Bowling Best Figures Innings - Australia

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
MG Hughes	37.0	9	87	8	2.35	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
GF Lawson	40.0	7	112	8	2.80	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
CJ McDermott	36.0	3	141	8	3.91	Australia	v England	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
AR Border	26.0	10	46	7	1.76	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
GF Lawson	43.1	14	81	7	1.87	Australia	v England	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
DK Lillee	26.3	3	83	7	3.13	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
RJ Bright	46.5	17	87	7	1.85	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
DK Lillee	31.4	4	89	7	2.81	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
MR Whitney	30.0	6	89	7	2.96	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
B Yardley	31.4	6	98	7	3.09	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
B Yardley	66.0	16	187	7	2.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
GF Lawson	18.3	4	47	6	2.54	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	3.53	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
RG Holland	22.0	7	54	6	2.45	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
AIC Dodemaide	28.3	10	58	6	2.03	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
DK Lillee	33.1	9	60	6	1.80	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
CJ McDermott	29.2	5	70	6	2.38	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
GF Lawson	33.0	11	72	6	2.18	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
RM Hogg	32.4	4	77	6	2.35	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
PL Taylor	26.0	7	78	6	3.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
B Yardley	25.5	5	84	6	3.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
CG Rackemann	26.0	6	86	6	3.30	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
RG Holland	47.0	19	106	6	2.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
TM Alderman	39.0	12	128	6	3.28	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
TM Alderman	38.0	6	128	6	3.36	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
TM Alderman	35.3	6	135	6	3.80	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
DK Lillee	50.2	8	171	6	3.39	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DK Lillee	9.0	3	18	5	2.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
CG Rackemann	8.0	-	32	5	4.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
TM Alderman	23.1	8	42	5	1.81	Australia	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
TM Alderman	20.0	7	44	5	2.20	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
DK Lillee	16.4	2	46	5	2.76	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
GF Lawson	17.1	1	49	5	2.85	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
JR Thomson	14.5	2	50	5	3.37	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
LS Pascoe	18.0	5	59	5	3.27	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
GF Lawson	25.0	5	59	5	2.36	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
TM Alderman	19.0	3	62	5	3.26	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
DK Lillee	23.5	5	63	5	2.64	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
GF Lawson	24.0	6	66	5	2.75	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
TG Hogan	25.2	6	66	5	2.60	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
TM Alderman	27.0	7	66	5	2.44	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
TM Alderman	27.0	7	66	5	2.44	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
MG Hughes	21.0	7	67	5	3.19	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
RJ Bright	34.0	17	68	5	2.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
RG Holland	32.0	12	68	5	2.12	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
SR Waugh	21.3	4	69	5	3.20	Australia	v England	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
TM Alderman	19.0	2	69	5	3.63	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
PR Sleep	35.0	14	72	5	2.05	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
JR Thomson	31.0	6	73	5	2.35	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
DK Lillee	24.0	3	78	5	3.25	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
DK Lillee	33.0	6	78	5	2.36	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
DK Lillee	20.0	3	81	5	4.05	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
GF Lawson	35.3	11	87	5	2.45	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
B Yardley	25.0	7	88	5	3.52	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
MG Hughes	31.4	8	88	5	2.77	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
SR Waugh	24.0	5	92	5	3.83	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
RJ Bright	25.0	3	94	5	3.76	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
CJ McDermott	35.0	8	97	5	2.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
GF Lawson	39.4	10	103	5	2.59	Australia	v England	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
GRJ Matthews	28.2	3	103	5	3.63	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
G Dymock	33.5	7	104	5	3.07	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
B Yardley	42.4	15	107	5	2.50	Australia	v England	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
TM Alderman	37.0	7	107	5	2.89	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
GF Lawson	32.0	5	108	5	3.37	Australia	v England	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
TM Alderman	52.0	19	109	5	2.09	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
GF Lawson	30.4	8	116	5	3.78	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
MG Hughes	36.1	7	130	5	3.59	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
B Yardley	40.5	10	132	5	3.23	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
GRJ Matthews	39.5	7	146	5	3.66	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
CG Rackemann	42.4	7	161	5	3.77	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
RJ Bright	56.0	14	172	5	3.07	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
JD Higgs	8.0	2	25	4	3.12	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
SR Waugh	20.0	7	33	4	1.65	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
TM Alderman	10.2	2	36	4	3.48	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
B Yardley	21.0	7	38	4	1.80	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
DK Lillee	13.3	4	40	4	2.96	Australia	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
G Dymock	17.0	6	42	4	2.47	Australia	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
DK Lillee	15.0	4	43	4	2.86	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
CJ McDermott	22.2	6	43	4	1.92	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
JD Higgs	18.0	8	45	4	2.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
GF Lawson	20.0	7	48	4	2.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
DK Lillee	18.5	7	49	4	2.60	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
AR Border	18.4	3	50	4	2.67	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
DK Lillee	19.0	4	51	4	2.68	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
JR Thomson	21.0	5	51	4	2.42	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
MG Hughes	20.0	7	51	4	2.55	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	24 Nov 1989	Test # 1129
BA Reid	25.0	6	53	4	2.12	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
DK Lillee	24.1	8	55	4	2.27	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
GF Lawson	18.0	4	56	4	3.11	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
TG Hogan	25.0	9	56	4	2.24	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
SR Waugh	23.0	6	56	4	2.43	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
JN Maguire	16.4	2	57	4	3.42	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
AIC Dodemaide	19.1	7	58	4	3.02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
JD Higgs	16.1	3	59	4	3.64	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
RM Hogg	26.2	9	60	4	2.27	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
LS Pascoe	19.0	6	61	4	3.21	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
GRJ Matthews	34.0	15	61	4	1.79	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
BA Reid	28.4	8	64	4	2.23	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
DK Lillee	25.0	6	65	4	2.60	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
DK Lillee	31.2	10	65	4	2.07	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974

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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]