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
E Frans	14.0	4	37	7	1.98	EPR (SACB)	4	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	13 Mar 1981	First-class
E Frans	12.0	1	41	7	2.56	EPR (SACB)	1	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	28 Nov 1980	First-class
B Yardley	23.4	4	62	7	2.61	West Aust	1	v Tasmania	Devonport	17 Jan 1981	First-class
MM Khan	33.0	3	106	7	2.40	Natal (SACB)	2	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	30 Dec 1980	First-class
CEH Croft	9.0	4	15	6	1.66	West Indies	2	v England	Kingstown	04 Feb 1981	ODI # 115
E Frans	9.0	2	20	6	1.66	EPR (SACB)	4	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1980	First-class
E Govender	12.0	1	30	6	1.87	Natal (SACB)	3	v WPR (SACB)	Durban	20 Feb 1981	First-class
VA Barnes	15.6	3	31	6	1.47	WPR (SACB)	4	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Jan 1981	First-class
DW Hourn	14.2	4	33	6	2.30	NSW	4	v Tasmania	Sydney	06 Mar 1981	First-class
E Frans	15.0	6	35	6	1.75	EPR (SACB)	3	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Jan 1981	First-class
S Nana	10.5	3	40	6	2.82	TVL (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1980	First-class
DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	3.53	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
MM Khan	19.4	5	55	6	2.11	Natal (SACB)	1	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Dec 1980	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.2	7	57	6	2.08	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
G Miller	26.2	9	70	6	2.65	England XI	4	v WICB Pres XI	Pointe-a-Pierre	23 Jan 1981	First-class
CEH Croft	25.0	5	74	6	2.96	West Indies	1	v England	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
RM Hogg	25.2	4	75	6	2.96	South Aust	2	v Victoria	Adelaide	04 Dec 1980	First-class
B Burman	21.0	2	88	6	4.19	East Zone	1	v West Zone	Eden Gardens	20 Feb 1981	First-class
Iqbal Qasim	32.2	5	89	6	2.75	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
JE Emburey	34.0	9	92	6	2.70	England XI	2	v Jamaica	Kingston	04 Apr 1981	First-class
DK Lillee	46.0	13	97	6	2.10	West Aust	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	31 Oct 1980	First-class
MHN Walker	44.0	8	120	6	2.72	Victoria	1	v NSW	Melbourne	11 Dec 1980	First-class
GS Chappell	9.5	5	15	5	1.52	Australia	1	v India	Sydney	08 Jan 1981	ODI # 104
A Frans	4.6	-	20	5	3.15	EPR (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	21 Feb 1981	First-class
S Magiet	12.0	4	22	5	1.37	WPR (SACB)	1	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	13 Mar 1981	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3	4	26	5	3.05	New Zealand	2	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1981	ODI # 111
LS Pascoe	11.5	3	27	5	2.28	NSW	2	v South Aust	Adelaide	30 Oct 1980	First-class
N Kapil Dev	16.4	4	28	5	1.68	India	4	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
MHN Walker	15.5	7	29	5	1.83	Victoria	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	04 Dec 1980	First-class
LS Pascoe	7.5	1	30	5	3.82	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Sydney	25 Nov 1980	ODI # 95
Sir RJ Hadlee	9.0	1	32	5	3.55	New Zealand	1	v India	W.A.C.A	09 Dec 1980	ODI # 99
BL Cairns	19.4	8	33	5	1.67	New Zealand	2	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
EJ Chatfield	10.0	1	34	5	3.40	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Nov 1980	ODI # 94
CEH Croft	22.0	6	40	5	1.81	West Indies	2	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
S Gabriels	20.4	7	41	5	1.50	TVL (SACB)	2	v Natal (SACB)	Pietermaritzburg	14 Mar 1981	First-class
Mohammad Nazir	22.0	7	44	5	2.00	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
S Draai	15.0	3	44	5	2.20	EPR (SACB)	2	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	13 Mar 1981	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	33.0	12	47	5	1.42	New Zealand	1	v India	Christchurch	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
DJ Lillie	19.4	4	48	5	2.44	Queensland	3	v Tasmania	Brisbane	09 Jan 1981	First-class
GR Dilley	13.4	2	48	5	3.51	England XI	1	v Leeward Is	Plymouth	21 Mar 1981	First-class
GF Lawson	30.4	11	50	5	1.63	NSW	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	11 Dec 1980	First-class
GB Stevenson	15.0	5	50	5	3.33	England XI	1	v Leeward Is	Plymouth	21 Mar 1981	First-class
NY Satham	28.3	10	52	5	1.82	West Zone	2	v East Zone	Eden Gardens	20 Feb 1981	First-class
MA Holding	18.0	3	56	5	3.11	West Indies	1	v England	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
DK Lillee	25.5	8	57	5	2.20	West Aust	1	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	17 Oct 1980	First-class
G Dymock	19.3	4	59	5	3.02	Queensland	2	v South Aust	Adelaide	17 Jan 1981	First-class
JR Thomson	22.3	6	61	5	2.71	Queensland	1	v South Aust	Brisbane	12 Dec 1980	First-class
Imran Khan	22.0	6	62	5	2.81	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Multan	30 Dec 1980	Test # 892
