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Worst Bowling Fig in 1998: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the worst bowling fig in 1998, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1998
180 entries
1
4/43
Roger Telemachus
SA
Best return on the list
2
4/45
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3
4/67
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
● LEADS
Roger Telemachus
SA
4/43 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
3
entries on this list took 4 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3/70
The mark at number ten — 170 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
180 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Roger Telemachus
SA
4/43
2
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4/45
3
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4/67
4
Paul Reiffel
AUS
3/40
5
Geoff Allott
NZ
3/54
5
Michael Bevan
AUS
3/54
7
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
3/55
7
Wasim Akram
PAK
3/55
9
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3/56
10
Arshad Khan
PAK
3/70
11
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
3/71
12
Harvinder Singh
IND
3/74
13
Daryll Cullinan
SA
2/30
14
Keith Arthurton
WI
2/31
14
Makhaya Ntini
SA
2/31
16
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
2/33
17
Alex Tait
NZ
2/37
18
Carl Tuckett
WI
2/41
19
Ben Hollioake
ENG
2/43
20
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2/44
20
Hansie Cronje
SA
2/44
20
Mark Priest
NZ
2/44
23
Allan Donald
SA
2/45
23
Mark Waugh
AUS
2/45
23
Enamul Haque
BAN
2/45
26
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
2/46
27
Dougie Brown
ENG
2/49
28
Adam Dale
AUS
2/50
29
Grant Flower
ZIM
2/51
30
Rahul Sanghvi
IND
2/52
31
Robert Croft
ENG
2/54
32
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
2/56
33
Sunil Joshi
IND
2/57
34
Shaun Pollock
SA
2/58
34
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
2/58
34
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2/58
34
Phil Simmons
WI
2/58
38
Aamer Sohail
PAK
2/59
38
Ian Harvey
AUS
2/59
40
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
2/60
41
Ajit Agarkar
IND
2/67
42
Brendon Julian
AUS
2/75
43
Waqar Younis
PAK
2/86
44
Paras Mhambrey
IND
1/22
45
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1/23
46
Graeme Hick
ENG
1/28
46
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1/28
48
Stuart Williams
WI
1/30
48
Damien Martyn
AUS
1/30
50
Morshed Ali Khan
BAN
1/31
51
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
1/32
52
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
1/34
53
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
1/35
53
Angus Fraser
ENG
1/35
55
Darren Lehmann
AUS
1/37
55
Joseph Angara
KEN
1/37
55
Mike Rindel
SA
1/37
58
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
1/38
58
Craig McMillan
NZ
1/38
60
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
1/41
60
Ashley Giles
ENG
1/41
62
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
1/42
62
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
1/42
64
Naimur Rahman
BAN
1/43
64
Derek Crookes
SA
1/43
66
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
1/44
66
Nicky Boje
SA
1/44
68
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
1/45
69
Neil McGarrell
WI
1/46
69
Paul Adams
SA
1/46
69
Steve Tikolo
KEN
1/46
72
Adam Hollioake
ENG
1/47
72
Carl Hooper
WI
1/47
74
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
1/48
74
Robin Singh
IND
1/48
76
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1/49
77
Franklyn Rose
WI
1/50
77
Martin Suji
KEN
1/50
79
Upul Chandana
SL
1/51
79
Alan Dawson
SA
1/51
81
Chris Harris
NZ
1/52
82
Gary Brent
ZIM
1/53
82
Mervyn Dillon
WI
1/53
82
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
1/53
82
Daniel Vettori
NZ
1/53
86
Simon Doull
NZ
1/54
86
Saleem Malik
PAK
1/54
86
Paul Strang
ZIM
1/54
89
Andy Bichel
AUS
1/55
90
Courtney Walsh
WI
1/57
90
Anil Kumble
IND
1/57
90
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
1/57
93
Rawl Lewis
WI
1/58
93
Chaminda Vaas
SL
1/58
95
Nixon McLean
WI
1/59
96
Peter Martin
ENG
1/60
97
Damien Fleming
AUS
1/61
97
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
1/61
97
Javagal Srinath
IND
1/61
100
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
1/62
101
Harbhajan Singh
IND
1/63
101
Aaqib Javed
PAK
1/63
103
Heath Streak
ZIM
1/64
103
Neil Johnson
ZIM
1/64
105
Nikhil Chopra
IND
1/65
105
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/65
105
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
1/65
108
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1/66
109
Dean Headley
ENG
1/68
110
Steve Elworthy
SA
1/70
110
Guy Whittall
ZIM
1/70
112
Ali Brown
ENG
0/5
112
Ravi Shah
KEN
0/5
114
Clayton Lambert
WI
0/8
115
Ajay Jadeja
IND
0/10
116
Saeed Anwar
PAK
0/11
117
Craig Wishart
ZIM
0/12
117
Brian Lara
WI
0/12
117
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/12
120
Sanjay Raul
IND
0/14
120
Andrew Symonds
AUS
0/14
120
Hitesh Modi
KEN
0/14
123
VVS Laxman
IND
0/16
124
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/17
125
Zakir Hossain
BAN
0/18
126
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
0/19
127
Lameck Onyango
KEN
0/20
128
Shariful Haque
BAN
0/21
128
Stuart Law
AUS
0/21
128
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0/21
131
Anisur Rahman
BAN
0/26
132
Manzoor Akhtar
PAK
0/30
133
Mohammad Akram
PAK
0/31
134
Laurie Williams
WI
0/32
134
Paul Wiseman
NZ
0/32
134
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
0/32
137
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
0/33
138
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/35
138
Nantie Hayward
SA
0/35
140
Rahul Dravid
IND
0/36
141
Alan Mullally
ENG
0/37
142
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
0/38
142
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
0/38
144
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
0/41
144
Gavin Robertson
AUS
0/41
146
Reon King
WI
0/42
146
Nathan Astle
NZ
0/42
148
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
0/43
149
John Rennie
ZIM
0/45
150
Chris Lewis
ENG
0/46
151
Adam Huckle
ZIM
0/47
152
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
0/49
153
Craig Evans
ZIM
0/50
153
Jacques Kallis
SA
0/50
155
Mark Ealham
ENG
0/51
156
Brian McMillan
SA
0/52
156
Andy Whittall
ZIM
0/52
158
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
0/53
158
Ian Austin
ENG
0/53
158
Henry Olonga
ZIM
0/53
161
Debasis Mohanty
IND
0/54
162
Chris Cairns
NZ
0/55
162
Paul Wilson
AUS
0/55
164
Matthew Fleming
ENG
0/56
164
Dion Nash
NZ
0/56
164
Pat Symcox
SA
0/56
164
Aasif Karim
KEN
0/56
168
Darren Gough
ENG
0/57
169
Suresh Perera
SL
0/58
169
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
0/58
171
Kabir Khan
PAK
0/59
172
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
0/60
173
Shane Warne
AUS
0/61
174
Sourav Ganguly
IND
0/62
175
Shahid Afridi
GER
0/63
175
Tom Moody
AUS
0/63
177
Lance Klusener
SA
0/65
178
Brad Young
AUS
0/66
179
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
0/69
180
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
0/72
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