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Best Bowling Fig in 2001: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best bowling fig in 2001 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2001
235 entries
1
8/19
Chaminda Vaas
SL
Best return on the list
2
8/84
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3
8/87
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
● LEADS
Chaminda Vaas
SL
8/19 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
3
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/30
The mark at number ten — 225 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
235 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Chaminda Vaas
SL
8/19
2
Harbhajan Singh
IND
8/84
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
8/87
4
Waqar Younis
PAK
7/36
5
Chris Cairns
NZ
7/53
6
Glenn McGrath
AUS
7/76
7
Stuart MacGill
AUS
7/104
8
Anil Kumble
IND
7/115
9
Shane Warne
AUS
7/165
10
Shaun Pollock
SA
6/30
11
Danish Kaneria
PAK
6/42
12
Courtney Walsh
WI
6/61
13
Jacques Kallis
SA
6/67
14
Javagal Srinath
IND
6/76
15
Manjurul Islam
BAN
6/81
16
Daniel Vettori
NZ
6/87
17
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
5/19
18
Travis Friend
ZIM
5/31
19
Mohammad Sami
PAK
5/36
20
Makhaya Ntini
SA
5/37
21
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5/42
22
Alex Tudor
ENG
5/44
22
Colin Stuart
WI
5/44
23
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
5/49
24
Corey Collymore
WI
5/51
25
Jason Gillespie
AUS
5/53
26
Darren Gough
ENG
5/61
27
Ashley Giles
ENG
5/67
27
Brett Lee
AUS
5/67
27
Charitha Buddhika
SL
5/67
28
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
5/72
29
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
5/73
30
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
5/78
31
Andy Caddick
ENG
5/101
32
Ray Price
ZIM
5/181
33
Heath Streak
ZIM
4/8
34
Nicky Boje
SA
4/17
34
Claude Henderson
SA
4/17
34
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4/17
35
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4/21
36
Neil McGarrell
WI
4/23
37
Cameron Cuffy
WI
4/24
37
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4/24
37
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
4/24
38
James Franklin
NZ
4/26
39
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4/27
40
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
4/28
40
Ian Harvey
AUS
4/28
41
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4/32
41
Reon King
WI
4/32
41
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
4/32
42
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4/35
43
Eric Upashantha
SL
4/37
44
Allan Donald
SA
4/38
44
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4/38
45
Grant Flower
ZIM
4/41
46
Zaheer Khan
IND
4/42
46
Mark Butcher
ENG
4/42
47
Shane Bond
NZ
4/47
48
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4/50
48
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4/50
49
Chris Martin
NZ
4/52
50
Andre Nel
SA
4/53
51
Robert Croft
ENG
4/56
52
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
4/64
53
Ashish Nehra
IND
4/72
54
Pedro Collins
WI
4/78
55
Bryan Strang
ZIM
4/83
56
Colin Miller
AUS
4/102
57
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4/106
58
Richard Dawson
ENG
4/134
59
Nathan Astle
NZ
3/7
60
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
3/12
61
Dion Nash
NZ
3/13
62
Lance Klusener
SA
3/15
62
Shahid Afridi
GER
3/15
63
Debasis Mohanty
IND
3/18
63
Henry Olonga
ZIM
3/18
64
Wasim Akram
PAK
3/19
65
Justin Kemp
SA
3/20
65
Craig McMillan
NZ
3/20
66
Nixon McLean
WI
3/21
66
Darrel Brown
WI
3/21
67
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3/22
68
Chris Harris
NZ
3/23
68
David Mutendera
ZIM
3/23
68
Martin Suji
KEN
3/23
69
Laurie Williams
WI
3/24
70
Marlon Samuels
WI
3/25
70
Roger Telemachus
SA
3/25
71
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
3/26
71
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3/26
72
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
3/28
73
Steve Waugh
AUS
3/29
73
Gary Brent
ZIM
3/29
73
Sean Ervine
ZIM
3/29
74
Joseph Angara
KEN
3/30
74
Kyle Mills
NZ
3/30
75
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
3/31
76
Sourav Ganguly
IND
3/32
76
Damien Fleming
AUS
3/32
77
Scott Styris
NZ
3/36
78
Jacob Oram
NZ
3/40
78
Ruchira Perera
SL
3/40
78
Mark Waugh
AUS
3/40
78
Paul Grayson
ENG
3/40
79
Dominic Cork
ENG
3/41
79
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3/41
80
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3/42
81
Chris Silverwood
ENG
3/43
81
Jeremy Snape
ENG
3/43
81
Brian Murphy
ZIM
3/43
82
Andy Bichel
AUS
3/44
83
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
3/48
84
Alan Mullally
