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
GD McKenzie	28.0	5	71	8	1.90	Australia	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
RC Motz	18.0	2	69	6	2.87	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
GS Sobers	33.6	12	73	6	1.62	West Indies	4	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
JW Gleeson	26.4	9	61	5	1.72	Australia	3	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
RM Edwards	24.7	5	84	5	2.53	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
LR Gibbs	39.4	7	88	5	1.67	West Indies	2	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
DL Underwood	44.0	15	94	5	2.13	England	3	v Pakistan	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
RC Motz	27.0	3	113	5	3.13	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
JW Gleeson	33.0	5	122	5	2.77	Australia	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
AN Connolly	34.0	7	122	5	2.69	Australia	3	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
RMH Cottam	22.2	5	50	4	2.23	England	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
EW Freeman	10.3	-	52	4	3.75	Australia	1	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
AN Connolly	19.0	5	60	4	2.36	Australia	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
AN Connolly	17.0	2	61	4	2.69	Australia	2	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
Saeed Ahmed	20.0	5	64	4	3.20	Pakistan	1	v England	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
DAJ Holford	20.0	5	66	4	2.47	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
JA Snow	25.0	5	70	4	2.80	England	1	v Pakistan	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
Pervez Sajjad	37.0	8	75	4	2.02	Pakistan	2	v England	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
GD McKenzie	22.1	3	85	4	2.88	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
JW Gleeson	26.0	5	91	4	2.62	Australia	3	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
GS Sobers	33.3	4	97	4	2.17	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
Intikhab Alam	40.1	8	117	4	2.91	Pakistan	1	v England	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
LR Gibbs	43.0	8	139	4	2.42	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
LR Gibbs	43.0	8	145	4	2.52	West Indies	2	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
BW Yuile	6.4	-	25	3	2.88	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
RS Cunis	12.0	2	36	3	2.25	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
DJ Brown	14.0	-	43	3	3.07	England	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
DJ Brown	23.0	8	51	3	2.21	England	1	v Pakistan	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
DAJ Holford	15.0	1	56	3	2.80	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
EW Freeman	13.0	2	57	3	3.28	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
RM Edwards	16.0	2	58	3	2.71	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
EW Freeman	15.0	3	59	3	2.95	Australia	3	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
Saeed Ahmed	37.4	15	59	3	1.56	Pakistan	2	v England	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
BW Yuile	15.0	2	64	3	3.20	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
LR Gibbs	24.3	6	64	3	1.96	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
Asif Masood	25.0	4	68	3	2.72	Pakistan	3	v England	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
RC Motz	19.0	3	70	3	2.76	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
GS Sobers	31.0	8	70	3	1.69	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
RM Edwards	24.0	4	71	3	2.21	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
LR Gibbs	30.0	6	82	3	2.05	West Indies	4	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
JW Gleeson	15.2	1	84	3	4.13	Australia	4	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
GD McKenzie	22.2	4	90	3	3.03	Australia	3	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
GD McKenzie	22.6	2	90	3	2.96	Australia	2	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
JW Gleeson	25.0	5	91	3	2.73	Australia	1	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
CC Griffith	26.0	2	92	3	2.65	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
GD McKenzie	16.0	1	93	3	4.35	Australia	4	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
LR Gibbs	25.4	3	96	3	2.82	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
WW Hall	26.0	2	113	3	3.25	West Indies	2	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
GS Sobers	26.0	3	117	3	3.37	West Indies	3	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
Intikhab Alam	48.0	4	129	3	2.68	Pakistan	1	v England	Karachi	6 Mar 1969	Test # 650
WW Hall	35.7	3	157	3	3.28	West Indies	1	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
CC Griffith	37.0	1	175	3	3.54	West Indies	1	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
CH Lloyd	8.0	1	17	2	1.59	West Indies	2	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
IM Chappell	6.0	-	21	2	2.62	Australia	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
RM Edwards	15.0	4	30	2	1.50	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
RMH Cottam	13.0	1	35	2	2.69	England	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
Majid Khan	20.0	5	41	2	2.05	Pakistan	3	v England	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
V Pollard	20.0	5	42	2	1.57	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
RM Edwards	11.0	2	42	2	2.86	West Indies	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
Saeed Ahmed	15.5	3	44	2	2.77	Pakistan	3	v England	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
RC Motz	13.0	3	44	2	2.53	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
WW Hall	12.0	-	47	2	2.93	West Indies	3	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
DJ Brown	15.0	4	47	2	3.13	England	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
BR Taylor	16.7	2	48	2	2.13	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
RMH Cottam	27.1	6	52	2	1.91	England	1	v Pakistan	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
JW Gleeson	19.0	8	53	2	2.09	Australia	2	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
AN Connolly	16.0	1	54	2	2.53	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
GD McKenzie	16.0	2	55	2	2.57	Australia	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
GD McKenzie	21.0	5	55	2	1.96	Australia	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
KR Stackpole	7.0	-	57	2	6.10	Australia	4	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
AN Connolly	13.0	3	61	2	3.51	Australia	1	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
BR Taylor	14.4	-	63	2	3.25	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
Mushtaq Mohammad	23.1	5	69	2	2.97	Pakistan	1	v England	Karachi	6 Mar 1969	Test # 650
BW Yuile	20.0	5	70	2	2.62	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
JW Gleeson	28.0	7	72	2	1.92	Australia	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
CC Griffith	19.0	2	73	2	2.88	West Indies	4	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
RS Cunis	18.0	4	76	2	3.16	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
LR Gibbs	26.0	7	79	2	2.27	West Indies	4	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
GD McKenzie	24.0	2	80	2	2.50	Australia	3	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
GS Sobers	19.0	1	87	2	3.43	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
DAJ Holford	25.0	6	88	2	2.64	West Indies	2	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
GD McKenzie	20.0	2	88	2	3.30	Australia	3	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
CC Griffith	22.0	4	94	2	3.20	West Indies	2	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
GS Sobers	28.0	4	94	2	2.51	West Indies	1	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
Asif Masood	28.0	2	94	2	3.35	Pakistan	1	v England	Karachi	6 Mar 1969	Test # 650
DAJ Holford	18.5	-	118	2	4.75	West Indies	2	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
LR Gibbs	37.6	6	124	2	2.46	West Indies	2	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
LR Gibbs	33.0	2	133	2	3.02	West Indies	3	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
LR Gibbs	40.0	8	133	2	2.49	West Indies	1	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
RM Edwards	25.0	1	139	2	4.17	West Indies	2	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
KR Stackpole	4.0	2	7	1	1.31	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
MC Carew	8.0	2	12	1	1.12	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
Mushtaq Mohammad	11.0	3	18	1	1.63	Pakistan	2	v England	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
MC Carew	10.0	3	18	1	1.35	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
KR Stackpole	13.0	9	19	1	1.09	Australia	3	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
Niaz Ahmed	10.0	4	20	1	2.00	Pakistan	2	v England	Dhaka	28 Feb 1969	Test # 649
IM Chappell	6.0	-	22	1	2.75	Australia	4	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
GS Sobers	9.0	2	22	1	1.83	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
Mushtaq Mohammad	9.0	1	24	1	2.66	Pakistan	3	v England	Lahore	21 Feb 1969	Test # 647
MC Carew	9.0	4	24	1	2.00	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652

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