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
Imran Khan	29.3	8	58	8	1.96	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
DK Lillee	26.3	3	83	7	3.13	Australia	2	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
B Yardley	31.4	6	98	7	3.09	Australia	3	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
B Yardley	66.0	16	187	7	2.83	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
JE Emburey	25.0	9	33	6	1.32	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Imran Khan	22.5	3	58	6	2.54	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
MA Holding	21.3	5	62	6	2.88	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
B Yardley	25.5	5	84	6	3.25	Australia	4	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
N Kapil Dev	31.0	6	91	6	2.93	India	1	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.5	5	100	6	3.46	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Iqbal Qasim	65.0	18	141	6	2.16	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
DK Lillee	9.0	3	18	5	2.00	Australia	2	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	1.91	India	4	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	1.55	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
DR Doshi	29.1	12	39	5	1.33	India	2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
MA Holding	17.0	3	45	5	2.64	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
J Garner	35.0	15	56	5	1.60	West Indies	3	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
DS de Silva	18.0	2	59	5	3.27	Sri Lanka	4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
IT Botham	22.3	3	61	5	2.71	England	3	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0	9	63	5	2.25	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
MA Holding	29.0	9	64	5	2.20	West Indies	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
N Kapil Dev	13.2	-	70	5	5.25	India	4	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
MA Holding	25.0	5	72	5	2.88	West Indies	1	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
DK Lillee	20.0	3	81	5	4.05	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
S Madan Lal	32.0	4	85	5	2.65	India	1	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
JK Lever	36.0	9	100	5	2.77	England	2	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
B Yardley	40.5	10	132	5	3.23	Australia	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Iqbal Qasim	15.1	8	27	4	1.78	Pakistan	4	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
TM Alderman	10.2	2	36	4	3.48	Australia	2	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
B Yardley	21.0	7	38	4	1.80	Australia	4	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
AME Roberts	19.0	7	43	4	2.26	West Indies	1	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Iqbal Qasim	24.0	11	44	4	1.83	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
GR Dilley	13.0	1	47	4	3.61	England	1	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
DK Lillee	19.0	4	51	4	2.68	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
JR Thomson	21.0	5	51	4	2.42	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Tauseef Ahmed	25.0	7	58	4	2.32	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Imran Khan	31.4	8	66	4	2.08	Pakistan	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
DR Doshi	57.0	31	69	4	1.21	India	2	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
ALF de Mel	17.0	2	70	4	4.11	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
IT Botham	28.0	6	72	4	2.57	England	1	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
B Yardley	24.0	4	77	4	3.20	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
B Yardley	27.0	7	80	4	2.96	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
DR Doshi	34.2	8	81	4	2.35	India	1	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
GB Troup	18.3	3	82	4	4.43	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
RJ Shastri	43.0	14	83	4	1.93	India	1	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Imran Khan	40.0	6	92	4	2.30	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
DS de Silva	38.0	8	102	4	2.68	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DS de Silva	32.0	3	103	4	3.21	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
JR Thomson	29.0	1	112	4	3.86	Australia	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
DK Lillee	39.0	6	119	4	3.05	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
B Yardley	56.0	22	142	4	2.53	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0	10	11	3	0.73	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
DK Lillee	12.0	6	13	3	1.08	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Tauseef Ahmed	14.0	4	18	3	1.28	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
AR Border	10.3	4	20	3	1.90	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Rizwan-uz-Zaman	12.0	3	26	3	2.16	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
IT Botham	12.5	1	28	3	2.18	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
J Garner	18.0	5	37	3	2.05	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Imran Khan	24.1	7	41	3	1.69	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
DK Lillee	27.1	8	44	3	1.61	Australia	4	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
DL Underwood	29.0	13	45	3	1.55	England	2	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
B Yardley	23.0	10	49	3	2.13	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
DS de Silva	27.5	11	54	3	1.94	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
DL Underwood	37.5	15	67	3	1.77	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
MA Holding	29.0	9	70	3	2.41	West Indies	3	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
RGD Willis	23.0	5	75	3	3.26	England	2	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
Tahir Naqqash	32.0	11	83	3	2.59	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
LS Pascoe	22.0	3	84	3	3.81	Australia	4	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
BL Cairns	44.0	10	85	3	1.93	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
B Yardley	26.2	3	87	3	3.30	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
DL Underwood	43.0	21	88	3	2.04	England	2	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
N Kapil Dev	25.5	7	88	3	3.40	India	2	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
Imran Khan	39.0	12	90	3	2.30	Pakistan	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
JR Thomson	20.0	1	93	3	4.65	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
DS de Silva	26.0	3	99	3	3.80	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Iqbal Qasim	55.0	17	104	3	1.89	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
RJ Shastri	63.0	23	104	3	1.65	India	2	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
DK Lillee	39.0	7	106	3	2.71	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
ALF de Mel	28.0	3	120	3	4.28	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JR Ratnayeke	28.0	3	121	3	4.32	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
ALF de Mel	28.0	2	124	3	4.42	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
N Kapil Dev	40.0	3	136	3	3.40	India	1	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Wasim Raja	3.0	2	1	2	0.33	Pakistan	4	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
GA Gooch	8.1	1	12	2	1.46	England	2	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
HA Gomes	15.0	7	20	2	1.33	West Indies	4	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
Imran Khan	14.1	5	21	2	1.48	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
TM Alderman	9.0	3	23	2	2.55	Australia	4	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
DR Doshi	19.2	8	28	2	1.44	India	1	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
RGD Willis	14.0	3	28	2	2.00	England	2	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Tahir Naqqash	9.0	1	34	2	3.77	Pakistan	4	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
JE Emburey	13.0	2	35	2	2.69	England	3	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
JR Thomson	26.0	13	35	2	1.34	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.0	7	38	2	1.90	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
GRA de Silva	24.0	10	38	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
CEH Croft	16.1	3	39	2	2.41	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
B Yardley	7.4	2	40	2	5.21	Australia	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
TM Alderman	16.0	4	43	2	2.68	Australia	4	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Sarfraz Nawaz	27.0	10	43	2	1.59	Pakistan	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
JR Thomson	15.0	3	43	2	2.86	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
Sarfraz Nawaz	14.0	3	43	2	3.07	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913

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