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Best Bowling Fig in 2000: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best bowling fig in 2000 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2000
224 entries
1
8/109
Paul Strang
ZIM
Best return on the list
2
8/164
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
3
7/30
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
● LEADS
Paul Strang
ZIM
8/109 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/74
The mark at number ten — 214 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
224 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Paul Strang
ZIM
8/109
2
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
8/164
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
7/30
4
Daniel Vettori
NZ
7/87
5
Glenn McGrath
AUS
6/17
6
Henry Olonga
ZIM
6/19
7
Jason Gillespie
AUS
6/40
8
Wasim Akram
PAK
6/61
9
Makhaya Ntini
SA
6/66
10
Courtney Walsh
WI
6/74
11
Heath Streak
ZIM
6/87
12
Naimur Rahman
BAN
6/132
13
Anil Kumble
IND
6/143
14
Andy Caddick
ENG
5/14
14
Chaminda Vaas
SL
5/14
15
Mark Ealham
ENG
5/15
15
Ed Giddins
ENG
5/15
16
Shaun Pollock
SA
5/20
17
Craig White
ENG
5/21
18
Franklyn Rose
WI
5/23
19
Brett Lee
AUS
5/27
20
Chris Cairns
NZ
5/31
20
Waqar Younis
PAK
5/31
21
Colin Miller
AUS
5/32
22
Graeme Hick
ENG
5/33
23
Sourav Ganguly
IND
5/34
24
Shahid Afridi
GER
5/40
25
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
5/46
26
Allan Donald
SA
5/47
26
Lance Klusener
SA
5/47
27
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
5/48
28
Reon King
WI
5/51
29
Javagal Srinath
IND
5/60
29
Andy Bichel
AUS
5/60
30
Nicky Boje
SA
5/62
31
Chris Martin
NZ
5/71
32
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
5/75
32
Ashley Giles
ENG
5/75
33
Paul Wiseman
NZ
5/90
34
Chris Silverwood
ENG
5/91
35
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5/98
36
Darren Gough
ENG
5/109
37
Sunil Joshi
IND
5/142
38
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4/11
39
Stuart MacGill
AUS
4/19
40
David Terbrugge
SA
4/20
41
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4/22
42
Dominic Cork
ENG
4/23
43
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4/25
44
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
4/30
45
Nantie Hayward
SA
4/31
46
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
4/34
47
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
4/37
47
Shane Lee
AUS
4/37
48
Damien Fleming
AUS
4/41
49
Zaheer Khan
IND
4/42
50
Upul Chandana
SL
4/44
51
Travis Friend
ZIM
4/55
52
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4/56
53
Scott Styris
NZ
4/57
54
Arshad Khan
PAK
4/62
55
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4/65
56
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
4/66
57
Shane Warne
AUS
4/68
58
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4/76
59
Neil Johnson
ZIM
4/77
60
Marlon Black
WI
4/83
61
Sarandeep Singh
IND
4/136
62
Grant Flower
ZIM
3/9
63
Guy Whittall
ZIM
3/14
64
Steve Elworthy
SA
3/17
65
Jimmy Adams
WI
3/19
66
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
3/20
67
Hansie Cronje
SA
3/23
68
Nathan Astle
NZ
3/24
69
Chris Gayle
WI
3/25
70
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
3/27
70
Alan Mullally
ENG
3/27
71
Chris Harris
NZ
3/28
72
Gary Brent
ZIM
3/29
73
Roger Telemachus
SA
3/30
73
Jacques Kallis
SA
3/30
74
Brian Murphy
ZIM
3/32
75
Geoff Allott
NZ
3/33
76
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
3/38
76
Henry Williams
SA
3/38
77
Ian Harvey
AUS
3/41
78
Paul Adams
SA
3/42
79
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
3/46
80
Sridharan Sriram
IND
3/47
81
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
3/54
82
Mark Alleyne
ENG
3/55
83
Craig McMillan
NZ
3/57
84
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3/58
84
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3/58
85
Nixon McLean
WI
3/60
86
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
3/82
87
Bryan Strang
ZIM
3/116
88
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3/117
89
Murali Kartik
IND
3/123
90
Ricardo Powell
WI
2/5
91
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
2/7
92
Andrew Hall
SA
2/8
93
Dion Nash
NZ
2/11
94
Aamer Sohail
PAK
2/20
95
Kabir Khan
PAK
2/27
95
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2/27
96
Mohammad Akram
PAK
2/31
97
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
2/32
98
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
2/34
98
