Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	2.97	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	1.84	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	2.01	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	2.46	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
Azeem Hafeez	23.0	7	46	6	2.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	2.35	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	2.88	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	2.77	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	2.54	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
CA Walsh	29.0	8	62	6	2.13	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
RJ Ratnayake	41.0	10	85	6	2.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
IR Bishop	25.0	5	87	6	3.48	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
Imran Khan	25.0	3	98	6	3.92	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
RGD Willis	28.0	3	101	6	3.60	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
NA Foster	23.0	2	104	6	4.52	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	2.71	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
BL Cairns	19.4	8	33	5	1.67	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
MD Marshall	17.0	7	34	5	2.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
MD Marshall	19.1	6	37	5	1.93	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
AME Roberts	24.3	9	39	5	1.59	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
WW Daniel	11.5	-	39	5	3.29	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
IT Botham	19.4	3	46	5	2.33	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
Sir RJ Hadlee	33.0	12	47	5	1.42	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	15	48	5	1.60	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
RJ Ratnayake	23.2	6	49	5	2.10	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
FS Ahangama	24.0	7	52	5	2.16	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
Tauseef Ahmed	27.0	7	54	5	2.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
CA Walsh	29.3	9	54	5	1.83	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
CA Walsh	17.4	2	54	5	3.05	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
NA Foster	28.0	8	59	5	2.10	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
MD Marshall	26.0	5	60	5	2.30	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
IT Botham	22.3	3	61	5	2.71	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Imran Khan	23.5	3	63	5	2.64	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
ALF de Mel	28.0	8	64	5	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
Sir RJ Hadlee	30.0	10	65	5	2.16	New Zealand	v India	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
ALF de Mel	14.0	-	68	5	4.85	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
BP Patterson	16.0	1	68	5	4.25	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
Mohammad Nazir	50.0	19	72	5	1.44	Pakistan	v India	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
MD Marshall	26.0	8	72	5	2.76	West Indies	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1983	Test # 972
JG Bracewell	41.0	19	75	5	1.82	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
Tahir Naqqash	34.5	11	76	5	2.18	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	14 Sep 1983	Test # 961
Imran Khan	30.5	12	82	5	2.65	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
RJ Bright	25.0	3	94	5	3.76	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Wasim Akram	31.0	6	96	5	3.09	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
JK Lever	36.0	9	100	5	2.77	England	v India	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Wasim Akram	28.2	6	101	5	3.56	Pakistan	v India	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
MA Holding	40.5	10	102	5	2.49	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1983	Test # 968
GRJ Matthews	28.2	3	103	5	3.63	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Imran Khan	38.2	6	114	5	2.97	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
GRJ Matthews	39.5	7	146	5	3.66	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
MD Marshall	15.0	7	19	4	1.26	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
MA Holding	17.0	5	30	4	1.76	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
AME Roberts	19.2	3	31	4	1.60	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
PH Edmonds	28.0	11	31	4	1.10	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
CA Walsh	18.0	5	37	4	2.05	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	3	39	4	2.43	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CA Walsh	17.0	7	39	4	2.29	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
CA Walsh	14.0	2	40	4	2.85	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
JD Higgs	18.0	8	45	4	2.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
Imran Khan	26.1	7	45	4	1.71	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989	Test # 1128
GR Dilley	13.0	1	47	4	3.61	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
MD Marshall	17.0	7	47	4	2.76	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
AME Roberts	16.0	4	48	4	3.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
Wasim Raja	28.5	5	50	4	1.73	Pakistan	v India	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
CA Walsh	16.0	5	55	4	3.43	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Azeem Hafeez	27.0	10	58	4	2.14	Pakistan	v India	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
PH Edmonds	44.0	24	60	4	1.36	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
Wasim Akram	21.5	2	60	4	2.74	Pakistan	v India	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
LS Pascoe	19.0	6	61	4	3.21	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
JG Bracewell	42.3	17	61	4	1.43	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
AME Roberts	22.0	4	61	4	2.77	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
IR Bishop	17.0	3	61	4	3.58	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
Sarfraz Nawaz	31.5	11	63	4	1.97	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
JK Lever	23.0	5	64	4	2.78	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
DK Lillee	25.0	6	65	4	2.60	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.3	7	65	4	2.88	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
RM Ellison	26.0	6	66	4	2.53	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
Imran Khan	33.0	5	67	4	2.03	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
Abdul Qadir	15.0	3	67	4	4.46	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
MC Snedden	18.3	3	69	4	3.72	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
IT Botham	28.0	6	72	4	2.57	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
DR Pringle	22.3	6	73	4	3.24	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
Iqbal Qasim	37.0	11	73	4	1.97	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
RJ Ratnayake	25.1	5	76	4	3.01	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
WW Davis	18.1	-	76	4	4.18	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Sarfraz Nawaz	33.0	11	79	4	2.39	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
DK Lillee	34.0	10	80	4	2.35	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
Waqar Younis	19.0	1	80	4	4.21	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
Wasim Akram	26.2	4	83	4	3.15	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
Sarfraz Nawaz	30.0	4	85	4	2.83	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
Tauseef Ahmed	45.5	12	85	4	1.85	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
DK Lillee	20.2	3	86	4	4.22	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
Ehteshamuddin	35.0	7	87	4	2.48	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
MD Marshall	27.5	5	87	4	3.12	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
PI Pocock	38.4	9	93	4	2.40	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
BA Reid	38.2	11	100	4	2.60	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
DK Lillee	32.1	5	104	4	3.23	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
Abdul Qadir	38.0	8	104	4	2.73	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996

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Performances in matches that overlap decades 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 v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]