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Best Bowling Fig in 2008: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best bowling fig during the 2008 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2008
327 entries
1
8/61
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
Best return on the list
2
8/215
Jason Krejza
AUS
3
7/36
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
● LEADS
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
8/61 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
2
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/27
The mark at number ten — 317 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
6 of the top 50 · 14 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
327 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
8/61
2
Jason Krejza
AUS
8/215
3
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
7/36
4
James Anderson
ENG
7/43
5
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
7/47
6
Fidel Edwards
WI
7/87
7
Ajantha Mendis
SL
6/13
8
Not on record
SCO
6/24
9
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
6/26
10
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
6/27
11
Monty Panesar
ENG
6/37
12
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
6/52
13
Daniel Vettori
NZ
6/56
14
Dale Steyn
SA
6/72
15
Iain O'Brien
NZ
6/75
16
Harbhajan Singh
IND
6/102
17
John Blain
SCO
5/22
18
Stuart Broad
ENG
5/23
19
Brett Lee
AUS
5/27
20
Jacques Kallis
SA
5/30
21
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
5/32
21
Stuart Clark
AUS
5/32
22
Robin Peterson
SA
5/33
23
Samit Patel
ENG
5/41
24
Farhad Reza
BAN
5/42
25
Nathan Bracken
AUS
5/47
25
Thilan Thushara
SL
5/47
26
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
5/48
27
Morne Morkel
SA
5/50
28
Edgar Schiferli
NED
5/52
29
Tim Southee
NZ
5/55
30
Chaminda Vaas
SL
5/61
31
Chris Martin
NZ
5/65
32
Amit Mishra
IND
5/71
33
Zaheer Khan
IND
5/91
34
Makhaya Ntini
SA
5/94
35
Virender Sehwag
IND
5/104
36
Jeetan Patel
NZ
5/110
37
Umar Gul
PAK
4/13
38
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4/15
39
Abdur Razzak
BAN
4/16
39
Kyle Mills
NZ
4/16
40
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
4/19
40
Andre Botha
IRE
4/19
40
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
4/19
40
Johan Botha
SA
4/19
41
Alex Cusack
IRE
4/21
42
Piyush Chawla
IND
4/23
43
Gary Kidd
IRE
4/25
43
Dewald Nel
SCO
4/25
44
Andre Nel
SA
4/27
45
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4/28
46
Albie Morkel
SA
4/29
47
Not on record
DEN
4/30
48
Praveen Kumar
IND
4/31
49
Dwayne Bravo
WI
4/32
50
Jerome Taylor
WI
4/34
51
Shaun Pollock
SA
4/35
52
Ishant Sharma
IND
4/38
53
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
4/39
54
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4/40
55
Irfan Pathan
IND
4/41
56
Shane Watson
AUS
4/42
57
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4/44
58
Lasith Malinga
SL
4/47
59
Not on record
DEN
4/48
60
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
4/51
61
Tamauri Tucker
BER
4/56
62
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
4/59
63
RP Singh
IND
4/68
64
Mark Gillespie
NZ
4/79
65
Peter Siddle
AUS
4/81
66
Not on record
HK
4/87
67
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4/89
68
Anil Kumble
IND
4/106
69
Mansoor Amjad
PAK
3/3
70
Cameron White
AUS
3/5
70
Michael Clarke
AUS
3/5
71
Fawad Alam
PAK
3/7
72
Peter Connell
IRE
3/8
73
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3/10
74
Jacob Oram
NZ
3/13
75
Grant Elliott
NZ
3/14
76
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
3/17
77
Nikita Miller
WI
3/19
77
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3/19
78
Darren Sammy
WI
3/21
78
Balaji Rao
CAN
3/21
79
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3/22
79
Pieter Seelaar
NED
3/22
79
Wahab Riaz
PAK
3/22
79
Majid Haq
SCO
3/22
80
Syed Rasel
BAN
3/23
80
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
3/23
80
Umar Bhatti
