Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
WJ O'Reilly	53.6x8	20	98	14	1.36	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	17 Dec 1937	First-class
LO Fleetwood-Smith	68.3x8	4	272	12	2.98	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	31 Dec 1937	First-class
SW Sohoni	42.5	5	103	11	2.40	Maharashtra	v Western Ind	Jamnagar	24 Oct 1937	First-class
RR Wadkar	37.3	9	104	11	2.77	Bombay	v Western Ind	Jamnagar	2 Nov 1937	First-class
JM Buchanan	34.2x8	5	147	11	3.21	E. Province	v OFS	Bloemfontein	11 Feb 1938	First-class
XC Balaskas	45.1x8	2	184	11	3.05	Transvaal	v W Province	Johannesburg	16 Dec 1937	First-class
FJ Wickham	14.0x8	3	44	10	2.35	Transvaal	v E. Province	Gqeberha	25 Mar 1938	First-class
L Amar Singh	42.0	14	61	10	1.45	Nawanagar	v Sind (India)	Jamnagar	7 Nov 1937	First-class
RJ Evans	24.0x8	1	90	10	2.81	Border	v E. Province	Gqeberha	1 Jan 1938	First-class
RJ Evans	24.4x8	3	93	10	2.84	Border	v Transvaal	East London	19 Mar 1938	First-class
B Mitchell	34.3x8	7	95	10	2.07	Transvaal	v Border	East London	19 Mar 1938	First-class
LS Brown	44.0x8	6	143	10	2.43	NE Transvaal	v Transvaal	Springs	27 Dec 1937	First-class
WA Henderson	23.3x8	10	25	9	0.80	NE Transvaal	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Feb 1938	First-class
AP Murray	27.5x8	10	44	9	1.19	Natal	v OFS	Durban	16 Dec 1937	First-class
N Gordon	15.7x8	2	50	9	2.36	Transvaal	v E. Province	Gqeberha	25 Mar 1938	First-class
SC Wewege	23.0x8	4	90	9	2.93	Border	v E. Province	Gqeberha	1 Jan 1938	First-class
VS Hazare	35.0	7	110	9	3.14	Central Ind	v Bengal	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1938	First-class
Shahabuddin	43.0	7	121	9	2.81	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
N Gordon	45.4x8	12	130	9	2.14	Transvaal	v OFS	Johannesburg	21 Jan 1938	First-class
Hyder Ali	45.4	4	147	9	3.21	Hyderabad	v Nawanagar	Brabourne	22 Feb 1938	First-class
CV Grimmett	51.0x8	10	154	9	2.26	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	17 Dec 1937	First-class
RJ Evans	35.0x8	1	164	9	3.51	Border	v W Province	Cape Town	27 Dec 1937	First-class
Azim Khan	23.0	5	40	8	1.73	Rajputana	v Central Ind	Indore	17 Oct 1937	First-class
DA Sparks	19.4x8	4	46	8	1.76	OFS	v Griq West	Bloemfontein	7 Jan 1938	First-class
Prithviraj	28.4	2	72	8	2.51	Sthn Punjab	v NWFP (India)	Patiala	19 Oct 1937	First-class
AP Murray	46.5x8	11	98	8	1.57	Natal	v Border	East London	12 Jan 1938	First-class
RG Williams	32.4x8	2	112	8	2.58	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	4 Feb 1938	First-class
LS Brown	34.0x8	7	119	8	2.62	NE Transvaal	v W Province	Pretoria	20 Dec 1937	First-class
B Mitchell	38.4x8	4	128	8	2.49	Transvaal	v Natal	Durban	5 Mar 1938	First-class
Amir Elahi	43.0	6	161	8	3.74	Northern Ind	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
LO Fleetwood-Smith	42.1x8	2	161	8	2.86	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	17 Dec 1937	First-class
AP Murray	46.1x8	6	163	8	2.65	Natal	v W Province	Cape Town	1 Jan 1938	First-class
BM Roscoe	56.7x8	12	168	8	2.21	W Province	v Griq West	Kimberley	11 Dec 1937	First-class
GG Cook	42.6x8	3	177	8	3.10	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	8 Jan 1938	First-class
LO Fleetwood-Smith	59.2x8	6	189	8	2.39	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	24 Dec 1937	First-class
IB Gardiner	10.0x8	1	28	7	2.10	Border	v OFS	East London	12 Mar 1938	First-class
