Bowling Best Figures Innings

England vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Best Figures in a Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Abdul Qadir	37.0	13	56	9	1.51	Pakistan	1	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
M Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	1.19	Sri Lanka	3	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
N Kapil Dev	30.3	6	83	9	2.72	India	3	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
SP Gupte	34.3	11	102	9	2.95	India	1	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
HJ Tayfield	37.0	11	113	9	2.29	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
AA Mailey	47.0	8	121	9	2.57	Australia	3	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
FJ Laver	18.2	7	31	8	1.69	Australia	2	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1909	Test # 104
GD McGrath	20.3	8	38	8	1.85	Australia	1	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
AE Trott	27.0	10	43	8	1.59	Australia	4	v England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895	Test # 44
CEL Ambrose	22.4	10	45	8	1.98	West Indies	4	v England	Bridgetown	5 Apr 1990	Test # 1143
M Muralidaran	16.2	4	46	8	2.81	Sri Lanka	4	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
Noman Ali	16.3	1	46	8	2.78	Pakistan	4	v England	Multan	15 Oct 2024	Test # 2554
RAL Massie	27.2	9	53	8	1.93	Australia	3	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
ARC Fraser	16.1	2	53	8	3.27	England	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
MH Mankad	38.5	15	55	8	1.41	India	1	v England	Chennai	6 Feb 1952	Test # 348
RL Chase	21.4	2	60	8	2.76	West Indies	4	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	3.29	India	2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
H Trumble	31.0	13	65	8	2.09	Australia	2	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
HJ Tayfield	37.7	14	69	8	1.36	South Africa	3	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
SJ Snooke	31.4	8	70	8	2.21	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
M Muralidaran	30.0	10	70	8	2.33	Sri Lanka	4	v England	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
GD McKenzie	28.0	5	71	8	1.90	Australia	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
SK Warne	50.2	22	71	8	1.41	Australia	4	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1275
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	4.89	India	4	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
ARC Fraser	28.5	7	75	8	2.60	England	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	8 Apr 1994	Test # 1258
BS Chandrasekhar	41.5	18	79	8	1.88	India	2	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
RAL Massie	32.5	7	84	8	2.55	Australia	1	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
AW Greig	36.1	10	86	8	2.37	England	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
MG Hughes	37.0	9	87	8	2.35	Australia	3	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
MA Holding	33.0	9	92	8	2.78	West Indies	2	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
CJ McDermott	24.4	2	97	8	3.93	Australia	1	v England	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1991	Test # 1163
IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	3.72	England	2	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
AL Valentine	50.0	14	104	8	2.08	West Indies	1	v England	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
GF Lawson	40.0	7	112	8	2.80	Australia	1	v West Indies	Adelaide	7 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
CJ McDermott	36.0	3	141	8	3.91	Australia	2	v England	Manchester	1 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
MHN Walker	42.2	7	143	8	2.53	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
Saqlain Mushtaq	74.0	20	164	8	2.21	Pakistan	1	v England	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	3	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
MA Noble	7.4	2	17	7	2.21	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	1.40	West Indies	3	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
H Ironmonger	20.0	7	23	7	1.15	Australia	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
GR Hazlitt	21.4	8	25	7	1.15	Australia	3	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	1.18	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
H Trumble	6.5	-	28	7	4.09	Australia	4	v England	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	1.52	South Africa	3	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
TE Bailey	16.0	7	34	7	2.12	England	1	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
MS Kasprowicz	15.5	5	36	7	2.27	Australia	3	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
JN Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	2.70	Australia	1	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
M Ntini	19.5	7	37	7	1.86	South Africa	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
