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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.
ODI
2006
284 entries
1
6/14
Farveez Maharoof
SL
Best return on the list
2
6/22
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3
6/26
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
● LEADS
Farveez Maharoof
SL
6/14 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
4
entries on this list took 6 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/45
The mark at number ten — 274 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Sri Lanka
6 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
284 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Farveez Maharoof
SL
6/14
2
Makhaya Ntini
SA
6/22
3
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
6/26
4
Sreesanth
IND
6/55
5
Brett Lee
AUS
5/22
6
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
5/25
7
Harbhajan Singh
IND
5/31
8
Abdur Razzak
BAN
5/33
9
Chaminda Vaas
SL
5/39
10
Dwayne Smith
WI
5/45
11
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
5/47
11
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
5/47
12
Dwayne Leverock
BER
5/53
13
Nathan Bracken
AUS
5/67
14
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4/11
15
Andre Nel
SA
4/13
16
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4/14
17
Rajin Saleh
BAN
4/16
18
Troy Taylor
CIS
4/19
19
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
4/21
20
Gary Brent
ZIM
4/22
20
Syed Rasel
BAN
4/22
21
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4/23
22
Jerome Taylor
WI
4/24
23
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4/25
23
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
4/25
24
Shaun Pollock
SA
4/26
25
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4/28
26
Malinga Bandara
SL
4/31
27
George Codrington
CAN
4/33
28
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
4/35
28
Andrew Hall
SA
4/35
29
Kyle Mills
NZ
4/38
30
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
4/40
30
RP Singh
IND
4/40
31
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4/42
32
John Blain
SCO
4/43
32
Shane Watson
AUS
4/43
32
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
4/43
33
Lasith Malinga
SL
4/44
33
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
4/44
34
Hasan Durham
BER
4/45
34
Kabir Ali
ENG
4/45
35
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4/50
36
Irfan Pathan
IND
4/51
37
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
4/61
38
Jacques Kallis
SA
3/3
38
Chris Gayle
WI
3/3
39
John Mooney
IRE
3/5
40
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
3/7
41
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3/11
42
Steve Tikolo
KEN
3/14
42
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3/14
43
Irving Romaine
BER
3/16
43
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3/16
44
Brad Hogg
AUS
3/17
45
Munaf Patel
IND
3/18
45
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3/18
45
John Davison
CAN
3/18
45
Ryan Watson
SCO
3/18
46
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
3/19
46
Corey Collymore
WI
3/19
47
Charl Langeveldt
SA
3/20
48
Justin Kemp
SA
3/21
49
Henry Osinde
CAN
3/22
49
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
3/22
49
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3/22
50
Ruchira Perera
SL
3/23
50
Dewald Nel
SCO
3/23
50
Not on record
DEN
3/23
51
Kevin Sandher
CAN
3/24
51
Kevin Hurdle
BER
3/24
51
Ramesh Powar
IND
3/24
51
Michael Yardy
ENG
3/24
52
Jacob Oram
NZ
3/26
52
Tim de Leede
NED
3/26
53
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3/28
53
James Anderson
ENG
3/28
54
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
3/29
55
Graeme Smith
SA
3/30
55
Ian Bradshaw
WI
3/30
56
Steve Harmison
ENG
3/31
56
Austin Codrington
CAN
3/31
57
Craig Wright
SCO
3/32
57
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
3/32
57
Shane Bond
NZ
3/32
58
Daren Powell
WI
3/33
59
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
3/34
59
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
3/34
59
Roger Telemachus
SA
3/34
60
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
3/35
60
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3/35
61
Umar Gul
PAK
3/36
62
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3/37
62
Dave Mohammed
WI
3/37
62
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
3/37
63
Dilhara Fernando
SL
3/39
63
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
3/39
63
Not on record
DEN
3/39
64
Not on record
ARG
3/41
64
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
3/41
65
Mohammad Sami
PAK
3/42
65
Zaheer Khan
IND
3/42
65
Fidel Edwards
WI
3/42
66
Not on record
ITL
3/44
67
Zishan Shah
DEN
3/45
68
Not on record
CIS
3/46
69
Not on record
USA
3/47
70
Andrew Symonds
AUS
3/48
71
George O'Brien
BER
3/50
72
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3/51
73
Peter Borren
NED
3/54
73
Darron Reekers
NED
3/54
74
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3/56
75
Stuart Broad
ENG
3/57
76
Not on record
ITL
3/59
77
Chris Martin
NZ
3/62
78
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
2/5
79
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
2/9
80
Jon Lewis
ENG
2/11
80
Piet Rinke
ZIM
