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Best Bowling Fig in 2006: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 2006, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
2006
273 entries
1
8/14
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
Best return on the list
2
8/30
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3
7/7
Daniel Vettori
NZ
● LEADS
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
8/14 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/14
The mark at number ten — 263 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
6 of the top 50 · 14 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
273 entries, ranked
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1
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
8/14
2
Stuart MacGill
AUS
8/30
3
Daniel Vettori
NZ
7/7
4
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
7/13
5
Anil Kumble
IND
6/2
6
Farveez Maharoof
SL
6/5
7
Glenn McGrath
AUS
6/6
8
Steve Harmison
ENG
6/10
8
Mohammad Asif
PAK
6/10
9
Makhaya Ntini
SA
6/13
10
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
6/14
11
Sreesanth
IND
6/19
12
Shane Warne
AUS
6/25
13
Corey Collymore
WI
5/2
14
Monty Panesar
ENG
5/3
15
Chaminda Vaas
SL
5/4
15
Dwayne Leverock
BER
5/4
16
Jerome Taylor
WI
5/6
16
Dwayne Smith
WI
5/6
17
Fidel Edwards
WI
5/7
17
Lasith Malinga
SL
5/7
18
Stuart Clark
AUS
5/8
19
Nathan Bracken
AUS
5/9
20
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
5/10
21
Abdur Razzak
BAN
5/12
22
Harbhajan Singh
IND
5/13
23
Brett Lee
AUS
5/15
23
Shane Bond
NZ
5/15
23
Umar Gul
PAK
5/15
24
Irfan Pathan
IND
5/16
24
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
5/16
25
Danish Kaneria
PAK
5/18
26
James Franklin
NZ
5/19
27
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
5/25
28
Dale Steyn
SA
5/26
29
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
5/28
30
Chris Martin
NZ
5/37
31
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4/0
32
George Codrington
CAN
4/2
33
Chris Gayle
WI
4/3
34
Andre Nel
SA
4/4
35
Rajin Saleh
BAN
4/5
36
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
4/6
37
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4/7
38
Shaun Pollock
SA
4/9
38
Malinga Bandara
SL
4/9
39
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4/10
39
Nicky Boje
SA
4/10
39
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4/10
39
Dwayne Bravo
WI
4/10
40
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4/11
40
Shane Watson
AUS
4/11
40
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4/11
41
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
4/12
42
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4/14
42
Shaun Udal
ENG
4/14
43
Zaheer Khan
IND
4/15
43
Andrew Hall
SA
4/15
43
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
4/15
44
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
4/16
45
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
4/18
45
Kyle Mills
NZ
4/18
45
Munaf Patel
IND
4/18
45
Syed Rasel
BAN
4/18
46
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
4/19
46
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
4/19
46
Troy Taylor
CIS
4/19
47
Daren Powell
WI
4/21
48
Gary Brent
ZIM
4/22
48
John Blain
SCO
4/22
49
James Anderson
ENG
4/23
50
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
4/24
50
Hasan Durham
BER
4/24
51
RP Singh
IND
4/27
52
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4/28
53
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4/31
54
Pedro Collins
WI
4/34
55
Kabir Ali
ENG
4/45
56
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3/0
57
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
3/1
58
Virender Sehwag
IND
3/2
59
Jacques Kallis
SA
3/3
59
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3/3
59
Henry Osinde
CAN
3/3
60
Ian Bradshaw
WI
3/4
61
John Mooney
IRE
3/5
62
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
3/6
62
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3/6
62
Andrew Symonds
AUS
3/6
63
Graeme Smith
SA
3/7
63
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
3/7
64
Justin Kemp
SA
3/8
64
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3/8
64
Jacob Oram
NZ
3/8
64
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3/8
65
Irving Romaine
BER
3/9
66
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
3/10
66
Michael Yardy
ENG
3/10
66
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
3/10
67
John Davison
CAN
3/11
67
Brad Hogg
AUS
3/11
67
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3/11
67
Jon Lewis
ENG
3/11
68
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
3/12
68
Peter Borren
NED
3/12
69
Steve Tikolo
KEN
3/13
70
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
3/14
70
Stuart Broad
ENG
3/14
71
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3/16
72
Liam Plunkett
ENG
3/17
73
Tim de Leede
NED
3/18
73
Ryan Watson
SCO
3/18
74
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
3/19
75
Kevin Hurdle
BER
3/20
75
Charl Langeveldt
SA
3/20
76
Dewald Nel
SCO
3/22
77
Craig Wright
SCO
3/23
77
Ruchira Perera
SL
3/23
77
Mohammad Sami
PAK
3/23
78
Ramesh Powar
IND
3/24
78
