Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
PH Edmonds	33.0	7	66	7	1.50	England	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	4	26	6	1.45	New Zealand	4	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	2.15	West Indies	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
Abdul Qadir	24.0	8	44	6	1.37	Pakistan	2	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
BS Chandrasekhar	14.1	2	52	6	2.76	India	2	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
BS Chandrasekhar	20.0	3	52	6	1.95	India	4	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
CM Old	30.0	11	54	6	1.35	England	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	5.92	Australia	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	1.40	West Indies	4	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
RGD Willis	15.0	2	32	5	1.60	England	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
BS Bedi	13.7	3	55	5	2.97	India	1	v Australia	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
AME Roberts	16.2	3	56	5	3.42	West Indies	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
SL Boock	28.3	4	67	5	1.77	New Zealand	2	v England	Auckland	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
S Madan Lal	19.0	2	72	5	2.84	India	3	v Australia	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
IT Botham	24.7	6	73	5	2.20	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
BS Bedi	31.0	6	89	5	2.15	India	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
TJ Laughlin	25.4	4	101	5	3.93	Australia	2	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
BS Bedi	30.2	6	105	5	2.60	India	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
IT Botham	34.0	4	109	5	2.40	England	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
BS Chandrasekhar	29.4	0	136	5	3.45	India	1	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
RGD Willis	7.0	2	14	4	1.50	England	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	1.63	West Indies	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
BS Chandrasekhar	15.0	3	30	4	1.50	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
B Yardley	29.0	17	35	4	1.20	Australia	4	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
PH Edmonds	34.0	11	38	4	0.83	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
B Yardley	30.2	15	40	4	1.31	Australia	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
KD Ghavri	10.5	2	45	4	3.17	India	3	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
WM Clark	18.0	5	46	4	1.91	Australia	2	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
CEH Croft	18.0	3	47	4	2.61	West Indies	1	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
AME Roberts	18.0	5	50	4	2.77	West Indies	3	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
EAS Prasanna	29.0	11	51	4	1.31	India	3	v Australia	Sydney	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
BS Bedi	20.0	3	53	4	1.98	India	3	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
J Garner	15.0	3	56	4	3.73	West Indies	3	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
JR Thomson	16.2	1	56	4	3.42	Australia	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
BS Bedi	16.1	5	58	4	2.69	India	4	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
WM Clark	20.7	6	62	4	2.22	Australia	2	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
J Garner	16.1	2	65	4	4.02	West Indies	1	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
WM Clark	24.0	6	65	4	2.70	Australia	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
Sarfraz Nawaz	34.0	11	68	4	1.50	Pakistan	2	v England	Lahore	14 Dec 1977	Test # 810
RR Jumadeen	38.4	6	72	4	1.86	West Indies	1	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
WM Clark	19.2	2	73	4	2.84	Australia	1	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0	5	74	4	1.98	New Zealand	2	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
N Phillip	18.0	0	75	4	4.16	West Indies	2	v Australia	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
JR Thomson	19.7	1	76	4	2.86	Australia	4	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
JB Gannon	18.0	2	77	4	3.20	Australia	3	v India	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
Abdul Qadir	40.1	9	81	4	1.51	Pakistan	1	v England	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
JR Thomson	27.0	8	83	4	2.30	Australia	2	v India	Sydney	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
JD Higgs	24.5	3	91	4	3.66	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
WM Clark	29.0	3	96	4	2.48	Australia	3	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
RO Collinge	38.0	9	98	4	1.93	New Zealand	2	v England	Auckland	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
WM Clark	26.0	1	101	4	2.91	Australia	4	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
JR Thomson	24.0	1	101	4	3.15	Australia	1	v India	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
WM Clark	34.4	4	124	4	3.57	Australia	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
B Yardley	43.0	6	134	4	2.33	Australia	4	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Sir RJ Hadlee	43.0	10	147	4	2.56	New Zealand	1	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
AL Mann	6.0	0	12	3	1.50	Australia	2	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
RR Jumadeen	15.0	3	34	3	2.26	West Indies	4	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
RO Collinge	13.0	5	35	3	2.01	New Zealand	4	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
J Garner	14.0	6	35	3	2.50	West Indies	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
IT Botham	7.0	1	38	3	4.07	England	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
RO Collinge	18.0	5	42	3	1.75	New Zealand	2	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
RB Simpson	14.0	2	45	3	3.21	Australia	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
BS Bedi	13.0	3	49	3	2.82	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
JD Higgs	16.5	2	53	3	3.14	Australia	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
JR Thomson	16.0	1	54	3	2.53	Australia	2	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
Iqbal Qasim	40.0	20	56	3	1.05	Pakistan	1	v England	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
Iqbal Qasim	32.0	12	57	3	1.33	Pakistan	2	v England	Lahore	14 Dec 1977	Test # 810
ST Clarke	22.0	3	58	3	2.63	West Indies	2	v Australia	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
B Yardley	19.0	1	64	3	3.36	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
JR Thomson	23.0	8	64	3	2.78	Australia	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
WM Clark	24.0	6	65	3	2.70	Australia	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
JD Higgs	28.4	10	67	3	2.33	Australia	4	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
VA Holder	31.0	8	68	3	2.19	West Indies	1	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
PH Edmonds	24.0	2	75	3	2.34	England	1	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
JR Thomson	16.0	2	78	3	3.65	Australia	1	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
IW Callen	22.0	0	83	3	2.82	Australia	2	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
ST Clarke	27.0	5	83	3	3.07	West Indies	4	v Australia	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
JB Gannon	16.6	1	84	3	3.76	Australia	1	v India	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
JR Thomson	21.0	6	84	3	4.00	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
RO Collinge	26.5	6	89	3	2.50	New Zealand	1	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
KD Ghavri	22.0	2	93	3	3.17	India	1	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
JK Lever	34.0	5	96	3	2.11	England	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
B Yardley	30.0	6	96	3	3.20	Australia	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
G Miller	30.0	10	99	3	2.47	England	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
GA Cope	39.0	6	102	3	1.96	England	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Dec 1977	Test # 810
G Miller	37.0	10	102	3	2.06	England	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Dec 1977	Test # 810
PH Edmonds	45.0	15	107	3	1.78	England	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
IW Callen	33.0	5	108	3	2.45	Australia	4	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
JR Thomson	3.3	1	12	2	2.66	Australia	2	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
IT Botham	9.3	3	13	2	1.04	England	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
BE Congdon	17.4	11	14	2	0.60	New Zealand	2	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
M Hendrick	10.0	2	16	2	1.20	England	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
PH Edmonds	6.0	2	22	2	2.75	England	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
M Amarnath	8.0	1	24	2	2.25	India	3	v Australia	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
RGD Willis	11.0	2	26	2	1.77	England	3	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
GJ Cosier	9.0	1	26	2	2.16	Australia	2	v India	Sydney	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
AME Roberts	12.0	4	26	2	2.16	West Indies	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
IT Botham	12.6	2	27	2	1.58	England	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
RO Collinge	9.0	2	29	2	2.41	New Zealand	3	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
BS Chandrasekhar	6.0	1	34	2	4.25	India	1	v Australia	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809

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