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Best Bowling Fig in 1974: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1974, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1974
73 entries
1
8/51
Derek Underwood
ENG
Best return on the list
2
8/86
Tony Greig
ENG
3
6/46
Jeff Thomson
AUS
● LEADS
Derek Underwood
ENG
8/51 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/61
The mark at number ten — 63 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
73 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Derek Underwood
ENG
8/51
2
Tony Greig
ENG
8/86
3
Jeff Thomson
AUS
6/46
4
Lance Gibbs
WI
6/76
5
Bishan Bedi
IND
6/226
6
Chris Old
ENG
5/21
7
Sir Andy Roberts
WI
5/50
8
Bernard Julien
WI
5/57
9
Geoff Dymock
AUS
5/58
10
Bob Willis
ENG
5/61
11
Gary Gilmour
AUS
5/64
12
Richard Collinge
NZ
5/82
13
Pat Pocock
ENG
5/110
14
Intikhab Alam
PAK
5/116
15
David O'Sullivan
NZ
5/148
16
Geoff Arnold
ENG
4/19
17
Madan Lal
IND
4/22
17
Ashley Mallett
AUS
4/22
18
Mike Hendrick
ENG
4/28
19
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
4/33
20
Max Walker
AUS
4/39
20
Doug Walters
AUS
4/39
21
Keith Boyce
WI
4/42
22
Bev Congdon
NZ
4/46
23
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
4/56
24
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
4/75
24
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
4/75
25
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
4/112
26
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
4/147
27
Vanburn Holder
WI
3/37
28
Robin Jackman
ENG
3/41
29
Asif Masood
PAK
3/47
30
Greg Chappell
AUS
3/51
30
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
3/51
31
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
3/54
32
Syed Abid Ali
IND
3/79
33
Hedley Howarth
NZ
3/83
34
Arthur Barrett
WI
3/86
34
Inshan Ali
WI
3/86
35
Clive Lloyd
WI
2/13
36
Imran Niazi
PAK
2/16
37
Asif Iqbal
PAK
2/17
38
Dennis Lillee
AUS
2/25
39
Elquemedo Willett
WI
2/30
40
Eknath Solkar
IND
2/31
41
Bryan Andrews
NZ
2/40
42
Fred Titmus
ENG
2/43
43
Terry Jenner
AUS
2/45
44
Bob Woolmer
ENG
2/62
45
Lance Cairns
NZ
2/73
46
Murray Webb
NZ
2/114
47
Ian Chappell
AUS
1/4
48
Roy Fredericks
WI
1/12
49
Majid Khan
PAK
1/15
50
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
1/16
51
John Jameson
ENG
1/17
52
Karsan Ghavri
IND
1/18
53
Jack Birkenshaw
ENG
1/24
54
Gopal Bose
IND
1/39
55
Ashok Mankad
IND
1/47
56
Alan Hurst
AUS
1/56
57
Peter Lever
ENG
1/58
58
Wasim Raja
PAK
1/68
59
Lawrence Rowe
WI
0/1
60
David Lloyd
ENG
0/4
61
Keith Fletcher
ENG
0/5
61
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0/5
61
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/5
62
Brian Hastings
NZ
0/6
63
Rohan Kanhai
WI
0/8
64
Jeremy Coney
NZ
0/13
65
Maurice Foster
WI
0/32
66
Ray Bright
AUS
0/44
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