Monday 14 December 2015

Best bowling figures in each test (Innings wise)


Tests #1 - #50

Test #
Figures
Player
Team
Against
Venue
Year
Result
1
8/43
Albert Trott
Aus
Eng
Adelaide
1895
Won
2
9/95
Jack Noreiga
WI
Ind
Port of Spain
1971
Lost
3
8/31
Fred Trueman
Eng
Ind
Old Trafford
1952
Won
4
9/121
Arthur Mailey
Aus
Eng
MCG
1921
Won
5
9/69
Jasubhai Patel
Ind
Aus
Kanpur
1959
Won
6
8/126
Jack White
Eng
Aus
Adelaide
1929
Won
7
8/34
Ian Botham
Eng
Pak
Lord's
1978
Won
8
8/87
Merv Hughes
Aus
WI
WACA
1988
Lost
9
7/23
Richard Hadlee
NZ
Ind
Wellington
1976
Won
10
8/68
Wilfred Rhodes
Eng
Aus
MCG
1904
Won
11
8/84
Harbhajan Singh
Ind
Aus
Chennai
2001
Won
12
7/49
Hedley Verity
Eng
Ind
Chennai
1934
Won
13
8/58
George Lohmann
Eng
Aus
SCG
1892
Lost
14
8/31
Frank Laver
Aus
Eng
Old Trafford
1909
Draw
15
8/7
George Lohmann
Eng
SA
Port Elizabeth
1896
Won
16
9/28
George Lohmann
Eng
SA
Johannesburg
1896
Won
17
8/107
Neil Foster
Eng
Pak
Leeds
1987
Lost
18
8/55
Vinoo Mankad
Ind
Eng
Chennai
1952
Won
19
8/45
Curtly Ambrose
WI
Eng
Bridgetown
1990
Won
20
8/71
Allan Donald
SA
Zim
Harare
1995
Won
21
8/109
Paul Strang
Zim
NZ
Bulawayo
2000
Lost
22
8/29
Syd Barnes
Eng
SA
The Oval
1912
Won
23
9/102
Subhash Gupte
Ind
WI
Kanpur
1958
Lost
24
8/86
Tony Greig
Eng
WI
Port of Spain
1974
Won
25
9/103
Syd Barnes
Eng
SA
Johannesburg
1913
Won
26
9/113
Hugh Tayfield
SA
Eng
Johannesburg
1957
Won
27
8/65
Hugh Trumble
Aus
Eng
The Oval
1902
Lost
28
10/53
Jim Laker
Eng
Aus
Old Trafford
1956
Won
29
8/164
Saqlain Mushtaq
Eng
Pak
Lahore
2000
Draw
30
8/38
Glenn McGrath
Aus
Eng
Lord's
1997
Draw
31
7/66
Ravi Ashwin
Ind
SA
Nagpur
2015
Won
32
7/28
Hugh Trumble
Aus
Eng
MCG
1903
Won
33
9/86
Sarfraz Nawaz
Pak
Aus
MCG
1979
Won
34
8/53
Angus Fraser
Eng
WI
Port of Spain
1998
Lost
35
7/44
Ian Johnson
Aus
WI
Georgetown
1955
Won
36
8/76
Erapalli Prasanna
Ind
NZ
Auckland
1976
Won
37
8/58
Imran Khan
Pak
SL
Lahore
1982
Won
38
8/86
Javagal Srinath
Ind
Pak
Kolkata
1999
Lost
39
8/108
Stuart MacGill
Aus
Ban
Fatullah
2006
Won
40
6/38
Mitchell Johnson
Aus
Eng
WACA
2010
Won
41
7/87
Harbhajan Singh
Ind
SA
Kolkata
2004
Won
42
9/65
M Muralitharan
SL
Eng
The Oval
1998
Won
43
7/27
Chris Cairns
NZ
WI
Hamilton
1999
Won
44
6/30
Fred Trueman
Eng
Aus
Leeds
1961
Won
45
8/60
Imran Khan
Pak
Ind
Karachi
1982
Won
46
8/51
Derek Underwood
Eng
Pak
Lord's
1974
Draw
47
8/85
Kapil Dev
Ind
Pak
Lahore
1983
Draw
48
7/96
Abdul Qadir
Pak
Eng
The Oval
1987
Draw
49
9/56
Abdul Qadir
Pak
Eng
Lahore
1987
Won
50
7/44
Trevor Bailey
Eng
WI
Lord's
1957
Won


