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
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	2.83	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
N Kapil Dev	38.0	6	106	8	2.78	India	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
JE Emburey	46.0	15	78	7	1.69	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
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
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	2.25	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
JG Bracewell	22.0	8	32	6	1.45	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.2	7	57	6	2.08	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
J Garner	28.1	9	60	6	2.13	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
MA Holding	21.3	5	62	6	2.88	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
RJ Ratnayake	19.4	2	66	6	3.35	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.5	9	71	6	2.46	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
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
RM Ellison	31.5	9	77	6	2.41	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
Sir RJ Hadlee	39.0	11	90	6	2.30	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
IT Botham	39.2	11	95	6	2.41	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.5	5	100	6	3.46	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
IT Botham	47.0	13	125	6	2.65	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	0.78	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
N Kapil Dev	16.4	4	28	5	1.68	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	0.93	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	24	35	5	0.89	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
MD Marshall	15.5	4	38	5	2.40	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	2.57	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
IT Botham	16.0	4	41	5	2.56	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
MD Marshall	15.5	1	42	5	2.65	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
MA Holding	17.0	3	45	5	2.64	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
RM Ellison	17.0	3	46	5	2.70	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
GC Small	22.4	7	48	5	2.11	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
MD Marshall	23.0	3	51	5	2.21	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
J Garner	35.0	15	56	5	1.60	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0	9	63	5	2.25	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
J Garner	20.5	2	63	5	3.02	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
MA Holding	29.0	9	64	5	2.20	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
Sir RJ Hadlee	24.0	2	65	5	2.70	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Sir RJ Hadlee	26.5	6	65	5	2.42	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
RGD Willis	29.4	3	66	5	2.22	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	9	67	5	2.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
GR Dilley	25.4	7	68	5	2.64	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Sir RJ Hadlee	42.0	16	68	5	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
MD Marshall	26.0	8	69	5	2.65	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
MA Holding	25.0	5	72	5	2.88	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
CEL Ambrose	23.3	3	72	5	3.06	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
GC Small	33.0	11	75	5	2.27	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Abdul Qadir	26.0	7	76	5	2.92	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
JE Emburey	42.5	14	80	5	1.86	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
MD Marshall	34.0	7	82	5	2.41	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
JE Emburey	43.4	14	82	5	1.87	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
MD Marshall	31.5	6	86	5	2.70	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
BL Cairns	38.5	11	87	5	2.24	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.0	8	87	5	3.22	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
N Kapil Dev	36.1	7	97	5	2.68	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
NS Yadav	62.3	21	99	5	1.58	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
Azeem Hafeez	27.3	5	100	5	3.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
KD Ghavri	30.0	7	107	5	3.56	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
IT Botham	24.0	2	109	5	4.54	England	v Australia	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
Sir RJ Hadlee	44.0	11	109	5	2.47	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
GF Labrooy	31.1	5	133	5	4.26	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
Abdul Qadir	54.3	12	166	5	3.04	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
Azeem Hafeez	38.2	8	167	5	4.35	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
GR Dilley	11.1	4	24	4	2.14	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
MA Holding	15.0	4	24	4	1.60	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
RM Ellison	9.0	3	27	4	3.00	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
IT Botham	17.0	7	29	4	1.70	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Imran Khan	20.0	6	35	4	1.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
MA Holding	13.0	2	40	4	3.07	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
PH Edmonds	15.1	4	40	4	2.63	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
JE Emburey	26.5	12	43	4	1.60	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
AME Roberts	19.0	7	43	4	2.26	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
RA Harper	15.0	6	43	4	2.86	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
Iqbal Qasim	24.0	11	44	4	1.83	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Imran Khan	24.2	10	45	4	1.84	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Iqbal Qasim	25.0	14	49	4	1.96	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BP Patterson	20.0	2	49	4	2.45	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
RA Harper	24.0	7	56	4	2.33	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
CEH Croft	22.0	4	57	4	2.59	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
CEL Ambrose	27.0	7	60	4	2.22	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
Tahir Naqqash	16.0	3	61	4	3.81	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
CA Walsh	18.3	3	62	4	3.35	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
RGD Willis	14.0	0	63	4	4.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
ARC Fraser	33.0	8	63	4	1.90	England	v Australia	Birmingham	06 Jul 1989	Test # 1123
Tauseef Ahmed	30.2	9	64	4	2.10	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Imran Khan	31.4	8	66	4	2.08	Pakistan	v Australia	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
J Garner	18.4	5	67	4	3.58	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
MD Marshall	21.0	4	68	4	3.23	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	12	69	4	2.30	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
G Miller	33.0	11	70	4	2.12	England	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
DR Pringle	24.3	6	70	4	2.85	England	v Australia	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
JG Bracewell	43.3	19	74	4	1.70	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
IT Botham	30.0	8	75	4	2.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Abdul Qadir	42.0	14	76	4	1.80	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
JG Bracewell	33.0	12	77	4	2.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
IT Botham	23.0	4	79	4	3.43	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
GR Dilley	24.4	4	79	4	3.20	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
M Hendrick	29.2	6	82	4	2.79	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
GB Troup	18.3	3	82	4	4.43	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
NS Yadav	41.4	8	84	4	2.01	India	v Australia	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054

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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]