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
DS Atkinson	40.0	21	53	7	1.32	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
SP Gupte	76.4	35	128	7	1.66	India	2	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
Khan Mohammad	16.2	6	21	6	1.28	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
S Ramadhin	21.2	13	23	6	1.07	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
Zulfiqar Ahmed	46.3	21	42	6	0.90	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
SP Gupte	33.5	7	90	6	2.66	India	2	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
DT Dewdney	19.5	11	21	5	1.05	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
AL Valentine	22.4	11	32	5	1.41	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
Zulfiqar Ahmed	37.2	19	37	5	0.99	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
SP Gupte	32.4	19	45	5	1.37	India	3	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
S Ramadhin	26.0	10	46	5	1.76	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
DS Atkinson	31.0	12	66	5	2.12	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
SP Gupte	49.0	26	72	5	1.46	India	2	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
HB Cave	13.1	9	21	4	1.59	New Zealand	4	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
HB Cave	27.3	17	22	4	0.80	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
JR Reid	8.0	2	38	4	4.75	New Zealand	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
AR MacGibbon	21.0	5	44	4	2.09	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
MH Mankad	40.0	14	65	4	1.62	India	3	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
SP Gupte	36.3	14	73	4	2.00	India	3	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
OG Smith	18.0	4	75	4	4.16	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
Khan Mohammad	34.0	10	78	4	2.29	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
RW Blair	22.5	5	90	4	3.94	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
AR MacGibbon	37.1	8	98	4	2.63	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
AM Moir	39.0	13	114	4	2.92	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
Zulfiqar Ahmed	43.2	10	114	4	2.63	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
JR Reid	16.0	9	19	3	1.18	New Zealand	1	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
Shujauddin	22.0	12	22	3	1.00	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
DD Beard	15.0	7	22	3	1.46	New Zealand	4	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
Fazal Mahmood	20.0	7	34	3	1.70	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
AH Kardar	31.0	10	35	3	1.12	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
OG Smith	18.0	7	42	3	2.33	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
HB Cave	20.0	4	45	3	2.25	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
AH Kardar	38.0	15	47	3	1.23	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
HB Cave	24.0	6	56	3	2.33	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
MH Mankad	24.0	8	57	3	2.37	India	3	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
S Ramadhin	36.2	17	58	3	1.59	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
JM Patel	45.0	23	63	3	1.40	India	2	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
JR Reid	24.0	7	68	3	2.83	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
HB Cave	48.0	23	77	3	1.60	New Zealand	1	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
SP Gupte	51.0	26	83	3	1.62	India	2	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
JR Reid	32.5	8	85	3	2.58	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
JA Hayes	26.0	5	91	3	3.50	New Zealand	1	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
OG Smith	1.5	1	1	2	0.54	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
JC Alabaster	5.0	4	4	2	0.80	New Zealand	4	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
JC Alabaster	2.3	-	8	2	3.20	New Zealand	1	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
DG Phadkar	4.0	1	11	2	2.75	India	4	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
MH Mankad	12.0	8	14	2	1.16	India	4	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
Khan Mohammad	30.0	19	20	2	0.66	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
DS Atkinson	12.2	2	20	2	1.62	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
AH Kardar	28.0	17	21	2	0.75	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
JA Hayes	8.5	2	25	2	2.83	New Zealand	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
AH Kardar	14.0	5	26	2	1.85	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
OG Smith	29.0	15	27	2	0.93	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
AL Valentine	24.0	13	28	2	1.16	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
SP Gupte	14.0	7	30	2	2.14	India	4	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
JA Hayes	14.0	3	38	2	2.71	New Zealand	1	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
GR Sunderam	21.0	6	46	2	2.19	India	2	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
AL Valentine	41.0	20	46	2	1.12	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
HB Cave	26.0	12	47	2	1.80	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
GS Ramchand	31.0	15	48	2	1.54	India	2	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
AL Valentine	22.0	9	48	2	2.18	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
MB Poore	19.0	3	49	2	2.57	New Zealand	1	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
AL Valentine	36.0	17	51	2	1.41	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
DG Phadkar	28.0	10	53	2	1.89	India	2	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
DT Dewdney	17.0	3	54	2	3.17	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
AR MacGibbon	23.0	6	56	2	2.43	New Zealand	1	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
S Ramadhin	30.0	11	63	2	2.10	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
GS Ramchand	37.0	15	64	2	1.72	India	2	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
JR Reid	30.0	10	67	2	2.23	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
JA Hayes	30.0	4	67	2	2.23	New Zealand	3	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
Zulfiqar Ahmed	35.0	13	71	2	2.02	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
AF Lissette	28.0	11	73	2	2.60	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
AR MacGibbon	24.0	4	75	2	3.12	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
Shujauddin	38.0	12	79	2	2.07	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
AR MacGibbon	33.0	9	81	2	2.45	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
HB Cave	57.0	26	85	2	1.49	New Zealand	3	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
JR Reid	45.0	21	87	2	1.93	New Zealand	3	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
HB Cave	37.0	10	96	2	2.59	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
JA Hayes	44.0	9	105	2	2.38	New Zealand	2	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
AR MacGibbon	59.5	16	121	2	2.02	New Zealand	2	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
AR MacGibbon	40.0	7	135	2	3.37	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
DS Atkinson	7.0	5	2	1	0.28	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
GS Sobers	14.0	11	3	1	0.21	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
B Sutcliffe	1.3	-	4	1	2.66	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
DG Phadkar	6.0	4	5	1	0.83	India	3	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
AR MacGibbon	3.0	1	6	1	2.00	New Zealand	4	v West Indies	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
Zulfiqar Ahmed	3.0	1	11	1	3.66	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
GS Sobers	8.5	4	11	1	1.24	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
Fazal Mahmood	6.0	3	12	1	2.00	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
Shujauddin	11.0	7	13	1	1.18	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
Zulfiqar Ahmed	16.0	8	13	1	0.81	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
SR Patil	9.0	4	15	1	1.66	India	3	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
VL Manjrekar	20.0	13	16	1	0.80	India	3	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
FM King	8.4	3	18	1	2.07	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
DD Beard	9.0	4	20	1	2.22	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
OG Smith	14.0	7	23	1	1.64	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
DG Phadkar	15.0	4	25	1	1.66	India	2	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
DS Atkinson	13.0	5	25	1	1.92	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
Khan Mohammad	18.0	6	26	1	1.44	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
MB Poore	15.0	4	26	1	1.73	New Zealand	2	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418

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