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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.
TEST
1987
89 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
6/154
The mark at number ten — 79 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
89 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
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/109
10
Graham Dilley
ENG
6/154
11
Gladstone Small
ENG
5/75
12
Joel Garner
WI
5/79
13
Chetan Sharma
IND
5/80
14
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
5/86
15
Martin Snedden
NZ
5/89
16
Patrick Patterson
WI
5/107
17
Peter Sleep
AUS
5/109
18
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5/111
18
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/111
20
Craig McDermott
AUS
5/135
21
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/136
22
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
5/149
23
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
5/189
24
Don Anurasiri
SL
4/71
25
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/74
26
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/75
27
Gopal Sharma
IND
4/88
28
Mike Whitney
AUS
4/92
29
Danny Morrison
NZ
4/93
30
Kapil Dev
IND
4/103
31
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/104
32
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/105
33
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4/127
33
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4/127
35
Arshad Ayub
IND
4/146
36
Tony Gray
WI
3/47
37
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/58
38
Winston Davis
WI
3/84
39
Nick Cook
ENG
3/87
40
Stephen Boock
NZ
3/96
41
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3/97
42
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3/115
43
Tim May
AUS
3/134
44
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3/217
45
Imran Niazi
PAK
2/90
46
John Bracewell
NZ
2/122
46
Clyde Butts
WI
2/122
48
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/133
49
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1/7
50
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
1/8
51
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/13
52
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/14
53
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/16
54
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/19
55
Dean Jones
AUS
1/23
56
Allan Border
AUS
1/25
57
Bharat Arun
IND
1/26
58
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
1/35
59
Larry Gomes
WI
1/37
60
Raju Kulkarni
IND
1/41
61
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
1/64
61
David Capel
ENG
1/64
63
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/71
64
Winston Benjamin
WI
1/76
65
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/81
66
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/86
67
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1/98
68
Evan Gray
NZ
1/102
69
Arun Lal
IND
0/1
70
Graham Gooch
ENG
0/4
70
Chris Broad
ENG
0/4
70
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/4
73
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0/6
73
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0/6
75
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/7
76
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/10
77
Roger Harper
WI
0/13
78
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0/15
79
Roy Dias
SL
0/17
79
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/17
81
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/18
82
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/20
83
Jeremy Coney
NZ
0/22
84
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/27
85
Dipak Patel
NZ
0/38
86
Carl Hooper
WI
0/40
87
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/43
88
Michael Holding
WI
0/65
89
Asoka de Silva
SL
0/114
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