Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DG Phadkar	45.3	10	159	7	3.49	India	1	v West Indies	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
CN McCarthy	12.0	2	43	6	2.68	South Africa	4	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
NBF Mann	37.4	14	59	6	1.18	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
DCS Compton	25.2	3	70	5	2.07	England	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
AMB Rowan	31.2	3	80	5	1.92	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
PEW Jones	41.0	8	85	5	2.07	West Indies	4	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
CR Rangachari	29.4	4	107	5	3.60	India	1	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
CN McCarthy	35.7	3	114	5	2.38	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
AMB Rowan	60.0	9	167	5	2.08	South Africa	2	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
PEW Jones	10.0	3	30	4	3.00	West Indies	3	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
AV Bedser	13.5	2	39	4	2.14	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
RO Jenkins	9.0	-	48	4	4.00	England	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
J Trim	27.0	7	48	4	1.77	West Indies	2	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
SN Banerjee	24.3	6	54	4	2.20	India	3	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
AV Bedser	38.0	9	61	4	1.20	England	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
NBF Mann	9.7	-	65	4	4.93	South Africa	4	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
AMB Rowan	34.0	10	69	4	1.52	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
DVP Wright	26.0	3	72	4	2.07	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
DG Phadkar	29.2	8	74	4	2.52	India	1	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
Ghulam Ahmed	35.2	5	94	4	2.66	India	1	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
AMB Rowan	44.0	8	108	4	1.84	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
SA Banerjee	30.0	3	120	4	4.00	India	1	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
W Ferguson	57.0	8	126	4	2.21	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
C Gladwin	12.0	3	21	3	1.31	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
J Trim	16.0	5	28	3	1.75	West Indies	3	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
JDC Goddard	13.0	3	34	3	2.61	West Indies	2	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
GE Gomez	20.3	12	35	3	1.70	West Indies	3	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
RJ Christiani	23.0	1	52	3	2.26	West Indies	3	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
RO Jenkins	15.0	2	53	3	2.65	England	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
MH Mankad	26.0	4	54	3	2.07	India	1	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
RO Jenkins	22.3	6	64	3	2.14	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
GE Gomez	32.0	10	65	3	2.03	West Indies	2	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
AMB Rowan	10.0	-	65	3	4.87	South Africa	4	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
W Ferguson	29.0	8	66	3	2.27	West Indies	2	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
MH Mankad	24.3	5	68	3	2.77	India	3	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
J Trim	30.0	3	69	3	2.30	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
C Gladwin	30.5	6	70	3	1.71	England	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
MH Mankad	32.0	8	77	3	2.40	India	3	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
RO Jenkins	21.4	3	88	3	3.06	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
PEW Jones	28.4	5	90	3	3.13	West Indies	2	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
NBF Mann	51.0	18	95	3	1.39	South Africa	2	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
CN McCarthy	26.0	1	102	3	2.94	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
DVP Wright	26.0	2	104	3	3.00	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
NBF Mann	30.0	2	107	3	2.67	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
L Tuckett	29.0	2	109	3	2.81	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
MH Mankad	75.0	16	202	3	2.69	India	1	v West Indies	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
AJ Watkins	3.0	-	16	2	4.00	England	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
PEW Jones	16.0	5	28	2	1.75	West Indies	2	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
GE Gomez	21.0	8	30	2	1.42	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
GE Gomez	24.0	9	32	2	1.33	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
JA Young	23.0	9	34	2	1.10	England	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
CN McCarthy	17.4	1	42	2	1.80	South Africa	2	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
C Gladwin	24.0	7	43	2	1.34	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
CN McCarthy	12.2	2	50	2	3.06	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
AV Bedser	18.0	5	51	2	2.12	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
JA Young	23.0	6	52	2	1.69	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
DS Atkinson	23.0	2	54	2	2.34	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
Ghulam Ahmed	23.0	4	58	2	2.52	India	1	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
W Ferguson	20.0	2	72	2	3.60	West Indies	2	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
FJ Cameron	27.0	3	74	2	2.74	West Indies	2	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
MH Mankad	23.0	5	74	2	3.21	India	1	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
L Amarnath	23.0	4	75	2	3.26	India	3	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
CN McCarthy	20.0	2	75	2	2.81	South Africa	3	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
GE Gomez	39.0	14	76	2	1.94	West Indies	2	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
JB Stollmeyer	15.0	-	80	2	5.33	West Indies	2	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
AV Bedser	24.0	3	81	2	2.53	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
DG Phadkar	31.0	7	82	2	2.64	India	3	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
Ghulam Ahmed	25.0	-	87	2	3.48	India	3	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
MH Mankad	59.0	10	176	2	2.98	India	1	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
AJ Watkins	5.0	2	5	1	0.75	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
B Mitchell	3.0	-	8	1	2.00	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
B Mitchell	6.0	-	9	1	1.12	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
DCS Compton	16.0	11	11	1	0.51	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
NBF Mann	2.0	-	13	1	4.87	South Africa	4	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
VS Hazare	6.0	1	13	1	2.16	India	3	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
DS Atkinson	3.0	-	16	1	5.33	West Indies	4	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
JDC Goddard	15.0	7	18	1	1.20	West Indies	3	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
JDC Goddard	12.2	7	19	1	1.54	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
DS Atkinson	14.0	5	21	1	1.50	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
JDC Goddard	8.0	1	26	1	3.25	West Indies	2	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
DVP Wright	9.0	3	29	1	2.41	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
C Gladwin	20.0	6	29	1	1.08	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
PEW Jones	14.4	4	31	1	2.11	West Indies	2	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
DCS Compton	10.0	-	34	1	2.55	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
LA Markham	8.0	-	34	1	3.18	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
DG Phadkar	16.0	5	35	1	2.18	India	1	v West Indies	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
DVP Wright	14.0	3	35	1	1.87	England	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
OC Dawson	7.0	2	35	1	3.75	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
AJ Watkins	10.0	-	36	1	2.70	England	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
GE Gomez	28.0	12	37	1	1.32	West Indies	3	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
L Tuckett	10.0	-	38	1	2.85	South Africa	4	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
C Gladwin	16.0	6	39	1	1.82	England	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
RO Jenkins	8.0	1	39	1	3.65	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
JDC Goddard	23.0	11	41	1	1.78	West Indies	4	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
AV Bedser	22.0	6	42	1	1.43	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
DS Atkinson	14.0	3	42	1	3.00	West Indies	4	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
AV Bedser	16.0	3	43	1	2.01	England	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
RO Jenkins	11.0	1	46	1	3.13	England	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
GE Gomez	29.0	10	47	1	1.62	West Indies	4	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
PEW Jones	17.0	3	48	1	2.82	West Indies	2	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308

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