Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GD McGrath	7.0	4	15	7	2.14	Australia	2	v Namibia	Potchefstroom	27 Feb 2003	ODI # 1970
AJ Bichel	10.0	0	20	7	2.00	Australia	1	v England	Gqeberha	2 Mar 2003	ODI # 1976
A Nehra	10.0	2	23	6	2.30	India	2	v England	Durban	26 Feb 2003	ODI # 1969
SE Bond	10.0	2	23	6	2.30	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Gqeberha	11 Mar 2003	ODI # 1986
WPUJC Vaas	9.1	2	25	6	2.72	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	14 Feb 2003	ODI # 1950
HK Olonga	9.0	2	28	6	3.11	Zimbabwe	1	v Kenya	Bulawayo	15 Dec 2002	ODI # 1920
AR Adams	8.4	1	22	5	2.53	New Zealand	1	v India	Queenstown	4 Jan 2003	ODI # 1929
CO Obuya	10.0	0	24	5	2.40	Kenya	2	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)	24 Feb 2003	ODI # 1965
JDP Oram	10.0	3	26	5	2.60	New Zealand	1	v India	Auckland	26 Dec 2002	ODI # 1926
A Codrington	9.0	3	27	5	3.00	Canada	2	v Bangladesh	Durban	11 Feb 2003	ODI # 1946
Wasim Akram	9.0	1	28	5	3.11	Pakistan	2	v Namibia	Kimberley	16 Feb 2003	ODI # 1954
B Lee	9.3	0	30	5	3.15	Australia	2	v England	Melbourne	25 Jan 2003	ODI # 1941
VC Drakes	10.0	2	33	5	3.30	West Indies	2	v Kenya	Kimberley	4 Mar 2003	ODI # 1981
GD McGrath	7.0	1	37	5	5.28	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	15 Sep 2002	ODI # 1877
JH Kallis	8.4	1	41	5	4.73	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Cape Town	18 Dec 2002	ODI # 1923
B Lee	9.1	2	42	5	4.58	Australia	2	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Mar 2003	ODI # 1986
RJ van Vuuren	10.0	2	43	5	4.30	Namibia	1	v England	Gqeberha	19 Feb 2003	ODI # 1959
VC Drakes	9.5	1	44	5	4.47	West Indies	1	v Canada	Centurion	23 Feb 2003	ODI # 1963
Yuvraj Singh	4.3	2	6	4	1.33	India	2	v Namibia	Pietermaritzburg	23 Feb 2003	ODI # 1964
RAP Nissanka	7.0	1	12	4	1.71	Sri Lanka	1	v Canada	Paarl	19 Feb 2003	ODI # 1958
M Muralidaran	5.3	2	15	4	2.72	Sri Lanka	2	v Netherlands	Colombo (RPS)	16 Sep 2002	ODI # 1878
L Klusener	8.0	2	16	4	2.00	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003	ODI # 1947
SM Pollock	8.4	2	18	4	2.07	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	27 Nov 2002	ODI # 1903
VC Drakes	9.0	4	18	4	2.00	West Indies	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	2 Dec 2002	ODI # 1909
AJ Bichel	7.0	2	18	4	2.57	Australia	1	v England	Sydney	23 Jan 2003	ODI # 1940
SE Bond	5.0	0	21	4	4.20	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	23 Sep 2002	ODI # 1885
AR Adams	8.5	3	21	4	2.37	New Zealand	1	v India	Hamilton	14 Jan 2003	ODI # 1935
Wasim Akram	7.0	0	22	4	3.14	Pakistan	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	24 Nov 2002	ODI # 1901
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	3	22	4	2.20	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Cape Town	28 Feb 2003	ODI # 1973
J Srinath	10.0	3	23	4	2.30	India	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Dec 2002	ODI # 1926
SM Pollock	9.0	3	24	4	2.66	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Kimberley	9 Oct 2002	ODI # 1892
M Ntini	7.1	1	24	4	3.34	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003	ODI # 1961
JM Anderson	10.0	1	25	4	2.50	England	1	v Netherlands	East London	16 Feb 2003	ODI # 1953
Mohammad Sami	6.4	0	25	4	3.75	Pakistan	2	v Kenya	Sharjah	8 Apr 2003	ODI # 1999
