Best bowling figures in an innings Held in Pakistan 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 |
| 37.0 | 13 | 56 | 9 | 1.51 | Pakistan | 1 | v England | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1081 | |
| 16.3 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 2.78 | Pakistan | 4 | v England | Multan | 15 Oct 2024 | Test # 2554 | |
| 29.3 | 8 | 58 | 8 | 1.96 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 | Test # 927 | |
| 20.1 | 4 | 60 | 8 | 2.97 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Karachi | 23 Dec 1982 | Test # 942 | |
| 23.2 | 5 | 83 | 8 | 3.55 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Sialkot | 27 Oct 1985 | Test # 1027 | |
| 30.5 | 7 | 85 | 8 | 2.75 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 23 Jan 1983 | Test # 947 | |
| 74.0 | 20 | 164 | 8 | 2.21 | Pakistan | 1 | v England | Lahore | 15 Nov 2000 | Test # 1513 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 1.77 | West Indies | 3 | v Pakistan | Multan | 17 Jan 2025 | Test # 2577 | |
| 42.0 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 1.16 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Karachi | 27 Feb 1980 | Test # 876 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 52 | 7 | 3.25 | New Zealand | 1 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 26 Oct 1990 | Test # 1153 | |
| 33.0 | 7 | 66 | 7 | 1.50 | England | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 18 Jan 1978 | Test # 815 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 66 | 7 | 3.30 | Pakistan | 3 | v New Zealand | Rawalpindi | 28 Nov 1996 | Test # 1342 | |
| 40.0 | 15 | 74 | 7 | 1.85 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Lahore | 30 Oct 1969 | Test # 663 | |
| 44.0 | 21 | 75 | 7 | 1.70 | Australia | 3 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 21 Nov 1959 | Test # 480 | |
| 30.2 | 13 | 76 | 7 | 2.50 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Faisalabad | 26 Oct 1990 | Test # 1153 | |
| 48.0 | 17 | 80 | 7 | 1.66 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Karachi | 11 Oct 1956 | Test # 430 | |
| 37.5 | 11 | 86 | 7 | 2.27 | Pakistan | 3 | v New Zealand | Lahore | 18 Oct 1990 | Test # 1152 | |
| 46.5 | 17 | 87 | 7 | 1.85 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 27 Feb 1980 | Test # 876 | |
| 37.0 | 13 | 87 | 7 | 2.35 | New Zealand | 2 | v Pakistan | Hyderabad (Sind) | 25 Nov 1984 | Test # 1000 | |
| 34.1 | 8 | 91 | 7 | 2.66 | Pakistan | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Karachi | 01 Dec 1993 | Test # 1237 | |
| 30.1 | 3 | 99 | 7 | 3.28 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Karachi | 24 Oct 1969 | Test # 662 | |
| 26.2 | 1 | 111 | 7 | 4.21 | Pakistan | 2 | v England | Multan | 15 Oct 2024 | Test # 2554 | |
| 22.0 | 1 | 114 | 7 | 5.18 | Pakistan | 1 | v England | Multan | 09 Dec 2022 | Test # 2480 | |
| 60.0 | 20 | 118 | 7 | 1.96 | Pakistan | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 28 Oct 2004 | Test # 1719 | |
| 45.0 | 11 | 128 | 7 | 2.84 | South Africa | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 17 Oct 2003 | Test # 1664 | |
| 50.5 | 12 | 142 | 7 | 2.79 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Faisalabad | 30 Sep 1982 | Test # 936 | |
| 38.4 | 3 | 220 | 7 | 5.68 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 | Test # 945 | |
| 8.2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1.32 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Lahore | 01 May 2002 | Test # 1600 | |
| 9.3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1.68 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1986 | Test # 1055 | |
| 16.2 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 1.28 | Pakistan | 1 | v New Zealand | Dhaka | 07 Nov 1955 | Test # 415 | |
| 27.0 | 11 | 34 | 6 | 1.25 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | Karachi | 11 Oct 1956 | Test # 430 | |
| 18.3 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 1.83 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Dhaka | 06 Mar 1959 | Test # 471 | |
| 17.2 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 2.01 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14 Jan 1983 | Test # 946 | |
| 15.1 | 3 | 41 | 6 | 2.70 | Pakistan | 1 | v West Indies | Multan | 25 Jan 2025 | Test # 2578 | |
