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Best Bowling Fig in 2017: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best bowling fig in 2017 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2017
364 entries
1
8/50
Nathan Lyon
AUS
Best return on the list
2
7/18
Rashid Khan
AFG
3
7/34
Trent Boult
NZ
● LEADS
Nathan Lyon
AUS
8/50 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/35
The mark at number ten — 354 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
6 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
364 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Nathan Lyon
AUS
8/50
2
Rashid Khan
AFG
7/18
3
Trent Boult
NZ
7/34
4
Neil Wagner
NZ
7/39
5
James Anderson
ENG
7/42
6
Yasir Shah
PAK
7/94
7
Ben Stokes
ENG
6/22
8
Yuzvendra Chahal
IND
6/25
9
Zahoor Khan
UAE
6/34
10
Steve O'Keefe
AUS
6/35
11
Vivian Kingma
NED
6/39
12
Keshav Maharaj
SA
6/40
13
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
6/41
14
Rangana Herath
SL
6/43
15
Mohammad Amir
PAK
6/44
16
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
6/52
17
Moeen Ali
ENG
6/53
18
Akila Dananjaya
SL
6/54
19
Paul Stirling
IRE
6/55
19
Kagiso Rabada
SA
6/55
20
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
6/63
21
Lahiru Kumara
SL
6/122
22
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
6/132
23
Shannon Gabriel
WI
5/11
24
Ehsan Khan
HK
5/17
25
Morne Morkel
SA
5/21
26
Imran Tahir
SA
5/24
27
Rohan Mustafa
UAE
5/25
28
Sompal Kami
NEP
5/27
28
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
5/27
28
Jason Holder
WI
5/27
28
Adil Rashid
ENG
5/27
29
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
5/29
30
Usman Khan
PAK
5/34
30
Hasan Ali
PAK
5/34
31
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
5/42
32
Barry McCarthy
IRE
5/46
32
Mohammad Abbas
PAK
5/46
33
Mitchell Santner
NZ
5/50
34
Liam Plunkett
ENG
5/52
35
Alzarri Joseph
WI
5/56
36
Toby Roland-Jones
ENG
5/57
37
Con de Lange
SCO
5/60
38
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
5/68
39
Kemar Roach
WI
5/72
40
Devendra Bishoo
WI
5/79
41
Mitchell Starc
AUS
5/88
42
Tim Southee
NZ
5/94
43
Dilruwan Perera
SL
5/98
44
Sikandar Raza
ZIM
5/99
45
Lakshan Sandakan
SL
5/132
46
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
4/10
47
Suranga Lakmal
SL
4/13
48
Shadab Khan
PAK
4/14
49
Jacob Mulder
IRE
4/16
50
Lungi Ngidi
SA
4/19
51
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
4/21
51
Jason Behrendorff
AUS
4/21
52
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
AFG
4/24
52
Chris Sole
SCO
4/24
53
Imran Haider
UAE
4/25
54
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4/26
55
Vernon Philander
SA
4/27
55
Gulbadin Naib
AFG
4/27
56
George Dockrell
IRE
4/28
56
Sharad Vesawkar
NEP
4/28
57
Chris Morris
SA
4/31
57
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4/31
58
James Faulkner
AUS
4/32
58
