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
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	-	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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