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
LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	3	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	1.73	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
AK Davidson	15.0	2	31	7	1.55	NSW	4	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	2 Feb 1962	First-class
NJN Hawke	15.0	5	38	7	1.90	South Aust	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	26 Jan 1962	First-class
LC Mayne	15.5	-	75	7	3.60	West Aust	3	v NSW	W.A.C.A	2 Feb 1962	First-class
WW Hall	15.0	-	76	7	3.80	Queensland	2	v Victoria	Brisbane	2 Feb 1962	First-class
WW Hall	12.0	4	29	6	1.81	Queensland	2	v South Aust	Brisbane	12 Jan 1962	First-class
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	1.85	South Africa	4	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
Dildar Awan	18.2	5	47	6	2.56	Pak Comb Srv	1	v Peshawar	Peshawar	21 Nov 1961	First-class
WW Hall	20.5	5	49	6	2.35	West Indies	3	v India	Kingston	7 Mar 1962	Test # 526
PR Umrigar	18.0	4	52	6	2.16	West Zone	1	v South Zone	Brabourne	20 Oct 1961	First-class
GAR Lock	39.3	16	65	6	1.64	England	3	v India	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
HG Bevan	12.2	-	65	6	3.97	West Aust	1	v NSW	W.A.C.A	2 Feb 1962	First-class
GS Sobers	23.0	3	72	6	2.34	South Aust	4	v NSW	Adelaide	9 Feb 1962	First-class
SA Durani	36.0	9	105	6	2.91	India	2	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
SF Burke	53.5	19	128	6	2.37	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
DJ Sincock	29.0	1	137	6	3.54	South Aust	3	v Queensland	Adelaide	23 Dec 1961	First-class
WW Hall	9.0	3	20	5	2.22	West Indies	2	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
DA Allen	23.1	11	30	5	1.29	England	3	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
DJ Sincock	10.2	1	35	5	2.56	South Aust	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	30 Dec 1961	First-class
AN Connolly	10.0	1	35	5	2.62	Victoria	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	23 Feb 1962	First-class
AK Davidson	17.0	5	40	5	1.76	NSW	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	9 Feb 1962	First-class
KD Mackay	30.0	9	42	5	1.05	Queensland	1	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1961	First-class
I Meckiff	18.6	4	43	5	1.72	Victoria	1	v Queensland	Melbourne	9 Dec 1961	First-class
CEJ Guest	13.5	1	43	5	2.36	Victoria	1	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	2 Mar 1962	First-class
HG Bevan	18.6	6	44	5	1.76	West Aust	3	v Victoria	Melbourne	10 Nov 1961	First-class
NJN Hawke	12.0	4	44	5	2.75	South Aust	4	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	26 Jan 1962	First-class
LA King	19.0	4	46	5	2.42	West Indies	2	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
SA Durani	23.2	8	47	5	2.01	India	2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
GS Sobers	15.3	1	47	5	2.29	South Aust	1	v Queensland	Brisbane	12 Jan 1962	First-class
FJ Cameron	24.4	10	48	5	1.94	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
GD McKenzie	12.5	2	50	5	2.97	West Aust	1	v NSW	Sydney	24 Nov 1961	First-class
GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	3.21	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
B Fisher	16.3	1	55	5	2.51	Queensland	1	v West Aust	Brisbane	17 Nov 1961	First-class
R Benaud	35.0	14	63	5	1.35	NSW	2	v Queensland	Sydney	30 Dec 1961	First-class
GS Sobers	32.0	9	63	5	1.96	West Indies	4	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
DA Allen	34.0	13	67	5	1.97	England	1	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
SF Burke	27.1	10	68	5	2.50	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
RB Desai	20.0	3	70	5	2.62	West Zone	1	v Central Zone	Vadodara	13 Oct 1961	First-class
WW Hall	21.3	2	77	5	2.70	Queensland	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	9 Dec 1961	First-class
FJ Cameron	36.2	9	83	5	2.28	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
Salahuddin	63.0	34	89	5	1.41	Pak Comb Srv	3	v Peshawar	Peshawar	21 Nov 1961	First-class
SP Gupte	40.0	12	90	5	2.25	India	2	v England	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514
PR Umrigar	56.0	24	107	5	1.91	India	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
A D'Souza	57.5	16	112	5	1.93	Pakistan	2	v England	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
WW Hall	18.0	1	121	5	5.04	Queensland	1	v NSW	Sydney	30 Dec 1961	First-class
R Benaud	34.3	6	121	5	2.64	NSW	3	v South Aust	Adelaide	9 Feb 1962	First-class
VV Kumar	7.0	6	8	4	0.85	South Zone	2	v North Zone	Chennai	30 Sep 1961	First-class
I Meckiff	8.3	4	12	4	1.07	Victoria	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	23 Feb 1962	First-class
AK Davidson	12.0	8	14	4	0.87	NSW	4	v Queensland	Brisbane	1 Dec 1961	First-class
GS Ramchand	11.0	4	18	4	1.22	West Zone	3	v South Zone	Brabourne	20 Oct 1961	First-class
J Potter	4.0	-	20	4	3.75	Victoria	1	v Queensland	Brisbane	2 Feb 1962	First-class
GS Sobers	15.0	7	22	4	1.46	West Indies	3	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
