Best bowling figures in each test (match total)

Tests #1 - #50

Test #	Figures	Inngs 1	Inngs 2	Player	Team	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
1	16/136	8/61	8/75	Narendra Hirwani	Ind	WI	Kolkata	1988	Won
2	13/110	6/48	7/62	Fred Spofforth	Aus	Eng	MCG	1879	Won
3	12/87	5/44	7/43	Charlie Turner	Aus	Eng	SCG	1888	Won
4	14/90	7/46	7/44	Fred Spofforth	Aus	Eng	The Oval	1882	Won
5	14/124	9/69	5/55	Jasubhai Patel	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	1959	Won
6	14/102	7/28	7/74	Billy Bates	Eng	Aus	MCG	1883	Won
7	13/165	6/84	7/81	Hugh Tayfield	SA	Aus	MCG	1952	Won
8	13/217	5/130	8/87	Merv Hughes	Aus	WI	WACA	1988	Lost
9	13/91	6/54	7/37	JJ Ferris	Eng	SA	Cape Town	1892	Won
10	15/124	8/68	7/56	Wilfred Rhodes	Eng	Aus	MCG	1904	Won
11	15/217	8/84	7/133	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Aus	Chennai	2001	Won
12	11/153	7/49	4/104	Hedley Verity	Eng	Ind	Chennai	1934	Won
13	15/99	8/59	7/40	Colin Blythe	Eng	SA	Leeds	1907	Won
14	15/104	7/61	8/43	Hedley Verity	Eng	Aus	Lord's	1934	Won
15	15/45	8/7	7/38	George Lohmann	Eng	SA	Port Elizabeth	1896	Won
16	15/28	8/11	7/17	Johnny Briggs	Eng	SA	Cape Town	1889	Won
17	11/103	5/51	6/52	Monty Noble	Aus	Eng	Sheffield	1902	Won
18	12/108	8/55	4/53	Vinoo Mankad	Ind	Eng	Chennai	1952	Won
19	12/136	6/49	6/87	Johnny Briggs	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	1892	Won
20	13/148	6/97	7/51	Bruce Reid	Aus	Eng	MCG	1990	Won
21	10/158	8/109	2/49	Paul Strang	Zim	NZ	Bulawayo	2000	Lost
22	13/57	5/28	8/29	Syd Barnes	Eng	SA	The Oval	1912	Won
23	14/199	7/116	7/83	Clarie Grimmett	Aus	SA	Adelaide	1932	Won
24	13/135	7/91	6/44	Waqar Younis	Pak	Zim	Karachi	1993	Won
25	17/159	9/103	8/56	Syd Barnes	Eng	SA	Johannesburg	1913	Won
26	13/192	4/79	9/113	Hugh Tayfield	SA	Eng	Johannesburg	1957	Won
27	14/144	7/56	7/88	Syd Barnes	Eng	SA	Durban	1914	Draw
28	19/90	10/53	9/37	Jim Laker	Eng	Aus	Old Trafford	1956	Won
29	12/149	5/62	7/87	Daniel Vettori	NZ	Aus	Auckland	2000	Lost
30	11/84	5/31	6/53	Tony Lock	Eng	NZ	Christchurch	1959	Won
31	12/98	5/32	7/66	Ravi Ashwin	Ind	SA	Nagpur	2015	Won
32	11/165	6/26	5/139	Dennis Lillee	Aus	Eng	MCG	1977	Won
33	11/125	2/39	9/86	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pak	Aus	MCG	1979	Won
34	11/110	8/53	3/57	Angus Fraser	Eng	WI	Port of Spain	1998	Lost
35	12/117	5/23	7/94	M Muralitharan	SL	Zim	Kandy	1998	Won
36	12/112	7/58	5/54	Alec Bedser	Eng	SA	Old Trafford	1951	Won
37	14/116	8/58	6/58	Imran Khan	Pak	SL	Lahore	1982	Won
38	13/132	5/46	8/86	Javagal Srinath	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	1999	Lost
39	11/77	7/23	4/54	Shane Warne	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	1995	Won
40	9/81	6/38	3/44	Mitchell Johnson	Aus	Eng	WACA	2010	Won
41	11/108	5/65	6/43	Rangana Herath	SL	NZ	Galle	2012	Won
42	16/220	7/155	9/65	M Muralitharan	SL	Eng	The Oval	1998	Won
43	14/99	7/55	7/44	Alec Bedser	Eng	Aus	Trent Bridge	1953	Draw
44	11/88	5/58	6/30	Fred Trueman	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1961	Won
45	11/79	3/19	8/60	Imran Khan	Pak	Ind	Karachi	1982	Won
46	13/71	5/20	8/51	Derek Underwood	Eng	Pak	Lord's	1974	Draw
47	12/157	5/68	7/89	Rangana Herath	SL	Ban	Colombo (RPS)	2013	Won
48	12/104	6/52	6/52	BS Chandrasekhar	Ind	Aus	MCG	1977	Won
49	13/101	9/56	4/45	Abdul Qadir	Pak	Eng	Lahore	1987	Won
50	11/98	7/44	4/54	Trevor Bailey	Eng	WI	Lord's	1957	Won

