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Best Bowling Fig in 2003: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best bowling fig during the 2003 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2003
249 entries
1
7/15
Glenn McGrath
AUS
Best return on the list
2
7/20
Andy Bichel
AUS
3
7/46
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
● LEADS
Glenn McGrath
AUS
7/15 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
7
entries on this list took 7 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/25
The mark at number ten — 239 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 13 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
249 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Glenn McGrath
AUS
7/15
2
Andy Bichel
AUS
7/20
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
7/46
4
Corey Collymore
WI
7/57
5
Jermaine Lawson
WI
7/78
6
Andy Caddick
ENG
7/94
7
Paul Adams
SA
7/128
8
Fidel Edwards
WI
6/22
9
Shane Bond
NZ
6/23
9
Ashish Nehra
IND
6/23
10
Chaminda Vaas
SL
6/25
11
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
6/30
12
Richard Johnson
ENG
6/33
13
James Kirtley
ENG
6/34
14
Shaun Pollock
SA
6/39
15
Ajit Agarkar
IND
6/41
16
Ian Butler
NZ
6/46
17
Jacques Kallis
SA
6/54
18
Simon Katich
AUS
6/65
19
Ray Price
ZIM
6/73
20
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
6/77
21
Anil Kumble
IND
6/176
22
Mohammad Sami
PAK
5/10
23
Umar Gul
PAK
5/17
24
Andre Adams
NZ
5/22
25
Collins Obuya
KEN
5/24
26
Austin Codrington
CAN
5/27
27
Wasim Akram
PAK
5/28
28
Brett Lee
AUS
5/30
29
Vasbert Drakes
WI
5/33
30
Steve Harmison
ENG
5/35
31
Jason Gillespie
AUS
5/39
32
Rudi van Vuuren
NAM
5/43
33
Chris Gayle
WI
5/46
33
Danish Kaneria
PAK
5/46
34
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
5/48
35
Brad Williams
AUS
5/53
36
Stuart MacGill
AUS
5/56
37
Prabath Nissanka
SL
5/64
38
Makhaya Ntini
SA
5/66
39
James Anderson
ENG
5/73
40
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
5/87
41
Zaheer Khan
IND
5/95
42
Ashley Giles
ENG
5/116
43
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4/6
44
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4/14
44
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4/14
45
Lance Klusener
SA
4/16
45
Ian Harvey
AUS
4/16
46
Heath Streak
ZIM
4/21
47
Darren Gough
ENG
4/26
48
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4/28
49
Nathan Bracken
AUS
4/29
50
Javagal Srinath
IND
4/30
50
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4/30
51
Tim de Leede
NED
4/35
52
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
4/37
53
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4/38
54
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4/39
54
Andre Nel
SA
4/39
55
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4/42
55
Michael Clarke
AUS
4/42
55
Adeel Raja
NED
4/42
55
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
4/42
56
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
4/43
57
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
4/48
58
Alan Dawson
SA
4/49
58
Matthew Walker
NZ
4/49
59
Jacob Oram
NZ
4/52
60
Tapash Baisya
BAN
4/56
61
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4/60
61
Mark Butcher
ENG
4/60
62
Paul Wiseman
NZ
4/64
63
Martin Bicknell
ENG
4/84
64
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4/112
65
Dewald Pretorius
SA
4/115
66
Sean Ervine
ZIM
4/146
67
Alok Kapali
BAN
3/3
68
Aasif Karim
KEN
3/7
69
Steve Tikolo
KEN
3/14
70
John Davison
CAN
3/15
71
Daan van Bunge
NED
3/16
71
Anthony McGrath
ENG
3/16
71
Darren Lehmann
AUS
3/16
72
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
3/17
73
Andrew Hall
SA
3/18
74
Martin Suji
KEN
3/19
75
Junaid Zia
PAK
3/21
76
Sourav Ganguly
IND
3/22
77
Ian Blackwell
ENG
3/26
78
Dilhara Fernando
SL
3/27
79
Virender Sehwag
IND
3/28
80
Ronnie Irani
ENG
3/30
80
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
3/30
81
Brad Hogg
AUS
3/31
82
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3/32
83
Craig White
ENG
3/33
84
Nathan Astle
NZ
3/34
85
Wavell Hinds
WI
3/35
85
Omari Banks
WI
3/35
86
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
3/37
87
Scott Styris
NZ
3/38
88
Louis Burger
NAM
3/39
89
Ashish Patel
CAN
3/41
90
Andrew Symonds
AUS
3/42
91
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3/43
92
Brian Murphy
ZIM
3/44
93
Robin Peterson
SA
3/46
94
Russel Arnold
SL
3/47
95
Rajin Saleh
BAN
3/48
96
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
3/49
97
Gareth Batty
ENG
3/55
98
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3/62
99
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
3/69
100
Kabir Ali
ENG
3/80
101
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
3/98
102
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3/132
103
Adam Sanford
WI
3/170
104
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
3/237
105
Rikki Clarke
ENG
2/7
106
Dinusha Fernando
