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Best Bowling Fig in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best bowling fig in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
125 entries
1
9/56
Abdul Qadir
PAK
Best return on the list
2
8/107
Neil Foster
ENG
3
7/27
Maninder Singh
IND
● LEADS
Abdul Qadir
PAK
9/56 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/78
The mark at number ten — 115 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
125 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Abdul Qadir
PAK
9/56
2
Neil Foster
ENG
8/107
3
Maninder Singh
IND
7/27
4
Imran Niazi
BHR
7/40
5
John Emburey
ENG
7/78
6
Patrick Patterson
WI
6/29
7
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/50
8
Roger Binny
IND
6/56
9
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
6/58
10
Peter Taylor
AUS
6/78
11
Graham Dilley
ENG
6/154
12
Sir Viv Richards
WI
5/41
13
Craig McDermott
AUS
5/44
14
Joel Garner
WI
5/47
15
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
5/48
16
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/54
16
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/54
17
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/55
18
Graeme Labrooy
SL
5/57
19
Martin Snedden
NZ
5/68
20
Peter Sleep
AUS
5/72
21
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/75
22
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5/85
23
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
5/86
24
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/96
25
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/11
26
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4/19
26
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4/19
27
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/30
28
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/43
29
Steve Waugh
AUS
4/48
30
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
4/52
31
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/53
32
Kapil Dev
IND
4/69
33
Don Anurasiri
SL
4/71
34
Arshad Ayub
IND
4/72
35
Danny Morrison
NZ
4/86
36
Gopal Sharma
IND
4/88
37
Mike Whitney
AUS
4/92
38
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/109
39
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/127
40
Tony Gray
WI
3/9
41
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
3/19
42
Winston Davis
WI
3/20
43
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3/25
44
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3/26
45
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/27
45
Carl Hooper
WI
3/27
46
Michael Holding
WI
3/32
47
Dipak Patel
NZ
3/36
48
David Capel
ENG
3/38
49
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/40
50
Raju Kulkarni
IND
3/42
51
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/44
52
Roger Harper
WI
3/49
53
Mike Gatting
ENG
3/59
54
Tim May
AUS
3/68
55
Winston Benjamin
WI
3/69
56
Stephen Boock
NZ
3/76
57
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3/79
58
Nick Cook
ENG
3/87
59
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
2/20
60
Clyde Butts
WI
2/21
60
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/21
61
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
2/24
62
John Traicos
SA
2/27
62
Allan Border
AUS
2/27
63
Kevin Curran
ZIM
2/29
64
Simon Davis
AUS
2/31
65
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/34
65
Ali Shah
ZIM
2/34
66
Willie Watson
ENG
2/36
66
Ken MacLeay
AUS
2/36
67
John Bracewell
NZ
2/40
68
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2/42
69
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2/43
70
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2/44
71
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
2/45
72
Peter Rawson
ZIM
2/46
73
Iain Butchart
ZIM
2/59
73
Greg Thomas
ENG
2/59
74
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
2/64
75
Dean Jones
AUS
1/4
76
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/5
77
Kris Srikkanth
IND
1/6
78
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1/7
78
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
1/7
79
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/9
79
Larry Gomes
WI
1/9
80
Derek Pringle
ENG
1/11
81
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/13
82
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/19
83
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
1/21
84
Madan Lal
IND
1/25
85
Bharat Arun
IND
1/26
86
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/31
87
Evan Gray
NZ
1/35
88
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1/36
89
Andrew Zesers
AUS
1/37
90
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
1/39
91
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/42
92
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1/43
93
Shakeel Khan
PAK
1/50
94
Vinothen John
SL
1/53
95
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
1/64
96
Ashantha de Mel
SL
1/97
97
Arun Lal
IND
0/0
98
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0/2
99
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/3
100
Chris Broad
ENG
0/4
100
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/4
100
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/4
101
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/6
101
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0/6
102
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/7
103
Bill Athey
ENG
0/10
104
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/14
105
Tom Moody
AUS
0/15
106
David Boon
AUS
0/17
106
Roy Dias
SL
0/17
107
Lalchand Rajput
IND
0/18
108
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/19
109
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/27
110
Eldine Baptiste
WI
0/33
111
Babu Meman
ZIM
0/34
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