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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
88 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
6/154
The mark at number ten — 78 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
88 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
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/50
7
Roger Binny
IND
6/56
8
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
6/58
9
Peter Taylor
AUS
6/78
10
Graham Dilley
ENG
6/154
11
Patrick Patterson
WI
5/24
12
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
5/48
13
Joel Garner
WI
5/51
14
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/54
14
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/54
15
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/55
16
Martin Snedden
NZ
5/68
17
Peter Sleep
AUS
5/72
18
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/75
19
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5/85
20
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
5/86
21
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/96
22
Craig McDermott
AUS
5/97
23
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/11
24
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/30
25
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/43
26
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/53
27
Kapil Dev
IND
4/69
28
Don Anurasiri
SL
4/71
29
Arshad Ayub
IND
4/72
30
Danny Morrison
NZ
4/86
31
Gopal Sharma
IND
4/88
32
Mike Whitney
AUS
4/92
33
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/109
34
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/127
35
Winston Davis
WI
3/20
36
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/40
37
Tony Gray
WI
3/45
38
Tim May
AUS
3/68
39
Stephen Boock
NZ
3/76
40
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3/79
40
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3/79
41
Nick Cook
ENG
3/87
42
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3/217
43
Clyde Butts
WI
2/21
44
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/26
45
John Bracewell
NZ
2/58
46
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/2
47
Dean Jones
AUS
1/5
48
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1/7
49
David Capel
ENG
1/8
49
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
1/8
50
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/9
50
Larry Gomes
WI
1/9
51
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/13
52
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/14
53
Raju Kulkarni
IND
1/15
54
Winston Benjamin
WI
1/17
55
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/19
56
Allan Border
AUS
1/25
57
Bharat Arun
IND
1/26
58
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/32
59
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
1/35
59
Evan Gray
NZ
1/35
60
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
1/64
61
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1/79
62
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/81
63
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/0
63
Arun Lal
IND
0/0
64
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/4
64
Graham Gooch
ENG
0/4
64
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/4
64
Chris Broad
ENG
0/4
65
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/5
65
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/5
66
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/6
66
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0/6
67
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/7
68
Jeremy Coney
NZ
0/8
69
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/10
70
Dipak Patel
NZ
0/11
71
Roger Harper
WI
0/13
72
Roy Dias
SL
0/17
72
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/17
73
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/27
74
Michael Holding
WI
0/34
75
Carl Hooper
WI
0/40
76
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/114
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