Best bowling figures in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Team Opposition Match Date Scorecard
RGD Willis 15.1 3 43 8 2.83 England v Australia 16 Jul 1981 Test # 905
C Blythe 15.5 1 59 8 3.72 England v South Africa 29 Jul 1907 Test # 94
NA Foster 46.2 15 107 8 2.30 England v Pakistan 2 Jul 1987 Test # 1077
JN Gillespie 13.4 1 37 7 2.70 Australia v England 24 Jul 1997 Test # 1373
C Blythe 22.4 9 40 7 1.76 England v South Africa 29 Jul 1907 Test # 94
Imran Khan 19.1 5 40 7 2.08 Pakistan v England 2 Jul 1987 Test # 1077
GAR Lock 35.2 20 51 7 1.44 England v New Zealand 3 Jul 1958 Test # 456
MD Marshall 26.0 9 53 7 2.03 West Indies v England 12 Jul 1984 Test # 991
CG Macartney 25.3 6 58 7 2.27 Australia v England 1 Jul 1909 Test # 103
FMM Worrell 38.2 9 70 7 1.82 West Indies v England 25 Jul 1957 Test # 442
BL Cairns 33.2 14 74 7 2.22 New Zealand v England 28 Jul 1983 Test # 958
GD McGrath 30.2 9 76 7 2.50 Australia v England 16 Aug 2001 Test # 1556
AP Freeman 32.3 6 115 7 3.53 England v South Africa 13 Jul 1929 Test # 183
GA Faulkner 11.0 4 17 6 1.54 South Africa v England 29 Jul 1907 Test # 94
FS Trueman 15.5 5 30 6 1.89 England v Australia 6 Jul 1961 Test # 509
SR Watson 11.0 3 33 6 3.00 Australia v Pakistan 21 Jul 2010 Test # 1965
PJ Loader 20.3 9 36 6 1.75 England v West Indies 25 Jul 1957 Test # 442
CC Griffith 21.0 5 36 6 1.71 West Indies v England 25 Jul 1963 Test # 546
LR Gibbs 19.0 6 39 6 2.05 West Indies v England 4 Aug 1966 Test # 608
MW Tate 17.0 4 42 6 2.47 England v South Africa 12 Jul 1924 Test # 155
D Gough 23.0 6 42 6 1.82 England v South Africa 6 Aug 1998 Test # 1422
DL Underwood 21.0 6 45 6 2.14 England v Australia 27 Jul 1972 Test # 701
JC Archer 17.1 3 45 6 2.62 England v Australia 22 Aug 2019 Test # 2357
SF Barnes 22.0 7 52 6 2.36 England v South Africa 8 Jul 1912 Test # 124
CEL Ambrose 28.0 6 52 6 1.85 West Indies v England 6 Jun 1991 Test # 1171
JH Kallis 17.0 4 54 6 3.17 South Africa v England 21 Aug 2003 Test # 1656
JC Laker 41.3 21 55 6 1.32 England v Australia 12 Jul 1956 Test # 427
PJW Allott 26.5 7 61 6 2.27 England v West Indies 12 Jul 1984 Test # 991
SF Barnes 35.0 16 63 6 1.80 England v Australia 1 Jul 1909 Test # 103
GJ Gilmour 31.2 10 85 6 2.71 Australia v England 14 Aug 1975 Test # 762
R Illingworth 51.0 22 87 6 1.70 England v Australia 25 Jul 1968 Test # 640
GP Swann 32.0 12 90 6 2.81 England v New Zealand 24 May 2013 Test # 2089
SCJ Broad 25.1 6 91 6 3.61 England v Australia 7 Aug 2009 Test # 1929
NA Quinn 29.5 5 92 6 3.08 South Africa v England 13 Jul 1929 Test # 183
AV Bedser 28.5 2 95 6 3.29 England v Australia 23 Jul 1953 Test # 375
IT Botham 39.2 11 95 6 2.41 England v Australia 16 Jul 1981 Test # 905
TE Bailey 32.3 6 118 6 3.63 England v New Zealand 11 Jun 1949 Test # 314
TM Alderman 35.3 6 135 6 3.80 Australia v England 16 Jul 1981 Test # 905
WE Bowes 50.0 13 142 6 2.84 England v Australia 20 Jul 1934 Test # 236
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jun 23-27, 2022 [Test # 2467]
England v India at Leeds, 3rd Test, Aug 25-28, 2021 [Test # 2432]
England v Australia at Leeds, 3rd Test, Aug 22-25, 2019 [Test # 2357]
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