Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SF Burke	81.0	29	196	11	2.41	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
SA Durani	70.0	21	177	10	2.52	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
LR Gibbs	69.3	44	63	9	0.90	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
GB Lawrence	52.3	16	98	9	1.86	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
PM Pollock	42.3	11	99	9	2.32	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
GB Lawrence	38.3	13	109	9	2.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
WW Hall	48.5	9	128	9	2.62	West Indies	v India	Kingston	7 Mar 1962	Test # 526
DA Allen	77.2	29	162	9	2.09	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
SA Durani	56.4	20	113	8	1.99	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
JC Alabaster	71.0	16	180	8	2.53	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
GAR Lock	115.0	47	225	8	1.95	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
LA King	32.0	7	64	7	2.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
JC Alabaster	34.5	8	95	7	2.72	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
DA Allen	63.4	24	124	7	1.94	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
GAR Lock	79.3	29	171	7	2.15	England	v India	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
GS Sobers	24.3	8	50	6	2.04	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
JR Reid	59.0	33	70	6	1.18	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
FJ Cameron	50.4	24	90	6	1.77	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
FJ Cameron	42.2	6	92	6	2.17	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
WW Hall	27.0	6	94	6	3.48	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
PM Pollock	52.1	14	133	6	2.54	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
RC Motz	44.0	6	138	6	3.13	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
VB Ranjane	47.2	5	153	6	3.23	India	v West Indies	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
GB Lawrence	54.2	12	156	6	2.87	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
GAR Lock	82.0	34	174	6	2.12	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
RW Barber	60.5	10	178	6	2.92	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
SP Gupte	73.0	20	179	6	2.45	India	v England	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514
WW Hall	28.0	9	49	5	1.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
NAT Adcock	34.0	16	63	5	1.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
GS Sobers	38.0	10	83	5	2.18	West Indies	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
Mohammad Munaf	46.1	16	96	5	2.07	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
KA Walter	41.3	11	97	5	2.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
SA Durani	30.0	9	104	5	3.46	India	v West Indies	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
GAR Lock	61.0	31	107	5	1.75	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
BR Knight	36.0	7	109	5	3.02	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
A D'Souza	57.5	16	112	5	1.93	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
LR Gibbs	59.0	17	113	5	1.91	West Indies	v India	Kingston	7 Mar 1962	Test # 526
RC Motz	43.0	4	115	5	2.67	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
GS Sobers	56.0	11	116	5	2.07	West Indies	v India	Kingston	7 Mar 1962	Test # 526
CG Borde	55.3	17	117	5	2.10	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
DA Allen	55.0	27	118	5	2.14	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
PR Umrigar	72.0	32	124	5	1.72	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
VB Ranjane	34.0	3	129	5	3.79	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
FJ Cameron	49.2	10	133	5	2.69	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
ER Dexter	50.2	13	134	5	2.66	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
GS Sobers	72.0	20	164	5	2.27	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
RG Nadkarni	26.0	6	63	4	2.42	India	v West Indies	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
RC Motz	34.0	18	67	4	1.97	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
WW Hall	31.5	6	73	4	2.29	West Indies	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
HR Lance	26.0	6	80	4	3.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
SA Durani	35.2	9	82	4	2.32	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
NAT Adcock	48.0	22	85	4	1.77	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
SC Stayers	26.0	5	85	4	3.26	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
DA Allen	47.0	18	87	4	1.85	England	v India	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
A D'Souza	46.0	13	94	4	2.04	Pakistan	v England	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
CG Borde	38.0	10	99	4	2.60	India	v England	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514
CG Borde	47.0	18	111	4	2.36	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
SA Durani	49.0	17	118	4	2.40	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
JC Alabaster	77.4	30	159	4	2.04	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
LR Gibbs	75.1	23	160	4	2.12	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
RW Barber	55.0	8	161	4	2.92	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
DA Allen	84.3	31	180	4	2.13	England	v India	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
LR Gibbs	21.5	5	50	3	2.29	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
JR Reid	16.0	3	55	3	3.43	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
HD Bromfield	33.0	9	60	3	1.81	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
DA Allen	50.0	26	66	3	1.32	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
A Brown	29.5	7	71	3	2.37	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
Shujauddin	34.0	10	73	3	2.14	Pakistan	v England	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
AH McKinnon	36.0	13	74	3	2.05	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
WW Hall	32.0	7	81	3	2.53	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
RF Surti	24.0	3	81	3	3.37	India	v West Indies	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
RC Motz	26.2	2	86	3	3.26	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
HR Lance	22.0	4	86	3	3.90	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
VB Ranjane	35.0	6	90	3	2.57	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
GAR Lock	44.0	15	93	3	2.11	England	v India	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514
FJ Cameron	29.0	8	94	3	3.24	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
WV Rodriguez	28.3	3	98	3	3.43	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
GB Lawrence	54.0	14	103	3	1.90	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
LR Gibbs	39.2	4	104	3	2.64	West Indies	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
SC Stayers	29.0	8	105	3	3.62	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
DW White	34.0	5	107	3	3.14	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
CG Borde	37.0	6	114	3	3.08	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
SA Durani	41.0	6	119	3	2.90	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
EAS Prasanna	50.0	14	122	3	2.44	India	v West Indies	Kingston	7 Mar 1962	Test # 526
Nasim-ul-Ghani	45.0	10	125	3	2.77	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
GA Bartlett	34.0	3	126	3	3.70	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
JC Alabaster	31.0	4	143	3	4.61	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
HD Bromfield	70.0	14	152	3	2.17	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
Intikhab Alam	64.0	9	155	3	2.42	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
PE Richardson	6.0	3	10	2	1.66	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
JR Reid	14.2	8	21	2	1.46	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
RG Nadkarni	18.1	9	25	2	1.37	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
FMM Worrell	34.1	21	28	2	0.81	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
GA Bartlett	17.0	7	36	2	2.11	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
PR Umrigar	30.0	10	46	2	1.53	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
PH Parfitt	22.0	5	46	2	2.09	England	v India	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
PR Umrigar	49.0	27	48	2	0.97	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
RB Desai	14.0	3	51	2	3.64	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
GA Bartlett	27.0	9	57	2	2.11	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
GS Sobers	33.0	12	60	2	1.81	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527

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