Players
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 18.5 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 1.53 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 4 Mar 1977 | Test # 799 | |
| 23.0 | 6 | 46 | 7 | 2.00 | England | 2 | v India | Delhi | 17 Dec 1976 | Test # 788 | |
| 13.3 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 1.45 | Australia | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
| 17.0 | 2 | 53 | 6 | 3.11 | England | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 19.7 | 3 | 63 | 6 | 2.37 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 792 | |
| 21.3 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 3.30 | India | 4 | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 15.7 | 2 | 72 | 6 | 3.40 | Australia | 3 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1977 | Test # 798 | |
| 31.2 | 7 | 76 | 6 | 2.42 | India | 2 | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 23.0 | 4 | 82 | 6 | 2.67 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
| 18.0 | 2 | 90 | 6 | 5.00 | Pakistan | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 15 Apr 1977 | Test # 803 | |
| 26.0 | 6 | 102 | 6 | 2.94 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 792 | |
| 33.0 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 0.81 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Wankhede | 10 Nov 1976 | Test # 785 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 1.35 | England | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 791 | |
| 10.5 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 2.58 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1 Apr 1977 | Test # 802 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 2.20 | India | 4 | v England | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
| 16.4 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 2.88 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
| 20.5 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 2.40 | India | 3 | v England | Chennai | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 793 | |
| 17.3 | 4 | 51 | 5 | 2.20 | Australia | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1977 | Test # 798 | |
| 33.1 | 11 | 55 | 5 | 1.65 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
| 19.5 | 2 | 59 | 5 | 2.97 | England | 2 | v India | Chennai | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 793 | |
| 33.0 | 10 | 84 | 5 | 2.54 | England | 3 | v India | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
| 28.0 | 5 | 101 | 5 | 2.70 | Australia | 2 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 796 | |
| 64.0 | 25 | 110 | 5 | 1.71 | India | 2 | v England | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 791 | |
| 19.0 | - | 121 | 5 | 4.77 | New Zealand | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 9 Oct 1976 | Test # 782 | |
| 25.5 | 2 | 122 | 5 | 3.57 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
| 34.4 | 7 | 139 | 5 | 3.02 | Australia | 4 | v England | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
| 47.7 | 10 | 163 | 5 | 2.55 | Australia | 3 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 24 Dec 1976 | Test # 789 | |
| 22.0 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 1.00 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
| 14.0 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 2.00 | England | 4 | v India | Chennai | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 793 | |
| 16.4 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 1.59 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Lahore | 9 Oct 1976 | Test # 782 | |
| 18.1 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 1.57 | Australia | 4 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 1.65 | Pakistan | 3 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Sind) | 23 Oct 1976 | Test # 783 | |
| 24.0 | 9 | 45 | 4 | 1.87 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 18 Mar 1977 | Test # 801 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 3.13 | West Indies | 3 | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 797 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 3.00 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 18 Mar 1977 | Test # 801 | |
| 13.3 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 3.62 | West Indies | 2 | v Pakistan | Kingston | 15 Apr 1977 | Test # 803 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 2.50 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 4 Mar 1977 | Test # 799 | |
| 14.0 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 2.83 | Australia | 4 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 54 | 4 | 2.70 | Australia | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
| 22.0 | 5 | 55 | 4 | 2.50 | India | 3 | v England | Chennai | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 793 | |
| 19.4 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 2.23 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Dec 1976 | Test # 789 | |
| 21.0 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 2.10 | Pakistan | 3 | v New Zealand | Lahore | 9 Oct 1976 | Test # 782 | |
| 21.0 | 6 | 64 | 4 | 3.04 | Pakistan | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1 Apr 1977 | Test # 802 | |
| 25.0 | 4 | 65 | 4 | 1.95 | Australia | 4 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 796 | |
| 38.5 | 16 | 72 | 4 | 1.85 | India | 1 | v England | Chennai | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 793 | |
| 52.0 | 20 | 73 | 4 | 1.40 | India | 2 | v England | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
| 31.0 | 8 | 76 | 4 | 2.45 | England | 3 | v India | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 44.0 | 13 | 77 | 4 | 1.75 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Wankhede | 10 Nov 1976 | Test # 785 | |
| 44.0 | 15 | 78 | 4 | 1.77 | England | 3 | v India | Delhi | 17 Dec 1976 | Test # 788 | |
| 34.0 | 10 | 79 | 4 | 2.32 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 797 | |
| 30.0 | 6 | 84 | 4 | 2.10 | Pakistan | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Dec 1976 | Test # 789 | |
