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Worst Bowling Fig in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the worst bowling fig during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1981
86 entries
1
8/99
Bob Willis
ENG
Best return on the list
2
7/96
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3
7/137
Dennis Lillee
AUS
● LEADS
Bob Willis
ENG
8/99 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/57
The mark at number ten — 76 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
86 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Bob Willis
ENG
8/99
2
Geoff Lawson
AUS
7/96
3
Dennis Lillee
AUS
7/137
4
Bruce Yardley
AUS
7/187
5
Michael Holding
WI
6/62
6
Colin Croft
WI
6/92
7
Terry Alderman
AUS
6/135
8
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
6/137
9
Greg Chappell
AUS
5/48
10
Lance Cairns
NZ
5/57
11
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/65
12
Ray Bright
AUS
5/68
13
John Bracewell
NZ
5/75
14
Madan Lal
IND
5/85
15
John Lever
ENG
5/104
16
Karsan Ghavri
IND
5/110
17
John Emburey
ENG
5/124
18
Ravi Shastri
IND
5/125
19
Kapil Dev
IND
5/136
20
Dilip Doshi
IND
5/146
21
Jim Higgs
AUS
4/65
22
Wasim Raja
PAK
4/73
23
Len Pascoe
AUS
4/80
24
Sikander Bakht
PAK
4/81
25
Mike Hendrick
ENG
4/82
26
Imran Khan
BHR
4/92
27
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4/100
28
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
4/104
29
Graham Dilley
ENG
4/116
30
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
4/121
31
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/143
32
Larry Gomes
WI
3/30
33
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3/41
34
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/43
35
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3/49
36
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3/54
36
Brian McKechnie
NZ
3/54
38
Andy Roberts
NZ
3/59
38
Joel Garner
WI
3/59
40
Gary Troup
NZ
3/60
41
Martin Snedden
NZ
3/63
42
Trevor Chappell
AUS
3/69
43
Roger Binny
IND
3/70
44
Robin Jackman
ENG
3/76
45
Jeff Thomson
AUS
3/85
46
Chris Old
ENG
3/91
47
Derek Underwood
ENG
3/97
48
Graham Stevenson
ENG
3/111
49
Gary Robertson
NZ
2/29
50
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2/42
51
Sandeep Patil
IND
2/43
52
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/50
52
Graeme Beard
AUS
2/50
54
Shaun Graf
AUS
2/56
55
Paul McEwan
NZ
2/58
56
Paul Allott
ENG
2/71
57
Mike Whitney
AUS
2/76
58
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1/12
59
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1/13
60
Allan Border
AUS
1/24
61
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
1/25
62
Max Walker
AUS
1/35
63
Geoff Miller
ENG
1/42
64
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
1/46
65
Kirti Azad
IND
1/47
66
Peter Willey
ENG
1/54
67
Yograj Singh
IND
1/63
68
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/76
69
Kim Hughes
AUS
0/2
70
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0/3
71
Desmond Haynes
WI
0/4
72
David Gower
ENG
0/5
72
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0/5
74
Bruce Laird
AUS
0/9
75
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/10
75
Everton Mattis
WI
0/10
77
Yashpal Sharma
IND
0/12
77
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/12
79
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/13
80
Graham Yallop
AUS
0/17
81
Randhir Singh
IND
0/18
81
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/18
83
Doug Walters
AUS
0/21
84
Suru Nayak
IND
0/25
85
Majid Khan
PAK
0/35
86
Mark Burgess
NZ
0/51
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