CAN
3/23
81
Abdur Rauf
PAK
3/24
81
Dilhara Fernando
SL
3/24
82
Farveez Maharoof
SL
3/26
82
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
3/26
83
Qaiser Ali
CAN
3/28
84
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
3/30
84
James Hopes
AUS
3/30
84
Sohail Khan
PAK
3/30
84
Not on record
ITL
3/30
85
Sreesanth
IND
3/31
85
George O'Brien
BER
3/31
85
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
3/31
85
Charl Langeveldt
SA
3/31
85
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
3/31
86
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
3/32
87
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3/34
88
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3/35
88
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
3/35
88
Michael Mason
NZ
3/35
89
Stefan Kelly
BER
3/36
89
Daren Powell
WI
3/36
90
Eion Katchay
CAN
3/39
91
Chris Gayle
WI
3/42
91
Munaf Patel
IND
3/42
92
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
3/43
93
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
3/44
94
Lionel Baker
WI
3/47
95
Alok Kapali
BAN
3/49
95
Zahid Shah
UAE
3/49
96
Andrew Symonds
AUS
3/51
97
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
3/53
98
Brendan Nash
WI
3/56
99
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
3/57
100
Sulieman Benn
WI
3/59
100
Naeem Islam
BAN
3/59
100
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
3/59
101
Dhammika Prasad
SL
3/82
102
Paul Harris
SA
3/85
103
Beau Casson
AUS
3/86
104
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
3/98
105
Graeme Swann
ENG
3/122
106
Irving Romaine
BER
2/2
107
Steve Harmison
ENG
2/4
108
Adam Voges
AUS
2/5
108
Andrew White
IRE
2/5
109
Dilhara Lokuhettige
SL
2/6
109
Steven Welsh
CAN
2/6
109
Ray Price
ZIM
2/6
110
Jesse Ryder
NZ
2/7
111
Ryan Watson
SCO
2/9
111
Matthew Parker
SCO
2/9
112
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
2/10
112
Monde Zondeki
SA
2/10
113
Brett Geeves
AUS
2/11
113
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
2/11
114
Henry Osinde
CAN
2/12
114
Ragheb Aga
KEN
2/12
115
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
2/13
116
Tony Suji
KEN
2/14
117
Glenn Rogers
SCO
2/15
118
Peter Ongondo
KEN
2/17
118
Geert-Maarten Mol
NED
2/17
119
Abzal Dean
CAN
2/18
120
John Davison
CAN
2/19
120
Peter Borren
NED
2/19
120
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
2/19
120
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
2/19
121
Gordon Drummond
SCO
2/21
121
Richie Berrington
SCO
2/21
122
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
2/22
122
Scott Styris
NZ
2/22
123
Not on record
DEN
2/25
124
Boyd Rankin
ENG
2/26
125
Not on record
DEN
2/27
125
Not on record
ITL
2/27
126
Pragyan Ojha
IND
2/28
127
Kieron Pollard
WI
2/29
127
Kemar Roach
WI
2/29
127
Elijah Otieno
KEN
2/29
128
Ramesh David
CAN
2/30
128
Brad Hogg
AUS
2/30
128
Not on record
ITL
2/30
129
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
2/31
130
Kamran Hussain
PAK
2/32
131
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
2/33
131
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
2/33
131
Not on record
ITL
2/33
132
Luke Wright
ENG
2/34
132
Tim Bresnan
ENG
2/34
132
Dave Mohammed
WI
2/34
133
Regan West
IRE
2/35
133
Not on record
ITL
2/35
134
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
2/37
135
Mahmudullah
BAN
2/38
135
Delyone Borden
BER
2/38
136
Rodney Trott
BER
2/39
136
Karun Jethi
CAN
2/39
136
Fahad Alhashmi
UAE
2/39
137
Trent Johnston
IRE
2/40
137
Najeeb Amar
HK
2/40
138
Rawl Lewis
WI
2/42
139
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2/43
139
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
2/43
139
Steve Tikolo
KEN
2/43
139
Gordon Goudie
SCO
2/43
140
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
2/46
141
Mohammad Tauqir
UAE
2/47
141
Aaron Redmond
NZ
2/47
142
Kyle Hodsoll
BER
2/48
143
Timycen Maruma
ZIM
2/50
144
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
2/54
145
Irfan Ahmed
HK
2/59
