Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	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	0	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	0	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	0	28	2	5.09	Australia	4	v England	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Imran Khan	7.1	0	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

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