Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Imran Khan	52.2	11	116	14	2.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
MA Holding	38.3	8	107	11	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
DK Lillee	53.4	11	127	10	2.36	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
B Yardley	58.0	9	185	10	3.18	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
DK Lillee	39.0	7	132	9	3.38	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
IT Botham	50.3	9	133	9	2.63	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
DS de Silva	50.0	5	162	9	3.24	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
DL Underwood	55.5	21	95	8	1.70	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
MA Holding	54.0	14	142	8	2.62	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Iqbal Qasim	95.0	27	192	8	2.02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Sir RJ Hadlee	48.0	16	101	7	2.10	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.5	7	110	7	2.98	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Iqbal Qasim	79.0	28	148	7	1.87	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Imran Khan	70.4	20	156	7	2.20	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
B Yardley	66.0	16	187	7	2.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
DS de Silva	64.0	11	201	7	3.14	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
S Madan Lal	24.0	8	47	6	1.95	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
TM Alderman	26.2	6	79	6	3.00	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
B Yardley	25.5	5	84	6	3.25	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
JE Emburey	44.0	12	88	6	2.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
DK Lillee	29.0	6	96	6	3.31	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
N Kapil Dev	35.2	10	99	6	2.80	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Iqbal Qasim	43.1	15	115	6	2.66	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DK Lillee	59.0	12	169	6	2.86	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
N Kapil Dev	52.0	9	172	6	3.30	India	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
JR Thomson	48.1	6	174	6	3.61	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
B Yardley	63.4	24	182	6	2.85	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
DR Doshi	30.1	13	39	5	1.29	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Sarfraz Nawaz	29.0	13	54	5	1.86	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
B Yardley	28.0	9	61	5	2.17	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Imran Khan	38.2	12	62	5	1.61	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
S Madan Lal	35.0	5	89	5	2.54	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
MA Holding	48.0	15	95	5	1.97	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
J Garner	38.0	11	96	5	2.52	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
JK Lever	36.0	9	100	5	2.77	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
J Garner	52.0	19	100	5	1.92	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
ALF de Mel	30.1	6	103	5	3.41	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
AME Roberts	43.0	14	107	5	2.48	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
GR Dilley	31.0	6	108	5	3.48	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Tauseef Ahmed	37.0	8	108	5	2.91	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
RJ Shastri	63.0	21	114	5	1.80	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Tahir Naqqash	41.0	12	117	5	2.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
B Yardley	39.0	5	128	5	3.28	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
B Yardley	56.5	10	200	5	3.51	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
DR Doshi	57.0	31	69	4	1.21	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
TM Alderman	27.0	6	77	4	2.85	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
B Yardley	27.0	7	80	4	2.96	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
DR Doshi	34.2	8	81	4	2.35	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
DR Doshi	46.2	13	91	4	1.96	India	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Imran Khan	41.2	7	94	4	2.27	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
GRA de Silva	47.0	18	98	4	2.08	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JR Thomson	40.0	10	105	4	2.62	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
JE Emburey	54.0	22	106	4	1.96	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
GB Troup	33.3	7	113	4	3.37	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
BL Cairns	61.0	17	123	4	2.01	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Sikander Bakht	44.0	7	126	4	2.86	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
TM Alderman	42.2	8	129	4	3.04	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
DK Lillee	52.0	12	138	4	2.65	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
ALF de Mel	40.0	6	144	4	3.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
LS Pascoe	52.0	6	178	4	3.42	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
N Kapil Dev	52.0	5	185	4	3.55	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
ALF de Mel	51.2	5	224	4	4.36	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DK Lillee	12.0	6	13	3	1.08	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
AR Border	10.3	4	20	3	1.90	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
HA Gomes	24.0	8	39	3	1.62	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
Rizwan-uz-Zaman	17.0	5	39	3	2.29	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
B Yardley	23.0	10	49	3	2.13	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
Tauseef Ahmed	26.0	7	53	3	2.03	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
IT Botham	24.5	2	65	3	2.61	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
RGD Willis	28.0	10	70	3	2.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
RGD Willis	23.0	5	75	3	3.26	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
Rashid Khan	34.0	10	78	3	2.29	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DL Underwood	60.0	31	83	3	1.38	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Iqbal Qasim	29.0	5	87	3	3.00	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
DL Underwood	43.0	21	88	3	2.04	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
N Kapil Dev	25.5	7	88	3	3.40	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
TM Alderman	31.3	5	89	3	2.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
DS de Silva	42.5	16	92	3	2.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
RGD Willis	35.1	9	94	3	2.67	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
JR Thomson	30.0	5	95	3	3.16	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
CEH Croft	36.1	5	100	3	2.76	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Tauseef Ahmed	33.4	7	103	3	3.05	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
RJ Shastri	63.0	23	104	3	1.65	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
MC Snedden	22.0	2	104	3	4.72	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
DR Doshi	60.0	23	120	3	2.00	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
ALF de Mel	28.0	3	120	3	4.28	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JR Ratnayeke	28.0	3	121	3	4.32	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JR Thomson	35.0	4	143	3	4.08	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
GA Gooch	8.1	1	12	2	1.46	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
Wasim Raja	8.0	3	29	2	3.62	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
JE Emburey	13.0	2	35	2	2.69	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
JR Thomson	26.0	13	35	2	1.34	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
JR Thomson	14.0	5	39	2	2.78	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
RGD Willis	20.0	3	49	2	2.45	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
RJ Shastri	23.0	6	51	2	2.21	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
JFM Morrison	35.0	16	52	2	1.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Wasim Raja	21.0	4	58	2	2.76	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
RGD Willis	25.0	9	64	2	2.56	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
GRA de Silva	43.0	14	66	2	1.53	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
DR Doshi	40.0	15	68	2	1.70	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914

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