Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JJ Krejza	74.5	4	358	12	4.78	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
M Muralidaran	42.0	7	110	11	2.61	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
M Muralidaran	81.0	26	196	11	2.41	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
GD McGrath	35.5	8	103	10	2.87	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
SM Pollock	48.4	18	147	10	3.02	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
BAW Mendis	55.2	5	209	10	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
JN Gillespie	38.5	15	80	9	2.06	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
JE Taylor	33.4	8	95	9	2.82	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
DR Tuffey	25.0	9	53	8	2.12	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
M Ntini	34.0	10	89	8	2.61	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
M Muralidaran	51.2	18	90	8	1.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
DW Steyn	31.0	3	114	8	3.67	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
M Dillon	42.2	9	123	8	2.90	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
BAW Mendis	45.5	8	132	8	2.88	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
BAW Mendis	62.0	11	137	8	2.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
M Muralidaran	76.4	13	218	8	2.84	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
CD Collymore	43.1	20	65	7	1.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
SM Pollock	33.5	11	72	7	2.12	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
MJ Hoggard	46.5	20	86	7	1.83	England	v India	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
N Boje	53.0	20	93	7	1.75	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
SE Bond	31.5	9	99	7	3.10	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
DR Tuffey	43.0	9	110	7	2.55	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
HH Streak	47.0	16	115	7	2.44	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
MJ Hoggard	40.5	11	120	7	2.93	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
GD McGrath	53.0	20	121	7	2.28	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
JM Anderson	49.2	12	125	7	2.53	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
Mohammad Asif	31.1	2	126	7	4.04	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
B Lee	45.2	8	153	7	3.37	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
Abdul Razzaq	34.4	3	155	7	4.47	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
CS Martin	47.1	10	168	7	3.56	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
Danish Kaneria	64.0	18	173	7	2.70	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
Yasir Arafat	52.3	8	210	7	4.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
MJ Clarke	6.2	0	9	6	1.42	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
M Ntini	22.2	4	62	6	2.77	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
JDP Oram	22.5	3	63	6	2.75	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SM Pollock	31.4	12	67	6	2.11	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
HH Streak	32.0	10	73	6	2.28	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
CRD Fernando	42.0	13	77	6	1.83	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
SM Pollock	42.0	14	79	6	1.88	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
JM Anderson	31.1	10	79	6	2.53	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
DW Steyn	34.0	12	88	6	2.58	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
B Lee	33.5	9	89	6	2.63	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
CT Tremlett	47.1	15	92	6	1.95	England	v India	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
GD McGrath	45.0	18	94	6	2.08	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Umar Gul	25.0	3	96	6	3.84	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
Shoaib Akhtar	34.1	6	102	6	2.98	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
B Lee	32.0	11	106	6	3.31	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
SR Clark	36.0	8	106	6	2.94	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
RJ Sidebottom	41.0	9	107	6	2.60	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
SK Warne	42.3	5	125	6	2.94	Australia	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
B Lee	44.4	9	125	6	2.79	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
M Ntini	33.4	3	134	6	3.98	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Abdul Razzaq	41.1	7	142	6	3.44	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
M Dillon	46.3	10	148	6	3.18	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 May 2002	Test # 1604
Naimur Rahman	48.3	9	154	6	3.17	Bangladesh	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
AM Blignaut	51.5	15	158	6	3.04	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
MG Johnson	53.5	7	159	6	2.95	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008	Test # 1863
Danish Kaneria	59.4	14	167	6	2.79	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
CR Miller	55.0	7	201	6	3.65	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
JM Anderson	55.0	13	216	6	3.92	England	v India	The Oval	09 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
M Muralidaran	57.0	9	218	6	3.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Danish Kaneria	69.0	8	259	6	3.75	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
Shahid Afridi	27.4	10	43	5	1.55	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
GD McGrath	36.1	22	44	5	1.21	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
SR Clark	30.0	13	48	5	1.60	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
WJ Cronje	19.0	6	49	5	2.57	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
DR Tuffey	25.0	10	60	5	2.40	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
JDP Oram	27.0	7	67	5	2.48	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
SD Udal	25.2	5	67	5	2.64	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
Danish Kaneria	19.5	3	70	5	3.52	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
SR Watson	35.4	7	84	5	2.35	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
MG Johnson	35.0	7	93	5	2.65	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
JN Gillespie	34.3	12	95	5	2.75	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
GD McGrath	47.1	18	96	5	2.03	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
JN Gillespie	31.0	7	96	5	3.09	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
SE Bond	24.2	7	97	5	3.98	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SM Pollock	44.1	14	99	5	2.24	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
CE Cuffy	50.0	18	102	5	2.04	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
NM Hauritz	27.0	4	103	5	3.81	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
GD McGrath	41.0	14	106	5	2.58	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
Shahadat Hossain	25.0	4	106	5	4.24	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	18 May 2007	Test # 1832
SK Warne	50.0	18	107	5	2.14	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
A Nel	39.0	9	117	5	3.00	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
BA Williams	42.0	11	119	5	2.83	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
SJ Harmison	49.0	12	120	5	2.44	England	v India	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
HMRKB Herath	33.0	2	121	5	3.66	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
M Ntini	48.0	9	123	5	2.56	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
AF Giles	74.3	28	124	5	1.66	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
M Dillon	49.1	14	124	5	2.52	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
RW Price	69.0	25	132	5	1.91	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Mashrafe Mortaza	32.5	6	133	5	4.05	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	18 May 2007	Test # 1832
SCG MacGill	41.5	8	138	5	3.29	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
KTGD Prasad	28.0	0	142	5	5.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
M Hayward	43.3	13	144	5	3.31	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
MG Johnson	38.2	7	144	5	3.75	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
HH Streak	54.1	15	145	5	2.67	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
AJ Bichel	39.4	4	153	5	3.85	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
HMCM Bandara	43.4	5	153	5	3.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
A Sanford	46.0	10	157	5	3.41	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
M Muralidaran	60.5	7	157	5	2.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886

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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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]