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Best bowling figures in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
JC Laker 51.2 23 53 10 1.03 England v Australia Manchester 26 Jul 1956 Test # 428
A Kumble 26.3 9 74 10 2.79 India v Pakistan Delhi 4 Feb 1999 Test # 1443
GA Lohmann 14.2x5 6 28 9 2.33 England v South Africa Johannesburg 2 Mar 1896 Test # 48
JC Laker 16.4 4 37 9 2.22 England v Australia Manchester 26 Jul 1956 Test # 428
M Muralitharan 40.0 19 51 9 1.27 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Kandy 4 Jan 2002 Test # 1583
RJ Hadlee 23.4 4 52 9 2.19 New Zealand v Australia Brisbane 8 Nov 1985 Test # 1029
Abdul Qadir 37.0 13 56 9 1.51 Pakistan v England Lahore 25 Nov 1987 Test # 1081
DE Malcolm 16.3 2 57 9 3.45 England v South Africa The Oval 18 Aug 1994 Test # 1266
M Muralitharan 54.2 27 65 9 1.19 Sri Lanka v England The Oval 27 Aug 1998 Test # 1423
JM Patel 35.5 16 69 9 1.92 India v Australia Kanpur 19 Dec 1959 Test # 483
N Kapil Dev 30.3 6 83 9 2.72 India v West Indies Ahmedabad 12 Nov 1983 Test # 967
Sarfraz Nawaz 35.4x8 7 86 9 1.81 Pakistan v Australia Melbourne 10 Mar 1979 Test # 849
JM Noreiga 49.4 16 95 9 1.91 West Indies v India Port of Spain 6 Mar 1971 Test # 683
SP Gupte 34.3 11 102 9 2.95 India v West Indies Kanpur 12 Dec 1958 Test # 461
SF Barnes 38.4 7 103 9 2.66 England v South Africa Johannesburg 26 Dec 1913 Test # 131
HJ Tayfield 37.0x8 11 113 9 2.29 South Africa v England Johannesburg 15 Feb 1957 Test # 437
AA Mailey 47.0 8 121 9 2.57 Australia v England Melbourne 11 Feb 1921 Test # 138
GA Lohmann 9.4x5 5 7 8 0.85 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896 Test # 47
J Briggs 14.2x4 5 11 8 1.13 England v South Africa Cape Town 25 Mar 1889 Test # 32
GD McGrath 16.0 8 24 8 1.50 Australia v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004 Test # 1726
SF Barnes 16.4 4 29 8 1.74 England v South Africa The Oval 12 Aug 1912 Test # 128
CEH Croft 18.5 7 29 8 1.53 West Indies v Pakistan Port of Spain 4 Mar 1977 Test # 799
FJ Laver 18.2 7 31 8 1.69 Australia v England Manchester 26 Jul 1909 Test # 104
FS Trueman 8.4 2 31 8 3.57 England v India Manchester 17 Jul 1952 Test # 353
IT Botham 20.5 8 34 8 1.63 England v Pakistan Lord's 15 Jun 1978 Test # 826
GA Lohmann 27.1x4 12 35 8 1.92 England v Australia Sydney 25 Feb 1887 Test # 26
LR Gibbs 53.3 37 38 8 0.71 West Indies v India Bridgetown 23 Mar 1962 Test # 527
GD McGrath 20.3 8 38 8 1.85 Australia v England Lord's 19 Jun 1997 Test # 1370
AE Trott 27.0 10 43 8 1.59 Australia v England Adelaide 11 Jan 1895 Test # 44
H Verity 22.3 8 43 8 1.91 England v Australia Lord's 22 Jun 1934 Test # 234
RGD Willis 15.1 3 43 8 2.83 England v Australia Leeds 16 Jul 1981 Test # 905
CEL Ambrose 22.4 10 45 8 1.98 West Indies v England Bridgetown 5 Apr 1990 Test # 1143
M Muralitharan 16.2 4 46 8 2.81 Sri Lanka v West Indies Kandy 22 Jul 2005 Test # 1757
DL Underwood 34.5 17 51 8 1.46 England v Pakistan Lord's 8 Aug 1974 Test # 743
MH Mankad 47.0 27 52 8 1.10 India v Pakistan Delhi 16 Oct 1952 Test # 355
GB Lawrence 30.3 12 53 8 1.73 South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 26 Dec 1961 Test # 517
RAL Massie 27.2 9 53 8 1.93 Australia v England Lord's 22 Jun 1972 Test # 699
ARC Fraser 16.1 2 53 8 3.27 England v West Indies Port of Spain 5 Feb 1998 Test # 1398
MH Mankad 38.5 15 55 8 1.41 India v England Chennai 6 Feb 1952 Test # 348
SF Barnes 26.5 9 56 8 2.08 England v South Africa Johannesburg 26 Dec 1913 Test # 131
GA Lohmann 43.2 18 58 8 1.33 England v Australia Sydney 29 Jan 1892 Test # 36
Imran Khan 29.3 8 58 8 1.96 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Lahore 22 Mar 1982 Test # 927
C Blythe 15.5 1 59 8 3.72 England v South Africa Leeds 29 Jul 1907 Test # 94
AA Mallett 23.6x8 6 59 8 1.86 Australia v Pakistan Adelaide 22 Dec 1972 Test # 704
Imran Khan 20.1 4 60 8 2.97 Pakistan v India Karachi 23 Dec 1982 Test # 942
ND Hirwani 18.3 3 61 8 3.29 India v West Indies Chennai 11 Jan 1988 Test # 1089
MG Johnson 24.0 4 61 8 2.54 Australia v South Africa Perth 17 Dec 2008 Test # 1899
L Klusener 21.3 4 64 8 2.97 South Africa v India Kolkata 27 Nov 1996 Test # 1341
