Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
WM Clark	7.2x8	1	20	4	2.06	West Aust	v NSW	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
TM Alderman	8.0x8	0	40	4	3.75	West Aust	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	5 Feb 1978	List A
JR Thomson	10.0	0	67	4	6.70	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
JK Lever	6.0x8	1	18	3	2.25	England	v Pakistan	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
RJ Inverarity	4.0x8	0	19	3	3.56	West Aust	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	5 Feb 1978	List A
DJ Colley	6.2x8	0	23	3	2.76	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
Wasim Raja	4.6x8	0	23	3	3.63	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
AT Sincock	8.0x8	4	23	3	2.15	South Aust	v Tasmania	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
IW Callen	7.0	0	24	3	3.42	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
DJ Baker	8.0x8	1	27	3	2.53	Tasmania	v South Aust	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
J Simmons	8.0x8	1	29	3	2.71	Tasmania	v Victoria	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
J Garner	8.0	0	29	3	3.62	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
IT Botham	7.0x8	0	39	3	4.17	England	v Pakistan	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
IW Callen	8.0x8	0	41	3	3.84	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
CEH Croft	10.0	1	44	3	4.40	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
DW Hourn	8.0x8	0	45	3	4.21	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
JR Douglas	8.0x8	1	48	3	4.50	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
TJ Laughlin	9.0	2	54	3	6.00	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
Sarfraz Nawaz	5.0x8	2	7	2	1.05	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
B Yardley	7.0	3	14	2	2.00	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
Iqbal Qasim	7.0x8	2	16	2	1.71	Pakistan	v England	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
RM Hogg	8.0x8	2	18	2	1.68	South Aust	v Tasmania	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
Hasan Jamil	5.0x8	0	20	2	3.00	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
JR Thomson	8.0x8	2	22	2	2.06	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
JB Gannon	8.0x8	1	22	2	2.06	West Aust	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	5 Feb 1978	List A
JB Gannon	7.0x8	0	24	2	2.57	West Aust	v NSW	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
JK Lever	7.0x8	1	25	2	2.67	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
IJ Brayshaw	8.0x8	0	26	2	2.43	West Aust	v NSW	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
DR Parry	7.0	1	27	2	3.85	West Indies	v Australia	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
PH Edmonds	7.0x8	0	28	2	3.00	England	v Pakistan	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
PH Edmonds	7.0x8	1	28	2	3.00	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
AG Hurst	8.0x8	2	28	2	2.62	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
VA Holder	7.0	0	28	2	4.00	West Indies	v Australia	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
RB Simpson	7.0	0	30	2	4.28	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
GJ Cowmeadow	6.0x8	0	36	2	4.50	Tasmania	v Victoria	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
RB Simpson	8.0x8	0	39	2	3.65	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
WM Clark	6.4	0	39	2	5.85	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
RJ Inverarity	8.0x8	0	40	2	3.75	West Aust	v NSW	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
RJ Sherriff	8.0x8	1	43	2	4.03	Tasmania	v South Aust	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
AJ Benneworth	8.0x8	0	46	2	4.31	Tasmania	v Victoria	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
WL Stillman	7.0x8	2	50	2	5.35	South Aust	v Tasmania	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
Wasim Raja	2.0x8	0	11	1	4.12	Pakistan	v England	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
J Simmons	8.0x8	4	12	1	1.12	Tasmania	v South Aust	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
ST Clarke	7.0	1	15	1	2.14	West Indies	v Australia	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
GA Cope	7.0x8	0	16	1	1.71	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
Pervez Mir	4.0x8	0	18	1	3.37	Pakistan	v England	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
GA Cope	7.0x8	0	19	1	2.03	England	v Pakistan	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
SR Bernard	8.0x8	2	21	1	1.96	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
IT Botham	6.7x8	0	21	1	2.29	England	v Pakistan	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
WM Clark	10.0	3	22	1	2.20	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
N Phillip	7.0	0	22	1	3.14	West Indies	v Australia	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
Sikander Bakht	6.0x8	0	25	1	3.12	Pakistan	v England	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
Iqbal Qasim	7.0x8	2	25	1	2.67	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
GG Watson	8.0x8	1	25	1	2.34	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
DJ Baker	6.0x8	0	26	1	3.25	Tasmania	v Victoria	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
GR Beard	8.0x8	1	31	1	2.90	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
ML Clews	8.0x8	0	32	1	3.00	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
Aamer Hameed	7.0x8	1	32	1	3.42	Pakistan	v England	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
J Simmons	8.0x8	0	33	1	3.09	Tasmania	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	5 Feb 1978	List A
Saleem Altaf	7.0x8	0	34	1	3.64	Pakistan	v England	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
CM Old	7.0x8	0	35	1	3.75	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
WW Daniel	9.0	1	35	1	3.88	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
GK Whyte	8.0x8	1	36	1	3.37	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
GJ Cowmeadow	8.0x8	2	36	1	3.37	Tasmania	v South Aust	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
G Dymock	8.0x8	1	38	1	3.56	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
AR Border	7.4x8	2	40	1	4.00	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
RJ Sherriff	8.0x8	0	40	1	3.75	Tasmania	v Victoria	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
GR Attenborough	7.0x8	1	41	1	4.39	South Aust	v Tasmania	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
IW Callen	7.0	1	42	1	6.00	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
G Miller	6.0x8	1	43	1	5.37	England	v Pakistan	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
G Miller	7.0x8	0	46	1	4.92	England	v Pakistan	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
DJ Baker	7.0x8	0	47	1	5.03	Tasmania	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	5 Feb 1978	List A
Liaqat Ali	7.0x8	0	50	1	5.35	Pakistan	v England	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
M Hendrick	7.0x8	0	50	1	5.35	England	v Pakistan	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]