Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	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	0	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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]