VC Drakes	8.0	2	26	4	3.25	West Indies	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Nov 2002	ODI # 1904
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	27	4	2.70	Sri Lanka	2	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2003	ODI # 1936
TM Odoyo	10.0	1	28	4	2.80	Kenya	1	v Canada	Cape Town	15 Feb 2003	ODI # 1952
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	28	4	2.80	Sri Lanka	1	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	24 Feb 2003	ODI # 1965
JM Anderson	10.0	2	29	4	2.90	England	2	v Pakistan	Cape Town	22 Feb 2003	ODI # 1962
PA de Silva	6.2	1	30	4	4.73	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Sydney	13 Jan 2003	ODI # 1934
J Srinath	9.1	1	30	4	3.27	India	2	v Netherlands	Paarl	12 Feb 2003	ODI # 1948
A Kumble	10.0	1	32	4	3.20	India	2	v Netherlands	Paarl	12 Feb 2003	ODI # 1948
JH Kallis	8.5	1	33	4	3.73	South Africa	2	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	3 Oct 2002	ODI # 1890
VC Drakes	10.0	1	33	4	3.30	West Indies	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	3 Dec 2002	ODI # 1910
AR Caddick	10.0	0	35	4	3.50	England	2	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	17 Jan 2003	ODI # 1937
TBM de Leede	9.5	0	35	4	3.55	Netherlands	1	v India	Paarl	12 Feb 2003	ODI # 1948
AR Caddick	9.0	2	35	4	3.88	England	2	v Australia	Gqeberha	2 Mar 2003	ODI # 1976
J Srinath	9.0	1	35	4	3.88	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003	ODI # 1985
A Nehra	7.0	1	35	4	5.00	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003	ODI # 1985
RC Irani	10.0	0	37	4	3.70	England	2	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	18 Sep 2002	ODI # 1880
MO Odumbe	10.0	0	38	4	3.80	Kenya	2	v Bangladesh	Johannesburg	1 Mar 2003	ODI # 1974
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	1	39	4	3.90	Sri Lanka	2	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 2003	ODI # 1931
Mohammad Sami	10.0	0	41	4	4.10	Pakistan	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Nov 2002	ODI # 1906
Waqar Younis	10.0	2	41	4	4.10	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	18 Dec 2002	ODI # 1923
Adeel Raja	8.5	0	42	4	4.75	Netherlands	2	v Namibia	Bloemfontein	3 Mar 2003	ODI # 1978
JF Kloppenburg	10.0	0	42	4	4.20	Netherlands	2	v Namibia	Bloemfontein	3 Mar 2003	ODI # 1978
Z Khan	8.0	0	42	4	5.25	India	1	v New Zealand	Centurion	14 Mar 2003	ODI # 1988
AR Adams	9.4	1	44	4	4.55	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Gqeberha	13 Feb 2003	ODI # 1949
Z Khan	10.0	2	45	4	4.50	India	2	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	14 Sep 2002	ODI # 1876
DT Hondo	6.0	0	45	4	7.50	Zimbabwe	1	v England	Colombo (RPS)	18 Sep 2002	ODI # 1880
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	1	46	4	5.75	Pakistan	2	v Namibia	Kimberley	16 Feb 2003	ODI # 1954
B Lee	8.0	0	47	4	5.87	Australia	1	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 2002	ODI # 1917
CRD Fernando	10.0	0	48	4	4.80	Sri Lanka	1	v England	W.A.C.A	20 Dec 2002	ODI # 1924
JDP Oram	10.0	1	52	4	5.20	New Zealand	1	v Canada	Benoni	3 Mar 2003	ODI # 1977
JJC Lawson	10.0	0	57	4	5.70	West Indies	2	v India	Vijayawada	24 Nov 2002	ODI # 1900
IJ Harvey	9.3	0	58	4	6.10	Australia	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Feb 2003	ODI # 1945
M Dillon	10.0	1	60	4	6.00	West Indies	2	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	13 Sep 2002	ODI # 1875
