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Worst Bowling Fig in 1988: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the worst bowling fig in 1988, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1988
119 entries
1
5/95
Derek Pringle
ENG
Best return on the list
2
5/115
Imran Niazi
BHR
3
5/130
Merv Hughes
AUS
● LEADS
Derek Pringle
ENG
5/95 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
3
entries on this list took 5 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4/92
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
119 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Derek Pringle
ENG
5/95
2
Imran Niazi
BHR
5/115
3
Merv Hughes
AUS
5/130
4
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
4/49
4
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
4/49
6
Winston Davis
WI
4/76
7
Peter Taylor
AUS
4/84
8
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/87
8
Phil Newport
ENG
4/87
10
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/92
11
Narendra Hirwani
IND
4/93
12
Kaushik Amalean
SL
4/97
13
Paul Jarvis
ENG
4/107
14
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/109
15
Graeme Labrooy
SL
4/119
16
Abdul Qadir
PAK
4/148
17
Roger Harper
WI
3/50
18
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3/58
19
Terry Alderman
AUS
3/78
20
Courtney Walsh
WI
3/85
20
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3/85
22
John Bracewell
NZ
3/88
22
Wasim Akram
PAK
3/88
24
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3/97
25
Craig McDermott
AUS
3/99
25
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3/99
27
Tim May
AUS
3/126
28
Phil Simmons
WI
2/30
29
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/35
30
Margashayam Venkataramana
IND
2/36
31
Ken Rutherford
NZ
2/39
32
Dipak Patel
NZ
2/45
32
Tony Gray
WI
2/45
34
Simon Davis
AUS
2/55
35
Haafiz Shahid
PAK
2/56
36
David Lawrence
ENG
2/74
37
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
2/86
38
Danny Morrison
NZ
2/95
39
Neil Foster
ENG
2/98
40
Patrick Patterson
WI
2/100
41
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
2/107
42
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2/108
43
Peter Sleep
AUS
2/114
44
Evan Gray
NZ
2/128
45
David Capel
ENG
2/129
46
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
1/15
47
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/26
48
Azhar Hossain
BAN
1/30
49
Kris Srikkanth
IND
1/33
50
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
1/36
51
Mike Gatting
ENG
1/40
52
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/41
53
Asoka de Silva
SL
1/42
54
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
1/43
55
Woorkeri Raman
IND
1/44
56
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/46
57
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
1/48
58
Aaqib Javed
PAK
1/49
58
Willie Watson
ENG
1/49
60
Stu Gillespie
NZ
1/51
60
Eldine Baptiste
WI
1/51
62
Mike Whitney
AUS
1/53
62
Stephen Boock
NZ
1/53
64
Carl Hooper
WI
1/54
64
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
1/54
64
Chetan Sharma
IND
1/54
67
Arshad Ayub
IND
1/55
67
Gholam Nousher
BAN
1/55
67
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/55
70
Naved Anjum
PAK
1/56
71
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/60
72
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
1/64
73
Athula Samarasekera
SL
1/66
74
Kapil Dev
IND
1/71
75
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
1/82
76
Martin Snedden
NZ
1/86
77
John Childs
ENG
1/91
78
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/94
79
Winston Benjamin
WI
1/99
79
John Emburey
ENG
1/99
81
Graham Dilley
ENG
1/101
81
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
1/101
83
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
1/110
84
Andrew Jones
NZ
0/2
85
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/3
86
Roshan Mahanama
SL
0/4
87
Neil Fairbrother
ENG
0/9
88
Ramiz Raja
PAK
0/10
88
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/10
90
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
0/13
91
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/15
92
Dean Jones
AUS
0/16
93
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
0/17
94
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/23
95
Akram Khan
BAN
0/28
96
Ajay Sharma
IND
0/32
96
Wahidul Gani
BAN
0/32
98
Allan Border
AUS
0/33
99
Golam Faruq
BAN
0/34
100
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0/39
101
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
0/41
102
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/44
103
Ian Bishop
WI
0/47
104
Don Anurasiri
SL
0/49
105
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/50
105
Ravi Shastri
IND
0/50
107
Vaughan Brown
NZ
0/51
108
Jahangir Shah
BAN
0/53
109
Zakir Khan
PAK
0/54
110
Maninder Singh
IND
0/55
111
Rashid Patel
IND
0/58
112
Vic Marks
ENG
0/59
113
Chris Matthews
AUS
0/62
113
Clyde Butts
WI
0/62
113
Sanath Kaluperuma
SL
0/62
116
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
0/74
117
Gladstone Small
ENG
0/76
118
Neal Radford
ENG
0/79
119
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
0/107
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