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Worst Bowling Fig in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The worst bowling fig in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
125 entries
1
9/130
Abdul Qadir
PAK
Best return on the list
2
8/107
Neil Foster
ENG
3
7/129
Imran Khan
BHR
● LEADS
Abdul Qadir
PAK
9/130 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/109
The mark at number ten — 115 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
125 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Abdul Qadir
PAK
9/130
2
Neil Foster
ENG
8/107
3
Imran Khan
BHR
7/129
4
Maninder Singh
IND
7/135
5
John Emburey
ENG
7/143
6
Roger Binny
IND
6/56
7
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
6/58
8
Peter Taylor
AUS
6/78
9
Patrick Patterson
WI
6/107
10
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/109
11
Graham Dilley
ENG
6/154
12
Graeme Labrooy
SL
5/68
13
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/75
14
Joel Garner
WI
5/79
15
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/80
16
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
5/86
16
Sir Viv Richards
WI
5/86
18
Martin Snedden
NZ
5/89
19
Peter Sleep
AUS
5/109
20
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5/111
20
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/111
22
Craig McDermott
AUS
5/135
23
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/136
24
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
5/149
25
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/189
26
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4/56
27
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
4/57
28
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4/65
29
Steve Waugh
AUS
4/71
29
Don Anurasiri
SL
4/71
31
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/74
32
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/75
33
Gopal Sharma
IND
4/88
34
Mike Whitney
AUS
4/92
35
Danny Morrison
NZ
4/93
36
Kapil Dev
IND
4/103
37
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/104
38
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/105
39
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/127
39
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/127
41
Arshad Ayub
IND
4/146
42
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
3/26
43
Carl Hooper
WI
3/42
44
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/47
45
Tony Gray
WI
3/48
46
Dipak Patel
NZ
3/53
47
Raju Kulkarni
IND
3/57
48
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/58
49
Mike Gatting
ENG
3/59
50
Roger Harper
WI
3/63
51
David Capel
ENG
3/64
52
Michael Holding
WI
3/65
53
Winston Benjamin
WI
3/76
54
Winston Davis
WI
3/84
55
Nick Cook
ENG
3/87
56
Stephen Boock
NZ
3/96
57
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3/97
58
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3/115
59
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3/133
60
Tim May
AUS
3/134
61
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3/217
62
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/21
63
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/34
64
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
2/37
65
Allan Border
AUS
2/39
66
Ali Shah
ZIM
2/42
67
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
2/44
67
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2/44
69
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
2/45
69
John Traicos
SA
2/45
71
Simon Davis
AUS
2/48
72
Kevin Curran
ZIM
2/51
72
Ken MacLeay
AUS
2/51
74
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2/58
75
Iain Butchart
ZIM
2/59
75
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2/59
75
Greg Thomas
ENG
2/59
75
Willie Watson
ENG
2/59
79
Peter Rawson
ZIM
2/62
80
Imran Niazi
PAK
2/90
81
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
2/98
82
John Bracewell
NZ
2/122
82
Clyde Butts
WI
2/122
84
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1/7
85
Kris Srikkanth
IND
1/10
85
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/10
87
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
1/16
88
Dean Jones
AUS
1/23
89
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/26
90
Bharat Arun
IND
1/32
91
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/35
92
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1/36
93
Andrew Zesers
AUS
1/37
93
Larry Gomes
WI
1/37
95
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
1/40
96
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/42
96
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/42
98
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1/43
99
Shakeel Khan
PAK
1/50
100
Madan Lal
IND
1/51
101
Vinothen John
SL
1/53
102
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
1/64
103
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/81
104
Derek Pringle
ENG
1/83
105
Ashantha de Mel
SL
1/97
106
Evan Gray
NZ
1/102
107
Arun Lal
IND
0/1
108
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0/2
109
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/3
110
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/6
110
Chris Broad
ENG
0/6
110
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0/6
113
Bill Athey
ENG
0/10
114
Tom Moody
AUS
0/15
114
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/15
116
Roy Dias
SL
0/17
116
David Boon
AUS
0/17
118
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/20
119
Lalchand Rajput
IND
0/24
119
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/24
121
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/27
122
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/32
123
Eldine Baptiste
WI
0/33
124
Babu Meman
ZIM
0/34
125
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/114
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