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Worst Bowling Fig in 1972: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the worst bowling fig during the 1972 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1972
78 entries
1
8/79
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
Best return on the list
2
8/84
Bob Massie
AUS
3
5/63
Bishan Bedi
IND
● LEADS
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
8/79 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3/87
The mark at number ten — 68 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
78 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
8/79
2
Bob Massie
AUS
8/84
3
Bishan Bedi
IND
5/63
4
Dennis Lillee
AUS
5/123
5
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
3/33
6
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
3/67
7
Pat Pocock
ENG
3/72
8
Uton Dowe
WI
3/75
9
David Colley
AUS
3/83
10
Geoff Arnold
ENG
3/87
11
Vanburn Holder
WI
3/91
12
Asif Masood
PAK
3/110
13
Ashley Mallett
AUS
3/124
14
Barry Wood
ENG
2/20
15
Doug Walters
AUS
2/24
16
Grayson Shillingford
WI
2/65
17
Bob Cottam
ENG
2/66
18
Chris Old
ENG
2/72
19
Saleem Altaf
PAK
2/83
20
Bev Congdon
NZ
2/86
21
John Price
ENG
2/87
22
Majid Khan
PAK
2/88
22
Tony Greig
ENG
2/88
24
Derek Underwood
ENG
2/94
24
Lance Gibbs
WI
2/94
26
Inshan Ali
WI
2/99
27
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
2/100
28
Bruce Taylor
NZ
2/108
29
Max Walker
AUS
2/112
30
Hedley Howarth
NZ
2/138
31
Tony Howard
WI
2/140
32
Ian Chappell
AUS
1/26
33
Graeme Watson
AUS
1/32
34
Jeff Hammond
AUS
1/41
35
Greg Chappell
AUS
1/42
36
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
1/48
37
Bob Woolmer
ENG
1/50
38
Ray Illingworth
ENG
1/53
39
David Holford
WI
1/78
40
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
1/94
41
John Snow
ENG
1/111
42
Bob Cunis
NZ
1/130
43
Terry Jarvis
NZ
0/0
44
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/1
45
Brian Luckhurst
ENG
0/5
45
Glenn Turner
NZ
0/5
47
Ian Redpath
AUS
0/10
47
Peter Parfitt
ENG
0/10
49
Dilip Sardesai
IND
0/12
50
Syed Abid Ali
IND
0/13
50
Eknath Solkar
IND
0/13
52
Roy Fredericks
WI
0/14
52
Salim Durani
IND
0/14
54
Mark Burgess
NZ
0/15
55
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/17
56
Graham Vivian
NZ
0/20
57
Brian Close
ENG
0/21
58
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
0/28
58
Lawrence Rowe
WI
0/28
60
Joey Carew
WI
0/29
61
John Inverarity
AUS
0/32
62
Geoff Greenidge
WI
0/34
63
Keith Stackpole
AUS
0/35
64
Maurice Foster
WI
0/40
65
Charlie Davis
WI
0/42
66
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
0/46
67
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
0/47
68
Norman Gifford
ENG
0/49
68
John Gleeson
AUS
0/49
70
Clive Lloyd
WI
0/74
71
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
0/76
71
Asif Iqbal
PAK
0/76
71
Peter Lever
ENG
0/76
74
Ross Morgan
NZ
0/78
75
Murray Webb
NZ
0/86
76
Jeff Thomson
AUS
0/100
77
Jack Alabaster
NZ
0/110
78
Intikhab Alam
PAK
0/115
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