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Worst Bowling Fig in 2000: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The worst 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
7/87
Daniel Vettori
NZ
● 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
5/89
The mark at number ten — 214 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
7 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
224 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Paul Strang
ZIM
8/109
2
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
8/164
3
Daniel Vettori
NZ
7/87
4
Naimur Rahman
BAN
6/132
5
Anil Kumble
IND
6/143
6
Andy Bichel
AUS
5/60
7
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
5/75
8
Colin Miller
AUS
5/81
9
Nicky Boje
SA
5/83
10
Jason Gillespie
AUS
5/89
11
Chris Silverwood
ENG
5/91
12
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5/98
13
Darren Gough
ENG
5/109
14
Travis Friend
ZIM
4/55
15
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4/56
16
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4/65
17
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
4/70
18
Neil Johnson
ZIM
4/77
19
Reon King
WI
4/82
20
Waqar Younis
PAK
4/103
21
Chris Martin
NZ
4/104
22
Ashley Giles
ENG
4/113
23
Sarandeep Singh
IND
4/136
24
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4/138
25
Mark Alleyne
ENG
3/55
26
Craig McMillan
NZ
3/57
27
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3/58
28
Lance Klusener
SA
3/59
29
Allan Donald
SA
3/69
30
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
3/75
31
Shaun Pollock
SA
3/83
32
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
3/87
32
Brett Lee
AUS
3/87
34
Shane Warne
AUS
3/92
35
Chris Cairns
NZ
3/110
36
Henry Olonga
ZIM
3/115
37
Bryan Strang
ZIM
3/116
38
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3/117
39
Murali Kartik
IND
3/123
40
Arshad Khan
PAK
3/137
41
Paul Adams
SA
3/184
42
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
2/32
43
Damien Martyn
AUS
2/34
43
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
2/34
45
Virender Sehwag
IND
2/37
46
Charl Willoughby
SA
2/39
47
Rahul Dravid
IND
2/43
47
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
2/43
49
Sherwin Campbell
WI
2/46
50
Mohammad Akram
PAK
2/50
50
Sridharan Sriram
IND
2/50
52
Jimmy Adams
WI
2/52
53
Andrew Symonds
AUS
2/56
54
Gary Brent
ZIM
2/59
54
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
2/59
56
Ruchira Perera
SL
2/60
57
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
2/63
58
Nantie Hayward
SA
2/68
58
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
2/68
60
Craig White
ENG
2/71
61
Amit Bhandari
IND
2/75
62
Debasis Mohanty
IND
2/76
63
Wasim Akram
PAK
2/84
64
Marlon Black
WI
2/87
65
Upul Chandana
SL
2/88
66
Danish Kaneria
PAK
2/89
67
Brooke Walker
NZ
2/92
68
Andy Caddick
ENG
2/95
69
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
2/99
70
Grant Flower
ZIM
2/101
71
Javagal Srinath
IND
2/105
72
Nixon McLean
WI
2/112
73
Mervyn Dillon
WI
2/130
74
Brian Murphy
ZIM
2/175
75
Daryll Cullinan
SA
1/10
76
Wavell Hinds
WI
1/14
77
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
1/18
78
Adam Dale
AUS
1/19
79
Greg Blewett
AUS
1/24
80
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1/28
80
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/28
82
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
1/34
83
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
1/37
84
Glen Sulzberger
NZ
1/38
85
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
1/40
85
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
1/40
87
Mark Waugh
AUS
1/42
87
Graeme Hick
ENG
1/42
87
Ricardo Powell
WI
1/42
90
Alan Mullally
ENG
1/43
91
Corey Collymore
WI
1/46
91
Kabir Khan
PAK
1/46
91
Sourav Ganguly
IND
1/46
94
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
1/48
95
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1/49
96
Enamul Haque
BAN
1/50
97
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
1/52
98
Mark Ealham
ENG
1/53
99
Ian Harvey
AUS
1/54
99
Kerry Jeremy
WI
1/54
101
Aamer Sohail
PAK
1/55
102
Tony Suji
KEN
1/56
103
Shane Lee
AUS
1/57
104
Chris Harris
NZ
1/58
105
Scott Styris
NZ
1/60
106
Dion Nash
NZ
1/62
107
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1/63
107
Nehemiah Perry
WI
1/63
109
Dominic Cork
ENG
1/64
109
Ranjan Das
BAN
1/64
111
Colin Stuart
