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Best Bowling Fig in 1983: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1983, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1983
129 entries
1
9/83
Kapil Dev
IND
Best return on the list
2
7/51
Winston Davis
WI
3
7/74
Lance Cairns
NZ
● LEADS
Kapil Dev
IND
9/83 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/32
The mark at number ten — 119 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
129 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Kapil Dev
IND
9/83
2
Winston Davis
WI
7/51
3
Lance Cairns
NZ
7/74
4
Imran Niazi
BHR
6/35
5
Malcolm Marshall
WI
6/37
6
Ken MacLeay
AUS
6/39
7
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/53
8
Carl Rackemann
AUS
6/86
9
Dennis Lillee
AUS
6/171
10
Ashantha de Mel
SL
5/32
11
Bob Willis
ENG
5/35
11
Nick Cook
ENG
5/35
12
Vic Marks
ENG
5/39
12
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
5/39
12
Wayne Daniel
WI
5/39
13
Abdul Qadir
PAK
5/44
14
Geoff Lawson
AUS
5/49
15
Jeff Thomson
AUS
5/50
16
Vinothen John
SL
5/60
17
Tom Hogan
AUS
5/66
18
Mohammad Nazir
PAK
5/72
19
Ravi Shastri
IND
5/75
20
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
5/76
21
Bruce Yardley
AUS
5/88
22
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
5/95
23
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
5/100
24
Michael Holding
WI
5/102
25
Shivlal Yadav
IND
5/131
26
Madan Lal
IND
4/20
27
Roger Binny
IND
4/29
28
Larry Gomes
WI
4/38
29
Duncan Fletcher
ZIM
4/42
30
Graham Dilley
ENG
4/45
31
Wasim Raja
PAK
4/50
31
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
4/50
32
Gary Troup
NZ
4/54
33
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
4/79
34
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
4/81
35
Maninder Singh
IND
4/85
36
John Bracewell
NZ
4/108
37
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3/11
38
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
3/12
39
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/17
39
Greg Chappell
AUS
3/17
40
Rodney Hogg
AUS
3/20
41
Martin Snedden
NZ
3/21
42
John Morrison
NZ
3/24
43
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
3/27
44
Geoff Miller
ENG
3/28
44
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3/28
45
Roger Harper
WI
3/34
46
Robin Jackman
ENG
3/41
46
Paul Allott
ENG
3/41
46
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3/41
47
Rashid Khan
AFG
3/47
47
Trevor Chappell
AUS
3/47
47
Peter Rawson
ZIM
3/47
48
Chetan Sharma
IND
3/60
49
Kevin Curran
ZIM
3/65
50
Evan Gray
NZ
3/73
51
Norman Cowans
ENG
3/74
52
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3/93
53
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3/101
54
John Maguire
AUS
3/111
55
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
3/146
56
Somachandra De Silva
SL
2/11
57
Joel Garner
WI
2/13
58
Mike Whitney
AUS
2/19
59
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2/26
60
Graham Yallop
AUS
2/28
60
Richard Webb
NZ
2/28
60
John Traicos
SA
2/28
61
Martin Crowe
NZ
2/30
62
Eldine Baptiste
WI
2/31
62
Chris Smith
ENG
2/31
63
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
2/41
64
Greg Matthews
AUS
2/48
65
Iain Butchart
ZIM
2/52
66
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2/58
67
Raghuram Bhat
IND
2/65
68
Kirti Azad
IND
2/84
69
David Hookes
AUS
1/2
70
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/3
71
Yashpal Sharma
IND
1/6
72
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
1/8
73
Syed Kirmani
IND
1/9
74
Allan Border
AUS
1/10
74
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1/10
75
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
1/13
76
Ali Shah
ZIM
1/17
77
Trevor Jesty
ENG
1/23
78
Yohan Goonasekera
SL
1/24
79
Randhir Singh
IND
1/30
80
Neil Foster
ENG
1/35
80
Mike Gatting
ENG
1/35
81
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
1/37
82
Sikander Bakht
PAK
1/41
83
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
1/44
84
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/51
85
Dilip Doshi
IND
1/52
86
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
0/0
86
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0/0
86
Mohsin Khan
HK
0/0
86
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/0
86
Qasim Umar
PAK
0/0
86
Glenn Turner
NZ
0/0
86
John Wright
NZ
0/0
87
Jeff Crowe
NZ
0/1
87
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/1
87
Gus Logie
WI
0/1
88
Sandeep Patil
IND
0/2
88
Kepler Wessels
AUS
0/2
89
Rod Marsh
AUS
0/3
90
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0/4
90
Majid Khan
PAK
0/4
91
Bruce Edgar
NZ
0/5
92
Arun Lal
IND
0/6
93
Geoff Cook
ENG
0/7
94
Navjot Sidhu
IND
0/9
95
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
0/12
96
Vince Hogg
ZIM
0/15
97
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
0/19
98
Granville De Silva
SL
0/21
99
Raju Kulkarni
IND
0/26
100
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/27
101
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0/33
102
Derek Pringle
ENG
0/47
103
Roshan Guneratne
SL
0/84
104
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
0/95
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