 94 | 7 | 4.27 | England | 4 | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 2003 | Test # 1636 | |
| 39.5 | 12 | 94 | 7 | 2.35 | Pakistan | 3 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 30 Apr 2017 | Test # 2260 | |
| 31.4 | 6 | 98 | 7 | 3.09 | Australia | 3 | v West Indies | Sydney | 2 Jan 1982 | Test # 917 | |
| 41.1 | 10 | 100 | 7 | 2.42 | Australia | 1 | v England | Sydney | 26 Feb 1904 | Test # 81 | |
| 37.0 | 9 | 103 | 7 | 2.78 | England | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 21 Jan 1948 | Test # 293 | |
| 37.0 | 11 | 104 | 7 | 2.81 | Australia | 1 | v West Indies | Sydney | 2 Jan 2001 | Test # 1527 | |
| 29.0 | 4 | 105 | 7 | 2.71 | England | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 28 Feb 1947 | Test # 283 | |
| 33.7 | 6 | 105 | 7 | 2.32 | Australia | 1 | v England | Sydney | 7 Jan 1966 | Test # 599 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]
Australia vs West Indies at St George's, Australia in West Indies 2nd Test, Jul 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2592]
Australia vs West Indies at Bridgetown, Australia in West Indies 1st Test, Jun 25-27, 2025 [Test # 2589]