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
AG Hurst	32.0	5	84	8	1.96	Victoria	3	v Queensland	Melbourne	17 Feb 1978	First-class
B Yardley	21.0	9	44	7	1.57	West Aust	3	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1977	First-class
PH Edmonds	33.0	7	66	7	1.50	England	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
JR Douglas	27.0	4	71	7	1.97	Victoria	2	v South Aust	Adelaide	10 Feb 1978	First-class
DW Hourn	30.2	11	71	7	1.76	NSW	1	v South Aust	Sydney	25 Feb 1978	First-class
DW Hourn	20.5	1	80	7	2.90	NSW	2	v Tasmania	Devonport	04 Mar 1978	First-class
GR Attenborough	23.3	3	90	7	2.88	South Aust	1	v Victoria	Melbourne	09 Dec 1977	First-class
A Jabaar	9.2	4	9	6	0.96	WPR (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1977	First-class
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
IJ Brayshaw	15.0	6	29	6	1.45	West Aust	4	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	14 Jan 1978	First-class
T Kadi	14.0	6	32	6	2.28	EPR (SACB)	2	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
M Amarnath	17.5	6	34	6	1.90	North Zone	2	v South Zone	Bengaluru	30 Sep 1977	First-class
ML Clews	15.2	3	41	6	2.01	NSW	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	05 Nov 1977	First-class
Abdul Qadir	24.0	8	44	6	1.37	Pakistan	2	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
IW Callen	18.1	4	49	6	2.02	Victoria	1	v NSW	Melbourne	23 Dec 1977	First-class
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
JN Maguire	15.2	2	62	6	3.04	Queensland	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	17 Feb 1978	First-class
DW Hourn	19.0	1	67	6	2.64	NSW	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	13 Jan 1978	First-class
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	5.92	Australia	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
G Dymock	23.0	6	79	6	2.57	Queensland	4	v South Aust	Brisbane	03 Mar 1978	First-class
S Gabriels	31.5	6	80	6	2.51	TVL (SACB)	2	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	11 Feb 1978	First-class
RM Hogg	16.2	-	80	6	3.69	South Aust	3	v Queensland	Brisbane	03 Mar 1978	First-class
E Amod	5.0	2	4	5	0.80	TVL (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	1.40	West Indies	4	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
RS Hans	15.5	6	20	5	1.26	Central Zone	3	v East Zone	Jaipur	23 Sep 1977	First-class
MR Magiet	13.3	6	23	5	1.70	WPR (SACB)	1	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	11 Feb 1978	First-class
IJ Brayshaw	9.0	4	26	5	2.16	West Aust	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	24 Feb 1978	First-class
J Govender	17.3	7	27	5	1.54	Natal (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Newcastle	21 Jan 1978	First-class
E Amod	15.0	2	31	5	2.06	TVL (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1978	First-class
RGD Willis	15.0	2	32	5	1.60	England	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
A Jabaar	17.2	1	33	5	1.90	WPR (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 1978	First-class
MR Magiet	19.0	7	33	5	1.73	WPR (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	11 Feb 1978	First-class
Y Omar	22.4	11	34	5	1.50	Natal (SACB)	4	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1977	First-class
A Jabaar	17.0	5	36	5	2.11	WPR (SACB)	3	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1977	First-class
L Esterhuizen	15.0	5	40	5	2.66	Natal (SACB)	4	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1977	First-class
DW Hourn	15.1	2	42	5	2.08	NSW	3	v South Aust	Sydney	25 Feb 1978	First-class
AL Mann	15.5	6	43	5	2.06	West Aust	3	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	29 Oct 1977	First-class
EAS Prasanna	28.0	10	46	5	1.64	South Zone	3	v North Zone	Bengaluru	30 Sep 1977	First-class
D Jacobs	17.0	5	47	5	2.76	TVL (SACB)	3	v Natal (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1977	First-class
RB Simpson	15.7	4	48	5	2.26	NSW	1	v Queensland	Sydney	10 Dec 1977	First-class
G van Oordt	24.0	6	50	5	2.08	WPR (SACB)	3	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 1978	First-class
BS Bedi	13.7	3	55	5	2.97	India	1	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
R Rogers	18.5	4	55	5	2.92	Natal (SACB)	2	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1977	First-class
AME Roberts	16.2	3	56	5	3.42	West Indies	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
IW Callen	13.7	1	59	5	3.18	Victoria	3	v NSW	Melbourne	23 Dec 1977	First-class
IJ Brayshaw	13.0	2	59	5	3.40	West Aust	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1977	First-class
