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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.
ODI
2000
180 entries
1
7/30
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
Best return on the list
2
6/19
Henry Olonga
ZIM
3
5/14
Chaminda Vaas
SL
● LEADS
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
7/30 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 7 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/33
The mark at number ten — 170 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
7 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
180 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
7/30
2
Henry Olonga
ZIM
6/19
3
Chaminda Vaas
SL
5/14
4
Mark Ealham
ENG
5/15
5
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
5/20
5
Shaun Pollock
SA
5/20
6
Craig White
ENG
5/21
7
Franklyn Rose
WI
5/23
8
Brett Lee
AUS
5/27
9
Waqar Younis
PAK
5/31
10
Graeme Hick
ENG
5/33
11
Sourav Ganguly
IND
5/34
12
Shahid Afridi
GER
5/40
13
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
5/46
14
Lance Klusener
SA
5/47
15
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
5/48
16
Glenn McGrath
AUS
5/49
17
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4/11
18
Stuart MacGill
AUS
4/19
18
Andy Caddick
ENG
4/19
19
David Terbrugge
SA
4/20
20
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4/22
21
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4/24
22
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4/25
22
Nicky Boje
SA
4/25
22
Reon King
WI
4/25
23
Darren Gough
ENG
4/29
24
Javagal Srinath
IND
4/30
25
Nantie Hayward
SA
4/31
26
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
4/34
27
Shane Lee
AUS
4/37
28
Sunil Joshi
IND
4/38
29
Anil Kumble
IND
4/40
30
Damien Fleming
AUS
4/41
31
Zaheer Khan
IND
4/42
32
Upul Chandana
SL
4/44
33
Paul Wiseman
NZ
4/45
34
Travis Friend
ZIM
4/55
35
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4/56
35
Makhaya Ntini
SA
4/56
36
Scott Styris
NZ
4/57
37
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4/65
38
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3/9
38
Grant Flower
ZIM
3/9
39
Wasim Akram
PAK
3/10
40
Steve Elworthy
SA
3/17
41
Jimmy Adams
WI
3/19
42
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
3/20
43
Nathan Astle
NZ
3/24
44
Chris Cairns
NZ
3/25
45
Heath Streak
ZIM
3/26
46
Alan Mullally
ENG
3/27
46
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
3/27
47
Chris Harris
NZ
3/28
48
Gary Brent
ZIM
3/29
49
Roger Telemachus
SA
3/30
50
Geoff Allott
NZ
3/33
51
Paul Strang
ZIM
3/36
52
Henry Williams
SA
3/38
53
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3/40
53
Jacques Kallis
SA
3/40
54
Ian Harvey
AUS
3/41
55
Arshad Khan
PAK
3/45
56
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
3/46
57
Sridharan Sriram
IND
3/47
58
Shane Warne
AUS
3/50
59
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
3/54
60
Mark Alleyne
ENG
3/55
61
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3/58
62
Brian Murphy
ZIM
3/63
63
Ricardo Powell
WI
2/5
64
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
2/7
65
Andrew Hall
SA
2/8
66
Dion Nash
NZ
2/11
67
Neil Johnson
ZIM
2/16
68
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
2/20
69
Chris Gayle
WI
2/21
70
Paul Adams
SA
2/24
71
Allan Donald
SA
2/25
71
Nixon McLean
WI
2/25
72
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2/27
72
Kabir Khan
PAK
2/27
73
Hansie Cronje
SA
2/28
74
Mohammad Akram
PAK
2/31
75
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
2/34
75
Mervyn Dillon
WI
2/34
75
Damien Martyn
AUS
2/34
76
Virender Sehwag
IND
2/37
76
Robin Singh
IND
2/37
76
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
2/37
76
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
2/37
77
Charl Willoughby
SA
2/39
78
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2/40
79
Craig McMillan
NZ
2/41
80
Debasis Mohanty
IND
2/42
81
Rahul Dravid
IND
2/43
81
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
2/43
81
Brooke Walker
NZ
2/43
82
Ashley Giles
ENG
2/45
83
Sherwin Campbell
WI
2/46
84
Nehemiah Perry
WI
2/54
85
Amit Bhandari
IND
2/75
86
Imran Nazir
PAK
1/3
87
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
1/4
88
Andy Whittall
ZIM
1/8
89
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1/10
90
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
1/12
90
Russel Arnold
SL
1/12
91
Wavell Hinds
WI
1/14
92
Yuvraj Singh
IND
1/15
93
Michael Bevan
AUS
1/16
94
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1/18
94
Pieter Strydom
SA
1/18
94
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
1/18
95
Adam Dale
AUS
1/19
96
Derek Crookes
SA
1/20
97
Guy Whittall
ZIM
1/22
97
John Rennie
ZIM
1/22
98
Simon Doull
NZ
1/26
99
Enamul Haque
BAN
1/28
99
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/28
99
Mark Waugh
AUS
1/28
99
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1/28
99
Glen Sulzberger
NZ
1/28
100
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
1/29
100
Eric Upashantha
SL
1/29
101
Shoaib Malik
PAK
1/30
101
Robert Croft
ENG
1/30
102
Nikhil Chopra
IND
1/36
103
Aamer Sohail
PAK
1/37
103
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
1/37
104
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
1/40
105
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
1/41
105
Naimur Rahman
BAN
1/41
106
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
1/42
107
Corey Collymore
WI
1/46
108
Courtney Walsh
WI
1/48
108
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
1/48
109
Kerry Jeremy
WI
1/54
110
Tony Suji
KEN
1/56
111
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
1/59
112
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
1/60
113
Neil McKenzie
SA
0/0
114
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0/2
115
Daryll Cullinan
SA
0/4
115
Ajay Jadeja
IND
0/4
116
Hemang Badani
IND
0/6
117
Dale Benkenstein
SA
0/9
117
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
0/9
118
Ravi Shah
KEN
0/10
119
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
0/11
120
Younis Khan
PAK
0/12
121
Steve Tikolo
KEN
0/13
122
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0/14
123
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
0/16
124
Matthew Hayden
AUS
0/18
124
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
0/18
125
Paul Grayson
ENG
0/20
125
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
0/20
126
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/22
127
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
0/23
128
Graeme Swann
ENG
0/24
129
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
0/27
130
Aashish Kapoor
IND
0/28
131
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
0/29
131
Wajahatullah Wasti
PAK
0/29
132
Marlon Samuels
WI
0/30
132
Warren Wisneski
NZ
0/30
132
Martin Suji
KEN
0/30
133
Manjurul Islam
BAN
0/33
134
Lameck Onyango
KEN
0/34
135
Pedro Collins
WI
0/37
136
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
0/40
136
Shafiek Abrahams
SA
0/40
137
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
0/44
138
Irfan Fazil
PAK
0/46
139
Paul Franks
ENG
0/48
140
Andrew Penn
NZ
0/49
141
Laurie Williams
WI
0/59
142
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
0/65
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ODI
UAE ODI Tri-Series
AFG
294 (50.0)
ZIM
136 (38.4)
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Pakistan Triangular Series
PAK
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SL
268 (48.1)
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