Best performance by a player in his only match

Highest individual scores in only match - Tests
Player Runs OppositionGround Season Scorecard
AG Ganteaume (WI)112 v England Port of Spain 1947/48 Test 296
RE Redmond (NZ) 107 v Pakistan Auckland 1972/73
Test 713
VH Stollmeyer (WI) 96 v England The Oval
1939 Test 274
OA Shah (Eng) 88 v India
Mumbai 2005/06 Test 1791
AEV Hartkopf (Aus) 80
v England Melbourne 1924/25 Test 159
N Oldfield (Eng)
80 v West Indies The Oval 1939 Test 274
MN Nawaz (SL) 78* v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC) 2002
Test 1611
JH King (Eng) 60 v Australia Lord's
1909 Test 102
Yuvraj of Patiala (India) 60 v England
Chennai 1933/34 Test 232
RE Redmond (NZ) 56
v Pakistan Auckland 1972/73 Test 713
SG Law (Aus)
54* v Sri Lanka Perth 1995/96 Test 1317
CA Absolom (Eng) 52 v Australia Melbourne 1878/79
Test 3
KL Wishart (WI) 52 v England Georgetown
1934/35 Test 240
Azmat Rana (Pak) 49 v Australia
Lahore 1979/80 Test 879
W Chatterton (Eng) 48
v South Africa Cape Town 1891/92 Test 37
MF Malone (Aus)
46 v England The Oval 1977 Test 808
P Utseya (Zim) 45 v Sri Lanka Harare 2004
Test 1698
OE Nothling (Aus) 44 v England Sydney
1928/29 Test 177
CC Passailaigue (WI) 44 v England
Kingston 1929/30 Test 193
HI Ebeling (Aus) 41
v England The Oval 1934 Test 237
AE Dipper (Eng)
40 v Australia Lord's 1921 Test 141

Best bowling in only match - Tests
Player FiguresOpposition Ground Season Scorecard
WH Ashley (SA) 7/95 v England Cape Town 1888/89 Test 32
CS Marriott (Eng) 6/59 v West Indies The Oval 1933Test 229
CA Smith (Eng) 5/19 v South Africa Port Elizabeth1888/89 Test 31
CS Marriott (Eng) 5/37 v West IndiesThe Oval 1933 Test 229
A Warren (Eng) 5/57v Australia Leeds 1905 Test 85
MF Malone (Aus)5/63 v England The Oval 1977 Test 808
DW Carr (Eng) 5/146 v Australia The Oval 1909
Test 105
JE Benjamin (Eng) 4/42 v South Africa The Oval
1994 Test 1266
NO Norton (SA) 4/47 v England
Cape Town 1909/10 Test 110
SN Banerjee (India) 4/54
v West Indies Mumbai (BS) 1948/49 Test 311
Shakeel Ahmed snr (Pak)
4/91 v Australia Karachi 1998/99 Test 1427
EB Lundie (SA) 4/101 v England Port Elizabeth 1913/14
Test 134
FJ Durston (Eng) 4/102 v Australia Lord's
1921 Test 141
SA Banerjee (India) 4/120 v West Indies
Kolkata 1948/49 Test 308
HD Read (Eng) 4/136
v South Africa The Oval 1935 Test 246

Highest individual scores in only match - ODIs
Player Runs OppositionGround Season Scorecard
KJ Barnett (Eng)84 v Sri Lanka The Oval 1988 ODI 521
AJ Woodcock (Aus) 53 v New Zealand Christchurch 1973/74
ODI 11
MG Vandort (SL) 48 v Australia Melbourne (Dock)
2005/06 ODI 2313
AV Mankad (India) 44 v England
The Oval 1974 ODI 13
Anwar Hossain (Ban) 42
v West Indies Dhaka 2002/03 ODI 1910
Ramveer Rai (UAE)
39 v Sri Lanka Dambulla 2004 ODI 2146
Shahid Anwar (Pak) 37 v England Nottingham 1996
ODI 1111
JD Siddons (Aus) 32 v Pakistan Lahore
1988/89 ODI 522
M Yachad (SA) 31 v India
Gwalior 1991/92 ODI 687
WM Lawry (Aus) 27
v England Melbourne 1970/71 ODI 1
MR Benson (Eng)
24 v New Zealand Leeds 1986 ODI 388
AE Greenidge (WI) 23 v Australia Castries 1977/78
ODI 49
S Shivnarine (WI) 20* v Australia Castries
1977/78 ODI 49

Best bowling in only match - ODIs
Player Figures Opposition Ground Season
Scorecard
DV Lawrence (Eng) 4/67 v West Indies
Lord's 1991 ODI 678
BS Chandrasekhar (India) 3/36
v New Zealand Auckland 1975/76 ODI 36
Piyush Chawla (India)
3/37 v Bangladesh Dhaka (SBNS) 2007 ODI 2583
LW Stott (NZ) 3/48 v Sri Lanka Nottingham 1979
ODI 62
KADM Fernando (SL) 2/13 v England Dambulla
2003/04 ODI 2063
GD McKenzie (Aus) 2/22 v England
Melbourne 1970/71 ODI 1
Irfan Bhatti (Pak) 2/22
v Zimbabwe Lahore 1993/94 ODI 869
M Venkataramana (India)
2/36 v New Zealand Vadodara 1988/89 ODI 543
CM Tuckett (WI) 2/41 v England Port of Spain 1997/98
ODI 1310
Rizwan Latif (UAE) 2/69 v India Dambulla
2004 ODI 2144

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1830: South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, 3rd Test, Jan 26-28, 2007

• ODI # 2583: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), 2nd ODI, May 12, 2007


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