Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SC Ganguly	10.0	3	16	5	1.60	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	18 Sep 1997	ODI # 1230
Aaqib Javed	10.0	1	35	5	3.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Gwalior	12 May 1997	ODI # 1205
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.3	1	38	5	4.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Jul 1997	ODI # 1217
D Gough	10.0	0	44	5	4.40	England	v Australia	Lord's	25 May 1997	ODI # 1213
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	0	45	5	4.50	Pakistan	v India	Toronto	13 Sep 1997	ODI # 1227
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	0	58	5	5.80	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Jun 1997	ODI # 1215
Aaqib Javed	10.0	0	61	5	6.10	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	21 May 1997	ODI # 1209
BKV Prasad	5.0	1	17	4	3.40	India	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 1997	ODI # 1219
NJ Astle	8.0	0	43	4	5.37	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mohali	9 May 1997	ODI # 1204
A Kuruvilla	8.4	1	43	4	4.96	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Aug 1997	ODI # 1226
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	0	49	4	4.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 1997	ODI # 1216
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.4	0	53	4	5.48	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	27 May 1997	ODI # 1214
RR Singh	9.0	2	13	3	1.44	India	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 1997	ODI # 1221
DS Mohanty	7.0	1	15	3	2.14	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	14 Sep 1997	ODI # 1228
RR Singh	4.0	0	20	3	5.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Aug 1997	ODI # 1225
UDU Chandana	8.0	0	32	3	4.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	20 Aug 1997	ODI # 1224
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	0	38	3	3.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Mohali	9 May 1997	ODI # 1204
Shahid Nazir	6.0	0	38	3	6.33	Pakistan	v India	Toronto	20 Sep 1997	ODI # 1231
KSC de Silva	7.0	0	40	3	5.71	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Mohali	24 May 1997	ODI # 1212
M Muralidaran	10.0	0	40	3	4.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	27 May 1997	ODI # 1214
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.5	0	43	3	4.37	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Gwalior	12 May 1997	ODI # 1205
GR Larsen	9.3	1	43	3	4.52	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
SB O'Connor	9.0	0	44	3	4.88	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
Harvinder Singh	8.2	0	44	3	5.28	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	13 Sep 1997	ODI # 1227
PA de Silva	10.0	0	55	3	5.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Aug 1997	ODI # 1225
LR Williams	8.0	0	56	3	7.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 1997	ODI # 1215
KSC de Silva	10.0	0	59	3	5.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Gwalior	12 May 1997	ODI # 1205
KSC de Silva	10.0	0	59	3	5.90	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	17 May 1997	ODI # 1207
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	0	63	3	6.30	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	17 Aug 1997	ODI # 1223
NM Kulkarni	10.0	0	73	3	7.30	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Aug 1997	ODI # 1226
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	3	13	2	1.30	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	17 May 1997	ODI # 1207
SC Ganguly	9.0	2	16	2	1.77	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	14 Sep 1997	ODI # 1228
Aaqib Javed	9.0	3	18	2	2.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Jul 1997	ODI # 1217
ST Jayasuriya	7.0	1	21	2	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
MA Ealham	8.0	3	21	2	2.62	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 May 1997	ODI # 1210
A Kuruvilla	7.0	1	22	2	3.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	17 May 1997	ODI # 1207
PA de Silva	10.0	1	22	2	2.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
AJ Hollioake	5.0	0	22	2	4.40	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 May 1997	ODI # 1210
RR Singh	6.0	2	22	2	3.66	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	14 Sep 1997	ODI # 1228
Kabir Khan	5.0	1	23	2	4.60	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Jul 1997	ODI # 1217
Harvinder Singh	5.0	0	25	2	5.00	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	20 Sep 1997	ODI # 1231
KSC de Silva	6.0	0	26	2	4.33	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 1997	ODI # 1216
A Kuruvilla	8.5	1	26	2	2.94	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	18 Sep 1997	ODI # 1230
RR Singh	7.0	0	27	2	3.85	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	14 May 1997	ODI # 1206
SC Ganguly	7.0	0	27	2	3.85	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	13 Sep 1997	ODI # 1227
A Kuruvilla	8.0	2	27	2	3.37	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	13 Sep 1997	ODI # 1227
Azhar Mahmood	10.0	1	27	2	2.70	Pakistan	v India	Toronto	21 Sep 1997	ODI # 1232
HDPK Dharmasena	6.0	0	28	2	4.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
Mohammad Akram	10.0	0	28	2	2.80	Pakistan	v India	Toronto	18 Sep 1997	ODI # 1230
RR Singh	4.0	0	29	2	7.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 1997	ODI # 1218
M Muralidaran	10.0	0	29	2	2.90	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jul 1997	ODI # 1220