# 13 players have taken 7 or more wickets in either their third or fourth test – the most for any particular test.

# Jim Laker’s 10/53 is the best individual bowling figures in a test match. His 19 wickets in the same test is also the most by a bowler in a test.

# Anil Kumble is the only other bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings.

# The following instances included hat tricks – Lohmann (8/7 in the 15th test); Trumble (7/28 in 32nd test); Merv Hughes (8/87 in the 8th test).

# The ones to do it in consecutive tests are – Lohmann (15th & 16th) and Abdul Qadir (48th & 49th).

# The following bowlers also took 7+ wickets in the other innings of the test including the above – Rhodes (8/68 & 7/56; 10th test), Harbhajan (8/84 & 7/123; 11), Lohmann (8/7 & 7/36; 15), Barnes (9/103 & 8/56; 25) and Laker (10/53 & 9/37; 28).



Tests #51 - #100

Test #
Figures
Player
Team
Against
Venue
Year
Result
51
10/74
Anil Kumble
Ind
Pak
Delhi
1999
Won
52
7/119
Wasim Akram
Pak
NZ
Wellington
1994
Won
53
7/40
Mitchell Johnson
Aus
Eng
Adelaide
2013
Won
54
7/89
Dennis Lillee
Aus
Eng
The Oval
1981
Draw
55
7/71
Chaminda Vaas
SL
WI
Colombo (SSC)
2001
Won
56
7/22
Malcom Marshall
WI
Eng
Old Trafford
1988
Won
57
9/127
Rangana Herath
SL
Pak
Colombo (SSC)
2014
Won
58
9/52
Richard Hadlee
NZ
Aus
Brisbane
1985
Won
59
9/83
Kapil Dev
Ind
WI
Ahmedabad
1983
Lost
60
8/43
Bob Willis
Eng
Aus
Leeds
1981
Won
61
7/48
Rangana Herath
SL
Ind
Galle
2015
Won
62
7/94
Andrew Caddick
Eng
Aus
SCG
2003
Won
63
6/8
Dale Steyn
SA
Pak
Johannesburg
2013
Won
64
6/68
Rangana Herath
SL
WI
Galle
2015
Won
65
8/87
M Muralitharan
SL
Ind
Colombo (SSC)
2001
Won
66
6/73
Gary Sobers
WI
Aus
Brisbane
1968
Won
67
6/126
M Muralitharan
SL
WI
Galle
2001
Won
68
7/40
Imran Khan
Pak
Eng
Leeds
1987
Won
69
8/103
Ian Botham
Eng
WI
Lord's
1984
Lost
70
7/37
Courtney Walsh
WI
NZ
Wellington
1995
Won
71
9/51
M Muralitharan
SL
Zim
Kandy
2002
Won
72
8/106
Kapil Dev
Ind
Aus
Adelaide
1985
Draw
73
7/130
Daniel Vettori
NZ
SL
Wellington
2006
Lost
74
7/76
Glenn McGrath
Aus
Eng
Leeds
2001
Lost
75
6/55
Waqar Younis
Pak
Ban
Dhaka
2002
Won
76
6/34
Dale Steyn
SA
WI
Centurion
2014
Won
77
5/25
Curtly Ambrose
WI
Eng
Port of Spain
1998
Lost
78
4/38
Curtly Ambrose
WI
Eng
Georgetown
1998
Won
79
5/109
Stuart Broad
Eng
NZ
Leeds
2015
Lost
80
6/29
Chaminda Vaas
SL
SA
Colombo (SSC)
2004
Won
81
8/141
Anil Kumble
Ind
Aus
SCG
2004
Draw
82
6/51
Curtly Ambrose
WI
SA
Port Elizabeth
1998
Lost
83
8/15
Stuart Broad
Eng
Aus
Trent Bridge
2015
Won
84
6/108
Chaminda Vaas
SL
NZ
Wellington
2005
Lost
85
5/66
Daniel Vettori
NZ
Ban
Mirpur
2008
Draw
86
7/48
Anil Kumble
Ind
Aus
Chennai
2004
Draw
87
5/74
Courtney Walsh
WI
Aus
WACA
1997
Won
88
6/56
Daniel Vettori
NZ
WI
Dunedin
2008
Draw
89
6/45
M Muralitharan
SL
Zim
Harare
2004
Won
90
6/33
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
Trent Bridge
2001
Won
91
5/94
Makhaya Ntini
SA
Eng
The Oval
2008
Lost
92
7/165
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
The Oval
2001
Won
93
8/46
M Muralitharan
SL
WI
Kandy
2005
Won
94
7/63
Anil Kumble
Ind
Pak
Kolkata
2005
Won
95
6/61
Wasim Akram
Pak
WI
St Johns
2000
Lost
96
5/37
Glenn McGrath
Aus
SL
Darwin
2004
Won
97
5/53
James Anderson
Ind
Eng
Southampton
2015
Won
98
7/100
M Muralitharan
SL
Ind
Delhi
2005
Lost
99
6/72
Anil Kumble
Ind
SL
Delhi
2005
Won
100
6/54
M Muralitharan
SL
Ban
Chittagong
2006
Won


