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Greatest Test Bowling Performances                                                                             Back

Last Updated: March 23, 2006

Rank Player Figures Team Vs Venue Year Rating
             
1 Hugh Tayfield 9-113 SA ENG Johannesburg 1956-57 400.0
2 Jim Laker 10-53 ENG AUS Old Trafford 1956-57 393.0
3 John White 8-126 ENG AUS Adelaide 1928-29 389.4
4 Richard Hadlee 9-52 NZ AUS Brisbane 1985-86 387.8
5 Anil Kumble 10-74 IND PAK Delhi 1998-99 384.7
6 Hugh Trumble 6-53 AUS ENG Old Trafford 1902 384.5
7 Dean Headley 6-60 ENG AUS Melbourne 1998-99 381.7
8 Bob Willis 8-43 ENG AUS Headingley 1981 381.5
9 Percival Hornibrook 7-92 AUS ENG The Oval 1930 381.3
10 Norman Cowans 6-77 ENG AUS Melbourne 1982-83 379.2
11 Saqlain Mushtaq 5-93 PAK IND Chennai 1998-99 375.9
12 Graham McKenzie 8-71 AUS WI Melbourne 1968-69 375.6
13 Fazal Mahmood 6-46 PAK ENG The Oval 1954 372.4
14 Andy Roberts 7-54 WI AUS Perth 1975-76 372.1
15 Bill O'Reilly 7-54 AUS ENG Trent Bridge 1934 365.2
16 Mushtaq Ahmed 6-78 PAK SA Durban 1997-98 364.1
17 Trevor Bailey 7-44 ENG WI Lord's 1957 363.3
18 Harbhajan Singh 8-84 IND AUS Chennai 2000-01 363.1
19 Keith Miller 7-60 AUS ENG Brisbane 1946-47 359.7
20 Devon Malcolm 9-57 ENG SA The Oval 1994 355.7
21 Fanie de Villiers 6-43 SA AUS Sydney 1993-94 354.8
22 Tony Greig 8-86 ENG WI Port-of-Spain 1973-74 354.5
23 Hedley Verity 8-43 ENG AUS Lord's 1934 352.4
24 Albert Vogler 7-94 SA ENG Johannesburg 1909-10 345.5
25 Richie Benaud 6-70 AUS ENG Old Trafford 1961 345.0
26 Simon Doull 7-65 NZ IND Wellington 1998-99 343.5
27 Anil Kumble 7-63 IND PAK Calcutta 2004-05 339.5
28 Jim Laker 9-37 ENG AUS Old Trafford 1956-57 339.0
29 Matthew Hoggard 7-61 ENG SA Johannesburg 2004-05 338.8
30 Fazal Mahmood 6-66 PAK WI Dhaka 1958-59 338.4
31 Trevor Bailey 7-34 ENG WI Kingston 1953-54 336.4
32 Subhash Gupte 9-102 IND WI Kanpur 1958-59 333.6
33 Hugh Tayfield 7-81 SA AUS Melbourne 1952-53 333.5
34 Lance Gibbs 8-38 WI IND Bridgetown 1961-62 332.6
35 John Snow 7-40 ENG AUS Sydney 1970-71 329.6
36 Shane Warne 6-34 AUS SA Sydney 1997-98 329.0
37 Curtly Ambrose 7-25 WI AUS Perth 1992-93 327.9
38 Harbhajan Singh 5-29 IND AUS Mumbai 2004-05 326.6
39 Lance Gibbs 6-98 WI ENG Old Trafford 1963 326.1
40 Ashley Mallett 8-59 AUS PAK Adelaide 1972-73 325.8
41 Imran Khan 8-60 PAK IND Karachi 1982-83 325.6
42 Nasim-ul-Ghani 6-67 PAK WI Port-of-Spain 1957-58 325.4
43 Narendra Hirwani 8-75 IND WI Chennai 1987-88 324.7
44 Curtly Ambrose 6-24 WI ENG Port-of-Spain 1993-94 324.5
45 Curtly Ambrose 4-46 WI AUS Adelaide 1992-93 323.9
46 Anil Kumble 8-141 IND AUS Sydney 2003-04 323.7
47 Ian Botham 7-48 ENG IND Mumbai 1979-80 322.2
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