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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.
ODI
2001
191 entries
1
8/19
Chaminda Vaas
SL
Best return on the list
2
7/36
Waqar Younis
PAK
3
5/19
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
● LEADS
Chaminda Vaas
SL
8/19 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4/8
The mark at number ten — 181 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
8 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
191 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Chaminda Vaas
SL
8/19
2
Waqar Younis
PAK
7/36
3
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
5/19
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
5/30
5
Shaun Pollock
SA
5/37
5
Makhaya Ntini
SA
5/37
6
Colin Stuart
WI
5/44
7
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
5/49
8
Corey Collymore
WI
5/51
9
Charitha Buddhika
SL
5/67
10
Heath Streak
ZIM
4/8
11
Claude Henderson
SA
4/17
11
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4/17
12
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4/21
13
Jacques Kallis
SA
4/22
14
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
4/24
14
Cameron Cuffy
WI
4/24
15
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4/27
16
Ian Harvey
AUS
4/28
16
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
4/28
17
Reon King
WI
4/32
17
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
4/32
18
Brett Lee
AUS
4/33
19
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4/35
20
Eric Upashantha
SL
4/37
21
Allan Donald
SA
4/38
21
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4/38
22
Zaheer Khan
IND
4/42
23
Grant Flower
ZIM
4/44
24
Shane Warne
AUS
4/48
25
Nathan Astle
NZ
3/7
26
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
3/12
27
Dion Nash
NZ
3/13
28
Anil Kumble
IND
3/14
29
Shahid Afridi
GER
3/15
29
Bryan Strang
ZIM
3/15
30
Debasis Mohanty
IND
3/18
31
Wasim Akram
PAK
3/19
32
Craig McMillan
NZ
3/20
32
Andre Nel
SA
3/20
32
Justin Kemp
SA
3/20
32
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3/20
33
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3/21
33
Nixon McLean
WI
3/21
33
Darrel Brown
WI
3/21
34
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3/22
35
Chris Harris
NZ
3/23
35
David Mutendera
ZIM
3/23
35
Martin Suji
KEN
3/23
36
Laurie Williams
WI
3/24
37
Roger Telemachus
SA
3/25
37
Travis Friend
ZIM
3/25
37
Marlon Samuels
WI
3/25
38
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3/26
39
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3/27
40
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
3/28
41
Steve Waugh
AUS
3/29
41
Gary Brent
ZIM
3/29
41
Sean Ervine
ZIM
3/29
42
Joseph Angara
KEN
3/30
42
Ashish Nehra
IND
3/30
42
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3/30
42
Kyle Mills
NZ
3/30
43
Sourav Ganguly
IND
3/32
43
Damien Fleming
AUS
3/32
43
Neil McGarrell
WI
3/32
44
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
3/35
45
Scott Styris
NZ
3/36
46
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3/37
47
Jacob Oram
NZ
3/40
47
Paul Grayson
ENG
3/40
48
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3/41
49
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3/42
50
Dilhara Fernando
SL
3/43
50
Chris Silverwood
ENG
3/43
50
Jeremy Snape
ENG
3/43
50
Brian Murphy
ZIM
3/43
51
James Franklin
NZ
3/44
52
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3/48
52
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
3/48
53
Javagal Srinath
IND
3/49
54
Alan Mullally
ENG
3/50
55
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3/52
56
Virender Sehwag
IND
3/59
57
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
3/62
58
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
2/12
58
Russel Arnold
SL
2/12
58
Justin Ontong
SA
2/12
59
Guy Whittall
ZIM
2/16
60
Nathan Bracken
AUS
2/21
61
Grant Bradburn
NZ
2/22
62
Yuvraj Singh
IND
2/24
62
Prabath Nissanka
SL
2/24
62
Pedro Collins
WI
2/24
62
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
2/24
63
Harvinder Singh
IND
2/25
64
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
2/26
64
Suresh Perera
SL
2/26
65
Akalanka Ganegama
SL
2/27
65
Carl Hooper
WI
2/27
66
Lance Klusener
SA
2/28
67
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2/31
67
Darren Gough
ENG
2/31
67
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
2/31
68
Dominic Cork
ENG
2/32
69
James Kirtley
ENG
2/33
69
Nicky Boje
SA
2/33
70
Tony Suji
KEN
2/35
71
Ben Hollioake
ENG
2/37
71
Andy Caddick
ENG
2/37
72
Nantie Hayward
SA
2/38
73
Robert Croft
ENG
2/40
74
Mohammad Sami
PAK
2/41
74
Upul Chandana
SL
2/41
75
Indika Gallage
SL
2/42
75
Kerry Jeremy
WI
2/42
76
Steve Tikolo
KEN
2/43
77
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
2/45
78
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
2/46
79
Jermaine Lawson
WI
2/47
80
Enamul Haque
BAN
2/52
81
Chris Gayle
WI
2/54
82
Chris Martin
NZ
2/56
82
Paul Strang
ZIM
2/56
83
Michael Bevan
AUS
1/4
84
Hemang Badani
IND
1/7
85
Ricky Ponting
AUS
1/12
85
Wavell Hinds
WI
1/12
86
Ricardo Powell
WI
1/15
86
Brijal Patel
KEN
1/15
87
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
1/16
88
Craig White
ENG
1/17
89
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
1/20
90
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
1/23
90
Dulip Liyanage
SL
1/23
91
Paul Adams
SA
1/24
91
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
1/24
92
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
1/25
92
Damien Martyn
AUS
1/25
93
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
1/26
94
Henry Olonga
ZIM
1/30
94
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
1/30
95
Paul Collingwood
ENG
1/31
96
Mark Ealham
ENG
1/32
96
Collins Obuya
KEN
1/32
97
Kashif Raza
PAK
1/36
97
Darren Lehmann
AUS
1/36
98
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1/37
99
Andre Adams
NZ
1/38
100
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
1/42
101
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
1/44
102
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
1/48
102
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1/48
103
Brooke Walker
NZ
1/63
104
Jonty Rhodes
SA
0/1
105
Michael Vaughan
ENG
0/3
106
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0/4
106
Daren Ganga
WI
0/4
106
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/4
106
Hitesh Modi
KEN
0/4
107
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
0/5
107
Jimmy Adams
WI
0/5
108
Neil McKenzie
SA
0/6
108
Graeme Hick
ENG
0/6
108
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
0/6
109
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
0/7
110
Shane Lee
AUS
0/11
111
Imran Farhat
PAK
0/12
112
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
0/14
113
Peter Ongondo
KEN
0/16
114
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
0/17
115
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
0/18
116
Marlon Black
WI
0/19
117
Paul Wiseman
NZ
0/21
117
Ashley Giles
ENG
0/21
118
Mark Waugh
AUS
0/22
119
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
0/23
120
Chris Cairns
NZ
0/24
121
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
0/27
121
Ryan Hinds
WI
0/27
122
Andrew Penn
NZ
0/29
122
Fahim Muntasir
BAN
0/29
122
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
0/29
123
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
0/31
124
Gus Mackay
ZIM
0/33
125
Josephat Ababu
KEN
0/34
126
Naimur Rahman
BAN
0/36
127
Robin Singh
IND
0/37
128
Danish Kaneria
PAK
0/43
129
Sunil Joshi
IND
0/54
130
Alan Dawson
SA
0/58
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