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Best Bowling Fig in 2002: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best bowling fig during the 2002 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2002
234 entries
1
9/51
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
Best return on the list
2
7/48
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3
7/63
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
● LEADS
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
9/51 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/28
The mark at number ten — 224 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
234 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
9/51
2
Harbhajan Singh
IND
7/48
3
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
7/63
4
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
7/66
5
Danish Kaneria
PAK
7/77
6
Shane Warne
AUS
7/94
7
Jermaine Lawson
WI
6/3
8
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
6/11
9
Scott Styris
NZ
6/25
10
Henry Olonga
ZIM
6/28
11
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
6/35
12
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
6/54
13
Waqar Younis
PAK
6/55
14
Andy Caddick
ENG
6/63
15
Pedro Collins
WI
6/76
16
Andy Bichel
AUS
5/19
16
Makhaya Ntini
SA
5/19
17
Nicky Boje
SA
5/21
17
Jacques Kallis
SA
5/21
17
Glenn McGrath
AUS
5/21
18
Jason Gillespie
AUS
5/22
19
Shane Bond
NZ
5/25
20
Jacob Oram
NZ
5/26
20
Ronnie Irani
ENG
5/26
21
Zaheer Khan
IND
5/29
22
Anil Kumble
IND
5/30
23
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5/43
24
David Terbrugge
SA
5/46
25
Mervyn Dillon
WI
5/52
26
Nantie Hayward
SA
5/56
27
Ashley Giles
ENG
5/57
28
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
5/79
29
Craig White
ENG
5/127
30
Stuart MacGill
AUS
5/152
31
Ray Price
ZIM
5/182
32
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4/17
33
Shaun Pollock
SA
4/18
33
Vasbert Drakes
WI
4/18
34
Chris Gayle
WI
4/19
35
Wasim Akram
PAK
4/22
35
Michael Vaughan
ENG
4/22
36
Javagal Srinath
IND
4/23
37
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4/27
37
Charitha Buddhika
SL
4/27
38
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4/32
38
Brett Lee
AUS
4/32
39
Sujeewa de Silva
SL
4/35
40
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
4/37
41
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4/38
42
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
4/39
43
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4/41
44
Allan Donald
SA
4/43
45
Darren Gough
ENG
4/44
45
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
4/44
46
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4/48
47
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
4/49
48
Ian Butler
NZ
4/60
49
Talha Jubair
BAN
4/65
49
Alex Tudor
ENG
4/65
50
Tapash Baisya
BAN
4/72
51
Cameron Cuffy
WI
4/82
52
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4/85
53
Heath Streak
ZIM
4/92
54
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
4/98
55
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4/101
56
Paul Adams
SA
4/102
57
Ashish Nehra
IND
4/112
58
Enamul Haque
BAN
4/136
59
Andrew Hall
SA
3/1
60
Upul Chandana
SL
3/2
61
Nathan Astle
NZ
3/4
62
Dale Benkenstein
SA
3/5
63
Shahid Afridi
GER
3/11
64
Hasantha Fernando
SL
3/12
65
Andre Adams
NZ
3/13
66
Corey Collymore
WI
3/14
67
Tareq Aziz
BAN
3/19
68
Adam Sanford
WI
3/20
69
Virender Sehwag
IND
3/25
70
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
3/26
71
Shane Watson
AUS
3/27
72
Justin Ontong
SA
3/30
73
Dinesh Mongia
IND
3/31
74
Darren Lehmann
AUS
3/32
74
Chris Cairns
NZ
3/32
75
Tinu Yohannan
IND
3/33
76
Murali Kartik
IND
3/36
76
Chris Drum
NZ
3/36
76
Daren Powell
WI
3/36
77
Dion Nash
NZ
3/37
77
Chris Harris
NZ
3/37
77
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3/37
78
Ian Harvey
AUS
3/38
79
Yuvraj Singh
IND
3/39
80
Carl Hooper
WI
3/42
81
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
3/43
82
Lance Klusener
SA
3/45
82
Kyle Mills
NZ
3/45
83
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3/46
84
Craig McMillan
NZ
3/48
84
Andrew Symonds
AUS
3/48
84
Ruchira Perera
SL
3/48
85
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
3/51
86
Marlon Black
WI
3/53
87
Prabath Nissanka
SL
3/54
88
Steve Harmison
ENG
3/57
89
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
3/63
90
Grant Flower
ZIM
3/66
91
Dominic Cork
ENG
3/93
92
Travis Friend
ZIM
3/97
93
Fahim Muntasir
BAN
3/131
94
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
3/132
95
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
3/137
96
