Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ND Hirwani	33.5	6	136	16	4.01	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Sir RJ Hadlee	52.3	13	123	15	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
Imran Khan	52.2	11	116	14	2.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Abdul Qadir	73.0	27	101	13	1.38	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
IT Botham	48.5	14	106	13	2.17	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
MG Hughes	73.1	16	217	13	2.96	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
L Sivaramakrishnan	77.2	20	181	12	2.34	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
Imran Khan	32.2	10	79	11	2.44	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
NGB Cook	44.0	20	83	11	1.88	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
MD Marshall	36.5	9	89	11	2.41	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
AR Border	44.4	13	96	11	2.14	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Sir RJ Hadlee	56.0	22	102	11	1.82	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
MA Holding	38.3	8	107	11	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Iqbal Qasim	72.0	34	118	11	1.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
CG Rackemann	34.0	6	118	11	3.47	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
MD Marshall	40.3	9	120	11	2.96	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
Imran Khan	37.2	2	121	11	3.24	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
GF Lawson	54.0	15	134	11	2.48	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
DK Lillee	66.1	15	138	11	2.08	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
N Kapil Dev	42.4	12	146	11	3.42	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Sir RJ Hadlee	65.5	17	155	11	2.35	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
DK Lillee	61.4	14	159	11	2.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
NA Foster	51.0	10	163	11	3.19	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
Imran Khan	55.5	15	180	11	3.22	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
GF Lawson	64.0	13	181	11	2.82	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
Abdul Qadir	92.5	26	218	11	2.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Imran Khan	38.1	8	77	10	2.01	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.5	11	88	10	2.38	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
MD Marshall	43.0	10	92	10	2.13	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
CA Walsh	46.0	15	101	10	2.19	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
Sir RJ Hadlee	38.0	11	102	10	2.68	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
RM Ellison	40.5	12	104	10	2.54	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
JG Bracewell	65.3	27	106	10	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
MD Marshall	41.5	12	107	10	2.55	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
Maninder Singh	37.4	10	107	10	2.84	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
RJ Bright	57.5	22	111	10	1.91	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
EJ Chatfield	50.0	15	124	10	2.48	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
Maninder Singh	62.1	16	126	10	2.02	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
DK Lillee	53.4	11	127	10	2.36	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Wasim Akram	59.0	17	128	10	2.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
N Kapil Dev	57.3	15	135	10	2.34	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
Sir RJ Hadlee	65.1	22	140	10	2.14	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986	Test # 1050
BL Cairns	57.2	16	144	10	2.51	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
RG Holland	55.0	15	144	10	2.61	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
TM Alderman	57.0	14	151	10	2.64	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
GB Troup	60.3	16	166	10	2.74	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
RG Holland	88.0	35	174	10	1.97	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Sir RJ Hadlee	75.0	20	176	10	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
B Yardley	58.0	9	185	10	3.18	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
Abdul Qadir	104.4	31	186	10	1.77	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
C Sharma	53.3	6	188	10	3.51	India	v England	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
Abdul Qadir	72.0	12	194	10	2.69	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
Abdul Qadir	97.4	36	211	10	2.16	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
GRJ Matthews	68.1	10	249	10	3.65	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
IT Botham	89.0	22	253	10	2.84	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
MD Marshall	27.4	10	41	9	1.48	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
Tauseef Ahmed	28.0	11	77	9	2.75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
Iqbal Qasim	64.0	38	84	9	1.31	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BP Patterson	35.1	5	88	9	2.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
RGD Willis	37.3	11	92	9	2.45	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
CA Walsh	31.4	4	94	9	2.96	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
Imran Khan	37.3	8	95	9	2.53	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
AME Roberts	46.3	13	100	9	2.15	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
MD Marshall	37.0	11	102	9	2.75	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
GF Lawson	45.0	12	107	9	2.37	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
J Garner	38.2	9	108	9	2.81	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
Iqbal Qasim	67.0	26	121	9	1.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
GF Lawson	42.0	10	122	9	2.90	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
RJ Ratnayake	48.3	11	125	9	2.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
GR Dilley	50.0	12	128	9	2.56	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
Imran Khan	56.5	8	130	9	2.28	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
TM Alderman	43.0	10	130	9	3.02	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
DK Lillee	39.0	7	132	9	3.38	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
IT Botham	50.3	9	133	9	2.63	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
JG Bracewell	83.3	36	136	9	1.62	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
Imran Khan	57.3	16	136	9	2.36	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
Tauseef Ahmed	72.5	19	139	9	1.90	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
RGD Willis	44.0	5	142	9	3.22	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
J Garner	51.2	15	142	9	2.76	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
IT Botham	54.5	17	144	9	2.62	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
MD Marshall	41.4	6	144	9	3.45	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
Sir RJ Hadlee	66.2	15	146	9	2.20	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
RGD Willis	46.1	9	147	9	3.18	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
MR Whitney	50.0	10	149	9	2.98	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
NGB Cook	82.0	36	150	9	1.82	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
Sir RJ Hadlee	35.3	4	151	9	4.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
Imran Khan	61.3	11	153	9	2.48	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
GF Lawson	64.0	19	153	9	2.39	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
DS de Silva	50.0	5	162	9	3.24	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Sir RJ Hadlee	69.4	12	163	9	2.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
TM Alderman	58.5	10	188	9	3.19	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
TM Alderman	54.3	10	194	9	3.55	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
TM Alderman	81.0	24	197	9	2.43	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.5	11	43	8	1.54	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Sir RJ Hadlee	35.0	15	44	8	1.25	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
MD Marshall	32.0	14	66	8	2.06	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
GR Dilley	42.5	14	70	8	1.63	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Imran Khan	41.3	6	78	8	1.87	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
AME Roberts	35.2	7	79	8	2.23	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
DK Lillee	29.4	5	80	8	2.69	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903

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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]