2/11
81
Daan van Bunge
NED
2/12
82
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
2/13
83
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
2/14
83
Andre Botha
IRE
2/14
83
Not on record
DEN
2/14
84
Billy Stelling
NED
2/15
85
Steven Welsh
CAN
2/16
85
Tony Suji
KEN
2/16
85
Michael Clarke
AUS
2/16
86
Not on record
CIS
2/17
87
Brijal Patel
KEN
2/20
87
Abdur Rehman
PAK
2/20
88
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
2/21
88
Not on record
USA
2/21
88
Johan van der Wath
SA
2/21
89
Not on record
USA
2/22
89
Liam Plunkett
ENG
2/22
89
Ajit Agarkar
IND
2/22
90
Janeiro Tucker
BER
2/23
90
Boyd Rankin
ENG
2/23
90
Paul Collingwood
ENG
2/23
90
Not on record
DEN
2/23
91
Umar Bhatti
CAN
2/25
91
Dan Cullen
AUS
2/25
92
Marlon Samuels
WI
2/27
92
Robin Peterson
SA
2/27
93
Paul Mooney
IRE
2/28
93
Mark Jonkman
NED
2/28
93
Wavell Hinds
WI
2/28
94
Alok Kapali
BAN
2/29
94
Dhammika Prasad
SL
2/29
94
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2/29
94
Luuk van Troost
NED
2/29
95
Not on record
USA
2/30
95
Not on record
USA
2/30
95
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
2/30
96
Virender Sehwag
IND
2/31
96
Andrew White
IRE
2/31
97
Michael Mason
NZ
2/32
97
Yuvraj Singh
IND
2/32
97
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
2/32
98
Stuart Clark
AUS
2/36
99
Kyle McCallan
IRE
2/37
99
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
2/37
100
Mick Lewis
AUS
2/38
100
James Franklin
NZ
2/38
101
Ian Bell
ENG
2/39
101
Ian Blackwell
ENG
2/39
101
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
2/39
102
Pieter Seelaar
NED
2/42
102
Anil Kumble
IND
2/42
103
Mark Gillespie
NZ
2/46
104
Not on record
ITL
2/48
105
Johan Botha
SA
2/49
106
Ross Lyons
SCO
2/50
107
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
2/55
108
Majid Haq
SCO
2/57
109
Mohammad Kashif
NED
2/79
110
Mark Cosgrove
AUS
1/1
111
Nathan Astle
NZ
1/3
112
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
1/4
112
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
1/4
113
Keegan Meth
ZIM
1/6
114
Not on record
DEN
1/7
115
Abdool Samad
CAN
1/8
115
James Hopes
AUS
1/8
116
Jehan Mubarak
SL
1/10
116
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
1/10
117
Stefan Kelly
BER
1/11
117
Dougie Brown
ENG
1/11
118
Brett Dorey
AUS
1/12
118
Trent Johnston
IRE
1/12
119
Durand Soraine
CAN
1/15
120
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
1/16
120
Dinesh Mongia
IND
1/16
120
Delyone Borden
BER
1/16
121
Vikram Solanki
ENG
1/17
121
Not on record
DEN
1/17
122
Hasantha Fernando
SL
1/18
123
Farhad Reza
BAN
1/19
124
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
1/21
124
Scott Styris
NZ
1/21
124
Not on record
ITL
1/21
125
Michael Hussey
AUS
1/22
126
Don Maxwell
CAN
1/23
127
Sean Williams
ZIM
1/24
127
Tushar Imran
BAN
1/24
127
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
1/24
128
David Hemp
BER
1/25
129
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1/27
130
Chris Cairns
NZ
1/28
130
Gregory Strydom
ZIM
1/28
130
Glenn Rogers
SCO
1/28
131
Rawl Lewis
WI
1/29
132
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1/33
133
Esteban Nino
ARG
1/34
134
Not on record
ARG
1/35
134
Arshad Khan
PAK
1/35
135
Not on record
ARG
1/36
135
Josephat Ababu
KEN
1/36
136
Not on record
ARG
1/37
136
Rikki Clarke
ENG
1/37
137
Tim Bresnan
ENG
1/38
138
Malachi Jones
BER
1/39
138
Not on record
CIS
1/39
138
Gordon Goudie
SCO
1/39
139
Alfred Luseno
KEN
1/42
140
Garnett Kruger
SA
1/43
141
Not on record
CAN
1/45
142
Monde Zondeki
SA
1/49
143
Not on record
DEN
1/54
144
Not on record
ARG
1/58
144
Dale Steyn
SA
1/58
145
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
1/59
146
Murali Kartik
IND
1/64
147
Ryan Steede
BER
1/68
148
Not on record
ITL
1/69
149
Tino Best
WI
1/70
150
Not on record
CIS
1/72
151
Not on record
ITL
1/75
152
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
0/2
152
Younis Khan
PAK
0/2
153
Imran Farhat
PAK
0/4
154
Not on record
DEN
0/5
154
Collins Obuya
KEN
0/5
155
Tanmay Mishra
KEN
0/6
155
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
0/6
156
Steve Massiah
USA
0/7
157
Not on record
USA
0/8
158
Not on record
ITL
0/9
158
Lendl Simmons
WI
0/9
159
Suresh Raina
IND
0/10
159
Kalpesh Patel
KEN
0/10
160
Qaiser Ali
CAN
0/11
160
Russel Arnold
SL
0/11
161
Gautam Gambhir
IND
0/13
161
Jignesh Desai
USA
0/13
162
Not on record
ARG
0/14
162
Glen Chapple
ENG
0/14
163
Manzarul Islam
BAN
0/15
163
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
0/15
163
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0/15
163
Steven Outerbridge
BER
0/15
164
Brad Hodge
AUS
0/16
165
Not on record
CIS
0/19
165
Not on record
DEN
0/19
166
Akalanka Ganegama
SL
0/20
167
Not on record
ITL
0/22
168
Not on record
SCO
0/24
169
Not on record
ARG
0/26
170
Darren Gough
ENG
0/28
171
Sandeep Jyoti
CAN
0/29
172
Vikram Singh
IND
0/33
173
Danish Kaneria
PAK
0/35
173
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
0/35
174
Alex Loudon
ENG
0/36
175
Deighton Butler
WI
0/37
176
Not on record
CIS
0/38
177
Gareth Batty
ENG
0/41
178
Andre Adams
NZ
0/42
178
Martin Suji
KEN
0/42
179
Tapash Baisya
BAN
0/43
180
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
0/59
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