SL
2/13
107
Grant Flower
ZIM
2/14
108
Aavishkar Salvi
IND
2/15
109
Chris Cairns
NZ
2/16
110
Shane Watson
AUS
2/18
111
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
2/19
112
Guy Whittall
ZIM
2/20
113
Upul Chandana
SL
2/23
114
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
2/24
114
Dinesh Mongia
IND
2/24
115
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2/28
115
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
2/28
116
Martin Saggers
ENG
2/29
116
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
2/29
116
Kyle Mills
NZ
2/29
117
Tama Canning
NZ
2/30
117
Tony Suji
KEN
2/30
118
Ricardo Powell
WI
2/32
119
Ehsanul Haque
BAN
2/34
119
Sarandeep Singh
IND
2/34
120
Shahid Afridi
PAK
2/36
121
Waqar Younis
PAK
2/37
122
Murali Kartik
IND
2/38
122
Jerome Taylor
WI
2/38
122
Roland Lefebvre
NED
2/38
123
Marlon Samuels
WI
2/39
124
Chamila Gamage
SL
2/42
124
Davis Joseph
CAN
2/42
124
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
2/42
125
Edgar Schiferli
NED
2/43
126
Peter Ongondo
KEN
2/44
127
Nicholas de Groot
CAN
2/45
128
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
2/49
129
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
2/50
130
Bjorn Kotze
NAM
2/51
131
Joseph Angara
KEN
2/53
131
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
2/53
131
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
2/53
132
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
2/55
133
Nantie Hayward
SA
2/56
134
Shane Warne
AUS
2/58
135
Carl Hooper
WI
2/63
136
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
2/65
137
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
2/75
138
Nicky Boje
SA
2/82
139
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
2/108
140
Jacques Rudolph
SA
1/1
141
Steve Waugh
AUS
1/2
142
Chris Harris
NZ
1/6
143
Graeme Smith
SA
1/9
144
David Bernard
WI
1/11
145
Yasir Ali
BAN
1/12
146
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
1/14
147
Saeed Anwar
PAK
1/15
147
Paul Collingwood
ENG
1/15
148
Monde Zondeki
SA
1/17
148
Charitha Buddhika
SL
1/17
148
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
1/17
149
Gary Brent
ZIM
1/18
149
Jan-Berrie Burger
NAM
1/18
149
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
1/18
149
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
1/18
150
Michael Vaughan
ENG
1/20
151
Henry Olonga
ZIM
1/21
152
Charl Langeveldt
SA
1/22
152
Imran Farhat
PAK
1/22
153
Burton van Rooi
NAM
1/24
153
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
1/24
154
Ryan Hurley
WI
1/25
155
Dharshana Gamage
SL
1/26
156
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
1/28
157
Amit Mishra
IND
1/29
158
Sanjay Bangar
IND
1/31
158
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
1/31
159
Deon Kotze
NAM
1/32
159
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
1/32
160
Manzarul Islam
BAN
1/33
160
Travis Friend
ZIM
1/33
161
Damien Martyn
AUS
1/34
162
Pedro Collins
WI
1/35
163
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
1/37
164
Richard Dawson
ENG
1/41
165
Charl Willoughby
SA
1/47
166
Allan Donald
SA
1/52
167
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
1/53
168
Lennie Louw
NAM
1/60
169
Barry Seebaran
CAN
1/61
169
Michael Mason
NZ
1/61
170
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
1/84
171
Irfan Pathan
IND
1/136
172
Daren Ganga
WI
0/0
172
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
0/0
173
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0/1
173
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
0/1
174
Craig McMillan
NZ
0/4
174
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0/4
174
Luuk van Troost
NED
0/4
175
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
0/5
175
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
0/5
176
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0/6
177
Nicholas Ifill
CAN
0/7
177
Yasir Hameed
PAK
0/7
178
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/8
179
Saleem Elahi
PAK
0/10
179
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
0/10
180
Hannan Sarkar
BAN
0/13
181
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
0/14
182
Brian Lara
WI
0/15
183
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
0/16
184
Ravi Rampaul
WI
0/17
185
Richard Sims
ZIM
0/18
186
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
0/20
187
Hemang Badani
IND
0/21
188
Ishwar Maraj
CAN
0/22
189
Thilan Thushara
SL
0/23
190
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
0/24
190
Talha Jubair
BAN
0/24
190
Younis Khan
PAK
0/24
191
Alfred Luseno
KEN
0/26
192
Jamaluddin Ahmed
BAN
0/28
193
Tareq Aziz
BAN
0/31
194
Barney Rogers
ZIM
0/32
194
Sarel Burger
NAM
0/32
195
Daren Powell
WI
0/37
196
Nixon McLean
WI
0/38
197
Alamgir Kabir
BAN
0/39
198
Enamul Haque
BAN
0/81
199
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
0/95
200
Tino Best
WI
0/99
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