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Best Bowling Fig in 1989: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1989, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1989
119 entries
1
7/46
Allan Border
AUS
Best return on the list
2
7/89
Mike Whitney
AUS
3
6/41
Sir Viv Richards
WI
● LEADS
Allan Border
AUS
7/46 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 7 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/128
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
119 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Allan Border
AUS
7/46
2
Mike Whitney
AUS
7/89
3
Sir Viv Richards
WI
6/41
4
Malcolm Marshall
WI
6/55
5
Courtney Walsh
WI
6/62
6
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
6/66
7
Geoff Lawson
AUS
6/72
8
Kapil Dev
IND
6/84
9
Ian Bishop
WI
6/87
10
Terry Alderman
AUS
6/128
11
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
6/132
12
Abdul Qadir
PAK
6/160
13
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
5/26
14
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/38
14
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/38
15
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
5/40
16
Vivek Razdan
IND
5/79
17
Merv Hughes
AUS
5/88
18
Arshad Ayub
IND
5/104
19
Graeme Labrooy
SL
5/133
20
Danny Morrison
NZ
4/33
21
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4/36
22
Imran Niazi
BHR
4/45
23
Angus Fraser
ENG
4/63
24
Derek Pringle
ENG
4/70
25
Ravi Shastri
IND
4/78
26
Waqar Younis
PAK
4/80
27
John Emburey
ENG
4/88
28
Martin Snedden
NZ
4/108
29
Graham Gooch
ENG
3/19
30
Peter Taylor
AUS
3/22
30
Winston Benjamin
WI
3/22
30
Carl Hooper
WI
3/22
31
Peter Sleep
AUS
3/26
31
Kris Srikkanth
IND
3/26
32
Aaqib Javed
PAK
3/28
33
Neil Foster
ENG
3/29
34
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3/35
35
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3/38
36
Gladstone Small
ENG
3/39
37
Ajay Sharma
IND
3/41
37
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
3/41
38
Chetan Sharma
IND
3/46
39
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3/51
40
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/56
41
Trevor Hohns
AUS
3/59
42
Carl Rackemann
AUS
3/88
43
Nick Cook
ENG
3/91
44
Greg Campbell
AUS
3/102
45
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2/13
46
David Capel
ENG
2/16
47
Maninder Singh
IND
2/17
48
Eldine Baptiste
WI
2/21
49
Salil Ankola
IND
2/26
50
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
2/30
50
Asoka de Silva
SL
2/30
51
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
2/31
52
Akram Raza
PAK
2/34
52
Dean Jones
AUS
2/34
53
Tim May
AUS
2/35
53
Aamer Malik
PAK
2/35
54
Robert Haynes
WI
2/36
55
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2/37
56
Craig McDermott
AUS
2/38
57
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2/42
58
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2/43
59
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/45
60
Zakir Khan
PAK
2/50
61
Gary Robertson
NZ
2/56
62
Naved Anjum
PAK
2/57
63
Narendra Hirwani
IND
2/59
64
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2/63
65
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
2/81
66
Alan Igglesden
ENG
2/91
67
Graham Dilley
ENG
2/123
68
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
2/131
69
Phil Newport
ENG
2/153
70
Phil Simmons
WI
1/3
71
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/9
71
Raman Lamba
IND
1/9
72
Margashayam Venkataramana
IND
1/10
73
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
1/13
74
Lalithamana Fernando
SL
1/16
75
Paul Jarvis
ENG
1/20
75
Willie Watson
ENG
1/20
76
Tom Moody
AUS
1/21
77
Shahid Saeed
PAK
1/27
78
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/28
79
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/34
80
Sikander Bakht
PAK
1/43
81
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
1/45
82
Nilantha Ratnayake
SL
1/59
83
Dipak Patel
NZ
1/80
84
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1/82
85
John Bracewell
NZ
1/123
86
Patrick Patterson
WI
1/130
87
Devon Malcolm
ENG
1/166
88
Stephen Boock
NZ
1/229
89
Keith Arthurton
WI
0/0
90
Roshan Mahanama
SL
0/3
91
Carlisle Best
WI
0/4
91
Sohail Fazal
PAK
0/4
92
Woorkeri Raman
IND
0/5
93
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
0/7
93
Robin Singh
IND
0/7
93
Tim Curtis
ENG
0/7
94
Mike Atherton
ENG
0/10
94
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
0/10
94
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/10
95
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/11
96
Kiran More
IND
0/12
97
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0/15
98
Andrew Jones
NZ
0/16
99
Don Anurasiri
SL
0/22
100
Roger Harper
WI
0/31
101
Kim Barnett
ENG
0/32
102
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
0/55
103
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0/56
104
Chris Cairns
NZ
0/60
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