Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Faqir Hussain	26.0	4	56	12	2.15	NWFP (India)	v Delhi	Peshawar	26 Nov 1938	First-class
RB Scott	24.7x8	3	79	12	2.38	Victoria	v NSW	Sydney	28 Jan 1939	First-class
WH Bradshaw	44.2	11	121	12	2.72	Rajputana	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	12 Nov 1938	First-class
CV Grimmett	51.5x8	12	175	11	2.54	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	16 Dec 1938	First-class
L Amarnath	35.0	15	53	10	1.51	Sthn Punjab	v NWFP (India)	Patiala	2 Jan 1939	First-class
MH Mankad	27.2	6	69	10	2.52	Nawanagar	v Gujarat	Jamnagar	4 Nov 1938	First-class
SB Gandhi	30.4	2	104	10	3.39	Western Ind	v Maharashtra	Rajkot	4 Nov 1938	First-class
L Amar Singh	49.0	10	112	10	2.28	Nawanagar	v Gujarat	Jamnagar	4 Nov 1938	First-class
Mubarak Ali	55.0	16	140	10	2.54	Nawanagar	v Sind (India)	Karachi	24 Dec 1938	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	56.2x8	7	212	10	2.82	NSW	v Victoria	Melbourne	23 Dec 1938	First-class
LO Fleetwood-Smith	48.4x8	1	244	10	3.77	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	23 Dec 1938	First-class
CV Grimmett	48.7x8	5	129	9	1.97	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	24 Dec 1938	First-class
Amir Elahi	42.0	2	138	9	3.28	Sthn Punjab	v Rajputana	Patiala	12 Nov 1938	First-class
FA Ward	52.0x8	5	251	9	3.62	South Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	30 Dec 1938	First-class
TC Longfield	22.3	10	33	8	1.46	Bengal	v Central Ind	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1938	First-class
Ziaul Hussain	18.0	6	45	8	2.50	Central Ind	v United Prov	Indore	10 Dec 1938	First-class
JA Ellis	34.0x8	3	109	8	2.40	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	31 Dec 1938	First-class
E Alexander	45.5	9	125	8	2.72	United Prov	v Central Ind	Indore	10 Dec 1938	First-class
K Bhattacharya	44.4	6	157	8	3.51	Bengal	v Sthn Punjab	Eden Gardens	18 Feb 1939	First-class
K Bhattacharya	18.0	5	43	7	2.38	Bengal	v Bihar	Kolkata	3 Dec 1938	First-class
MH Mankad	28.3	4	86	7	3.01	Nawanagar	v Western Ind	Jamnagar	9 Nov 1938	First-class
HNJ Cotton	41.6x8	9	98	7	1.76	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	7 Jan 1939	First-class
Zardad	33.3	9	99	7	2.95	NWFP (India)	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	2 Jan 1939	First-class
CP Christ	41.0x8	9	103	7	1.88	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	25 Nov 1938	First-class
Akbar Khan	47.1	9	106	7	2.24	Western Ind	v Nawanagar	Jamnagar	9 Nov 1938	First-class
K Farnes	41.2x8	9	109	7	1.98	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
Amir Elahi	22.2	1	115	7	5.14	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
L Amar Singh	50.0	11	128	7	2.56	Nawanagar	v Western Ind	Jamnagar	9 Nov 1938	First-class
Saeed Ahmed	54.2	12	129	7	2.37	Western Ind	v Nawanagar	Jamnagar	9 Nov 1938	First-class
LO Fleetwood-Smith	40.0x8	4	131	7	2.45	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	16 Dec 1938	First-class
L Amarnath	84.2	36	141	7	1.67	Sthn Punjab	v Bengal	Eden Gardens	18 Feb 1939	First-class
N Gordon	47.4x8	3	162	7	2.55	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
LWT Tallon	46.0x8	5	164	7	2.67	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	4 Feb 1939	First-class
KL Ridings	11.0x8	2	53	6	3.61	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	7 Jan 1939	First-class
M Nissar	25.0	4	58	6	2.32	Sthn Punjab	v Sind (India)	Patiala	10 Feb 1939	First-class
