Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AA Mallett	23.6	6	59	8	1.86	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
BS Chandrasekhar	41.5	18	79	8	1.88	India	2	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
Intikhab Alam	21.0	3	52	7	1.85	Pakistan	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Feb 1973	Test # 712
MHN Walker	16.0	8	15	6	0.70	Australia	4	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
GG Arnold	23.4	7	45	6	1.90	England	1	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
BS Chandrasekhar	38.5	9	90	6	2.31	India	1	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
MHN Walker	39.0	10	114	6	2.92	Australia	2	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1973	Test # 714
Intikhab Alam	30.0	4	127	6	3.17	Pakistan	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	16 Feb 1973	Test # 713
AW Greig	19.5	9	24	5	1.21	England	3	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
Mushtaq Mohammad	18.0	2	49	5	2.04	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Feb 1973	Test # 712
N Gifford	29.0	9	55	5	1.89	England	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719
J Birkenshaw	18.3	5	57	5	3.08	England	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719
GS Chappell	18.6	5	61	5	2.44	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
BS Bedi	40.0	12	63	5	1.57	India	4	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
BS Chandrasekhar	26.2	5	65	5	2.46	India	2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
KD Walters	18.2	1	66	5	3.60	Australia	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
MHN Walker	37.0	10	75	5	2.02	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
TJ Jenner	32.2	9	90	5	2.78	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
MHN Walker	51.4	20	97	5	1.87	Australia	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	9 Mar 1973	Test # 716
LR Gibbs	45.0	14	102	5	2.26	West Indies	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
BS Chandrasekhar	46.1	8	135	5	2.92	India	2	v England	Brabourne	6 Feb 1973	Test # 711
PI Pocock	52.0	9	169	5	3.25	England	2	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
EAS Prasanna	10.0	5	16	4	1.60	India	3	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
PI Pocock	13.0	3	28	4	2.15	England	4	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
BS Bedi	43.0	24	38	4	0.88	India	3	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
JR Hammond	16.0	4	38	4	2.37	Australia	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
BS Chandrasekhar	29.0	14	42	4	1.44	India	4	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
CM Old	21.0	6	43	4	2.04	England	3	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
MHN Walker	23.3	4	45	4	1.91	Australia	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
DK Lillee	20.3	7	49	4	1.80	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
Sarfraz Nawaz	19.0	3	53	4	2.09	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
DL Underwood	30.0	13	56	4	1.86	England	3	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
Sarfraz Nawaz	21.0	7	56	4	2.00	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
KJ O'Keeffe	24.1	5	57	4	2.35	Australia	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
Saleem Altaf	20.0	5	60	4	2.25	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
LR Gibbs	32.0	12	66	4	2.06	West Indies	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
CM Old	24.0	5	69	4	2.87	England	1	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
RAL Massie	24.0	3	70	4	2.18	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
Intikhab Alam	18.4	2	78	4	3.16	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Feb 1973	Test # 712
JR Hammond	28.5	5	79	4	2.73	Australia	2	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1973	Test # 714
Intikhab Alam	35.0	10	80	4	2.28	Pakistan	3	v England	Lahore	2 Mar 1973	Test # 715
LR Gibbs	41.0	14	85	4	2.07	West Indies	1	v Australia	Kingston	16 Feb 1973	Test # 714
BS Chandrasekhar	41.0	12	86	4	2.09	India	2	v England	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
BR Taylor	32.0	9	86	4	2.01	New Zealand	1	v Pakistan	Auckland	16 Feb 1973	Test # 713
AW Greig	29.2	5	86	4	2.93	England	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Mar 1973	Test # 715
Mushtaq Mohammad	35.0	10	93	4	2.65	Pakistan	1	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
TJ Jenner	38.3	7	98	4	2.54	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
HJ Howarth	31.0	7	99	4	2.39	New Zealand	3	v Pakistan	Wellington	2 Feb 1973	Test # 710
Intikhab Alam	39.0	8	105	4	2.69	Pakistan	2	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719
BR Taylor	24.4	1	110	4	3.36	New Zealand	1	v Pakistan	Wellington	2 Feb 1973	Test # 710
