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Best Bowling Fig in 1991: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best bowling fig during the 1991 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1991
108 entries
1
8/97
Craig McDermott
AUS
Best return on the list
2
7/37
Aaqib Javed
PAK
3
7/70
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
● LEADS
Craig McDermott
AUS
8/97 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/29
The mark at number ten — 98 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
108 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Craig McDermott
AUS
8/97
2
Aaqib Javed
PAK
7/37
3
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
7/70
4
Phil Tufnell
ENG
6/25
5
Tony Gray
WI
6/50
6
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
6/52
7
Bruce Reid
AUS
6/60
8
Chris Lewis
ENG
6/111
9
Ravi Shastri
IND
5/15
10
Allan Donald
SA
5/29
11
Allan Border
AUS
5/68
12
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
5/69
13
Chris Cairns
NZ
5/75
14
Patrick Patterson
WI
5/81
15
Waqar Younis
PAK
5/84
16
Kapil Dev
IND
5/97
17
Derek Pringle
ENG
5/100
18
David Lawrence
ENG
5/106
19
Danny Morrison
NZ
5/153
20
Courtney Walsh
WI
4/14
21
Malcolm Marshall
WI
4/18
22
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4/25
23
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4/34
23
Carl Hooper
WI
4/34
24
Mark Waugh
AUS
4/37
24
Merv Hughes
AUS
4/37
25
Graeme Labrooy
SL
4/42
26
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
4/45
27
Anil Kumble
IND
4/50
28
Willie Watson
ENG
4/121
29
Devon Malcolm
ENG
4/128
30
Angus Fraser
ENG
3/22
31
Mike Whitney
AUS
3/25
32
Peter Taylor
AUS
3/27
32
Wasim Akram
PAK
3/27
33
Subroto Banerjee
IND
3/30
34
Chris Harris
NZ
3/33
35
Steve Watkin
ENG
3/38
36
Chris Pringle
NZ
3/43
36
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
3/43
36
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
3/43
37
Steve Waugh
AUS
3/46
38
Martin Bicknell
ENG
3/55
39
Javagal Srinath
IND
3/59
40
Terry Alderman
AUS
3/62
41
Shane Thomson
NZ
3/63
42
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3/94
43
Don Anurasiri
SL
3/106
44
Richard Illingworth
ENG
3/110
45
Greg Matthews
AUS
3/155
46
Anderson Cummins
WI
2/21
47
Keith Arthurton
WI
2/23
48
Gavin Larsen
NZ
2/25
49
Ian Bishop
WI
2/28
50
Asoka de Silva
SL
2/36
51
Akram Raza
PAK
2/37
52
Imran Niazi
BHR
2/38
52
Tom Moody
AUS
2/38
53
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
2/39
53
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2/39
54
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2/43
55
Richard Petrie
NZ
2/51
56
Gladstone Small
ENG
2/65
57
Ian Allen
WI
2/69
58
Graeme Hick
ENG
2/77
59
Dipak Patel
NZ
2/90
60
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
1/2
61
Clayton Lambert
WI
1/4
62
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1/5
63
Phil Simmons
WI
1/8
64
Graham Gooch
ENG
1/9
65
Martin Crowe
NZ
1/12
66
Richard Reid
NZ
1/13
67
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/16
68
Adrian Kuiper
SA
1/22
68
Ezra Moseley
WI
1/22
69
Peter Kirsten
SA
1/23
70
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1/24
71
Carl Rackemann
AUS
1/25
72
Andrew Jones
NZ
1/27
72
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
1/27
73
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
1/33
74
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1/34
74
Winston Benjamin
WI
1/34
74
Robert Haynes
WI
1/34
75
Atul Wassan
IND
1/35
76
Saradindu Mukherjee
IND
1/39
77
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
1/40
78
Craig Matthews
SA
1/41
79
Richard Snell
SA
1/43
80
Clive Rice
SA
1/46
80
Tim Shaw
SA
1/46
81
Narendra Hirwani
IND
1/54
82
Phil Newport
ENG
1/56
83
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
0/1
83
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0/1
84
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0/2
85
Dean Jones
AUS
0/4
86
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0/7
87
Mike Atherton
ENG
0/9
88
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/11
89
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/13
90
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
0/14
91
Clive Eksteen
SA
0/18
92
Brian McMillan
SA
0/30
93
Aamer Sohail
PAK
0/34
94
Dermot Reeve
ENG
0/43
95
Grant Bradburn
NZ
0/83
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