TS Bhattacharjee	28.2	7	59	6	2.08	Bengal	v Madras	Eden Gardens	21 Jan 1939	First-class
M Nissar	30.0	7	73	6	2.43	Sthn Punjab	v Rajputana	Patiala	12 Nov 1938	First-class
SW Sohoni	26.1	2	78	6	2.98	Maharashtra	v Western Ind	Rajkot	4 Nov 1938	First-class
Ibrahim Khan	44.0	10	94	6	2.13	Hyderabad	v Madras	Chennai	17 Dec 1938	First-class
Habibullah	42.2	7	98	6	2.31	Northern Ind	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
MW Sievers	46.0x8	11	104	6	1.69	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	30 Dec 1938	First-class
CV Grimmett	30.0x8	4	104	6	2.60	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	14 Jan 1939	First-class
PL Dixon	29.0x8	2	120	6	3.10	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	31 Dec 1938	First-class
EL McCormick	32.0x8	-	133	6	3.11	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	23 Dec 1938	First-class
BK Garudachar	47.0	6	147	6	3.12	United Prov	v Central Ind	Indore	10 Dec 1938	First-class
EL Dalton	40.0x8	4	159	6	2.98	South Africa	v England	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
YS Ramaswami	60.0	10	195	6	3.25	Mysore	v Hyderabad	Secunderabad	25 Nov 1938	First-class
RTD Perks	73.0x8	11	199	6	2.04	England	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
JA Ellis	39.0x8	2	205	6	3.94	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	16 Dec 1938	First-class
JN Banerjee	27.0	15	36	5	1.33	Bengal	v Madras	Eden Gardens	21 Jan 1939	First-class
Saeed Ahmed	17.0	4	42	5	2.47	Western Ind	v Maharashtra	Rajkot	4 Nov 1938	First-class
MJ Gopalan	22.0	6	43	5	1.95	Madras	v Hyderabad	Chennai	17 Dec 1938	First-class
L Amarnath	29.0	6	54	5	1.86	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
CR Rangachari	34.0	7	69	5	2.02	Madras	v Hyderabad	Chennai	17 Dec 1938	First-class
UR Chippa	34.2	8	71	5	2.06	Gujarat	v Nawanagar	Jamnagar	4 Nov 1938	First-class
M Nissar	27.0	5	72	5	2.66	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
MJ Mobed	27.0	3	73	5	2.70	Sind (India)	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	10 Feb 1939	First-class
H Verity	46.6x8	18	83	5	1.33	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
Naik	38.0	10	86	5	2.26	Hyderabad	v Madras	Chennai	17 Dec 1938	First-class
MK Patwardhan	30.1	2	94	5	3.11	Maharashtra	v Western Ind	Rajkot	4 Nov 1938	First-class
N Gordon	37.0x8	5	105	5	2.12	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	18 Feb 1939	Test # 270
ACB Langton	31.2x8	2	107	5	2.56	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	18 Feb 1939	Test # 270
TC Longfield	36.0	4	116	5	3.22	Bengal	v Sthn Punjab	Eden Gardens	18 Feb 1939	First-class
Murawwat Hussain	58.0	21	120	5	2.06	Sthn Punjab	v Bengal	Eden Gardens	18 Feb 1939	First-class
Amir Elahi	38.0	5	134	5	3.52	Sthn Punjab	v Sind (India)	Patiala	10 Feb 1939	First-class
N Gordon	40.0x8	3	157	5	2.94	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
EL McCormick	33.4x8	1	172	5	3.85	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	16 Dec 1938	First-class
Amir Elahi	49.0	6	174	5	3.55	Sthn Punjab	v Bengal	Eden Gardens	18 Feb 1939	First-class
K Farnes	68.1x8	11	182	5	2.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
DVP Wright	69.0x8	13	288	5	3.13	England	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
S Dutt	4.2	1	11	4	2.53	Bengal	v Bihar	Kolkata	3 Dec 1938	First-class
