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 |
37.0 | 11 | 113 | 9 | 2.29 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
38.5 | 15 | 55 | 8 | 1.41 | India | v England | Chennai | 06 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
37.7 | 14 | 69 | 8 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
50.0 | 14 | 104 | 8 | 2.08 | West Indies | v England | Manchester | 08 Jun 1950 | Test # 323 | |
31.0 | 16 | 49 | 7 | 1.58 | West Indies | v England | Birmingham | 30 May 1957 | Test # 439 | |
38.2 | 9 | 70 | 7 | 1.82 | West Indies | v England | Leeds | 25 Jul 1957 | Test # 442 | |
19.4 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 1.03 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 05 Jan 1951 | Test # 329 | |
15.2 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 1.86 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 462 | |
26.3 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 1.47 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 | Test # 326 | |
30.0 | 11 | 46 | 6 | 1.53 | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1954 | Test # 390 | |
26.3 | 7 | 51 | 6 | 1.92 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
30.0 | 16 | 53 | 6 | 1.76 | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1954 | Test # 390 | |
25.5 | 7 | 64 | 6 | 1.87 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 462 | |
24.3 | 6 | 78 | 6 | 2.40 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
72.0 | 43 | 86 | 6 | 1.19 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 24 Jun 1950 | Test # 324 | |
35.3 | 9 | 91 | 6 | 2.56 | India | v England | Delhi | 02 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 | |
67.0 | 34 | 113 | 6 | 1.68 | West Indies | v England | Georgetown | 24 Feb 1954 | Test # 384 | |
56.3 | 16 | 155 | 6 | 2.74 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 17 Mar 1951 | Test # 332 | |
22.4 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
11.0 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 2.38 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 | Test # 327 | |
29.0 | 11 | 49 | 5 | 1.68 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 15 Jan 1954 | Test # 380 | |
28.2 | 7 | 53 | 5 | 1.87 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 23 Aug 1956 | Test # 429 | |
35.0 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 1.54 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 | Test # 375 | |
20.4 | 2 | 57 | 5 | 2.75 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 | Test # 372 | |
25.0 | 7 | 60 | 5 | 2.40 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
53.4 | 29 | 60 | 5 | 1.11 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
15.0 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 4.06 | Pakistan | v England | Lord's | 10 Jun 1954 | Test # 387 | |
25.1 | 3 | 62 | 5 | 2.46 | New Zealand | v England | Auckland | 25 Mar 1955 | Test # 402 | |
27.0 | 11 | 64 | 5 | 2.37 | New Zealand | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1958 | Test # 454 | |
43.0 | 27 | 66 | 5 | 1.53 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 24 Jun 1950 | Test # 324 | |
23.0 | 4 | 66 | 5 | 2.86 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 25 Jun 1953 | Test # 373 | |
27.2 | 4 | 68 | 5 | 2.48 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
62.0 | 37 | 69 | 5 | 1.11 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
37.1 | 14 | 70 | 5 | 1.88 | India | v England | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
34.1 | 9 | 72 | 5 | 2.10 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
51.3 | 25 | 75 | 5 | 1.45 | India | v England | The Oval | 20 Aug 1959 | Test # 478 | |
34.4 | 9 | 77 | 5 | 2.22 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
38.5 | 12 | 80 | 5 | 2.06 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
36.0 | 12 | 80 | 5 | 2.22 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
33.4 | 10 | 83 | 5 | 1.85 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 09 Jan 1959 | Test # 464 | |
24.5 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 2.58 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 | |
32.0 | 8 | 86 | 5 | 2.68 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 07 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
31.4 | 8 | 89 | 5 | 2.81 | India | v England | Lord's | 18 Jun 1959 | Test # 475 | |
27.0 | 6 | 91 | 5 | 2.52 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1959 | Test # 466 | |
47.1 | 15 | 94 | 5 | 1.99 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
63.0 | 24 | 100 | 5 | 1.58 | India | v England | Leeds | 05 Jun 1952 | Test # 351 | |
47.1 | 17 | 115 | 5 | 2.43 | India | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 | Test # 477 | |
53.0 | 21 | 130 | 5 | 1.83 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
81.2 | 25 | 135 | 5 | 1.65 | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 20 Jul 1950 | Test # 325 | |
68.0 | 17 | 174 | 5 | 2.55 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
73.0 | 24 | 196 | 5 | 2.68 | India | v England | Lord's | 19 Jun 1952 | Test # 352 | |
10.0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0.90 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
11.3 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1.31 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
15.0 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1.10 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