# Jim Laker and Muralitharan are the only ones to take nine or more wickets in an innings twice.

# Nobody has taken a five wicket haul in their 78th test – the only such instance in the first 122 tests.

# The following bowlers also took 7+ wickets in the other innings of the test including the above – Vaas (7/71 & 7/120).

# The other bowlers taking 5 or more wickets in their 100th tests are – Warne (6/161) and Kumble (5/89).


Shane Warne: Another record for the blone boy wonder from Victoria 

Tests #101 - #145

Test #
Figures
Player
Team
Against
Venue
Year
Result
101
7/46
Allan Border
Aus
WI
SCG
1989
Won
102
7/94
Shane Warne
Aus
Pak
Colombo (PSS)
2002
Won
103
5/61
Chaminda Vaas
SL
WI
Providence
2008
Won
104
8/24
Glenn McGrath
Aus
Pak
WACA
2004
Won
105
6/86
M Muralitharan
SL
Eng
Edgbaston
2006
Lost
106
8/70
M Muralitharan
SL
Eng
Trent Bridge
2006
Won
107
6/47
James Anderson
Eng
Aus
Edgbaston
2015
Won
108
7/97
M Muralitharan
SL
SA
Colombo (PSS)
2006
Won
109
5/39
Courtney Walsh
WI
Aus
Bridgetown
1999
Won
110
6/78
Anil Kumble
Ind
WI
Kingston
2006
Won
111
5/15
M Muralitharan
SL
Ban
Colombo (SSC)
2007
Won
112
5/97
Kapil Dev
Ind
Aus
MCG
1991
Lost
113
6/28
M Muralitharan
SL
Ban
Kandy
2007
Won
114
6/125
Shane Warne
Aus
Ind
Chennai
2004
Draw
115
5/30
Jacques Kallis
SA
Ban
Mirpur
2008
Won
116
6/55
M Muralitharan
SL
Eng
Kandy
2007
Won
117
5/83
Courtney Walsh
WI
Pak
St Johns
2000
Won
118
5/35
Courtney Walsh
WI
Eng
Edgbaston
2000
Won
119
6/74
Courtney Walsh
WI
Eng
Lord's
2000
Lost
120
6/50
Glenn McGrath
Aus
Eng
Brisbane
2006
Won
121
6/26
M Muralitharan
SL
Ind
Colombo (SSC)
2008
Won
122
5/68
Allan Border
Aus
WI
Georgetown
1991
Lost
123
4/77
Shane Warne
Aus
NZ
Auckland
2005
Won
124
6/49
M Muralitharan
SL
Ban
Dhaka
2008
Won
125
6/46
Shane Warne
Eng
Aus
Edgbaston
2005
Lost
126
4/99
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
Old Trafford
2005
Draw
127
4/31
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
Trent Bridge
2005
Lost
128
6/122
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
The Oval
2005
Draw
129
6/61
Courtney Walsh
WI
SA
Port of Spain
2001
Lost
130
5/48
Shane Warne
Aus
WI
Brisbane
2005
Won
131
4/112
Shane Warne
Aus
WI
Hobart
2005
Won
132
6/80
Shane Warne
Aus
WI
Adelaide
2005
Lost
133
5/63
M Muralitharan
SL
Ind
