Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	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
Mohammad Zahid	20.0	3	66	7	3.30	Pakistan	3	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	1.77	India	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
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
MG Bevan	22.4	3	82	6	3.61	Australia	3	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
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
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
AA Donald	18.0	5	36	5	2.00	South Africa	3	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
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
CEL Ambrose	18.0	5	43	5	2.38	West Indies	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
SB Doull	16.0	3	46	5	2.87	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
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
HT Davis	20.2	3	63	5	3.09	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
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
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
SB Doull	28.0	10	75	5	2.67	New Zealand	2	v England	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
BKV Prasad	31.4	9	82	5	2.58	India	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
DL Vettori	29.2	8	84	5	2.86	New Zealand	4	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
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
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
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
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
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
DN Patel	15.1	6	36	4	2.37	New Zealand	4	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
AA Donald	27.0	14	37	4	1.37	South Africa	1	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
D Gough	26.0	10	40	4	1.53	England	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1348
SB Joshi	24.0	4	43	4	1.79	India	2	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
HH Streak	24.1	7	43	4	1.77	Zimbabwe	1	v England	Harare	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1348
SK Warne	28.0	15	43	4	1.53	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
AR Caddick	18.3	5	45	4	2.43	England	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
DL Vettori	24.0	8	46	4	1.91	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
Waqar Younis	15.0	3	48	4	3.20	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
D Gough	23.0	9	52	4	2.26	England	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
BN Schultz	20.0	4	52	4	2.60	South Africa	1	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
Waqar Younis	15.0	3	54	4	3.60	Pakistan	3	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
Wasim Akram	18.4	4	58	4	3.10	Pakistan	3	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
PR Reiffel	24.1	6	58	4	2.40	Australia	2	v West Indies	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
Mushtaq Ahmed	22.1	4	59	4	2.66	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
GD McGrath	29.5	12	60	4	2.01	Australia	4	v West Indies	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
WPUJC Vaas	27.0	7	60	4	2.22	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
PCR Tufnell	31.0	12	61	4	1.96	England	3	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
A Kumble	24.0	7	63	4	2.62	India	1	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
Mohammad Zahid	21.0	5	64	4	3.04	Pakistan	1	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
A Kumble	27.0	2	71	4	2.62	India	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
GI Allott	18.0	3	74	4	4.11	New Zealand	2	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
Saqlain Mushtaq	40.0	16	75	4	1.87	Pakistan	3	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
GD McGrath	26.0	8	77	4	2.96	Australia	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
FA Rose	22.0	4	77	4	3.50	West Indies	2	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
GD McGrath	31.0	9	82	4	2.64	Australia	2	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
D Gough	32.0	5	91	4	2.84	England	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
SK Warne	27.4	5	95	4	3.43	Australia	4	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
DL Vettori	57.0	18	97	4	1.70	New Zealand	4	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
CA Walsh	35.0	6	112	4	3.20	West Indies	1	v Australia	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
Saqlain Mushtaq	45.0	12	115	4	2.55	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
Saqlain Mushtaq	63.0	13	137	4	2.17	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
WPUJC Vaas	35.0	6	144	4	4.11	Sri Lanka	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
BKV Prasad	13.3	7	18	3	1.33	India	3	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
MG Bevan	13.0	3	18	3	1.38	Australia	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
RDB Croft	20.0	9	19	3	0.95	England	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
FA Rose	9.0	2	19	3	2.11	West Indies	4	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
SM Pollock	12.0	4	25	3	2.08	South Africa	4	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
JH Kallis	16.0	7	29	3	1.81	South Africa	4	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
PR Adams	9.2	4	30	3	3.21	South Africa	3	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
AA Donald	15.0	3	32	3	2.13	South Africa	3	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
A Kumble	12.0	2	34	3	2.83	India	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
KCG Benjamin	12.5	5	34	3	2.64	West Indies	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
HT Davis	19.0	6	34	3	1.78	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
SB Doull	15.0	4	34	3	2.26	New Zealand	4	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
CL Hooper	18.0	7	34	3	1.88	West Indies	1	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
PR Reiffel	17.0	7	35	3	2.05	Australia	2	v India	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
GD McGrath	17.0	7	36	3	2.11	Australia	4	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
CEL Ambrose	15.0	3	36	3	2.40	West Indies	4	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
J Srinath	19.1	6	38	3	1.98	India	4	v South Africa	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344

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