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 15^th test); Trumble (7/28 in 32^nd test); Merv Hughes (8/87 in the 8^th test).

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

# The following bowlers also took 7+ wickets in the other innings of the test including the above – Rhodes (8/68 & 7/56; 10^th 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 78^th 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 100^th 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 28^th tests. Kallis has 13 instances in total with 12 instances after the 150^th 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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