Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ND Hirwani	33.5	6	136	16	4.01	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Abdul Qadir	73.0	27	101	13	1.38	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
Imran Khan	37.2	2	121	11	3.24	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
Sir RJ Hadlee	75.0	20	176	10	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Abdul Qadir	104.4	31	186	10	1.77	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
CA Walsh	31.4	4	94	9	2.96	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
MD Marshall	41.4	6	144	9	3.45	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
Imran Khan	61.3	11	153	9	2.48	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
GR Dilley	42.5	14	70	8	1.63	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
EJ Chatfield	72.0	26	123	8	1.70	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
BP Patterson	37.5	7	124	8	3.27	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
Abdul Qadir	66.4	8	231	8	3.46	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
AIC Dodemaide	41.4	13	98	7	2.35	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
GR Dilley	51.0	18	104	7	2.03	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
AIC Dodemaide	48.3	14	106	7	2.18	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Iqbal Qasim	45.2	9	112	7	2.47	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
CJ McDermott	43.2	8	122	7	2.81	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
CA Walsh	43.0	8	140	7	3.25	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Abdul Qadir	57.0	10	150	7	2.63	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
Wasim Akram	58.0	8	161	7	2.77	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
CA Walsh	33.3	9	67	6	2.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
BA Reid	50.0	16	93	6	1.86	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
WKM Benjamin	40.0	9	105	6	2.62	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
DK Morrison	42.2	7	133	6	3.14	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
MD Marshall	50.0	8	140	6	2.80	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
BP Patterson	33.0	4	146	6	4.42	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
Sir RJ Hadlee	42.0	16	68	5	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
Arshad Ayub	34.0	8	86	5	2.52	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
PAJ DeFreitas	23.5	3	86	5	3.60	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
WKM Benjamin	29.0	4	89	5	3.06	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
WW Davis	24.1	-	96	5	3.97	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
MG Hughes	35.0	12	97	5	2.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
C Sharma	24.1	3	99	5	4.09	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
MG Hughes	39.0	9	128	5	3.28	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
MC Snedden	56.0	17	131	5	2.33	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
CJ McDermott	45.0	11	140	5	3.11	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Saleem Jaffar	65.5	15	153	5	2.32	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
CJ McDermott	55.5	13	164	5	2.93	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
EJ Chatfield	31.1	15	37	4	1.18	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
NA Foster	21.0	4	46	4	2.19	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
SR Waugh	28.0	11	47	4	1.67	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
C Sharma	14.0	1	65	4	4.64	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
Tauseef Ahmed	43.2	16	66	4	1.52	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
RJ Shastri	28.3	9	71	4	2.49	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
PL Taylor	34.0	10	84	4	2.47	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
N Kapil Dev	38.0	16	85	4	2.23	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
KN Amalean	22.2	1	97	4	4.34	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	6	98	4	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
BP Patterson	26.0	1	101	4	3.88	West Indies	v Pakistan	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
DK Morrison	36.0	7	118	4	3.27	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
CA Walsh	29.0	3	136	4	4.68	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
MR Whitney	53.3	11	137	4	2.56	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Abdul Qadir	49.0	7	157	4	3.20	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
PR Sleep	66.0	19	170	4	2.57	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
TBA May	84.0	23	202	4	2.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
SR Waugh	22.5	5	51	3	2.23	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
DJ Capel	23.0	7	51	3	2.21	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
NGB Cook	29.3	13	52	3	1.76	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
JE Emburey	23.0	8	52	3	2.26	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
CJ McDermott	24.0	5	58	3	2.41	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
Iqbal Qasim	24.0	10	61	3	2.54	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
PAJ DeFreitas	41.0	12	65	3	1.58	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
RJ Shastri	32.0	7	73	3	2.28	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
PW Jarvis	38.0	15	73	3	1.92	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
WW Davis	31.0	5	80	3	2.58	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
CA Walsh	27.0	4	80	3	2.96	West Indies	v Pakistan	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
WW Davis	27.0	3	84	3	3.11	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
NGB Cook	31.0	10	87	3	2.80	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
JG Bracewell	39.0	8	88	3	2.25	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
JG Bracewell	37.5	6	90	3	2.37	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
DJ Capel	47.2	8	97	3	2.04	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
GR Dilley	32.1	5	102	3	3.17	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
JE Emburey	48.0	16	109	3	2.27	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
Sir RJ Hadlee	39.0	8	109	3	2.79	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
Wasim Akram	39.0	8	110	3	2.82	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
JG Bracewell	56.0	13	127	3	2.26	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
PW Jarvis	60.0	16	128	3	2.13	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
PR Sleep	38.0	6	138	3	3.63	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
CEL Ambrose	40.5	3	138	3	3.37	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
Imran Khan	31.0	3	142	3	4.58	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
DK Morrison	43.4	7	147	3	3.36	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
EE Hemmings	74.0	18	160	3	2.16	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
Shoaib Mohammad	2.0	-	8	2	4.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
IVA Richards	4.0	1	17	2	4.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
Mudassar Nazar	10.0	4	24	2	2.40	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
SR Waugh	24.0	10	37	2	1.54	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
NA Foster	34.0	12	54	2	1.58	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
NA Foster	23.0	6	58	2	2.52	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
CG Butts	19.0	6	59	2	3.10	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
CL Hooper	18.0	4	62	2	3.44	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Wasim Akram	24.1	3	64	2	2.64	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
IVA Richards	26.0	5	64	2	2.46	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
BP Patterson	24.0	3	79	2	3.29	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
WKM Benjamin	30.0	3	93	2	3.10	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
DK Morrison	32.0	7	95	2	2.96	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
EJ Chatfield	51.0	16	96	2	1.88	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Ijaz Faqih	29.0	4	98	2	3.37	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
CEL Ambrose	44.0	10	106	2	2.40	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
GF Labrooy	36.0	5	108	2	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
PR Sleep	45.0	8	114	2	2.53	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090

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