Galle
2010
Won
134
4/74
Shane Warne
Aus
SA
MCG
2005
Won
135
2/106
Shane Warne
Aus
SA
SCG
2006
Won
136
3/77
Shane Warne
Aus
SA
Cape Town
2006
Won
137
6/86
Shane Warne
Aus
SA
Durban
2006
Won
138
3/90
Shane Warne
Aus
SA
Johannesburg
2006
Won
139
3/28
Shane Warne
Aus
Ban
Fatullah
2006
Won
140
5/113
Shane Warne
Aus
Ban
Chittagong
2006
Won
141
6/50
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
Brisbane
2006
Won
142
4/49
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
Adelaide
2006
Won
143
4/115
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
WACA
2006
Won
144
5/39
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
MCG
2006
Won
145
1/23
Shane Warne
Aus
Eng
SCG
2006
Won

 # No bowlers have played more than 145 tests. The all-rounders who played more than 145 tests are Kallis, Steve Waugh & Sachin Tendulkar.


Tests #146 and above

Test #
Figures
Player
Team
Against
Venue
Year
Result
147
1/56
Jacques Kallis
SA
Aus
Johannesburg
2011
Lost
150
3/35
Jacques Kallis
SA
SL
Cape Town
2012
Won
151
1/12
Jacques Kallis
SA
NZ
Dunedin
2012
Draw
152
1/11
Jacques Kallis
SA
NZ
Hamiltin
2012
Won
153
2/38
Jacques Kallis
SA
Eng
The Oval
2012
Won
154
1/34
Jacques Kallis
SA
Eng
Leeds
2012
Draw
155
1/22
Steve Waugh
Aus
Eng
MCG
2002
Won
156
1/2
Steve Waugh
Aus
Eng
SCG
2003
Lost
157
2/19
Jacques Kallis
SA
Aus
Adelaide
2012
Draw
159
2/31
Jacques Kallis
SA
NZ
Cape Town
2013
Won
160
1/18
Jacques Kallis
SA
NZ
Port Elizabeth
2013
Won
161
2/11
Jacques Kallis
SA
Pak
Johannesburg
2013
Won
165
3/68
Jacques Kallis
SA
Ind
Johannesburg
2013
Draw
167
1/35
Steve Waugh
Aus
Ind
MCG
2003
Won
177
1/9
Sachin Tendulkar
Ind
SA
Cape Town
2011
Draw
199
1/5
Sachin Tendulkar
Ind
WI
Kolkata
2013
Won

# Only those instances where the bowler has taken at least a wicket is included in the last table.

# The nine wicket hauls missing from the list are Laker (9/37) and Devon Malcom (9/57). Both came in their 28th tests. Kallis has 13 instances in total with 12 instances after the 150th test.

# Shane Warne has the most instances in the first 145 tests – 24, followed by Muralitharan with 17, Walsh with 7 and Kumble with 6.


# Syd Barnes is the only bowler to take seven wickets in an innings twice in the last test.


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