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
IT Botham	48.5	14	106	13	2.17	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Imran Khan	32.2	10	79	11	2.44	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
MD Marshall	36.5	9	89	11	2.41	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
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
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.5	11	88	10	2.38	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CA Walsh	46.0	15	101	10	2.19	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
GRJ Matthews	68.1	10	249	10	3.65	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
CA Walsh	31.4	4	94	9	2.96	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
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
Iqbal Qasim	67.0	26	121	9	1.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
RJ Ratnayake	48.3	11	125	9	2.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
Imran Khan	56.5	8	130	9	2.28	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
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
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
MD Marshall	32.0	14	66	8	2.06	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
AME Roberts	35.2	7	79	8	2.23	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
Imran Khan	42.0	17	80	8	1.90	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
FS Ahangama	51.0	13	124	8	2.43	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
BP Patterson	37.5	7	124	8	3.27	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
JG Bracewell	38.4	9	132	8	3.41	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
RJ Ratnayake	65.2	17	149	8	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
DK Lillee	57.1	11	169	8	2.95	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
BL Cairns	38.4	16	63	7	1.62	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
DR Pringle	49.3	12	120	7	2.42	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
Mohammad Nazir	72.0	24	122	7	1.69	Pakistan	v India	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
CA Walsh	43.0	8	140	7	3.25	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Sarfraz Nawaz	49.0	8	141	7	2.87	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
IR Bishop	49.0	12	142	7	2.89	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
Wasim Akram	60.2	23	142	7	2.35	Pakistan	v India	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
Azeem Hafeez	66.0	19	160	7	2.42	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
PI Pocock	71.4	17	163	7	2.27	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
DK Lillee	38.2	5	165	7	4.30	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
RJ Bright	48.0	6	182	7	3.79	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
ALF de Mel	43.0	2	201	7	4.67	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
WW Daniel	18.0	2	50	6	2.77	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
CA Walsh	33.3	9	67	6	2.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
BL Cairns	62.5	29	84	6	1.33	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
MA Holding	29.0	7	88	6	3.03	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
LS Pascoe	30.0	8	96	6	3.20	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
MA Holding	33.4	8	96	6	2.85	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
MA Holding	43.0	10	110	6	2.55	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
MD Marshall	48.0	5	116	6	2.41	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
IR Bishop	43.0	11	116	6	2.69	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
DK Lillee	53.0	17	118	6	2.22	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
MD Marshall	45.5	12	120	6	2.61	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
BA Reid	46.2	12	123	6	2.65	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
WW Daniel	36.0	4	124	6	3.44	West Indies	v India	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
Ehteshamuddin	54.0	12	131	6	2.42	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
MA Holding	51.5	11	141	6	2.72	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1983	Test # 968
Abdul Qadir	38.0	6	142	6	3.73	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
MA Holding	40.1	5	143	6	3.56	West Indies	v India	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
PH Edmonds	88.2	40	143	6	1.61	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
BP Patterson	33.0	4	146	6	4.42	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
IT Botham	51.3	10	149	6	2.89	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
JK Lever	53.0	9	166	6	3.13	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
GR Dilley	44.0	10	174	6	3.95	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
Sir RJ Hadlee	33.0	12	47	5	1.42	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
Sir RJ Hadlee	30.0	10	65	5	2.16	New Zealand	v India	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
MD Marshall	26.0	8	72	5	2.76	West Indies	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1983	Test # 972
GB Troup	30.0	9	77	5	2.56	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
PH Edmonds	52.0	18	86	5	1.65	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
MD Marshall	40.0	10	91	5	2.27	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
LS Pascoe	28.0	4	94	5	3.35	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
WW Davis	24.1	0	96	5	3.97	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
JK Lever	36.0	9	100	5	2.77	England	v India	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
WW Davis	29.3	5	103	5	3.49	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
Imran Khan	48.0	14	106	5	2.20	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	30 Jan 1983	Test # 948
GR Dilley	31.0	6	108	5	3.48	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
LS Pascoe	51.0	15	109	5	2.13	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
MD Marshall	46.2	14	109	5	2.35	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
FS Ahangama	50.3	13	109	5	2.15	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
FS Ahangama	32.0	6	115	5	3.59	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
Azeem Hafeez	46.0	11	125	5	2.71	Pakistan	v India	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
ALF de Mel	53.0	12	127	5	2.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
Imran Khan	39.0	7	129	5	3.30	Pakistan	v India	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
Tahir Naqqash	51.5	13	130	5	2.50	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	14 Sep 1983	Test # 961
Imran Khan	43.2	7	134	5	3.09	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Wasim Akram	49.0	10	142	5	2.89	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
ALF de Mel	58.0	11	148	5	2.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
Wasim Akram	51.2	11	151	5	2.94	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
AME Roberts	47.0	8	172	5	3.65	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
Sarfraz Nawaz	56.0	15	174	5	3.10	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
Wasim Akram	69.0	10	193	5	2.79	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989	Test # 1128
WW Davis	22.0	4	44	4	2.00	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
JD Higgs	18.0	8	45	4	2.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
Wasim Raja	28.5	5	50	4	1.73	Pakistan	v India	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
CA Walsh	28.0	9	52	4	1.85	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Wasim Akram	21.5	2	60	4	2.74	Pakistan	v India	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
Sarfraz Nawaz	31.5	11	63	4	1.97	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
AME Roberts	27.4	10	67	4	2.42	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
DR Pringle	28.0	8	74	4	2.64	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
MC Snedden	19.3	3	82	4	4.20	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
RM Ellison	33.0	7	86	4	2.60	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
DR Pringle	40.0	12	88	4	2.20	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046

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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]