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Best Bowling Fig in 1985: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best bowling fig in 1985 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1985
124 entries
1
9/52
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
Best return on the list
2
8/83
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3
8/106
Kapil Dev
IND
● LEADS
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
9/52 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/104
The mark at number ten — 114 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
124 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
9/52
2
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
8/83
3
Kapil Dev
IND
8/106
4
Craig McDermott
AUS
8/141
5
Malcolm Marshall
WI
7/80
6
Imran Niazi
BHR
6/14
7
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
6/73
8
Richard Ellison
ENG
6/77
9
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
6/85
10
Neil Foster
ENG
6/104
11
Bob Holland
AUS
6/106
12
Ashantha de Mel
SL
6/109
13
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/21
14
Michael Holding
WI
5/26
15
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
5/28
16
Abdul Qadir
PAK
5/44
17
Saliya Ahangama
SL
5/52
18
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/54
19
John Emburey
ENG
5/82
20
Geoff Lawson
AUS
5/103
21
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5/109
22
Stephen Boock
NZ
5/117
23
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/118
24
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
5/127
25
Joel Garner
WI
4/10
26
Winston Davis
WI
4/19
27
Norman Gifford
ENG
4/23
28
Maninder Singh
IND
4/31
29
Roger Binny
IND
4/35
30
Madan Lal
IND
4/37
31
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/40
31
Phil Edmonds
ENG
4/40
32
Jeremy Coney
NZ
4/46
33
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4/47
34
Lance Cairns
NZ
4/49
35
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/100
36
Rod McCurdy
AUS
3/19
37
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
3/20
38
Allan Border
AUS
3/21
39
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
3/23
39
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
3/23
40
Roy Dias
SL
3/25
41
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3/27
42
Vinothen John
SL
3/29
43
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
3/35
43
Vic Marks
ENG
3/35
44
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
3/37
45
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
3/38
45
Roger Harper
WI
3/38
46
Ray Bright
AUS
3/39
47
Norman Cowans
ENG
3/44
48
Dave Gilbert
AUS
3/48
49
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
3/50
50
Shivlal Yadav
IND
3/64
51
John Bracewell
NZ
3/91
52
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/110
53
Gopal Sharma
IND
3/115
54
Larry Gomes
WI
2/6
55
Kepler Wessels
AUS
2/16
56
Eldine Baptiste
WI
2/18
57
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2/19
57
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/19
58
Gary Troup
NZ
2/22
59
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
2/25
59
Martin Crowe
NZ
2/25
60
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
2/26
61
Murray Bennett
AUS
2/27
62
Wasim Raja
PAK
2/29
63
Zakir Khan
PAK
2/31
64
Derek Pringle
ENG
2/32
65
Les Taylor
ENG
2/34
66
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/36
66
Martin Snedden
NZ
2/36
66
Tony Gray
WI
2/36
67
Courtney Walsh
WI
2/45
68
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
2/48
69
Shaul Karnain
SL
2/50
70
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/57
71
Rashid Khan
AFG
2/64
72
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
2/65
73
Paul Allott
ENG
2/74
74
Derek Stirling
NZ
2/82
75
Jeff Thomson
AUS
2/166
76
Clive Lloyd
WI
1/0
77
David Hookes
AUS
1/4
77
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1/4
78
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1/8
79
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1/12
80
Vaughan Brown
NZ
1/17
81
Somachandra De Silva
SL
1/29
82
Peter Willey
ENG
1/31
83
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/34
84
Terry Alderman
AUS
1/36
85
Ashok Patel
IND
1/42
86
Carl Rackemann
AUS
1/50
87
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
1/54
87
Paul McEwan
NZ
1/54
88
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
1/65
89
Pat Pocock
ENG
1/79
90
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
1/89
91
Merv Hughes
AUS
1/123
92
Gus Logie
WI
0/0
92
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/0
93
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/2
93
John Wright
NZ
0/2
94
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0/3
95
David Boon
AUS
0/5
95
Ian Smith
NZ
0/5
96
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/7
97
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe
SL
0/8
97
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/8
98
Greg Ritchie
AUS
0/10
98
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/10
98
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/10
99
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/11
100
Yashpal Sharma
IND
0/14
101
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/15
102
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/18
103
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
0/24
103
Desmond Haynes
WI
0/24
104
Rob Bailey
ENG
0/25
105
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
0/26
106
Granville De Silva
SL
0/42
107
Clyde Butts
WI
0/113
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