Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Fazal Mahmood	45.3	19	100	12	2.19	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
GAR Lock	54.2	28	84	11	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
WW Hall	60.4	16	126	11	2.07	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
SP Gupte	57.3	13	223	10	3.87	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
R Gilchrist	44.0	20	73	9	1.65	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
AK Davidson	40.5x8	9	105	9	1.93	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
I Meckiff	39.2x8	7	107	9	2.04	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
R Benaud	56.0x8	16	173	9	2.31	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
R Benaud	66.4x8	17	177	9	1.99	Australia	v England	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
JB Statham	33.0x8	7	68	8	1.54	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
WW Hall	29.5	7	77	8	2.58	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
OG Smith	82.0	26	184	8	2.24	West Indies	v India	Delhi	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
R Benaud	57.6x8	19	112	7	1.45	Australia	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
JC Laker	54.0x8	12	117	7	1.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
Fazal Mahmood	58.0	18	124	7	2.13	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
GS Sobers	36.1	16	65	6	1.79	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
WW Hall	33.0	11	86	6	2.60	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
R Gilchrist	64.2	21	114	6	1.77	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
R Gilchrist	54.5	14	152	6	2.77	West Indies	v India	Delhi	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
SP Gupte	68.0	13	197	6	2.89	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
FH Tyson	28.0	10	46	5	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
S Ramadhin	38.3	15	55	5	1.42	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
R Benaud	23.0x8	6	57	5	1.85	Australia	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
I Meckiff	36.0x8	12	63	5	1.31	Australia	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
ES Atkinson	32.0	11	64	5	2.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
AK Davidson	44.0x8	16	66	5	1.12	Australia	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
Nasim-ul-Ghani	41.0	21	69	5	1.68	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
Mahmood Hussain	29.5	2	69	5	2.31	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
R Gilchrist	35.0	18	80	5	2.28	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
GF Rorke	52.1x8	14	101	5	1.45	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
JO Taylor	48.1	18	106	5	2.20	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
WW Hall	45.0	15	106	5	2.35	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
WW Hall	33.0	3	118	5	3.57	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
AK Davidson	33.5x8	3	133	5	2.96	Australia	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
SP Gupte	88.0	21	244	5	2.77	India	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
LR Gibbs	21.5	8	30	4	1.37	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
ES Atkinson	26.2	9	55	4	2.08	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
S Ramadhin	32.0	13	66	4	2.06	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
RR Lindwall	25.0x8	4	73	4	2.19	Australia	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
PJ Loader	28.0x8	5	83	4	2.22	England	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
FS Trueman	33.1x8	7	93	4	2.10	England	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
JC Laker	30.5x8	4	93	4	2.27	England	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
MH Mankad	38.0	6	95	4	2.50	India	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
WW Hall	39.0	9	105	4	2.69	West Indies	v India	Delhi	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
WW Hall	44.0	14	107	4	2.43	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
FS Trueman	31.7x8	-	137	4	3.22	England	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
GAR Lock	54.2x8	13	153	4	2.11	England	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
RB Desai	49.0	10	169	4	3.44	India	v West Indies	Delhi	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
Shujauddin	13.0	7	18	3	1.38	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
ER Dexter	19.0	8	23	3	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
JR Reid	18.1	9	34	3	1.87	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
Nasim-ul-Ghani	15.0	7	38	3	2.53	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
FS Trueman	26.0	12	46	3	1.76	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
JC Laker	27.1x8	6	54	3	1.49	England	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
TE Bailey	18.0x8	3	56	3	2.33	England	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
GF Rorke	18.4x8	3	64	3	2.59	Australia	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
AK Davidson	20.3x8	3	66	3	2.42	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
HR Adhikari	26.0	2	68	3	2.61	India	v West Indies	Delhi	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
ES Atkinson	48.0	21	77	3	1.60	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
KW Hough	38.0	12	79	3	2.07	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
AM Moir	28.0	4	84	3	3.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
GM Guard	32.0	9	88	3	2.75	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
WW Hall	38.0	8	92	3	2.42	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
JB Statham	27.0x8	-	94	3	2.61	England	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
KW Hough	39.0	11	96	3	2.46	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
LR Gibbs	45.2	17	100	3	2.20	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
Nasim-ul-Ghani	30.0	6	106	3	3.53	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
PJ Loader	32.2x8	5	110	3	2.55	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
CG Borde	49.0	13	114	3	2.32	India	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
RR Lindwall	41.0x8	6	136	3	2.48	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
KD Mackay	17.0x8	7	23	2	1.01	Australia	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
JW Burke	11.0x8	3	26	2	1.77	Australia	v England	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
GAR Lock	20.3	12	29	2	1.41	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
S Ramadhin	24.5	11	41	2	1.65	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
GS Sobers	8.0	-	43	2	5.37	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
OG Smith	30.0	16	45	2	1.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
GS Ramchand	22.0	5	53	2	2.40	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
FS Trueman	18.5	5	59	2	3.13	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
JB Mortimore	43.0	18	67	2	1.55	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
RG Nadkarni	36.1	10	69	2	1.90	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
I Meckiff	19.0x8	2	70	2	2.76	Australia	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
Mahmood Hussain	34.0	13	72	2	2.11	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
A D'Souza	27.0	5	78	2	2.88	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
Shujauddin	34.3	7	81	2	2.34	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
AM Moir	36.0	9	83	2	2.30	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
AK Davidson	45.0x8	14	86	2	1.43	Australia	v England	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
RW Blair	31.0	5	89	2	2.87	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
GS Sobers	45.0	14	91	2	2.02	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
FH Tyson	26.0x8	1	93	2	2.68	England	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
KN Slater	32.0x8	9	101	2	2.36	Australia	v England	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
Fazal Mahmood	40.0	10	109	2	2.72	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
GS Ramchand	50.0	9	136	2	2.72	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
Surendranath	46.0	8	168	2	3.65	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
OG Smith	9.0	4	15	1	1.66	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
Saeed Ahmed	11.0	1	19	1	1.72	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
OG Smith	8.0	1	26	1	3.25	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
VB Ranjane	18.0	6	35	1	1.94	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
ES Atkinson	24.0	11	38	1	1.58	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
KD Mackay	19.0x8	5	40	1	1.57	Australia	v England	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
JB Mortimore	11.0x8	1	41	1	2.79	England	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468

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