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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.
TEST
1987
89 entries
1
9/8
Abdul Qadir
PAK
Best return on the list
2
8/4
Neil Foster
ENG
3
7/3
John Emburey
ENG
● LEADS
Abdul Qadir
PAK
9/8 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/1
The mark at number ten — 79 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
89 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Abdul Qadir
PAK
9/8
2
Neil Foster
ENG
8/4
3
John Emburey
ENG
7/3
4
Imran Khan
BHR
7/8
5
Maninder Singh
IND
7/13
6
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/9
7
Roger Binny
IND
6/25
8
Graham Dilley
ENG
6/48
8
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
6/48
9
Peter Taylor
AUS
6/76
10
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/1
11
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/3
11
Joel Garner
WI
5/3
12
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/13
13
Martin Snedden
NZ
5/14
13
Peter Sleep
AUS
5/14
14
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/17
15
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
5/22
16
Patrick Patterson
WI
5/24
17
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/28
18
Craig McDermott
AUS
5/29
19
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
5/36
20
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5/85
21
Kapil Dev
IND
4/2
22
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/7
23
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/11
24
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/12
25
Arshad Ayub
IND
4/14
26
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/19
27
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/21
28
Danny Morrison
NZ
4/32
29
Gopal Sharma
IND
4/36
30
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/43
31
Mike Whitney
AUS
4/45
32
Don Anurasiri
SL
4/67
33
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3/2
34
Stephen Boock
NZ
3/8
35
Tony Gray
WI
3/14
36
Nick Cook
ENG
3/15
37
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3/17
38
Winston Davis
WI
3/20
39
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/32
40
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3/33
41
Tim May
AUS
3/68
42
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/0
42
Clyde Butts
WI
2/0
43
John Bracewell
NZ
2/13
44
Imran Niazi
PAK
2/90
45
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/0
46
Dean Jones
AUS
1/1
46
Larry Gomes
WI
1/1
47
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/2
48
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/6
49
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1/7
50
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
1/8
50
David Capel
ENG
1/8
51
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/9
51
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/9
52
Bharat Arun
IND
1/14
53
Raju Kulkarni
IND
1/15
54
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
1/16
55
Winston Benjamin
WI
1/17
56
Allan Border
AUS
1/25
57
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/29
58
Evan Gray
NZ
1/35
59
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
1/64
60
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1/79
61
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/81
62
Arun Lal
IND
0/0
62
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/0
63
Chris Broad
ENG
0/4
63
Graham Gooch
ENG
0/4
63
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/4
63
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/4
64
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/5
64
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/5
65
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/6
65
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0/6
66
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/7
67
Jeremy Coney
NZ
0/8
68
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/10
69
Dipak Patel
NZ
0/11
70
Roger Harper
WI
0/13
71
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/17
71
Roy Dias
SL
0/17
72
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/27
73
Michael Holding
WI
0/34
74
Carl Hooper
WI
0/40
75
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/114
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