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.

Position	Stats Value	Player Name	Team Name
1	8/14	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
2	8/26	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
3	7/19	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
4	7/39	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
5	6/1	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
6	6/10	Glenn McGrath	Australia
7	6/13	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
8	6/18	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
8	6/18	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
8	6/18	Jason Gillespie	Australia
9	6/22	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
10	6/56	Anil Kumble	India
11	5/6	Chris Martin	New Zealand
12	5/8	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
12	5/8	Paul Wiseman	New Zealand
13	5/9	Andy Caddick	England
14	5/10	Nicky Boje	South Africa
15	5/11	Reon King	West Indies
16	5/13	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
17	5/14	Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka
18	5/15	Darren Gough	England
18	5/15	Ed Giddins	England
19	5/16	Allan Donald	South Africa
20	5/18	Craig White	England
20	5/18	Andy Bichel	Australia
21	5/19	Brett Lee	Australia
21	5/19	Javagal Srinath	India
22	5/27	Sunil Joshi	India
23	5/28	Colin Miller	Australia
24	5/38	Ashley Giles	England
25	5/45	Chris Silverwood	England
26	5/47	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
27	4/0	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
28	4/8	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
29	4/11	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
30	4/12	Marlon Black	West Indies
31	4/13	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31	4/13	Dominic Cork	England
32	4/14	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
33	4/18	Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe
34	4/19	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
35	4/22	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
35	4/22	Shane Warne	Australia
36	4/29	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
37	4/31	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
38	4/42	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
39	4/70	Sarandeep Singh	India
40	3/1	Murali Kartik	India
40	3/1	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
41	3/2	Lance Klusener	South Africa
41	3/2	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
41	3/2	Mluleki Nkala	Zimbabwe
42	3/3	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
42	3/3	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
43	3/4	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
43	3/4	Sachin Tendulkar	India
43	3/4	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
43	3/4	Chris Gayle	West Indies
44	3/5	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
45	3/9	Nixon McLean	West Indies
46	3/10	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
47	3/11	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
48	3/12	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
49	3/15	Nantie Hayward	South Africa
50	3/19	Brian Murphy	Zimbabwe
51	3/26	Paul Adams	South Africa
52	3/37	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
53	3/38	Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand
54	2/0	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
55	2/2	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
56	2/4	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
57	2/5	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
57	2/5	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
58	2/10	Stuart MacGill	Australia
59	2/13	Ruchira Perera	Sri Lanka
60	2/15	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
60	2/15	Ajit Agarkar	India
61	2/17	Marlon Samuels	West Indies
62	2/18	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
63	2/19	Brooke Walker	New Zealand
64	2/20	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
64	2/20	Zaheer Khan	India
65	2/21	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
66	2/29	Mahendra Nagamootoo	West Indies
67	2/34	Mfuneko Ngam	South Africa
68	2/36	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
69	2/42	Alan Mullally	England
70	2/52	Colin Stuart	West Indies
71	2/53	Robert Croft	England
72	1/0	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
73	1/2	Andrew Flintoff	England
73	1/2	Marcus Trescothick	England
74	1/3	Sourav Ganguly	India
75	1/4	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
76	1/5	Greg Blewett	Australia
77	1/7	Kerry Walmsley	New Zealand
77	1/7	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
78	1/8	Simon Doull	New Zealand
78	1/8	Ranjan Das	Bangladesh
79	1/12	Ian Salisbury	England
80	1/16	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
81	1/24	Damien Fleming	Australia
82	1/25	Dion Nash	New Zealand
83	1/30	Irfan Fazil	Pakistan
84	1/31	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
85	1/42	Graeme Hick	England
86	1/44	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
87	1/86	Venkatesh Prasad	India
88	1/97	Phil Tufnell	England
89	0/0	Ricky Ponting	Australia
89	0/0	Wajahatullah Wasti	Pakistan
89	0/0	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
90	0/1	Mark Ramprakash	England
90	0/1	VVS Laxman	India
90	0/1	Mark Richardson	New Zealand
91	0/2	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	India
91	0/2	Michael Slater	Australia
92	0/3	Michael Vaughan	England
92	0/3	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
92	0/3	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
93	0/4	Hamish Marshall	New Zealand
93	0/4	Mohammad Kaif	India
94	0/5	Mark Waugh	Australia
95	0/6	Trevor Gripper	Zimbabwe
96	0/7	Shiv Sunder Das	India
97	0/9	Matthew Hayden	Australia
97	0/9	Mark Butcher	England
98	0/10	Steve Waugh	Australia
99	0/12	Damien Martyn	Australia
100	0/13	Mathew Sinclair	New Zealand
101	0/14	Sadagoppan Ramesh	India
102	0/15	Rahul Dravid	India
103	0/16	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies
104	0/17	Chris Adams	England
105	0/21	Clive Eksteen	South Africa
106	0/27	Pieter Strydom	South Africa
107	0/29	David Mutendera	Zimbabwe
108	0/35	Qaiser Abbas	Pakistan
108	0/35	Vijay Bharadwaj	India
109	0/39	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
110	0/49	Matthew Hoggard	England
111	0/51	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
112	0/73	Chris Schofield	England
113	0/78	Nikhil Chopra	India
114	0/115	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka