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
L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	2.97	South Africa	4	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
JN Gillespie	14.5	5	34	7	2.29	Australians	1	v Border	East London	7 Mar 1997	First-class
TM Moody	20.1	5	41	7	2.03	West Aust	3	v Tasmania	Hobart	24 Jan 1997	First-class
IJ Harvey	30.5	14	44	7	1.42	Victoria	3	v South Aust	Melbourne	15 Nov 1996	First-class
BP Julian	22.4	5	48	7	2.11	West Aust	3	v Victoria	Melbourne	13 Mar 1997	First-class
Mohammad Zahid	20.0	3	66	7	3.30	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
MO Kamal	30.0	4	74	7	2.46	Central Zone	2	v West Zone	Delhi	27 Nov 1996	First-class
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	1.77	India	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
AC Dale	22.0	9	38	6	1.72	Queensland	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	21 Mar 1997	First-class
Wasim Akram	20.0	8	48	6	2.40	Pakistan	1	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
PR Adams	19.1	6	55	6	2.86	South Africa	1	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
AJ Bichel	22.4	7	56	6	2.47	Queensland	1	v NSW	Brisbane	19 Dec 1996	First-class
DW Headley	28.1	9	60	6	2.13	England A	2	v South Aust	Adelaide	8 Nov 1996	First-class
AJ Bichel	23.5	7	63	6	2.64	Queensland	1	v Tasmania	Brisbane	6 Nov 1996	First-class
PE McIntyre	32.3	11	64	6	1.96	South Aust	2	v Queensland	Adelaide	10 Jan 1997	First-class
B Mulder	23.3	5	65	6	2.76	West Aust	3	v NSW	W.A.C.A	7 Mar 1997	First-class
C White	29.2	5	66	6	2.25	England A	2	v Queensland	Brisbane	10 Dec 1996	First-class
GRJ Matthews	24.0	4	66	6	2.75	NSW	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	7 Mar 1997	First-class
BN Creevey	27.0	5	70	6	2.59	Queensland	1	v England A	Brisbane	10 Dec 1996	First-class
MG Bevan	22.4	3	82	6	3.61	Australia	3	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
D Ganesh	20.0	3	84	6	4.20	Karnataka	1	v Rest of Ind	Bengaluru	21 Sep 1996	First-class
Mushtaq Ahmed	32.0	8	84	6	2.62	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
GD McGrath	40.4	15	86	6	2.11	Australia	2	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
Mushtaq Ahmed	30.0	3	87	6	2.90	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
MW Ridgway	21.3	6	88	6	4.09	Tasmania	2	v West Aust	Hobart	24 Jan 1997	First-class
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
FA Rose	33.0	7	100	6	3.03	West Indies	2	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
BKV Prasad	35.0	6	104	6	2.97	India	1	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
U Chatterjee	68.2	29	115	6	1.68	East Zone	2	v North Zone	Delhi	20 Nov 1996	First-class
ND Hirwani	47.3	12	129	6	2.71	Rest of Ind	2	v Karnataka	Bengaluru	21 Sep 1996	First-class
B Mulder	6.0	4	2	5	0.33	West Aust	1	v NSW	W.A.C.A	7 Mar 1997	First-class
BE McNamara	13.0	6	19	5	1.46	NSW	3	v South Aust	Sydney	23 Jan 1997	First-class
S Young	19.5	11	26	5	1.31	Tasmania	3	v South Aust	Adelaide	1 Feb 1997	First-class
BE McNamara	15.0	6	30	5	2.00	NSW	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	30 Jan 1997	First-class
BN Creevey	20.3	7	32	5	1.56	Queensland	2	v Victoria	Melbourne	5 Feb 1997	First-class
AA Donald	18.0	5	36	5	2.00	South Africa	3	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DW Headley	20.0	8	38	5	1.90	England A	4	v South Aust	Adelaide	8 Nov 1996	First-class
AA Donald	16.0	5	40	5	2.50	South Africa	2	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
D Gough	16.0	6	40	5	2.50	England	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
AC Dale	20.0	5	43	5	2.15	Queensland	2	v West Aust	Brisbane	30 Jan 1997	First-class
CEL Ambrose	18.0	5	43	5	2.38	West Indies	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
JC Scuderi	13.0	3	43	5	3.30	South Aust	2	v Tasmania	Hobart	11 Feb 1997	First-class
RL Sanghvi	18.1	5	45	5	2.47	North Zone	1	v East Zone	Delhi	20 Nov 1996	First-class
IJ Harvey	21.1	6	45	5	2.12	Victoria	1	v Queensland	Melbourne	5 Feb 1997	First-class
SB Doull	16.0	3	46	5	2.87	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
AJ Bichel	24.0	9	46	5	1.91	Queensland	1	v Victoria	Brisbane	29 Nov 1996	First-class
GD McGrath	30.0	11	50	5	1.66	Australia	2	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
Shahid Nazir	22.4	3	53	5	2.33	Pakistan	1	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
JN Gillespie	23.0	10	54	5	2.34	Australia	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
CEL Ambrose	24.5	7	55	5	2.21	West Indies	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
SB Doull	21.2	5	58	5	2.71	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
BKV Prasad	19.0	6	60	5	3.15	India	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
AJ Bichel	22.0	2	62	5	2.81	Australians	4	v W Province	Cape Town	15 Feb 1997	First-class
AM Stuart	19.0	5	63	5	3.31	NSW	2	v Victoria	Sydney	8 Nov 1996	First-class
