Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
23.4 | 4 | 52 | 9 | 2.19 | New Zealand | v Australia | Brisbane | 08 Nov 1985 | Test # 1029 | |
37.0 | 13 | 56 | 9 | 1.51 | Pakistan | v England | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1081 | |
30.3 | 6 | 83 | 9 | 2.72 | India | v West Indies | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 | Test # 967 | |
15.1 | 3 | 43 | 8 | 2.83 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 16 Jul 1981 | Test # 905 | |
29.3 | 8 | 58 | 8 | 1.96 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 | Test # 927 | |
20.1 | 4 | 60 | 8 | 2.97 | Pakistan | v India | Karachi | 23 Dec 1982 | Test # 942 | |
18.3 | 3 | 61 | 8 | 3.29 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
15.2 | 3 | 75 | 8 | 4.89 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
23.2 | 5 | 83 | 8 | 3.55 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Sialkot | 27 Oct 1985 | Test # 1027 | |
30.5 | 7 | 85 | 8 | 2.75 | India | v Pakistan | Lahore | 23 Jan 1983 | Test # 947 | |
37.0 | 9 | 87 | 8 | 2.35 | Australia | v West Indies | Perth | 02 Dec 1988 | Test # 1110 | |
27.4 | 6 | 103 | 8 | 3.72 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 28 Jun 1984 | Test # 990 | |
38.0 | 6 | 106 | 8 | 2.78 | India | v Australia | Adelaide | 13 Dec 1985 | Test # 1032 | |
46.2 | 15 | 107 | 8 | 2.30 | England | v Pakistan | Leeds | 02 Jul 1987 | Test # 1077 | |
40.0 | 7 | 112 | 8 | 2.80 | Australia | v West Indies | Adelaide | 07 Dec 1984 | Test # 1002 | |
36.0 | 3 | 141 | 8 | 3.91 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 01 Aug 1985 | Test # 1020 | |
15.4 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 1.40 | West Indies | v England | Manchester | 30 Jun 1988 | Test # 1100 | |
18.2 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1.47 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
19.1 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 2.08 | Pakistan | v England | Leeds | 02 Jul 1987 | Test # 1077 | |
26.0 | 10 | 46 | 7 | 1.76 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 26 Jan 1989 | Test # 1113 | |
26.0 | 7 | 48 | 7 | 1.84 | England | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
42.0 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 1.16 | Pakistan | v Australia | Karachi | 27 Feb 1980 | Test # 876 | |
17.4 | 4 | 51 | 7 | 2.88 | India | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
25.3 | 11 | 52 | 7 | 2.03 | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 29 Jul 1982 | Test # 931 | |
26.0 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 2.03 | West Indies | v England | Leeds | 12 Jul 1984 | Test # 991 | |
23.4 | 7 | 56 | 7 | 2.36 | India | v Pakistan | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 | Test # 869 | |
33.2 | 14 | 74 | 7 | 2.22 | New Zealand | v England | Leeds | 28 Jul 1983 | Test # 958 | |
46.0 | 15 | 78 | 7 | 1.69 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 | Test # 1065 | |
25.3 | 6 | 80 | 7 | 3.13 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Bridgetown | 26 Apr 1985 | Test # 1015 | |
22.4 | 2 | 80 | 7 | 3.52 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Georgetown | 02 Apr 1988 | Test # 1095 | |
43.1 | 14 | 81 | 7 | 1.87 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 02 Jul 1981 | Test # 904 | |
26.3 | 3 | 83 | 7 | 3.13 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
46.5 | 17 | 87 | 7 | 1.85 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 27 Feb 1980 | Test # 876 | |
37.0 | 13 | 87 | 7 | 2.35 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Hyderabad (Sind) | 25 Nov 1984 | Test # 1000 | |
31.4 | 4 | 89 | 7 | 2.81 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1981 | Test # 908 | |
30.0 | 6 | 89 | 7 | 2.96 | Australia | v West Indies | Adelaide | 03 Feb 1989 | Test # 1114 | |
44.4 | 15 | 96 | 7 | 2.14 | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 06 Aug 1987 | Test # 1079 | |
31.4 | 6 | 98 | 7 | 3.09 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 02 Jan 1982 | Test # 917 | |
44.4 | 8 | 116 | 7 | 2.59 | New Zealand | v Australia | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 | Test # 1038 | |
50.5 | 12 | 142 | 7 | 2.79 | Pakistan | v Australia | Faisalabad | 30 Sep 1982 | Test # 936 | |
45.0 | 10 | 143 | 7 | 3.17 | New Zealand | v England | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 | Test # 975 | |
66.0 | 16 | 187 | 7 | 2.83 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
38.4 | 3 | 220 | 7 | 5.68 | India | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 | Test # 945 | |
9.3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1.68 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1986 | Test # 1055 | |
9.2 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 2.25 | West Indies | v Australia | Perth | 09 Nov 1984 | Test # 997 | |
19.0 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 1.68 | Pakistan | v England | Lord's | 12 Aug 1982 | Test # 932 | |
22.0 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 1.45 | New Zealand | v Australia | Auckland | 13 Mar 1986 | Test # 1040 | |
18.0 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 1.77 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 16 Jun 1988 | Test # 1099 | |
25.0 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 1.32 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
17.2 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 2.01 | Pakistan | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14 Jan 1983 | Test # 946 | |
15.0 | 4 | 37 | 6 | 2.46 | West Indies | v India | Eden Gardens | 10 Dec 1983 | Test # 971 | |
