Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GF Lawson	10.0	1	26	4	2.60	Australia	1	v England	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
CJ McDermott	11.0	0	46	3	4.18	Australia	1	v England	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
C Sharma	9.0	2	50	3	5.55	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
C Sharma	4.2	0	11	2	2.53	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Sep 1985	ODI # 334
N Kapil Dev	5.0	0	20	2	4.00	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Sep 1985	ODI # 334
VB John	6.0	0	26	2	4.33	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	21 Sep 1985	ODI # 333
SP O'Donnell	11.0	2	32	2	2.90	Australia	1	v England	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
RJ Ratnayake	9.0	0	35	2	3.88	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
IT Botham	10.0	2	38	2	3.80	England	2	v Australia	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
RJ Ratnayake	7.0	0	41	2	5.85	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Colombo (PSS)	22 Sep 1985	ODI # 334
NG Cowans	11.0	2	42	2	3.81	England	2	v Australia	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
NG Cowans	10.1	1	44	2	4.32	England	2	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
RG Holland	11.0	2	49	2	4.45	Australia	1	v England	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
CJ McDermott	10.0	0	51	2	5.10	Australia	2	v England	Lord's	3 Jun 1985	ODI # 331
GF Lawson	11.0	0	53	2	4.81	Australia	1	v England	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
CJ McDermott	11.0	0	56	2	5.09	Australia	1	v England	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
RGCE Wijesuriya	8.0	0	56	2	7.00	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
GA Gooch	2.0	0	10	1	5.00	England	2	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
G Sharma	9.0	0	21	1	2.33	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
RJ Shastri	6.0	0	22	1	3.66	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	21 Sep 1985	ODI # 333
A Ranatunga	6.0	0	23	1	3.83	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Colombo (PSS)	22 Sep 1985	ODI # 334
N Kapil Dev	5.0	0	26	1	5.20	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	21 Sep 1985	ODI # 333
IT Botham	8.0	1	27	1	3.37	England	1	v Australia	Lord's	3 Jun 1985	ODI # 331
A Ranatunga	4.0	0	27	1	6.75	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
G Sharma	6.0	1	28	1	4.66	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	21 Sep 1985	ODI # 333
P Willey	9.0	1	31	1	3.44	England	2	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
RGCE Wijesuriya	5.0	0	31	1	6.20	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	21 Sep 1985	ODI # 333
JR Ratnayeke	6.0	0	32	1	5.33	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
PH Edmonds	11.0	2	33	1	3.00	England	2	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
RJ Shastri	5.0	0	35	1	7.00	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
P Willey	11.0	1	38	1	3.45	England	2	v Australia	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
JR Ratnayeke	7.0	0	38	1	5.42	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Colombo (PSS)	22 Sep 1985	ODI # 334
ALF de Mel	8.0	0	39	1	4.87	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Colombo (PSS)	22 Sep 1985	ODI # 334
PJW Allott	10.0	1	40	1	4.00	England	2	v Australia	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
M Amarnath	8.0	0	40	1	5.00	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Aug 1985	ODI # 332
IT Botham	11.0	2	41	1	3.72	England	2	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
RMH Binny	5.0	0	42	1	8.40	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	21 Sep 1985	ODI # 333
P Willey	10.0	1	44	1	4.40	England	1	v Australia	Lord's	3 Jun 1985	ODI # 331
GRJ Matthews	11.0	1	45	1	4.09	Australia	1	v England	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
GA Gooch	11.0	0	46	1	4.18	England	1	v Australia	Lord's	3 Jun 1985	ODI # 331
PJW Allott	11.0	0	47	1	4.27	England	2	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1985	ODI # 329
JR Thomson	11.0	0	47	1	4.27	Australia	1	v England	Birmingham	1 Jun 1985	ODI # 330
NA Foster	11.0	0	55	1	5.00	England	1	v Australia	Lord's	3 Jun 1985	ODI # 331

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]