ENG
3/50
85
Sarandeep Singh
IND
3/54
86
Virender Sehwag
IND
3/59
87
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
3/62
88
Nantie Hayward
SA
3/70
89
Enamul Haque
BAN
3/74
90
Russel Arnold
SL
3/76
91
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
3/85
92
Justin Ontong
SA
2/12
93
Guy Whittall
ZIM
2/16
94
Nathan Bracken
AUS
2/21
95
Grant Bradburn
NZ
2/22
96
Wavell Hinds
WI
2/23
97
Yuvraj Singh
IND
2/24
97
Prabath Nissanka
SL
2/24
98
Harvinder Singh
IND
2/25
99
Suresh Perera
SL
2/26
99
Chris Drum
NZ
2/26
100
Akalanka Ganegama
SL
2/27
100
Carl Hooper
WI
2/27
101
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
2/29
102
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
2/31
102
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2/31
103
James Kirtley
ENG
2/33
104
Marlon Black
WI
2/35
104
Tony Suji
KEN
2/35
105
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
SL
2/36
106
Ben Hollioake
ENG
2/37
107
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
2/39
108
Upul Chandana
SL
2/41
109
Indika Gallage
SL
2/42
109
Craig White
ENG
2/42
109
Kerry Jeremy
WI
2/42
110
Steve Tikolo
KEN
2/43
111
Jermaine Lawson
WI
2/47
112
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
2/51
113
Chris Gayle
WI
2/54
113
Paul Adams
SA
2/54
114
Paul Strang
ZIM
2/56
114
Tinu Yohannan
IND
2/56
115
Naimur Rahman
BAN
2/60
116
Rahul Sanghvi
IND
2/67
117
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
2/91
118
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
2/125
119
Damien Martyn
AUS
1/3
120
Michael Bevan
AUS
1/4
121
Hemang Badani
IND
1/7
121
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
1/7
122
Ricky Ponting
AUS
1/12
123
Ricardo Powell
WI
1/15
123
Brijal Patel
KEN
1/15
124
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
1/16
124
Mark Richardson
NZ
1/16
125
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
1/20
126
Dulip Liyanage
SL
1/23
127
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
1/24
128
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
1/25
129
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
1/30
130
Paul Collingwood
ENG
1/31
131
Mark Ealham
ENG
1/32
131
Iqbal Siddiqui
IND
1/32
131
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
1/32
131
Collins Obuya
KEN
1/32
132
Kashif Raza
PAK
1/36
132
Darren Lehmann
AUS
1/36
133
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1/37
134
Andre Adams
NZ
1/38
135
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
1/40
136
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
1/42
137
Younis Khan
PAK
1/47
138
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1/48
139
Usman Afzaal
ENG
1/49
140
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
1/58
141
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
1/62
142
Brooke Walker
NZ
1/63
143
Aminul Islam
BAN
1/66
144
Jimmy Ormond
ENG
1/70
144
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
1/70
145
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
1/87
146
Paul Wiseman
NZ
1/107
147
Phil Tufnell
ENG
1/174
148
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
0/1
148
Jonty Rhodes
SA
0/1
149
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/2
149
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
0/2
150
Michael Vaughan
ENG
0/3
150
Justin Langer
AUS
0/3
150
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
0/3
150
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
0/3
151
Neil McKenzie
SA
0/4
151
Hitesh Modi
KEN
0/4
151
Michael Slater
AUS
0/4
151
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0/4
151
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
0/4
151
Daren Ganga
WI
0/4
152
Jimmy Adams
WI
0/5
153
Graeme Hick
ENG
0/6
153
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
0/6
153
Gary Kirsten
SA
0/6
154
Matthew Hayden
AUS
0/7
154
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
0/7
155
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
0/9
156
Shane Lee
AUS
0/11
157
Imran Farhat
PAK
0/12
157
Javed Omar
BAN
0/12
158
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
0/14
159
Peter Ongondo
KEN
0/16
160
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
0/17
160
Sanjay Bangar
IND
0/17
161
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
0/18
162
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
0/24
163
Ryan Hinds
WI
0/27
164
Fahim Muntasir
BAN
0/29
164
Andrew Penn
NZ
0/29
165
Gus Mackay
ZIM
0/33
166
Josephat Ababu
KEN
0/34
167
Robin Singh
IND
0/37
168
Sunil Joshi
IND
0/54
169
Alan Dawson
SA
0/58
170
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
0/67
171
Mohammad Akram
PAK
0/106
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