Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AA Mallett	51.2x8	14	122	13	1.78	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
DK Lillee	21.0x8	4	70	10	2.50	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Dec 1971	First-class
JW Gleeson	37.6x8	16	86	10	1.70	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
SA Durani	64.5	23	87	9	1.34	Central Zone	v West Zone	Bangalore	11 Mar 1972	First-class
M Govender	29.0x8	6	91	9	2.35	NTL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
JW Gleeson	46.7x8	15	112	9	1.79	NSW	v South Aust	Sydney	28 Jan 1972	First-class
S Chothia	30.7x8	7	113	9	2.74	TVL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
RK Rowan	36.2x8	5	116	9	2.40	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	3 Mar 1972	First-class
ED Solkar	55.3	12	122	9	2.19	West Zone	v Central Zone	Bangalore	11 Mar 1972	First-class
JB Gannon	34.5x8	3	132	9	2.85	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
AA Mallett	61.0x8	18	161	9	1.97	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	26 Nov 1971	First-class
BR Taylor	53.3	9	182	9	3.40	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
I Ebrahim	29.7x8	3	87	8	2.18	NTL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
BR Taylor	43.4	9	115	8	2.63	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
PA Nicholls	32.0x8	4	128	8	3.00	West Aust	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
JD Higgs	32.4x8	5	131	8	3.02	Victoria	v West Aust	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
RP Tandon	41.0	9	139	8	3.39	Central Zone	v North Zone	Nagpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
MHN Walker	37.0x8	2	152	8	3.08	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	26 Nov 1971	First-class
PH Carlson	18.0x8	4	41	7	1.70	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
TJ Jenner	29.0x8	11	56	7	1.44	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	5 Nov 1971	First-class
C Langson	22.4x8	4	59	7	1.96	EPR (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	8 Jan 1972	First-class
RK Rowan	29.2x8	9	63	7	1.61	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	26 Dec 1971	First-class
BR Taylor	32.1	11	67	7	2.08	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1972	Test # 694
GD McKenzie	24.0x8	7	72	7	2.25	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1971	First-class
RAL Massie	26.0x8	5	75	7	2.16	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
JW Gleeson	29.0x8	4	100	7	2.58	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	15 Oct 1971	First-class
KR Gattani	37.0	6	100	7	2.70	Central Zone	v South Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
DK Lillee	34.0x8	4	109	7	2.40	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1971	First-class
BS Chandrasekhar	33.2	8	111	7	3.33	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
SA Durani	42.1	13	111	7	2.63	Central Zone	v South Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
PK Shivalkar	56.0	20	117	7	2.08	Bombay	v Rest of Ind	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
BS Chandrasekhar	50.3	8	132	7	2.61	South Zone	v Central Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
Inshan Ali	77.4	24	158	7	2.03	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
SA Durani	17.0	7	32	6	1.88	Central Zone	v North Zone	Nagpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
JRF Duncan	22.0x8	11	36	6	1.22	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	12 Nov 1971	First-class
MHN Walker	23.7x8	5	48	6	1.50	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	12 Nov 1971	First-class
KJ O'Keeffe	25.0x8	7	59	6	1.77	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	29 Oct 1971	First-class
G Manicum	27.2x8	10	63	6	1.73	NTL (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Durban	22 Jan 1972	First-class
JR Hammond	29.0x8	9	64	6	1.65	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
I Ebrahim	44.0x8	12	72	6	1.22	NTL (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Durban	22 Jan 1972	First-class
G Dymock	23.5x8	2	82	6	2.60	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
I Ebrahim	37.2x8	6	85	6	1.71	NTL (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Cape Town	1 Jan 1972	First-class
DJ Colley	27.2x8	6	93	6	2.55	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	First-class
S Venkataraghavan	33.0	10	94	6	2.84	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
KJ McCarthy	22.5x8	-	95	6	3.14	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
DAJ Holford	77.0	30	119	6	1.54	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
KJ O'Keeffe	41.4x8	7	140	6	2.53	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	15 Oct 1971	First-class
TJ Jenner	31.5x8	1	146	6	3.46	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	28 Jan 1972	First-class
JRF Duncan	22.6x8	9	34	5	1.12	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	26 Dec 1971	First-class
AM Ismail	24.2	8	56	5	2.30	West Zone	v East Zone	Jamshedpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
H Jairam	32.0x8	15	57	5	1.33	TVL (SACBOC)	v NTL (SACBOC)	Durban	22 Jan 1972	First-class
DJ Sutherland	24.0x8	8	59	5	1.84	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	26 Nov 1971	First-class
