Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
GD McGrath	16.0	8	24	8	1.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
M Muralidaran	16.2	4	46	8	2.81	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
MG Johnson	24.0	4	61	8	2.54	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
M Muralidaran	30.0	10	70	8	2.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	2.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	8	2.54	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
SCG MacGill	33.3	2	108	8	3.22	Australia	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
PA Strang	51.5	12	109	8	2.10	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
A Kumble	46.5	7	141	8	3.01	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
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	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
Shakib Al Hasan	25.5	7	36	7	1.39	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
M Ntini	19.5	7	37	7	1.86	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
MS Kasprowicz	17.4	3	39	7	2.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
JM Anderson	21.3	8	43	7	2.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	1.45	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	6	47	7	2.16	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
Harbhajan Singh	28.3	12	48	7	1.68	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	2.74	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
CL Cairns	18.2	2	53	7	2.89	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	3.56	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
IK Pathan	15.2	4	59	7	3.84	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	3.29	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	2.77	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
MJ Hoggard	21.2	7	63	7	2.95	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
A Kumble	38.0	16	63	7	1.65	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.5	2	66	7	2.55	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
DJG Sammy	21.3	2	66	7	3.06	West Indies	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	3	71	7	2.84	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
GD McGrath	30.2	9	76	7	2.50	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
Danish Kaneria	19.4	4	77	7	3.91	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	09 Jan 2002	Test # 1584
JJC Lawson	19.1	3	78	7	4.06	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	09 May 2003	Test # 1645
CD Collymore	27.3	5	78	7	2.83	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
M Muralidaran	35.0	5	84	7	2.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
DL Vettori	35.0	11	87	7	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	2.90	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
FH Edwards	29.4	6	87	7	2.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
SK Warne	24.3	7	94	7	3.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
AR Caddick	22.0	5	94	7	4.27	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
Enamul Haque jnr	36.0	9	95	7	2.63	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
M Muralidaran	46.5	12	97	7	2.07	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
M Muralidaran	38.4	8	100	7	2.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
SCG MacGill	37.0	11	104	7	2.81	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
MJ Hoggard	42.0	6	109	7	2.59	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
A Kumble	51.0	13	115	7	2.25	India	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
Danish Kaneria	60.0	20	118	7	1.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
WPUJC Vaas	32.2	5	120	7	3.71	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	7	123	7	3.25	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
PR Adams	45.0	11	128	7	2.84	South Africa	v Pakistan	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
DL Vettori	42.3	6	130	7	3.05	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
Harbhajan Singh	38.2	6	133	7	3.46	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
SK Warne	44.2	7	165	7	3.72	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
Danish Kaneria	53.0	10	168	7	3.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Dec 2009	Test # 1940
Danish Kaneria	49.3	7	188	7	3.79	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
JJC Lawson	6.5	4	3	6	0.43	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
MJ Clarke	6.2	-	9	6	1.42	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
Shoaib Akhtar	8.2	4	11	6	1.32	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
GD McGrath	20.0	12	17	6	0.85	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
M Muralidaran	10.4	4	18	6	1.68	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
SJ Harmison	13.0	7	19	6	1.46	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	1.46	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
Shahadat Hossain	15.3	8	27	6	1.74	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
DL Vettori	22.0	13	28	6	1.27	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
M Muralidaran	14.5	6	28	6	1.88	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	1.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	2.19	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	3	30	6	1.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
A Nel	16.2	3	32	6	1.95	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
SK Warne	18.0	5	33	6	1.83	Australia	v England	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
RL Johnson	12.0	4	33	6	2.75	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	05 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
RJ Kirtley	16.2	7	34	6	2.08	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
M Muralidaran	21.0	8	36	6	1.71	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
MS Panesar	17.0	5	37	6	2.17	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	3.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
SM Pollock	17.4	4	39	6	2.20	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	2.68	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
JN Gillespie	17.0	5	40	6	2.35	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
AB Agarkar	16.2	2	41	6	2.51	India	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
Danish Kaneria	13.0	3	42	6	3.23	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
Mohammad Asif	23.0	7	44	6	1.91	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
M Muralidaran	24.2	10	45	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
Enamul Haque jnr	22.2	5	45	6	2.01	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
IG Butler	20.0	6	46	6	2.30	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
SJ Harmison	13.0	1	46	6	3.53	England	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
SK Warne	23.1	7	46	6	1.98	Australia	v England	Birmingham	04 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
KAJ Roach	23.5	8	48	6	2.01	West Indies	v Bangladesh	St George's	17 Jul 2009	Test # 1926
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	4.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	4	49	6	2.88	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
M Muralidaran	22.0	8	49	6	2.22	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
Shoaib Akhtar	22.5	4	50	6	2.18	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
GD McGrath	23.1	8	50	6	2.15	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
IK Pathan	15.0	5	51	6	3.40	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
SE Bond	17.0	4	51	6	3.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
Danish Kaneria	15.0	3	52	6	3.46	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
PT Collins	18.0	3	53	6	2.94	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	04 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
SP Jones	17.5	6	53	6	2.97	England	v Australia	Manchester	11 Aug 2005	Test # 1760
DR Tuffey	19.0	6	54	6	2.84	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597

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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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]