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
18/61Narendra HirwaniINDBest return on the list
28/87Merv HughesAUS
37/22Malcolm MarshallWI
● LEADS
Narendra HirwaniIND
8/61 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/26
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

119 entries, ranked
1Narendra HirwaniIND8/61
2Merv HughesAUS8/87
3Malcolm MarshallWI7/22
4Imran NiaziBHR7/80
5Graham DilleyENG6/38
6Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/49
7John BracewellNZ6/51
8Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/17
9Tony DodemaideAUS5/21
9Arshad AyubIND5/21
10Sanjeev SharmaIND5/26
11Kris SrikkanthIND5/27
12Iqbal QasimPAK5/35
13Patrick PattersonWI5/39
14Neil FosterENG5/64
15Danny MorrisonNZ5/69
16Steve WaughAUS5/92
17Derek PringleENG5/95
18Ravi RatnayekeSL4/23
19Gladstone SmallENG4/31
20Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/32
21Paul JarvisENG4/33
22Martin SneddenNZ4/34
22Mike WhitneyAUS4/34
23Peter TaylorAUS4/38
23Craig McDermottAUS4/38
24John EmbureyENG4/39
24Graeme LabrooySL4/39
25Ravi ShastriIND4/45
26Courtney WalshWI4/46
27Kapila WijegunawardeneSL4/49
28Winston BenjaminWI4/52
29Terry AldermanAUS4/68
30Wasim AkramPAK4/73
31Winston DavisWI4/76
32Abdul QadirPAK4/83
33Phil NewportENG4/87
34Tim MayAUS4/97
34Kaushik AmaleanSL4/97
35Bruce ReidAUS4/100
36Kapil DevIND3/21
37Dipak PatelNZ3/22
38Simon DavisAUS3/27
39Carl HooperWI3/32
40Champaka RamanayakeSL3/35
41Willie WatsonENG3/36
42Saleem JaffarPAK3/37
43Asoka de SilvaSL3/38
44Stu GillespieNZ3/40
45Sir Viv RichardsWI3/42
46Tony GrayWI3/44
47Maninder SinghIND3/47
48Roger HarperWI3/50
49Eddie HemmingsENG3/53
50Aravinda de SilvaSL3/58
51Tauseef AhmedPAK3/73
52Geoff LawsonAUS3/97
53Shoaib MohammadPAK2/8
54David CapelENG2/13
55Mudassar NazarPAK2/24
55Peter SleepAUS2/24
56Evan GrayNZ2/26
56Phil DeFreitasENG2/26
57Arjuna RanatungaSL2/27
58Phil SimmonsWI2/30
59Chris KuggeleijnNZ2/31
59Chetan SharmaIND2/31
60Allan BorderAUS2/32
60Ian BishopWI2/32
61Graham GoochENG2/35
62Margashayam VenkataramanaIND2/36
63Athula SamarasekeraSL2/38
64Ken RutherfordNZ2/39
65Eldine BaptisteWI2/41
66Haafiz ShahidPAK2/56
67David LawrenceENG2/74
68Aamer MalikPAK1/0
69Saleem MalikPAK1/7
69Woorkeri RamanIND1/7
70Mohinder AmarnathIND1/8
71Ranjith MadurasingheSL1/11
72John ChildsENG1/13
73Mohammad AzharuddinIND1/15
74Don AnurasiriSL1/18
75Azhar HossainBAN1/20
76Mike GattingENG1/21
77Vaughan BrownNZ1/24
78Ajay SharmaIND1/25
79Naved AnjumPAK1/30
80Neal RadfordENG1/32
81Sridharan JeganathanSL1/36
82Ijaz FaqihPAK1/38
83Manzoor ElahiPAK1/43
84Aaqib JavedPAK1/49
85Stephen BoockNZ1/53
86Athar Ali KhanBAN1/54
87Gholam NousherBAN1/55
88Andrew JonesNZ0/2
89Martyn MoxonENG0/3
89Sanath KaluperumaSL0/3
90Roshan MahanamaSL0/4
90Minhajul AbedinBAN0/4
91Akram KhanBAN0/6
92Chris CowdreyENG0/8
93Neil FairbrotherENG0/9
94Ramiz RajaPAK0/10
95Javed MiandadPAK0/11
96Aminul IslamBAN0/12
97Rashid PatelIND0/14
98Asanka GurusinhaSL0/15
99Jahangir ShahBAN0/16
99Dean JonesAUS0/16
100Chris MatthewsAUS0/18
101Golam FaruqBAN0/19
102Wahidul GaniBAN0/32
103Mohsin KamalPAK0/39
104Zakir KhanPAK0/49
105Vic MarksENG0/59
106Clyde ButtsWI0/62
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