Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	8	2.54	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
JJ Krejza	43.5	1	215	8	4.90	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
M Muralidaran	38.4	8	100	7	2.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
MJ Clarke	6.2	0	9	6	1.42	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	2.58	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
MJ Hoggard	30.5	13	57	6	1.84	England	v India	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
HH Streak	32.0	10	73	6	2.28	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
BAW Mendis	28.0	1	117	6	4.17	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
SK Warne	42.3	5	125	6	2.94	Australia	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
Naimur Rahman	44.3	9	132	6	2.96	Bangladesh	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
Danish Kaneria	53.4	12	150	6	2.79	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	2.87	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
Umar Gul	12.0	2	31	5	2.58	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
SM Pollock	16.0	3	40	5	2.50	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
CRD Fernando	25.0	9	42	5	1.68	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
JM Anderson	24.2	8	42	5	1.72	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
GD McGrath	18.5	7	48	5	2.54	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
CD Collymore	24.1	9	48	5	1.98	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
M Ntini	19.0	6	48	5	2.52	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
M Muralidaran	26.5	10	49	5	1.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
JE Taylor	18.4	4	50	5	2.67	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
GD McGrath	17.0	1	55	5	3.23	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
JN Gillespie	22.5	8	56	5	2.45	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
BAW Mendis	28.0	4	56	5	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
AF Giles	43.3	16	67	5	1.54	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
M Dillon	24.0	4	71	5	2.95	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 May 2002	Test # 1604
AM Blignaut	31.5	14	74	5	2.32	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
N Boje	38.0	14	83	5	2.18	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
M Muralidaran	29.0	4	84	5	2.89	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
B Lee	32.2	5	119	5	3.68	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
HMRKB Herath	33.0	2	121	5	3.66	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
Danish Kaneria	39.0	7	127	5	3.25	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
Yasir Arafat	39.0	5	161	5	4.12	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
RW Price	68.0	18	182	5	2.67	Zimbabwe	v India	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
DR Tuffey	9.0	6	12	4	1.33	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SD Udal	9.2	3	14	4	1.50	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
GD McGrath	14.0	8	18	4	1.28	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
SM Pollock	12.2	6	24	4	1.94	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
JN Gillespie	16.0	7	24	4	1.50	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
SR Clark	15.0	4	28	4	1.86	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
JN Gillespie	12.0	2	29	4	2.41	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
DW Steyn	7.0	0	30	4	4.28	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
SE Bond	13.1	5	33	4	2.50	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
B Lee	21.0	9	39	4	1.85	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
SE Bond	14.2	7	39	4	2.72	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SM Pollock	17.5	7	39	4	2.18	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
JM Anderson	19.1	8	40	4	2.08	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
DJ Bravo	22.0	9	40	4	1.81	West Indies	v India	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
M Dillon	11.0	1	41	4	3.72	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
JDP Oram	12.5	2	41	4	3.19	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
DR Tuffey	16.0	3	41	4	2.56	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
M Dillon	21.1	7	42	4	1.98	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
SR Watson	15.4	2	42	4	2.68	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
JE Taylor	15.0	4	45	4	3.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
HH Streak	27.0	12	46	4	1.70	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
B Lee	19.5	6	46	4	2.31	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
SK Warne	22.0	7	47	4	2.13	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
A Flintoff	28.0	9	50	4	1.78	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
BA Williams	22.0	5	53	4	2.40	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
GD McGrath	25.0	8	55	4	2.20	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Shoaib Akhtar	18.1	4	58	4	3.19	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
Danish Kaneria	21.4	3	59	4	2.72	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
BAW Mendis	18.0	3	60	4	3.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
SR Clark	19.0	4	61	4	3.21	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
PJ Wiseman	11.5	0	64	4	5.40	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	3	65	4	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
JN Gillespie	31.0	12	65	4	2.09	Australia	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003	Test # 1671
RJ Sidebottom	22.0	5	65	4	2.95	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
MG Johnson	27.0	4	70	4	2.59	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
BAW Mendis	27.5	5	72	4	2.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
SM Pollock	29.1	9	75	4	2.57	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
Mohammad Asif	19.1	1	78	4	4.06	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
MJ Hoggard	24.3	7	80	4	3.26	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
DR Tuffey	29.0	5	80	4	2.75	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
M Dillon	31.2	8	82	4	2.61	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
SCG MacGill	26.1	4	86	4	3.28	Australia	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003	Test # 1671
MG Johnson	28.2	7	86	4	3.03	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
MJ Hoggard	24.0	7	87	4	3.62	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
UWMBCA Welegedara	22.0	4	87	4	3.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
Abdul Razzaq	18.4	0	88	4	4.71	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
SM Pollock	27.0	8	91	4	3.37	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
HH Streak	37.2	11	92	4	2.46	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
NB Mahwire	25.3	4	92	4	3.60	Zimbabwe	v India	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
BAW Mendis	27.2	4	92	4	3.36	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
A Flintoff	22.0	3	96	4	4.36	England	v India	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
Mashrafe Mortaza	24.5	5	97	4	3.90	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	18 May 2007	Test # 1832
CS Martin	25.1	3	98	4	3.89	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
MS Panesar	33.5	8	101	4	2.98	England	v India	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
DW Steyn	32.0	3	103	4	3.21	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
MJ Hoggard	35.1	10	105	4	2.98	England	v India	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
M Ntini	44.0	9	112	4	2.54	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
AR Caddick	43.0	11	114	4	2.65	England	v India	The Oval	05 Sep 2002	Test # 1614
PT Collins	28.0	5	116	4	4.14	West Indies	v India	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2006	Test # 1806
AJ Bichel	28.0	3	118	4	4.21	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
MG Johnson	37.5	6	126	4	3.33	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008	Test # 1863
PL Harris	37.0	3	129	4	3.48	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
RKJ Dawson	43.0	6	134	4	3.11	England	v India	Mohali	03 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
JJ Krejza	31.0	3	143	4	4.61	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892

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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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]