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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.
TEST
1988
78 entries
1
8/43
Narendra Hirwani
IND
Best return on the list
2
8/52
Merv Hughes
AUS
3
7/12
Malcolm Marshall
WI
● LEADS
Narendra Hirwani
IND
8/43 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/15
The mark at number ten — 68 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
78 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Narendra Hirwani
IND
8/43
2
Merv Hughes
AUS
8/52
3
Malcolm Marshall
WI
7/12
4
Imran Khan
BHR
7/34
5
John Bracewell
NZ
6/16
5
Graham Dilley
ENG
6/16
6
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6/39
7
Patrick Patterson
WI
5/5
8
Steve Waugh
AUS
5/8
9
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
5/13
10
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
5/15
11
Derek Pringle
ENG
5/17
12
Neil Foster
ENG
5/27
12
Danny Morrison
NZ
5/27
13
Arshad Ayub
IND
5/33
14
Winston Benjamin
WI
4/2
15
Peter Taylor
AUS
4/3
16
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4/5
17
Wasim Akram
PAK
4/7
18
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/10
18
Courtney Walsh
WI
4/10
19
Martin Snedden
NZ
4/13
20
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
4/15
21
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
4/16
22
Winston Davis
WI
4/20
23
Graeme Labrooy
SL
4/24
24
Abdul Qadir
PAK
4/26
25
Paul Jarvis
ENG
4/30
26
Tim May
AUS
4/39
27
Bruce Reid
AUS
4/53
28
Gladstone Small
ENG
4/64
29
Terry Alderman
AUS
4/68
30
Phil Newport
ENG
4/77
31
Kaushik Amalean
SL
4/97
32
Roger Harper
WI
3/4
33
Craig McDermott
AUS
3/8
33
Kapil Dev
IND
3/8
34
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
3/13
35
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3/16
36
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3/53
37
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3/97
38
Carl Hooper
WI
2/0
39
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2/1
39
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2/1
40
John Emburey
ENG
2/2
41
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/3
42
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
2/8
43
David Capel
ENG
2/13
44
Peter Sleep
AUS
2/24
45
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
2/26
46
David Lawrence
ENG
2/37
47
Athula Samarasekera
SL
2/38
48
Evan Gray
NZ
2/39
49
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
2/58
50
Aamer Malik
PAK
1/0
51
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
1/4
52
Woorkeri Raman
IND
1/5
53
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1/6
53
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/6
54
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1/13
54
John Childs
ENG
1/13
55
Mike Gatting
ENG
1/21
56
Neal Radford
ENG
1/53
56
Stephen Boock
NZ
1/53
57
Allan Border
AUS
0/0
58
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/1
58
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0/1
59
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/2
60
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0/3
61
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
0/7
62
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
0/8
63
Neil Fairbrother
ENG
0/9
63
Ajay Sharma
IND
0/9
64
Rashid Patel
IND
0/14
65
Chris Matthews
AUS
0/18
66
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
0/41
67
Sanath Kaluperuma
SL
0/62
67
Clyde Butts
WI
0/62
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