24.0 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1.00 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
17.4 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 1.41 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 | Test # 326 | |
13.7 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1.40 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 22 Dec 1950 | Test # 328 | |
13.6 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 1.80 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 | |
27.0 | 11 | 36 | 4 | 1.33 | New Zealand | v England | Dunedin | 11 Mar 1955 | Test # 401 | |
20.0 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 1.35 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
22.0 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 1.63 | New Zealand | v England | Lord's | 19 Jun 1958 | Test # 455 | |
18.0 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 1.54 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 22 Dec 1950 | Test # 328 | |
15.7 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 1.74 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 05 Jan 1951 | Test # 329 | |
15.3 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 1.90 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
13.0 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 2.48 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 | Test # 327 | |
17.0 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 1.89 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1959 | Test # 468 | |
15.5 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 2.90 | New Zealand | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1958 | Test # 454 | |
45.0 | 28 | 48 | 4 | 1.06 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 24 Jun 1950 | Test # 324 | |
53.0 | 30 | 50 | 4 | 0.94 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 06 Feb 1954 | Test # 383 | |
30.5 | 9 | 53 | 4 | 1.71 | India | v England | Chennai | 06 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
35.0 | 13 | 54 | 4 | 1.54 | India | v England | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
16.0 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 3.37 | Pakistan | v England | Lord's | 10 Jun 1954 | Test # 387 | |
76.0 | 47 | 58 | 4 | 0.76 | India | v England | Delhi | 02 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 | |
21.3 | 6 | 58 | 4 | 2.69 | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1954 | Test # 390 | |
21.2 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 2.76 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
47.0 | 19 | 63 | 4 | 1.34 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 | Test # 375 | |
35.0 | 14 | 65 | 4 | 1.85 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 15 Jan 1954 | Test # 380 | |
27.0 | 4 | 65 | 4 | 2.40 | New Zealand | v England | The Oval | 21 Aug 1958 | Test # 458 | |
39.2 | 10 | 66 | 4 | 1.26 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1958 | Test # 460 | |
33.0 | 5 | 69 | 4 | 2.09 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1956 | Test # 425 | |
32.0 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 2.18 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 15 Aug 1953 | Test # 376 | |
29.5 | 11 | 70 | 4 | 2.34 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
31.0 | 14 | 70 | 4 | 2.25 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
31.2 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 2.26 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
27.0 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 2.02 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 02 Feb 1951 | Test # 330 | |
28.5 | 9 | 75 | 4 | 2.60 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 30 Mar 1954 | Test # 386 | |
21.7 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 2.60 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 23 Feb 1951 | Test # 331 | |
23.0 | 2 | 76 | 4 | 3.30 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
26.0 | 6 | 76 | 4 | 2.92 | India | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 | Test # 477 | |
26.0 | 6 | 77 | 4 | 2.96 | India | v England | Chennai | 06 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
37.0 | 15 | 79 | 4 | 1.60 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
29.0 | 10 | 82 | 4 | 2.12 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1959 | Test # 466 | |
36.4 | 11 | 86 | 4 | 2.34 | New Zealand | v England | Lord's | 19 Jun 1958 | Test # 455 | |
52.5 | 16 | 89 | 4 | 1.68 | India | v England | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1951 | Test # 344 | |
57.0 | 22 | 91 | 4 | 1.59 | India | v England | Brabourne | 14 Dec 1951 | Test # 342 | |
40.0 | 7 | 91 | 4 | 2.27 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 23 Aug 1956 | Test # 429 | |
33.0 | 7 | 94 | 4 | 2.13 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 09 Jan 1959 | Test # 464 | |
38.1 | 11 | 102 | 4 | 2.67 | India | v England | Nottingham | 04 Jun 1959 | Test # 474 | |
48.0 | 10 | 104 | 4 | 2.16 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
42.0 | 14 | 107 | 4 | 2.54 | Pakistan | v England | Manchester | 22 Jul 1954 | Test # 389 |
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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]
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