Umesh Yadav
IND
4/32
58
Dane Paterson
SA
4/32
59
Mark Wood
ENG
4/33
59
Shem Ngoche
KEN
4/33
59
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
4/33
60
Josh Davey
SCO
4/34
61
Chris Woakes
ENG
4/36
62
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
4/38
63
Andile Phehlukwayo
SA
4/40
63
Kuldeep Yadav
IND
4/40
64
Wahab Riaz
PAK
4/41
65
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
4/44
65
Boyd Rankin
ENG
4/44
66
Taskin Ahmed
BAN
4/47
66
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4/47
67
Mohammed Shami
IND
4/48
68
Stuart Broad
ENG
4/51
68
Wayne Parnell
SA
4/51
69
Ehsan Nawaz
HK
4/54
70
Doug Bracewell
NZ
4/55
71
Lahiru Gamage
SL
4/57
72
Ashley Nurse
WI
4/62
72
Rubel Hossain
BAN
4/62
73
Michael Rippon
NED
4/67
74
Matt Henry
NZ
4/93
75
Roston Chase
WI
4/103
76
Pat Cummins
AUS
4/106
77
Mehidy Hasan
BAN
4/113
78
Haris Sohail
PAK
3/1
79
Dwaine Pretorius
SA
3/5
80
Anshuman Rath
HK
3/6
81
Kesrick Williams
WI
3/11
81
Sunil Narine
WI
3/11
82
Amjad Javed
UAE
3/12
83
Isuru Udana
SL
3/13
83
Mosaddek Hossain
BAN
3/13
84
Aizaz Khan
HK
3/14
85
Sean Williams
ZIM
3/15
85
Wanindu Hasaranga
SL
3/15
86
Faheem Ashraf
PAK
3/16
87
Bernard Scholtz
NAM
3/17
87
Lockie Ferguson
NZ
3/17
88
Ahmed Raza
UAE
3/18
88
Mohammad Naveed
UAE
3/18
88
Bilal Khan
OMN
3/18
89
Carlos Brathwaite
WI
3/20
89
Assad Vala
PNG
3/20
89
Amir Hamza
AFG
3/20
90
Mark Watt
SCO
3/21
91
Chris Jordan
ENG
3/22
92
Alasdair Evans
SCO
3/23
93
Karim Janat
AFG
3/24
93
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
3/24
93
Thisara Perera
SL
3/24
94
Adam Zampa
AUS
3/25
95
Mominul Haque
BAN
3/27
96
Ashish Nehra
IND
3/28
96
Tim Murtagh
IRE
3/28
97
Hardik Pandya
IND
3/29
98
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
3/30
98
Seth Rance
NZ
3/30
99
Hamish Bennett
NZ
3/31
100
Todd Astle
NZ
3/33
100
Peter Chase
IRE
3/33
100
Tom Curran
ENG
3/33
101
Axar Patel
IND
3/34
101
Lasith Malinga
SL
3/34
102
Norman Vanua
PNG
3/35
102
Fareed Ahmad
AFG
3/35
103
Ish Sodhi
NZ
3/36
104
Ishant Sharma
IND
3/37
104
Andrew Tye
AUS
3/37
104
Jan Frylinck
NAM
3/37
105
Duanne Olivier
SA
3/38
106
Alei Nao
PNG
3/40
106
John Reva
PNG
3/40
106
Junaid Khan
PAK
3/40
107
Scott Kuggeleijn
NZ
3/41
108
Andy McBrine
IRE
3/42
109
Nathan Coulter-Nile
AUS
3/44
110
Ashton Agar
AUS
3/46
111
Craig Young
IRE
3/48
111
Sandeep Lamichhane
NEP
3/48
112
Marcus Stoinis
AUS
3/49
112
Rumman Raees
PAK
3/49
113
Colin de Grandhomme
NZ
3/52
113
Joe Root
ENG
3/52
114
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
3/54
115
Corey Anderson
NZ
3/55
115
Kane Richardson
AUS
3/55
116
Kyle Jarvis
ZIM
3/57
117
Christoffel Viljoen
NAM
3/58
118
Taijul Islam
BAN
3/60
118
Emmanuel Bundi
KEN
3/60
119
Sheldon Cottrell
WI
3/62
120
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
3/65
121
Jake Ball
ENG
3/67
122
Miguel Cummins
WI
3/69
124
Adam Milne
NZ
3/79
125
