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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.
TEST
1985
96 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
6/106
The mark at number ten — 86 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
96 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
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
6/73
7
Richard Ellison
ENG
6/77
8
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
6/85
9
Neil Foster
ENG
6/104
10
Bob Holland
AUS
6/106
11
Ashantha de Mel
SL
6/109
12
Imran Niazi
BHR
5/40
13
Abdul Qadir
PAK
5/44
14
Saliya Ahangama
SL
5/52
15
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/54
16
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/56
17
John Emburey
ENG
5/82
18
Geoff Lawson
AUS
5/103
19
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5/109
20
Stephen Boock
NZ
5/117
21
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/118
22
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
5/127
23
Winston Davis
WI
4/19
24
Maninder Singh
IND
4/31
25
Phil Edmonds
ENG
4/40
26
Lance Cairns
NZ
4/49
27
Michael Holding
WI
4/79
28
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/87
29
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/100
30
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
3/37
31
Ray Bright
AUS
3/39
32
Dave Gilbert
AUS
3/48
33
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
3/50
34
Shivlal Yadav
IND
3/64
35
John Bracewell
NZ
3/91
36
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/110
37
Gopal Sharma
IND
3/115
38
Joel Garner
WI
2/14
39
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2/19
40
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
2/23
41
Martin Crowe
NZ
2/25
42
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/28
43
Roger Harper
WI
2/33
44
Les Taylor
ENG
2/34
45
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/36
45
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/36
46
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/38
47
Norman Cowans
ENG
2/39
48
Courtney Walsh
WI
2/45
49
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
2/48
50
Roger Binny
IND
2/49
51
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
2/51
52
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/57
53
Rashid Khan
AFG
2/64
54
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
2/65
55
Paul Allott
ENG
2/74
56
Derek Stirling
NZ
2/82
57
Gary Troup
NZ
2/87
58
Jeff Thomson
AUS
2/166
59
David Hookes
AUS
1/4
60
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1/8
61
Vaughan Brown
NZ
1/17
62
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/34
63
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1/38
64
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
1/65
65
Martin Snedden
NZ
1/66
66
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
1/68
67
Pat Pocock
ENG
1/79
68
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
1/89
69
Murray Bennett
AUS
1/111
70
Merv Hughes
AUS
1/123
71
Allan Border
AUS
0/0
71
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/0
71
Gus Logie
WI
0/0
72
Larry Gomes
WI
0/1
73
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/2
73
Kepler Wessels
AUS
0/2
73
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/2
73
John Wright
NZ
0/2
74
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0/3
74
Wasim Raja
PAK
0/3
75
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
0/4
76
Ian Smith
NZ
0/5
77
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/7
78
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/8
78
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe
SL
0/8
79
Greg Ritchie
AUS
0/10
79
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/10
79
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/10
80
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/11
81
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/18
82
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/22
83
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
0/24
84
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
0/34
84
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/34
85
Clyde Butts
WI
0/113
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