Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	2.19	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
Abdul Qadir	37.0	13	56	9	1.51	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
N Kapil Dev	30.3	6	83	9	2.72	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	2.83	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
Imran Khan	29.3	8	58	8	1.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	2.97	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	3.29	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	4.89	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	3.55	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
N Kapil Dev	30.5	7	85	8	2.75	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983	Test # 947
MG Hughes	37.0	9	87	8	2.35	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	3.72	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
N Kapil Dev	38.0	6	106	8	2.78	India	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
NA Foster	46.2	15	107	8	2.30	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
GF Lawson	40.0	7	112	8	2.80	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
CJ McDermott	36.0	3	141	8	3.91	Australia	v England	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	1.40	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	1.47	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	2.08	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
AR Border	26.0	10	46	7	1.76	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	1.84	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	2.88	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
Imran Khan	25.3	11	52	7	2.03	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
MD Marshall	26.0	9	53	7	2.03	West Indies	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	2.36	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
BL Cairns	33.2	14	74	7	2.22	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
JE Emburey	46.0	15	78	7	1.69	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
MD Marshall	25.3	6	80	7	3.13	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
Imran Khan	22.4	2	80	7	3.52	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
GF Lawson	43.1	14	81	7	1.87	Australia	v England	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
DK Lillee	26.3	3	83	7	3.13	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
RJ Bright	46.5	17	87	7	1.85	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
SL Boock	37.0	13	87	7	2.35	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
DK Lillee	31.4	4	89	7	2.81	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
MR Whitney	30.0	6	89	7	2.96	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
Abdul Qadir	44.4	15	96	7	2.14	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
B Yardley	31.4	6	98	7	3.09	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
Sir RJ Hadlee	44.4	8	116	7	2.59	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
Abdul Qadir	50.5	12	142	7	2.79	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
BL Cairns	45.0	10	143	7	3.17	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
B Yardley	66.0	16	187	7	2.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
N Kapil Dev	38.4	3	220	7	5.68	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	1.68	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	2.25	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
Mudassar Nazar	19.0	7	32	6	1.68	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
JG Bracewell	22.0	8	32	6	1.45	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
MD Marshall	18.0	5	32	6	1.77	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
JE Emburey	25.0	9	33	6	1.32	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	2.01	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	2.46	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
GR Dilley	24.5	9	38	6	1.53	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	3.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
Azeem Hafeez	23.0	7	46	6	2.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
Imran Khan	22.3	2	46	6	2.04	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
GF Lawson	18.3	4	47	6	2.54	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	2.35	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	4.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
Sir RJ Hadlee	24.0	5	51	6	2.12	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	2.88	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	3.53	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	6	53	6	2.23	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
RG Holland	22.0	7	54	6	2.45	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	2.77	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
J Garner	36.2	15	56	6	1.54	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
RMH Binny	25.1	8	56	6	2.22	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.2	7	57	6	2.08	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
RA Harper	28.4	12	57	6	1.98	West Indies	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	2.54	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Imran Khan	22.5	3	58	6	2.54	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
C Sharma	24.0	4	58	6	2.41	India	v England	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
AIC Dodemaide	28.3	10	58	6	2.03	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
ND Hirwani	30.0	10	59	6	1.96	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
DK Lillee	33.1	9	60	6	1.80	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
J Garner	28.1	9	60	6	2.13	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
PJW Allott	26.5	7	61	6	2.27	England	v West Indies	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
MA Holding	21.3	5	62	6	2.88	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
CA Walsh	29.0	8	62	6	2.13	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
L Sivaramakrishnan	31.2	10	64	6	2.04	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
NGB Cook	30.0	12	65	6	2.16	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
RJ Ratnayake	19.4	2	66	6	3.35	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
MA Holding	28.0	11	67	6	2.39	West Indies	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.0	13	68	6	1.88	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
MD Marshall	30.0	4	69	6	2.30	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 1988	Test # 1098
CJ McDermott	29.2	5	70	6	2.38	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.5	9	71	6	2.46	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
GF Lawson	33.0	11	72	6	2.18	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
EJ Chatfield	22.0	4	73	6	3.31	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
CEH Croft	25.0	5	74	6	2.96	West Indies	v England	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
J Garner	27.2	10	75	6	2.74	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
NG Cowans	26.0	6	77	6	2.96	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
N Kapil Dev	31.0	2	77	6	2.48	India	v West Indies	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
RM Hogg	32.4	4	77	6	2.35	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
RM Ellison	31.5	9	77	6	2.41	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
PL Taylor	26.0	7	78	6	3.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Sir RJ Hadlee	37.5	11	80	6	2.11	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
Sir RJ Hadlee	32.0	7	80	6	2.50	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986	Test # 1050
B Yardley	25.5	5	84	6	3.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
N Kapil Dev	33.0	7	84	6	2.54	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
BL Cairns	32.0	8	85	6	2.65	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875

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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]