N Wagner	14.4	2	39	7	2.65	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	2.08	Pakistan	3	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
MG Johnson	17.2	8	40	7	2.30	Australia	2	v England	Adelaide	5 Dec 2013	Test # 2105
JM Anderson	20.1	5	42	7	2.08	England	3	v West Indies	Lord's	7 Sep 2017	Test # 2274
CTB Turner	38.0	23	43	7	1.69	Australia	3	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
DG Cork	19.3	5	43	7	2.20	England	4	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jun 1995	Test # 1299
FR Spofforth	28.0	15	44	7	2.35	Australia	4	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
FR Spofforth	41.1	23	44	7	1.60	Australia	3	v England	Sydney	26 Jan 1883	Test # 12
IWG Johnson	22.2	10	44	7	1.97	Australia	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
TE Bailey	21.0	8	44	7	2.09	England	1	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
FS Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	3.03	England	4	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
AAP Atkinson	12.0	5	45	7	3.75	England	1	v West Indies	Lord's	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
FR Spofforth	36.3	18	46	7	1.87	Australia	2	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
AR Border	26.0	10	46	7	1.76	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	1.45	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
Harbhajan Singh	28.3	12	48	7	1.68	India	3	v West Indies	Wankhede	9 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
RA Jadeja	25.0	5	48	7	1.92	India	3	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016	Test # 2241
S Ramadhin	31.0	16	49	7	1.58	West Indies	1	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
JA Snow	21.0	7	49	7	2.33	England	2	v West Indies	Kingston	8 Feb 1968	Test # 629
WE Hollies	26.0	7	50	7	1.92	England	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	14 Feb 1935	Test # 240
SCG MacGill	20.1	4	50	7	2.47	Australia	4	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1439
BA Reid	22.0	12	51	7	2.31	Australia	3	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
Imran Khan	25.3	11	52	7	2.03	Pakistan	1	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
SK Warne	23.2	8	52	7	2.22	Australia	4	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1205
MD Marshall	26.0	9	53	7	2.03	West Indies	3	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
WJ O'Reilly	41.4	24	54	7	1.29	Australia	4	v England	Nottingham	8 Jun 1934	Test # 233
TK Kendall	33.1	12	55	7	2.48	Australia	4	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
Saeed Ajmal	24.3	7	55	7	2.24	Pakistan	1	v England	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	Test # 2030
James Langridge	17.0	4	56	7	3.29	England	3	v West Indies	Manchester	22 Jul 1933	Test # 228
CG Macartney	25.3	6	58	7	2.27	Australia	2	v England	Leeds	1 Jul 1909	Test # 103
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	16.0	1	58	7	3.62	Bangladesh	2	v West Indies	Mirpur	30 Nov 2018	Test # 2331
MA Starc	12.5	4	58	7	4.51	Australia	1	v England	Perth	21 Nov 2025	Test # 2608
KR Miller	22.0	4	60	7	2.04	Australia	2	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
FR Spofforth	35.0	16	62	7	2.65	Australia	3	v England	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
AE Hall	37.3	12	63	7	1.68	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
RR Lindwall	22.0	3	63	7	2.14	Australia	1	v England	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
FJ Laver	31.3	14	64	7	2.03	Australia	1	v England	Nottingham	29 May 1905	Test # 83
GE Palmer	52.2	25	65	7	1.85	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882	Test # 10
SJ Pegler	31.0	8	65	7	2.09	South Africa	2	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
DJG Sammy	21.3	2	66	7	3.06	West Indies	3	v England	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
GE Palmer	58.0	36	68	7	1.75	Australia	1	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
JM Gregory	20.0	1	69	7	3.45	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1920	Test # 136
WW Hall	31.2	8	69	7	2.20	West Indies	1	v England	Kingston	17 Feb 1960	Test # 489
W Voce	37.2	15	70	7	1.87	England	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
FMM Worrell	38.2	9	70	7	1.82	West Indies	2	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	3	71	7	2.84	Sri Lanka	3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
R Ashwin	21.3	7	71	7	3.30	India	3	v West Indies	Roseau	12 Jul 2023	Test # 2510
SCJ Broad	24.5	6	72	7	2.89	England	1	v West Indies	Lord's	17 May 2012	Test # 2043
BR Taylor	20.3	6	74	7	3.60	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
BL Cairns	33.2	14	74	7	2.22	New Zealand	1	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
I Sharma	23.0	6	74	7	3.21	India	4	v England	Lord's	17 Jul 2014	Test # 2130

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

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]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]