Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
EO Simons	3.2	0	8	6	2.40	W Province	v	Cradock	27 Oct 1990	List A
AH Gray	9.0	0	50	6	5.55	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1991	ODI # 672
Waqar Younis	6.4	2	11	5	1.65	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Peshawar	4 Nov 1990	ODI # 637
CR Matthews	4.5	0	11	5	2.27	W Province	v Boland	Stellenbosch	10 Nov 1990	List A
Waqar Younis	6.0	1	16	5	2.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sialkot	6 Nov 1990	ODI # 638
EO Simons	8.0	2	20	5	2.50	W Province	v Boland	Cape Town	3 Nov 1990	List A
BR Jurangpathy	6.2	0	20	5	3.15	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Kurunegala	4 Feb 1991	List A
WJ Holdsworth	8.4	3	28	5	3.23	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	14 Oct 1990	List A
RJ Ratnayake	9.0	1	32	5	3.55	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	20 Dec 1990	ODI # 655
Saleem Malik	7.0	2	35	5	5.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	2 Nov 1990	ODI # 636
Waqar Younis	8.0	0	52	5	6.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	9 Nov 1990	ODI # 639
CDC Edirimanne	9.0	2	29	4	3.22	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1991	List A
MR Whitney	8.3	0	30	4	3.52	NSW	v Tasmania	Sydney	16 Oct 1990	List A
N Kapil Dev	9.0	0	31	4	3.44	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	4 Jan 1991	ODI # 661
SR Waugh	8.2	1	32	4	3.84	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	20 Oct 1990	List A
CJ McDermott	9.0	0	34	4	3.77	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Feb 1991	ODI # 671
CC Lewis	9.1	0	35	4	3.81	England	v New Zealand	Sydney	13 Dec 1990	ODI # 651
C Pringle	8.4	0	35	4	4.03	New Zealand	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1990	ODI # 651
ME Waugh	10.0	0	37	4	3.70	Australia	v England	Melbourne	10 Jan 1991	ODI # 662
CJPG van Zyl	11.0	2	40	4	3.63	OFS	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	1 Dec 1990	List A
EO Simons	9.0	0	44	4	4.88	W Province	v E. Province	Gqeberha	28 Nov 1990	List A
SP O'Donnell	10.0	0	45	4	4.50	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	9 Dec 1990	ODI # 649
RJ McCurdy	11.0	0	49	4	4.45	E. Province	v Border	East London	24 Nov 1990	List A
CL Cairns	10.0	0	55	4	5.50	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	16 Feb 1991	ODI # 670
CJ McDermott	9.0	0	60	4	6.66	Queensland	v Tasmania	Brisbane	13 Oct 1990	List A
CA Lowe	10.0	0	62	4	6.20	Boland	v Griq West	Kimberley	27 Oct 1990	List A
WK Watson	8.4	5	6	3	0.69	Border	v	Oudtshoorn	27 Oct 1990	List A
JN Maguire	4.1	1	7	3	1.68	E. Province	v Natal CD	Empangeni	27 Oct 1990	List A
LJ Barnard	4.0	1	10	3	2.50	N. Transvaal	v OFS	Centurion	18 Nov 1990	List A
RJ McCurdy	6.0	0	12	3	2.00	E. Province	v Natal CD	Empangeni	27 Oct 1990	List A
SD Jack	9.0	3	13	3	1.44	Transvaal	v Natal	Durban	4 Nov 1990	List A
Mushtaq Ahmed	6.0	1	14	3	2.33	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	21 Dec 1990	ODI # 656
CPH Ramanayake	7.0	4	15	3	2.14	Sri Lanka	v India	Margao	8 Dec 1990	ODI # 648
AA Donald	11.0	4	18	3	1.63	OFS	v N. Transvaal	Bloemfontein	24 Nov 1990	List A
ME Waugh	6.0	0	20	3	3.33	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	11 Dec 1990	ODI # 650
PW Jackson	10.0	1	21	3	2.10	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	17 Oct 1990	List A
MW Pringle	6.0	1	22	3	3.66	W Province	v Boland	Stellenbosch	10 Nov 1990	List A
ARC Fraser	9.0	1	22	3	2.44	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Feb 1991	ODI # 669
PR Reiffel	9.2	2	23	3	2.46	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	17 Oct 1990	List A
PWE Rawson	9.4	3	24	3	2.48	Natal	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	10 Nov 1990	List A
RJ Ratnayake	6.5	1	24	3	3.51	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	28 Dec 1990	ODI # 658
AR Border	9.0	1	24	3	2.66	Australia	v England	Sydney	1 Jan 1991	ODI # 660
MC Ilott	8.0	1	24	3	3.00	England A	v Sri Lanka A	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1991	List A
Waqar Younis	8.0	0	25	3	3.12	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	21 Dec 1990	ODI # 656
CC Lewis	9.2	1	26	3	2.78	England	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	7 Dec 1990	ODI # 647
JN Maguire	11.0	2	27	3	2.45	E. Province	v Border	East London	24 Nov 1990	List A
PL Taylor	10.0	2	27	3	2.70	Australia	v England	Sydney	1 Jan 1991	ODI # 660
DK Morrison	8.0	0	28	3	3.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Nov 1990	ODI # 636
CA Walsh	8.0	0	28	3	3.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	13 Nov 1990	ODI # 641
AS Wassan	10.0	0	28	3	2.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	28 Dec 1990	ODI # 658