G Manicum	35.0x8	9	63	5	1.35	NTL (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Cape Town	1 Jan 1972	First-class
TJ Jenner	23.6x8	3	67	5	2.11	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
F Abrahams	28.0x8	4	70	5	1.87	EPR (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
D Govindjee	28.0x8	3	74	5	1.98	EPR (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
VA Holder	42.0	13	78	5	1.85	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
AM Ismail	36.5	8	81	5	2.19	Bombay	v Rest of Ind	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
DJ Colley	24.0x8	4	83	5	2.59	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
KJ McCarthy	24.0x8	3	86	5	2.68	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	28 Jan 1972	First-class
D Govindjee	34.0x8	7	88	5	1.94	EPR (SACBOC)	v NTL (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
AA Mallett	29.0x8	10	89	5	2.30	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
AA Mallett	34.0x8	9	97	5	2.13	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	5 Nov 1971	First-class
S Abid Ali	36.0	6	98	5	2.72	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
G Dymock	31.6x8	4	100	5	2.36	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
UG Dowe	47.0	14	100	5	2.12	Jamaica	v N Zealanders	Kingston	5 Feb 1972	First-class
RF Surti	21.7x8	1	103	5	3.53	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	5 Nov 1971	First-class
JR Hammond	23.0x8	5	105	5	3.42	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
MHN Walker	31.0x8	3	107	5	2.58	Victoria	v West Aust	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
WD Albury	25.6x8	5	108	5	3.14	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	12 Nov 1971	First-class
KD Walters	36.0x8	7	112	5	2.33	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1972	First-class
DJ Colley	31.0x8	3	117	5	2.83	NSW	v South Aust	Sydney	28 Jan 1972	First-class
JR Hammond	34.0x8	2	117	5	2.58	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
FM Francke	44.1x8	9	118	5	2.00	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
AA Mallett	35.0x8	8	121	5	2.59	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
KJ O'Keeffe	31.0x8	6	123	5	2.97	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	First-class
JC Alabaster	37.0	2	130	5	3.51	N Zealanders	v Jamaica	Kingston	5 Feb 1972	First-class
MD Rege	52.0	8	144	5	2.76	Bombay	v Rest of Ind	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
HJ Howarth	80.0	25	179	5	2.23	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
JD Higgs	50.0x8	6	210	5	3.15	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	26 Nov 1971	First-class
A Snyman	3.0x8	2	7	4	1.75	EPR (SACBOC)	v NTL (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
GD Watson	13.0x8	4	26	4	1.50	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1971	First-class
M Wilson	11.1x8	1	37	4	2.49	EPR (SACBOC)	v NTL (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
PH Sharma	12.5	2	38	4	2.96	Central Zone	v West Zone	Bangalore	11 Mar 1972	First-class
Y Omar	14.0x8	3	39	4	2.08	NTL (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Cape Town	1 Jan 1972	First-class
TMD MacGill	19.0x8	4	42	4	1.65	West Aust	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
AJ Sieler	16.4x8	3	48	4	2.18	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	3 Mar 1972	First-class
M Govender	29.0x8	8	49	4	1.26	NTL (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Cape Town	1 Jan 1972	First-class
WD Albury	16.0x8	3	50	4	2.34	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	5 Nov 1971	First-class
C Langson	10.2x8	1	56	4	4.09	EPR (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
MLC Foster	45.0	21	56	4	1.24	Jamaica	v N Zealanders	Kingston	5 Feb 1972	First-class
RAL Massie	23.0x8	6	59	4	1.92	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	First-class
AR Jones	14.0x8	1	60	4	3.21	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
KJ McCarthy	18.0x8	1	61	4	2.54	South Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	3 Mar 1972	First-class
GD McKenzie	21.5x8	4	62	4	2.15	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Dec 1971	First-class
GS Sobers	29.0	6	64	4	2.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
JR Watkins	16.1x8	3	72	4	3.34	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
JW Gleeson	25.0x8	4	74	4	2.22	NSW	v Victoria	Melbourne	26 Dec 1971	First-class
VA Holder	47.0	18	77	4	1.63	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1972	Test # 694
DK Lillee	19.6x8	3	83	4	3.15	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	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:

South Western Districts vs Northern Cape at Kimberley, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 14th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 4/2 (2.0 ov, TJ van Rensburg 4*, L Alder 0/1) - Stumps

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>> 121/2 (31.0 ov, PARP Perera 24*, A Tharindu 78*, JDF Vandersay 0/35) - Stumps

Border vs Mpumalanga at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 13th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps