Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AA Donald	9.0	-	23	6	2.55	South Africa	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	3 Oct 1996	ODI # 1124
Waqar Younis	10.0	1	44	6	4.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	13 Nov 1996	ODI # 1144
AM Stuart	10.0	1	26	5	2.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	16 Jan 1997	ODI # 1164
EA Brandes	10.0	-	28	5	2.80	Zimbabwe	v England	Harare	3 Jan 1997	ODI # 1158
Saqlain Mushtaq	8.5	-	29	5	3.28	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Dec 1996	ODI # 1152
HH Streak	8.5	-	32	5	3.62	Zimbabwe	v India	Bulawayo	15 Feb 1997	ODI # 1178
SK Warne	9.3	1	33	5	3.47	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	8 Dec 1996	ODI # 1149
DK Morrison	10.0	-	34	5	3.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	11 Nov 1996	ODI # 1142
JC Adams	10.0	-	37	5	3.70	West Indies	v Pakistan	Adelaide	17 Dec 1996	ODI # 1154
EA Brandes	9.5	1	41	5	4.16	Zimbabwe	v India	Paarl	27 Jan 1997	ODI # 1169
CZ Harris	10.0	-	42	5	4.20	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Sialkot	6 Dec 1996	ODI # 1148
L Klusener	8.4	-	42	5	4.84	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997	ODI # 1167
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.4	-	44	5	4.55	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Gujranwala	4 Dec 1996	ODI # 1146
Waqar Younis	8.5	-	52	5	5.88	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)	4 Oct 1996	ODI # 1125
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.0	-	17	4	1.88	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Jan 1997	ODI # 1163
M Muralidaran	10.0	4	18	4	1.80	Sri Lanka	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	28 Sep 1996	ODI # 1120
HH Streak	10.0	2	18	4	1.80	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Sharjah	9 Apr 1997	ODI # 1196
WPUJC Vaas	9.0	1	22	4	2.44	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	7 Nov 1996	ODI # 1139
PCR Tufnell	10.0	1	22	4	2.20	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 1997	ODI # 1179
A Kumble	8.2	-	25	4	3.00	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	6 Nov 1996	ODI # 1138
Wasim Akram	10.0	1	25	4	2.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	16 Jan 1997	ODI # 1164
WPUJC Vaas	9.2	1	26	4	2.78	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
BKV Prasad	8.0	1	27	4	3.37	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	14 Dec 1996	ODI # 1151
Mushtaq Ahmed	10.0	-	27	4	2.70	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	9 Apr 1997	ODI # 1196
Saqlain Mushtaq	6.1	-	28	4	4.54	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Peshawar	3 Nov 1996	ODI # 1136
AA Donald	8.3	-	31	4	3.64	South Africa	v Australia	Faridabad	25 Oct 1996	ODI # 1131
EZ Matambanadzo	8.0	-	32	4	4.00	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Peshawar	3 Nov 1996	ODI # 1136
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	2	33	4	3.30	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)	4 Oct 1996	ODI # 1125
SM Pollock	10.0	1	33	4	3.30	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	5 Apr 1997	ODI # 1191
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	35	4	3.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Nairobi (Club)	1 Oct 1996	ODI # 1122
PR Reiffel	10.0	1	35	4	3.50	Australia	v South Africa	Faridabad	25 Oct 1996	ODI # 1131
HT Davis	8.2	-	35	4	4.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
CEL Ambrose	9.3	-	36	4	3.78	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	26 Apr 1997	ODI # 1200
SK Warne	10.0	1	37	4	3.70	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1155
AA Donald	9.5	-	37	4	3.76	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	25 Jan 1997	ODI # 1168
C White	5.4	-	37	4	6.52	England	v New Zealand	Napier	26 Feb 1997	ODI # 1181
IR Bishop	9.5	1	38	4	3.86	West Indies	v Pakistan	Brisbane	3 Jan 1997	ODI # 1157
Wasim Akram	10.0	-	42	4	4.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Nov 1996	ODI # 1140
D Gough	8.5	1	43	4	4.86	England	v Zimbabwe	Harare	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1156
Waqar Younis	10.0	1	43	4	4.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sydney	18 Jan 1997	ODI # 1165
AA Donald	10.0	1	46	4	4.60	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Johannesburg	31 Jan 1997	ODI # 1171
SK Warne	9.5	1	52	4	5.28	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Dec 1996	ODI # 1152
OD Gibson	10.0	-	61	4	6.10	West Indies	v India	Kingstown	30 Apr 1997	ODI # 1202
NJ Astle	6.0	-	9	3	1.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
Wasim Akram	8.0	2	13	3	1.62	Pakistan	v Australia	Hobart	7 Jan 1997	ODI # 1160
Shahid Nazir	10.0	3	14	3	1.40	Pakistan	v West Indies	Melbourne	20 Jan 1997	ODI # 1166
Waqar Younis	5.1	2	14	3	2.70	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	9 Apr 1997	ODI # 1196
ST Jayasuriya	5.0	1	15	3	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	8 Nov 1996	ODI # 1140
BM McMillan	4.0	-	17	3	4.25	South Africa	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	3 Oct 1996	ODI # 1124
AJ Bichel	10.0	3	17	3	1.70	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	7 Jan 1997	ODI # 1160
Wasim Akram	7.0	2	17	3	2.42	Pakistan	v West Indies	Melbourne	20 Jan 1997	ODI # 1166