WI
1/66
112
Derek Crookes
SA
1/69
112
Hansie Cronje
SA
1/69
112
Geoff Allott
NZ
1/69
115
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
1/70
116
Russel Arnold
SL
1/71
117
Nathan Astle
NZ
1/73
117
Makhaya Ntini
SA
1/73
119
Zaheer Khan
IND
1/78
119
Simon Doull
NZ
1/78
121
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
1/82
122
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
1/86
123
Heath Streak
ZIM
1/87
124
Jacques Kallis
SA
1/88
125
Phil Tufnell
ENG
1/97
126
Courtney Walsh
WI
1/102
127
Chaminda Vaas
SL
1/107
128
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
1/116
129
Robert Croft
ENG
1/124
130
Sunil Joshi
IND
1/153
131
Mark Richardson
NZ
0/1
131
VVS Laxman
IND
0/1
131
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
0/1
134
Michael Slater
AUS
0/2
134
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/2
136
Hamish Marshall
NZ
0/4
136
Mohammad Kaif
IND
0/4
136
Ajay Jadeja
IND
0/4
139
Neil McKenzie
SA
0/5
140
Shiv Sunder Das
IND
0/7
141
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0/8
142
Mark Butcher
ENG
0/9
142
Dale Benkenstein
SA
0/9
142
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
0/9
145
Ravi Shah
KEN
0/10
146
Michael Vaughan
ENG
0/12
147
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0/13
147
Steve Tikolo
KEN
0/13
147
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
0/13
147
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0/13
151
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
0/14
151
Imran Nazir
PAK
0/14
153
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
0/15
153
Hemang Badani
IND
0/15
155
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
0/16
155
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
0/16
157
Chris Adams
ENG
0/17
157
Younis Khan
PAK
0/17
159
Matthew Hayden
AUS
0/18
159
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
0/18
161
Paul Grayson
ENG
0/20
162
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
0/21
163
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/22
164
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
0/23
165
Graeme Swann
ENG
0/24
166
Clive Eksteen
SA
0/26
167
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
0/27
168
David Mutendera
ZIM
0/29
168
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
0/29
168
Andrew Hall
SA
0/29
168
Wajahatullah Wasti
PAK
0/29
172
Martin Suji
KEN
0/30
173
Yuvraj Singh
IND
0/32
174
Lameck Onyango
KEN
0/34
175
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
0/35
175
Qaiser Abbas
PAK
0/35
177
Pedro Collins
WI
0/37
177
Michael Bevan
AUS
0/37
177
Aashish Kapoor
IND
0/37
180
David Terbrugge
SA
0/38
181
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0/39
182
Henry Williams
SA
0/40
182
Shafiek Abrahams
SA
0/40
184
Eric Upashantha
SL
0/41
185
Andy Whittall
ZIM
0/44
185
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
0/44
187
Robin Singh
IND
0/45
188
Shoaib Malik
PAK
0/46
188
Irfan Fazil
PAK
0/46
188
Chris Gayle
WI
0/46
191
Paul Franks
ENG
0/48
191
John Rennie
ZIM
0/48
193
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
0/49
193
Andrew Penn
NZ
0/49
195
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
0/51
196
Steve Elworthy
SA
0/52
197
Manjurul Islam
BAN
0/54
198
Shahid Afridi
GER
0/55
198
Guy Whittall
ZIM
0/55
200
Marlon Samuels
WI
0/56
201
Pieter Strydom
SA
0/57
202
Warren Wisneski
NZ
0/58
203
Laurie Williams
WI
0/59
204
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
0/60
204
Damien Fleming
AUS
0/60
206
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
0/61
207
Roger Telemachus
SA
0/62
208
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
0/65
209
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
0/69
210
Ian Salisbury
ENG
0/71
211
Ed Giddins
ENG
0/73
211
Chris Schofield
ENG
0/73
213
Nikhil Chopra
IND
0/78
214
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
0/81
215
Glenn McGrath
AUS
0/83
215
Franklyn Rose
WI
0/83
217
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
0/86
217
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
0/86
219
Ajit Agarkar
IND
0/95
220
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
0/96
221
Rangana Herath
SL
0/115
222
Stuart MacGill
AUS
0/118
223
Paul Wiseman
NZ
0/131
224
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
0/132
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