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
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	-	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	-	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	-	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	-	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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