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Best Bowling Fig in 1972: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best bowling fig during the 1972 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1972
78 entries
1
8/53
Bob Massie
AUS
Best return on the list
2
8/59
Ashley Mallett
AUS
3
8/79
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
● LEADS
Bob Massie
AUS
8/53 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
3
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/63
The mark at number ten — 68 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
78 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Bob Massie
AUS
8/53
2
Ashley Mallett
AUS
8/59
3
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
8/79
4
Bruce Taylor
NZ
7/74
5
Derek Underwood
ENG
6/45
5
Geoff Arnold
ENG
6/45
6
Dennis Lillee
AUS
6/66
7
Tony Greig
ENG
5/24
8
John Snow
ENG
5/57
9
Inshan Ali
WI
5/59
10
Bishan Bedi
IND
5/63
11
Vanburn Holder
WI
4/41
12
Chris Old
ENG
4/43
13
David Holford
WI
4/55
14
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
4/64
15
John Inverarity
AUS
3/26
16
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
3/33
16
Bob Woolmer
ENG
3/33
17
Max Walker
AUS
3/39
18
Bob Cottam
ENG
3/45
19
Bev Congdon
NZ
3/56
20
Grayson Shillingford
WI
3/63
21
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
3/67
22
Hedley Howarth
NZ
3/70
23
Pat Pocock
ENG
3/72
24
Uton Dowe
WI
3/75
25
David Colley
AUS
3/83
26
Asif Masood
PAK
3/110
27
Barry Wood
ENG
2/20
28
Doug Walters
AUS
2/24
29
Graeme Watson
AUS
2/28
30
Ray Illingworth
ENG
2/32
31
John Gleeson
AUS
2/45
32
Saleem Altaf
PAK
2/50
33
John Price
ENG
2/87
34
Majid Khan
PAK
2/88
35
Lance Gibbs
WI
2/94
36
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
2/99
37
Intikhab Alam
PAK
2/101
38
Tony Howard
WI
2/140
39
Jack Alabaster
NZ
1/5
40
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
1/10
40
Clive Lloyd
WI
1/10
41
Maurice Foster
WI
1/12
41
Syed Abid Ali
IND
1/12
42
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
1/13
43
Norman Gifford
ENG
1/18
43
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
1/18
44
Greg Chappell
AUS
1/20
45
Bob Cunis
NZ
1/21
46
Ian Chappell
AUS
1/26
47
Ross Morgan
NZ
1/38
48
Jeff Hammond
AUS
1/41
49
Peter Lever
ENG
1/61
50
Eknath Solkar
IND
0/0
50
Terry Jarvis
NZ
0/0
50
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/0
51
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/1
52
Geoff Greenidge
WI
0/2
52
Charlie Davis
WI
0/2
52
Roy Fredericks
WI
0/2
53
Brian Luckhurst
ENG
0/5
53
Glenn Turner
NZ
0/5
54
Joey Carew
WI
0/6
55
Peter Parfitt
ENG
0/10
55
Ian Redpath
AUS
0/10
55
Jeff Thomson
AUS
0/10
55
Graham Vivian
NZ
0/10
56
Mark Burgess
NZ
0/12
56
Dilip Sardesai
IND
0/12
57
Salim Durani
IND
0/14
57
Keith Stackpole
AUS
0/14
58
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
0/17
59
Brian Close
ENG
0/21
60
Lawrence Rowe
WI
0/28
60
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
0/28
61
Murray Webb
NZ
0/34
62
Asif Iqbal
PAK
0/76
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