Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	6	47	7	2.16	England	2	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
Shahadat Hossain	15.3	8	27	6	1.74	Bangladesh	2	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	4.66	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	4	49	6	2.88	England	3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
M Muralidaran	35.0	14	55	6	1.57	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
DW Steyn	21.5	6	72	6	3.29	South Africa	3	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
MS Panesar	46.0	17	126	6	2.73	England	4	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	2.87	South Africa	1	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
JH Kallis	14.0	4	30	5	2.14	South Africa	3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
RJ Peterson	13.0	2	33	5	2.53	South Africa	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	2.34	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
M Morkel	13.0	2	50	5	3.84	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
TG Southee	23.1	8	55	5	2.37	New Zealand	1	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
DW Steyn	15.0	3	56	5	3.73	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
DW Steyn	17.0	1	59	5	3.47	South Africa	4	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
A Kumble	14.0	2	60	5	4.28	India	4	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	8 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
WPUJC Vaas	22.2	7	61	5	2.73	Sri Lanka	4	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
CS Martin	16.0	3	65	5	4.06	New Zealand	1	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2008	Test # 1861
PL Harris	36.0	13	73	5	2.02	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
JM Anderson	20.0	4	73	5	3.65	England	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
M Muralidaran	29.2	4	79	5	2.69	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
A Kumble	25.0	4	84	5	3.36	India	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
RJ Sidebottom	31.0	10	105	5	3.38	England	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
M Muralidaran	47.2	9	116	5	2.45	Sri Lanka	1	v England	Colombo (SSC)	9 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
I Sharma	33.1	10	118	5	3.55	India	2	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	8 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
B Lee	32.2	5	119	5	3.68	Australia	2	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
Harbhajan Singh	45.5	9	122	5	2.66	India	2	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Nov 2007	Test # 1850
MR Gillespie	30.0	7	136	5	4.53	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
Yasir Arafat	39.0	5	161	5	4.12	Pakistan	1	v India	Bengaluru	8 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	3.65	India	1	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	1.23	New Zealand	4	v England	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
DJ Bravo	13.1	3	24	4	1.82	West Indies	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
B Lee	17.5	9	26	4	1.45	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
WPUJC Vaas	9.5	2	28	4	2.84	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
SR Clark	15.0	4	28	4	1.86	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
MJ Hoggard	14.0	3	29	4	2.07	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
PL Harris	15.4	5	35	4	2.23	South Africa	3	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
SM Pollock	11.0	2	35	4	3.18	South Africa	1	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
M Ntini	13.4	3	35	4	2.56	South Africa	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
A Kumble	21.2	6	38	4	1.78	India	1	v Pakistan	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
DW Steyn	14.0	5	42	4	3.00	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
DW Steyn	19.5	7	44	4	2.21	South Africa	3	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	7	44	4	1.91	India	3	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
B Lee	19.5	6	46	4	2.31	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
DW Steyn	18.0	2	48	4	2.66	South Africa	3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
JE Taylor	15.1	1	52	4	3.42	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
Shoaib Akhtar	18.1	4	58	4	3.19	Pakistan	4	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
Danish Kaneria	21.4	3	59	4	2.72	Pakistan	2	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
DW Steyn	20.0	5	60	4	3.00	South Africa	1	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
SR Clark	19.0	4	61	4	3.21	Australia	3	v India	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
CS Martin	13.0	1	64	4	4.92	New Zealand	1	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	4 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
DW Steyn	22.0	7	66	4	3.00	South Africa	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
RP Singh	14.0	2	68	4	4.85	India	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
DL Vettori	24.0	6	70	4	2.91	New Zealand	3	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	4 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
SE Bond	17.0	1	73	4	4.29	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
Mashrafe Mortaza	23.0	3	74	4	3.21	Bangladesh	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	4 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
MR Gillespie	20.0	2	79	4	3.95	New Zealand	1	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
B Lee	23.2	4	82	4	3.51	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
DJ Bravo	37.0	9	82	4	2.21	West Indies	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
FH Edwards	18.0	4	84	4	4.66	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
B Lee	27.0	7	86	4	3.18	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
MG Johnson	28.2	7	86	4	3.03	Australia	1	v India	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
B Lee	26.3	3	87	4	3.28	Australia	4	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
RJ Sidebottom	34.3	8	90	4	2.60	England	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
Z Khan	23.4	1	94	4	3.97	India	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
DW Steyn	32.0	3	103	4	3.21	South Africa	2	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
Abdur Rehman	31.0	3	105	4	3.38	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
Abdur Rehman	38.0	6	105	4	2.76	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
A Kumble	25.3	0	106	4	4.15	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
JE Taylor	33.0	8	110	4	3.33	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
Danish Kaneria	43.1	5	114	4	2.64	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Lahore	8 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
RP Singh	26.0	3	124	4	4.76	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
MG Johnson	37.5	6	126	4	3.33	Australia	1	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008	Test # 1863
Harbhajan Singh	40.0	5	135	4	3.37	India	2	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
A Kumble	40.0	3	148	4	3.70	India	3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
DL Vettori	45.0	6	158	4	3.51	New Zealand	3	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
MJ Clarke	1.5	0	5	3	2.72	Australia	4	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
V Sehwag	8.5	2	12	3	1.35	India	3	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
M Ntini	6.0	1	18	3	3.00	South Africa	1	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
MG Johnson	15.0	6	21	3	1.40	Australia	4	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
JDP Oram	13.0	4	23	3	1.76	New Zealand	1	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	4 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
PD Collingwood	7.5	1	23	3	2.93	England	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
DW Steyn	11.4	2	27	3	2.31	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
CS Martin	13.0	4	33	3	2.53	New Zealand	4	v England	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
IE O'Brien	15.0	7	34	3	2.26	New Zealand	1	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2008	Test # 1861
DW Steyn	11.0	2	35	3	3.18	South Africa	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
FH Edwards	13.0	3	37	3	2.84	West Indies	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
M Ntini	8.0	1	42	3	5.25	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	8 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
JDP Oram	20.0	9	44	3	2.20	New Zealand	3	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
M Ntini	16.2	3	44	3	2.69	South Africa	3	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
A Nel	6.3	0	45	3	6.92	South Africa	1	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
MS Panesar	14.0	4	46	3	3.28	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
JE Taylor	13.0	4	46	3	3.53	West Indies	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
JDP Oram	29.0	11	46	3	1.58	New Zealand	1	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
M Ntini	14.0	3	47	3	3.35	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	7	48	3	1.92	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
MS Panesar	16.0	2	50	3	3.12	England	3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
A Symonds	19.0	5	51	3	2.68	Australia	4	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	9	52	3	1.67	India	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
IK Pathan	16.0	2	54	3	3.37	India	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
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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]