SG Deenan	13.5	5	30	7	2.16	Madras	v Mysore	Bangalore	28 Dec 1937	First-class
L Tuckett	18.0x8	-	34	7	1.41	OFS	v Border	East London	12 Mar 1938	First-class
L Amar Singh	21.1	3	44	7	2.07	Nawanagar	v Bombay	Jamnagar	11 Jan 1938	First-class
N Gordon	28.0x8	5	46	7	1.23	Transvaal	v Border	East London	19 Mar 1938	First-class
IDE Anderson	23.6x8	10	47	7	1.48	Natal	v OFS	Durban	16 Dec 1937	First-class
RJ Evans	12.7x8	1	55	7	3.20	Border	v OFS	East London	12 Mar 1938	First-class
L Amarnath	32.0	10	64	7	2.00	Sthn Punjab	v NWFP (India)	Patiala	19 Oct 1937	First-class
BM Roscoe	21.0x8	5	71	7	2.53	W Province	v NE Transvaal	Pretoria	20 Dec 1937	First-class
JEM Alexander	30.0	7	72	7	2.40	Bengal	v Central Ind	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1938	First-class
Saeed Ahmed	57.3	28	78	7	1.35	Western Ind	v Maharashtra	Jamnagar	24 Oct 1937	First-class
RG Williams	27.1x8	6	78	7	2.15	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	25 Dec 1937	First-class
LS Brown	33.2x8	9	81	7	1.82	NE Transvaal	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Feb 1938	First-class
MS Baloch	38.4	5	88	7	2.27	Gujarat	v Bombay	Jamnagar	27 Oct 1937	First-class
DA Sparks	35.0x8	5	98	7	2.10	OFS	v NE Transvaal	Bloemfontein	26 Feb 1938	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	38.0x8	9	101	7	1.99	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	1 Jan 1938	First-class
MW Sievers	37.7x8	7	116	7	2.29	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	4 Feb 1938	First-class
B Mitchell	31.0x8	3	121	7	2.92	Transvaal	v OFS	Johannesburg	21 Jan 1938	First-class
IDE Anderson	38.0x8	6	123	7	2.42	Natal	v E. Province	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1938	First-class
SB Gandhi	54.0	6	137	7	2.53	Western Ind	v Bombay	Jamnagar	2 Nov 1937	First-class
Habibullah	45.5	7	142	7	3.09	Northern Ind	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
CV Grimmett	41.6x8	5	157	7	2.82	South Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	31 Dec 1937	First-class
IDE Anderson	50.5x8	5	169	7	2.50	Natal	v Transvaal	Durban	5 Mar 1938	First-class
L Amar Singh	22.0	10	20	6	0.90	Nawanagar	v Baroda	Jamnagar	30 Oct 1937	First-class
TC Longfield	18.2	8	24	6	1.30	Bengal	v Bihar	Kolkata	4 Dec 1937	First-class
Mubarak Ali	16.0	7	25	6	1.56	Nawanagar	v Baroda	Jamnagar	30 Oct 1937	First-class
RR Wadkar	25.0	8	40	6	1.60	Bombay	v Gujarat	Jamnagar	27 Oct 1937	First-class
HA Sparks	19.0x8	5	40	6	1.57	OFS	v E. Province	Bloemfontein	11 Feb 1938	First-class
PS Hubbard	21.0x8	4	47	6	1.67	Border	v Natal	East London	12 Jan 1938	First-class
Akbar Khan	38.3	14	61	6	1.58	Western Ind	v Maharashtra	Jamnagar	24 Oct 1937	First-class
SF Viljoen	25.2x8	4	62	6	1.84	Griq West	v W Province	Kimberley	11 Dec 1937	First-class
UR Chippa	34.3	11	67	6	1.94	Gujarat	v Bombay	Jamnagar	27 Oct 1937	First-class
Amir Elahi	25.3	4	68	6	2.66	Northern Ind	v United Prov	Patiala	22 Oct 1937	First-class
AE Baporia	24.4	-	75	6	3.04	Bombay	v Gujarat	Jamnagar	27 Oct 1937	First-class
WH Bradshaw	24.0	7	76	6	3.16	Rajputana	v Central Ind	Indore	17 Oct 1937	First-class
CK Nayudu	33.0	5	76	6	2.30	Central Ind	v Bengal	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1938	First-class
Masood Salahuddin	30.4	5	83	6	2.70	United Prov	v Northern Ind	Patiala	22 Oct 1937	First-class
