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
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
NA Foster	46.2	15	107	8	2.30	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	1.47	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	2.36	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
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
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
Sir RJ Hadlee	24.0	5	51	6	2.12	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
RMH Binny	25.1	8	56	6	2.22	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
NGB Cook	30.0	12	65	6	2.16	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
B Yardley	25.5	5	84	6	3.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
CG Rackemann	26.0	6	86	6	3.30	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	4.95	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
M Prabhakar	42.3	4	132	6	3.10	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989	Test # 1128
GR Dilley	47.3	10	154	6	3.24	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
DK Lillee	50.2	8	171	6	3.39	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DK Lillee	9.0	3	18	5	2.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
NGB Cook	14.0	8	18	5	1.28	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
CG Rackemann	8.0	0	32	5	4.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
MD Marshall	18.0	5	33	5	1.83	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	2.17	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
NG Cowans	14.0	2	42	5	3.00	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	2.96	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
GF Lawson	17.1	1	49	5	2.85	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
DS de Silva	18.0	2	59	5	3.27	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
GF Lawson	25.0	5	59	5	2.36	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
MD Marshall	23.0	3	65	5	2.82	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
NA Foster	32.0	8	67	5	2.09	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
N Kapil Dev	29.0	6	68	5	2.34	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	14 Sep 1983	Test # 961
IT Botham	30.0	8	74	5	2.46	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
RJ Shastri	30.4	7	75	5	2.44	India	v Pakistan	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
V Razdan	27.0	5	79	5	2.92	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
DK Lillee	20.0	3	81	5	4.05	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
PAJ DeFreitas	23.5	3	86	5	3.60	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
DR Doshi	32.5	6	90	5	2.74	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
GR Dilley	35.0	6	92	5	2.62	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
N Kapil Dev	28.5	3	102	5	3.53	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
M Prabhakar	34.5	6	104	5	2.98	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
SL Boock	45.0	18	117	5	2.60	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	18 Jan 1985	Test # 1009
Maninder Singh	59.0	16	135	5	2.28	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	03 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
RJ Bright	56.0	14	172	5	3.07	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
CA Walsh	14.5	5	21	4	1.41	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
MD Marshall	9.4	0	25	4	2.58	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
ST Clarke	15.0	7	27	4	1.80	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
TM Alderman	10.2	2	36	4	3.48	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
J Garner	17.2	4	38	4	2.19	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	30 Dec 1980	Test # 892
AH Gray	11.5	3	39	4	3.29	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
NA Foster	18.0	4	42	4	2.33	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	07 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
GF Lawson	20.0	7	48	4	2.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
BL Cairns	19.4	8	49	4	2.49	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	25 Jan 1985	Test # 1010
DK Lillee	19.0	4	51	4	2.68	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
IA Greig	14.2	3	53	4	3.69	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
MD Marshall	20.0	4	55	4	2.75	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
NA Foster	27.0	7	59	4	2.18	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
Sir RJ Hadlee	19.5	3	60	4	3.02	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	25 Jan 1985	Test # 1010
DK Lillee	31.2	10	65	4	2.07	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
RJ Shastri	24.0	3	69	4	2.87	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
N Kapil Dev	24.0	5	69	4	2.87	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
IT Botham	21.0	7	70	4	3.33	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
IT Botham	24.5	9	70	4	2.81	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
CG Butts	38.0	15	73	4	1.92	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
B Yardley	24.0	4	77	4	3.20	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
PL Taylor	28.0	9	78	4	2.78	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
MD Marshall	18.4	3	79	4	4.23	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
N Kapil Dev	32.0	8	80	4	2.50	India	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
SL Boock	41.0	9	83	4	2.02	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	10 Dec 1984	Test # 1003
AIC Dodemaide	34.0	6	87	4	2.55	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
DK Lillee	29.5	5	88	4	2.94	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
DA Stirling	29.0	5	88	4	3.03	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	10 Dec 1984	Test # 1003
G Sharma	32.5	2	88	4	2.68	India	v Pakistan	Jaipur	21 Feb 1987	Test # 1069
N Kapil Dev	19.0	5	90	4	4.73	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
GF Lawson	33.0	6	97	4	2.93	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
TBA May	40.5	10	97	4	2.37	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BA Reid	30.0	6	100	4	3.33	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
Sir RJ Hadlee	54.0	14	101	4	1.87	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
DS de Silva	38.0	8	102	4	2.68	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DS de Silva	32.0	3	103	4	3.21	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
NS Yadav	48.3	13	109	4	2.24	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
BA Reid	41.0	10	109	4	2.65	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
RD Jackman	36.0	5	110	4	3.05	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
JR Ratnayeke	30.0	4	116	4	3.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
RM Hogg	12.0	4	20	3	1.66	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
AH Gray	17.0	7	20	3	1.17	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
RJ Bright	11.0	5	24	3	2.18	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
CEH Croft	14.0	5	27	3	1.92	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
ST Clarke	13.0	2	28	3	2.15	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
CG Rackemann	10.0	3	28	3	2.80	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
CEH Croft	13.0	0	29	3	2.23	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
MD Marshall	19.0	5	31	3	1.63	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
WKM Benjamin	8.0	0	32	3	4.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
ALF de Mel	16.0	6	39	3	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
TBA May	35.0	20	39	3	1.11	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
AH Gray	21.1	6	40	3	1.88	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
JG Bracewell	16.1	3	44	3	2.72	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
N Kapil Dev	27.0	9	46	3	1.70	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
EJ Chatfield	19.0	5	47	3	2.47	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	25 Jan 1985	Test # 1010
MD Marshall	10.0	2	48	3	4.80	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
GS Chappell	20.0	3	49	3	2.45	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876

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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]