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
2/1
97
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
2/14
97
Ian Blackwell
ENG
2/14
98
Sourav Ganguly
IND
2/17
99
Wasim Jaffer
IND
2/18
99
Craig Evans
ZIM
2/18
100
Ryan Hinds
WI
2/19
101
Martin Suji
KEN
2/22
102
Sanjay Bangar
IND
2/23
102
James Anderson
ENG
2/23
103
Steve Elworthy
SA
2/25
104
Brian Murphy
ZIM
2/28
105
Chamila Gamage
SL
2/33
105
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
2/33
106
Mark Butcher
ENG
2/34
107
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
2/35
108
Mark Waugh
AUS
2/38
108
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
2/38
109
Robin Peterson
SA
2/39
110
James Kirtley
ENG
2/40
111
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2/41
111
James Franklin
NZ
2/41
112
Roger Telemachus
SA
2/42
113
Jeremy Snape
ENG
2/47
114
Steve Tikolo
KEN
2/49
114
Brooke Walker
NZ
2/49
115
Justin Kemp
SA
2/50
115
Adeel Raja
NED
2/50
116
Chris Martin
NZ
2/58
117
Roland Lefebvre
NED
2/59
118
Gary Brent
ZIM
2/60
119
Simon Jones
ENG
2/61
120
Collins Obuya
KEN
2/77
121
Gareth Breese
WI
2/108
122
Andre Nel
SA
2/121
122
Richard Dawson
ENG
2/121
123
Alok Kapali
BAN
2/122
124
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1/0
124
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
1/0
124
Damien Martyn
AUS
1/0
125
Russel Arnold
SL
1/4
126
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1/7
127
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1/9
127
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
1/9
127
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
1/9
128
Alan Dawson
SA
1/12
129
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/13
130
Claude Henderson
SA
1/14
131
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
1/16
132
Rahul Dravid
IND
1/18
133
Marlon Samuels
WI
1/21
133
Joseph Angara
KEN
1/21
133
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
1/21
134
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
1/23
135
Graeme Smith
SA
1/24
135
Younis Khan
PAK
1/24
136
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
1/25
137
Wavell Hinds
WI
1/26
138
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
1/31
138
Darrel Brown
WI
1/31
139
VVS Laxman
IND
1/32
139
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
1/32
139
Naimur Rahman
BAN
1/32
140
Ben Hollioake
ENG
1/34
141
Monde Zondeki
SA
1/36
142
Victor Grandia
NED
1/40
143
Brad Hogg
AUS
1/43
144
Guy Whittall
ZIM
1/44
145
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
1/47
146
Sarandeep Singh
IND
1/49
146
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
1/49
147
Ehsanul Haque
BAN
1/57
148
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
1/58
149
Sean Ervine
ZIM
1/60
149
Dewald Pretorius
SA
1/60
150
Gareth Batty
ENG
1/65
150
Eric Upashantha
SL
1/65
151
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
1/87
152
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
1/93
153
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
0/0
154
Ajay Ratra
IND
0/1
154
Hasan Raza
PAK
0/1
155
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0/2
155
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/2
156
Lou Vincent
NZ
0/3
157
Mazharul Haque
BAN
0/4
157
Andy Flower
ZIM
0/4
158
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
0/5
158
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0/5
159
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
0/6
159
Jehan Mubarak
SL
0/6
160
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
0/7
161
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
0/9
161
Hitesh Modi
KEN
0/9
162
Michael Bevan
AUS
0/10
162
Hemang Badani
IND
0/10
163
Tony Suji
KEN
0/11
164
Naved Latif
PAK
0/13
165
Jai Prakash Yadav
IND
0/14
165
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
0/14
166
Jon Kent
SA
0/16
167
Brijal Patel
KEN
0/17
167
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
0/17
168
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
0/18
169
Tim de Leede
NED
0/19
170
Luuk van Troost
NED
0/26
170
Matthew Hart
NZ
0/26
171
Aminul Islam
BAN
0/27
172
Shiv Sunder Das
IND
0/28
173
Chris Silverwood
ENG
0/29
173
Edgar Schiferli
NED
0/29
174
Barney Rogers
ZIM
0/30
175
Brad Williams
AUS
0/31
175
Charl Langeveldt
SA
0/31
176
Peter Ongondo
KEN
0/34
177
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
0/44
178
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
0/45
179
Richard Sims
ZIM
0/49
180
Neil McKenzie
SA
0/50
181
Waddington Mwayenga
ZIM
0/74
182
Alamgir Kabir
BAN
0/82
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