GR Attenborough	21.1	3	59	5	2.09	South Aust	2	v NSW	Sydney	25 Feb 1978	First-class
CJ Corstorphin	15.0	2	60	5	3.00	Victoria	1	v Queensland	Melbourne	17 Feb 1978	First-class
M Kara	21.0	6	62	5	2.95	EPR (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1977	First-class
SL Boock	28.3	4	67	5	1.77	New Zealand	2	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
JR Thomson	15.4	1	70	5	3.38	Queensland	4	v NSW	Sydney	10 Dec 1977	First-class
S Madan Lal	19.0	2	72	5	2.84	India	3	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
IT Botham	24.7	6	73	5	2.20	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
AG Hurst	14.0	1	77	5	4.12	Victoria	2	v South Aust	Melbourne	09 Dec 1977	First-class
DD Parsana	50.4	18	80	5	1.57	West Zone	2	v North Zone	Wankhede	09 Oct 1977	First-class
DD Parsana	41.5	15	83	5	1.98	Rest of Ind	3	v Bombay	Wankhede	27 Jan 1978	First-class
JR Thomson	19.0	2	84	5	3.31	Queensland	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1977	First-class
IW Callen	22.2	-	84	5	2.83	Victoria	3	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	14 Jan 1978	First-class
BS Bedi	31.0	6	89	5	2.15	India	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
RM Hogg	21.0	1	90	5	3.21	South Aust	2	v Tasmania	Hobart	18 Feb 1978	First-class
JR Thomson	21.0	1	96	5	3.42	Queensland	2	v Victoria	Brisbane	04 Nov 1977	First-class
RM Hogg	23.0	3	99	5	3.22	South Aust	2	v West Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1977	First-class
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	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
AJ Benneworth	41.0	10	115	5	2.10	Tasmania	1	v South Aust	Hobart	18 Feb 1978	First-class
BS Chandrasekhar	29.4	-	136	5	3.45	India	1	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
S Magiet	14.0	8	13	4	0.92	WPR (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
MR Magiet	8.0	2	14	4	1.75	WPR (SACB)	3	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Nov 1977	First-class
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	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
RS Hans	11.0	3	18	4	1.63	Rest of Ind	2	v Bombay	Wankhede	27 Jan 1978	First-class
S Magiet	9.0	4	19	4	2.11	WPR (SACB)	1	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
WM Clark	7.2	1	20	4	2.06	West Aust	1	v NSW	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
S Hyder Ali	16.0	5	21	4	1.31	Central Zone	3	v East Zone	Jaipur	23 Sep 1977	First-class
E Damon	14.0	4	21	4	1.50	WPR (SACB)	1	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
M Wicks	11.0	5	21	4	1.90	EPR (SACB)	4	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1978	First-class
PA Hibbert	8.0	1	28	4	2.62	Victoria	4	v South Aust	Melbourne	09 Dec 1977	First-class
TM Alderman	10.3	3	28	4	2.02	West Aust	3	v NSW	Sydney	18 Feb 1978	First-class
T Pono	11.3	2	29	4	2.52	EPR (SACB)	2	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1978	First-class
S Hyder Ali	21.1	7	30	4	1.41	Central Zone	1	v East Zone	Jaipur	23 Sep 1977	First-class
BS Chandrasekhar	15.0	3	30	4	1.50	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
TM Alderman	15.0	4	32	4	1.60	West Aust	1	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	29 Oct 1977	First-class
G Okkers	13.0	6	33	4	2.53	TVL (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
GJ Cowmeadow	10.0	2	35	4	2.62	Tasmania	3	v NSW	Devonport	04 Mar 1978	First-class
B Yardley	29.0	17	35	4	1.20	Australia	4	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
MM Khan	17.2	4	36	4	2.07	Natal (SACB)	2	v EPR (SACB)	Durban	11 Feb 1978	First-class
PH Edmonds	34.0	11	38	4	0.83	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
TM Alderman	8.0	-	40	4	3.75	West Aust	1	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	05 Feb 1978	List A
B Yardley	30.2	15	40	4	1.31	Australia	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
M Kara	18.0	4	41	4	2.27	EPR (SACB)	4	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 1978	First-class
PR Sleep	12.2	2	41	4	2.51	South Aust	4	v NSW	Sydney	25 Feb 1978	First-class
AT Sincock	9.6	-	43	4	3.30	South Aust	3	v Victoria	Adelaide	10 Feb 1978	First-class
M Wicks	20.0	6	43	4	2.15	EPR (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	11 Feb 1978	First-class
DD Parsana	20.3	5	45	4	2.19	West Zone	2	v Central Zone	Ahmedabad	30 Sep 1977	First-class
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	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809

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