Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MG Hughes	37.0	9	87	8	2.35	Australia	3	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
AR Border	26.0	10	46	7	1.76	Australia	1	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
MR Whitney	30.0	6	89	7	2.96	Australia	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	3 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	2.35	New Zealand	2	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	2.88	New Zealand	4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	2.77	West Indies	4	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
ND Hirwani	30.0	10	59	6	1.96	India	4	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
CA Walsh	29.0	8	62	6	2.13	West Indies	1	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
N Kapil Dev	33.0	7	84	6	2.54	India	2	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
IR Bishop	25.0	5	87	6	3.48	West Indies	1	v India	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
Abdul Qadir	58.1	18	160	6	2.75	Pakistan	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	0.93	West Indies	2	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
MD Marshall	17.0	7	34	5	2.00	West Indies	2	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	24	35	5	0.89	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	2.57	West Indies	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
Saleem Jaffar	17.0	4	40	5	2.35	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
Arshad Ayub	33.0	11	50	5	1.51	India	3	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
N Kapil Dev	25.0	5	58	5	2.32	India	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
MD Marshall	26.0	5	60	5	2.30	West Indies	3	v India	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
Sir RJ Hadlee	30.0	10	65	5	2.16	New Zealand	1	v India	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
CEL Ambrose	23.3	3	72	5	3.06	West Indies	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
SR Waugh	24.0	5	92	5	3.83	Australia	3	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
Arshad Ayub	31.0	4	104	5	3.35	India	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	25 Mar 1989	Test # 1117
Arshad Ayub	52.0	11	117	5	2.25	India	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
MG Hughes	36.1	7	130	5	3.59	Australia	1	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
CA Walsh	18.0	5	37	4	2.05	West Indies	2	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	3	39	4	2.43	New Zealand	4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CA Walsh	17.0	7	39	4	2.29	West Indies	3	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
RJ Shastri	18.0	1	45	4	2.50	India	1	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
Iqbal Qasim	25.0	14	49	4	1.96	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BP Patterson	20.0	2	49	4	2.45	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
AR Border	18.4	3	50	4	2.67	Australia	3	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Arshad Ayub	48.0	21	51	4	1.06	India	2	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
Arshad Ayub	35.4	12	53	4	1.48	India	4	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
Arshad Ayub	30.0	9	55	4	1.83	India	1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
CEL Ambrose	27.0	7	60	4	2.22	West Indies	2	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
IR Bishop	17.0	3	61	4	3.58	West Indies	3	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
CA Walsh	18.3	3	62	4	3.35	West Indies	1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
TM Alderman	32.1	9	68	4	2.11	Australia	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
MC Snedden	18.3	3	69	4	3.72	New Zealand	2	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
PL Taylor	28.0	9	78	4	2.78	Australia	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
RJ Shastri	28.0	7	78	4	2.78	India	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
AIC Dodemaide	34.0	6	87	4	2.55	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
MD Marshall	26.0	2	92	4	3.53	West Indies	3	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
ND Hirwani	38.0	7	93	4	2.44	India	3	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
TBA May	40.5	10	97	4	2.37	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BA Reid	30.0	6	100	4	3.33	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
Sir RJ Hadlee	54.0	14	101	4	1.87	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
BA Reid	41.0	10	109	4	2.65	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
N Kapil Dev	10.0	3	21	3	2.10	India	3	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
N Kapil Dev	9.3	4	24	3	2.52	India	2	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
CEL Ambrose	16.5	5	30	3	1.78	West Indies	1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
Abdul Qadir	13.0	4	34	3	2.61	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
Imran Khan	17.0	8	34	3	2.00	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
Arshad Ayub	25.0	12	36	3	1.44	India	3	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
SK Sharma	17.0	4	37	3	2.17	India	1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
TBA May	35.0	20	39	3	1.11	Australia	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
ND Hirwani	23.0	10	43	3	1.86	India	3	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
BA Reid	23.0	3	53	3	2.30	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
C Sharma	13.0	0	54	3	4.15	India	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
AIC Dodemaide	26.0	6	56	3	2.15	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
CA Walsh	19.0	3	61	3	3.21	West Indies	3	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
CJ McDermott	19.0	3	62	3	3.26	Australia	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
CEL Ambrose	17.0	1	66	3	3.88	West Indies	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
CEL Ambrose	20.3	3	66	3	3.21	West Indies	3	v India	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
TV Hohns	34.0	11	69	3	2.02	Australia	3	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Tauseef Ahmed	35.0	10	73	3	2.08	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
TBA May	27.2	6	73	3	2.67	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
Imran Khan	46.4	18	75	3	1.60	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
SR Waugh	21.0	3	77	3	3.66	Australia	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
CEL Ambrose	26.1	5	78	3	2.98	West Indies	3	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
TM Alderman	36.0	12	78	3	2.16	Australia	3	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
IR Bishop	25.0	8	81	3	3.24	West Indies	4	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
ND Hirwani	31.0	6	82	3	2.64	India	1	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
EJ Chatfield	33.0	6	82	3	2.48	New Zealand	2	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
Tauseef Ahmed	50.0	20	85	3	1.70	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
Abdul Qadir	37.0	10	88	3	2.37	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
TBA May	29.0	6	90	3	3.10	Australia	2	v West Indies	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
BA Reid	31.0	8	92	3	2.96	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
CEL Ambrose	26.0	4	93	3	3.57	West Indies	1	v Australia	Adelaide	3 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
Saleem Jaffar	34.0	5	94	3	2.76	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
GF Lawson	32.0	7	97	3	3.03	Australia	1	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
CJ McDermott	28.0	3	99	3	3.53	Australia	2	v West Indies	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
Sir RJ Hadlee	34.0	7	99	3	2.91	New Zealand	2	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
CA Walsh	33.0	5	120	3	3.63	West Indies	1	v Australia	Adelaide	3 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
TBA May	34.4	7	126	3	3.63	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
Mudassar Nazar	8.0	2	13	2	1.62	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
Tauseef Ahmed	21.4	13	16	2	0.73	Pakistan	3	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
CA Walsh	16.0	7	21	2	1.31	West Indies	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
CEL Ambrose	13.0	5	21	2	1.61	West Indies	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
PR Sleep	5.5	1	24	2	4.11	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
Mudassar Nazar	17.0	4	39	2	2.29	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
MD Marshall	18.0	3	39	2	2.16	West Indies	1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
TBA May	10.0	3	40	2	4.00	Australia	1	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
EJ Chatfield	18.0	6	41	2	2.27	New Zealand	2	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
Iqbal Qasim	22.0	6	42	2	1.90	Pakistan	1	v Australia	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
N Kapil Dev	19.0	6	45	2	2.36	India	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
N Kapil Dev	15.3	4	48	2	3.09	India	1	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CA Walsh	22.5	5	48	2	2.10	West Indies	2	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
MD Marshall	12.0	0	50	2	4.16	West Indies	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110

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