# 17 ten wicket hauls came in the second test match of one’s career – two more than the debut tests.

# There is one occasion each of a bowler taking 19 and 17 wickets in a test but nobody has yet taken exactly 18 wickets in a test.

# The following instances included a hat-trick – Fred Spofforth (13/110 in the 2^nd test); Billy Bates (14/102 in the 6^th test); Merv Hughes (13/217 in the 8^th test); George Lohmann (15/45 in the 15^th test).

# 19/90 by Jim Laker is the best match figures by a bowler in test cricket.

# The only test from the above list where no bowler has taken ten wickets is the 40^th test.

# The efforts of Barnes (27^th test) and Ferris (9^th test) came in the last test of their career.

# BS Chandrasekhar’s 6/52 in each innings (48^th test) is the best identical bowling figures in each innings of a test.

Tests #51 - #100

Test #	Figures	Inngs 1	Inngs 2	Player	Team	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
51	14/149	4/75	10/74	Anil Kumble	Ind	Pak	Delhi	1999	Won
52	11/97	6/63	5/34	Brian Statham	Eng	SA	Lord's	1960	Won
53	9/65	5/45	4/20	Curtly Ambrose	WI	Aus	Port of Spain	1995	Won
54	11/159	7/89	4/70	Dennis Lillee	Aus	Eng	The Oval	1981	Draw
55	14/191	7/120	7/71	Chaminda Vaas	SL	WI	Colombo (SSC)	2001	Won
56	9/41	2/19	7/22	Malcom Marshall	WI	Eng	Old Trafford	1988	Won
57	14/184	9/127	5/57	Rangana Herath	SL	Pak	Colombo (SSC)	2014	Won
58	15/123	9/52	6/71	Richard Hadlee	NZ	Aus	Brisbane	1985	Won
59	12/119	5/75	7/44	Fred Trueman	Eng	WI	Edgbaston	1963	Won
60	11/155	5/65	6/90	Richard Hadlee	NZ	Aus	WACA	1985	Won
61	11/121	5/71	6/50	Stuart Broad	Eng	Aus	Chester-le-Street	2013	Won
62	10/215	3/121	7/94	Andrew Caddick	Eng	Aus	SCG	2003	Won
63	11/60	6/8	5/52	Dale Steyn	SA	Pak	Johannesburg	2013	Won
64	10/147	6/68	4/79	Rangana Herath	SL	WI	Galle	2015	Won
65	11/89	5/34	6/55	Malcom Marshall	WI	Ind	Port of Spain	1989	Won
66	10/111	5/13	5/98	M Muralitharan	SL	Ban	Colombo (SSC)	2001	Won
67	11/170	6/126	5/44	M Muralitharan	SL	WI	Galle	2001	Won
68	10/77	3/37	7/40	Imran Khan	Pak	Eng	Leeds	1987	Won
69	9/74	5/43	4/31	Sanath Jayasuriya	SL	Zim	Galle	2002	Won
70	13/55	7/37	6/18	Courtney Walsh	WI	NZ	Wellington	1995	Won
71	13/115	9/51	4/64	M Muralitharan	SL	Zim	Kandy	2002	Won
72	10/106	6/48	4/58	Wasim Akram	Pak	Zim	Faisalabad	1996	Won
73	10/176	5/109	5/67	Richard Hadlee	NZ	Aus	MCG	1987	Draw
74	8/109	6/59	2/50	Makhaya Ntini	SA	Pak	Port Elizabeth	2007	Lost
75	8/84	5/46	3/38	Dale Steyn	SA	Zim	Harare	2014	Won
76	10/88	6/49	4/39	Richard Hadlee	NZ	Ind	Mumbai (WS)	1988	Won
77	8/87	5/25	3/62	Curtly Ambrose	WI	Eng	Port of Spain	1998	Lost
78	7/153	4/78	3/75	Dale Steyn	SA	WI	Cape Town	2014	Won
79	7/203	5/109	2/94	Stuart Broad	Eng	NZ	Leeds	2015	Lost
80	8/139	3/90	5/49	M Muralitharan	SL	NZ	Kandy	2003	Draw
81	12/279	8/141	4/138	Anil Kumble	Ind	Aus	SCG	2004	Draw
82	8/49	3/28	5/21	Glenn McGrath	Aus	SA	Johannesburg	2002	Won
83	11/93	7/46	4/47	M Muralitharan	SL	Eng	Galle	2003	Won
84	9/133	5/59	4/74	Daniel Vettori	NZ	Ban	Chittagong	2008	Won
85	7/50	3/35	4/15	Chaminda Vaas	SL	WI	Colombo (SSC)	2005	Won
86	13/181	7/48	6/133	Anil Kumble	Ind	Aus	Chennai	2004	Draw
87	9/221	4/48	5/173	M Muralitharan	SL	Aus	Kandy	2004	Lost
88	8/100	5/71	3/29	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	Edgbaston	2001	Won
89	9/82	6/45	3/37	M Muralitharan	SL	Zim	Harare	2004	Won
90	8/70	2/37	6/33	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	Trent Bridge	2001	Won
91	7/149	5/94	2/55	Makhaya Ntini	SA	Eng	The Oval	2008	Lost
92	11/229	7/165	4/64	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	The Oval	2001	Won
93	10/83	2/37	8/46	M Muralitharan	SL	WI	Kandy	2005	Won
94	10/161	3/98	7/63	Anil Kumble	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	2005	Won
95	11/110	6/61	5/49	Wasim Akram	Pak	WI	St Johns	2000	Lost
96	8/170	5/113	3/57	Shane Warne	Aus	SA	Adelaide	2001	Won
97	7/77	5/53	2/24	James Anderson	Ind	Eng	Southampton	2015	Won
98	8/218	7/100	1/118	M Muralitharan	SL	Ind	Delhi	2005	Lost
99	10/157	6/72	4/85	Anil Kumble	Ind	SL	Delhi	2005	Won
100	9/141	3/87	6/54	M Muralitharan	SL	Ban	Chittagong	2006	Won

