Bowling Best Figures Match

Players

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	30	7	3.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	27 Oct 2000	ODI # 1650
WPUJC Vaas	9.3	1	14	5	1.47	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	29 Oct 2000	ODI # 1652
Shoaib Akhtar	6.3	0	19	5	2.92	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	17 Feb 2001	ODI # 1689
Saqlain Mushtaq	8.0	0	20	5	2.50	Pakistan	v England	Rawalpindi	30 Oct 2000	ODI # 1653
M Muralidaran	7.5	0	30	5	3.82	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	31 Jan 2001	ODI # 1680
SC Ganguly	10.0	1	34	5	3.40	India	v Zimbabwe	Kanpur	11 Dec 2000	ODI # 1659
M Ntini	8.2	0	37	5	4.44	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1668
Shahid Afridi	10.0	1	40	5	4.00	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	27 Oct 2000	ODI # 1649
SB O'Connor	9.2	0	46	5	4.92	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	11 Oct 2000	ODI # 1637
HH Streak	8.0	4	8	4	1.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Jan 2001	ODI # 1675
Saqlain Mushtaq	7.3	1	17	4	2.26	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 2001	ODI # 1709
JH Kallis	6.2	1	22	4	3.47	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	9 May 2001	ODI # 1716
CE Cuffy	10.0	1	24	4	2.40	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	23 Jan 2001	ODI # 1675
DR Tuffey	10.0	0	24	4	2.40	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	20 Feb 2001	ODI # 1690
AB Agarkar	9.4	0	25	4	2.58	India	v Zimbabwe	Kanpur	11 Dec 2000	ODI # 1659
IJ Harvey	9.0	0	28	4	3.11	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Melbourne	21 Jan 2001	ODI # 1674
DNT Zoysa	9.0	2	28	4	3.11	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Feb 2001	ODI # 1682
M Muralidaran	9.5	1	29	4	2.94	Sri Lanka	v England	Dambulla	23 Mar 2001	ODI # 1694
MV Nagamootoo	7.2	0	32	4	4.36	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	25 Jan 2001	ODI # 1676
B Lee	10.0	3	33	4	3.30	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 2001	ODI # 1677
A Symonds	10.0	1	35	4	3.50	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1667
SM Pollock	9.5	1	36	4	3.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	15 Dec 2000	ODI # 1661
KEA Upashantha	8.0	2	37	4	4.62	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	31 Jan 2001	ODI # 1680
AA Donald	9.3	1	38	4	4.00	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	6 May 2001	ODI # 1715
Z Khan	10.0	0	42	4	4.20	India	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26 Oct 2000	ODI # 1648
PJ Wiseman	9.2	0	45	4	4.82	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Nairobi (Gym)	9 Oct 2000	ODI # 1635
SK Warne	8.3	0	48	4	5.64	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	9 Feb 2001	ODI # 1687
Waqar Younis	8.0	0	49	4	6.12	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 2001	ODI # 1704
TJ Friend	10.0	0	55	4	5.50	Zimbabwe	v India	Sharjah	22 Oct 2000	ODI # 1644
Azhar Mahmood	10.0	0	65	4	6.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Nairobi (Gym)	11 Oct 2000	ODI # 1637
M Muralidaran	6.0	3	6	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	29 Oct 2000	ODI # 1652
NJ Astle	3.0	0	7	3	2.33	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	25 Feb 2001	ODI # 1692
M Muralidaran	9.0	2	11	3	1.22	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (RPS)	25 Mar 2001	ODI # 1695
ML Nkala	5.5	1	12	3	2.05	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Jan 2001	ODI # 1675
M Muralidaran	7.1	1	12	3	1.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	10 Apr 2001	ODI # 1705
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	5	13	3	1.62	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	27 Mar 2001	ODI # 1697
BC Strang	8.0	4	15	3	1.87	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Jan 2001	ODI # 1675
DNT Zoysa	9.0	3	16	3	1.77	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	25 Oct 2000	ODI # 1646
CD McMillan	3.3	0	20	3	5.71	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	28 Feb 2001	ODI # 1693
A Nel	8.1	2	20	3	2.44	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	12 May 2001	ODI # 1717
DL Vettori	10.0	0	21	3	2.10	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	31 Jan 2001	ODI # 1680
NAM McLean	9.0	2	21	3	2.33	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	2 Feb 2001	ODI # 1681
Abdul Razzaq	6.0	1	22	3	3.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 2001	ODI # 1709
DA Marillier	4.0	0	23	3	5.75	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Taupo	2 Jan 2001	ODI # 1663
DT Mutendera	5.4	1	23	3	4.05	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	8 Apr 2001	ODI # 1703
SM Pollock	6.0	0	23	3	3.83	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	5 May 2001	ODI # 1714
NJ Astle	10.0	2	24	3	2.40	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Sep 2000	ODI # 1627
LR Williams	10.0	1	24	3	2.40	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	23 Jan 2001	ODI # 1675
CE Cuffy	10.0	3	24	3	2.40	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingstown	16 May 2001	ODI # 1718
R Telemachus	8.0	1	25	3	3.12	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	17 Jan 2001	ODI # 1673
MN Samuels	7.3	1	25	3	3.33	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	2 Feb 2001	ODI # 1681