PI Pocock	46.0	15	114	4	2.47	England	2	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
Sarfraz Nawaz	29.0	5	126	4	3.25	Pakistan	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	2 Feb 1973	Test # 710
Intikhab Alam	65.0	17	137	4	2.10	Pakistan	1	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
Saleem Altaf	6.0	1	15	3	1.87	Pakistan	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	2 Feb 1973	Test # 710
Mushtaq Mohammad	8.3	1	21	3	2.47	Pakistan	1	v England	Lahore	2 Mar 1973	Test # 715
Wasim Raja	8.0	2	32	3	3.00	Pakistan	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	16 Feb 1973	Test # 713
EAS Prasanna	16.0	4	33	3	2.06	India	2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
ET Willett	28.0	15	33	3	1.17	West Indies	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
GG Arnold	23.1	12	34	3	1.46	England	2	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
MHN Walker	14.0	3	39	3	2.08	Australia	4	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
MHN Walker	25.0	6	43	3	1.72	Australia	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
Intikhab Alam	19.0	5	44	3	2.31	Pakistan	3	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
RMH Cottam	23.0	6	45	3	1.95	England	1	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
GG Arnold	20.4	6	46	3	2.22	England	3	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
BS Bedi	39.0	20	50	3	1.28	India	4	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
Pervez Sajjad	23.0	9	58	3	2.52	Pakistan	1	v England	Lahore	2 Mar 1973	Test # 715
DL Underwood	35.0	15	58	3	1.65	England	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Mar 1973	Test # 715
N Gifford	34.0	15	64	3	1.88	England	2	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
GG Arnold	21.0	3	64	3	3.04	England	1	v India	Brabourne	6 Feb 1973	Test # 711
TJ Jenner	28.0	9	65	3	2.32	Australia	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	9 Mar 1973	Test # 716
Mushtaq Mohammad	11.2	0	67	3	4.46	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
LR Gibbs	36.0	15	67	3	1.86	West Indies	2	v Australia	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
DK Lillee	23.0	5	68	3	2.21	Australia	4	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
KD Boyce	22.0	5	68	3	3.09	West Indies	1	v Australia	Bridgetown	9 Mar 1973	Test # 716
KD Boyce	24.4	6	69	3	2.79	West Indies	2	v Australia	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
Saleem Altaf	21.5	3	71	3	2.46	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
PI Pocock	33.0	7	72	3	2.18	England	3	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
CM Old	21.2	2	78	3	3.65	England	1	v India	Brabourne	6 Feb 1973	Test # 711
LR Gibbs	38.0	11	79	3	2.07	West Indies	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
Inshan Ali	41.1	11	89	3	2.16	West Indies	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
DL Underwood	51.0	20	90	3	1.76	England	1	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
HJ Howarth	31.0	11	99	3	2.39	New Zealand	3	v Pakistan	Auckland	16 Feb 1973	Test # 713
Asif Masood	19.0	1	110	3	4.34	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
JR Hammond	33.0	6	110	3	3.33	Australia	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
N Gifford	52.0	16	111	3	2.13	England	2	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
LR Gibbs	52.0	15	114	3	2.19	West Indies	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
RAL Massie	28.0	6	123	3	3.29	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
AA Mallett	38.0	4	124	3	2.44	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
Inshan Ali	44.0	4	124	3	2.81	West Indies	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
BS Bedi	68.5	15	134	3	1.94	India	2	v England	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
BS Bedi	69.0	20	138	3	2.00	India	2	v England	Brabourne	6 Feb 1973	Test # 711
J Benaud	4.0	1	12	2	3.00	Australia	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
Mushtaq Mohammad	3.5	1	15	2	3.10	Pakistan	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Feb 1973	Test # 712
GS Chappell	10.0	4	18	2	1.80	Australia	4	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1973	Test # 714
CM Old	9.0	3	19	2	2.11	England	4	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
RO Collinge	7.0	2	19	2	2.03	New Zealand	3	v Pakistan	Auckland	16 Feb 1973	Test # 713
KD Walters	13.0	3	23	2	1.76	Australia	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
AW Greig	6.0	0	28	2	4.66	England	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Mar 1973	Test # 715
AW Greig	23.0	8	32	2	1.39	England	1	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
Asif Masood	21.0	4	41	2	1.95	Pakistan	2	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719

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