# The only occasion of a bowler taking 15 or more wickets post the first 50 tests is by Richard Hadlee in the 58^th test.

# Caddick’s 10/215 came in the last test of his career.

# The only two occasions in the first 100 tests without any 5-fer from the above table are the 78^th and 85^th test.

Murali magic: the champion of 10-fers

Tests #101 - #145

Test #	Figures	Inngs 1	Inngs 2	Player	Team	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
101	11/96	7/46	4/50	Allan Border	Aus	WI	SCG	1989	Won
102	11/188	7/94	4/94	Shane Warne	Aus	Pak	Colombo (PSS)	2002	Won
103	8/24	4/11	4/17	Shane Warne	Aus	Pak	Sharjah	2002	Won
104	9/68	1/44	8/24	Glenn McGrath	Aus	Pak	WACA	2004	Won
105	10/115	6/86	4/29	M Muralitharan	SL	Eng	Edgbaston	2006	Lost
106	11/132	3/62	8/70	M Muralitharan	SL	Eng	Trent Bridge	2006	Won
107	10/172	4/41	6/131	M Muralitharan	SL	SA	Colombo (SSC)	2006	Won
108	12/225	5/128	7/97	M Muralitharan	SL	SA	Colombo (PSS)	2006	Won
109	10/155	5/65	5/90	Shane Warne	Aus	SL	Kandy	2004	Won
110	10/118	4/31	6/87	M Muralitharan	SL	NZ	Wellington	2006	Won
111	9/102	5/15	4/87	M Muralitharan	SL	Ban	Colombo (SSC)	2007	Won
112	7/199	3/129	4/70	Shane Warne	Aus	SL	Cairns	2004	Won
113	12/82	6/28	6/54	M Muralitharan	SL	Ban	Kandy	2007	Won
114	8/163	3/33	5/130	Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	1991	Lost
115	6/60	4/31	2/29	Glenn McGrath	Aus	WI	Hobart	2005	Won
116	9/140	6/55	3/85	M Muralitharan	SL	Eng	Kandy	2007	Won
117	6/122	5/83	1/39	Courtney Walsh	WI	Pak	St Johns	2000	Won
118	8/58	5/36	3/22	Courtney Walsh	WI	Eng	Edgbaston	2000	Won
119	10/117	4/43	6/74	Courtney Walsh	WI	Eng	Lord's	2000	Lost
120	7/103	6/50	1/53	Glenn McGrath	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2006	Won
121	11/110	5/84	6/26	M Muralitharan	SL	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	2008	Won
122	7/141	3/68	4/73	Courtney Walsh	WI	Eng	The Oval	2000	Lost
123	8/254	4/106	4/148	Anil Kumble	Ind	Aus	SCG	2008	Lost
124	10/190	6/49	4/141	M Muralitharan	SL	Ban	Dhaka	2008	Won
125	10/162	4/116	6/46	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	Edgbaston	2005	Lost
126	4/173	4/99	0/74	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	Old Trafford	2005	Draw
127	8/133	4/102	4/31	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	Trent Bridge	2005	Lost
128	12/246	6/122	6/124	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	The Oval	2005	Draw
129	8/108	2/47	6/61	Courtney Walsh	WI	SA	Port of Spain	2001	Lost
130	5/49	5/48	0/1	Shane Warne	Aus	WI	Brisbane	2005	Won
131	5/101	1/45	4/56	Courtney Walsh	WI	SA	St Johns	2001	Lost
132	7/157	1/77	6/80	Shane Warne	Aus	WI	Adelaide	2005	Lost
133	8/191	5/63	3/128	M Muralitharan	SL	Ind	Galle	2010	Won
134	6/136	2/62	4/74	Shane Warne	Aus	SA	MCG	2005	Won
135	2/151	2/106	0/45	Shane Warne	Aus	SA	SCG	2006	Won
136	3/118	0/41	3/77	Shane Warne	Aus	SA	Cape Town	2006	Won
137	8/166	2/80	6/86	Shane Warne	Aus	SA	Durban	2006	Won
138	4/139	1/49	3/90	Shane Warne	Aus	SA	Johannesburg	2006	Won
139	3/140	0/112	3/28	Shane Warne	Aus	Ban	Fatullah	2006	Won
140	8/160	3/47	5/113	Shane Warne	Aus	Ban	Chittagong	2006	Won
141	7/103	6/50	1/53	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2006	Won
142	5/216	1/167	4/49	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	2006	Won
143	5/156	1/41	4/115	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	WACA	2006	Won
144	7/85	5/39	2/46	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	MCG	2006	Won
145	2/92	1/69	1/23	Shane Warne	Aus	Eng	SCG	2006	Won

