Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AME Roberts	42.3	11	121	12	2.84	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
G Dymock	63.4	12	166	12	2.60	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.3x8	1	58	11	1.94	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
Sikander Bakht	59.0	10	190	11	3.22	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
JK Lever	36.4	12	70	10	1.90	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
Iqbal Qasim	72.5	29	175	10	2.40	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
CM Old	29.0	9	88	9	3.03	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
GG Arnold	44.2	13	91	9	2.05	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
JM Noreiga	67.4	20	131	9	1.93	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
LR Gibbs	82.0	30	143	9	1.74	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
Sarfraz Nawaz	55.2	9	159	9	2.87	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
DL Underwood	71.0	23	173	9	2.43	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
RGD Willis	35.0	4	100	8	2.85	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
LR Gibbs	69.5	34	116	8	1.66	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
N Gifford	64.3	18	127	8	1.96	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
AME Roberts	50.3	12	138	8	2.73	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
PI Pocock	59.0	18	142	8	2.40	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
WM Clark	44.0x8	6	147	8	2.50	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
WM Clark	48.2x8	5	169	8	2.62	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
RGD Willis	33.0	4	59	7	1.78	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1977	Test # 791
M Hendrick	29.0	5	71	7	2.44	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
JK Lever	26.4	2	77	7	2.88	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
N Phillip	37.0	13	85	7	2.29	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
Sikander Bakht	39.1	11	85	7	2.17	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
RO Collinge	30.6x8	1	99	7	2.41	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
MA Holding	35.2	7	117	7	3.31	West Indies	v India	Kingston	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
JR Thomson	35.7x8	2	130	7	2.71	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
IT Botham	55.0	12	156	7	2.83	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
JB Gannon	34.6x8	3	161	7	3.47	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
IT Botham	57.0	12	162	7	2.84	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
Imran Khan	61.2	14	164	7	2.67	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
AW Greig	28.5	10	37	6	1.28	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
DL Underwood	31.0	16	44	6	1.41	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
DAJ Holford	25.1	2	75	6	2.98	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
M Hendrick	44.5	17	81	6	1.80	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
VA Holder	43.1	14	85	6	1.96	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
Ehteshamuddin	52.4	20	87	6	1.65	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
AME Roberts	32.5	9	89	6	2.71	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
CM Old	47.0	13	115	6	2.44	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
IT Botham	54.0	22	115	6	2.12	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
G Dymock	51.4	15	119	6	2.30	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
ST Clarke	50.3	6	121	6	2.39	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
WM Clark	49.7x8	12	141	6	2.12	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
MA Holding	47.4	4	147	6	3.08	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
Imran Khan	60.0	19	151	6	2.51	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
Sarfraz Nawaz	54.0	11	158	6	2.92	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
JR Thomson	45.5x8	4	166	6	2.72	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
JM Noreiga	69.4	11	172	6	2.46	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
IW Callen	55.0x8	5	191	6	2.60	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
VA Holder	30.5	10	55	5	1.78	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
BE Congdon	26.7x8	3	65	5	1.81	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
CM Old	32.0	7	66	5	2.06	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
CM Old	32.0	9	75	5	2.34	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1977	Test # 791
P Lever	33.0	7	84	5	2.54	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
JK Lever	35.2	10	88	5	2.49	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
Sir RJ Hadlee	38.0	10	89	5	2.34	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
UG Dowe	34.0	12	91	5	2.67	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
RGD Willis	36.0	8	97	5	2.69	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
DL Underwood	53.0	18	97	5	1.83	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
AME Roberts	25.0	6	99	5	3.96	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
GG Arnold	32.5	7	100	5	3.04	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
GG Arnold	33.0	6	104	5	3.15	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
BL Cairns	49.1	13	104	5	2.11	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
VA Holder	43.2	8	109	5	2.51	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
R Illingworth	70.3	27	110	5	1.56	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
RM Hogg	45.0	7	115	5	2.55	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Sikander Bakht	47.2	14	119	5	2.51	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
DL Underwood	52.0	15	121	5	2.32	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
JN Shepherd	59.0	15	123	5	2.08	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
ST Clarke	34.2	3	126	5	3.66	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
DL Underwood	77.0	31	136	5	1.76	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
ST Clarke	58.0	11	151	5	2.60	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
Sir RJ Hadlee	45.0	5	171	5	3.80	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
MA Holding	28.0	16	46	4	1.64	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
Imran Khan	28.4	12	53	4	1.84	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
Mushtaq Mohammad	27.0	10	55	4	2.03	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
VA Holder	27.4	9	60	4	2.16	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
RGD Willis	32.0	9	64	4	2.00	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
GS Sobers	43.0	17	65	4	1.51	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
DL Underwood	39.0	14	72	4	1.84	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
JSE Price	32.0	10	74	4	2.31	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
DL Underwood	45.5	23	74	4	1.61	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1977	Test # 791
JR Thomson	27.0x8	8	83	4	2.30	Australia	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
AME Roberts	33.3	9	94	4	2.80	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
CM Old	28.0	3	95	4	3.39	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
M Hendrick	37.0	5	96	4	2.59	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
CM Old	35.0	8	97	4	2.77	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
AW Greig	36.0	9	103	4	2.86	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
B Yardley	44.0	16	107	4	2.43	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
VA Holder	34.0	5	109	4	3.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
HJ Howarth	34.2x8	9	112	4	2.45	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
RGD Willis	38.0	12	114	4	3.00	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
DL Underwood	63.0	20	121	4	1.92	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
DR Hadlee	28.0x8	1	128	4	3.42	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
PJ Petherick	45.5	10	135	4	2.94	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
JB Gannon	36.0x8	6	135	4	2.81	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
G Dymock	42.2	8	135	4	3.18	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
B Yardley	55.0	12	138	4	2.50	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
RGD Willis	46.0	6	142	4	3.08	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854

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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]