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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
6/56
Roger Binny
IND
Best return on the list
2
6/58
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
3
6/78
Peter Taylor
AUS
● LEADS
Roger Binny
IND
6/56 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
5
entries on this list took 6 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4/65
The mark at number ten — 115 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
125 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Roger Binny
IND
6/56
2
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
6/58
3
Peter Taylor
AUS
6/78
4
Imran Niazi
BHR
6/129
5
Graham Dilley
ENG
6/154
6
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/75
7
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
5/86
8
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/109
9
Maninder Singh
IND
5/135
10
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4/65
11
Don Anurasiri
SL
4/71
12
Joel Garner
WI
4/79
13
Gopal Sharma
IND
4/88
14
Mike Whitney
AUS
4/92
15
Wasim Akram
PAK
4/111
16
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/127
17
Craig McDermott
AUS
4/135
18
Courtney Walsh
WI
4/136
19
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3/57
20
Mike Gatting
ENG
3/59
21
Winston Davis
WI
3/84
22
Nick Cook
ENG
3/87
23
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3/189
24
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3/217
25
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2/21
26
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2/34
27
Ali Shah
ZIM
2/42
28
John Traicos
SA
2/45
29
Kevin Curran
ZIM
2/51
30
Raju Kulkarni
IND
2/57
31
Merv Hughes
AUS
2/58
32
Greg Thomas
ENG
2/59
32
Iain Butchart
ZIM
2/59
32
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2/59
35
Peter Rawson
ZIM
2/62
36
Bruce Reid
AUS
2/74
37
Danny Morrison
NZ
2/93
38
Stephen Boock
NZ
2/96
39
Kapil Dev
IND
2/103
40
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2/104
41
Neil Foster
ENG
2/107
42
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
2/111
43
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
2/115
44
John Bracewell
NZ
2/122
45
Abdul Qadir
PAK
2/130
46
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1/7
47
Kris Srikkanth
IND
1/10
48
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
1/26
49
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1/36
50
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
1/37
50
Larry Gomes
WI
1/37
52
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
1/39
53
Carl Hooper
WI
1/42
53
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/42
55
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1/43
56
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
1/45
57
Greg Matthews
AUS
1/47
58
Tony Gray
WI
1/48
59
Shakeel Khan
PAK
1/50
60
Madan Lal
IND
1/51
61
Vinothen John
SL
1/53
62
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
1/56
63
Willie Watson
ENG
1/59
64
Roger Harper
WI
1/63
65
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
1/64
66
Graeme Labrooy
SL
1/68
67
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1/75
68
Winston Benjamin
WI
1/76
69
Chetan Sharma
IND
1/80
70
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/81
71
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/86
72
Martin Snedden
NZ
1/89
73
Ashantha de Mel
SL
1/97
74
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1/98
75
Ravi Shastri
IND
1/105
76
Patrick Patterson
WI
1/107
77
Peter Sleep
AUS
1/109
78
Shivlal Yadav
IND
1/127
79
Tim May
AUS
1/134
80
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
1/149
81
Arun Lal
IND
0/1
82
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0/2
83
Allan Lamb
ENG
0/3
84
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/6
84
Chris Broad
ENG
0/6
84
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0/6
87
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/10
87
Bill Athey
ENG
0/10
89
Tom Moody
AUS
0/15
89
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/15
91
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
0/16
92
Roy Dias
SL
0/17
92
David Boon
AUS
0/17
94
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/20
95
Dean Jones
AUS
0/23
96
Lalchand Rajput
IND
0/24
96
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/24
98
Martin Crowe
NZ
0/26
99
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/27
100
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/32
100
Bharat Arun
IND
0/32
102
Eldine Baptiste
WI
0/33
103
Babu Meman
ZIM
0/34
104
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/35
105
Andrew Zesers
AUS
0/37
106
Allan Border
AUS
0/39
107
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
0/40
108
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
0/42
109
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
0/44
109
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/44
111
Simon Davis
AUS
0/48
112
Ken MacLeay
AUS
0/51
113
Dipak Patel
NZ
0/53
114
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
0/58
115
David Capel
ENG
0/64
116
Michael Holding
WI
0/65
117
Steve Waugh
AUS
0/71
118
Derek Pringle
ENG
0/83
119
Phil Edmonds
ENG
0/97
120
Evan Gray
NZ
0/102
121
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/114
122
Clyde Butts
WI
0/122
123
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0/133
124
John Emburey
ENG
0/143
125
Arshad Ayub
IND
0/146
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