VS Hazare	7.3	1	15	4	2.00	Central Ind	v United Prov	Indore	10 Dec 1938	First-class
JN Banerjee	12.0	2	32	4	2.66	Bengal	v Bihar	Kolkata	3 Dec 1938	First-class
Shahabuddin	12.0	2	35	4	2.91	Sthn Punjab	v Sind (India)	Patiala	10 Feb 1939	First-class
SWE Behrend	15.0	3	37	4	2.46	Bengal	v Central Ind	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1938	First-class
Akbar Khan	14.0	-	52	4	3.71	Western Ind	v Maharashtra	Rajkot	4 Nov 1938	First-class
L Amarnath	31.0	11	57	4	1.83	Sthn Punjab	v Sind (India)	Patiala	10 Feb 1939	First-class
FA Ward	19.4x8	1	57	4	2.19	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	24 Feb 1939	First-class
KM Jadhav	28.0	9	58	4	2.07	Maharashtra	v Western Ind	Rajkot	4 Nov 1938	First-class
FPJ Gilmore	20.0x8	-	63	4	2.36	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	28 Jan 1939	First-class
Ghulam Mohammad	31.0	9	67	4	2.16	Sind (India)	v Sthn Punjab	Patiala	10 Feb 1939	First-class
Zardad	23.0	2	69	4	3.00	NWFP (India)	v Delhi	Peshawar	26 Nov 1938	First-class
H Verity	60.1x8	24	78	4	0.97	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
Ibrahim Khan	33.5	8	80	4	2.36	Hyderabad	v Mysore	Secunderabad	25 Nov 1938	First-class
LWT Tallon	20.0x8	2	80	4	3.00	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	7 Jan 1939	First-class
GG Cook	28.0x8	3	100	4	2.67	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	25 Nov 1938	First-class
Shamsunder	35.0	4	103	4	2.94	Delhi	v NWFP (India)	Peshawar	26 Nov 1938	First-class
CP Christ	33.0x8	4	111	4	2.52	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	31 Dec 1938	First-class
LL Wilkinson	32.5x8	6	115	4	2.64	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
G Parthasarathi	26.2	3	115	4	4.36	Madras	v Bengal	Eden Gardens	21 Jan 1939	First-class
LWT Tallon	28.2x8	3	118	4	3.13	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	25 Nov 1938	First-class
PL Dixon	21.3x8	1	120	4	4.21	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	16 Dec 1938	First-class
FA Ward	34.0x8	5	121	4	2.66	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	16 Dec 1938	First-class
FA Ward	44.4x8	8	123	4	2.07	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	24 Dec 1938	First-class
TWJ Goddard	49.0x8	16	132	4	2.02	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
DT Ring	35.4x8	3	161	4	3.40	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	23 Dec 1938	First-class
H Verity	95.6x8	23	184	4	1.44	England	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
MG Waite	56.0x8	11	186	4	2.49	South Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	30 Dec 1938	First-class
ACB Langton	91.0x8	24	203	4	1.67	South Africa	v England	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
BW Malcolm	1.2	-	3	3	2.25	Bengal	v Madras	Eden Gardens	21 Jan 1939	First-class

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Wellington vs Northern Districts at Whangarei, Plunket Shield 10th Match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 287/3 (94.0 ov, JF Carter 35*, RR O'Donnell 11*, Yahya Zeb 1/41) - Stumps

Auckland vs Canterbury at Christchurch, Plunket Shield 11th Match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 37/3 (20.0 ov, DN Phillips 28*, RD Harrison 2*, CB Paul 0/6) - Stumps

Otago vs Central Districts at Dunedin, Plunket Shield 12th Match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 18/0 (7.0 ov, TJ Bettelheim 8*, CG Heaphy 10*, LI Georgeson 0/8) - Stumps