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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.
ODI
1988
106 entries
1
4/49
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
Best return on the list
2
4/50
Narendra Hirwani
IND
3
3/13
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
● LEADS
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
4/49 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 4 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3/78
The mark at number ten — 96 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
8 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
106 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
4/49
2
Narendra Hirwani
IND
4/50
3
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
3/13
4
Gladstone Small
ENG
3/44
5
Merv Hughes
AUS
3/48
6
Danny Morrison
NZ
3/50
7
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3/54
8
Steve Waugh
AUS
3/57
9
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3/58
10
Patrick Patterson
WI
3/78
11
Evan Gray
NZ
2/26
12
Phil Simmons
WI
2/30
13
Allan Border
AUS
2/32
14
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/35
15
Margashayam Venkataramana
IND
2/36
16
Kapil Dev
IND
2/39
16
Ken Rutherford
NZ
2/39
18
Tony Gray
WI
2/45
18
Dipak Patel
NZ
2/45
20
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
2/47
21
Martin Snedden
NZ
2/51
21
Craig McDermott
AUS
2/51
23
John Emburey
ENG
2/53
24
Simon Davis
AUS
2/55
25
Haafiz Shahid
PAK
2/56
26
Winston Benjamin
WI
2/65
27
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2/72
28
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
1/15
29
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/26
30
Azhar Hossain
BAN
1/30
31
Kris Srikkanth
IND
1/33
32
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
1/36
33
Roger Harper
WI
1/40
34
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/41
35
Asoka de Silva
SL
1/42
35
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1/42
37
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
1/43
37
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
1/43
39
Woorkeri Raman
IND
1/44
40
Paul Jarvis
ENG
1/45
41
Derek Pringle
ENG
1/46
41
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
1/46
41
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/46
44
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
1/48
45
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
1/49
45
Tim May
AUS
1/49
45
Willie Watson
ENG
1/49
45
Aaqib Javed
PAK
1/49
49
Stu Gillespie
NZ
1/51
49
Eldine Baptiste
WI
1/51
51
Peter Taylor
AUS
1/52
52
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
1/53
52
Mike Whitney
AUS
1/53
54
Chetan Sharma
IND
1/54
54
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
1/54
54
Carl Hooper
WI
1/54
57
Arshad Ayub
IND
1/55
57
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1/55
57
Gholam Nousher
BAN
1/55
60
Naved Anjum
PAK
1/56
61
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
1/58
62
Wasim Akram
PAK
1/62
63
Graham Dilley
ENG
1/64
63
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
1/64
65
Winston Davis
WI
1/69
66
Andrew Jones
NZ
0/2
67
Sanath Kaluperuma
SL
0/3
68
Roshan Mahanama
SL
0/4
69
Ramiz Raja
PAK
0/10
69
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/10
71
Mike Gatting
ENG
0/14
72
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/15
73
Dean Jones
AUS
0/16
74
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
0/17
75
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/23
76
Kaushik Amalean
SL
0/27
77
Akram Khan
BAN
0/28
77
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
0/28
79
Terry Alderman
AUS
0/30
80
Ajay Sharma
IND
0/32
80
Wahidul Gani
BAN
0/32
82
Golam Faruq
BAN
0/34
83
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0/39
84
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
0/41
85
Javed Miandad
PAK
0/44
86
Ian Bishop
WI
0/47
86
Neil Foster
ENG
0/47
88
John Bracewell
NZ
0/49
88
Don Anurasiri
SL
0/49
90
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/50
90
Courtney Walsh
WI
0/50
90
David Capel
ENG
0/50
90
Ravi Shastri
IND
0/50
94
Vaughan Brown
NZ
0/51
95
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0/52
96
Jahangir Shah
BAN
0/53
97
Zakir Khan
PAK
0/54
98
Maninder Singh
IND
0/55
99
Rashid Patel
IND
0/58
100
Vic Marks
ENG
0/59
101
Neal Radford
ENG
0/61
101
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0/61
103
Abdul Qadir
PAK
0/64
104
Graeme Labrooy
SL
0/65
105
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
0/74
106
Imran Niazi
BHR
0/76
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