Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
CL Cairns	18.2	2	53	7	2.89	New Zealand	3	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
MJ Hoggard	21.2	7	63	7	2.95	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	3	71	7	2.84	Sri Lanka	3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
Danish Kaneria	19.4	4	77	7	3.91	Pakistan	3	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	9 Jan 2002	Test # 1584
A Kumble	51.0	13	115	7	2.25	India	1	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
WPUJC Vaas	32.2	5	120	7	3.71	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
DR Tuffey	19.0	6	54	6	2.84	New Zealand	2	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
Waqar Younis	16.2	2	55	6	3.36	Pakistan	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	9 Jan 2002	Test # 1584
SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	2.58	South Africa	3	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	5	62	6	2.00	India	3	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
AR Caddick	28.3	8	63	6	2.21	England	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	2.53	India	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
M Muralidaran	35.5	16	81	6	2.26	Sri Lanka	4	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
A Kumble	28.4	6	81	6	2.82	India	3	v England	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
DL Vettori	34.4	7	87	6	2.50	New Zealand	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
AR Caddick	25.0	8	122	6	4.88	England	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
M Muralidaran	53.4	11	126	6	2.34	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
SK Warne	70.0	15	161	6	2.30	Australia	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	1.68	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
Shoaib Akhtar	16.0	7	24	5	1.50	Pakistan	4	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
TJ Friend	18.0	7	31	5	1.72	Zimbabwe	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
Saqlain Mushtaq	16.4	3	35	5	2.10	Pakistan	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
SM Pollock	16.0	3	40	5	2.50	South Africa	2	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
ST Jayasuriya	29.0	10	43	5	1.48	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	31.3	10	44	5	1.39	Sri Lanka	3	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
Harbhajan Singh	19.3	4	51	5	2.61	India	1	v England	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
A Kumble	37.0	15	63	5	1.70	India	3	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
B Lee	23.0	6	67	5	2.91	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1565
AF Giles	43.3	16	67	5	1.54	England	2	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Harbhajan Singh	30.2	6	71	5	2.34	India	3	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
SK Warne	39.4	9	113	5	2.84	Australia	2	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
DL Vettori	36.0	5	138	5	3.83	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Hobart	22 Nov 2001	Test # 1571
J Srinath	33.0	6	140	5	4.24	India	2	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
CL Cairns	37.0	8	146	5	3.94	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1565
RW Price	79.0	19	181	5	2.29	Zimbabwe	2	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
RW Price	68.0	18	182	5	2.67	Zimbabwe	2	v India	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	4	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Abdul Razzaq	7.5	1	25	4	3.19	Pakistan	4	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
TCB Fernando	12.0	2	27	4	2.25	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
ST Jayasuriya	18.0	5	31	4	1.72	Sri Lanka	4	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
SK Warne	13.0	4	33	4	2.53	Australia	2	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	0.97	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Waqar Younis	8.5	0	36	4	4.07	Pakistan	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
GW Flower	15.3	3	41	4	2.64	Zimbabwe	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
Waqar Younis	10.0	2	44	4	4.40	Pakistan	4	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
SK Warne	12.0	3	44	4	3.66	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
Harbhajan Singh	31.4	9	46	4	1.45	India	3	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
SE Bond	13.1	2	47	4	3.56	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
Shoaib Akhtar	11.0	1	48	4	4.36	Pakistan	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
A Flintoff	28.0	9	50	4	1.78	England	2	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
A Nel	16.0	6	53	4	3.31	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
M Muralidaran	26.0	8	53	4	2.03	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Muralidaran	23.4	5	54	4	2.28	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
SE Bond	15.0	5	54	4	3.60	New Zealand	3	v Bangladesh	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
M Muralidaran	25.0	9	55	4	2.20	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
WPUJC Vaas	22.0	8	56	4	2.54	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
B Lee	16.0	3	56	4	3.50	Australia	3	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
DA Marillier	19.0	4	57	4	3.00	Zimbabwe	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
A Kumble	29.3	8	58	4	1.96	India	3	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
IG Butler	18.3	2	60	4	3.24	New Zealand	1	v England	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
Danish Kaneria	22.0	6	62	4	2.81	Pakistan	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
GW Flower	38.4	18	63	4	1.62	Zimbabwe	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
N Boje	25.2	6	63	4	2.48	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	4	63	4	3.50	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
M Muralidaran	26.4	7	64	4	2.40	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
D Ramnarine	16.0	2	66	4	4.12	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
MJ Hoggard	19.1	3	68	4	3.54	England	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
AR Caddick	25.0	5	70	4	2.80	England	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
M Muralidaran	34.0	8	72	4	2.11	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
J Srinath	29.0	9	73	4	2.51	India	1	v England	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
PT Collins	27.0	7	78	4	2.88	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
MJ Hoggard	24.3	7	80	4	3.26	England	2	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
CE Cuffy	29.0	4	82	4	2.82	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
A Kumble	33.5	12	82	4	2.42	India	1	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
B Lee	17.2	1	82	4	4.73	Australia	2	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
WPUJC Vaas	22.5	3	85	4	3.72	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
SM Pollock	27.0	8	91	4	3.37	South Africa	1	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
HH Streak	37.2	11	92	4	2.46	Zimbabwe	2	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Waqar Younis	25.3	4	93	4	3.64	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
M Ntini	22.5	5	93	4	4.07	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
WPUJC Vaas	31.0	6	95	4	3.06	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
Mohammad Sharif	35.5	10	98	4	2.73	Bangladesh	2	v Pakistan	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
DA Marillier	34.4	5	101	4	2.91	Zimbabwe	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
PR Adams	20.0	1	102	4	5.10	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
AF Giles	37.0	3	103	4	2.78	England	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
Mashrafe Mortaza	32.0	8	106	4	3.31	Bangladesh	2	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
CW Henderson	33.0	4	116	4	3.51	South Africa	1	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Mohammad Sami	36.5	4	120	4	3.25	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
SCG MacGill	45.0	13	123	4	2.73	Australia	3	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
B Lee	32.5	5	125	4	3.80	Australia	1	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
RKJ Dawson	43.0	6	134	4	3.11	England	2	v India	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
Enamul Haque	39.4	9	136	4	3.42	Bangladesh	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	9 Jan 2002	Test # 1584
CW Henderson	67.0	24	143	4	2.13	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	0.92	Australia	4	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
HK Olonga	6.2	0	18	3	2.84	Zimbabwe	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
CL Cairns	15.0	7	24	3	1.60	New Zealand	1	v Bangladesh	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
CH Gayle	7.5	0	27	3	3.44	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
GD McGrath	14.0	6	28	3	2.00	Australia	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590

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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]