Best bowling figures in a match for England in Tests
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
68.0 | 27 | 90 | 19 | 1.32 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 | Test # 428 | |
65.3 | 16 | 159 | 17 | 2.42 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
33.5 | 6 | 136 | 16 | 4.01 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
33.3x4 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 1.24 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
25.3x5 | 11 | 45 | 15 | 2.10 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
38.3 | 10 | 99 | 15 | 2.57 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 | Test # 94 | |
58.3 | 23 | 104 | 15 | 1.77 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 22 Jun 1934 | Test # 234 | |
30.2 | 3 | 124 | 15 | 4.08 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 | |
80.1 | 26 | 217 | 15 | 2.70 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 | |
55.5 | 23 | 99 | 14 | 1.77 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 | Test # 372 | |
59.2x4 | 28 | 102 | 14 | 2.57 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 | Test # 11 | |
61.3 | 23 | 124 | 14 | 2.01 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
61.5 | 17 | 144 | 14 | 2.32 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
51.0 | 13 | 149 | 14 | 2.92 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 04 Feb 1999 | Test # 1443 | |
37.4 | 14 | 57 | 13 | 1.51 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | Test # 128 | |
48.5 | 25 | 71 | 13 | 1.45 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 08 Aug 1974 | Test # 743 | |
54.2x5 | 27 | 91 | 13 | 2.00 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
48.5 | 14 | 106 | 13 | 2.17 | England | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
71.2 | 30 | 131 | 13 | 1.83 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
46.0 | 10 | 132 | 13 | 2.86 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 16 Feb 1999 | Test # 1444 | |
41.1 | 7 | 140 | 13 | 3.40 | India | v New Zealand | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 | Test # 2223 | |
69.1 | 17 | 156 | 13 | 2.25 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 30 Mar 1974 | Test # 738 | |
80.1 | 22 | 163 | 13 | 2.03 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 | Test # 66 | |
64.3 | 12 | 181 | 13 | 2.80 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 | Test # 1714 | |
68.2 | 15 | 196 | 13 | 2.86 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 11 Mar 2001 | Test # 1535 | |
110.3x5 | 39 | 244 | 13 | 2.64 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 16 Jul 1896 | Test # 51 | |
124.5 | 37 | 256 | 13 | 2.05 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 | Test # 179 | |
31.2x5 | 10 | 71 | 12 | 2.71 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 02 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
43.2 | 14 | 85 | 12 | 1.96 | India | v New Zealand | Hyderabad | 23 Aug 2012 | Test # 2054 | |
42.6x8 | 12 | 89 | 12 | 1.56 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
44.1x8 | 14 | 97 | 12 | 1.64 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1971 | Test # 681 | |
46.0 | 13 | 98 | 12 | 2.13 | India | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | Test # 2189 | |
60.2 | 24 | 101 | 12 | 1.67 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
64.3 | 27 | 101 | 12 | 1.56 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 21 Aug 1969 | Test # 658 | |
57.2x5 | 21 | 102 | 12 | 2.13 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1890 | Test # 34 | |
67.2x4 | 31 | 104 | 12 | 2.31 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 12 Aug 1886 | Test # 24 | |
34.1x8 | 5 | 104 | 12 | 2.28 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 | Test # 812 | |
26.0 | 7 | 106 | 12 | 4.07 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 10 Jul 2024 | Test # 2538 | |
69.4 | 24 | 108 | 12 | 1.55 | India | v England | Chennai | 06 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
56.5 | 18 | 112 | 12 | 1.97 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
40.3 | 7 | 119 | 12 | 2.93 | England | v West Indies | Birmingham | 04 Jul 1963 | Test # 545 | |
34.2 | 7 | 126 | 12 | 3.66 | India | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 20 Sep 2005 | Test # 1767 | |
54.3 | 16 | 130 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
46.0 | 13 | 131 | 12 | 2.84 | India | v West Indies | Roseau | 12 Jul 2023 | Test # 2510 | |
49.5 | 11 | 136 | 12 | 2.72 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Mar 1892 | Test # 38 | |
112.3 | 56 | 152 | 12 | 1.35 | India | v New Zealand | Delhi | 19 Mar 1965 | Test # 583 | |
64.3 | 7 | 167 | 12 | 2.58 | India | v England | Wankhede | 08 Dec 2016 | Test # 2239 | |
71.4 | 25 | 171 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 | |
77.2 | 20 | 181 | 12 | 2.34 | India | v England | Wankhede | 28 Nov 1984 | Test # 1001 | |
74.0 | 18 | 198 | 12 | 2.67 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2074 | |
52.3 | 7 | 205 | 12 | 3.90 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
88.5 | 15 | 279 | 12 | 3.14 | India | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 2004 | Test # 1680 | |
