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Best Bowling Fig in 1982: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best bowling fig during the 1982 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1982
107 entries
1
8/58
Imran Niazi
BHR
Best return on the list
2
7/98
Bruce Yardley
AUS
3
7/142
Abdul Qadir
PAK
● LEADS
Imran Niazi
BHR
8/58 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/101
The mark at number ten — 97 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
107 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Imran Niazi
BHR
8/58
2
Bruce Yardley
AUS
7/98
3
Abdul Qadir
PAK
7/142
4
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
6/32
5
John Emburey
ENG
6/33
6
Geoff Lawson
AUS
6/47
7
Norman Cowans
ENG
6/77
8
Kapil Dev
IND
6/91
9
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/100
10
Bob Willis
ENG
6/101
11
Dilip Doshi
IND
6/102
12
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
6/141
13
Terry Alderman
AUS
5/17
14
Derek Underwood
ENG
5/28
15
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
5/40
16
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5/46
17
Joel Garner
WI
5/56
18
Somachandra De Silva
SL
5/59
19
Michael Holding
WI
5/64
20
Ashantha de Mel
SL
5/68
21
Jeff Thomson
AUS
5/73
22
Larry Gomes
WI
4/31
23
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
4/32
24
Len Pascoe
AUS
4/39
25
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
4/43
26
Gary Troup
NZ
4/44
27
Ian Greig
ENG
4/53
28
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
4/58
29
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
4/63
30
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4/69
31
Geoff Miller
ENG
4/70
32
Robin Jackman
ENG
4/110
33
Dennis Lillee
AUS
4/119
34
Allan Border
AUS
3/20
35
Sylvester Clarke
WI
3/22
36
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
3/26
37
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3/29
38
Roger Binny
IND
3/39
39
Ajit de Silva
SL
3/41
40
Lance Cairns
NZ
3/85
41
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3/89
42
Ray Bright
AUS
3/96
43
Madan Lal
IND
3/99
44
Ravi Shastri
IND
3/104
45
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3/121
46
Wasim Raja
PAK
2/1
47
Martin Crowe
NZ
2/9
47
Mick Malone
AUS
2/9
48
Derek Pringle
ENG
2/16
49
Paul Allott
ENG
2/21
50
Greg Chappell
AUS
2/24
51
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
2/33
52
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
2/34
53
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2/36
54
Sandeep Patil
IND
2/37
55
Bandula Warnapura
SL
2/41
56
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
2/43
57
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/50
58
John Lever
ENG
2/51
59
John Morrison
NZ
2/52
60
Rashid Khan
AFG
2/53
61
Colin Croft
WI
2/58
62
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2/61
63
Rakesh Shukla
IND
2/82
64
Martin Snedden
NZ
2/89
65
David Gower
ENG
1/1
66
Mohsin Khan
HK
1/2
67
Keith Fletcher
ENG
1/6
68
Vic Marks
ENG
1/8
69
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1/12
70
Jeremy Coney
NZ
1/15
71
Suru Nayak
IND
1/16
72
Graham Dilley
ENG
1/19
73
Anura Ranasinghe
SL
1/21
74
Yashpal Sharma
IND
1/27
75
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/30
76
Ian Callen
AUS
1/32
77
Lalith Kaluperuma
SL
1/35
78
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1/36
79
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/39
80
Vinothen John
SL
1/44
81
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
1/46
82
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
1/48
83
Barry Wood
ENG
1/51
84
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
1/55
85
Peter Sleep
AUS
1/158
86
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/0
86
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0/0
86
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/0
86
Majid Khan
PAK
0/0
87
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/1
87
Roy Dias
SL
0/1
87
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
0/1
88
John Wright
NZ
0/2
88
David Hookes
AUS
0/2
89
Chris Tavaré
ENG
0/3
90
Geoff Cook
ENG
0/4
90
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/4
90
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/4
90
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0/4
91
Kim Hughes
AUS
0/6
91
Bob Taylor
ENG
0/6
92
Shivlal Yadav
IND
0/11
93
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
0/15
94
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
0/28
95
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
0/38
96
Maninder Singh
IND
0/67
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