| 46.3 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 0.90 | Pakistan | 3 | v New Zealand | Karachi | 13 Oct 1955 | Test # 413 | |
| 45.0 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 0.93 | Australia | 3 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 13 Nov 1959 | Test # 479 | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 3.23 | Pakistan | 1 | v Bangladesh | Multan | 29 Aug 2001 | Test # 1560 | |
| 18.2 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 2.29 | Pakistan | 3 | v England | Rawalpindi | 24 Oct 2024 | Test # 2558 | |
| 24.0 | 8 | 44 | 6 | 1.37 | Pakistan | 2 | v England | Hyderabad (Sind) | 02 Jan 1978 | Test # 813 | |
| 21.5 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 2.01 | Pakistan | 4 | v Zimbabwe | Karachi | 01 Dec 1993 | Test # 1237 | |
| 23.0 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 2.00 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Lahore | 17 Oct 1984 | Test # 995 | |
| 22.3 | 2 | 46 | 6 | 2.04 | Pakistan | 3 | v West Indies | Karachi | 20 Nov 1986 | Test # 1058 | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 2.40 | Pakistan | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1996 | Test # 1337 | |
| 28.0 | 10 | 49 | 6 | 1.75 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 26 Feb 1955 | Test # 400 | |
| 22.5 | 4 | 50 | 6 | 2.18 | Pakistan | 1 | v Bangladesh | Peshawar | 27 Aug 2003 | Test # 1657 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 3.46 | Pakistan | 3 | v Bangladesh | Multan | 29 Aug 2001 | Test # 1560 | |
| 22.5 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 2.54 | Pakistan | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 | Test # 927 | |
| 30.0 | 12 | 65 | 6 | 2.16 | England | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 02 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
| 27.0 | 10 | 66 | 6 | 2.44 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Dhaka | 06 Mar 1959 | Test # 471 | |
| 27.0 | 6 | 67 | 6 | 2.48 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Dhaka | 01 Jan 1955 | Test # 394 | |
| 30.0 | 9 | 69 | 6 | 2.30 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 | Test # 569 | |
| 27.1 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 2.61 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 05 Mar 2000 | Test # 1487 | |
| 30.0 | 10 | 72 | 6 | 2.40 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 | Test # 1693 | |
| 58.0 | 25 | 74 | 6 | 1.27 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Bahawalpur | 15 Jan 1955 | Test # 395 | |
| 36.0 | 10 | 78 | 6 | 2.16 | New Zealand | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 18 Oct 1990 | Test # 1152 | |
| 29.2 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 2.65 | South Africa | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 2003 | Test # 1666 | |
| 32.0 | 8 | 84 | 6 | 2.62 | Pakistan | 3 | v New Zealand | Lahore | 21 Nov 1996 | Test # 1339 | |
| 36.5 | 10 | 86 | 6 | 2.33 | New Zealand | 3 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 26 Dec 2022 | Test # 2486 | |
| 30.0 | 3 | 87 | 6 | 2.90 | Pakistan | 1 | v New Zealand | Rawalpindi | 28 Nov 1996 | Test # 1342 | |
| 27.0 | 1 | 89 | 6 | 2.47 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Lahore | 15 Feb 1975 | Test # 756 | |
| 32.2 | 5 | 89 | 6 | 2.75 | Pakistan | 3 | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 08 Dec 1980 | Test # 888 | |
| 21.0 | 3 | 90 | 6 | 4.28 | Pakistan | 2 | v Bangladesh | Rawalpindi | 30 Aug 2024 | Test # 2547 | |
| 25.0 | 3 | 91 | 6 | 3.64 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1986 | Test # 1055 | |
| 25.0 | 3 | 98 | 6 | 3.92 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 | Test # 945 | |
| 29.1 | 7 | 103 | 6 | 3.53 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 04 Mar 1999 | Test # 1447 | |
| 38.1 | 9 | 107 | 6 | 2.80 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Rawalpindi | 04 Mar 2022 | Test # 2453 | |
| 22.0 | 1 | 109 | 6 | 4.95 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 07 Nov 1985 | Test # 1028 | |
| 29.2 | 4 | 128 | 6 | 4.36 | Pakistan | 1 | v England | Rawalpindi | 24 Oct 2024 | Test # 2558 | |
| 42.3 | 4 | 132 | 6 | 3.10 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1989 | Test # 1128 | |
| 37.0 | 2 | 135 | 6 | 3.64 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 01 Mar 2009 | Test # 1912 | |