A Kuruvilla	10.0	0	29	2	2.90	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	14 Sep 1997	ODI # 1228
SC Ganguly	6.0	2	29	2	4.83	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	20 Sep 1997	ODI # 1231
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	1	32	2	4.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	26 Jul 1997	ODI # 1222
D Gough	10.0	2	33	2	3.30	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 May 1997	ODI # 1210
HDPK Dharmasena	6.5	0	33	2	4.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Mohali	24 May 1997	ODI # 1212
SC Ganguly	9.0	1	33	2	3.66	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	21 Sep 1997	ODI # 1232
Harvinder Singh	8.0	0	33	2	4.12	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	21 Sep 1997	ODI # 1232
GD McGrath	10.0	2	34	2	3.40	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 May 1997	ODI # 1210
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	1	35	2	4.37	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 1997	ODI # 1218
ST Jayasuriya	8.3	0	35	2	4.11	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	20 Aug 1997	ODI # 1224
NJ Astle	8.0	1	37	2	4.62	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
PA de Silva	10.0	2	39	2	3.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Mohali	24 May 1997	ODI # 1212
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	2	3.90	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	20 Aug 1997	ODI # 1224
Aaqib Javed	10.0	3	39	2	3.90	Pakistan	v India	Toronto	13 Sep 1997	ODI # 1227
SC Ganguly	7.5	1	39	2	4.97	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	17 Sep 1997	ODI # 1229
Minhajul Abedin	9.0	0	43	2	4.77	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jul 1997	ODI # 1220
DS Mohanty	8.0	0	43	2	5.37	India	v Pakistan	Toronto	18 Sep 1997	ODI # 1230
BKV Prasad	8.0	0	44	2	5.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 1997	ODI # 1218
GR Larsen	10.0	0	46	2	4.60	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mohali	9 May 1997	ODI # 1204
Saleem Malik	10.0	0	46	2	4.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Gwalior	12 May 1997	ODI # 1205
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.2	0	46	2	4.92	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	21 May 1997	ODI # 1209
SB Joshi	10.0	0	47	2	4.70	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	14 May 1997	ODI # 1206
MA Ealham	10.0	0	47	2	4.70	England	v Australia	Lord's	25 May 1997	ODI # 1213
Sheikh Salahuddin	8.0	0	48	2	6.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jul 1997	ODI # 1220
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	0	48	2	4.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	20 Aug 1997	ODI # 1224
KSC de Silva	8.0	0	48	2	6.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Aug 1997	ODI # 1226
M Muralidaran	9.5	1	49	2	4.98	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
Kabir Khan	8.0	1	49	2	6.12	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 1997	ODI # 1216
BKV Prasad	9.0	0	50	2	5.55	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	17 Aug 1997	ODI # 1223
D Ramnarine	10.0	0	52	2	5.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 1997	ODI # 1215
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	0	52	2	5.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 1997	ODI # 1218
Arshad Khan	10.0	0	54	2	5.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	27 May 1997	ODI # 1214
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	1	54	2	5.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	26 Jul 1997	ODI # 1222
A Kumble	10.0	0	55	2	5.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	17 May 1997	ODI # 1207
Mohammad Hussain	10.0	0	56	2	5.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	24 May 1997	ODI # 1212
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	0	56	2	5.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Aug 1997	ODI # 1226
SR Tendulkar	9.0	0	61	2	6.77	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	21 May 1997	ODI # 1209
Saleem Malik	10.0	0	61	2	6.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	27 May 1997	ODI # 1214
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	0	72	2	7.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	24 May 1997	ODI # 1212
A Kuruvilla	4.0	0	10	1	2.50	India	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 1997	ODI # 1219
KSC de Silva	6.0	2	13	1	2.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
BKV Prasad	7.0	1	15	1	2.14	India	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 1997	ODI # 1221
NM Kulkarni	4.0	1	15	1	3.75	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Aug 1997	ODI # 1225
KSC de Silva	4.0	0	17	1	4.25	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jul 1997	ODI # 1220
A Kumble	10.0	3	17	1	1.70	India	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 1997	ODI # 1221
Aaqib Javed	10.0	4	17	1	1.70	Pakistan	v India	Toronto	18 Sep 1997	ODI # 1230
SR Tendulkar	5.0	0	18	1	3.60	India	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 1997	ODI # 1221
CEL Ambrose	7.0	1	19	1	2.71	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 1997	ODI # 1215
PA de Silva	3.0	0	20	1	6.66	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Jun 1997	ODI # 1215

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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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]