ARC Fraser	10.0	2	28	3	2.80	England	v Australia	Sydney	1 Jan 1991	ODI # 660
TA Munton	8.0	1	28	3	3.50	England A	v Karachi	Karachi	11 Jan 1991	List A
GP Wickramasinghe	8.0	2	28	3	3.50	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Galle	2 Feb 1991	List A
CPH Ramanayake	9.0	0	29	3	3.22	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	20 Dec 1990	ODI # 655
ME Waugh	10.0	2	29	3	2.90	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	13 Jan 1991	ODI # 663
BEA Rajadurai	8.0	0	29	3	3.62	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Kurunegala	4 Feb 1991	List A
CJ McDermott	7.1	0	29	3	4.04	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1991	ODI # 672
CJ McDermott	10.0	0	29	3	2.90	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	20 Mar 1991	ODI # 675
CE Eksteen	11.0	5	31	3	2.81	Transvaal	v Natal	Durban	4 Nov 1990	List A
Mushtaq Ahmed	8.0	0	31	3	3.87	Pakistan	v West Indies	Multan	13 Nov 1990	ODI # 641
TG Shaw	11.0	1	31	3	2.81	E. Province	v W Province	Cape Town	2 Dec 1990	List A
TA Munton	9.0	1	31	3	3.44	England A	v Sri Lanka A	Kurunegala	4 Feb 1991	List A
S Jacobs	11.0	3	32	3	2.90	Transvaal	v NTCD	Pietersburg	27 Oct 1990	List A
GJ Parsons	11.0	2	33	3	3.00	OFS	v	Vereeniging	27 Oct 1990	List A
GJ Parsons	11.0	1	33	3	3.00	OFS	v N. Transvaal	Centurion	18 Nov 1990	List A
CZ Harris	10.0	0	33	3	3.30	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Feb 1991	ODI # 669
MG Hughes	9.5	0	33	3	3.35	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	20 Mar 1991	ODI # 675
RA Pick	8.0	1	34	3	4.25	England A	v Karachi	Karachi	11 Jan 1991	List A
ME Waugh	7.0	0	34	3	4.85	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1991	ODI # 674
GRJ Matthews	10.0	0	35	3	3.50	NSW	v Tasmania	Sydney	16 Oct 1990	List A
WJ Holdsworth	10.0	0	36	3	3.60	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	20 Oct 1990	List A
MG Hughes	10.0	2	36	3	3.60	Victoria	v NSW	Sydney	20 Oct 1990	List A
Manzoor Elahi	7.0	0	36	3	5.14	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sialkot	6 Nov 1990	ODI # 638
CC Lewis	10.0	1	36	3	3.60	England XI	v Tasmania	Hobart	14 Nov 1990	List A
C Pringle	8.0	1	36	3	4.50	New Zealand	v England	Adelaide	1 Dec 1990	ODI # 643
CE Eksteen	11.0	2	36	3	3.27	Transvaal	v E. Province	Gqeberha	15 Dec 1990	List A
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	37	3	3.70	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	10 Mar 1991	ODI # 673
IM Kidson	11.0	2	38	3	3.45	Griq West	v Boland	Kimberley	27 Oct 1990	List A
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	38	3	3.80	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1991	ODI # 674
HA Page	10.0	1	39	3	3.90	Transvaal	v Natal	Johannesburg	11 Nov 1990	List A
RE Bryson	11.0	0	39	3	3.54	E. Province	v Border	Gqeberha	17 Nov 1990	List A
C Pringle	9.0	2	39	3	4.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	29 Nov 1990	ODI # 642
W Watson	7.0	0	39	3	5.57	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	6 Feb 1991	ODI # 667
PJ Newport	8.0	0	39	3	4.87	England A	v Sri Lanka A	Colombo (RPS)	8 Mar 1991	List A
PCR Tufnell	10.0	2	40	3	4.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	1 Jan 1991	ODI # 660
BN Schultz	11.0	2	41	3	3.72	E. Province	v W Province	Cape Town	1 Dec 1990	List A
MR Whitney	9.0	0	41	3	4.55	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1991	ODI # 672
Wasim Akram	10.0	0	43	3	4.30	PIA	v United Bank	Peshawar	21 Sep 1990	List A
MP Bicknell	10.0	1	43	3	4.30	England XI	v WA Comb. XI	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1990	List A
SP O'Donnell	9.0	0	43	3	4.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	15 Jan 1991	ODI # 664
C Pringle	10.0	1	43	3	4.30	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Feb 1991	ODI # 669
C Pringle	9.5	0	43	3	4.37	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	16 Feb 1991	ODI # 670
CE Eksteen	11.0	0	44	3	4.00	Transvaal	v Natal	Johannesburg	11 Nov 1990	List A
CEB Rice	11.0	1	47	3	4.27	Transvaal	v OFS	Bloemfontein	28 Nov 1990	List A
M Prabhakar	10.0	1	47	3	4.70	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	1 Dec 1990	ODI # 644
CD Handley	10.0	0	48	3	4.80		v W Province	Cradock	27 Oct 1990	List A
N Kapil Dev	9.2	1	48	3	5.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	28 Dec 1990	ODI # 658
DA Clarke	10.0	0	51	3	5.10	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	17 Oct 1990	List A
CD Mack	10.0	0	51	3	5.10	WA Comb. XI	v England XI	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1990	List A
GRJ Matthews	10.0	0	54	3	5.40	Australia	v England	Brisbane	16 Dec 1990	ODI # 653

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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]