KSC de Silva	8.0	2	18	3	2.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	11 Nov 1996	ODI # 1142
CL Cairns	10.0	2	18	3	1.80	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Sharjah	13 Nov 1996	ODI # 1144
AC Dale	7.0	3	18	3	2.57	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	31 Mar 1997	ODI # 1187
Wasim Akram	8.0	1	20	3	2.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Nov 1996	ODI # 1145
CZ Harris	10.0	3	20	3	2.00	New Zealand	v England	Napier	26 Feb 1997	ODI # 1181
GR Larsen	8.3	-	20	3	2.35	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	2 Mar 1997	ODI # 1182
NA David	8.0	-	21	3	2.62	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	27 Apr 1997	ODI # 1201
Saqlain Mushtaq	7.1	2	23	3	3.20	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1155
A Kuruvilla	10.0	2	23	3	2.30	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	27 Apr 1997	ODI # 1201
PA Strang	9.0	-	24	3	2.66	Zimbabwe	v England	Harare	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1156
TM Odoyo	10.0	2	25	3	2.50	Kenya	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Aga)	2 Oct 1996	ODI # 1123
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	2	25	3	2.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	3 Apr 1997	ODI # 1189
FA Rose	10.0	2	25	3	2.50	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	26 Apr 1997	ODI # 1200
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	-	26	3	2.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Mar 1997	ODI # 1184
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	1	27	3	2.70	Pakistan	v Kenya	Nairobi (Aga)	2 Oct 1996	ODI # 1123
JA Rennie	8.0	1	27	3	3.37	Zimbabwe	v England	Bulawayo	15 Dec 1996	ODI # 1153
HDPK Dharmasena	9.4	-	27	3	2.79	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	7 Apr 1997	ODI # 1193
BKV Prasad	9.0	-	28	3	3.11	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	6 Nov 1996	ODI # 1138
Waqar Younis	10.0	-	28	3	2.80	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	12 Nov 1996	ODI # 1143
AA Donald	8.0	-	29	3	3.62	South Africa	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	29 Sep 1996	ODI # 1121
AD Mullally	9.0	1	29	3	3.22	England	v Zimbabwe	Harare	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1156
DN Crookes	10.0	-	30	3	3.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	6 Oct 1996	ODI # 1126
HH Streak	9.0	1	30	3	3.33	Zimbabwe	v England	Bulawayo	15 Dec 1996	ODI # 1153
AA Donald	9.1	1	31	3	3.38	South Africa	v India	Rajkot	29 Oct 1996	ODI # 1132
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	1	31	3	3.10	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	10 Nov 1996	ODI # 1141
AA Donald	8.2	-	32	3	3.84	South Africa	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	6 Oct 1996	ODI # 1126
BM McMillan	9.0	1	32	3	3.55	South Africa	v India	Jaipur	23 Oct 1996	ODI # 1130
PS de Villiers	10.0	3	32	3	3.20	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	6 Nov 1996	ODI # 1138
Shahid Afridi	10.0	-	33	3	3.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sydney	18 Jan 1997	ODI # 1165
Waqar Younis	10.0	1	35	3	3.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Jan 1997	ODI # 1163
J Srinath	10.0	-	35	3	3.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Benoni	9 Feb 1997	ODI # 1175
AR Caddick	10.0	1	35	3	3.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	4 Mar 1997	ODI # 1183
AR Whittall	10.0	-	36	3	3.60	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Quetta	30 Oct 1996	ODI # 1133
MG Bevan	10.0	1	36	3	3.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	16 Jan 1997	ODI # 1164
BKV Prasad	10.0	-	37	3	3.70	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	21 Oct 1996	ODI # 1129
HH Streak	10.0	1	37	3	3.70	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Sharjah	6 Apr 1997	ODI # 1192
M Muralidaran	10.0	-	38	3	3.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	4 Apr 1997	ODI # 1190
RS Kalpage	9.0	1	38	3	4.22	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	8 Apr 1997	ODI # 1194
CA Walsh	10.0	1	40	3	4.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Brisbane	3 Jan 1997	ODI # 1157
AA Donald	10.0	2	40	3	4.00	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	2 Feb 1997	ODI # 1172
SB Joshi	10.0	1	40	3	4.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Benoni	9 Feb 1997	ODI # 1175
SM Pollock	10.0	-	40	3	4.00	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	10 Apr 1997	ODI # 1197
L Klusener	7.0	1	41	3	5.85	South Africa	v Australia	Bloemfontein	13 Apr 1997	ODI # 1199
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	-	42	3	4.20	Pakistan	v South Africa	Nairobi (Gym)	29 Sep 1996	ODI # 1121
A Kumble	10.0	-	42	3	4.20	India	v South Africa	Hyderabad (Deccan)	17 Oct 1996	ODI # 1127
A Kumble	10.0	-	42	3	4.20	India	v Australia	Mohali	3 Nov 1996	ODI # 1137
M Muralidaran	10.0	-	42	3	4.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Apr 1997	ODI # 1198
AA Donald	9.0	-	43	3	4.77	South Africa	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	17 Oct 1996	ODI # 1127
Wasim Akram	8.1	-	43	3	5.26	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sialkot	6 Dec 1996	ODI # 1148

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