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
CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	1.18	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	2.87	England	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
DL Vettori	35.0	11	87	7	2.48	New Zealand	3	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	2.45	New Zealand	1	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
J Srinath	22.0	9	45	6	2.04	India	2	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
Saqlain Mushtaq	24.0	8	46	6	1.91	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Hobart	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1469
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	3.53	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
GP Wickramasinghe	21.2	6	60	6	2.81	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
A Kumble	26.5	5	67	6	2.49	India	3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
M Muralidaran	27.1	4	71	6	2.61	Sri Lanka	4	v Pakistan	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
DL Vettori	55.1	11	127	6	2.30	New Zealand	2	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
A Kumble	68.4	15	143	6	2.08	India	2	v South Africa	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
HH Streak	17.0	8	27	5	1.58	Zimbabwe	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
DW Fleming	9.1	2	30	5	3.27	Australia	4	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
SM Pollock	21.0	6	39	5	1.85	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
CL Cairns	19.0	5	44	5	2.31	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
B Lee	18.0	2	47	5	2.61	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
AA Donald	26.0	13	47	5	1.80	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
GD McGrath	18.5	7	48	5	2.54	Australia	1	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
RD King	23.0	8	51	5	2.21	West Indies	1	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
SB O'Connor	15.5	5	51	5	3.22	New Zealand	2	v Australia	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
GD McGrath	17.0	1	55	5	3.23	Australia	3	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
CR Miller	18.0	5	55	5	3.05	Australia	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
KR Pushpakumara	25.0	5	56	5	2.24	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
DW Fleming	14.1	2	59	5	4.16	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Brisbane	5 Nov 1999	Test # 1467
DL Vettori	25.0	8	62	5	2.48	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
D Gough	30.0	8	70	5	2.33	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
AA Donald	23.0	7	74	5	3.21	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
Shoaib Akhtar	24.3	3	75	5	3.06	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
B Lee	23.0	8	77	5	3.34	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
A Kumble	48.0	21	82	5	1.70	India	2	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465
N Boje	38.0	14	83	5	2.18	South Africa	3	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
CEW Silverwood	32.0	6	91	5	2.84	England	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
HH Streak	34.0	8	93	5	2.73	Zimbabwe	2	v Australia	Harare	14 Oct 1999	Test # 1463
SK Warne	45.5	11	110	5	2.40	Australia	3	v Pakistan	Hobart	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1469
Mohammad Akram	27.5	1	138	5	4.95	Pakistan	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1472
SM Pollock	14.4	6	16	4	1.09	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
FA Rose	13.0	4	19	4	1.46	West Indies	4	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
SM Pollock	12.2	6	24	4	1.94	South Africa	3	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
PR Adams	12.1	5	31	4	2.54	South Africa	3	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SM Pollock	17.0	7	32	4	1.88	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
GD McGrath	11.1	2	33	4	2.95	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
GP Wickramasinghe	20.0	5	37	4	1.85	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
DJ Nash	16.0	4	38	4	2.37	New Zealand	3	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
B Lee	21.0	9	39	4	1.85	Australia	1	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
ST Jayasuriya	12.4	3	40	4	3.15	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
CEL Ambrose	25.0	13	42	4	1.68	West Indies	2	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
M Muralidaran	20.5	7	45	4	2.16	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
HH Streak	24.0	9	45	4	1.87	Zimbabwe	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
GD McGrath	21.0	5	49	4	2.33	Australia	3	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1472
MS Kasprowicz	12.0	2	53	4	4.41	Australia	1	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1472
WPUJC Vaas	29.4	10	56	4	1.88	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
A Kumble	28.0	12	56	4	2.00	India	4	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
Abdul Razzaq	26.0	6	56	4	2.15	Pakistan	4	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
GD McGrath	21.5	8	58	4	2.65	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
SM Pollock	24.4	11	64	4	2.59	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
DW Fleming	31.0	5	65	4	2.09	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	5 Nov 1999	Test # 1467
KR Pushpakumara	20.5	3	66	4	3.16	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
A Kumble	32.5	12	67	4	2.04	India	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
JH Kallis	21.0	3	68	4	3.23	South Africa	3	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SK Warne	14.5	1	68	4	4.58	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
M Hayward	28.1	7	75	4	2.66	South Africa	2	v England	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
M Muralidaran	39.0	10	77	4	1.97	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
NC Johnson	37.0	15	77	4	2.08	Zimbabwe	2	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
RD King	26.2	2	81	4	3.07	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
DL Vettori	34.1	9	83	4	2.42	New Zealand	1	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
M Muralidaran	32.0	10	89	4	2.78	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
SK Warne	42.0	12	92	4	2.19	Australia	2	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
HK Olonga	33.1	7	93	4	2.80	Zimbabwe	2	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
RD King	36.0	11	96	4	2.66	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
HK Olonga	32.0	6	103	4	3.21	Zimbabwe	2	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
Waqar Younis	30.0	3	103	4	3.43	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
M Muralidaran	40.0	5	107	4	2.67	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
PCR Tufnell	42.0	9	124	4	2.95	England	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
M Muralidaran	54.1	14	127	4	2.34	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
J Srinath	33.1	7	130	4	3.91	India	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
Shoaib Akhtar	32.0	2	153	4	4.78	Pakistan	2	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Nov 1999	Test # 1467
DL Vettori	57.0	5	200	4	3.50	New Zealand	1	v India	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465
CEL Ambrose	11.0	6	8	3	0.72	West Indies	4	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
SR Tendulkar	5.0	1	10	3	2.00	India	2	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
WJ Cronje	7.5	2	14	3	1.78	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
GB Brent	7.2	3	21	3	2.86	Zimbabwe	4	v Sri Lanka	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
CA Walsh	15.5	6	21	3	1.32	West Indies	3	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
DNT Zoysa	13.0	4	22	3	1.69	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
SM Pollock	16.0	9	23	3	1.43	South Africa	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
WJ Cronje	12.0	5	23	3	1.91	South Africa	3	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
CH Gayle	15.0	2	25	3	1.66	West Indies	2	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
JH Kallis	16.0	8	30	3	1.87	South Africa	1	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
BA Murphy	13.4	7	32	3	2.34	Zimbabwe	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
Harbhajan Singh	15.0	3	33	3	2.20	India	3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
GD McGrath	12.0	2	35	3	2.91	Australia	4	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
Waqar Younis	16.0	3	38	3	2.37	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
L Klusener	12.0	3	39	3	3.25	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
GD McGrath	18.1	3	39	3	2.14	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
PR Adams	10.5	-	40	3	3.69	South Africa	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
A Kumble	41.0	19	42	3	1.02	India	4	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
PR Adams	19.3	5	42	3	2.15	South Africa	3	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
AB Agarkar	18.0	6	43	3	2.38	India	3	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
GD McGrath	23.0	7	44	3	1.91	Australia	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	14 Oct 1999	Test # 1463
JH Kallis	17.0	4	44	3	2.58	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]