H Trumble 31.0 13 65 8 2.09 Australia v England The Oval 11 Aug 1902 Test # 74
W Rhodes 15.0 0 68 8 4.53 England v Australia Melbourne 1 Jan 1904 Test # 79
HJ Tayfield 37.7x8 14 69 8 1.36 South Africa v England Durban 25 Jan 1957 Test # 436
Sikander Bakht 21.0 3 69 8 3.28 Pakistan v India Delhi 4 Dec 1979 Test # 863
SJ Snooke 31.4 8 70 8 2.21 South Africa v England Johannesburg 10 Mar 1906 Test # 90
M Muralitharan 30.0 10 70 8 2.33 Sri Lanka v England Nottingham 2 Jun 2006 Test # 1804
GD McKenzie 28.0x8 5 71 8 1.90 Australia v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 1968 Test # 643
SK Warne 50.2 22 71 8 1.41 Australia v England Brisbane 25 Nov 1994 Test # 1275
AA Donald 33.0 12 71 8 2.15 South Africa v Zimbabwe Harare 13 Oct 1995 Test # 1307
S Venkataraghavan 51.1 26 72 8 1.40 India v New Zealand Delhi 19 Mar 1965 Test # 583
ND Hirwani 15.2 3 75 8 4.89 India v West Indies Chennai 11 Jan 1988 Test # 1089
ARC Fraser 28.5 7 75 8 2.60 England v West Indies Bridgetown 8 Apr 1994 Test # 1258
EAS Prasanna 23.0x8 5 76 8 2.47 India v New Zealand Auckland 24 Jan 1976 Test # 769
BS Chandrasekhar 41.5 18 79 8 1.88 India v England Delhi 20 Dec 1972 Test # 703
LC Braund 29.1 6 81 8 2.77 England v Australia Melbourne 5 Mar 1904 Test # 82
JR Ratnayeke 23.2 5 83 8 3.55 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Sialkot 27 Oct 1985 Test # 1027
RAL Massie 32.5 7 84 8 2.55 Australia v England Lord's 22 Jun 1972 Test # 699
Harbhajan Singh 41.5 20 84 8 2.00 India v Australia Chennai 18 Mar 2001 Test # 1539
N Kapil Dev 30.5 7 85 8 2.75 India v Pakistan Lahore 23 Jan 1983 Test # 947
AW Greig 36.1 10 86 8 2.37 England v West Indies Port of Spain 30 Mar 1974 Test # 738
J Srinath 27.0 6 86 8 3.18 India v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Feb 1999 Test # 1444
MG Hughes 37.0 9 87 8 2.35 Australia v West Indies Perth 2 Dec 1988 Test # 1110
M Muralitharan 34.1 9 87 8 2.54 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (SSC) 29 Aug 2001 Test # 1559
MA Holding 33.0 9 92 8 2.78 West Indies v England The Oval 12 Aug 1976 Test # 781
T Richardson 36.1 7 94 8 2.59 England v Australia Sydney 26 Feb 1898 Test # 57
CJ McDermott 24.4 2 97 8 3.93 Australia v England Perth 1 Feb 1991 Test # 1163
IT Botham 27.4 6 103 8 3.72 England v West Indies Lord's 28 Jun 1984 Test # 990
AL Valentine 50.0 14 104 8 2.08 West Indies v England Manchester 8 Jun 1950 Test # 323
N Kapil Dev 38.0 6 106 8 2.78 India v Australia Adelaide 13 Dec 1985 Test # 1032
BJT Bosanquet 32.4 2 107 8 3.27 England v Australia Nottingham 29 May 1905 Test # 83
NA Foster 46.2 15 107 8 2.30 England v Pakistan Leeds 2 Jul 1987 Test # 1077
SCG MacGill 33.3 2 108 8 3.22 Australia v Bangladesh Fatullah 9 Apr 2006 Test # 1797
PA Strang 51.5 12 109 8 2.10 Zimbabwe v New Zealand Bulawayo 12 Sep 2000 Test # 1510
GF Lawson 40.0 7 112 8 2.80 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 7 Dec 1984 Test # 1002
JC White 64.5 21 126 8 1.94 England v Australia Adelaide 1 Feb 1929 Test # 179
CJ McDermott 36.0 3 141 8 3.91 Australia v England Manchester 1 Aug 1985 Test # 1020
A Kumble 46.5 7 141 8 3.01 India v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 2004 Test # 1680
MHN Walker 42.2x8 7 143 8 2.53 Australia v England Melbourne 8 Feb 1975 Test # 755
Saqlain Mushtaq 74.0 20 164 8 2.21 Pakistan v England Lahore 15 Nov 2000 Test # 1513
JJ Krejza 43.5 1 215 8 4.90 Australia v India Nagpur 6 Nov 2008 Test # 1892
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), 3rd Test, Feb 3-6, 2012 [Test # 2034]
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Only Test, Jan 26-28, 2012 [Test # 2033]
England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2012 [Test # 2032]
Australia v India at Adelaide, 4th Test, Jan 24-28, 2012 [Test # 2031]

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There have been 308 century stands in India in ODIs, the most in a particular country. Australia and England are next, with 281 and 206 century stands respectively. Sharjah has witnessed the most century stands in ODIs among cricket venues (120) followed by Harare (77).

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