Bowling Best Figures Match

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
JC Laker	68.0	27	90	19	1.32	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
SF Barnes	65.3	16	159	17	2.42	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
J Briggs	33.3x4	16	28	15	1.24	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	25.3x5	11	45	15	2.10	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
C Blythe	38.3	10	99	15	2.57	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
H Verity	58.3	23	104	15	1.77	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
W Rhodes	30.2	3	124	15	4.08	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
AV Bedser	55.5	23	99	14	1.77	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
W Bates	59.2x4	28	102	14	2.57	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
SF Barnes	61.5	17	144	14	2.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
CA Walsh	36.0	15	55	13	1.52	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
SF Barnes	37.4	14	57	13	1.51	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
DL Underwood	48.5	25	71	13	1.45	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test # 743
JJ Ferris	54.2x5	27	91	13	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
G Motie	32.2	5	99	13	3.06	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Feb 2023	Test # 2491
IT Botham	48.5	14	106	13	2.17	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
ST Gabriel	36.4	10	121	13	3.30	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
AW Greig	69.1	17	156	13	2.25	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
SF Barnes	80.1	22	163	13	2.03	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
T Richardson	110.3x5	39	244	13	2.64	England	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
JC White	124.5	37	256	13	2.05	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
GA Lohmann	31.2x5	10	71	12	2.71	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
JH Wardle	42.6x8	12	89	12	1.56	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
DL Underwood	44.1x8	14	97	12	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
R Tattersall	60.2	24	101	12	1.67	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
DL Underwood	64.3	27	101	12	1.56	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
F Martin	57.2x5	21	102	12	2.13	England	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1890	Test # 34
GA Lohmann	67.2x4	31	104	12	2.31	England	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886	Test # 24
AAP Atkinson	26.0	7	106	12	4.07	England	v West Indies	Lord's	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
FS Trueman	40.3	7	119	12	2.93	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
AME Roberts	42.3	11	121	12	2.84	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
G Geary	54.3	16	130	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
J Briggs	49.5	11	136	12	2.72	England	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Mar 1892	Test # 38
AP Freeman	71.4	25	171	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
MJ Hoggard	52.3	7	205	12	3.90	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
GAR Lock	37.4	19	48	11	1.27	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
GAR Lock	53.3	33	65	11	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	3 Jul 1958	Test # 456
R Peel	42.2x4	21	68	11	2.40	England	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
DL Underwood	60.3	34	70	11	1.15	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
JM Anderson	37.0	15	71	11	1.91	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010	Test # 1967
J Briggs	72.1x4	39	74	11	1.53	England	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jul 1886	Test # 23
WH Lockwood	37.1	10	76	11	2.04	England	v Australia	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
SJ Harmison	31.1	10	76	11	2.43	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
NGB Cook	44.0	20	83	11	1.88	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Mar 1984	Test # 978
GAR Lock	54.2	28	84	11	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
CEL Ambrose	39.0	7	84	11	2.15	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
FS Trueman	37.5	10	88	11	2.32	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
MD Marshall	36.5	9	89	11	2.41	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
AER Gilligan	34.3	10	90	11	2.60	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
AV Bedser	51.0	13	93	11	1.82	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
PCR Tufnell	47.4	22	93	11	1.95	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
CS Marriott	41.1	8	96	11	2.33	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
JB Statham	41.0	11	97	11	2.36	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
TE Bailey	43.0	14	98	11	2.27	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
C Blythe	47.0	9	102	11	2.17	England	v Australia	Birmingham	27 May 1909	Test # 101
CR Woakes	42.0	13	102	11	2.42	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	14 Jul 2016	Test # 2206
JO Holder	23.1	4	103	11	4.44	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
MA Holding	38.3	8	107	11	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
SF Barnes	47.0	12	110	11	2.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
ARC Fraser	43.1	10	110	11	2.54	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
JC Laker	70.3	31	113	11	1.60	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
C Blythe	60.5	23	118	11	1.93	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
MD Marshall	40.3	9	120	11	2.96	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
SCJ Broad	43.0	10	121	11	2.81	England	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	9 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
WW Hall	60.4	16	126	11	2.07	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
CD Collymore	44.2	7	134	11	3.02	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	3 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
IT Botham	56.1	17	140	11	2.49	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
AV Bedser	61.2	14	145	11	2.36	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
KD Boyce	43.1	8	147	11	3.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
PCR Tufnell	85.1	35	147	11	1.72	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
W Voce	65.2	20	149	11	2.28	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
S Ramadhin	115.0	70	152	11	1.32	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
FS Trueman	70.0	25	152	11	2.17	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
H Verity	51.1	16	153	11	2.99	England	v India	Chennai	10 Feb 1934	Test # 232
LR Gibbs	75.3	25	157	11	2.07	West Indies	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1963	Test # 543
NA Foster	51.0	10	163	11	3.19	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
SCJ Broad	58.5	12	165	11	2.80	England	v West Indies	Lord's	17 May 2012	Test # 2043
T Richardson	58.3x5	18	173	11	3.54	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
IT Botham	80.5	23	176	11	2.17	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
AL Valentine	106.0	36	204	11	1.92	West Indies	v England	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
MS Panesar	69.0	15	210	11	3.04	England	v India	Wankhede	23 Nov 2012	Test # 2062
DL Underwood	55.0x8	8	215	11	2.93	England	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
MW Tate	89.0x8	19	228	11	1.92	England	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
W Ferguson	73.2	9	229	11	3.12	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
JM Anderson	25.1	11	45	10	1.78	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
FE Woolley	17.2	4	49	10	2.82	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
W Voce	27.1x8	5	57	10	1.57	England	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1936	Test # 255
JT Hearne	39.1x5	18	60	10	1.83	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
SCJ Broad	22.1	5	67	10	3.02	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
JK Lever	36.4	12	70	10	1.90	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
GOB Allen	35.0	8	78	10	2.22	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
DL Underwood	52.0	22	82	10	1.57	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
GA Lohmann	67.1x4	28	87	10	1.94	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	Test # 26
MD Marshall	43.0	10	92	10	2.13	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
AP Freeman	51.4	23	93	10	1.80	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
S Shillingford	36.5	8	93	10	2.52	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Roseau	20 Mar 2013	Test # 2083
HHH Johnson	65.5	24	96	10	1.45	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
CA Walsh	46.0	15	101	10	2.19	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]