Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sarfraz Nawaz	35.4	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	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
CEH Croft	18.5	7	29	8	1.53	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799
IT Botham	20.5	8	34	8	1.63	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
DL Underwood	34.5	17	51	8	1.46	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
RAL Massie	27.2	9	53	8	1.93	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
AA Mallett	23.6	6	59	8	1.86	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	3.28	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
EAS Prasanna	23.0	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
RAL Massie	32.5	7	84	8	2.55	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
AW Greig	36.1	10	86	8	2.37	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
MA Holding	33.0	9	92	8	2.78	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
MHN Walker	42.2	7	143	8	2.53	Australia	v England	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3	-	23	7	2.05	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
JA Snow	17.5	5	40	7	1.70	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	2.00	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
CM Old	22.4	6	50	7	2.20	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
Intikhab Alam	21.0	3	52	7	1.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
AME Roberts	14.0	3	54	7	2.89	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	3.07	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
PH Edmonds	33.0	7	66	7	1.50	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	2.33	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
BR Taylor	20.3	6	74	7	3.60	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
RGD Willis	30.1	7	78	7	2.58	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jun 1977	Test # 804
LR Gibbs	59.0	20	98	7	1.66	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
DL Underwood	29.0	3	113	7	2.92	England	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
DL Underwood	11.6	7	12	6	0.76	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
MHN Walker	16.0	8	15	6	0.70	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	06 Jan 1973	Test # 707
DK Lillee	13.3	2	26	6	1.45	Australia	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	4	26	6	1.45	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	2.15	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
IT Botham	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	1.96	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
AME Roberts	20.5	8	37	6	1.77	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
BS Chandrasekhar	18.1	3	38	6	2.09	India	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
P Lever	11.0	2	38	6	2.59	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	1.93	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	40	6	1.38	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Abdul Qadir	24.0	8	44	6	1.37	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
DL Underwood	21.0	6	45	6	2.14	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
GG Arnold	23.4	7	45	6	1.90	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
JR Thomson	17.5	3	46	6	1.95	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
AN Connolly	28.2	9	47	6	1.65	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
JR Thomson	15.0	4	50	6	2.50	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	03 Jan 1976	Test # 767
BS Chandrasekhar	14.1	2	52	6	2.76	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
BS Chandrasekhar	20.0	3	52	6	1.95	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	3.11	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
CM Old	30.0	11	54	6	1.35	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
MA Holding	20.4	6	57	6	2.75	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
RO Collinge	16.6	-	63	6	2.82	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
Imran Khan	19.7	3	63	6	2.37	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
N Kapil Dev	28.0	5	63	6	2.25	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
MA Holding	26.4	3	65	6	2.43	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
DK Lillee	30.0	8	66	6	2.20	Australia	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1972	Test # 698
DL Underwood	32.5	13	66	6	2.01	England	v Australia	Manchester	07 Jul 1977	Test # 805
BS Bedi	21.3	4	71	6	3.30	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
DK Lillee	15.7	2	72	6	3.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
MJ Procter	24.0	11	73	6	3.04	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
RM Hogg	28.0	8	74	6	1.98	Australia	v England	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
RS Cunis	24.0	4	76	6	2.37	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	05 Mar 1971	Test # 682
LR Gibbs	40.5	17	76	6	1.86	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
BS Chandrasekhar	31.2	7	76	6	2.42	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
KD Boyce	21.1	4	77	6	3.63	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	5.92	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
IT Botham	35.0	9	78	6	2.22	England	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
DK Lillee	23.0	4	82	6	2.67	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977	Test # 790
DL Underwood	32.3	7	85	6	1.96	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
GJ Gilmour	31.2	10	85	6	2.71	Australia	v England	Leeds	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
Sarfraz Nawaz	27.0	1	89	6	2.47	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	15 Feb 1975	Test # 756
BS Chandrasekhar	38.5	9	90	6	2.31	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
Imran Khan	18.0	2	90	6	5.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Apr 1977	Test # 803
BS Chandrasekhar	30.0	6	94	6	2.35	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
IT Botham	38.0	13	101	6	2.65	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
Imran Khan	26.0	6	102	6	2.94	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
DR Doshi	43.0	10	103	6	2.39	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
LR Gibbs	57.2	15	108	6	1.88	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
JA Snow	32.3	6	114	6	2.64	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
MHN Walker	39.0	10	114	6	2.92	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1973	Test # 714
BS Chandrasekhar	32.2	8	120	6	3.71	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
Intikhab Alam	30.0	4	127	6	3.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	16 Feb 1973	Test # 713
AW Greig	46.0	2	164	6	3.56	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
BS Bedi	64.2	8	226	6	3.51	India	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
DK Lillee	15.0	8	15	5	1.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	Test # 760
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	1.40	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
MA Holding	14.5	7	17	5	1.14	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
DL Underwood	14.0	8	20	5	1.42	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	2.62	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
IT Botham	11.0	3	21	5	1.90	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
DAJ Holford	8.1	1	23	5	2.81	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
AW Greig	19.5	9	24	5	1.21	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
GG Arnold	22.0	11	27	5	1.22	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	05 Jul 1973	Test # 724
BS Bedi	33.0	18	27	5	0.81	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
RGD Willis	20.0	3	27	5	1.35	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1977	Test # 791
PH Edmonds	20.0	7	28	5	1.40	England	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
Mushtaq Mohammad	10.5	3	28	5	2.58	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
AG Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	1.95	Australia	v England	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
RM Hogg	17.0	7	30	5	1.32	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
RGD Willis	15.0	2	32	5	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]