IDE Anderson	34.3x8	5	88	6	1.92	Natal	v Griq West	Pietermaritzburg	19 Nov 1937	First-class
LS Brown	35.0x8	5	96	6	2.05	NE Transvaal	v Griq West	Kimberley	4 Mar 1938	First-class
RE Middleton	34.0x8	3	99	6	2.18	W Province	v E. Province	Cape Town	19 Feb 1938	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	41.6x8	10	101	6	1.81	NSW	v South Aust	Sydney	15 Jan 1938	First-class
Firasat Hussain	39.0	7	106	6	2.71	United Prov	v Northern Ind	Patiala	22 Oct 1937	First-class
Ibrahim Khan	41.4	6	109	6	2.61	Hyderabad	v Nawanagar	Brabourne	22 Feb 1938	First-class
CEB Shearman	43.2x8	8	112	6	1.94	Border	v Natal	East London	12 Jan 1938	First-class
GG Cook	27.2x8	1	113	6	3.11	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	1 Jan 1938	First-class
N Gordon	45.0x8	8	122	6	2.03	Transvaal	v NE Transvaal	Springs	27 Dec 1937	First-class
FA Ward	36.0x8	3	168	6	3.50	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	25 Dec 1937	First-class
EL Dalton	37.0x8	2	206	6	4.17	Natal	v Transvaal	Durban	5 Mar 1938	First-class
Ziaul Hussain	20.0	5	44	5	2.20	Central Ind	v Rajputana	Indore	17 Oct 1937	First-class
JN Banerjee	17.0	7	44	5	2.58	Bengal	v Bihar	Kolkata	4 Dec 1937	First-class
HNJ Cotton	23.0x8	6	48	5	1.56	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	8 Jan 1938	First-class
K Bhattacharya	20.2	6	53	5	2.60	Bengal	v Bihar	Kolkata	4 Dec 1937	First-class
S Mushtaq Ali	15.0	1	54	5	3.60	Central Ind	v Rajputana	Indore	17 Oct 1937	First-class
TW Fraser	23.0x8	6	57	5	1.85	OFS	v Griq West	Bloemfontein	7 Jan 1938	First-class
MG Waite	29.0x8	7	59	5	1.52	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	4 Feb 1938	First-class
Mubarak Ali	27.0	5	61	5	2.25	Nawanagar	v Hyderabad	Brabourne	22 Feb 1938	First-class
Habibullah	28.0	6	64	5	2.28	Northern Ind	v United Prov	Patiala	22 Oct 1937	First-class
ACB Langton	32.0x8	5	66	5	1.54	Transvaal	v Griq West	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1938	First-class
AL Ochse	18.1x8	-	66	5	2.73	E. Province	v Border	Gqeberha	1 Jan 1938	First-class
B Mitchell	26.0x8	3	70	5	2.01	Transvaal	v Griq West	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1938	First-class
Abdul Latif	36.1	7	73	5	2.01	NWFP (India)	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	19 Oct 1937	First-class
Prithviraj	27.3	2	75	5	2.72	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
XC Balaskas	21.0x8	2	75	5	2.67	Transvaal	v Griq West	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1938	First-class
TW Fraser	21.7x8	3	75	5	2.57	OFS	v Border	East London	12 Mar 1938	First-class
VM Merchant	17.0	2	79	5	4.64	Bombay	v Western Ind	Jamnagar	2 Nov 1937	First-class

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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Dolphins vs Lions at Durban, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 8th Match, Oct 8-11, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 229/5 (75.0 ov, C Esterhuizen 25*, L Sipamla 0*, O Cele 0/17) - Stumps

Northern Cape vs Border at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 5th Match, Oct 9-12, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 58/1 (24.0 ov, N Roux 35*, L Sizani 14*, O Modimokoane 0/11) - Stumps

India vs West Indies at Delhi, West Indies in India 2nd Test, Oct 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2601 - Live]
>> 25/0 (9.0 ov, YBK Jaiswal 6*, KL Rahul 19*, JNT Seales 0/16)