Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RAL Massie	60.1	16	137	16	2.27	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
DL Underwood	48.5	25	71	13	1.45	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
AW Greig	69.1	17	156	13	2.25	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
DL Underwood	44.1x8	14	97	12	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
BS Chandrasekhar	34.1x8	5	104	12	2.28	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
AME Roberts	42.3	11	121	12	2.84	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
Imran Khan	45.7x8	9	165	12	2.69	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
G Dymock	63.4	12	166	12	2.60	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.3x8	1	58	11	1.94	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
DK Lillee	33.2x8	6	123	11	2.77	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
Sarfraz Nawaz	57.2x8	13	125	11	1.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
Intikhab Alam	39.4x8	5	130	11	2.46	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
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
KD Boyce	43.1	8	147	11	3.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
DK Lillee	47.7x8	9	165	11	2.58	Australia	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
IT Botham	80.5	23	176	11	2.17	England	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Sikander Bakht	59.0	10	190	11	3.22	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
DL Underwood	55.0x8	8	215	11	2.93	England	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
RM Hogg	34.0x8	12	66	10	1.45	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
JK Lever	36.4	12	70	10	1.90	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
DL Underwood	52.0	22	82	10	1.57	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
Sir RJ Hadlee	41.3x8	9	100	10	1.81	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
RM Hogg	47.5x8	11	122	10	1.92	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
AME Roberts	52.5	16	123	10	2.32	West Indies	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1976	Test # 778
DK Lillee	37.0x8	5	135	10	2.73	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977	Test # 790
AW Greig	41.0x8	7	149	10	2.72	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
Iqbal Qasim	72.5	29	175	10	2.40	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
DK Lillee	56.4	15	181	10	3.19	Australia	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
BS Bedi	61.2x8	12	194	10	2.37	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
AME Roberts	32.5	12	59	9	1.79	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
BS Bedi	38.4	16	70	9	1.81	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
G Dymock	46.3	18	86	9	1.84	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
CM Old	29.0	9	88	9	3.03	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
GG Arnold	44.2	13	91	9	2.05	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
IT Botham	45.0	16	93	9	2.06	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
CEH Croft	43.5	10	95	9	2.16	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799
MJ Procter	49.1	22	103	9	2.09	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
P Lever	27.0x8	3	103	9	2.86	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
JR Thomson	38.5x8	8	105	9	2.03	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
BS Chandrasekhar	55.2	19	107	9	1.93	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
AA Mallett	35.6x8	9	111	9	2.32	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
EAS Prasanna	47.0	14	111	9	2.36	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
RGD Willis	40.1	8	118	9	2.93	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jun 1977	Test # 804
AME Roberts	27.0x8	4	119	9	3.30	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
Mushtaq Mohammad	47.0x8	9	119	9	1.89	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
N Kapil Dev	46.4	14	121	9	2.59	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
RS Cunis	45.7x8	9	128	9	2.09	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	05 Mar 1971	Test # 682
JM Noreiga	67.4	20	131	9	1.93	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
BS Chandrasekhar	46.2	10	131	9	2.82	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
LR Gibbs	82.0	30	143	9	1.74	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
BS Chandrasekhar	65.5	25	149	9	2.26	India	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
AG Hurst	47.7x8	6	155	9	2.42	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
GJ Gilmour	51.2	15	157	9	3.05	Australia	v England	Leeds	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
Sarfraz Nawaz	55.2	9	159	9	2.87	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
Asif Masood	57.5	13	160	9	2.76	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971	Test # 687
RO Collinge	34.4x8	4	166	9	3.60	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
JR Thomson	40.0x8	9	167	9	3.13	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	03 Jan 1976	Test # 767
DL Underwood	71.0	23	173	9	2.43	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
BR Taylor	53.3	9	182	9	3.40	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
AME Roberts	49.0x8	9	187	9	2.86	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	15 Feb 1975	Test # 756
IT Botham	25.5	10	51	8	1.97	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
JA Snow	31.5x8	11	63	8	1.49	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
CM Old	47.4	18	88	8	1.84	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
GG Arnold	49.0	19	89	8	1.81	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	05 Jul 1973	Test # 724
M Hendrick	38.2	8	95	8	2.47	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
Mushtaq Mohammad	41.5	12	97	8	2.31	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
KD Boyce	36.0	12	99	8	2.75	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
RGD Willis	35.0	4	100	8	2.85	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
DR Doshi	44.5	10	103	8	2.29	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
DK Lillee	59.0	22	106	8	1.79	Australia	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1972	Test # 698
Sarfraz Nawaz	40.0x8	10	109	8	2.04	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1973	Test # 707
IT Botham	31.7x8	7	111	8	2.61	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
RGD Willis	35.3	8	113	8	3.18	England	v West Indies	Leeds	22 Jul 1976	Test # 780
BS Chandrasekhar	42.1	9	114	8	2.70	India	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
BR Taylor	43.4	9	115	8	2.63	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
LR Gibbs	69.5	34	116	8	1.66	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
DK Lillee	26.5x8	5	118	8	3.32	Australia	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
J Garner	31.1	5	121	8	3.88	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
BS Bedi	70.0	29	126	8	1.80	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976	Test # 774
N Gifford	64.3	18	127	8	1.96	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
JR Thomson	45.3	8	127	8	2.79	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1977	Test # 804
JA Snow	47.0	9	128	8	2.72	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jun 1972	Test # 698
AME Roberts	50.3	12	138	8	2.73	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
PI Pocock	59.0	18	142	8	2.40	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
JR Thomson	39.4x8	5	143	8	2.71	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
MHN Walker	42.2x8	7	143	8	2.53	Australia	v England	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
Sir RJ Hadlee	51.0x8	6	145	8	2.13	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
WM Clark	44.0x8	6	147	8	2.50	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
J Garner	55.0	12	148	8	2.69	West Indies	v Pakistan	Georgetown	18 Mar 1977	Test # 801
JA Snow	52.3x8	9	162	8	2.31	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
GG Arnold	57.1	17	162	8	2.83	England	v West Indies	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
DR Doshi	85.0	25	167	8	1.96	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
Imran Khan	45.2	5	168	8	3.70	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Apr 1977	Test # 803
WM Clark	48.2x8	5	169	8	2.62	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
DK Lillee	29.3x8	1	175	8	4.46	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
BS Chandrasekhar	52.2x8	8	179	8	2.56	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
LR Gibbs	83.0	25	181	8	2.18	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
JW Gleeson	66.4	17	186	8	2.79	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672

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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 West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]