Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	3.28	Pakistan	2	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	1.84	England	3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	2.36	India	3	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	2.33	Australia	3	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
RJ Bright	46.5	17	87	7	1.85	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44	Australia	2	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	1.96	Australia	4	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	40	6	1.38	Pakistan	3	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
J Garner	36.2	15	56	6	1.54	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	2.54	England	1	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
DK Lillee	33.1	9	60	6	1.80	Australia	1	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
N Kapil Dev	28.0	5	63	6	2.25	India	2	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.0	13	68	6	1.88	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
IT Botham	35.0	9	78	6	2.22	England	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
BL Cairns	32.0	8	85	6	2.65	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
GB Troup	29.1	5	95	6	3.25	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
DR Doshi	43.0	10	103	6	2.39	India	1	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.0	9	34	5	1.70	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
DR Doshi	19.5	4	43	5	2.16	India	2	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
Ehteshamuddin	26.4	11	47	5	1.76	Pakistan	1	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
KD Ghavri	20.1	5	52	5	2.57	India	2	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Sikander Bakht	22.1	5	55	5	2.48	Pakistan	1	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Sikander Bakht	24.0	9	56	5	2.33	Pakistan	1	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
N Kapil Dev	23.5	8	58	5	2.43	India	1	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Imran Khan	23.5	3	63	5	2.64	Pakistan	3	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
N Kapil Dev	32.0	9	74	5	2.31	India	1	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
DK Lillee	24.0	3	78	5	3.25	Australia	1	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
DK Lillee	33.0	6	78	5	2.36	Australia	3	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
N Kapil Dev	32.0	7	82	5	2.56	India	2	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
IT Botham	45.5	14	98	5	2.13	England	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
G Dymock	35.0	7	99	5	2.82	Australia	1	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
G Dymock	33.5	7	104	5	3.07	Australia	3	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Imran Khan	38.2	6	114	5	2.97	Pakistan	2	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
RJ Bright	56.0	14	172	5	3.07	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
IT Botham	17.0	7	29	4	1.70	England	2	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
N Kapil Dev	16.2	5	30	4	1.83	India	4	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
NS Yadav	12.0	0	35	4	2.91	India	4	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
J Garner	23.0	6	36	4	1.56	West Indies	4	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
N Kapil Dev	14.1	5	39	4	2.75	India	3	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
NS Yadav	21.0	7	40	4	1.90	India	2	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
MA Holding	14.0	3	40	4	2.85	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
DK Lillee	13.3	4	40	4	2.96	Australia	1	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
MA Holding	13.0	2	40	4	3.07	West Indies	4	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
G Dymock	17.0	6	42	4	2.47	Australia	1	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
NS Yadav	22.5	6	49	4	2.14	India	1	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
Imran Khan	28.4	12	53	4	1.84	Pakistan	2	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
J Garner	22.0	5	55	4	2.50	West Indies	1	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
CEH Croft	22.0	4	57	4	2.59	West Indies	2	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
G Dymock	25.0	7	63	4	2.52	Australia	4	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
N Kapil Dev	22.5	6	63	4	2.75	India	3	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
KD Ghavri	18.0	4	63	4	3.50	India	4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
CEH Croft	25.0	3	64	4	2.56	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
Tauseef Ahmed	30.2	9	64	4	2.10	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
RM Hogg	26.0	3	66	4	2.53	Australia	1	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Imran Khan	33.0	5	67	4	2.03	Pakistan	1	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	12	69	4	2.30	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
GB Troup	31.2	11	71	4	2.26	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
DK Lillee	28.0	11	73	4	2.60	Australia	2	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	8	75	4	2.41	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
LS Pascoe	29.5	3	80	4	2.68	Australia	3	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
Ehteshamuddin	35.0	7	87	4	2.48	Pakistan	1	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
N Kapil Dev	19.0	5	90	4	4.73	India	1	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	10	90	4	2.30	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
B Yardley	42.0	11	91	4	2.16	Australia	2	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
DR Doshi	43.0	10	92	4	2.13	India	1	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
DK Lillee	29.1	8	104	4	3.56	Australia	2	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
G Dymock	31.0	2	106	4	3.41	Australia	2	v West Indies	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
B Yardley	44.0	16	107	4	2.43	Australia	2	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
JK Lever	53.0	15	111	4	2.09	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
G Dymock	42.2	8	135	4	3.18	Australia	1	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
Iqbal Qasim	44.0	15	135	4	3.06	Pakistan	1	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
NS Yadav	8.0	4	11	3	1.37	India	2	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
MA Holding	16.0	7	24	3	1.50	West Indies	4	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
RJ Bright	11.0	5	24	3	2.18	Australia	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
CEH Croft	13.3	4	27	3	2.00	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
NS Yadav	15.4	4	32	3	2.04	India	3	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
J Garner	15.0	7	33	3	2.20	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
DR Doshi	19.0	4	42	3	2.21	India	4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
AME Roberts	16.5	3	43	3	2.55	West Indies	2	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
G Dymock	28.0	8	48	3	1.71	Australia	3	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
GS Chappell	20.0	3	49	3	2.45	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
G Dymock	29.1	14	52	3	1.78	Australia	2	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
DR Doshi	27.0	8	52	3	1.92	India	2	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
RMH Binny	12.0	1	53	3	4.41	India	2	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Majid Khan	28.0	9	55	3	1.96	Pakistan	2	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
GB Troup	36.4	13	57	3	1.55	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.3	5	58	3	2.46	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
DR Doshi	25.0	6	60	3	2.40	India	3	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
CEH Croft	22.0	2	61	3	2.77	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
Tauseef Ahmed	34.0	11	62	3	1.82	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
AME Roberts	21.0	1	64	3	3.04	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
N Kapil Dev	29.0	8	64	3	2.20	India	2	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
KD Ghavri	23.3	5	65	3	2.76	India	2	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
JK Lever	20.1	2	65	3	3.22	England	3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
DL Underwood	26.0	6	71	3	2.73	England	4	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
KD Ghavri	18.4	3	73	3	3.91	India	1	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
KD Ghavri	30.0	8	74	3	2.46	India	3	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
LS Pascoe	23.0	3	76	3	3.30	Australia	3	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
S Venkataraghavan	45.0	10	77	3	1.71	India	3	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855

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