DT Hondo	9.0	1	62	4	6.88	Zimbabwe	1	v India	Colombo (RPS)	14 Sep 2002	ODI # 1876
Talha Jubair	10.0	1	65	4	6.50	Bangladesh	1	v South Africa	Potchefstroom	3 Oct 2002	ODI # 1890
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	0	68	4	6.80	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	18 Dec 2002	ODI # 1923
DM Benkenstein	3.5	1	5	3	1.30	South Africa	2	v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	20 Sep 2002	ODI # 1882
AY Karim	8.2	6	7	3	0.84	Kenya	2	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2003	ODI # 1990
SM Pollock	9.5	1	12	3	1.22	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Durban	8 Dec 2002	ODI # 1914
J Srinath	10.0	2	13	3	1.30	India	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Jan 2003	ODI # 1933
JN Gillespie	10.0	2	13	3	1.30	Australia	1	v India	Centurion	15 Feb 2003	ODI # 1951
AJ Bichel	5.0	0	13	3	2.60	Australia	2	v Netherlands	Potchefstroom	20 Feb 2003	ODI # 1960
SO Tikolo	5.2	0	14	3	2.62	Kenya	2	v Bangladesh	Johannesburg	1 Mar 2003	ODI # 1974
B Lee	8.0	3	14	3	1.75	Australia	1	v Kenya	Durban	15 Mar 2003	ODI # 1990
Z Khan	9.2	2	14	3	1.50	India	2	v Kenya	Durban	20 Mar 2003	ODI # 1992
JM Davison	10.0	3	15	3	1.50	Canada	2	v Kenya	Cape Town	15 Feb 2003	ODI # 1952
WPUJC Vaas	7.0	4	15	3	2.14	Sri Lanka	1	v Canada	Paarl	19 Feb 2003	ODI # 1958
DLS van Bunge	3.0	0	16	3	5.33	Netherlands	2	v England	East London	16 Feb 2003	ODI # 1953
M Muralidaran	6.5	2	16	3	2.34	Sri Lanka	2	v Kenya	Sharjah	6 Apr 2003	ODI # 1997
PT Collins	9.1	4	18	3	1.96	West Indies	2	v Kenya	Colombo (SSC)	17 Sep 2002	ODI # 1879
Shahid Afridi	10.0	3	18	3	1.80	Pakistan	1	v Netherlands	Colombo (SSC)	21 Sep 2002	ODI # 1883
M Ntini	10.0	4	18	3	1.80	South Africa	2	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	3 Oct 2002	ODI # 1890
AA Donald	10.0	4	18	3	1.80	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Kimberley	4 Dec 2002	ODI # 1911
Wasim Akram	10.0	1	19	3	1.90	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Durban	8 Dec 2002	ODI # 1914
MA Suji	8.0	2	19	3	2.37	Kenya	1	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	12 Mar 2003	ODI # 1987
JN Gillespie	10.0	1	20	3	2.00	Australia	1	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	19 Sep 2002	ODI # 1881
NW Bracken	7.3	2	21	3	2.80	Australia	1	v England	Adelaide	19 Jan 2003	ODI # 1938
CH Gayle	6.5	0	22	3	3.21	West Indies	2	v India	Vijayawada	24 Nov 2002	ODI # 1900
M Ntini	10.0	1	22	3	2.20	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	27 Nov 2002	ODI # 1903
SC Ganguly	5.0	1	22	3	4.40	India	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Feb 2003	ODI # 1957
SM Pollock	8.0	3	23	3	2.87	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	East London	13 Dec 2002	ODI # 1918
B Lee	7.0	1	23	3	3.28	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	22 Dec 2002	ODI # 1925
AB Agarkar	9.0	1	24	3	2.66	India	1	v West Indies	Jodhpur	21 Nov 2002	ODI # 1898
Wasim Akram	8.3	2	24	3	2.82	Pakistan	2	v Netherlands	Paarl	25 Feb 2003	ODI # 1967
MJ Hoggard	10.0	1	25	3	2.50	England	2	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	18 Sep 2002	ODI # 1880
V Sehwag	5.0	0	25	3	5.00	India	2	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002	ODI # 1886

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]