| 41.5 | 12 | 136 | 6 | 3.25 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 01 Nov 1994 | Test # 1273 | |
| 65.0 | 18 | 141 | 6 | 2.16 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | Test # 925 | |
| 40.3 | 5 | 161 | 6 | 3.97 | England | 2 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 01 Dec 2022 | Test # 2478 | |
| 6.0 | - | 18 | 5 | 3.00 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 01 Jan 1955 | Test # 394 | |
| 14.0 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1.28 | England | 4 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 02 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 1.68 | West Indies | 4 | v Pakistan | Multan | 25 Jan 2025 | Test # 2578 | |
| 9.0 | - | 28 | 5 | 3.11 | Pakistan | 3 | v West Indies | Lahore | 06 Dec 1990 | Test # 1158 | |
| 23.1 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 1.29 | England | 3 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 19 Jan 1962 | Test # 521 | |
| 12.0 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 2.58 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Lahore | 05 Apr 2004 | Test # 1695 | |
| 12.5 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 2.41 | Pakistan | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 19 Dec 2019 | Test # 2375 | |
| 13.5 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 2.31 | Pakistan | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Lahore | 10 Dec 1998 | Test # 1432 | |
| 24.0 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 1.37 | Pakistan | 4 | v New Zealand | Karachi | 24 Oct 1969 | Test # 662 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 1.83 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 07 Nov 1986 | Test # 1056 | |
| 39.0 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 0.89 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Karachi | 15 Sep 1988 | Test # 1104 | |
| 20.0 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 1.75 | West Indies | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 06 Dec 1990 | Test # 1158 | |
| 18.3 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 1.89 | Pakistan | 1 | v West Indies | Peshawar | 17 Nov 1997 | Test # 1384 | |
| 23.1 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 1.51 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 28 Oct 2004 | Test # 1719 | |
| 25.3 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 1.37 | Pakistan | 3 | v South Africa | Karachi | 26 Jan 2021 | Test # 2406 | |
| 17.4 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 2.03 | Bangladesh | 2 | v Pakistan | Multan | 03 Sep 2003 | Test # 1658 | |
| 37.2 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 0.99 | Pakistan | 1 | v New Zealand | Karachi | 13 Oct 1955 | Test # 413 | |
| 11.0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 3.36 | South Africa | 4 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1997 | Test # 1382 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 3.54 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Multan | 17 Jan 2025 | Test # 2577 | |
| 18.3 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 2.16 | Pakistan | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Sialkot | 27 Oct 1985 | Test # 1027 | |
| 19.2 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 2.12 | West Indies | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 06 Dec 1990 | Test # 1158 | |
| 14.0 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 3.00 | England | 4 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 19 Mar 1984 | Test # 984 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 2.80 | Zimbabwe | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 16 Dec 1993 | Test # 1241 | |
| 10.4 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 4.03 | Bangladesh | 3 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 30 Aug 2024 | Test # 2547 | |
| 22.0 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 2.00 | Pakistan | 1 | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 08 Dec 1980 | Test # 888 | |
| 20.5 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 2.11 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 07 Nov 1985 | Test # 1028 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 2.87 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1157 |
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