# Murali’s 8/191 (133^rd test) and Warne’s 2/92 (145^th test) came in the last test of their career.

# Allan Border’s first 5-fer in an innings and 10-fr in a match came in his 101^st test – the longest anyone took in their career for both milestones.

# It was also Border’s maiden 5-fer in first class cricket. He was playing his 259^th first class match.

# The 5/43 by Jayasuriya was his maiden 5-fer in first class cricket and came in his 176^th match.

# The latest anyone has taken ten wickets in a match in their career is in the 128^th test – Warne 

against England at Oval in 2005.

# 8/24 by Warne in the 103^rd test is the best figures by a bowler in a test without a 5-fer in any of the innings.

Tests #145 & above

Test #	Figures	Inngs 1	Inngs 2	Player	Team	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
147	1/84	1/56	0/28	Jacques Kallis	SA	Aus	Johannesburg	2011	Lost
150	3/35	DNB	3/35	Jacques Kallis	SA	SL	Cape Town	2012	Won
151	1/27	1/12	0/15	Jacques Kallis	SA	NZ	Dunedin	2012	Draw
152	1/20	0/9	1/11	Jacques Kallis	SA	NZ	Hamiltin	2012	Won
153	2/60	2/38	0/22	Jacques Kallis	SA	Eng	The Oval	2012	Won
154	1/41	1/34	0/7	Jacques Kallis	SA	Eng	Leeds	2012	Draw
155	1/22	1/13	0/9	Steve Waugh	Aus	Eng	MCG	2002	Won
156	1/7	1/2	0/5	Steve Waugh	Aus	Eng	SCG	2003	Lost
157	2/19	2/19	DNB	Jacques Kallis	SA	Aus	Adelaide	2012	Draw
159	2/31	DNB	2/31	Jacques Kallis	SA	NZ	Cape Town	2013	Won
160	1/18	0/0	1/18	Jacques Kallis	SA	NZ	Port Elizabeth	2013	Won
161	3/46	2/11	1/35	Jacques Kallis	SA	Pak	Johannesburg	2013	Won
165	3/68	1/37	3/68	Jacques Kallis	SA	Ind	Johannesburg	2013	Draw
167	1/35	1/35	DNB	Steve Waugh	Aus	Ind	MCG	2003	Won
177	1/9	DNB	1/9	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	SA	Cape Town	2011	Draw
199	1/23	1/5	0/18	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.

# Murali has most ten-fers with 22 followed by Warne with 10, Hadlee with 9 and Kumble with 8.

# Shane Warne has the most instances in the above tables combined with 27 instances followed by Murali with 23. However in the first 133 tests Warne’s count significantly drops to 15.

# In the first 100 tests, Murali leads with 12 instances with Warne & Kumble joint second with 5 instances each.

Pic courtesy: The Guardian