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
LS Pascoe	12.3	6	18	7	1.44	NSW	4	v South Aust	Sydney	23 Feb 1980	First-class
PH Carlson	27.5	9	42	7	1.50	Queensland	4	v West Aust	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	1.84	England	3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
JD Higgs	39.0	18	49	7	1.25	Victoria	3	v West Aust	Melbourne	30 Nov 1979	First-class
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
S Gabriels	22.0	2	56	7	1.90	TVL (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	2.36	India	3	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
JR Thomson	25.0	10	58	7	2.32	Queensland	3	v Victoria	Brisbane	26 Oct 1979	First-class
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	2.33	Australia	3	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
S Gabriels	23.7	5	76	7	2.38	TVL (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	15 Mar 1980	First-class
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
AL Adams	6.0	3	7	6	0.87	WPR (SACB)	4	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
S Draai	11.4	2	22	6	1.43	EPR (SACB)	2	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
MR Magiet	15.0	9	23	6	1.15	WPR (SACB)	4	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Feb 1980	First-class
AL Adams	15.0	6	24	6	1.20	WPR (SACB)	2	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Feb 1980	First-class
RJ Bright	20.0	8	29	6	1.45	Australians	4	v BCCP Pres XI	Rawalpindi	22 Feb 1980	First-class
VA Barnes	16.5	4	32	6	1.44	WPR (SACB)	2	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	19 Jan 1980	First-class
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
JR Thomson	21.0	4	45	6	2.14	Queensland	2	v South Aust	Brisbane	29 Feb 1980	First-class
F Kimmie	16.0	5	47	6	2.20	TVL (SACB)	1	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	19 Jan 1980	First-class
JH Frans	16.0	1	48	6	2.25	EPR (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	26 Dec 1979	First-class
JR Thomson	15.1	4	51	6	3.36	Queensland	2	v West Aust	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
AL Adams	32.5	10	54	6	1.24	WPR (SACB)	2	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	4 Jan 1980	First-class
J Garner	36.2	15	56	6	1.54	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
GR Attenborough	18.0	6	57	6	3.16	South Aust	1	v Queensland	Brisbane	29 Feb 1980	First-class
JD Higgs	20.1	7	57	6	2.82	Victoria	4	v South Aust	Adelaide	7 Mar 1980	First-class
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
MM Khan	22.0	5	64	6	2.18	Natal (SACB)	2	v EPR (SACB)	Durban	26 Dec 1979	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.0	13	68	6	1.88	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
A Sathar	15.0	2	70	6	3.50	Natal (SACB)	1	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Feb 1980	First-class
IT Botham	35.0	9	78	6	2.22	England	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
TM Alderman	24.0	4	80	6	3.33	West Aust	1	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	23 Feb 1980	First-class
BL Cairns	32.0	8	85	6	2.65	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
DK Lillee	22.3	4	94	6	4.17	West Aust	3	v Queensland	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
RM Hogg	27.0	1	95	6	3.51	South Aust	2	v West Indians	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
GB Troup	29.1	5	95	6	3.25	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
PH Carlson	37.0	9	101	6	2.72	Queensland	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	8 Feb 1980	First-class
DR Doshi	43.0	10	103	6	2.39	India	1	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
CG Rackemann	14.0	7	25	5	1.78	Queensland	1	v England XI	Brisbane	12 Nov 1979	First-class
S Magiet	14.0	6	25	5	1.33	WPR (SACB)	2	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
D Jacobs	13.0	3	27	5	1.55	EPR (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	1 Mar 1980	First-class
GR Beard	20.0	10	33	5	1.65	NSW	3	v Queensland	Lismore	15 Dec 1979	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.0	9	34	5	1.70	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
AL Adams	28.4	13	38	5	1.00	WPR (SACB)	4	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	31 Dec 1979	First-class
