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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.
TEST
1985
96 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
3/50
The mark at number ten — 86 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
96 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
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/110
9
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/113
10
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
3/50
11
Saliya Ahangama
SL
3/72
12
Shivlal Yadav
IND
3/84
13
Michael Holding
WI
3/89
14
John Bracewell
NZ
3/91
15
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/110
16
Imran Niazi
BHR
3/112
17
Gopal Sharma
IND
3/115
18
Neil Foster
ENG
3/123
19
John Emburey
ENG
3/129
20
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
3/157
21
Roger Harper
WI
2/33
22
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/36
22
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/36
24
Courtney Walsh
WI
2/45
25
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/57
26
Rashid Khan
AFG
2/64
27
Joel Garner
WI
2/72
28
Paul Allott
ENG
2/74
29
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
2/81
30
Derek Stirling
NZ
2/82
31
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/85
32
Gary Troup
NZ
2/87
32
Ray Bright
AUS
2/87
34
Dave Gilbert
AUS
2/102
35
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2/105
35
Wasim Akram
PAK
2/105
37
Norman Cowans
ENG
2/115
38
Kapil Dev
IND
2/131
39
Geoff Lawson
AUS
2/135
40
Ravi Shastri
IND
2/143
41
Craig McDermott
AUS
2/155
41
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2/155
43
Jeff Thomson
AUS
2/166
44
David Hookes
AUS
1/4
45
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/30
46
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/34
47
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1/38
48
Roger Binny
IND
1/56
49
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
1/58
50
Jeremy Coney
NZ
1/62
51
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
1/65
52
Martin Snedden
NZ
1/66
53
Les Taylor
ENG
1/78
54
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
1/89
55
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1/97
56
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
1/103
57
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
1/104
58
Lance Cairns
NZ
1/105
59
Murray Bennett
AUS
1/111
60
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
1/117
61
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/122
62
Merv Hughes
AUS
1/123
63
Pat Pocock
ENG
1/130
64
Abdul Qadir
PAK
1/142
65
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1/145
66
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/0
66
Gus Logie
WI
0/0
68
John Wright
NZ
0/2
69
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0/3
70
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
0/4
71
Ian Smith
NZ
0/5
72
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/7
73
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/8
74
Greg Ritchie
AUS
0/10
74
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/10
74
Wasim Raja
PAK
0/10
77
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/11
78
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/14
79
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0/15
80
Allan Border
AUS
0/16
80
Kepler Wessels
AUS
0/16
82
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/18
83
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/20
83
Larry Gomes
WI
0/20
85
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/22
86
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
0/24
87
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe
SL
0/28
88
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/34
89
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
0/65
90
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/74
91
Winston Davis
WI
0/75
92
Vaughan Brown
NZ
0/96
93
Maninder Singh
IND
0/99
94
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
0/102
95
Bob Holland
AUS
0/106
96
Clyde Butts
WI
0/113
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