DK Lillee	23.5	5	63	5	2.64	Australia	1	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
S Gabriels	28.0	6	75	5	2.00	TVL (SACB)	2	v EPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	21 Feb 1981	First-class
JG Bracewell	41.0	19	75	5	1.82	New Zealand	3	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
S Madan Lal	31.2	9	76	5	2.42	North Zone	1	v East Zone	Delhi	21 Dec 1980	First-class
RG Holland	28.4	5	82	5	2.86	NSW	3	v South Aust	Sydney	13 Nov 1980	First-class
B Yardley	41.0	15	85	5	2.07	West Aust	4	v South Aust	W.A.C.A	20 Dec 1980	First-class
BL Cairns	38.5	11	87	5	2.24	New Zealand	2	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.0	8	87	5	3.22	New Zealand	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
AA Mallett	45.0	12	88	5	1.95	South Aust	2	v West Aust	Adelaide	08 Jan 1981	First-class
PR Sleep	26.0	5	90	5	3.46	South Aust	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	12 Dec 1980	First-class
JE Emburey	49.4	13	92	5	1.85	England XI	2	v Barbados	Bridgetown	07 Mar 1981	First-class
GR Attenborough	34.3	11	94	5	2.72	South Aust	2	v NSW	Sydney	13 Nov 1980	First-class
N Kapil Dev	36.1	7	97	5	2.68	India	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
G Dymock	28.0	8	101	5	3.60	Queensland	1	v Indians	Brisbane	26 Dec 1980	First-class
KD Ghavri	30.0	7	107	5	3.56	India	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
AA Mallett	37.0	5	110	5	2.97	South Aust	1	v Queensland	Adelaide	17 Jan 1981	First-class
B Yardley	37.4	9	112	5	2.97	West Aust	3	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	17 Oct 1980	First-class
B Burman	29.4	5	115	5	3.87	East Zone	2	v North Zone	Delhi	21 Dec 1980	First-class
H Joseph	51.0	11	116	5	2.27	Trinidad & T	1	v England XI	Port of Spain	07 Feb 1981	First-class
JE Emburey	52.0	16	124	5	2.38	England	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
RJ Shastri	56.0	13	125	5	2.23	India	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
RA Harper	43.0	6	142	5	3.30	WICB Pres XI	1	v England XI	Pointe-a-Pierre	23 Jan 1981	First-class
F Kimmie	12.0	4	15	4	0.93	TVL (SACB)	2	v Natal (SACB)	Johannesburg	17 Jan 1981	First-class
RM McLellan	7.0	1	18	4	2.57	South Aust	4	v Indians	Adelaide	29 Nov 1980	First-class
GB Troup	9.0	2	19	4	2.11	New Zealand	1	v India	Brisbane	21 Dec 1980	ODI # 102
GR Attenborough	11.0	4	20	4	1.81	South Aust	4	v Indians	Adelaide	29 Nov 1980	First-class
EH Mattis	13.5	6	22	4	1.59	Jamaica	3	v England XI	Kingston	04 Apr 1981	First-class
W Prior	8.0	2	23	4	2.87	South Aust	4	v West Aust	Adelaide	08 Jan 1981	First-class
A Manack	5.0	-	24	4	3.60	TVL (SACB)	2	v Natal (SACB)	Johannesburg	17 Jan 1981	First-class
MD Marshall	9.4	-	25	4	2.58	West Indies	4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
JD Higgs	8.0	2	25	4	3.12	Australia	3	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
G van Oordt	7.0	-	25	4	2.67	WPR (SACB)	4	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	20 Feb 1981	First-class
DD Parsana	15.0	6	26	4	1.73	West Zone	2	v Central Zone	Wankhede	21 Dec 1980	First-class
ST Clarke	15.0	7	27	4	1.80	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
Z Davids	9.4	1	29	4	2.28	WPR (SACB)	2	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Dec 1980	First-class
RG Holland	14.0	7	30	4	2.14	NSW	3	v West Aust	Sydney	23 Oct 1980	First-class
IW Callen	12.0	5	30	4	2.50	Victoria	1	v South Aust	Adelaide	04 Dec 1980	First-class
DR Doshi	10.0	-	30	4	3.00	India	2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	21 Dec 1980	ODI # 102
VA Barnes	16.0	6	30	4	1.40	WPR (SACB)	4	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Dec 1980	First-class
MF Malone	10.0	3	30	4	3.00	West Aust	2	v Tasmania	Hobart	16 Jan 1981	List A
IT Botham	10.0	2	30	4	3.00	England XI	2	v Barbados	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1981	List A
E Govender	12.0	3	31	4	1.93	Natal (SACB)	1	v TVL (SACB)	Pietermaritzburg	14 Mar 1981	First-class
DK Lillee	10.0	1	32	4	3.20	Australia	2	v India	Sydney	15 Jan 1981	ODI # 108
MM Khan	15.0	4	32	4	1.60	Natal (SACB)	3	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	17 Jan 1981	First-class
G van Oordt	15.0	6	32	4	1.60	WPR (SACB)	2	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	20 Feb 1981	First-class
TM Alderman	11.4	2	33	4	2.82	West Aust	2	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	07 Mar 1981	First-class
GF Lawson	19.2	9	34	4	1.75	NSW	2	v West Aust	Sydney	23 Oct 1980	First-class
GR Beard	53.0	37	34	4	0.64	NSW	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	11 Dec 1980	First-class
N Kapil Dev	16.0	4	34	4	2.12	India	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
NC Guishard	21.3	5	34	4	1.58	Leeward Is	2	v England XI	Plymouth	21 Mar 1981	First-class
B Yardley	23.0	12	36	4	1.56	West Aust	3	v Tasmania	Devonport	17 Jan 1981	First-class
MHN Walker	10.0	1	37	4	3.70	Victoria	2	v Queensland	Melbourne	08 Nov 1980	List A

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