24.5 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 1.53 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
15.0 | 7 | 45 | 6 | 3.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 23 Feb 1986 | Test # 1037 | |
23.0 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 2.00 | Pakistan | v India | Lahore | 17 Oct 1984 | Test # 995 | |
22.3 | 2 | 46 | 6 | 2.04 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Karachi | 20 Nov 1986 | Test # 1058 | |
18.3 | 4 | 47 | 6 | 2.54 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1982 | Test # 939 | |
20.5 | 8 | 49 | 6 | 2.35 | New Zealand | v India | Wankhede | 24 Nov 1988 | Test # 1109 | |
12.3 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 4.00 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Christchurch | 12 Mar 1987 | Test # 1072 | |
24.0 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 2.12 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 09 Feb 1985 | Test # 1012 | |
17.4 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 2.88 | New Zealand | v India | Wankhede | 24 Nov 1988 | Test # 1109 | |
15.0 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 3.53 | Australia | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1980 | Test # 887 | |
23.4 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 2.23 | New Zealand | v England | The Oval | 14 Jul 1983 | Test # 957 | |
22.0 | 7 | 54 | 6 | 2.45 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 30 Dec 1984 | Test # 1006 | |
19.5 | 2 | 55 | 6 | 2.77 | West Indies | v India | Port of Spain | 15 Apr 1989 | Test # 1119 | |
36.2 | 15 | 56 | 6 | 1.54 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Auckland | 29 Feb 1980 | Test # 877 | |
25.1 | 8 | 56 | 6 | 2.22 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 11 Feb 1987 | Test # 1067 | |
27.2 | 7 | 57 | 6 | 2.08 | New Zealand | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1980 | Test # 891 | |
28.4 | 12 | 57 | 6 | 1.98 | West Indies | v England | Manchester | 26 Jul 1984 | Test # 992 | |
22.5 | 7 | 58 | 6 | 2.54 | England | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
22.5 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 2.54 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 | Test # 927 | |
24.0 | 4 | 58 | 6 | 2.41 | India | v England | Birmingham | 03 Jul 1986 | Test # 1048 | |
28.3 | 10 | 58 | 6 | 2.03 | Australia | v New Zealand | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1987 | Test # 1087 | |
30.0 | 10 | 59 | 6 | 1.96 | India | v New Zealand | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 1988 | Test # 1107 | |
33.1 | 9 | 60 | 6 | 1.80 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 01 Feb 1980 | Test # 872 | |
28.1 | 9 | 60 | 6 | 2.13 | West Indies | v Australia | Port of Spain | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 983 | |
26.5 | 7 | 61 | 6 | 2.27 | England | v West Indies | Leeds | 12 Jul 1984 | Test # 991 | |
21.3 | 5 | 62 | 6 | 2.88 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
29.0 | 8 | 62 | 6 | 2.13 | West Indies | v India | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 | Test # 1120 | |
31.2 | 10 | 64 | 6 | 2.04 | India | v England | Wankhede | 28 Nov 1984 | Test # 1001 | |
30.0 | 12 | 65 | 6 | 2.16 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 02 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
19.4 | 2 | 66 | 6 | 3.35 | Sri Lanka | v Australia | Hobart | 16 Dec 1989 | Test # 1133 | |
28.0 | 11 | 67 | 6 | 2.39 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 19 Jun 1980 | Test # 881 | |
36.0 | 13 | 68 | 6 | 1.88 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Dunedin | 08 Feb 1980 | Test # 873 | |
30.0 | 4 | 69 | 6 | 2.30 | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 02 Jun 1988 | Test # 1098 | |
29.2 | 5 | 70 | 6 | 2.38 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 27 Jun 1985 | Test # 1018 | |
28.5 | 9 | 71 | 6 | 2.46 | New Zealand | v Australia | Brisbane | 08 Nov 1985 | Test # 1029 | |
33.0 | 11 | 72 | 6 | 2.18 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 27 Jul 1989 | Test # 1124 | |
22.0 | 4 | 73 | 6 | 3.31 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 29 Mar 1985 | Test # 1013 | |
25.0 | 5 | 74 | 6 | 2.96 | West Indies | v England | St John's | 27 Mar 1981 | Test # 901 | |
27.2 | 10 | 75 | 6 | 2.74 | West Indies | v Australia | Georgetown | 02 Mar 1984 | Test # 979 | |
26.0 | 6 | 77 | 6 | 2.96 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1982 | Test # 943 | |
31.0 | 2 | 77 | 6 | 2.48 | India | v West Indies | Delhi | 29 Oct 1983 | Test # 965 | |
32.4 | 4 | 77 | 6 | 2.35 | Australia | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 30 Mar 1984 | Test # 986 | |
31.5 | 9 | 77 | 6 | 2.41 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 15 Aug 1985 | Test # 1021 | |
26.0 | 7 | 78 | 6 | 3.00 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 | Test # 1065 | |
37.5 | 11 | 80 | 6 | 2.11 | New Zealand | v England | Lord's | 24 Jul 1986 | Test # 1049 | |
32.0 | 7 | 80 | 6 | 2.50 | New Zealand | v England | Nottingham | 07 Aug 1986 | Test # 1050 | |
25.5 | 5 | 84 | 6 | 3.25 | Australia | v Pakistan | Perth | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
33.0 | 7 | 84 | 6 | 2.54 | India | v West Indies | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 | Test # 1120 | |
32.0 | 8 | 85 | 6 | 2.65 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Christchurch | 22 Feb 1980 | Test # 875 |
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]
Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]
Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]
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