Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sir RJ Hadlee	52.3	13	123	15	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
MA Holding	38.3	8	107	11	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Iqbal Qasim	72.0	34	118	11	1.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Sir RJ Hadlee	65.5	17	155	11	2.35	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
Abdul Qadir	92.5	26	218	11	2.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
RM Ellison	40.5	12	104	10	2.54	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
JG Bracewell	65.3	27	106	10	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
MD Marshall	41.5	12	107	10	2.55	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
Sir RJ Hadlee	75.0	20	176	10	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
IT Botham	89.0	22	253	10	2.84	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
Iqbal Qasim	64.0	38	84	9	1.31	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BP Patterson	35.1	5	88	9	2.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
J Garner	51.2	15	142	9	2.76	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
Sir RJ Hadlee	66.2	15	146	9	2.20	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
Sir RJ Hadlee	69.4	12	163	9	2.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
Imran Khan	44.2	16	80	8	1.80	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
MD Marshall	41.0	8	88	8	2.14	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
N Kapil Dev	41.0	7	109	8	2.65	India	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
RGD Willis	45.1	11	115	8	2.54	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
NS Yadav	95.3	43	118	8	1.23	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
CEL Ambrose	40.3	4	138	8	3.40	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
MA Holding	54.0	14	142	8	2.62	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
NG Cowans	42.0	6	146	8	3.47	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
RJ Shastri	84.0	26	179	8	2.13	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
RJ Ratnayake	54.4	7	189	8	3.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
GR Dilley	31.1	11	62	7	1.98	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
MA Holding	20.5	4	74	7	3.55	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
RM Ellison	35.0	8	81	7	2.31	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
GC Small	37.4	10	88	7	2.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
J Garner	43.1	13	95	7	2.20	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
Sir RJ Hadlee	48.0	16	101	7	2.10	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
JE Emburey	49.4	15	105	7	2.11	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
Sir RJ Hadlee	38.1	12	107	7	2.80	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
IT Botham	46.2	14	109	7	2.35	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.5	7	110	7	2.98	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
MD Marshall	48.4	12	121	7	2.48	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
Sir RJ Hadlee	51.1	12	123	7	2.40	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
CA Walsh	37.3	6	123	7	3.28	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
MD Marshall	41.5	3	125	7	2.98	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
Tauseef Ahmed	64.2	20	126	7	1.95	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
JE Emburey	76.0	19	140	7	1.84	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Iqbal Qasim	79.0	28	148	7	1.87	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Imran Khan	70.4	20	156	7	2.20	Pakistan	v Australia	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Abdul Qadir	47.4	8	156	7	3.27	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
IT Botham	39.0	2	158	7	4.05	England	v Australia	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
RGD Willis	44.5	2	159	7	3.54	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
IT Botham	62.1	15	193	7	3.10	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
Azeem Hafeez	57.2	12	217	7	3.78	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
MD Marshall	39.0	18	46	6	1.17	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
N Kapil Dev	35.4	11	69	6	1.93	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
MA Holding	28.0	7	71	6	2.53	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
IT Botham	34.0	10	75	6	2.20	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
CEL Ambrose	40.0	12	81	6	2.02	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
JE Emburey	48.5	22	83	6	1.69	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
MD Marshall	36.0	9	93	6	2.58	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
J Garner	38.5	7	97	6	2.49	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
CEH Croft	33.0	5	104	6	3.15	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
IT Botham	37.0	6	108	6	2.91	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
CEL Ambrose	43.0	10	108	6	2.51	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
GR Dilley	44.4	13	115	6	2.57	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
MA Holding	45.0	9	118	6	2.62	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
MD Marshall	44.0	5	131	6	2.97	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
RJ Shastri	82.0	33	137	6	1.67	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
CM Old	55.0	15	138	6	2.50	England	v Australia	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
JE Emburey	75.0	24	140	6	1.86	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
NS Yadav	66.4	25	148	6	2.22	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
NA Foster	63.0	10	168	6	2.66	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
EE Hemmings	74.0	26	184	6	2.48	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
DR Doshi	81.0	17	195	6	2.40	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
NS Yadav	71.4	12	213	6	2.97	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
Sarfraz Nawaz	29.0	13	54	5	1.86	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
IT Botham	23.0	5	60	5	2.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
Imran Khan	38.2	12	62	5	1.61	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Sir RJ Hadlee	42.0	16	68	5	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
J Garner	33.4	11	70	5	2.07	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
AME Roberts	31.5	8	73	5	2.29	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
EJ Chatfield	47.0	19	73	5	1.55	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
J Garner	23.0	5	76	5	3.30	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
Abdul Qadir	50.0	20	88	5	1.76	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
RGD Willis	33.4	4	90	5	2.67	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Jalal-ud-Din	35.0	12	92	5	2.62	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
GC Small	41.0	13	92	5	2.24	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
PAJ DeFreitas	33.0	7	94	5	2.84	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
MA Holding	48.0	15	95	5	1.97	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
J Garner	38.0	11	96	5	2.52	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
N Kapil Dev	36.1	7	97	5	2.68	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
RA Harper	36.0	10	99	5	2.75	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
J Garner	52.0	19	100	5	1.92	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Azeem Hafeez	27.3	5	100	5	3.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
MA Holding	36.2	9	101	5	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
BL Cairns	46.2	14	103	5	2.22	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
KD Ghavri	30.0	7	107	5	3.56	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
AME Roberts	43.0	14	107	5	2.48	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
DL Underwood	39.2	9	110	5	2.79	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
IT Botham	40.0	8	110	5	2.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
IT Botham	42.2	17	114	5	2.69	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
RGD Willis	37.5	5	118	5	3.11	England	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
MD Marshall	51.5	10	122	5	2.35	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
J Garner	43.0	7	123	5	2.86	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
JG Bracewell	60.0	21	123	5	2.05	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038

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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]