GI Kasturirangan	9.0	2	23	4	1.91	South Zone	2	v North Zone	Chennai	30 Sep 1961	First-class
NJN Hawke	15.6	3	26	4	1.23	South Aust	2	v West Aust	Adelaide	3 Nov 1961	First-class
R Benaud	10.0	3	28	4	2.10	NSW	1	v South Aust	Sydney	5 Jan 1962	First-class
Shujauddin	19.0	6	30	4	1.57	Pak Comb Srv	1	v Peshawar	Peshawar	21 Nov 1961	First-class
IR Huntington	9.7	1	33	4	2.50	Victoria	3	v Queensland	Melbourne	9 Dec 1961	First-class
GR Sunderam	13.0	3	36	4	2.07	Central Zone	2	v East Zone	Brabourne	8 Oct 1961	First-class
AK Davidson	9.4	-	38	4	3.00	NSW	4	v Queensland	Sydney	30 Dec 1961	First-class
SJ Diwadkar	11.3	4	42	4	2.76	West Zone	3	v Central Zone	Vadodara	13 Oct 1961	First-class
Mohammad Munaf	31.1	15	42	4	1.34	Pakistan	2	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
JR Reid	45.0	27	44	4	0.97	New Zealand	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
DE Hoare	18.0	4	46	4	1.91	West Aust	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	17 Nov 1961	First-class
R Benaud	18.0	4	47	4	1.95	NSW	3	v South Aust	Sydney	5 Jan 1962	First-class
R Benaud	19.3	5	49	4	1.89	NSW	3	v Victoria	Sydney	26 Jan 1962	First-class
Dildar Awan	62.3	39	50	4	0.80	Pak Comb Srv	3	v Peshawar	Peshawar	21 Nov 1961	First-class
RB Desai	14.0	3	51	4	2.73	West Zone	3	v South Zone	Brabourne	20 Oct 1961	First-class
CG Borde	11.0	1	52	4	3.54	West Zone	3	v Central Zone	Vadodara	13 Oct 1961	First-class
GS Sobers	12.0	1	57	4	3.56	South Aust	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	30 Dec 1961	First-class
GB Lawrence	22.2	10	57	4	2.55	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
JC Alabaster	17.5	2	59	4	3.30	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
JC Alabaster	21.0	4	61	4	2.90	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
TR Veivers	16.0	4	62	4	2.90	Queensland	4	v South Aust	Brisbane	12 Jan 1962	First-class
AN Connolly	19.0	3	62	4	2.44	Victoria	3	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	2 Mar 1962	First-class
KA Walter	25.3	6	63	4	2.47	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
TR Veivers	17.7	3	63	4	2.64	Queensland	4	v South Aust	Adelaide	23 Dec 1961	First-class
CG Borde	25.0	8	65	4	2.60	India	2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
AG Kripal Singh	27.0	4	66	4	1.83	South Zone	2	v West Zone	Brabourne	20 Oct 1961	First-class
BR Knight	19.0	4	66	4	3.47	England	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
RB Simpson	18.3	-	67	4	2.73	NSW	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	23 Dec 1961	First-class
RC Motz	17.0	2	68	4	4.00	New Zealand	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
DE Hoare	18.0	2	70	4	2.91	West Aust	3	v Victoria	Melbourne	10 Nov 1961	First-class
GAR Lock	42.0	23	70	4	1.66	England	3	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
DE Hoare	16.0	2	72	4	3.37	West Aust	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	3 Nov 1961	First-class
SA Durani	34.0	12	72	4	2.11	India	4	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
JE Childe-Freeman	13.0	1	72	4	4.15	Queensland	4	v South Aust	Brisbane	12 Jan 1962	First-class
VB Ranjane	19.2	2	72	4	3.72	India	1	v West Indies	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
R Benaud	29.0	13	73	4	1.88	NSW	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	1 Dec 1961	First-class
GAR Lock	45.0	22	74	4	1.64	England	2	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
GS Sobers	39.0	8	75	4	1.92	West Indies	1	v India	Kingston	7 Mar 1962	Test # 526
VB Ranjane	21.0	2	76	4	3.61	India	1	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
JW Martin	25.4	3	76	4	2.23	NSW	3	v South Aust	Sydney	5 Jan 1962	First-class
WW Hall	14.0	1	79	4	4.23	Queensland	4	v Victoria	Melbourne	9 Dec 1961	First-class
JW Martin	30.1	8	80	4	1.99	NSW	1	v Victoria	Sydney	26 Jan 1962	First-class
SA Durani	35.2	9	82	4	2.32	India	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
JW Martin	17.6	2	83	4	3.50	NSW	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	2 Feb 1962	First-class
GB Lawrence	28.0	5	85	4	3.03	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
DA Allen	47.0	18	87	4	1.85	England	1	v India	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
GD McKenzie	21.0	-	90	4	3.21	West Aust	2	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	2 Mar 1962	First-class

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Western Districts vs Northern Cape at Kimberley, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 14th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 181/3 (58.4 ov, N Yikha 62*, R Herrmann 87*, L Alder 0/38) - Stumps

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Police Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 9-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 130/6 (37.0 ov, A Wanninayake 21*, DS Thilakaratne 2/48) - Stumps

Border vs Mpumalanga at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 13th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps