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Best Bowling Fig in 1990: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best bowling fig in 1990 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1990
128 entries
1
8/45
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
Best return on the list
2
7/51
Bruce Reid
AUS
3
7/52
Chris Pringle
NZ
● LEADS
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
8/45 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/78
The mark at number ten — 118 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
128 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
8/45
2
Bruce Reid
AUS
7/51
3
Chris Pringle
NZ
7/52
4
Waqar Younis
PAK
7/76
5
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
6/12
6
Terry Alderman
AUS
6/47
7
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
6/58
8
Wasim Akram
PAK
6/62
9
Devon Malcolm
ENG
6/77
10
Willie Watson
ENG
6/78
11
Angus Fraser
ENG
6/82
12
John Bracewell
NZ
6/85
13
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
5/13
14
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
5/32
15
Saleem Malik
PAK
5/35
16
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5/39
17
Ian Bishop
WI
5/41
18
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
5/53
19
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/68
20
Danny Morrison
NZ
5/75
21
Merv Hughes
AUS
5/111
22
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/24
23
Chris Lewis
ENG
4/35
24
Kapil Dev
IND
4/36
25
Carl Rackemann
AUS
4/40
26
Gladstone Small
ENG
4/58
27
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4/74
28
Atul Wassan
IND
4/108
29
Narendra Hirwani
IND
4/174
30
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3/14
31
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
3/15
32
Greg Campbell
AUS
3/17
33
Shane Thomson
NZ
3/19
34
Mark Waugh
AUS
3/20
35
Allan Border
AUS
3/25
36
Peter Taylor
AUS
3/31
36
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3/31
37
Martin Snedden
NZ
3/32
38
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
3/36
39
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/40
40
Aaqib Javed
PAK
3/57
41
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
3/60
42
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3/80
43
David Capel
ENG
3/88
44
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
3/90
45
Anil Kumble
IND
3/105
46
Abdul Qadir
PAK
2/5
47
Grant Bradburn
NZ
2/18
48
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
2/20
49
Jonathan Millmow
NZ
2/22
49
Imran Niazi
BHR
2/22
49
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/22
50
Graham Gooch
ENG
2/23
51
Richard Petrie
NZ
2/25
52
Carl Hooper
WI
2/28
53
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
2/31
54
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
2/34
55
Ravi Shastri
IND
2/36
55
Martin Bicknell
ENG
2/36
56
Arshad Ayub
IND
2/38
57
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2/39
57
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2/39
57
Don Anurasiri
SL
2/39
57
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
2/39
58
Graeme Labrooy
SL
2/40
59
Chris Harris
NZ
2/42
60
Shaul Karnain
SL
2/43
61
Sajjad Akbar
PAK
2/45
62
Nadeem Ghauri
PAK
2/51
63
Akram Raza
PAK
2/52
63
Ezra Moseley
WI
2/52
64
Asoka de Silva
SL
2/57
64
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
2/57
65
Masood Anwar
PAK
2/59
66
Neil Williams
ENG
2/148
67
Peter Sleep
AUS
1/6
68
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1/9
69
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1/12
70
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1/13
71
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1/14
71
Gavin Larsen
NZ
1/14
72
Saeed Anwar
PAK
1/15
73
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/22
74
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
1/23
74
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
1/23
75
Mark Priest
NZ
1/26
75
Gopal Sharma
IND
1/26
76
Gholam Nousher
BAN
1/27
77
Golam Faruq
BAN
1/28
78
Robert Haynes
WI
1/29
79
Saradindu Mukherjee
IND
1/30
80
Phil Tufnell
ENG
1/31
81
Azhar Hossain
BAN
1/33
82
Craig McDermott
AUS
1/35
83
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1/36
84
Nilantha Ratnayake
SL
1/39
85
Ajay Sharma
IND
1/40
85
Andrew Jones
NZ
1/40
86
Zakir Khan
PAK
1/41
87
Dipak Patel
NZ
1/44
88
Eldine Baptiste
WI
1/47
89
Mike Atherton
ENG
1/60
90
Patrick Patterson
WI
1/74
91
Mark Greatbatch
NZ
0/0
92
Wayne Larkins
ENG
0/1
93
Carlisle Best
WI
0/2
94
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/3
95
Marvan Atapattu
SL
0/4
95
Gazi Ashraf
BAN
0/4
96
David White
NZ
0/5
97
Dean Jones
AUS
0/6
98
Enamul Haque
BAN
0/7
98
Mansoor Rana
PAK
0/7
99
Rod Latham
NZ
0/10
100
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/11
100
Maqsood Rana
PAK
0/11
100
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0/11
101
Aamer Malik
PAK
0/12
102
Naved Anjum
PAK
0/13
103
Jahangir Alam Talukdar
BAN
0/16
104
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/19
105
Stu Roberts
NZ
0/21
106
Woorkeri Raman
IND
0/23
107
Akram Khan
BAN
0/25
108
Vivek Razdan
IND
0/31
109
Saiful Islam
BAN
0/42
110
Derek Pringle
ENG
0/45
111
Jahangir Shah
BAN
0/62
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