Bowling Best Figures Innings

Sri Lanka 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
KA Maharaj	41.1	10	129	9	3.13	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
Imran Khan	29.3	8	58	8	1.96	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
ST Gabriel	20.4	6	62	8	3.00	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	1.90	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
MS Kasprowicz	17.4	3	39	7	2.20	Australia	4	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	2.88	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	3.56	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
A Kumble	27.3	9	59	7	2.14	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	2.77	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
PAJ DeFreitas	26.0	8	70	7	2.69	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
Noman Ali	23.0	8	70	7	3.04	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
Yasir Shah	30.1	6	76	7	2.51	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
M de Lange	23.2	3	81	7	3.47	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
Sikandar Raza	43.0	8	113	7	2.62	Zimbabwe	2	v Sri Lanka	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
Danish Kaneria	60.0	20	118	7	1.96	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
DL Vettori	42.3	6	130	7	3.05	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	0.67	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
PJ Cummins	15.0	8	23	6	1.53	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
KC Brathwaite	11.3	4	29	6	2.52	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	2.19	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
TA Boult	15.0	8	30	6	2.00	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
JE Emburey	25.0	9	33	6	1.32	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Waqar Younis	14.0	4	34	6	2.42	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	1.37	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
Mohammad Asif	23.0	7	44	6	1.91	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	3.00	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
R Ashwin	13.4	2	46	6	3.36	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
CT Tremlett	20.0	5	48	6	2.40	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Southampton	16 Jun 2011	Test # 1996
MA Starc	12.3	1	50	6	4.00	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
CS Martin	20.0	7	54	6	2.70	New Zealand	1	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
K Rabada	17.0	3	55	6	3.23	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	3.86	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
Imran Khan	22.5	3	58	6	2.54	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
DL Vettori	33.0	10	64	6	1.93	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
TG Southee	27.0	7	68	6	2.51	New Zealand	1	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2018	Test # 2335
A Kumble	28.0	6	72	6	2.57	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
GP Swann	30.0	5	82	6	2.73	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
SLV Raju	32.3	9	87	6	2.67	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
IT Botham	27.0	6	90	6	3.33	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
AY Patel	30.0	8	90	6	3.00	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
Yasir Shah	41.3	5	96	6	2.31	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	Test # 2168
Harbhajan Singh	40.3	8	102	6	2.51	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Nayeem Hasan	30.0	4	105	6	3.50	Bangladesh	1	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	15 May 2022	Test # 2462
GP Swann	40.0	1	106	6	2.65	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
Umar Gul	37.0	2	135	6	3.64	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	1 Mar 2009	Test # 1912
Iqbal Qasim	65.0	18	141	6	2.16	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Yasir Shah	55.5	9	184	6	3.29	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
JM Anderson	11.4	6	16	5	1.37	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
JJ Bumrah	10.0	4	24	5	2.40	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
DBL Powell	13.1	4	25	5	1.89	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
CL Hooper	13.4	5	26	5	1.90	West Indies	2	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
Mohammad Asif	12.0	6	27	5	2.25	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
JO Holder	17.4	6	27	5	1.52	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	1.55	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
SL Boock	9.3	4	28	5	2.94	New Zealand	4	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	7	29	5	1.81	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
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
Naseem Shah	12.5	4	31	5	2.41	Pakistan	4	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
NM Lyon	15.0	3	34	5	2.26	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
Abdul Razzaq	23.1	9	35	5	1.51	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
V Permaul	13.0	3	35	5	2.69	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
FH Edwards	15.4	1	36	5	2.29	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
CEL Ambrose	13.1	3	37	5	2.81	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
GD McGrath	15.0	4	37	5	2.46	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
SLV Raju	23.5	7	38	5	1.59	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
Arshad Khan	20.0	5	38	5	1.90	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
Junaid Khan	14.1	3	38	5	2.68	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011	Test # 2009
PR Reiffel	19.1	4	39	5	2.03	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324
Imran Khan	18.3	5	40	5	2.16	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
GD McGrath	23.4	9	40	5	1.69	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
JO Holder	14.2	4	41	5	2.86	West Indies	4	v Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
RA Jadeja	13.0	4	41	5	3.15	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
R Ashwin	16.0	6	42	5	2.62	India	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
Wasim Akram	18.0	4	43	5	2.38	Pakistan	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	9 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
SK Warne	15.0	5	43	5	2.86	Australia	4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Abdul Qadir	20.5	5	44	5	2.11	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
MA Starc	16.1	7	44	5	2.72	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
Wasim Akram	15.3	1	45	5	2.90	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
VD Philander	20.0	7	45	5	2.25	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
MA Starc	18.0	2	46	5	2.55	Australia	4	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	1 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
BN Schultz	20.0	8	48	5	2.40	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	4.38	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
AU Rashid	13.5	2	49	5	3.54	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
Yasir Shah	27.0	5	51	5	1.88	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
SK Warne	16.0	4	52	5	3.25	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	4.07	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
Tauseef Ahmed	23.2	8	54	5	2.31	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	4.00	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
PM Siddle	25.3	11	54	5	2.11	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
DW Steyn	23.0	8	54	5	2.34	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
I Sharma	15.0	2	54	5	3.60	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
MA Starc	13.3	2	54	5	4.00	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	1 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
Wasim Akram	20.0	3	55	5	2.75	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	8 Sep 1995	Test # 1304
W O'Rourke	18.5	4	55	5	2.92	New Zealand	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
SB Doull	21.2	5	58	5	2.71	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
Junaid Khan	20.0	4	58	5	2.90	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013	Test # 2112
Imran Khan	20.4	3	58	5	2.80	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	3 Jul 2015	Test # 2169
JM Anderson	27.0	9	58	5	2.14	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
ST Gabriel	16.0	4	59	5	3.68	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308

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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:

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

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

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]