Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	51.2	23	53	10	1.03	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	2.22	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
JM Patel	35.5	16	69	9	1.92	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
SP Gupte	34.3	11	102	9	2.95	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
HJ Tayfield	37.0	11	113	9	2.29	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	3.57	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
MH Mankad	47.0	27	52	8	1.10	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
MH Mankad	38.5	15	55	8	1.41	India	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
HJ Tayfield	37.7	14	69	8	1.36	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
AL Valentine	50.0	14	104	8	2.08	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
HJ Tayfield	8.4	1	23	7	2.02	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
FH Tyson	12.3	1	27	7	1.63	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
TE Bailey	16.0	7	34	7	2.12	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
GAR Lock	24.0	11	35	7	1.45	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
JH Wardle	19.0	3	36	7	1.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JB Statham	29.0	12	39	7	1.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
Fazal Mahmood	27.3	11	42	7	1.52	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	1.88	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
AV Bedser	17.2	7	44	7	2.53	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
IWG Johnson	22.2	10	44	7	1.97	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
TE Bailey	21.0	8	44	7	2.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	2.39	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
S Ramadhin	31.0	16	49	7	1.58	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
GAR Lock	35.2	20	51	7	1.44	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
R Tattersall	28.0	10	52	7	1.85	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
DS Atkinson	40.0	21	53	7	1.32	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
GE Gomez	18.0	3	55	7	2.29	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
AV Bedser	38.3	16	55	7	1.42	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
JH Wardle	35.0	16	56	7	1.60	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
JB Statham	28.0	6	57	7	1.52	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
AV Bedser	32.3	10	58	7	1.78	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
FMM Worrell	38.2	9	70	7	1.82	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
R Benaud	29.3	10	72	7	2.44	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
LF Kline	44.0	21	75	7	1.70	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480
Fazal Mahmood	48.0	17	80	7	1.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
HJ Tayfield	37.1	13	81	7	1.63	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
AK Davidson	57.3	23	93	7	1.61	Australia	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
SP Gupte	76.4	35	128	7	1.66	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
SP Gupte	66.0	15	162	7	2.45	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
GAR Lock	16.0	7	20	6	1.25	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
Khan Mohammad	16.2	6	21	6	1.28	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
S Ramadhin	21.2	13	23	6	1.07	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	03 Feb 1956	Test # 421
JB Iverson	19.4	8	27	6	1.03	Australia	v England	Sydney	05 Jan 1951	Test # 329
FH Tyson	21.3	7	28	6	1.30	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
Fazal Mahmood	27.0	11	34	6	1.25	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
AK Davidson	17.4	4	34	6	1.45	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
Fazal Mahmood	18.3	9	34	6	1.83	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
PJ Loader	20.3	9	36	6	1.75	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
AV Bedser	22.4	8	37	6	1.63	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
FMM Worrell	12.7	3	38	6	2.21	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
I Meckiff	15.2	3	38	6	1.86	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
AL Valentine	26.3	10	39	6	1.47	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
FH Tyson	23.0	7	40	6	1.30	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
Zulfiqar Ahmed	46.3	21	42	6	0.90	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
KD Mackay	45.0	27	42	6	0.93	Australia	v Pakistan	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
NAT Adcock	18.0	2	43	6	1.79	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
R Tattersall	21.0	6	44	6	2.09	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
Fazal Mahmood	30.0	11	46	6	1.53	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
R Tattersall	21.0	3	48	6	2.28	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
GS Ramchand	28.0	10	49	6	1.75	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
WW Hall	28.4	4	50	6	1.74	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
GWA Chubb	26.3	7	51	6	1.92	South Africa	v England	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
R Benaud	29.0	10	52	6	1.79	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
Fazal Mahmood	30.0	16	53	6	1.76	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
GAR Lock	28.2	13	53	6	1.87	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
JC Laker	28.0	8	55	6	1.96	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
JC Laker	41.3	21	55	6	1.32	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
R Gilchrist	21.0	7	55	6	2.61	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
PS Heine	14.2	3	58	6	3.05	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
WA Johnston	12.0	0	62	6	3.87	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
HJ Tayfield	36.0	17	62	6	1.29	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
AK Davidson	25.5	7	64	6	1.87	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
Fazal Mahmood	27.0	10	66	6	2.44	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
Mahmood Hussain	27.0	6	67	6	2.48	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
Nasim-ul-Ghani	30.5	9	67	6	2.17	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
GO Rabone	38.7	10	68	6	1.31	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
MG Melle	20.5	0	71	6	2.58	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
DT Ring	21.0	2	72	6	2.57	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
PR Umrigar	58.0	25	74	6	1.27	India	v Pakistan	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955	Test # 395
HJ Tayfield	24.3	6	78	6	2.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
DT Ring	16.0	2	80	6	3.75	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
Fazal Mahmood	32.0	10	83	6	2.59	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
HJ Tayfield	29.4	9	84	6	2.13	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
FH Tyson	18.4	1	85	6	3.44	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
S Ramadhin	72.0	43	86	6	1.19	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
SP Gupte	33.5	7	90	6	2.66	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
SG Shinde	35.3	9	91	6	2.56	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
AV Bedser	28.5	2	95	6	3.29	England	v Australia	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
RR Lindwall	24.5	3	95	6	3.82	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
PS Heine	37.5	6	96	6	1.91	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
AL Valentine	27.5	6	102	6	2.76	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
KR Miller	25.2	3	107	6	4.22	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
S Ramadhin	67.0	34	113	6	1.68	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
WA Johnston	46.0	8	152	6	2.47	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953	Test # 365
AM Moir	56.3	16	155	6	2.74	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	17 Mar 1951	Test # 332
GAR Lock	11.3	7	17	5	1.47	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
JC Laker	22.0	11	17	5	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
SP Gupte	6.0	0	18	5	3.00	India	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434

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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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]