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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.
ODI
1989
94 entries
1
6/41
Sir Viv Richards
WI
Best return on the list
2
5/26
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
3
5/27
Ian Bishop
WI
● LEADS
Sir Viv Richards
WI
6/41 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 6 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3/5
The mark at number ten — 84 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
94 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Viv Richards
WI
6/41
2
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
5/26
3
Ian Bishop
WI
5/27
4
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/38
4
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/38
5
Terry Alderman
AUS
4/22
6
Courtney Walsh
WI
4/25
7
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/33
7
Danny Morrison
NZ
4/33
8
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4/36
9
Merv Hughes
AUS
4/44
10
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
3/5
11
Imran Niazi
BHR
3/13
12
Graham Gooch
ENG
3/19
13
Allan Border
AUS
3/20
14
Waqar Younis
PAK
3/21
15
Peter Taylor
AUS
3/22
15
Winston Benjamin
WI
3/22
15
Carl Hooper
WI
3/22
16
Kapil Dev
IND
3/26
16
Kris Srikkanth
IND
3/26
17
Abdul Qadir
PAK
3/27
18
Aaqib Javed
PAK
3/28
19
Neil Foster
ENG
3/29
20
John Emburey
ENG
3/31
21
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3/35
22
Graeme Labrooy
SL
3/38
22
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3/38
23
Gladstone Small
ENG
3/39
24
Ajay Sharma
IND
3/41
24
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
3/41
25
Chetan Sharma
IND
3/46
26
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3/48
27
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3/51
28
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/56
29
Martin Snedden
NZ
2/14
30
David Capel
ENG
2/16
31
Maninder Singh
IND
2/17
32
Eldine Baptiste
WI
2/21
33
Angus Fraser
ENG
2/25
34
Salil Ankola
IND
2/26
35
Arshad Ayub
IND
2/27
36
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
2/30
36
Asoka de Silva
SL
2/30
37
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2/33
38
Dean Jones
AUS
2/34
38
Akram Raza
PAK
2/34
39
Tim May
AUS
2/35
39
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
2/35
39
Aamer Malik
PAK
2/35
40
Robert Haynes
WI
2/36
41
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2/37
42
Craig McDermott
AUS
2/38
43
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2/42
44
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2/43
44
Nick Cook
ENG
2/43
45
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/45
46
Ravi Shastri
IND
2/47
47
Gary Robertson
NZ
2/56
48
Phil Simmons
WI
1/3
49
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/9
49
Raman Lamba
IND
1/9
50
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
1/13
51
Lalithamana Fernando
SL
1/16
52
Derek Pringle
ENG
1/19
53
Willie Watson
ENG
1/20
54
Tom Moody
AUS
1/21
55
Shahid Saeed
PAK
1/27
56
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
1/28
56
Javed Miandad
PAK
1/28
57
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1/34
58
Vivek Razdan
IND
1/37
59
Sikander Bakht
PAK
1/43
59
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1/43
60
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
1/45
60
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
1/45
60
Narendra Hirwani
IND
1/45
61
Greg Campbell
AUS
1/54
62
Nilantha Ratnayake
SL
1/59
63
Sohail Fazal
PAK
0/4
63
Carlisle Best
WI
0/4
64
Robin Singh
IND
0/7
65
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/9
66
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/10
66
Keith Arthurton
WI
0/10
67
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/11
68
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0/15
69
Don Anurasiri
SL
0/22
70
Roger Harper
WI
0/31
71
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0/36
72
Dipak Patel
NZ
0/42
73
Patrick Patterson
WI
0/50
74
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
0/55
75
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0/56
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