| 26.0 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 3.26 | West Indies | 3 | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 4 Mar 1977 | Test # 799 | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 89 | 4 | 2.34 | England | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
| 59.0 | 22 | 92 | 4 | 1.55 | India | 1 | v England | Delhi | 17 Dec 1976 | Test # 788 | |
| 57.4 | 16 | 93 | 4 | 1.61 | India | 2 | v England | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 791 | |
| 29.0 | 5 | 95 | 4 | 3.27 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 10 Nov 1976 | Test # 785 | |
| 27.1 | 3 | 100 | 4 | 2.76 | New Zealand | 2 | v Australia | Auckland | 25 Feb 1977 | Test # 798 | |
| 39.0 | 8 | 100 | 4 | 2.56 | West Indies | 3 | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 18 Mar 1977 | Test # 801 | |
| 27.6 | 2 | 104 | 4 | 2.81 | England | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
| 56.0 | 20 | 109 | 4 | 1.94 | India | 2 | v England | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
| 21.0 | 5 | 111 | 4 | 3.96 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
| 29.0 | 4 | 112 | 4 | 2.89 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 792 | |
| 37.0 | 7 | 130 | 4 | 3.51 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 797 | |
| 20.2 | 1 | 138 | 4 | 5.11 | New Zealand | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 30 Oct 1976 | Test # 784 | |
| 11.6 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1.02 | England | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
| 13.0 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1.38 | England | 4 | v India | Chennai | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 793 | |
| 19.0 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1.10 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1 Apr 1977 | Test # 802 | |
| 3.5 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 5.73 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1 Apr 1977 | Test # 802 | |
| 13.4 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 1.75 | England | 3 | v India | Delhi | 17 Dec 1976 | Test # 788 | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 1.75 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 1.57 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 797 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 1.76 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 3.16 | England | 3 | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 791 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2.43 | England | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 2.05 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Sind) | 23 Oct 1976 | Test # 783 | |
| 40.0 | 23 | 42 | 3 | 1.05 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 18 Nov 1976 | Test # 786 | |
| 19.0 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 1.65 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 24 Dec 1976 | Test # 789 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1.96 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 792 | |
| 17.4 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 2.37 | England | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
| 28.0 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 1.67 | India | 2 | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 20.1 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 2.38 | West Indies | 3 | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 4 Mar 1977 | Test # 799 | |
| 32.5 | 18 | 50 | 3 | 1.52 | England | 3 | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 791 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 2.43 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
| 17.7 | 5 | 53 | 3 | 2.22 | Pakistan | 2 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Sind) | 23 Oct 1976 | Test # 783 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 3.66 | India | 4 | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 3.43 | Pakistan | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | 15 Apr 1977 | Test # 803 | |
| 24.0 | 8 | 59 | 3 | 2.45 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 4 Mar 1977 | Test # 799 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 60 | 3 | 4.00 | West Indies | 1 | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 18 Mar 1977 | Test # 801 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 3.20 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
| 22.0 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 2.90 | England | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 11 Feb 1977 | Test # 795 | |
| 21.0 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 3.09 | Pakistan | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | 15 Apr 1977 | Test # 803 | |
| 26.0 | 7 | 66 | 3 | 1.90 | Australia | 2 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 796 | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 2.64 | West Indies | 3 | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 797 | |
| 18.0 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 2.87 | Pakistan | 3 | v New Zealand | Lahore | 9 Oct 1976 | Test # 782 | |
| 28.0 | 9 | 69 | 3 | 1.84 | New Zealand | 2 | v Australia | Auckland | 25 Feb 1977 | Test # 798 | |
| 31.0 | 9 | 69 | 3 | 2.22 | Pakistan | 4 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1 Apr 1977 | Test # 802 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 69 | 3 | 3.83 | West Indies | 4 | v Pakistan | Kingston | 15 Apr 1977 | Test # 803 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 3.08 | Australia | 3 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1977 | Test # 798 | |
| 23.0 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 3.08 | West Indies | 3 | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 1 Apr 1977 | Test # 802 | |
| 18.2 | - | 72 | 3 | 3.92 | West Indies | 4 | v Pakistan | Kingston | 15 Apr 1977 | Test # 803 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]
New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]
Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]