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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.
ODI
2008
280 entries
1
6/13
Ajantha Mendis
SL
Best return on the list
3
6/52
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4
5/22
John Blain
SCO
● LEADS
Ajantha Mendis
SL
6/13 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
3
entries on this list took 6 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/42
The mark at number ten — 270 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
6 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
280 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ajantha Mendis
SL
6/13
2
Not on record
SCO
6/24
3
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
6/52
4
John Blain
SCO
5/22
5
Stuart Broad
ENG
5/23
6
Brett Lee
AUS
5/27
7
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
5/29
7
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
5/29
8
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
5/32
9
Samit Patel
ENG
5/41
10
Farhad Reza
BAN
5/42
11
Nathan Bracken
AUS
5/47
11
Thilan Thushara
SL
5/47
12
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
5/48
13
Edgar Schiferli
NED
5/52
14
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4/15
15
Dale Steyn
SA
4/16
16
Johan Botha
SA
4/19
16
Andre Botha
IRE
4/19
17
Zaheer Khan
IND
4/21
18
Piyush Chawla
IND
4/23
19
Gary Kidd
IRE
4/25
19
Dewald Nel
SCO
4/25
20
Andre Nel
SA
4/27
21
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4/28
22
Albie Morkel
SA
4/29
23
Not on record
DEN
4/30
24
Praveen Kumar
IND
4/31
25
Dwayne Bravo
WI
4/32
26
Jerome Taylor
WI
4/34
27
Morne Morkel
SA
4/36
27
Kyle Mills
NZ
4/36
28
Tim Southee
NZ
4/38
28
Ishant Sharma
IND
4/38
29
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
4/39
30
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4/40
31
Irfan Pathan
IND
4/41
32
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4/44
33
Lasith Malinga
SL
4/47
34
Not on record
DEN
4/48
35
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
4/51
36
Tamauri Tucker
BER
4/56
37
Umar Gul
PAK
4/57
38
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
4/59
39
Not on record
HK
4/87
40
Cameron White
AUS
3/5
41
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3/10
42
Jacob Oram
NZ
3/13
43
Grant Elliott
NZ
3/14
44
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
3/17
45
Nikita Miller
WI
3/19
45
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3/19
46
Abdur Razzak
BAN
3/20
47
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3/21
48
Wahab Riaz
PAK
3/22
48
Majid Haq
SCO
3/22
48
Pieter Seelaar
NED
3/22
48
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3/22
49
Syed Rasel
BAN
3/23
50
Abdur Rauf
PAK
3/24
51
Farveez Maharoof
SL
3/26
51
Michael Clarke
AUS
3/26
52
Virender Sehwag
IND
3/28
52
Qaiser Ali
CAN
3/28
53
Alex Cusack
IRE
3/29
54
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
3/30
54
Not on record
ITL
3/30
54
James Hopes
AUS
3/30
54
Sohail Khan
PAK
3/30
55
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
3/31
55
Charl Langeveldt
SA
3/31
55
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3/31
55
Sreesanth
IND
3/31
55
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
3/31
55
George O'Brien
BER
3/31
56
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
3/32
56
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3/32
57
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3/34
58
Michael Mason
NZ
3/35
58
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3/35
58
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
3/35
58
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
3/35
59
Stefan Kelly
BER
3/36
60
Eion Katchay
CAN
3/39
61
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
3/42
61
Munaf Patel
IND
3/42
62
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
3/43
63
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
3/44
64
RP Singh
IND
3/46
65
Lionel Baker
WI
3/47
66
Alok Kapali
BAN
3/49
66
Zahid Shah
UAE
3/49
67
Daren Powell
WI
3/50
68
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
3/51
69
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
3/53
70
Brendan Nash
WI
3/56
71
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
3/57
72
Naeem Islam
BAN
3/59
72
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
3/59
73
James Anderson
ENG
3/61
74
Peter Connell
IRE
3/68
75
Fidel Edwards
WI
3/86
76
Steve Harmison
ENG
2/4
77
Andrew White
IRE
2/5
78
Chris Gayle
WI
2/6
79
Shane Watson
AUS
2/8
79
Stuart Clark
AUS
2/8
80
Matthew Parker
SCO
2/9
80
Ryan Watson
SCO
2/9
81
Brett Geeves
AUS
2/11
82
Mark Gillespie
NZ
2/13
82
Shaun Pollock
SA
2/13
83
Jesse Ryder
NZ
2/14
83
Jeetan Patel
NZ
2/14
83
Tony Suji
KEN
2/14
84
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
2/16
85
Peter Ongondo
KEN
2/17
85
Geert-Maarten Mol
NED
2/17
86
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
2/19
87
Graeme Swann
ENG
2/21
87
Gordon Drummond
SCO
2/21
88
Chris Martin
NZ
2/22
88
Scott Styris
NZ
2/22
88
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
2/22
89
Andrew Symonds
AUS
2/23
90
