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
Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	1.47	India	1	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	2.88	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
JE Emburey	46.0	15	78	7	1.69	England	3	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	1.68	Pakistan	4	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Imran Khan	22.3	2	46	6	2.04	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	4.00	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
RMH Binny	25.1	8	56	6	2.22	India	2	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
PL Taylor	26.0	7	78	6	3.00	Australia	2	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Wasim Akram	25.0	3	91	6	3.64	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Sir RJ Hadlee	41.4	7	105	6	2.52	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
MD Marshall	18.0	5	33	5	1.83	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
IT Botham	16.0	4	41	5	2.56	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
GC Small	22.4	7	48	5	2.11	England	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	15	48	5	1.60	Pakistan	2	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
J Garner	27.0	5	51	5	1.88	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
Tauseef Ahmed	27.0	7	54	5	2.00	Pakistan	2	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Imran Khan	30.5	4	59	5	1.91	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
GR Dilley	25.4	7	68	5	2.64	England	2	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
MC Snedden	18.3	2	68	5	3.67	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
SR Waugh	21.3	4	69	5	3.20	Australia	3	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
PR Sleep	35.0	14	72	5	2.05	Australia	4	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
CA Walsh	30.2	6	73	5	2.40	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
GC Small	33.0	11	75	5	2.27	England	1	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
NS Yadav	19.1	4	76	5	3.96	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
JE Emburey	42.5	14	80	5	1.86	England	3	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	3.09	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
RJ Bright	25.0	3	94	5	3.76	Australia	4	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Wasim Akram	31.0	6	96	5	3.09	Pakistan	1	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
GRJ Matthews	28.2	3	103	5	3.63	Australia	2	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Maninder Singh	59.0	16	135	5	2.28	India	1	v Pakistan	Chennai	3 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
GRJ Matthews	39.5	7	146	5	3.66	Australia	4	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	1.00	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
CA Walsh	14.5	5	21	4	1.41	West Indies	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
Imran Khan	13.0	5	30	4	2.30	Pakistan	4	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
EJ Chatfield	18.0	8	30	4	1.66	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
AH Gray	11.5	3	39	4	3.29	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Maninder Singh	17.1	6	41	4	2.38	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
MD Marshall	17.0	3	43	4	2.52	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
Wasim Akram	21.5	2	60	4	2.74	Pakistan	2	v India	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
BA Reid	28.4	8	64	4	2.23	Australia	2	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
N Kapil Dev	26.0	3	69	4	2.65	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
RJ Shastri	24.0	3	69	4	2.87	India	3	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
CG Butts	38.0	15	73	4	1.92	West Indies	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
Iqbal Qasim	37.0	11	73	4	1.97	Pakistan	4	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
BA Reid	28.0	5	78	4	2.78	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
GR Dilley	24.4	4	79	4	3.20	England	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
J Garner	19.0	2	79	4	4.15	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
CJ McDermott	26.5	4	83	4	3.09	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
NS Yadav	41.4	8	84	4	2.01	India	1	v Australia	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
Tauseef Ahmed	45.5	12	85	4	1.85	Pakistan	4	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
G Sharma	32.5	2	88	4	2.68	India	2	v Pakistan	Jaipur	21 Feb 1987	Test # 1069
Abdul Qadir	32.0	5	96	4	3.00	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
EJ Chatfield	39.0	14	102	4	2.61	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
Abdul Qadir	31.5	3	107	4	3.36	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
NS Yadav	48.3	13	109	4	2.24	India	1	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
BA Reid	40.0	8	115	4	2.87	Australia	1	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
PR Sleep	47.0	14	132	4	2.80	Australia	2	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
JR Ratnayeke	37.1	2	132	4	3.55	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
NS Yadav	49.5	9	142	4	2.84	India	1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
GRJ Matthews	52.0	8	158	4	3.03	Australia	2	v India	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
CA Walsh	5.1	-	16	3	3.09	West Indies	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
AH Gray	17.0	7	20	3	1.17	West Indies	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
MD Marshall	19.0	5	31	3	1.63	West Indies	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
NS Yadav	13.0	3	32	3	2.46	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
AH Gray	21.1	6	40	3	1.88	West Indies	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
PH Edmonds	19.4	5	45	3	2.28	England	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
AH Gray	10.0	1	45	3	4.50	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
N Kapil Dev	27.0	9	46	3	1.70	India	1	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
MD Marshall	10.0	2	48	3	4.80	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
CA Walsh	23.0	6	49	3	2.13	West Indies	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
CA Walsh	21.4	3	56	3	2.58	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
Maninder Singh	20.0	6	56	3	2.80	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
BA Reid	21.0	3	58	3	2.76	Australia	3	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
Maninder Singh	19.0	2	60	3	3.15	India	3	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
PAJ DeFreitas	17.0	2	62	3	3.64	England	3	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
SR Waugh	21.0	3	76	3	3.61	Australia	1	v England	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
B Arun	27.0	7	76	3	2.81	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
SL Boock	35.0	14	76	3	2.17	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
PH Edmonds	34.0	5	79	3	2.32	England	1	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Abdul Qadir	44.0	9	84	3	1.90	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
RR Kulkarni	23.0	2	85	3	3.69	India	1	v Australia	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
CD Matthews	35.0	10	95	3	2.71	Australia	1	v England	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Maninder Singh	43.5	8	99	3	2.25	India	3	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.0	2	101	3	4.39	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
CD Matthews	29.1	4	112	3	3.84	Australia	1	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
MG Hughes	36.0	7	134	3	3.72	Australia	1	v England	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Tauseef Ahmed	67.0	6	189	3	2.82	Pakistan	2	v India	Chennai	3 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
SL Boock	7.0	4	8	2	1.14	New Zealand	4	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
Wasim Akram	11.0	3	19	2	1.72	Pakistan	4	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
NS Yadav	14.0	6	21	2	1.50	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
CG Butts	12.0	4	21	2	1.75	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
CG Butts	22.0	9	22	2	1.00	West Indies	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
N Kapil Dev	11.0	2	23	2	2.09	India	1	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
AP Gurusinha	1.5	-	25	2	13.63	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
Tauseef Ahmed	17.0	7	27	2	1.58	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
MG Hughes	5.3	-	28	2	5.09	Australia	4	v England	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Imran Khan	7.1	-	28	2	3.90	Pakistan	3	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
PAJ DeFreitas	16.0	5	32	2	2.00	England	2	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Imran Khan	19.0	4	32	2	1.68	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]