Best bowling figures in an innings in 1981 in Tests IN Australia
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 26.3 | 3 | 83 | 7 | 3.13 | Australia | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 66.0 | 16 | 187 | 7 | 2.83 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 21.3 | 5 | 62 | 6 | 2.88 | West Indies | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 25.5 | 5 | 84 | 6 | 3.25 | Australia | 4 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 9.0 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 2.00 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 16.4 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 1.68 | India | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 2.64 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 81 | 5 | 4.05 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 36.1 | 7 | 97 | 5 | 2.68 | India | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 30.0 | 7 | 107 | 5 | 3.56 | India | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 10.2 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 3.48 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 1.80 | Australia | 4 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 24.0 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 1.83 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 18.0 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 2.50 | Australia | 3 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 19.0 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 2.68 | Australia | 3 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 3.21 | Australia | 1 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 25.0 | 6 | 65 | 4 | 2.60 | Australia | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 31.4 | 8 | 66 | 4 | 2.08 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 24.0 | 4 | 77 | 4 | 3.20 | Australia | 3 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 34.0 | 10 | 80 | 4 | 2.35 | Australia | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 20.2 | 3 | 86 | 4 | 4.22 | Australia | 1 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 40.0 | 6 | 92 | 4 | 2.30 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 32.1 | 5 | 104 | 4 | 3.23 | Australia | 3 | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 42.4 | 6 | 143 | 4 | 3.35 | India | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 15.0 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0.73 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 22.0 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 1.31 | Australia | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 2.90 | Australia | 4 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 2.05 | West Indies | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 24.1 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 1.69 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 27.1 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 1.61 | Australia | 4 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 33.0 | 11 | 49 | 3 | 1.48 | India | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 18.0 | 2 | 79 | 3 | 4.38 | Australia | 3 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 39.0 | 12 | 90 | 3 | 2.30 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 55.0 | 17 | 104 | 3 | 1.89 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 52.0 | 14 | 109 | 3 | 2.09 | India | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 48.0 | 6 | 146 | 3 | 3.04 | India | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 8.0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1.25 | India | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 14.1 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1.48 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 9.0 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2.55 | Australia | 4 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 12.3 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 2.24 | India | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 22.0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 1.50 | India | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3.18 | Australia | 3 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 2.00 | Australia | 4 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 16.1 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2.41 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 27.0 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 1.59 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 2.68 | Australia | 4 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 2.86 | Australia | 3 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 3.07 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 3.46 | Australia | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 21.0 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 2.23 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 3.00 | Australia | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 20.0 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 2.95 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 17.0 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 3.64 | Australia | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 31.0 | 11 | 65 | 2 | 2.09 | Australia | 3 | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 29.0 | 6 | 70 | 2 | 2.41 | India | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 25.0 | 6 | 74 | 2 | 2.96 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 23.0 | 3 | 79 | 2 | 3.43 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 29.0 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 2.75 | Australia | 3 | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 26.0 | 4 | 81 | 2 | 3.11 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 44.4 | 16 | 90 | 2 | 2.01 | Australia | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 28.0 | 6 | 100 | 2 | 3.57 | Australia | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 32.0 | 6 | 100 | 2 | 3.12 | India | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 39.0 | 4 | 110 | 2 | 2.82 | India | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 32.0 | 5 | 112 | 2 | 3.50 | India | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 35.0 | 4 | 121 | 2 | 3.45 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 1.0 | 1 | - | 1 | - | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0.44 | Australia | 4 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.00 | Australia | 2 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 | Pakistan | 1 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 9.0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1.00 | Australia | 4 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 9.0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1.88 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 7.0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3.28 | Australia | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 9.0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2.66 | Australia | 3 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 24.0 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1.04 | Australia | 4 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2.91 | Australia | 4 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 2.11 | Australia | 4 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 3.36 | India | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 2.66 | West Indies | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 2.15 | India | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 14.0 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 3.64 | Australia | 1 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 15.0 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 3.40 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 15.0 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 3.46 | Australia | 1 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 3.23 | India | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 2.90 | Pakistan | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 20.0 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 3.05 | West Indies | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 17.0 | - | 68 | 1 | 4.00 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 37.0 | 7 | 73 | 1 | 1.97 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 22.0 | 1 | 76 | 1 | 3.45 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 78 | 1 | 3.90 | Australia | 4 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 24.0 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 3.37 | Pakistan | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 |
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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:
Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1981 [Test # 915]
England vs India at Delhi, England tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 23-28, 1981 [Test # 914]
Pakistan vs Australia at Melbourne, Pakistan tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 11-15, 1981 [Test # 913]