Darron Reekers
NED
3/24
78
Kevin Sandher
CAN
3/24
78
Dave Mohammed
WI
3/24
79
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
3/25
79
Morne Morkel
SA
3/25
80
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3/26
80
Zishan Shah
DEN
3/26
81
Austin Codrington
CAN
3/27
82
Roger Telemachus
SA
3/28
83
Michael Clarke
AUS
2/0
84
Yuvraj Singh
IND
2/1
84
Nathan Astle
NZ
2/1
84
Scott Styris
NZ
2/1
84
Piet Rinke
ZIM
2/1
84
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
2/1
85
Kyle McCallan
IRE
2/2
85
Ian Bell
ENG
2/2
86
Alok Kapali
BAN
2/3
87
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
2/4
88
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
2/5
88
Janeiro Tucker
BER
2/5
88
Luuk van Troost
NED
2/5
89
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
2/6
90
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
2/8
90
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
2/8
90
Vikram Singh
IND
2/8
90
James Hopes
AUS
2/8
90
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
2/8
91
Mark Jonkman
NED
2/9
91
Marlon Samuels
WI
2/9
91
Andre Botha
IRE
2/9
92
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
2/10
92
Ajit Agarkar
IND
2/10
93
Robin Peterson
SA
2/11
94
Johan Botha
SA
2/12
94
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
2/12
94
Daan van Bunge
NED
2/12
95
Paul Mooney
IRE
2/13
95
Mark Gillespie
NZ
2/13
96
Brijal Patel
KEN
2/14
97
Tony Suji
KEN
2/15
97
Billy Stelling
NED
2/15
97
Dan Cullen
AUS
2/15
98
Mohammad Kashif
NED
2/16
98
Steven Welsh
CAN
2/16
99
Wavell Hinds
WI
2/18
99
Johan van der Wath
SA
2/18
99
Mick Lewis
AUS
2/18
99
Andre Adams
NZ
2/18
100
Michael Mason
NZ
2/19
100
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
2/19
100
Ross Lyons
SCO
2/19
101
Abdur Rehman
PAK
2/20
102
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
2/22
102
Pieter Seelaar
NED
2/22
103
Boyd Rankin
ENG
2/23
104
Ian Blackwell
ENG
2/24
105
Umar Bhatti
CAN
2/25
106
Dhammika Prasad
SL
2/29
107
Andrew White
IRE
2/31
108
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
2/38
109
Majid Haq
SCO
2/57
110
Mark Cosgrove
AUS
1/1
111
Michael Hussey
AUS
1/2
111
Ashwell Prince
SA
1/2
112
Chamara Silva
SL
1/4
112
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
1/4
112
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
1/4
113
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
1/5
114
Keegan Meth
ZIM
1/6
115
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
1/7
116
Farhad Reza
BAN
1/8
116
Abdool Samad
CAN
1/8
116
Piyush Chawla
IND
1/8
117
Sourav Ganguly
IND
1/9
117
Vikram Solanki
ENG
1/9
117
Gregory Strydom
ZIM
1/9
118
Jehan Mubarak
SL
1/10
118
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
1/10
119
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1/11
119
Dougie Brown
ENG
1/11
119
Stefan Kelly
BER
1/11
120
Trent Johnston
IRE
1/12
120
Brett Dorey
AUS
1/12
120
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
1/12
121
Durand Soraine
CAN
1/14
122
Sean Williams
ZIM
1/15
123
Delyone Borden
BER
1/16
123
Tushar Imran
BAN
1/16
123
Dinesh Mongia
IND
1/16
124
Hasantha Fernando
SL
1/18
124
Malachi Jones
BER
1/18
125
Daren Ganga
WI
1/20
125
Tim Bresnan
ENG
1/20
126
David Hemp
BER
1/21
127
Alfred Luseno
KEN
1/22
127
Ashley Giles
ENG
1/22
128
Don Maxwell
CAN
1/23
129
Chris Cairns
NZ
1/24
130
Rikki Clarke
ENG
1/27
130
Ryan Steede
BER
1/27
131
Glenn Rogers
SCO
1/28
132
Garnett Kruger
SA
1/29
132
Rawl Lewis
WI
1/29
133
Josephat Ababu
KEN
1/30
134
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1/33
135
Esteban Nino
ARG
1/34
136
Arshad Khan
PAK
1/35
137
Gordon Goudie
SCO
1/39
138
Monde Zondeki
SA
1/41
139
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
1/59
140
Murali Kartik
IND
1/64
141
Tino Best
WI
1/70
142
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
0/2
142
Imran Farhat
PAK
0/2
142
Younis Khan
PAK
0/2
143
Hashim Amla
SA
0/4
143
Runako Morton
WI
0/4
144
Collins Obuya
KEN
0/5
145
Tanmay Mishra
KEN
0/6
145
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
0/6
146
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0/7
146
Steve Massiah
USA
0/7
146
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0/7
147
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/8
147
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
0/8
148
Lendl Simmons
WI
0/9
149
Kalpesh Patel
KEN
0/10
149
Suresh Raina
IND
0/10
150
Russel Arnold
SL
0/11
150
Qaiser Ali
CAN
0/11
151
Albie Morkel
SA
0/12
151
AB de Villiers
SA
0/12
152
Gautam Gambhir
IND
0/13
152
MS Dhoni
IND
0/13
152
Jignesh Desai
USA
0/13
153
Glen Chapple
ENG
0/14
154
Steven Outerbridge
BER
0/15
154
Manzarul Islam
BAN
0/15
154
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
0/15
155
Brad Hodge
AUS
0/16
156
Salman Butt
PAK
0/18
157
Akalanka Ganegama
SL
0/20
158
Deighton Butler
WI
0/22
159
Darren Gough
ENG
0/28
160
Sandeep Jyoti
CAN
0/29
161
Tyron Henderson
SA
0/31
162
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
0/35
163
Alex Loudon
ENG
0/36
164
Gareth Batty
ENG
0/41
165
Martin Suji
KEN
0/42
166
Tapash Baisya
BAN
0/43
167
Jacques Rudolph
SA
0/45
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