Dilhara Fernando
SL
2/24
90
Ray Price
ZIM
2/24
90
Glenn Rogers
SCO
2/24
91
Not on record
DEN
2/25
91
Jacques Kallis
SA
2/25
92
Boyd Rankin
ENG
2/26
93
Not on record
DEN
2/27
93
Not on record
ITL
2/27
94
Pragyan Ojha
IND
2/28
95
Kemar Roach
WI
2/29
95
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
2/29
95
Elijah Otieno
KEN
2/29
96
Ramesh David
CAN
2/30
96
Not on record
ITL
2/30
96
Paul Harris
SA
2/30
96
Brad Hogg
AUS
2/30
97
Darren Sammy
WI
2/31
97
Peter Borren
NED
2/31
98
Umar Bhatti
CAN
2/32
98
Irving Romaine
BER
2/32
98
Kamran Hussain
PAK
2/32
99
Not on record
ITL
2/33
99
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
2/33
99
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
2/33
100
Luke Wright
ENG
2/34
100
Dave Mohammed
WI
2/34
100
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2/34
100
Tim Bresnan
ENG
2/34
101
Regan West
IRE
2/35
101
Not on record
ITL
2/35
102
Delyone Borden
BER
2/38
102
Mahmudullah
BAN
2/38
103
Rodney Trott
BER
2/39
103
Karun Jethi
CAN
2/39
103
Fahad Alhashmi
UAE
2/39
104
Najeeb Amar
HK
2/40
104
Trent Johnston
IRE
2/40
104
Monde Zondeki
SA
2/40
105
Steve Tikolo
KEN
2/43
105
Gordon Goudie
SCO
2/43
106
Mohammad Tauqir
UAE
2/47
107
Kyle Hodsoll
BER
2/48
108
Balaji Rao
CAN
2/50
108
Timycen Maruma
ZIM
2/50
109
Irfan Ahmed
HK
2/59
110
Not on record
OMN
2/65
110
Manpreet Gony
IND
2/65
111
Khurram Khan
UAE
2/78
111
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
2/78
112
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1/0
113
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
1/1
114
Younis Khan
PAK
1/3
115
Not on record
ITL
1/5
116
Yusuf Pathan
IND
1/7
117
Fawad Alam
PAK
1/8
117
Abdool Samad
CAN
1/8
118
Steven Outerbridge
BER
1/11
118
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
1/11
119
Jehan Mubarak
SL
1/12
120
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
1/14
121
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
1/15
122
Richie Berrington
SCO
1/16
122
Craig Wright
SCO
1/16
122
David Hussey
AUS
1/16
123
Dilruwan Perera
SL
1/17
123
Dwayne Leverock
BER
1/17
124
Adeel Raja
NED
1/19
124
Not on record
IRE
1/19
125
Ryan Steede
BER
1/21
125
Henry Osinde
CAN
1/21
125
Chamara Silva
SL
1/21
126
Sean Williams
ZIM
1/24
126
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
1/24
126
Chris Tremlett
ENG
1/24
127
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
1/26
128
Dolar Mahmud
BAN
1/27
128
Not on record
DEN
1/27
129
Not on record
SCO
1/28
130
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
1/29
131
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
1/30
132
Thinus Fourie
IRE
1/33
132
Gary Brent
ZIM
1/33
133
Ravi Rampaul
WI
1/34
134
Greg Thompson
IRE
1/35
135
Not on record
ITL
1/37
136
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
1/38
136
Marlon Samuels
WI
1/38
137
Sulieman Benn
WI
1/39
138
Dhammika Prasad
SL
1/40
139
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
1/42
139
Ravi Bopara
ENG
1/42
140
Not on record
DEN
1/43
141
Saqib Ali
UAE
1/44
141
Mansoor Amjad
PAK
1/44
142
Johann Louw
SA
1/45
143
Owais Shah
ENG
1/46
143
Ashley Noffke
AUS
1/46
144
Maurits Jonkman
NED
1/50
145
Lameck Onyango
KEN
1/51
145
Afzaal Haider
HK
1/51
146
Not on record
DEN
1/52
147
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
1/55
148
Zain Abbas
HK
1/56
149
Iain O'Brien
NZ
1/59
150
Phil Eaglestone
IRE
1/60
150
Not on record
NOR
1/60
151
Reinhardt Strydom
IRE
1/63
152
Makhaya Ntini
SA
1/68
153
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
BHR
1/107
154
Not on record
NOR
0/1
154
Xavier Marshall
WI
0/1
155
Chris Foggo
BER
0/2
156
Oronde Bascome
BER
0/3
156
Thilina Kandamby
SL
0/3
157
Junaid Siddique
BAN
0/4
157
Rohit Sharma
IND
0/4
158
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
0/6
158
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
0/6
158
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
0/6
158
Daniel Flynn
NZ
0/6
159
Alviro Petersen
SA
0/7
160
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
0/9
161
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
0/10
162
Steven Welsh
CAN
0/11
162
Kieron Pollard
WI
0/11
162
Not on record
IRE
0/11
162
Suresh Raina
IND
0/11
163
Salman Butt
PAK
0/13
163
Angelo Mathews
SL
0/13
163
Not on record
DEN
0/13
164
Not on record
NOR
0/14
164
McLaren Smith
BER
0/14
164
Ross Taylor
NZ
0/14
165
Cephas Zhuwao
ZIM
0/15
166
Not on record
NOR
0/16
167
Sami Faridi
CAN
0/17
168
Rawl Lewis
WI
0/18
169
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0/19
170
Aman Ali
UAE
0/22
171
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
0/23
172
Amjad Javed
UAE
0/24
173
Arshad Ali
UAE
0/26
173
Rizwan Ahmed
PAK
0/26
174
Roy Lamsam
HK
0/27
175
Vernon Philander
SA
0/30
175
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
0/30
176
Shadeep Silva
UAE
0/33
177
Munir Dar
HK
0/34
178
Not on record
NED
0/39
179
Yasir Arafat
PAK
0/41
180
Dennico Hollis
BER
0/43
181
Rajesh Bhudia
KEN
0/49
182
Samiullah Khan
PAK
0/55
183
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
0/56
184
Skhawat Ali
HK
0/68
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