Bowling Best Figures Match

Best bowling figures in a match Held in England for Tests

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	68.0	27	90	19	1.32	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
RAL Massie	60.1	16	137	16	2.27	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
M Muralidaran	113.5	41	220	16	1.93	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
C Blythe	38.3	10	99	15	2.57	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
H Verity	58.3	23	104	15	1.77	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
FR Spofforth	64.3x4	33	90	14	2.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
AV Bedser	55.5	23	99	14	1.77	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
HMRKB Herath	55.2	5	184	14	3.32	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
WPUJC Vaas	57.2	8	191	14	3.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
SF Barnes	37.4	14	57	13	1.51	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
DL Underwood	48.5	25	71	13	1.45	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
M Muralidaran	66.4	26	115	13	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
HMRKB Herath	56.2	14	145	13	2.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
M Muralidaran	76.0	13	171	13	2.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
T Richardson	110.3x5	39	244	13	2.64	England	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
M Muralidaran	35.5	11	82	12	2.28	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
H Trumble	65.0x5	19	89	12	1.64	Australia	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
Fazal Mahmood	60.0	27	99	12	1.65	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
R Tattersall	60.2	24	101	12	1.67	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
DL Underwood	64.3	27	101	12	1.56	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
F Martin	57.2x5	21	102	12	2.13	England	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1890	Test # 34
GA Lohmann	67.2x4	31	104	12	2.31	England	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886	Test # 24
AAP Atkinson	26.0	7	106	12	4.07	England	v West Indies	Lord's	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
M Muralidaran	71.5	31	117	12	1.62	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
FS Trueman	40.3	7	119	12	2.93	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963	Test # 545
HMRKB Herath	64.3	15	157	12	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Mar 2013	Test # 2082
AP Freeman	71.4	25	171	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
HMRKB Herath	57.0	14	171	12	3.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
H Trumble	64.5	17	173	12	2.66	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
NGRP Jayasuriya	52.0	5	177	12	3.40	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
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
KA Maharaj	81.1	14	283	12	3.48	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
GAR Lock	37.4	19	48	11	1.27	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
GAR Lock	53.3	33	65	11	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
R Peel	42.2x4	21	68	11	2.40	England	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
DL Underwood	60.3	34	70	11	1.15	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
Mohammad Asif	35.0	13	71	11	2.02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
JM Anderson	37.0	15	71	11	1.91	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010	Test # 1967
J Briggs	72.1x4	39	74	11	1.53	England	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jul 1886	Test # 23
WH Lockwood	37.1	10	76	11	2.04	England	v Australia	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
SJ Harmison	31.1	10	76	11	2.43	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
CG Macartney	42.2	11	85	11	2.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	01 Jul 1909	Test # 103
FS Trueman	37.5	10	88	11	2.32	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
AER Gilligan	34.3	10	90	11	2.60	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
AV Bedser	51.0	13	93	11	1.82	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
PCR Tufnell	47.4	22	93	11	1.95	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
M Muralidaran	68.4	33	93	11	1.35	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
MA Starc	28.4	8	94	11	3.27	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
CS Marriott	41.1	8	96	11	2.33	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
JB Statham	41.0	11	97	11	2.36	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
TE Bailey	43.0	14	98	11	2.27	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
C Blythe	47.0	9	102	11	2.17	England	v Australia	Birmingham	27 May 1909	Test # 101
CR Woakes	42.0	13	102	11	2.42	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	14 Jul 2016	Test # 2206
MA Noble	40.0	10	103	11	2.57	Australia	v England	Sheffield	03 Jul 1902	Test # 72
HMRKB Herath	48.0	8	108	11	2.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
SF Barnes	47.0	12	110	11	2.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
M Muralidaran	42.0	7	110	11	2.61	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
JC Laker	70.3	31	113	11	1.60	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
Waqar Younis	32.0	5	119	11	3.71	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
SCJ Broad	43.0	10	121	11	2.81	England	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	09 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
WJ O'Reilly	78.4	40	129	11	1.63	Australia	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934	Test # 233
M Muralidaran	61.0	20	132	11	2.16	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
RTM Mendis	59.2	14	136	11	2.29	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
IT Botham	56.1	17	140	11	2.49	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
AV Bedser	61.2	14	145	11	2.36	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
KD Boyce	43.1	8	147	11	3.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
S Ramadhin	115.0	70	152	11	1.32	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
FS Trueman	70.0	25	152	11	2.17	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
LR Gibbs	75.3	25	157	11	2.07	West Indies	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1963	Test # 543
DK Lillee	61.4	14	159	11	2.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
SCJ Broad	58.5	12	165	11	2.80	England	v West Indies	Lord's	17 May 2012	Test # 2043
DJ Nash	54.0	14	169	11	3.12	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1994	Test # 1261
M Muralidaran	85.1	21	170	11	1.99	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
T Richardson	58.3x5	18	173	11	3.54	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
P Jayawickrama	64.0	17	178	11	2.78	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
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
AL Valentine	106.0	36	204	11	1.92	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
M Muralidaran	77.3	14	212	11	2.73	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
SK Warne	72.2	15	229	11	3.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
HMRKB Herath	71.1	9	249	11	3.49	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2263
JM Anderson	25.1	11	45	10	1.78	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
FE Woolley	17.2	4	49	10	2.82	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
JT Hearne	39.1x5	18	60	10	1.83	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
CTB Turner	49.0x4	17	63	10	1.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
SCJ Broad	22.1	5	67	10	3.02	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
Imran Khan	38.1	8	77	10	2.01	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
GOB Allen	35.0	8	78	10	2.22	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
MDK Perera	37.0	12	78	10	2.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
DL Underwood	52.0	22	82	10	1.57	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
M Muralidaran	25.3	4	83	10	3.25	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
PM Pollock	47.5	23	87	10	1.81	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	05 Aug 1965	Test # 595
MD Marshall	43.0	10	92	10	2.13	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
AP Freeman	51.4	23	93	10	1.80	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
M Muralidaran	44.4	12	98	10	2.19	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
MDK Perera	38.0	9	99	10	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
Sir RJ Hadlee	38.0	11	102	10	2.68	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985

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