HT Davis	20.2	3	63	5	3.09	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
JN Gillespie	30.0	8	64	5	2.13	South Aust	2	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	20 Dec 1996	First-class
MS Kasprowicz	20.2	6	64	5	3.14	Queensland	2	v South Aust	Brisbane	13 Mar 1997	First-class
A Kumble	41.0	12	67	5	1.63	India	3	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
A Kuruvilla	21.0	5	68	5	3.23	India	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
AJ Bichel	35.4	16	69	5	1.93	Queensland	3	v Victoria	Brisbane	29 Nov 1996	First-class
PR Reiffel	26.0	6	73	5	2.80	Australia	2	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
CA Walsh	20.0	4	74	5	3.70	West Indies	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
BE McNamara	20.0	3	75	5	3.75	NSW	2	v West Aust	Sydney	9 Jan 1997	First-class
SB Doull	28.0	10	75	5	2.67	New Zealand	2	v England	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
SA Muller	21.1	4	76	5	3.59	Queensland	1	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	14 Feb 1997	First-class
BKV Prasad	31.4	9	82	5	2.58	India	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
MS Kasprowicz	41.3	14	83	5	2.00	Queensland	4	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	21 Mar 1997	First-class
DL Vettori	29.2	8	84	5	2.86	New Zealand	4	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
B Ramprakash	32.0	2	85	5	2.65	South Zone	1	v Central Zone	Mohali	4 Dec 1996	First-class
PW Jackson	33.0	7	85	5	2.57	Queensland	3	v Tasmania	Hobart	7 Mar 1997	First-class
KSC de Silva	24.2	5	85	5	3.49	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
CEL Ambrose	41.4	10	87	5	2.08	West Indies	2	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
Zakir Hussain	30.3	2	88	5	2.88	Central Zone	4	v South Zone	Mohali	4 Dec 1996	First-class
PE McIntyre	35.1	15	88	5	2.50	South Aust	4	v Victoria	Adelaide	7 Mar 1997	First-class
D Ganesh	28.0	2	89	5	3.17	Karnataka	3	v Rest of Ind	Bengaluru	21 Sep 1996	First-class
PJS Alley	21.0	4	89	5	4.23	NSW	4	v South Aust	Adelaide	3 Jan 1997	First-class
Saqlain Mushtaq	44.2	10	89	5	2.00	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
BKV Prasad	25.0	4	93	5	3.72	India	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
RDB Croft	39.1	5	95	5	2.42	England	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
CA Walsh	30.0	6	98	5	3.26	West Indies	1	v Australia	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
BP Julian	29.2	7	98	5	3.34	West Aust	3	v South Aust	Adelaide	29 Nov 1996	First-class
B Ramprakash	37.2	6	100	5	2.67	South Zone	3	v North Zone	Faridabad	27 Nov 1996	First-class
J Srinath	25.1	5	104	5	4.13	India	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
A Kumble	39.0	8	104	5	2.66	India	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
MS Kasprowicz	25.0	4	110	5	4.40	Queensland	1	v NSW	Sydney	15 Nov 1996	First-class
A Kumble	42.4	5	120	5	2.81	India	1	v West Indies	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
PA Strang	58.4	14	123	5	2.09	Zimbabwe	2	v England	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
CL Cairns	30.4	2	137	5	4.46	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
PA Strang	69.0	12	212	5	3.07	Zimbabwe	2	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
AA Donald	11.1	4	14	4	1.25	South Africa	4	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
CEL Ambrose	12.0	4	17	4	1.41	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
GJ Whittall	16.0	5	18	4	1.12	Zimbabwe	1	v England	Harare	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1348
J Angel	13.4	7	20	4	1.46	West Aust	1	v NSW	Sydney	9 Jan 1997	First-class
DJ Saker	12.0	5	22	4	1.83	Victoria	2	v South Aust	Melbourne	15 Nov 1996	First-class
IR Bishop	11.5	4	22	4	1.85	West Indies	4	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
JTC Vaughan	12.5	2	27	4	2.10	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
MG Bevan	9.5	2	31	4	3.15	Australia	1	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
MG Bevan	15.0	3	32	4	2.13	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
J Angel	21.2	8	32	4	1.50	West Aust	1	v Victoria	Melbourne	13 Mar 1997	First-class
SA Muller	19.0	7	35	4	1.84	Queensland	3	v Tasmania	Brisbane	6 Nov 1996	First-class

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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:

Colombo Cricket Club vs Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 105/1 (22.1 ov, PHKD Mendis 44*, L Croospulle 48*, A Dananjaya 0/9)

Badureliya Sports Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Kurunegala, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 50/4 (21.4 ov, RP Thattil 6*, DD de Soysa 30*, Y Rodrigo 0/12)

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club at Colombo (CCC), Major League Tournament Group A, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 112/4 (28.1 ov, J Liyanage 30*, RS Fernando 3*, MA Liyanapathiranage 3/31)