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
2/34
98
Damien Martyn
AUS
2/34
99
Virender Sehwag
IND
2/37
99
Robin Singh
IND
2/37
100
Charl Willoughby
SA
2/39
101
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
2/40
102
Debasis Mohanty
IND
2/42
103
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
2/43
103
Rahul Dravid
IND
2/43
103
Brooke Walker
NZ
2/43
104
Sherwin Campbell
WI
2/46
105
Marlon Samuels
WI
2/49
106
Colin Stuart
WI
2/52
107
Robert Croft
ENG
2/53
108
Nehemiah Perry
WI
2/54
109
Ruchira Perera
SL
2/60
110
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
2/63
111
Amit Bhandari
IND
2/75
112
Danish Kaneria
PAK
2/80
113
Imran Nazir
PAK
1/3
114
Greg Blewett
AUS
1/5
115
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
1/7
116
Andy Whittall
ZIM
1/8
117
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1/10
117
Daryll Cullinan
SA
1/10
118
Russel Arnold
SL
1/12
119
Wavell Hinds
WI
1/14
120
Yuvraj Singh
IND
1/15
121
Michael Bevan
AUS
1/16
122
Pieter Strydom
SA
1/18
122
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1/18
122
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
1/18
123
Adam Dale
AUS
1/19
124
Derek Crookes
SA
1/20
125
John Rennie
ZIM
1/22
126
Simon Doull
NZ
1/26
127
Enamul Haque
BAN
1/28
127
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1/28
127
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/28
127
Mark Waugh
AUS
1/28
127
Glen Sulzberger
NZ
1/28
128
Eric Upashantha
SL
1/29
129
Shoaib Malik
PAK
1/30
129
Irfan Fazil
PAK
1/30
130
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
1/31
131
Ian Salisbury
ENG
1/32
132
Nikhil Chopra
IND
1/36
133
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
1/37
134
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
1/40
134
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
1/40
135
Corey Collymore
WI
1/46
136
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
1/48
137
Kerry Jeremy
WI
1/54
138
Tony Suji
KEN
1/56
139
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
1/59
140
Ranjan Das
BAN
1/64
141
Phil Tufnell
ENG
1/97
142
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0/0
142
Wajahatullah Wasti
PAK
0/0
142
Neil McKenzie
SA
0/0
142
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/0
143
Mark Richardson
NZ
0/1
143
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
0/1
143
VVS Laxman
IND
0/1
144
Michael Slater
AUS
0/2
144
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
0/2
144
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/2
145
Michael Vaughan
ENG
0/3
145
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0/3
146
Ajay Jadeja
IND
0/4
146
Mohammad Kaif
IND
0/4
146
Hamish Marshall
NZ
0/4
147
Hemang Badani
IND
0/6
147
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
0/6
148
Shiv Sunder Das
IND
0/7
149
Matthew Hayden
AUS
0/9
149
Mark Butcher
ENG
0/9
149
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
0/9
149
Dale Benkenstein
SA
0/9
150
Ravi Shah
KEN
0/10
151
Younis Khan
PAK
0/12
152
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
0/13
152
Steve Tikolo
KEN
0/13
153
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0/14
153
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
0/14
154
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
0/16
154
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
0/16
155
Chris Adams
ENG
0/17
156
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
0/18
157
Paul Grayson
ENG
0/20
158
Clive Eksteen
SA
0/21
159
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/22
160
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
0/23
161
Graeme Swann
ENG
0/24
162
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
0/27
163
Aashish Kapoor
IND
0/28
164
David Mutendera
ZIM
0/29
165
Martin Suji
KEN
0/30
165
Warren Wisneski
NZ
0/30
166
Manjurul Islam
BAN
0/33
167
Lameck Onyango
KEN
0/34
168
Qaiser Abbas
PAK
0/35
168
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
0/35
169
Pedro Collins
WI
0/37
170
Shafiek Abrahams
SA
0/40
170
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
0/40
171
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
0/44
172
Paul Franks
ENG
0/48
173
Andrew Penn
NZ
0/49
173
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
0/49
174
Laurie Williams
WI
0/59
175
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
0/65
176
Chris Schofield
ENG
0/73
177
Rangana Herath
SL
0/115
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