AB Agarkar	8.4	1	26	3	3.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Rajkot	14 Dec 2000	ODI # 1660
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.0	1	26	3	2.88	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	22 Feb 2001	ODI # 1691
SM Pollock	9.1	2	27	3	2.94	South Africa	v England	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 2000	ODI # 1636
BKV Prasad	7.0	0	27	3	3.85	India	v New Zealand	Nairobi (Gym)	15 Oct 2000	ODI # 1639
HH Streak	8.0	1	27	3	3.37	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 2001	ODI # 1676
DNT Zoysa	5.0	2	27	3	5.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	8 Feb 2001	ODI # 1686
SR Waugh	6.0	0	29	3	4.83	Australia	v India	Visakhapatnam	3 Apr 2001	ODI # 1700
R Telemachus	10.0	1	30	3	3.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	4 Nov 2000	ODI # 1655
DR Tuffey	9.0	1	30	3	3.33	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	25 Feb 2001	ODI # 1692
KD Mills	10.0	2	30	3	3.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	17 Apr 2001	ODI # 1710
DW Fleming	10.0	2	32	3	3.20	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 2001	ODI # 1677
NC McGarrell	10.0	0	32	3	3.20	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	28 Apr 2001	ODI # 1712
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	1	33	3	3.30	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	6 Feb 2001	ODI # 1684
DNT Zoysa	7.0	0	34	3	4.85	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Nairobi (Gym)	4 Oct 2000	ODI # 1631
SR Tendulkar	10.0	0	35	3	3.50	India	v Australia	Margao	6 Apr 2001	ODI # 1701
SB Styris	9.0	1	36	3	4.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	7 Jan 2001	ODI # 1665
WPUJC Vaas	6.0	0	36	3	6.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	20 Apr 2001	ODI # 1711
Z Khan	10.0	0	37	3	3.70	India	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	22 Oct 2000	ODI # 1644
SM Pollock	7.4	1	37	3	4.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	25 Oct 2000	ODI # 1647
Harbhajan Singh	9.0	0	37	3	4.11	India	v Australia	Indore	31 Mar 2001	ODI # 1699
Manjural Islam	10.0	0	37	3	3.70	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	8 Apr 2001	ODI # 1703
AB Agarkar	8.0	0	38	3	4.75	India	v Australia	Indore	31 Mar 2001	ODI # 1699
SK Warne	10.0	0	38	3	3.80	Australia	v India	Visakhapatnam	3 Apr 2001	ODI # 1700
TJ Friend	10.0	0	39	3	3.90	Zimbabwe	v India	Sharjah	26 Oct 2000	ODI # 1648
Wasim Akram	7.4	2	40	3	5.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)	8 Oct 2000	ODI # 1634
JDP Oram	9.0	0	40	3	4.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	10 Apr 2001	ODI # 1705
SK Warne	10.0	0	41	3	4.10	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	14 Jan 2001	ODI # 1670
Wasim Akram	9.2	0	41	3	4.39	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	22 Feb 2001	ODI # 1691
Abdul Razzaq	10.0	0	41	3	4.10	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2001	ODI # 1692
AA Donald	10.0	0	41	3	4.10	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	9 May 2001	ODI # 1716
GW Flower	10.0	0	43	3	4.30	Zimbabwe	v India	Jodhpur	8 Dec 2000	ODI # 1658
BA Murphy	10.0	0	43	3	4.30	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Auckland	7 Jan 2001	ODI # 1665
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	0	44	3	4.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1668
SM Pollock	10.0	2	44	3	4.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	14 Jan 2001	ODI # 1671
JEC Franklin	9.0	0	44	3	4.88	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	11 Feb 2001	ODI # 1688
CD McMillan	8.2	0	44	3	5.28	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	11 Feb 2001	ODI # 1688
Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	44	3	4.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	13 Apr 2001	ODI # 1708
R Telemachus	6.0	1	45	3	7.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	25 Oct 2000	ODI # 1647
DP Viljoen	10.0	0	46	3	4.60	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	30 Sep 2000	ODI # 1628
S Sriram	8.0	0	47	3	5.87	India	v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	5 Dec 2000	ODI # 1657
Z Khan	10.0	0	48	3	4.80	India	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	3 Oct 2000	ODI # 1630
MA Ealham	10.0	0	48	3	4.80	England	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Gym)	5 Oct 2000	ODI # 1632
AB Agarkar	10.0	0	48	3	4.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	27 Oct 2000	ODI # 1650
NAM McLean	10.0	1	48	3	4.80	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Brisbane	13 Jan 2001	ODI # 1669
Mohammad Sharif	10.0	1	48	3	4.80	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	8 Apr 2001	ODI # 1703
J Srinath	7.3	0	49	3	6.53	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	25 Mar 2001	ODI # 1696
DR Tuffey	8.0	0	49	3	6.12	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	10 Apr 2001	ODI # 1705
HH Streak	9.0	0	50	3	5.55	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	30 Sep 2000	ODI # 1628
CRD Fernando	9.0	0	50	3	5.55	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	13 Apr 2001	ODI # 1708

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

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]