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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.
ODI
1986
95 entries
1
5/1
Courtney Walsh
WI
Best return on the list
2
5/46
Dave Gilbert
AUS
3
5/53
Bruce Reid
AUS
● LEADS
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/1 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
3
entries on this list took 5 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4/28
The mark at number ten — 85 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
95 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/1
2
Dave Gilbert
AUS
5/46
3
Bruce Reid
AUS
5/53
4
Abdul Qadir
PAK
4/9
5
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4/14
6
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
4/15
7
Wasim Akram
PAK
4/19
8
Maninder Singh
IND
4/22
9
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/23
10
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/28
11
Stu Gillespie
NZ
4/30
11
Kapil Dev
IND
4/30
12
Tony Gray
WI
4/36
13
Kaushik Amalean
SL
4/46
14
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/47
15
Simon Davis
AUS
3/10
16
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3/12
17
Willie Watson
ENG
3/15
18
Craig McDermott
AUS
3/20
19
Winston Benjamin
WI
3/21
20
Joel Garner
WI
3/22
20
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
3/22
21
Allan Border
AUS
3/23
21
Martin Snedden
NZ
3/23
22
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
3/25
22
Chetan Sharma
IND
3/25
23
Roger Binny
IND
3/26
24
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/27
24
Imran Niazi
BHR
3/27
25
Zakir Khan
PAK
3/34
26
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/36
27
Neil Foster
ENG
3/39
28
Ashantha de Mel
SL
3/40
28
Don Anurasiri
SL
3/40
29
Richard Ellison
ENG
3/43
30
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3/49
31
John Bracewell
NZ
2/3
32
Roger Harper
WI
2/8
33
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
2/16
34
Patrick Patterson
WI
2/17
35
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2/19
36
Jahangir Shah
BAN
2/23
36
Ravi Shastri
IND
2/23
36
Martin Crowe
NZ
2/23
37
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
2/26
38
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/28
38
Raju Kulkarni
IND
2/28
39
Michael Holding
WI
2/29
40
Graeme Labrooy
SL
2/32
41
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2/39
42
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2/43
43
John Emburey
ENG
2/46
43
Graham Dilley
ENG
2/46
44
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2/51
45
Madan Lal
IND
2/53
46
Evan Gray
NZ
2/55
47
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/59
48
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/0
49
Larry Gomes
WI
1/1
50
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
1/4
51
Gazi Ashraf
BAN
1/7
51
Bruce Blair
NZ
1/7
52
Kirti Azad
IND
1/19
53
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/21
54
Golam Faruq
BAN
1/22
55
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/24
56
Peter Willey
ENG
1/25
57
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1/27
58
Keerthi Ranasinghe
SL
1/28
58
Ray Bright
AUS
1/28
59
Greg Thomas
ENG
1/35
60
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1/37
61
Gopal Sharma
IND
1/38
62
Phil Edmonds
ENG
1/42
63
Bharat Arun
IND
1/43
64
Gholam Nousher
BAN
1/45
65
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
1/54
66
Stephen Boock
NZ
1/55
67
R.P.Singh
IND
1/58
68
Derek Pringle
ENG
1/63
69
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
0/4
69
Geoff Marsh
AUS
0/4
70
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/9
70
David Gower
ENG
0/9
71
David Boon
AUS
0/11
71
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/11
72
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/13
72
Gary Robertson
NZ
0/13
73
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/14
74
Samiur Rahman
BAN
0/15
74
Gamini Perera
SL
0/15
75
Les Taylor
ENG
0/17
76
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/19
76
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0/19
77
Glenn Trimble
AUS
0/32
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