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Best Bowling Fig in 1986: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1986
116 entries
1
7/51
Maninder Singh
IND
Best return on the list
2
7/116
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3
6/16
Abdul Qadir
PAK
● LEADS
Maninder Singh
IND
7/51 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 7 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/33
The mark at number ten — 106 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
116 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Maninder Singh
IND
7/51
2
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
7/116
3
Abdul Qadir
PAK
6/16
4
John Bracewell
NZ
6/32
5
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
6/45
6
Imran Niazi
BHR
6/46
7
Chetan Sharma
IND
6/58
8
Wasim Akram
PAK
6/91
9
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/1
10
Malcolm Marshall
WI
5/33
11
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5/37
12
Roger Binny
IND
5/40
13
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5/41
14
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
5/44
15
Dave Gilbert
AUS
5/46
16
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/48
17
Bruce Reid
AUS
5/53
18
Graham Dilley
ENG
5/68
19
Steve Waugh
AUS
5/69
20
Shivlal Yadav
IND
5/76
21
John Emburey
ENG
5/78
21
Richard Ellison
ENG
5/78
22
Ray Bright
AUS
5/94
23
Greg Matthews
AUS
5/103
24
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4/14
25
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/28
26
Stu Gillespie
NZ
4/30
26
Kapil Dev
IND
4/30
26
Patrick Patterson
WI
4/30
27
Phil Edmonds
ENG
4/31
28
Tony Gray
WI
4/36
29
Joel Garner
WI
4/43
30
Kaushik Amalean
SL
4/46
31
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/47
32
John Lever
ENG
4/64
33
Greg Thomas
ENG
4/70
34
Derek Pringle
ENG
4/73
34
Clyde Butts
WI
4/73
35
Craig McDermott
AUS
4/83
36
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/101
37
Peter Sleep
AUS
4/132
38
Roger Harper
WI
3/10
38
Simon Davis
AUS
3/10
39
Willie Watson
ENG
3/15
40
Madan Lal
IND
3/18
41
Winston Benjamin
WI
3/21
42
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
3/22
43
Allan Border
AUS
3/23
43
Martin Snedden
NZ
3/23
44
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
3/25
45
Zakir Khan
PAK
3/34
46
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/36
47
Neil Foster
ENG
3/39
47
Ashantha de Mel
SL
3/39
48
Don Anurasiri
SL
3/40
49
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3/47
49
Michael Holding
WI
3/47
50
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3/49
51
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
3/57
52
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3/62
53
Bharat Arun
IND
3/76
54
Evan Gray
NZ
3/83
55
Raju Kulkarni
IND
3/85
56
Chris Matthews
AUS
3/95
57
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/134
58
Martin Crowe
NZ
2/23
58
Jahangir Shah
BAN
2/23
59
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
2/25
60
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
2/26
61
Graeme Labrooy
SL
2/32
62
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2/43
63
Derek Stirling
NZ
2/48
64
Gary Troup
NZ
2/86
65
Neal Radford
ENG
2/131
66
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/0
67
Larry Gomes
WI
1/1
68
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
1/4
69
Gazi Ashraf
BAN
1/7
69
Bruce Blair
NZ
1/7
70
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/9
71
Peter Willey
ENG
1/15
72
Kirti Azad
IND
1/19
73
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/21
74
Golam Faruq
BAN
1/22
75
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
1/26
76
Keerthi Ranasinghe
SL
1/28
77
Asoka de Silva
SL
1/37
77
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1/37
78
Gopal Sharma
IND
1/38
79
Gholam Nousher
BAN
1/45
80
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
1/54
81
Stephen Boock
NZ
1/55
82
R.P.Singh
IND
1/58
83
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
1/69
84
Gary Robertson
NZ
1/91
85
Bob Holland
AUS
1/113
86
Dean Jones
AUS
0/0
86
John Reid
NZ
0/0
86
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/0
86
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/0
87
David Gower
ENG
0/1
88
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/2
88
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/2
89
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/3
90
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
0/4
90
Geoff Marsh
AUS
0/4
91
David Boon
AUS
0/5
92
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0/8
93
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/9
94
Gamini Perera
SL
0/15
94
Samiur Rahman
BAN
0/15
95
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
0/16
96
Les Taylor
ENG
0/17
97
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0/19
98
Glenn Trimble
AUS
0/32
99
Geoff Lawson
AUS
0/44
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