Malinda Pushpakumara
SL
3/82
126
Kamrul Islam
BAN
3/87
127
Craig Overton
ENG
3/105
128
Tendai Chisoro
ZIM
3/113
129
Subashis Roy
BAN
3/118
130
Sagar Pun
NEP
2/8
131
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
2/10
132
Not on record
NEP
2/11
133
Ashton Turner
AUS
2/12
133
Khawar Ali
OMN
2/12
134
Imad Wasim
PAK
2/13
134
Peter Borren
NED
2/13
135
Samuel Badree
WI
2/14
136
Mahmudullah
BAN
2/15
136
Jaydev Unadkat
IND
2/15
137
Kane Williamson
NZ
2/16
137
Ben Wheeler
NZ
2/16
138
Josh Little
IRE
2/17
138
Nelson Odhiambo
KEN
2/17
139
Aiden Markram
SA
2/18
140
Mahuru Dai
PNG
2/19
140
Willie Gavera
PNG
2/19
141
Vikum Sanjaya
SL
2/20
142
Sunzamul Islam
BAN
2/22
142
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
2/22
142
Karan KC
NEP
2/22
142
Jeetan Patel
NZ
2/22
142
Kedar Jadhav
IND
2/22
143
Sarel Burger
NAM
2/23
143
Kaleemullah
OMN
2/23
144
Mohammad Nadeem
OMN
2/24
144
Basant Regmi
NEP
2/24
144
Angelo Mathews
SL
2/24
145
Collins Obuya
KEN
2/25
146
Michael Leask
SCO
2/26
147
Sohail Khan
PAK
2/28
148
Elijah Otieno
KEN
2/29
149
Paul van Meekeren
NED
2/30
149
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
2/30
150
Tanwir Afzal
HK
2/31
150
Jerome Taylor
WI
2/31
150
Aaron Phangiso
SA
2/31
151
Chad Soper
PNG
2/33
151
Seekkuge Prasanna
SL
2/33
151
Robbie Frylinck
SA
2/33
152
Craig Williams
NAM
2/34
152
Liam Dawson
ENG
2/34
152
Lucas Oluoch
KEN
2/34
153
Sese Bau
PNG
2/35
153
Steven Finn
ENG
2/35
154
Rakep Patel
KEN
2/37
154
Stuart Whittingham
SCO
2/37
154
Richard Ngarava
ZIM
2/37
154
Not on record
NAM
2/37
155
Pieter Seelaar
NED
2/38
156
Beuran Hendricks
SA
2/42
157
Johannes Smit
NAM
2/43
158
Malcolm Waller
ZIM
2/44
159
Nasir Hossain
BAN
2/47
159
David Willey
ENG
2/47
161
Mohammad Saifuddin
BAN
2/53
163
Timm van der Gugten
NED
2/58
164
Travis Head
AUS
2/65
165
James Neesham
NZ
2/68
166
John Hastings
AUS
2/69
167
Azhar Ali
PAK
2/70
167
Lahiru Madushanka
SL
2/70
168
Vishwa Fernando
SL
2/87
169
Imran Khan
BHR
2/111
170
Ryan Burl
ZIM
1/2
171
Dhananjaya de Silva
SL
1/3
172
Naveen-ul-Haq
AFG
1/5
173
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
1/6
174
Asad Shafiq
PAK
1/7
174
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
1/7
175
Solomon Mire
ZIM
1/9
176
Marlon Samuels
WI
1/11
177
Sultan Ahmed
OMN
1/12
178
Sabbir Rahman
BAN
1/13
178
Mohammed Qasim
UAE
1/13
179
Zeeshan Maqsood
OMN
1/14
180
Max O'Dowd
NED
1/15
180
Richie Berrington
SCO
1/15
180
Glenn Maxwell
AUS
1/15
180
Shoaib Malik
PAK
1/15
181
Nizakat Khan
HK
1/16
182
Stuart Thompson
IRE
1/17
183
Sushan Bhari
NEP
1/18
184
Shaiman Anwar
UAE
1/19
184
JJ Smuts
SA
1/19
185
Rovman Powell
WI
1/20
185
Colin Munro
NZ
1/20
186
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
1/21
186
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
1/21
187
Washington Sundar
IND
1/22
187
Pushpak Kerai
KEN
1/22
188
Amit Mishra
IND
1/23
