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Best Bowling Fig in 1996: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1996, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1996
176 entries
1
6/15
Waqar Younis
PAK
Best return on the list
2
6/21
Allan Donald
SA
3
5/9
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
● LEADS
Waqar Younis
PAK
6/15 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 6 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/20
The mark at number ten — 166 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
176 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Waqar Younis
PAK
6/15
2
Allan Donald
SA
6/21
3
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
5/9
4
Danny Morrison
NZ
5/11
5
Ottis Gibson
WI
5/13
6
Shaukat Dukanwala
UAE
5/14
7
Jimmy Adams
WI
5/15
8
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
5/16
9
Charlie Lock
ZIM
5/17
10
Paul Strang
ZIM
5/20
10
Shane Warne
AUS
5/20
10
Damien Fleming
AUS
5/20
11
Chris Harris
NZ
5/22
12
Roger Harper
WI
4/9
13
Fanie de Villiers
SA
4/10
14
Wasim Akram
PAK
4/11
14
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4/11
15
Anil Kumble
IND
4/12
16
Paul Reiffel
AUS
4/13
16
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
4/13
17
Shaun Pollock
SA
4/15
18
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4/16
19
Upul Chandana
SL
4/17
20
Javagal Srinath
IND
4/18
21
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
4/22
22
Adam Hollioake
ENG
4/23
22
Darren Gough
ENG
4/23
23
Chris Lewis
ENG
4/30
24
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
4/32
25
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3/3
26
Brian McMillan
SA
3/5
27
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3/7
28
Guy Whittall
ZIM
3/8
29
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3/9
29
Jacques Kallis
SA
3/9
29
Neil Smith
ENG
3/9
29
Laurie Williams
WI
3/9
30
Mark Waugh
AUS
3/11
31
Craig McDermott
AUS
3/12
31
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3/12
31
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
3/12
32
Rajab Ali
KEN
3/14
32
Derek Crookes
SA
3/14
32
Gavin Larsen
NZ
3/14
32
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
3/14
32
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3/14
33
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3/16
33
Azhar Saeed
UAE
3/16
34
Chris Cairns
NZ
3/17
35
Paul Adams
SA
3/18
35
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
3/18
35
Courtney Walsh
WI
3/18
36
Craig Matthews
SA
3/19
36
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
3/19
37
Shane Thomson
NZ
3/20
38
Dominic Cork
ENG
3/21
38
Manjula Munasinghe
SL
3/21
39
Peter Martin
ENG
3/23
39
Heath Streak
ZIM
3/23
40
Dion Nash
NZ
3/26
40
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
3/26
40
Andy Whittall
ZIM
3/26
41
John Rennie
ZIM
3/27
42
Steven Lubbers
NED
3/38
43
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2/0
44
Craig White
ENG
2/2
44
Hansie Cronje
SA
2/2
45
Saleem Malik
PAK
2/3
46
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
2/4
47
Graham Thorpe
ENG
2/5
48
Nathan Astle
NZ
2/6
49
Simon Doull
NZ
2/7
50
Graeme Hick
ENG
2/8
50
Ajay Jadeja
IND
2/8
50
Aamer Sohail
PAK
2/8
50
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2/8
50
Tito Odumbe
KEN
2/8
51
Michael Bevan
AUS
2/9
52
Stuart Law
AUS
2/10
53
Martin Suji
KEN
2/11
54
Aaqib Javed
PAK
2/12
55
Phil Simmons
WI
2/13
55
Nixon McLean
WI
2/13
55
Paul-Jan Bakker
NED
2/13
56
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/14
57
Dipak Patel
NZ
2/16
57
Shahid Nazir
PAK
2/16
58
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
2/17
59
Pat Symcox
SA
2/18
59
Ian Bishop
WI
2/18
59
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
2/18
60
Lance Klusener
SA
2/19
60
Greg Blewett
AUS
2/19
60
Aasif Karim
KEN
2/19
61
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2/20
61
Robert Kennedy
NZ
2/20
61
Carl Hooper
WI
2/20
62
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
2/21
63
Richard Snell
SA
2/22
63
Sunil Joshi
IND
2/22
64
Sultan Zarawani
UAE
2/23
65
Alan Mullally
ENG
2/24
65
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
2/24
65
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
2/24
66
Nicky Boje
SA
2/25
66
Tom Moody
AUS
2/25
67
Justin Vaughan
NZ
2/26
68
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2/27
68
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2/27
68
Aashish Kapoor
IND
2/27
69
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2/28
70
Paras Mhambrey
IND
2/29
70
Robin Singh
IND
2/29
71
Robert Croft
ENG
2/32
72
Matthew Hart
NZ
2/33
73
Henry Olonga
ZIM
2/47
74
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
2/50
75
Mohammad Akram
PAK
2/52
76
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1/4
77
Steve Tikolo
KEN
1/5
78
Craig Evans
ZIM
1/6
79
Stephen Fleming
NZ
1/8
79
Shane Lee
AUS
1/8
80
Grant Flower
ZIM
1/10
81
Keith Arthurton
WI
1/11
82
Brad Hogg
AUS
1/12
82
Ronnie Irani
ENG
1/12
83
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1/13
84
Dermot Reeve
ENG
1/14
85
Shahzad Altaf
UAE
1/15
86
Arshad Laeeq
UAE
1/16
86
Tony Suji
KEN
1/16
87
Saleem Raza
UAE
1/17
87
Johanne Samarasekera
UAE
1/17
88
Peter Cantrell
NED
1/18
89
Eric Gouka
NED
1/19
90
Roland Lefebvre
NED
1/20
90
Stephen Peall
ZIM
1/20
91
Floris Jansen
NED
1/22
92
Richard Illingworth
ENG
1/25
93
Darren Lehmann
AUS
1/26
94
Cameron Cuffy
WI
1/31
94
Eric Upashantha
SL
1/31
94
Lameck Onyango
KEN
1/31
95
Flavian Aponso
NED
1/38
95
Kenny Benjamin
WI
1/38
96
Prashant Vaidya
IND
1/42
97
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/0
98
Navjot Sidhu
IND
0/1
99
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
0/4
99
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
0/4
100
Saeed Anwar
PAK
0/6
100
Gary Kirsten
SA
0/6
100
Craig Spearman
NZ
0/6
101
Daryll Cullinan
SA
0/7
102
Tim de Leede
NED
0/9
103
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
0/10
104
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/11
104
Sourav Ganguly
IND
0/11
105
David Tikolo
KEN
0/13
106
Roger Twose
NZ
0/14
106
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
0/14
106
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/14
107
Mark Dekker
ZIM
0/17
108
Ali Shah
ZIM
0/18
109
Mark Ealham
ENG
0/23
110
Woorkeri Raman
IND
0/25
110
Saeed-al-Saffar
UAE
0/25
111
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/27
112
Salil Ankola
IND
0/28
112
Mazhar Hussain
UAE
0/28
113
Gary Brent
ZIM
0/29
114
Dean Headley
ENG
0/32
115
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
0/41
116
Mike Watkinson
ENG
0/43
117
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
0/47
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