146
James Franklin
NZ
2/61
147
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
2/62
148
Manpreet Gony
IND
2/65
148
Not on record
OMN
2/65
149
Sajedul Islam
BAN
2/71
150
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
2/78
150
Khurram Khan
UAE
2/78
151
Darren Pattinson
ENG
2/95
152
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1/0
153
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
1/1
153
Cephas Zhuwao
ZIM
1/1
154
Younis Khan
PAK
1/3
155
Not on record
ITL
1/5
156
Yusuf Pathan
IND
1/7
157
Abdool Samad
CAN
1/8
158
Steven Outerbridge
BER
1/11
159
Jehan Mubarak
SL
1/12
159
David Hussey
AUS
1/12
160
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
1/14
161
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
1/15
162
Craig Wright
SCO
1/16
163
Dwayne Leverock
BER
1/17
163
Dilruwan Perera
SL
1/17
164
Ewen Thompson
NZ
1/18
165
Adeel Raja
NED
1/19
165
Not on record
IRE
1/19
166
Gregor Maiden
SCO
1/20
166
Rory Kleinveldt
SA
1/20
167
Chamara Silva
SL
1/21
167
Ryan Steede
BER
1/21
168
Michael Hussey
AUS
1/22
169
Ashley Noffke
AUS
1/23
170
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
1/24
170
Marlon Samuels
WI
1/24
170
Chris Tremlett
ENG
1/24
170
Sean Williams
ZIM
1/24
171
Justin Ontong
SA
1/25
172
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
1/26
173
Dolar Mahmud
BAN
1/27
173
Not on record
DEN
1/27
174
Not on record
SCO
1/28
175
Rangana Herath
SL
1/29
175
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
1/29
176
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
1/30
177
Gary Brent
ZIM
1/33
177
Thinus Fourie
IRE
1/33
178
Ravi Rampaul
WI
1/34
179
Greg Thompson
IRE
1/35
180
Not on record
ITL
1/37
181
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
1/42
181
Ravi Bopara
ENG
1/42
182
Not on record
DEN
1/43
183
Saqib Ali
UAE
1/44
184
Johann Louw
SA
1/45
185
Owais Shah
ENG
1/46
186
Maurits Jonkman
NED
1/50
187
Afzaal Haider
HK
1/51
187
Lameck Onyango
KEN
1/51
188
Not on record
DEN
1/52
189
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
1/55
190
Zain Abbas
HK
1/56
191
Phil Eaglestone
IRE
1/60
191
Simon Katich
AUS
1/60
191
Not on record
NOR
1/60
192
Reinhardt Strydom
IRE
1/63
193
Amit Jaggernauth
WI
1/74
194
Muhammad Butt
BHR
1/107
195
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
1/122
196
Xavier Marshall
WI
0/0
197
Alastair Cook
ENG
0/1
197
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
0/1
197
MS Dhoni
IND
0/1
197
Sourav Ganguly
IND
0/1
197
Neil McKenzie
SA
0/1
197
Not on record
NOR
0/1
198
Chris Foggo
BER
0/2
198
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
0/2
198
Junaid Siddique
BAN
0/2
198
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
0/2
199
Oronde Bascome
BER
0/3
199
Thilina Kandamby
SL
0/3
200
Jamie How
NZ
0/4
200
Rohit Sharma
IND
0/4
201
Daniel Flynn
NZ
0/6
201
Hashim Amla
SA
0/6
202
Alviro Petersen
SA
0/7
202
Oliver Pitcher
BER
0/7
203
Ryan Hinds
WI
0/10
204
Suresh Raina
IND
0/11
204
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0/11
204
Not on record
IRE
0/11
205
Angelo Mathews
SL
0/13
205
Salman Butt
PAK
0/13
205
Not on record
DEN
0/13
206
Not on record
NOR
0/14
206
Ross Taylor
NZ
0/14
206
McLaren Smith
BER
0/14
207
Ashwell Prince
SA
0/16
207
Not on record
NOR
0/16
208
Sami Faridi
CAN
0/17
209
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0/19
209
VVS Laxman
IND
0/19
209
Anwar Ali
PAK
0/19
210
Aman Ali
UAE
0/22
211
Amjad Javed
UAE
0/24
212
Arshad Ali
UAE
0/26
212
Rizwan Ahmed
PAK
0/26
213
Roy Lamsam
HK
0/27
214
Vernon Philander
SA
0/30
214
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
0/30
215
Shaun Tait
AUS
0/33
215
Shadeep Silva
UAE
0/33
216
Munir Dar
HK
0/34
217
Not on record
NED
0/39
218
Yasir Arafat
PAK
0/41
219
Dennico Hollis
BER
0/43
220
Rajesh Bhudia
KEN
0/49
221
Samiullah Khan
PAK
0/55
222
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
0/57
223
Skhawat Ali
HK
0/68
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