188
Kraigg Brathwaite
WI
1/23
189
Jhye Richardson
AUS
1/24
191
Shardul Thakur
IND
1/26
191
Nikita Miller
WI
1/26
191
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
1/26
191
Dilshan Munaweera
SL
1/26
192
Tymal Mills
ENG
1/27
192
Mitchell Marsh
AUS
1/27
193
Kyle Christie
HK
1/28
194
Paras Khadka
NEP
1/29
194
Lalit Bhandari
NEP
1/29
194
Not on record
NAM
1/29
195
Jeffrey Vandersay
SL
1/30
195
Moises Henriques
AUS
1/30
196
Dimuth Karunaratne
SL
1/31
196
Brad Wheal
SCO
1/31
197
Parvez Rasool
IND
1/32
197
Wiaan Mulder
SA
1/32
198
Ahsan Malik
NED
1/34
199
Raymon Reifer
WI
1/36
200
Mason Crane
ENG
1/38
200
Not on record
NAM
1/38
200
Ben Cutting
AUS
1/38
200
Donald Tiripano
ZIM
1/38
201
Milinda Siriwardana
SL
1/39
201
Tabraiz Shamsi
SA
1/39
202
Mohammad Shahzad
AFG
1/41
203
Jayant Yadav
IND
1/43
204
Mohammed Siraj
IND
1/45
205
Shafiul Islam
BAN
1/46
206
Billy Stanlake
AUS
1/55
207
Ronsford Beaton
WI
1/60
208
Kieran Powell
WI
0/0
208
Shan Masood
PAK
0/0
209
Aaron Finch
AUS
0/1
209
Usman Khawaja
AUS
0/1
209
Virat Kohli
IND
0/1
210
Jonathan Carter
WI
0/2
210
Keaton Jennings
ENG
0/2
210
Shreyas Iyer
IND
0/2
211
Murali Vijay
IND
0/3
212
Soumya Sarkar
BAN
0/4
213
Steven Smith
AUS
0/5
213
Jason Mohammed
WI
0/5
213
Calum MacLeod
SCO
0/5
214
Dhiren Gondaria
KEN
0/6
215
Lega Siaka
PNG
0/7
215
Kusal Mendis
SL
0/7
215
Karun Nair
IND
0/7
215
Daniel Christian
AUS
0/7
215
Temba Bavuma
SA
0/7
215
Javed Ahmadi
AFG
0/7
215
Dawid Malan
ENG
0/7
216
Aarif Sheikh
NEP
0/8
216
Hashmatullah Shaidi
AFG
0/8
216
Jermaine Blackwood
WI
0/8
217
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
0/9
217
Kyle Abbott
SA
0/9
217
Stephan Myburgh
NED
0/9
217
Farhaan Behardien
SA
0/9
218
Kieron Pollard
WI
0/10
218
Thikshila de Silva
SL
0/10
218
Waqas Barkat
HK
0/10
218
Rahmat Shah
AFG
0/10
218
Anaru Kitchen
NZ
0/10
219
Mehran Khan
OMN
0/11
219
Nawroz Mangal
AFG
0/11
220
Tony Ura
PNG
0/12
220
Tom Westley
ENG
0/12
221
Najmul Hossain Shanto
BAN
0/13
221
Shakti Gauchan
NEP
0/13
221
Dean Elgar
SA
0/13
222
Yuvraj Singh
IND
0/14
222
Chaturanga de Silva
SL
0/14
222
Not on record
PAK
0/14
223
Hilton Cartwright
AUS
0/15
224
Ajay Lalcheta
OMN
0/17
224
Suresh Raina
IND
0/17
224
Grant Elliott
NZ
0/17
225
Paul Collingwood
ENG
0/18
225
Theunis de Bruyn
SA
0/18
225
Amir Hayat
UAE
0/18
226
Zhivago Groenewald
NAM
0/19
227
Tangeni Lungameni
NAM
0/20
228
Damien Ravu
PNG
0/21
229
Asitha Fernando
SL
0/22
230
Darren Sammy
WI
0/24
231
Nosaina Pokana
PNG
0/25
231
Fakhar Zaman
PAK
0/25
232
Stephan Baard
NAM
0/30
232
Shane Snater
NED
0/30
233
Qadeer Ahmed
UAE
0/31
233
Veerasammy Permaul
WI
0/31
234
Carl Mumba
ZIM
0/36
234
Simi Singh
IRE
0/36
235
Blessing Muzarabani
ZIM
0/48
236
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
0/51
237
Amila Aponso
SL
0/77
238
Jackson Bird
AUS
0/108
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