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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.
TEST
1986
91 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
5/37
The mark at number ten — 81 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
91 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
Malcolm Marshall
WI
5/33
10
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5/37
11
Roger Binny
IND
5/40
12
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5/41
13
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
5/44
14
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/48
15
Graham Dilley
ENG
5/68
16
Steve Waugh
AUS
5/69
17
Shivlal Yadav
IND
5/76
18
Richard Ellison
ENG
5/78
18
John Emburey
ENG
5/78
19
Ray Bright
AUS
5/94
20
Greg Matthews
AUS
5/103
21
Courtney Walsh
WI
4/21
22
Patrick Patterson
WI
4/30
23
Phil Edmonds
ENG
4/31
24
Tony Gray
WI
4/39
25
Joel Garner
WI
4/43
26
Kapil Dev
IND
4/52
27
John Lever
ENG
4/64
27
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/64
28
Greg Thomas
ENG
4/70
29
Derek Pringle
ENG
4/73
29
Clyde Butts
WI
4/73
30
Craig McDermott
AUS
4/83
31
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/101
32
Peter Sleep
AUS
4/132
33
Roger Harper
WI
3/10
34
Madan Lal
IND
3/18
35
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
3/19
36
Ashantha de Mel
SL
3/39
37
Michael Holding
WI
3/47
37
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3/47
38
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
3/57
39
Kaushik Amalean
SL
3/59
40
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3/62
41
Neil Foster
ENG
3/76
41
Bharat Arun
IND
3/76
42
Zakir Khan
PAK
3/80
43
Evan Gray
NZ
3/83
44
Raju Kulkarni
IND
3/85
45
Chris Matthews
AUS
3/95
46
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/134
47
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
2/25
48
Derek Stirling
NZ
2/48
49
Willie Watson
ENG
2/51
50
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
2/52
51
Gary Troup
NZ
2/86
52
Dave Gilbert
AUS
2/106
53
Neal Radford
ENG
2/131
54
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/9
55
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
1/15
55
Peter Willey
ENG
1/15
56
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/19
57
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
1/23
58
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
1/26
58
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1/26
59
Asoka de Silva
SL
1/37
60
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
1/69
61
Stu Gillespie
NZ
1/79
62
Gary Robertson
NZ
1/91
63
Bob Holland
AUS
1/113
64
Graeme Labrooy
SL
1/164
65
Larry Gomes
WI
0/0
65
Dean Jones
AUS
0/0
65
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
0/0
65
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/0
65
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/0
65
John Reid
NZ
0/0
66
Allan Border
AUS
0/1
66
David Gower
ENG
0/1
67
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/2
67
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/2
68
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/3
69
Martin Crowe
NZ
0/4
69
Don Anurasiri
SL
0/4
70
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/5
70
David Boon
AUS
0/5
71
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0/8
72
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
0/16
73
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
0/37
74
Geoff Lawson
AUS
0/44
75
Simon Davis
AUS
0/70
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