Bowling Best Figures Match

England vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Best Figures in Match

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ND Hirwani	33.5	6	136	16	4.01	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
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
FR Spofforth	64.3x4	33	90	14	2.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
WPUJC Vaas	57.2	8	191	14	3.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
MA Noble	33.4	7	77	13	2.28	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
Abdul Qadir	73.0	27	101	13	1.38	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
FR Spofforth	60.0x4	25	110	13	2.75	Australia	v England	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
M Ntini	47.5	10	132	13	2.75	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
K Rabada	39.4	8	144	13	3.63	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
BA Reid	61.0	20	148	13	2.42	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
AW Greig	69.1	17	156	13	2.25	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
HJ Tayfield	74.0x8	26	192	13	1.94	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
MG Hughes	73.1	16	217	13	2.96	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
AA Mailey	76.2	9	236	13	3.09	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
CTB Turner	88.0x4	50	87	12	1.48	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
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
Fazal Mahmood	45.3	19	100	12	2.19	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
AAP Atkinson	26.0	7	106	12	4.07	England	v West Indies	Lord's	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
SCG MacGill	40.2	6	107	12	2.65	Australia	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1439
MH Mankad	69.4	24	108	12	1.55	India	v England	Chennai	6 Feb 1952	Test # 348
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	36.0	3	117	12	3.25	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	30 Nov 2018	Test # 2331
FS Trueman	40.3	7	119	12	2.93	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
SJ Snooke	53.0	9	127	12	2.39	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
R Ashwin	46.0	13	131	12	2.84	India	v West Indies	Roseau	12 Jul 2023	Test # 2510
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	49.3	4	159	12	3.21	Bangladesh	v England	Mirpur	28 Oct 2016	Test # 2227
R Ashwin	64.3	7	167	12	2.58	India	v England	Wankhede	8 Dec 2016	Test # 2239
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
HV Hordern	69.2	15	175	12	2.52	Australia	v England	Sydney	15 Dec 1911	Test # 116
AEE Vogler	52.1	6	181	12	3.46	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
L Sivaramakrishnan	77.2	20	181	12	2.34	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
SK Warne	76.0	8	246	12	3.23	Australia	v England	The Oval	8 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
GAR Lock	37.4	19	48	11	1.27	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
AR Patel	36.4	6	70	11	1.90	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
H Ironmonger	37.0	11	79	11	2.13	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
CV Grimmett	31.3x8	5	82	11	1.96	Australia	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
CEL Ambrose	39.0	7	84	11	2.15	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
CG Macartney	42.2	11	85	11	2.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	1 Jul 1909	Test # 103
M Muralidaran	68.4	33	93	11	1.35	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
CS Marriott	41.1	8	96	11	2.33	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
AR Border	44.4	13	96	11	2.14	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
TE Bailey	43.0	14	98	11	2.27	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
Sir RJ Hadlee	56.0	22	102	11	1.82	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
MA Noble	40.0	10	103	11	2.57	Australia	v England	Sheffield	3 Jul 1902	Test # 72
SK Warne	71.4	29	110	11	1.53	Australia	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1275
ARC Fraser	43.1	10	110	11	2.54	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
Wasim Akram	56.2	19	110	11	1.95	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
Saeed Ajmal	56.5	20	111	11	1.95	Pakistan	v West Indies	Providence	12 May 2011	Test # 1992
AE Hall	62.3	20	112	11	1.79	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
FR Spofforth	92.1x4	42	117	11	1.90	Australia	v England	Sydney	26 Jan 1883	Test # 12
Imran Khan	37.2	2	121	11	3.24	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
AA Donald	38.0	10	127	11	3.34	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
WJ O'Reilly	78.4	40	129	11	1.63	Australia	v England	Nottingham	8 Jun 1934	Test # 233
M Muralidaran	61.0	20	132	11	2.16	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
GF Lawson	54.0	15	134	11	2.48	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
RTM Mendis	59.2	14	136	11	2.29	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
DK Lillee	66.1	15	138	11	2.08	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
KD Boyce	43.1	8	147	11	3.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
Noman Ali	44.3	6	147	11	3.30	Pakistan	v England	Multan	15 Oct 2024	Test # 2554
W Voce	65.2	20	149	11	2.28	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
EP Nupen	51.4	4	150	11	2.90	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
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	6 Jun 1963	Test # 543
CJ McDermott	44.1	4	157	11	3.55	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1991	Test # 1163
DK Lillee	61.4	14	159	11	2.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
GE Palmer	124.0x4	65	165	11	1.99	Australia	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
DK Lillee	47.7x8	9	165	11	2.58	Australia	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
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
GF Lawson	64.0	13	181	11	2.82	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	7 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
CV Grimmett	86.0	26	183	11	2.12	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930	Test # 199
AL Valentine	106.0	36	204	11	1.92	West Indies	v England	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
AK Davidson	54.6x8	6	222	11	3.04	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
W Ferguson	73.2	9	229	11	3.12	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
SK Warne	72.2	15	229	11	3.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
Abrar Ahmed	51.0	4	234	11	4.58	Pakistan	v England	Multan	9 Dec 2022	Test # 2480
BS Chandrasekhar	92.5	24	235	11	2.53	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
GD McGrath	33.0	21	27	10	0.81	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
CTB Turner	49.0x4	17	63	10	1.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
RM Hogg	34.0x8	12	66	10	1.45	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
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	2 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
GD McGrath	24.0	6	78	10	3.25	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
TA Boult	27.5	7	80	10	2.87	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
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	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
A Nel	37.4	6	88	10	2.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
PP Ojha	29.2	8	89	10	3.03	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	14 Nov 2013	Test # 2102
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
Shaheen Shah Afridi	34.5	12	94	10	2.69	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Aug 2021	Test # 2431
HHH Johnson	65.5	24	96	10	1.45	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
Saeed Ajmal	42.0	11	97	10	2.30	Pakistan	v England	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	Test # 2030
Sir RJ Hadlee	41.3x8	9	100	10	1.81	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
CL Cairns	53.5	21	100	10	1.85	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477

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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]