37.4 | 19 | 48 | 11 | 1.27 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 | Test # 443 | |
53.3 | 33 | 65 | 11 | 1.21 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 03 Jul 1958 | Test # 456 | |
42.2x4 | 21 | 68 | 11 | 2.40 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 | Test # 30 | |
60.3 | 34 | 70 | 11 | 1.15 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 24 Jul 1969 | Test # 656 | |
36.4 | 6 | 70 | 11 | 1.90 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 24 Feb 2021 | Test # 2412 | |
37.0 | 15 | 71 | 11 | 1.91 | England | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2010 | Test # 1967 | |
72.1x4 | 39 | 74 | 11 | 1.53 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 19 Jul 1886 | Test # 23 | |
37.1 | 10 | 76 | 11 | 2.04 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 24 Jul 1902 | Test # 73 | |
31.1 | 10 | 76 | 11 | 2.43 | England | v Pakistan | Manchester | 27 Jul 2006 | Test # 1811 | |
44.0 | 20 | 83 | 11 | 1.88 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 02 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
54.2 | 28 | 84 | 11 | 1.54 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 27 Feb 1959 | Test # 470 | |
37.5 | 10 | 88 | 11 | 2.32 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 06 Jul 1961 | Test # 509 | |
34.3 | 10 | 90 | 11 | 2.60 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
51.0 | 13 | 93 | 11 | 1.82 | England | v India | Manchester | 20 Jul 1946 | Test # 277 | |
47.4 | 22 | 93 | 11 | 1.95 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 21 Aug 1997 | Test # 1377 | |
41.1 | 8 | 96 | 11 | 2.33 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1933 | Test # 229 | |
31.0 | 10 | 96 | 11 | 3.09 | India | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 10 Dec 2004 | Test # 1725 | |
41.0 | 11 | 97 | 11 | 2.36 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1960 | Test # 493 | |
43.0 | 14 | 98 | 11 | 2.27 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 20 Jun 1957 | Test # 440 | |
47.0 | 9 | 102 | 11 | 2.17 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 27 May 1909 | Test # 101 | |
42.0 | 13 | 102 | 11 | 2.42 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 14 Jul 2016 | Test # 2206 | |
47.0 | 12 | 110 | 11 | 2.34 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 | |
43.1 | 10 | 110 | 11 | 2.54 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 05 Feb 1998 | Test # 1398 | |
70.3 | 31 | 113 | 11 | 1.60 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 12 Jul 1956 | Test # 427 | |
42.1 | 4 | 115 | 11 | 2.72 | India | v New Zealand | Pune | 24 Oct 2024 | Test # 2557 | |
60.5 | 23 | 118 | 11 | 1.93 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
43.0 | 10 | 121 | 11 | 2.81 | England | v Australia | Chester-le-Street | 09 Aug 2013 | Test # 2093 | |
72.4 | 27 | 122 | 11 | 1.67 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 02 Oct 1964 | Test # 566 | |
56.2 | 16 | 125 | 11 | 2.21 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 08 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
64.3 | 19 | 128 | 11 | 1.98 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
47.0x8 | 10 | 140 | 11 | 2.23 | India | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 | Test # 769 | |
56.1 | 17 | 140 | 11 | 2.49 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 24 Aug 1978 | Test # 830 | |
61.2 | 14 | 145 | 11 | 2.36 | England | v India | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 | Test # 276 | |
42.4 | 12 | 146 | 11 | 3.42 | India | v Pakistan | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 | Test # 869 | |
85.1 | 35 | 147 | 11 | 1.72 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 18 Jan 1992 | Test # 1183 | |
65.2 | 20 | 149 | 11 | 2.28 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 01 Feb 1930 | Test # 189 | |
70.0 | 25 | 152 | 11 | 2.17 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 20 Jun 1963 | Test # 544 | |
51.1 | 16 | 153 | 11 | 2.99 | England | v India | Chennai | 10 Feb 1934 | Test # 232 | |
51.0 | 10 | 163 | 11 | 3.19 | England | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 | Test # 1008 | |
58.5 | 12 | 165 | 11 | 2.80 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 17 May 2012 | Test # 2043 | |
58.3x5 | 18 | 173 | 11 | 3.54 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 22 Jun 1896 | Test # 50 | |
80.5 | 23 | 176 | 11 | 2.17 | England | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
69.0 | 15 | 210 | 11 | 3.04 | England | v India | Wankhede | 23 Nov 2012 | Test # 2062 | |
55.0x8 | 8 | 215 | 11 | 2.93 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1975 | Test # 754 | |
71.1 | 12 | 224 | 11 | 3.14 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 06 Oct 2004 | Test # 1713 | |
89.0x8 | 19 | 228 | 11 | 1.92 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 | Test # 158 | |
92.5 | 24 | 235 | 11 | 2.53 | India | v West Indies | Brabourne | 13 Dec 1966 | Test # 610 | |
25.1 | 11 | 45 | 10 | 1.78 | England | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 19 May 2016 | Test # 2203 |
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