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