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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.
TEST
1981
71 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
5/65
The mark at number ten — 61 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
71 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
Lance Cairns
NZ
5/57
10
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/65
11
Ray Bright
AUS
5/68
12
John Bracewell
NZ
5/75
13
Madan Lal
IND
5/85
14
John Lever
ENG
5/104
15
Karsan Ghavri
IND
5/110
16
John Emburey
ENG
5/124
17
Ravi Shastri
IND
5/125
18
Kapil Dev
IND
5/136
19
Dilip Doshi
IND
5/146
20
Jim Higgs
AUS
4/65
21
Len Pascoe
AUS
4/80
22
Mike Hendrick
ENG
4/82
23
Imran Khan
BHR
4/92
24
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
4/104
25
Graham Dilley
ENG
4/116
26
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/143
27
Andy Roberts
NZ
3/59
27
Joel Garner
WI
3/59
29
Gary Troup
NZ
3/60
30
Robin Jackman
ENG
3/76
31
Chris Old
ENG
3/91
32
Derek Underwood
ENG
3/97
33
Rodney Hogg
AUS
3/100
34
Graham Stevenson
ENG
3/111
35
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
3/121
36
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/14
37
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/28
38
Sandeep Patil
IND
2/40
39
Malcolm Marshall
WI
2/49
40
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2/54
41
Martin Snedden
NZ
2/63
42
Roger Binny
IND
2/70
43
Paul Allott
ENG
2/71
44
Mike Whitney
AUS
2/76
45
Sikander Bakht
PAK
2/81
46
Jeff Thomson
AUS
2/85
47
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1/12
48
Allan Border
AUS
1/16
49
Greg Chappell
AUS
1/17
50
Larry Gomes
WI
1/21
51
Geoff Miller
ENG
1/42
52
Kirti Azad
IND
1/47
53
Peter Willey
ENG
1/54
54
Yograj Singh
IND
1/63
55
Wasim Raja
PAK
1/73
56
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/76
57
Kim Hughes
AUS
0/2
58
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0/3
59
Desmond Haynes
WI
0/4
60
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0/5
61
Bruce Laird
AUS
0/9
62
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0/10
62
Everton Mattis
WI
0/10
62
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/10
65
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/11
66
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/12
67
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/13
68
Graham Yallop
AUS
0/17
69
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/18
70
Doug Walters
AUS
0/21
70
Majid Khan
PAK
0/21
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