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Worst Bowling Fig in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The worst bowling fig in 1997 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
TEST
1997
122 entries
1
0/122
Jayantha Silva
SL
Worst return on the list
2
0/93
Dodda Ganesh
IND
2
0/93
Rawl Lewis
WI
● LEADS
Jayantha Silva
SL
0/122 · worst figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
43
entries on this list took 0 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
0/52
The mark at number ten — 112 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
122 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jayantha Silva
SL
0/122
2
Dodda Ganesh
IND
0/93
2
Rawl Lewis
WI
0/93
4
Mike Smith
SCO
0/89
5
David Sewell
NZ
0/81
6
Phil Tufnell
ENG
0/80
7
Andy Bichel
AUS
0/79
8
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0/64
9
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
0/60
9
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
0/60
11
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
0/52
12
Simon Cook
AUS
0/50
12
Brian McMillan
SA
0/50
14
Steve Waugh
AUS
0/45
14
Woorkeri Raman
IND
0/45
16
Peter Martin
ENG
0/38
17
Saleem Malik
PAK
0/33
18
John Rennie
ZIM
0/32
19
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/29
20
Russel Arnold
SL
0/26
21
Jimmy Adams
WI
0/23
21
Greg Blewett
AUS
0/23
23
VVS Laxman
IND
0/21
24
Stuart Williams
ZIM
0/19
24
Grant Flower
ZIM
0/19
24
Guy Whittall
ZIM
0/19
27
Arshad Khan
PAK
0/18
27
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
0/18
27
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/18
27
Matt Horne
NZ
0/18
31
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0/16
31
Brian Lara
WI
0/16
33
Mark Butcher
ENG
0/14
34
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
0/13
35
Blair Pocock
NZ
0/10
36
Shaun Young
AUS
0/8
37
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0/4
37
Rahul Dravid
IND
0/4
37
Adam Bacher
SA
0/4
40
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
0/3
41
Daryll Cullinan
SA
0/2
42
Graham Thorpe
ENG
0/0
42
Matthew Elliott
AUS
0/0
44
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
1/276
45
Anil Kumble
IND
1/223
46
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
1/195
47
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
1/171
48
Paul Adams
SA
1/163
49
Lance Klusener
SA
1/122
50
Geoff Allott
NZ
1/117
50
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
1/117
52
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
1/112
53
Shane Warne
AUS
1/110
54
Chris Cairns
NZ
1/103
55
Sunil Joshi
IND
1/81
56
Patterson Thompson
WI
1/80
57
Heath Davis
NZ
1/79
58
Heath Streak
ZIM
1/63
59
Shahid Nazir
PAK
1/61
60
Phil Simmons
WI
1/58
60
Brett Schultz
SA
1/58
62
Ben Hollioake
ENG
1/57
62
Justin Vaughan
NZ
1/57
64
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1/56
65
Alan Mullally
ENG
1/55
66
Jacques Kallis
SA
1/54
67
Craig McMillan
NZ
1/43
68
Chris Harris
NZ
1/41
69
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1/35
70
Mark Waugh
AUS
1/34
71
Marvan Atapattu
SL
1/9
72
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2/174
73
Allan Donald
SA
2/136
74
Pat Symcox
SA
2/130
75
Dean Headley
ENG
2/125
76
Simon Doull
NZ
2/118
77
Cameron Cuffy
WI
2/116
78
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2/107
79
Shaun Pollock
SA
2/105
80
Andy Caddick
ENG
2/102
81
Paul Reiffel
AUS
2/101
82
Ian Bishop
WI
2/92
82
Dipak Patel
NZ
2/92
84
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
2/90
85
Carl Hooper
WI
2/86
85
Nathan Astle
NZ
2/86
87
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
2/74
88
Ali Hussain Rizvi
PAK
2/72
89
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2/59
90
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2/56
91
Sourav Ganguly
IND
2/53
92
Craig White
ENG
2/51
93
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
2/47
94
Hansie Cronje
SA
2/39
95
Adam Hollioake
ENG
2/31
96
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3/144
97
Javagal Srinath
IND
3/130
98
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3/126
99
Robert Croft
ENG
3/125
100
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
3/114
101
Paul Strang
ZIM
3/110
102
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
3/109
103
Danny Morrison
NZ
3/104
104
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
3/101
105
Devon Malcolm
ENG
3/100
106
Waqar Younis
PAK
3/99
107
Dominic Cork
ENG
3/96
108
Wasim Akram
PAK
3/76
109
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3/75
110
Mark Ealham
ENG
3/60
111
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4/165
112
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4/144
113
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
4/113
114
Debasis Mohanty
IND
4/78
115
Darren Gough
ENG
5/149
116
Adam Huckle
ZIM
5/146
117
Courtney Walsh
WI
5/143
118
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
5/122
119
Mervyn Dillon
WI
5/111
120
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
5/87
121
Franklyn Rose
WI
6/100
122
Michael Bevan
AUS
6/82
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