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	0	23	6	2.55	South Africa	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	3 Oct 1996	ODI # 1124
BE McNamara	8.4	2	25	6	2.88	NSW	v Tasmania	Sydney	2 Nov 1996	List A
CL Cairns	10.0	1	37	6	3.70	Canterbury	v Wellington	Christchurch	8 Jan 1997	List A
WA Wisneski	9.3	0	43	6	4.52	Canterbury	v Auckland	Christchurch	8 Dec 1996	List A
Waqar Younis	10.0	1	44	6	4.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	13 Nov 1996	ODI # 1144
AJ Penn	10.0	1	49	6	4.90	Central D	v Northern Dis	Napier	15 Dec 1996	List A
CM Brown	10.0	4	16	5	1.60	Auckland	v Otago	Auckland	15 Dec 1996	List A
AM Stuart	10.0	1	26	5	2.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	16 Jan 1997	ODI # 1164
PJ Hutchison	10.0	2	27	5	2.70	Tasmania	v South Aust	Hobart	16 Feb 1997	List A
EA Brandes	10.0	0	28	5	2.80	Zimbabwe	v England	Harare	3 Jan 1997	ODI # 1158
Saqlain Mushtaq	8.5	0	29	5	3.28	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Dec 1996	ODI # 1152
HH Streak	8.5	0	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	0	34	5	3.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	11 Nov 1996	ODI # 1142
SK Warne	10.0	1	35	5	3.50	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	27 Oct 1996	List A
JC Adams	10.0	0	37	5	3.70	West Indies	v Pakistan	Adelaide	17 Dec 1996	ODI # 1154
CD McMillan	9.0	0	38	5	4.22	Canterbury	v Northern Dis	Whangarei	6 Dec 1996	List A
CM Brown	10.0	0	39	5	3.90	Auckland	v Northern Dis	Mt Maunganui	1 Jan 1997	List A
EA Brandes	9.5	1	41	5	4.16	Zimbabwe	v India	Paarl	27 Jan 1997	ODI # 1169
CZ Harris	10.0	0	42	5	4.20	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Sialkot	6 Dec 1996	ODI # 1148
L Klusener	8.4	0	42	5	4.84	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997	ODI # 1167
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.4	0	44	5	4.55	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Gujranwala	4 Dec 1996	ODI # 1146
Waqar Younis	8.5	0	52	5	5.88	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)	4 Oct 1996	ODI # 1125
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.0	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
AC Barnes	4.5	0	18	4	3.72	Auckland	v Canterbury	Auckland	5 Jan 1997	List A
HH Streak	10.0	2	18	4	1.80	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Sharjah	9 Apr 1997	ODI # 1196
AM Stuart	10.0	2	22	4	2.20	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	18 Oct 1996	List A
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	0	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
MF Sharpe	8.3	3	26	4	3.05	Canterbury	v Central D	Rangiora	3 Jan 1997	List A
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	0	27	4	2.70	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	9 Apr 1997	ODI # 1196
Saqlain Mushtaq	6.1	0	28	4	4.54	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Peshawar	3 Nov 1996	ODI # 1136
MW Priest	10.0	1	28	4	2.80	Canterbury	v Otago	Christchurch	26 Dec 1996	List A
TM Moody	9.1	2	30	4	3.27	West Aust	v South Aust	W.A.C.A	18 Dec 1996	List A
AA Donald	8.3	0	31	4	3.64	South Africa	v Australia	Faridabad	25 Oct 1996	ODI # 1131
CM Brown	8.3	0	31	4	3.64	Auckland	v Canterbury	Christchurch	8 Dec 1996	List A
RG Twose	9.0	0	31	4	3.44	Wellington	v Northern Dis	Hamilton	8 Dec 1996	List A
EZ Matambanadzo	8.0	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
S Lee	8.0	0	35	4	4.37	NSW	v England A	Wollongong	7 Dec 1996	List A
HT Davis	8.2	0	35	4	4.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
CEL Ambrose	9.3	0	36	4	3.78	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	26 Apr 1997	ODI # 1200
KM Harvey	10.0	1	37	4	3.70	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	27 Oct 1996	List A
SK Warne	10.0	1	37	4	3.70	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1155
AA Donald	9.5	0	37	4	3.76	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	25 Jan 1997	ODI # 1168
MW Ridgway	10.0	3	37	4	3.70	Tasmania	v West Aust	Hobart	8 Feb 1997	List A
C White	5.4	0	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	0	42	4	4.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Nov 1996	ODI # 1140
DK Liyanage	10.0	0	42	4	4.20	Sri Lanka A	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	22 Feb 1997	List A
SA Prestwidge	10.0	0	43	4	4.30	Queensland	v Tasmania	Brisbane	10 Nov 1996	List A
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
Harvinder Singh	10.0	0	44	4	4.40	India A	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	26 Feb 1997	List A
GR Robertson	10.0	0	46	4	4.60	NSW	v England A	Sydney	5 Dec 1996	List A
AA Donald	10.0	1	46	4	4.60	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Johannesburg	31 Jan 1997	ODI # 1171
RJ Kennedy	10.0	0	47	4	4.70	Otago	v Canterbury	Alexandra	1 Jan 1997	List A
AC Dale	10.0	0	48	4	4.80	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	22 Feb 1997	List A
SK Warne	9.5	1	52	4	5.28	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Dec 1996	ODI # 1152
SB O'Connor	10.0	1	54	4	5.40	Otago	v Canterbury	Christchurch	26 Dec 1996	List A
OD Gibson	10.0	0	61	4	6.10	West Indies	v India	Kingstown	30 Apr 1997	ODI # 1202
NJ Astle	6.0	0	9	3	1.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
CL Cairns	5.4	1	12	3	2.11	Canterbury	v Wellington	Wellington	15 Dec 1996	List A
GI Allott	8.0	3	13	3	1.62	Canterbury	v Wellington	Wellington	15 Dec 1996	List A
WA Wisneski	8.0	4	13	3	1.62	Canterbury	v Wellington	Wellington	15 Dec 1996	List A
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
CE Bulfin	6.0	1	15	3	2.50	Central D	v Otago	Dunedin	8 Dec 1996	List A
MW Priest	5.5	1	15	3	2.57	Canterbury	v Wellington	Wellington	15 Jan 1997	List A
GS Blewett	3.2	0	15	3	4.50	Australians	v Boland	Paarl	18 Feb 1997	List A
BM McMillan	4.0	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
KM Harvey	4.5	0	17	3	3.51	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	17 Jan 1997	List A
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
P Wilson	10.0	5	18	3	1.80	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	8 Feb 1997	List A
AC Dale	7.0	3	18	3	2.57	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	31 Mar 1997	ODI # 1187
P Wilson	10.0	5	19	3	1.90	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	3 Nov 1996	List A
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	0	20	3	2.35	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	2 Mar 1997	ODI # 1182
GR Larsen	10.0	4	21	3	2.10	Wellington	v Otago	Alexandra	30 Dec 1996	List A
NA David	8.0	0	21	3	2.62	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	27 Apr 1997	ODI # 1201
CZ Harris	10.0	1	23	3	2.30	Canterbury	v Otago	Christchurch	26 Dec 1996	List A
Saqlain Mushtaq	7.1	2	23	3	3.20	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1155
GR Larsen	9.0	2	23	3	2.55	Wellington	v Auckland	Wellington	3 Jan 1997	List A
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	0	24	3	2.66	Zimbabwe	v England	Harare	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1156
GA Muir	7.0	1	24	3	3.42	Canterbury	v Northern Dis	Christchurch	12 Jan 1997	List A

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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]