Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 1978 in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IT Botham	20.5	8	34	8	1.63	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
CM Old	22.4	6	50	7	2.20	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
PH Edmonds	33.0	7	66	7	1.50	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	4	26	6	1.45	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	2.15	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
IT Botham	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
Abdul Qadir	24.0	8	44	6	1.37	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
CM Old	30.0	11	54	6	1.35	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
RM Hogg	28.0	8	74	6	1.98	Australia	v England	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	5.92	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
IT Botham	38.0	13	101	6	2.65	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	1.40	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
RM Hogg	17.0	7	30	5	1.32	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
RGD Willis	15.0	2	32	5	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
RM Hogg	17.0	5	36	5	1.58	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
Sarfraz Nawaz	20.0	6	39	5	1.95	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
IT Botham	18.1	4	39	5	2.14	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
RGD Willis	20.2	9	42	5	2.06	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
RGD Willis	18.5	5	44	5	1.77	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
RGD Willis	13.0	1	47	5	3.61	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
KD Ghavri	24.0	8	51	5	2.12	India	v West Indies	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
AME Roberts	16.2	3	56	5	3.42	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
RM Hogg	17.0	2	57	5	2.51	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
RM Hogg	30.5	9	65	5	1.59	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
SL Boock	28.3	4	67	5	1.77	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
Sarfraz Nawaz	24.0	5	70	5	2.91	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
IT Botham	24.7	6	73	5	2.20	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
Sir RJ Hadlee	32.0	9	84	5	2.62	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
TJ Laughlin	25.4	4	101	5	3.93	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
IT Botham	34.0	4	109	5	2.40	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
BS Chandrasekhar	43.0	7	116	5	2.69	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
ST Clarke	34.2	3	126	5	3.66	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
BS Chandrasekhar	29.4	0	136	5	3.45	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
PH Edmonds	8.0	6	6	4	0.75	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
RGD Willis	7.0	2	14	4	1.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	1.63	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
RGD Willis	16.0	8	16	4	1.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
PH Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
JK Lever	8.1	2	28	4	2.58	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
BS Chandrasekhar	15.0	3	30	4	1.50	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
B Yardley	29.0	17	35	4	1.20	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
PH Edmonds	34.0	11	38	4	0.83	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
B Yardley	30.2	15	40	4	1.31	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
CM Old	41.4	22	41	4	0.98	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
PH Edmonds	26.0	10	44	4	1.69	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
PH Edmonds	33.1	15	44	4	1.32	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
RGD Willis	14.0	2	44	4	2.35	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
KD Ghavri	10.5	2	45	4	3.17	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Sarfraz Nawaz	16.0	4	46	4	2.87	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
KD Ghavri	23.0	8	46	4	2.00	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
CEH Croft	18.0	3	47	4	2.61	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
AME Roberts	18.0	5	50	4	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
EAS Prasanna	29.0	11	51	4	1.31	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
BS Bedi	20.0	3	53	4	1.98	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Imran Khan	18.5	2	54	4	2.86	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
Mushtaq Mohammad	27.0	10	55	4	2.03	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
S Venkataraghavan	33.0	15	55	4	1.66	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
J Garner	15.0	3	56	4	3.73	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
JR Thomson	16.2	1	56	4	3.42	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
IT Botham	18.0	2	59	4	3.27	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
WM Clark	20.7	6	62	4	2.22	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
N Phillip	22.0	6	64	4	2.90	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
J Garner	16.1	2	65	4	4.02	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
WM Clark	24.0	6	65	4	2.70	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
RR Jumadeen	38.4	6	72	4	1.86	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0	5	74	4	1.98	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
N Phillip	18.0	0	75	4	4.16	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
Abdul Qadir	40.1	9	81	4	1.51	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
JR Thomson	27.0	8	83	4	2.30	Australia	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
Sarfraz Nawaz	31.2	4	89	4	2.84	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
JD Higgs	24.5	3	91	4	3.66	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
AG Hurst	27.4	6	93	4	2.53	Australia	v England	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
Sir RJ Hadlee	42.0	11	94	4	2.23	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
VA Holder	27.0	3	94	4	3.48	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
RO Collinge	38.0	9	98	4	1.93	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
ST Clarke	42.0	9	98	4	2.33	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
WM Clark	34.4	4	124	4	3.57	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
BS Chandrasekhar	38.0	6	130	4	3.42	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
Sikander Bakht	45.0	13	132	4	2.93	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
B Yardley	43.0	6	134	4	2.33	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Sir RJ Hadlee	43.0	10	147	4	2.56	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
G Miller	7.0	4	21	3	2.25	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
JE Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.05	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
RR Jumadeen	15.0	3	34	3	2.26	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
RO Collinge	13.0	5	35	3	2.01	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
J Garner	14.0	6	35	3	2.50	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
G Miller	19.0	6	35	3	1.38	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
IT Botham	7.0	1	38	3	4.07	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
G Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	1.80	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
IT Botham	12.0	1	40	3	2.50	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
B Yardley	16.0	1	41	3	1.92	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
IT Botham	15.0	4	41	3	2.05	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
RO Collinge	18.0	5	42	3	1.75	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
RB Simpson	14.0	2	45	3	3.21	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
IT Botham	19.0	2	46	3	2.42	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
S Venkataraghavan	30.0	13	47	3	1.56	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
BS Bedi	13.0	3	49	3	2.82	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
M Hendrick	23.0	3	50	3	1.63	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
DR Parry	20.3	7	51	3	2.48	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
JD Higgs	16.5	2	53	3	3.14	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823

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Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

India v West Indies at Eden Gardens, 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 839]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 838]

India v West Indies at Bengaluru, 2nd Test, Dec 15-20, 1978 [Test # 837]