Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	2.19	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	3.55	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
N Kapil Dev	38.0	6	106	8	2.78	India	1	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
Sir RJ Hadlee	44.4	8	116	7	2.59	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
JG Bracewell	22.0	8	32	6	1.45	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	3.00	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.5	9	71	6	2.46	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
Sir RJ Hadlee	39.0	11	90	6	2.30	New Zealand	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
RG Holland	47.0	19	106	6	2.25	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	4.95	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	2.17	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
Imran Khan	18.3	5	40	5	2.16	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
Abdul Qadir	20.5	5	44	5	2.11	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	2.96	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
Tauseef Ahmed	23.2	8	54	5	2.31	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
Sir RJ Hadlee	24.0	2	65	5	2.70	New Zealand	2	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Sir RJ Hadlee	26.5	6	65	5	2.42	New Zealand	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
IT Botham	24.1	3	71	5	2.93	England	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
RM Ellison	33.0	12	78	5	2.36	England	2	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
JE Emburey	27.0	5	78	5	2.88	England	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
NS Yadav	62.3	21	99	5	1.58	India	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
BP Patterson	11.0	4	30	4	2.72	West Indies	1	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
MD Marshall	15.0	3	38	4	2.53	West Indies	1	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
MD Marshall	14.0	1	42	4	3.00	West Indies	2	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
J Garner	18.0	3	43	4	2.38	West Indies	1	v England	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
Imran Khan	19.0	3	55	4	2.89	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
Wasim Akram	27.3	9	55	4	2.00	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
SR Waugh	23.0	6	56	4	2.43	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
GRJ Matthews	34.0	15	61	4	1.79	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
J Garner	21.4	2	67	4	3.09	West Indies	2	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
RG Holland	41.0	16	68	4	1.65	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
J Garner	17.0	2	69	4	4.05	West Indies	3	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
Imran Khan	32.0	11	69	4	2.15	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
JG Thomas	16.1	2	70	4	4.32	England	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
CA Walsh	27.0	4	74	4	2.74	West Indies	3	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
JG Bracewell	43.3	19	74	4	1.70	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
JG Bracewell	33.0	12	77	4	2.33	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
GF Lawson	47.0	12	79	4	1.68	Australia	2	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
RJ Shastri	37.0	13	87	4	2.35	India	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
BA Reid	34.3	8	90	4	2.60	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
RJ Shastri	47.0	13	92	4	1.95	India	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
MD Marshall	32.2	9	94	4	2.90	West Indies	3	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
BA Reid	38.2	11	100	4	2.60	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
RJ Shastri	57.0	21	101	4	1.77	India	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
BA Reid	53.0	22	113	4	2.13	Australia	2	v India	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
JR Ratnayeke	30.0	4	116	4	3.86	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
RA Harper	12.0	8	10	3	0.83	West Indies	4	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
J Garner	9.0	3	15	3	1.66	West Indies	3	v England	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
NS Yadav	33.0	22	19	3	0.57	India	3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
EJ Chatfield	18.0	9	19	3	1.05	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Imran Khan	9.0	0	20	3	2.22	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
J Garner	9.0	2	22	3	2.44	West Indies	3	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
Imran Khan	14.1	5	28	3	1.97	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
BP Patterson	8.4	2	28	3	3.23	West Indies	3	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
MD Marshall	11.0	4	29	3	2.63	West Indies	3	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
Abdul Qadir	12.4	3	29	3	2.28	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
Tauseef Ahmed	13.0	4	32	3	2.46	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
EJ Chatfield	16.0	6	33	3	2.06	New Zealand	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
RJ Bright	17.5	3	39	3	2.18	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
ALF de Mel	16.0	6	39	3	2.43	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
MD Marshall	10.0	2	42	3	4.20	West Indies	3	v England	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
BP Patterson	10.5	0	44	3	4.06	West Indies	3	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
J Garner	15.0	4	45	3	3.00	West Indies	1	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
JV Coney	18.0	7	47	3	2.61	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Wellington	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1035
MA Holding	10.0	1	47	3	4.70	West Indies	3	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
DR Gilbert	23.0	5	48	3	2.08	Australia	4	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
Mohsin Kamal	17.0	3	50	3	2.94	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
ALF de Mel	16.2	5	50	3	3.06	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
MA Holding	14.4	3	52	3	3.54	West Indies	1	v England	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
BP Patterson	15.0	5	54	3	3.60	West Indies	2	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
RJ Ratnayake	23.0	2	57	3	2.47	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
KN Amalean	18.2	1	59	3	3.21	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	12	60	3	1.93	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
JE Emburey	27.0	10	62	3	2.29	England	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
RG Holland	40.0	12	63	3	1.57	Australia	2	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
NS Yadav	27.5	10	64	3	2.29	India	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
MD Marshall	24.0	5	64	3	2.66	West Indies	2	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
EJ Chatfield	32.0	9	75	3	2.34	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
NA Foster	19.0	0	76	3	4.00	England	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
ALF de Mel	16.0	1	79	3	4.93	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
Zakir Khan	24.0	6	80	3	3.33	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
NS Yadav	38.5	15	84	3	2.16	India	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
JG Bracewell	30.0	7	91	3	3.03	New Zealand	4	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
BA Reid	31.0	6	104	3	3.35	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1035
GRJ Matthews	31.0	5	110	3	3.54	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
Imran Khan	49.0	15	112	3	2.28	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
Sir RJ Hadlee	37.1	5	116	3	3.12	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Wellington	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1035
CJ McDermott	48.0	14	131	3	2.72	Australia	2	v India	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
Abdul Qadir	54.3	17	132	3	2.42	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
Wasim Akram	14.0	7	17	2	1.21	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
Imran Khan	7.0	2	18	2	2.57	Pakistan	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
BA Reid	8.0	1	23	2	2.87	Australia	4	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
MD Marshall	16.1	6	25	2	1.54	West Indies	4	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
Mudassar Nazar	11.5	1	28	2	2.36	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
Imran Khan	16.0	5	29	2	1.81	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
JR Ratnayeke	17.4	8	29	2	1.64	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
MD Marshall	11.0	1	30	2	2.72	West Indies	1	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
Imran Khan	20.0	9	36	2	1.80	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
SR Waugh	11.0	5	36	2	3.27	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
RJ Shastri	25.0	12	36	2	1.44	India	3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1986	Test # 1034

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