Best Bowling Fig in 1988: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1988, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1988119 entries
18/19Narendra HirwaniINDBest return on the list
28/30Merv HughesAUS
37/12Malcolm MarshallWI
● LEADS
Narendra HirwaniIND
8/19 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/13
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

119 entries, ranked
1Narendra HirwaniIND8/19
2Merv HughesAUS8/30
3Malcolm MarshallWI7/12
4Imran KhanBHR7/33
5Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/12
6John BracewellNZ6/16
6Graham DilleyENG6/16
7Kris SrikkanthIND5/1
8Patrick PattersonWI5/5
9Steve WaughAUS5/8
10Sanjeev SharmaIND5/13
10Iqbal QasimPAK5/13
10Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/13
11Tony DodemaideAUS5/15
12Derek PringleENG5/17
13Arshad AyubIND5/20
14Danny MorrisonNZ5/27
14Neil FosterENG5/27
15John EmbureyENG4/2
15Winston BenjaminWI4/2
16Peter TaylorAUS4/3
17Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/5
18Wasim AkramPAK4/7
19Craig McDermottAUS4/8
20Ravi ShastriIND4/10
20Courtney WalshWI4/10
21Gladstone SmallENG4/11
21Martin SneddenNZ4/11
22Kaushik AmaleanSL4/14
23Terry AldermanAUS4/15
24Ravi RatnayekeSL4/16
25Winston DavisWI4/20
26Kapila WijegunawardeneSL4/21
27Tim MayAUS4/22
28Abdul QadirPAK4/23
29Graeme LabrooySL4/24
30Mike WhitneyAUS4/26
31Paul JarvisENG4/30
32Bruce ReidAUS4/53
33Phil NewportENG4/77
34Carl HooperWI3/0
35Sir Viv RichardsWI3/1
36Aravinda de SilvaSL3/2
37Roger HarperWI3/4
38Champaka RamanayakeSL3/6
39Saleem JaffarPAK3/8
39Kapil DevIND3/8
40Maninder SinghIND3/9
41Tauseef AhmedPAK3/12
42Asoka de SilvaSL3/16
43Willie WatsonENG3/19
44Dipak PatelNZ3/20
45Simon DavisAUS3/23
46Stu GillespieNZ3/31
47Tony GrayWI3/44
48Eddie HemmingsENG3/53
49Geoff LawsonAUS3/97
50Allan BorderAUS2/0
51Ken RutherfordNZ2/1
51Shoaib MohammadPAK2/1
52Mudassar NazarPAK2/3
52Graham GoochENG2/3
53Chris KuggeleijnNZ2/4
54Arjuna RanatungaSL2/6
55Phil SimmonsWI2/9
56Athula SamarasekeraSL2/11
57Ian BishopWI2/13
57David CapelENG2/13
58Haafiz ShahidPAK2/17
59Chetan SharmaIND2/19
60Phil DeFreitasENG2/20
61Eldine BaptisteWI2/23
62Evan GrayNZ2/24
62Peter SleepAUS2/24
63Margashayam VenkataramanaIND2/36
64David LawrenceENG2/37
65Aamer MalikPAK1/0
66Woorkeri RamanIND1/1
67Saleem MalikPAK1/4
68Mohinder AmarnathIND1/7
69Ajay SharmaIND1/9
69Manzoor ElahiPAK1/9
70Ranjith MadurasingheSL1/11
70Mohammad AzharuddinIND1/11
71Athar Ali KhanBAN1/12
72Ijaz FaqihPAK1/13
72John ChildsENG1/13
73Mike GattingENG1/14
74Gholam NousherBAN1/15
75Don AnurasiriSL1/18
76Azhar HossainBAN1/20
77Vaughan BrownNZ1/24
78Neal RadfordENG1/29
79Naved AnjumPAK1/30
80Sridharan JeganathanSL1/36
81Aaqib JavedPAK1/45
82Stephen BoockNZ1/53
83Andrew JonesNZ0/2
84Martyn MoxonENG0/3
84Sanath KaluperumaSL0/3
85Roshan MahanamaSL0/4
85Minhajul AbedinBAN0/4
86Akram KhanBAN0/6
87Chris CowdreyENG0/8
88Neil FairbrotherENG0/9
89Ramiz RajaPAK0/10
90Javed MiandadPAK0/11
91Aminul IslamBAN0/12
92Rashid PatelIND0/14
93Asanka GurusinhaSL0/15
94Jahangir ShahBAN0/16
94Dean JonesAUS0/16
95Chris MatthewsAUS0/18
96Golam FaruqBAN0/19
97Wahidul GaniBAN0/32
98Mohsin KamalPAK0/39
99Zakir KhanPAK0/49
100Vic MarksENG0/59
101Clyde ButtsWI0/62
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