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Worst Bowling Fig in 1996: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the worst bowling fig in 1996, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1996
176 entries
1
4/32
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
Best return on the list
2
4/45
Adam Hollioake
ENG
3
3/45
Azhar Saeed
UAE
● LEADS
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
4/32 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 4 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2/27
The mark at number ten — 166 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Sri Lanka
9 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
176 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
4/32
2
Adam Hollioake
ENG
4/45
3
Azhar Saeed
UAE
3/45
4
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
3/48
5
Jimmy Adams
WI
3/53
6
Heath Streak
ZIM
3/60
7
Javagal Srinath
IND
3/65
8
Allan Donald
SA
3/72
9
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3/94
10
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2/27
11
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
2/29
12
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2/31
13
Nixon McLean
WI
2/33
13
Matthew Hart
NZ
2/33
15
Greg Blewett
AUS
2/34
15
Tito Odumbe
KEN
2/34
17
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2/42
17
Gavin Larsen
NZ
2/42
19
Robin Singh
IND
2/45
19
Graeme Hick
ENG
2/45
21
Neil Smith
ENG
2/46
22
Henry Olonga
ZIM
2/47
22
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
2/47
22
Ajay Jadeja
IND
2/47
25
Paul Adams
SA
2/50
25
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
2/50
25
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2/50
28
Nicky Boje
SA
2/51
29
Steve Waugh
AUS
2/52
30
Fanie de Villiers
SA
2/54
31
Brian McMillan
SA
2/55
32
Courtney Walsh
WI
2/56
33
Hansie Cronje
SA
2/57
33
Charlie Lock
ZIM
2/57
35
Pat Symcox
SA
2/64
36
Stuart Law
AUS
2/65
37
Mohammad Akram
PAK
2/66
38
Waqar Younis
PAK
2/67
39
Paras Mhambrey
IND
2/69
40
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2/73
41
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1/13
42
Craig Evans
ZIM
1/19
43
Darren Lehmann
AUS
1/29
44
Shane Lee
AUS
1/30
45
Eric Upashantha
SL
1/31
45
Cameron Cuffy
WI
1/31
47
Eric Gouka
NED
1/32
48
Carl Hooper
WI
1/33
49
Jacques Kallis
SA
1/34
50
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1/36
51
Robert Croft
ENG
1/38
52
Johanne Samarasekera
UAE
1/39
53
Floris Jansen
NED
1/40
54
Laurie Williams
WI
1/42
55
Kenny Benjamin
WI
1/43
56
Mark Waugh
AUS
1/44
57
Lameck Onyango
KEN
1/45
58
Danny Morrison
NZ
1/46
59
Craig Matthews
SA
1/48
59
Chris Harris
NZ
1/48
59
Stephen Peall
ZIM
1/48
59
Saleem Raza
UAE
1/48
63
Shahid Afridi
PAK
1/49
64
Steven Lubbers
NED
1/51
65
Michael Bevan
AUS
1/52
65
Anil Kumble
IND
1/52
67
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
1/53
67
Chris Cairns
NZ
1/53
67
Nathan Astle
NZ
1/53
70
John Rennie
ZIM
1/54
70
Aasif Karim
KEN
1/54
72
Lance Klusener
SA
1/55
72
Prashant Vaidya
IND
1/55
72
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
1/55
75
Ronnie Irani
ENG
1/56
76
Shaun Pollock
SA
1/57
76
Shane Thomson
NZ
1/57
76
Wasim Akram
PAK
1/57
79
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1/58
80
Justin Vaughan
NZ
1/59
80
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
1/59
82
Flavian Aponso
NED
1/60
83
Peter Cantrell
NED
1/61
84
Roger Harper
WI
1/63
84
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
1/63
86
Guy Whittall
ZIM
1/64
86
Sunil Joshi
IND
1/64
88
Dominic Cork
ENG
1/65
89
Aaqib Javed
PAK
1/67
90
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
1/68
91
Sultan Zarawani
UAE
1/69
92
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
1/70
93
Richard Illingworth
ENG
1/72
93
Paul Strang
ZIM
1/72
95
Glenn McGrath
AUS
1/76
96
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
1/85
96
Martin Suji
KEN
1/85
98
Navjot Sidhu
IND
0/1
99
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
0/4
100
Craig Spearman
NZ
0/6
101
Daryll Cullinan
SA
0/8
102
Gary Kirsten
SA
0/9
103
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
0/10
103
Saeed Anwar
PAK
0/10
105
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/11
106
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
0/14
107
Stephen Fleming
NZ
0/15
108
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0/17
109
Ali Shah
ZIM
0/18
110
Sourav Ganguly
IND
0/20
111
David Tikolo
KEN
0/21
111
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/21
113
Shahzad Altaf
UAE
0/22
114
Mark Ealham
ENG
0/23
115
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
0/24
116
Woorkeri Raman
IND
0/25
116
Saeed-al-Saffar
UAE
0/25
118
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/27
119
Salil Ankola
IND
0/28
119
Graham Thorpe
ENG
0/28
119
Grant Flower
ZIM
0/28
122
Gary Brent
ZIM
0/29
123
Mazhar Hussain
UAE
0/32
123
Mark Dekker
ZIM
0/32
125
Manjula Munasinghe
SL
0/34
126
Tony Suji
KEN
0/38
126
Steve Tikolo
KEN
0/38
126
Tom Moody
AUS
0/38
129
Richard Snell
SA
0/39
130
Roger Twose
NZ
0/40
131
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
0/41
132
Craig White
ENG
0/42
133
Craig McDermott
AUS
0/43
133
Dermot Reeve
ENG
0/43
133
Mike Watkinson
ENG
0/43
136
Brad Hogg
AUS
0/45
137
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
0/47
138
Roland Lefebvre
NED
0/48
139
Dion Nash
NZ
0/49
139
Chris Lewis
ENG
0/49
141
Phil Simmons
WI
0/50
141
Ottis Gibson
WI
0/50
141
Peter Martin
ENG
0/50
144
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
0/51
145
Dean Headley
ENG
0/52
145
Aashish Kapoor
IND
0/52
145
Upul Chandana
SL
0/52
145
Paul Reiffel
AUS
0/52
145
Arshad Laeeq
UAE
0/52
145
Bryan Strang
ZIM
0/52
151
Damien Fleming
AUS
0/53
151
Keith Arthurton
WI
0/53
153
Shahid Nazir
PAK
0/54
154
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
0/55
154
Derek Crookes
SA
0/55
156
Ian Bishop
WI
0/56
157
Shane Warne
AUS
0/58
157
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
0/58
157
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/58
157
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
0/58
161
Tim de Leede
NED
0/59
162
Simon Doull
NZ
0/60
162
Dipak Patel
NZ
0/60
162
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
0/60
162
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
0/60
166
Andy Whittall
ZIM
0/62
167
Jason Gillespie
AUS
0/63
167
Darren Gough
ENG
0/63
169
Paul-Jan Bakker
NED
0/64
169
Shaukat Dukanwala
UAE
0/64
171
Alan Mullally
ENG
0/66
172
Robert Kennedy
NZ
0/67
172
Rajab Ali
KEN
0/67
174
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
0/73
174
Aamer Sohail
PAK
0/73
176
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
0/74
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