S Draai	10.0	1	40	5	3.00	EPR (SACB)	4	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 1979	First-class
GR Attenborough	17.0	3	40	5	2.35	South Aust	4	v West Aust	Adelaide	28 Dec 1979	First-class
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
TM Alderman	18.0	7	47	5	2.61	West Aust	1	v West Indians	W.A.C.A	5 Jan 1980	First-class
CEH Croft	19.3	6	49	5	2.51	West Indians	2	v	Devonport	23 Nov 1979	First-class
JD Higgs	27.0	6	50	5	1.85	Victoria	1	v West Aust	Melbourne	30 Nov 1979	First-class
Sarfraz Nawaz	32.4	3	51	5	1.56	Lahore A	2	v P Railways	Lahore	11 Jan 1980	First-class
S Gabriels	23.0	2	52	5	1.69	TVL (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Johannesburg	17 Nov 1979	First-class
KD Ghavri	20.1	5	52	5	2.57	India	2	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.2	7	55	5	1.94	Tasmania	2	v Queensland	Hobart	8 Dec 1979	First-class
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
MHN Walker	24.0	7	58	5	2.41	Victoria	1	v Tasmania	Melbourne	15 Feb 1980	First-class
Imran Khan	23.5	3	63	5	2.64	Pakistan	3	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
AA Mallett	36.0	12	67	5	1.86	South Aust	3	v Queensland	Brisbane	29 Feb 1980	First-class
AA Mallett	23.0	3	73	5	3.17	South Aust	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	14 Dec 1979	First-class
MHN Walker	27.0	8	73	5	2.70	Victoria	3	v Queensland	Melbourne	8 Feb 1980	First-class
N Kapil Dev	32.0	9	74	5	2.31	India	1	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
GF Lawson	23.0	7	75	5	3.26	NSW	1	v Queensland	Lismore	15 Dec 1979	First-class
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
S Venkataraghavan	72.0	33	79	5	1.09	South Zone	2	v East Zone	Eden Gardens	7 Dec 1979	First-class
N Kapil Dev	32.0	7	82	5	2.56	India	2	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
MF Malone	38.1	17	83	5	2.17	West Aust	1	v Queensland	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
JR Hammond	29.4	6	84	5	2.83	South Aust	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	19 Jan 1980	First-class
GR Attenborough	34.3	13	84	5	2.43	South Aust	3	v Queensland	Brisbane	29 Feb 1980	First-class
GF Lawson	28.0	4	85	5	3.03	NSW	3	v South Aust	Adelaide	30 Nov 1979	First-class
MB Scholes	30.0	3	86	5	2.86	Tasmania	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	15 Feb 1980	First-class
MHN Walker	35.4	9	92	5	2.57	Victoria	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	26 Oct 1979	First-class
RJ Bright	33.3	9	93	5	2.77	Australians	2	v BCCP Pres XI	Rawalpindi	22 Feb 1980	First-class
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
AL Adams	7.2	5	8	4	0.82	WPR (SACB)	2	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
Sikander Bakht	5.4	1	12	4	2.11	Pakistanis	2	v East Zone	Guwahati	10 Jan 1980	First-class
S Draai	8.0	3	13	4	1.21	EPR (SACB)	4	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
Majid Khan	6.0	2	17	4	2.83	Pakistanis	3	v East Zone	Guwahati	10 Jan 1980	First-class
JD Higgs	6.1	2	18	4	2.91	Victoria	3	v Tasmania	Melbourne	15 Feb 1980	First-class
S Magiet	7.0	1	18	4	1.92	WPR (SACB)	4	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
S Draai	9.4	5	19	4	1.50	EPR (SACB)	2	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 1979	First-class
PH Carlson	9.5	3	23	4	2.33	Queensland	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	15 Feb 1980	First-class
DD Parsana	21.5	10	24	4	1.09	West Zone	3	v South Zone	Bengaluru	21 Dec 1979	First-class
AME Roberts	10.3	2	25	4	2.38	West Indians	3	v South Aust	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
PR Sleep	9.4	2	26	4	2.68	South Aust	4	v West Aust	Adelaide	28 Dec 1979	First-class
MA Holding	14.0	5	27	4	1.92	West Indians	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
GR Attenborough	7.0	2	27	4	3.85	South Aust	4	v NSW	Adelaide	30 Nov 1979	First-class
S Valson	13.0	5	27	4	2.07	North Zone	1	v Central Zone	Indore	21 Dec 1979	First-class

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>> 181/3 (58.4 ov, N Yikha 62*, R Herrmann 87*, L Alder 0/38) - Stumps

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>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps