Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IT Botham	48.5	14	106	13	2.17	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
G Dymock	63.4	12	166	12	2.60	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Sir RJ Hadlee	56.0	22	102	11	1.82	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
Iqbal Qasim	72.0	34	118	11	1.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
DK Lillee	66.1	15	138	11	2.08	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
N Kapil Dev	42.4	12	146	11	3.42	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
IT Botham	80.5	23	176	11	2.17	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Sikander Bakht	59.0	10	190	11	3.22	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
RJ Bright	57.5	22	111	10	1.91	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
GB Troup	60.3	16	166	10	2.74	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
Iqbal Qasim	72.5	29	175	10	2.40	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
G Dymock	46.3	18	86	9	1.84	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
N Kapil Dev	46.4	14	121	9	2.59	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Imran Khan	56.5	8	130	9	2.28	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
DR Doshi	44.5	10	103	8	2.29	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
DR Doshi	85.0	25	167	8	1.96	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
J Garner	45.2	16	73	7	1.61	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
NS Yadav	38.3	10	81	7	2.10	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
Sikander Bakht	39.1	11	85	7	2.17	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
G Dymock	45.0	14	90	7	2.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Tauseef Ahmed	64.2	20	126	7	1.95	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
N Kapil Dev	52.0	14	130	7	2.50	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
G Dymock	58.5	14	178	7	3.02	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
N Kapil Dev	28.0	5	63	6	2.25	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
MA Holding	28.0	7	71	6	2.53	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Ehteshamuddin	52.4	20	87	6	1.65	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
CEH Croft	35.3	6	88	6	2.47	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
CEH Croft	36.0	5	89	6	2.47	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
DR Doshi	46.0	12	94	6	2.04	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
NS Yadav	37.0	3	100	6	2.70	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
MA Holding	37.0	10	101	6	2.72	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
DK Lillee	38.0	10	103	6	2.71	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
CEH Croft	33.0	5	104	6	3.15	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
N Kapil Dev	43.0	12	107	6	2.48	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
N Kapil Dev	43.2	10	108	6	2.49	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
G Dymock	51.4	15	119	6	2.30	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
J Garner	63.0	18	130	6	2.06	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
Ehteshamuddin	54.0	12	131	6	2.42	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
DR Doshi	65.0	16	142	6	2.18	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
DK Lillee	51.0	16	147	6	2.88	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
LS Pascoe	61.5	10	151	6	2.44	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
BL Cairns	60.0	16	192	6	3.20	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
NS Yadav	14.4	4	47	5	3.20	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
KD Ghavri	25.1	5	64	5	2.54	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
AME Roberts	31.5	8	73	5	2.29	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
MA Holding	38.0	12	74	5	1.94	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
GB Troup	53.4	19	83	5	1.54	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
J Garner	48.5	14	87	5	1.78	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
NS Yadav	43.0	16	88	5	2.04	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
J Garner	35.4	9	89	5	2.49	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
DL Underwood	39.2	9	110	5	2.79	England	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
RM Hogg	45.0	7	115	5	2.55	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Sikander Bakht	47.2	14	119	5	2.51	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
Imran Khan	43.2	7	134	5	3.09	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Sir RJ Hadlee	60.0	16	137	5	2.28	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
DK Lillee	50.0	9	153	5	3.06	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
RJ Bright	56.0	14	172	5	3.07	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
Iqbal Qasim	73.0	18	201	5	2.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
Imran Khan	28.4	12	53	4	1.84	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
N Kapil Dev	22.1	5	65	4	2.93	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
IT Botham	40.3	19	72	4	1.77	England	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
KD Ghavri	25.0	6	80	4	3.20	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
RMH Binny	27.0	6	88	4	3.25	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
LS Pascoe	32.0	7	90	4	2.81	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
KD Ghavri	34.3	5	93	4	2.69	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
JR Thomson	27.0	6	93	4	3.44	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
B Yardley	44.0	16	107	4	2.43	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
DK Lillee	31.1	8	107	4	3.43	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
G Dymock	34.0	2	111	4	3.26	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
DL Underwood	54.0	18	115	4	2.12	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Imran Khan	40.0	10	116	4	2.90	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
IT Botham	51.5	20	123	4	2.37	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
DR Doshi	64.3	23	128	4	1.98	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
JK Lever	60.4	18	129	4	2.12	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
G Dymock	42.2	8	135	4	3.18	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
B Yardley	55.0	12	138	4	2.50	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
JK Lever	43.1	5	147	4	3.40	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
KD Ghavri	32.4	3	155	4	4.74	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
S Venkataraghavan	91.0	26	178	4	1.95	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
DL Underwood	67.0	21	180	4	2.68	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
CEH Croft	53.0	9	186	4	3.50	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
AA Mallett	65.0	12	211	4	3.24	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
GS Chappell	20.0	3	49	3	2.45	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Majid Khan	28.0	9	55	3	1.96	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
RMH Binny	14.0	2	55	3	3.92	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
GS Chappell	25.0	11	55	3	2.20	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Tauseef Ahmed	33.0	3	77	3	2.33	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	6 Mar 1980	Test # 878
J Garner	29.0	7	82	3	2.82	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
N Kapil Dev	37.0	10	85	3	2.29	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
DR Doshi	42.0	9	90	3	2.14	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Iqbal Qasim	41.0	14	93	3	2.26	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
BL Cairns	44.5	14	95	3	2.11	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
GR Dilley	36.0	4	97	3	2.69	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
CEH Croft	43.0	9	98	3	2.27	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
JR Thomson	32.0	6	100	3	3.12	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Wasim Raja	30.0	6	100	3	3.33	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	6 Mar 1980	Test # 878
AME Roberts	35.0	2	103	3	2.94	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
Iqbal Qasim	38.0	8	103	3	2.71	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
DK Lillee	39.0	7	105	3	2.69	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867

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