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Worst Bowling Fig in 1985: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The worst bowling fig in 1985 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1985
124 entries
1
6/77
Richard Ellison
ENG
Best return on the list
2
6/90
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3
6/109
Ashantha de Mel
SL
● LEADS
Richard Ellison
ENG
6/77 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
3
entries on this list took 6 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4/113
The mark at number ten — 114 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
124 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Richard Ellison
ENG
6/77
2
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/90
3
Ashantha de Mel
SL
6/109
4
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/54
5
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5/109
6
Stephen Boock
NZ
5/117
7
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/118
8
Madan Lal
IND
4/37
9
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/110
10
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/113
11
Allan Border
AUS
3/21
12
Roy Dias
SL
3/25
13
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3/63
14
Saliya Ahangama
SL
3/72
15
Shivlal Yadav
IND
3/84
16
Michael Holding
WI
3/89
17
John Bracewell
NZ
3/91
18
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/110
19
Imran Niazi
BHR
3/112
20
Gopal Sharma
IND
3/115
21
Neil Foster
ENG
3/123
22
John Emburey
ENG
3/129
23
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
3/157
24
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
2/26
25
Zakir Khan
PAK
2/31
26
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/36
26
Tony Gray
WI
2/36
28
Derek Pringle
ENG
2/49
29
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
2/50
30
Shaul Karnain
SL
2/56
31
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/57
32
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
2/60
33
Kepler Wessels
AUS
2/61
34
Rashid Khan
AFG
2/64
35
Joel Garner
WI
2/72
36
Paul Allott
ENG
2/74
37
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
2/81
38
Derek Stirling
NZ
2/82
39
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/85
40
Gary Troup
NZ
2/87
40
Ray Bright
AUS
2/87
42
Dave Gilbert
AUS
2/102
43
Wasim Akram
PAK
2/105
43
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2/105
45
Norman Cowans
ENG
2/115
46
Kapil Dev
IND
2/131
47
Geoff Lawson
AUS
2/135
48
Ravi Shastri
IND
2/143
49
Craig McDermott
AUS
2/155
49
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2/155
51
Jeff Thomson
AUS
2/166
52
Clive Lloyd
WI
1/0
53
David Hookes
AUS
1/4
54
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/30
55
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1/38
56
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/40
57
Larry Gomes
WI
1/42
58
Peter Willey
ENG
1/44
59
Carl Rackemann
AUS
1/50
60
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
1/54
60
Paul McEwan
NZ
1/54
60
Courtney Walsh
WI
1/54
63
Roger Binny
IND
1/56
64
Rodney Hogg
AUS
1/58
65
Somachandra De Silva
SL
1/62
66
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
1/65
67
Martin Snedden
NZ
1/66
68
Rod McCurdy
AUS
1/69
69
Eldine Baptiste
WI
1/73
70
Les Taylor
ENG
1/78
71
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
1/89
72
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1/97
73
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
1/103
74
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
1/104
75
Lance Cairns
NZ
1/105
76
Murray Bennett
AUS
1/111
77
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
1/117
78
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/122
79
Merv Hughes
AUS
1/123
80
Pat Pocock
ENG
1/130
81
Abdul Qadir
PAK
1/142
82
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1/145
83
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/1
84
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0/3
85
Ian Smith
NZ
0/5
86
John Wright
NZ
0/6
87
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/7
88
David Boon
AUS
0/8
88
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/8
90
Greg Ritchie
AUS
0/10
90
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/10
90
Gus Logie
WI
0/10
93
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/11
94
Yashpal Sharma
IND
0/14
95
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/15
96
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/18
97
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/20
98
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/22
99
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
0/24
99
Desmond Haynes
WI
0/24
101
Rob Bailey
ENG
0/25
102
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/27
102
Norman Gifford
ENG
0/27
104
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe
SL
0/28
105
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
0/30
106
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/34
107
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
0/36
108
Wasim Raja
PAK
0/42
109
Terry Alderman
AUS
0/48
110
Roger Harper
WI
0/52
111
Ashok Patel
IND
0/54
112
Granville De Silva
SL
0/56
113
Vic Marks
ENG
0/57
114
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0/58
115
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0/61
116
Vinothen John
SL
0/64
117
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
0/65
118
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/74
119
Winston Davis
WI
0/75
120
Vaughan Brown
NZ
0/96
121
Maninder Singh
IND
0/99
122
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
0/102
123
Bob Holland
AUS
0/106
124
Clyde Butts
WI
0/113
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