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
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	-	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	-	50	2	4.16	West Indies	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110

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