Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Yasir Shah	57.2	10	184	14	3.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
CA Walsh	36.0	15	55	13	1.52	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
R Ashwin	41.1	7	140	13	3.40	India	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
R Ashwin	43.2	14	85	12	1.96	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012	Test # 2054
DL Underwood	44.1x8	14	97	12	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
DL Underwood	64.3	27	101	12	1.56	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
Waqar Younis	54.1	22	130	12	2.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
S Venkataraghavan	112.3	56	152	12	1.35	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
GAR Lock	53.3	33	65	11	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
DL Underwood	60.3	34	70	11	1.15	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
Shoaib Akhtar	38.3	8	78	11	2.02	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
Zulfiqar Ahmed	83.5	40	79	11	0.94	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
GAR Lock	54.2	28	84	11	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
HMRKB Herath	48.0	8	108	11	2.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
MD Marshall	40.3	9	120	11	2.96	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
DK Lillee	33.2x8	6	123	11	2.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
Intikhab Alam	39.4x8	5	130	11	2.46	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
Mohammad Zahid	41.0	8	130	11	3.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
EAS Prasanna	47.0x8	10	140	11	2.23	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
IT Botham	56.1	17	140	11	2.49	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
PCR Tufnell	85.1	35	147	11	1.72	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
Wasim Akram	61.0	17	179	11	2.93	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
SF Burke	81.0	29	196	11	2.41	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
AG Huckle	72.4	12	255	11	3.50	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
WPUJC Vaas	45.3	13	90	10	1.97	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
DW Steyn	24.3	6	91	10	3.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
DW Steyn	31.3	4	93	10	2.95	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
Waqar Younis	52.5	17	106	10	2.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	18 Oct 1990	Test # 1152
NM Lyon	35.1	9	108	10	3.07	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
VD Philander	30.5	6	114	10	3.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
M Muralidaran	46.2	12	118	10	2.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
NM Lyon	47.3	14	118	10	2.48	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2378
Wasim Akram	59.0	17	128	10	2.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
MG Johnson	36.1	8	132	10	3.64	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
GP Swann	41.0	13	132	10	3.21	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
A Kumble	59.4	17	134	10	2.24	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
RJ Sidebottom	51.3	12	139	10	2.69	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
Mushtaq Ahmed	54.1	12	143	10	2.64	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
M Ntini	33.0	5	145	10	4.39	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
AW Greig	41.0x8	7	149	10	2.72	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
PA Strang	72.3	15	158	10	2.17	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
MJ Leach	70.5	20	166	10	2.34	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022	Test # 2467
Mushtaq Ahmed	65.2	17	171	10	2.61	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
RG Holland	88.0	35	174	10	1.97	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Intikhab Alam	95.4	39	182	10	1.90	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969	Test # 665
Taijul Islam	70.1	17	184	10	2.62	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Sylhet	28 Nov 2023	Test # 2516
R Ashwin	66.2	12	225	10	3.39	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016	Test # 2221
GAR Lock	24.0	15	29	9	1.20	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
SK Warne	37.5	14	67	9	1.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993	Test # 1236
MG Johnson	25.3	9	69	9	2.70	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
BS Bedi	38.4	16	70	9	1.81	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
S Ramadhin	57.4	30	81	9	1.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	03 Feb 1956	Test # 421
Waqar Younis	41.3	15	81	9	1.95	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
MRCN Bandaratilleke	62.0	22	83	9	1.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
FS Trueman	50.0	17	91	9	1.82	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
RGD Willis	37.3	11	92	9	2.45	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
D Gough	39.0	15	92	9	2.35	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
IT Botham	45.0	16	93	9	2.06	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
Wasim Akram	38.4	13	93	9	2.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
HJ Tayfield	62.1x8	29	97	9	1.17	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
MA Starc	32.0	7	97	9	3.03	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
GB Lawrence	52.3	16	98	9	1.86	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
JM Anderson	36.0	11	98	9	2.72	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
PM Pollock	42.3	11	99	9	2.32	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
Mohammad Asif	36.4	11	107	9	2.91	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
GB Lawrence	38.3	13	109	9	2.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
Pervez Sajjad	54.0	21	112	9	2.07	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	30 Oct 1969	Test # 663
Shakib Al Hasan	70.4	24	115	9	1.62	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
PVD Chameera	30.0	4	115	9	3.83	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
Mushtaq Mohammad	47.0x8	9	119	9	1.89	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
A Kumble	45.2	9	120	9	2.64	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
FE Woolley	51.3	14	124	9	2.40	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Jan 1930	Test # 188
S Ramadhin	75.0	32	125	9	1.66	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Feb 1952	Test # 349
Q McMillan	39.5	6	127	9	3.18	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
S Venkataraghavan	61.1	17	133	9	2.17	India	v New Zealand	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969	Test # 660
JR Hazlewood	42.1	7	136	9	3.22	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Nov 2015	Test # 2190
SP Gupte	85.3	40	145	9	1.69	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
NGB Cook	82.0	36	150	9	1.82	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
I Sharma	44.0	7	162	9	3.68	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	06 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
PAJ DeFreitas	45.3	8	165	9	3.62	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
HMRKB Herath	70.0	13	170	9	2.42	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
B Lee	50.3	13	171	9	3.38	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
AR Caddick	43.0	16	172	9	4.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
SL Malinga	58.4	9	210	9	3.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
IAR Peebles	68.4	9	227	9	3.30	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	27 Jun 1931	Test # 209
M Muralidaran	74.2	14	227	9	3.05	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
WJ O'Reilly	19.0	6	33	8	1.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
Khan Mohammad	46.2	25	41	8	0.88	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
R Ashwin	30.3	11	42	8	1.37	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
JC Laker	58.0	34	44	8	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
Pervez Sajjad	28.0	13	47	8	1.67	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
MJC Allom	34.0	10	55	8	1.61	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Jan 1930	Test # 186
HJ Tayfield	43.0x8	19	61	8	1.06	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
DW Steyn	28.4	7	65	8	2.26	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
GR Dilley	42.5	14	70	8	1.63	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Saqlain Mushtaq	45.4	15	72	8	1.57	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
PM Pollock	47.5	13	78	8	1.63	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
EAS Prasanna	55.1	26	84	8	1.52	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968	Test # 634
NAT Adcock	33.0x8	6	87	8	1.97	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
KA Maharaj	36.2	11	87	8	2.39	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]