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Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Best figures in a match

Best figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	68.0	27	90	19	1.32	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
SF Barnes	65.3	16	159	17	2.42	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
ND Hirwani	33.5	6	136	16	4.01	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
RAL Massie	60.1	16	137	16	2.27	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
M Muralitharan	113.5	41	220	16	1.93	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
J Briggs	33.3x4	16	28	15	1.24	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	25.3x5	11	45	15	2.10	England	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
C Blythe	38.3	10	99	15	2.57	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
H Verity	58.3	23	104	15	1.77	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
RJ Hadlee	52.3	13	123	15	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
W Rhodes	30.2	3	124	15	4.08	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
Harbhajan Singh	80.1	26	217	15	2.70	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
FR Spofforth	64.3x4	33	90	14	2.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
AV Bedser	55.5	23	99	14	1.77	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
W Bates	59.2x4	28	102	14	2.57	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
Imran Khan	52.2	11	116	14	2.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JM Patel	61.3	23	124	14	2.01	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
SF Barnes	61.5	17	144	14	2.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
MA Holding	53.4	15	149	14	2.77	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
A Kumble	51.0	13	149	14	2.92	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Feb 1999	Test # 1443
WPUJC Vaas	57.2	8	191	14	3.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
CV Grimmett	96.2	28	199	14	2.06	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
CA Walsh	36.0	15	55	13	1.52	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
SF Barnes	37.4	14	57	13	1.51	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
DL Underwood	48.5	25	71	13	1.45	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test # 743
MA Noble	33.4	7	77	13	2.28	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
JJ Ferris	54.2x5	27	91	13	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
Abdul Qadir	73.0	27	101	13	1.38	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
IT Botham	48.5	14	106	13	2.17	England	v India	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
FR Spofforth	60.0x4	25	110	13	2.75	Australia	v England	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
Fazal Mahmood	75.0	28	114	13	1.52	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
M Muralitharan	66.4	26	115	13	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
MH Mankad	71.2	30	131	13	1.83	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
J Srinath	46.0	10	132	13	2.86	India	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
M Ntini	47.5	10	132	13	2.75	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
Waqar Younis	56.0	15	135	13	2.41	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	1 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
BA Reid	61.0	20	148	13	2.42	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
AW Greig	69.1	17	156	13	2.25	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
SF Barnes	80.1	22	163	13	2.03	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
HJ Tayfield	66.5x8	22	165	13	1.85	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
M Muralitharan	76.0	13	171	13	2.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
CV Grimmett	93.0	41	173	13	1.86	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
A Kumble	64.3	12	181	13	2.80	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
HJ Tayfield	74.0x8	26	192	13	1.94	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
Harbhajan Singh	68.2	15	196	13	2.86	India	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
MG Hughes	73.1	16	217	13	2.96	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
AA Mailey	76.2	9	236	13	3.09	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
T Richardson	110.3x5	39	244	13	2.64	England	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
JC White	124.5	37	256	13	2.05	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies v Bangladesh at Kingstown, 1st Test, Jul 9-13, 2009 [Test # 1923 - Live]
» Bangladesh 42/0 (18.5 ov, Tamim Iqbal 14*, Imrul Kayes 26*, DJG Sammy 0/6) - Stumps

England v Australia at Cardiff, 1st Test, Jul 8-12, 2009 [Test # 1922 - Live]
» Australia 249/1 (71.0 ov, SM Katich 104*, RT Ponting 100*, A Flintoff 1/48) - Stumps

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 1st Test, Jul 4-7, 2009 [Test # 1921]

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Andrew Symonds holds the record for most number of sixes hit in a first-class match. He slammed 20 for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in Abergavenny in 1995. He struck 16 in his first innings score of 254, and four more in the second innings, when he made 76.

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