Bowling records (Men's Tests)
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| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie FullerSA | 1953-1957 | 7 | 12 | 1898b | 61 | 668 | 22 | 5/66 | 8/140 | 30.36 | 2.11 | 86.27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug RingAUS | 1948-1953 | 13 | 23 | 3024b | 69 | 1305 | 35 | 6/72 | 8/132 | 37.29 | 2.59 | 86.40 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne DilshanSL | 2003-2013 | 87 | 76 | 564.1 | 83 | 1711 | 39 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 43.87 | 3.03 | 86.79 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahmood HussainPAK | 1952-1962 | 27 | 42 | 985 | 225 | 2628 | 68 | 6/67 | 6/88 | 38.65 | 2.67 | 86.91 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Saleem AltafPAK | 1967-1978 | 21 | 39 | 4001b | 122 | 1710 | 46 | 4/11 | 7/131 | 37.17 | 2.56 | 86.98 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter PhilpottAUS | 1965-1966 | 8 | 13 | 2262b | 67 | 1000 | 26 | 5/90 | 6/152 | 38.46 | 2.65 | 87.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter LeverENG | 1970-1975 | 17 | 31 | 3571b | 92 | 1509 | 41 | 6/38 | 9/103 | 36.80 | 2.54 | 87.10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie WatsonNZ | 1986-1993 | 15 | 25 | 581 | 182 | 1387 | 40 | 6/78 | 6/90 | 34.67 | 2.39 | 87.15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew SymondsAUS | 2004-2008 | 26 | 41 | 349 | 68 | 896 | 24 | 3/50 | 5/56 | 37.33 | 2.57 | 87.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ewart AstillENG | 1927-1930 | 9 | 18 | 363.4 | 98 | 856 | 25 | 4/58 | 4/80 | 34.24 | 2.35 | 87.28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad RafiqueBAN | 2000-2008 | 33 | 48 | 1457.2 | 292 | 4076 | 100 | 6/77 | 9/160 | 40.76 | 2.80 | 87.44 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Tim MayAUS | 1987-1995 | 24 | 45 | 1096.1 | 321 | 2606 | 75 | 5/9 | 7/50 | 34.75 | 2.38 | 87.69 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Lance GibbsWI | 1958-1976 | 79 | 148 | 27115b | 1313 | 8989 | 309 | 8/38 | 11/157 | 29.09 | 1.99 | 87.75 | 11 | 18 | 2 |
| Ramnaresh SarwanWI | 2000-2009 | 87 | 56 | 337 | 33 | 1163 | 23 | 4/37 | 7/96 | 50.57 | 3.45 | 87.91 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dipak PatelNZ | 1987-1997 | 37 | 53 | 1099 | 253 | 3154 | 75 | 6/50 | 8/131 | 42.05 | 2.87 | 87.92 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sonny RamadhinWI | 1950-1960 | 43 | 76 | 13939b | 813 | 4579 | 158 | 7/49 | 11/152 | 28.98 | 1.97 | 88.22 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Mohammad SamiPAK | 2001-2012 | 36 | 66 | 1249.5 | 192 | 4481 | 85 | 5/36 | 8/106 | 52.72 | 3.59 | 88.22 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Hansie CronjeSA | 1992-2000 | 68 | 85 | 633.2 | 243 | 1288 | 43 | 3/14 | 5/34 | 29.95 | 2.03 | 88.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syed Abid AliIND | 1967-1974 | 29 | 49 | 4164b | 119 | 1980 | 47 | 6/55 | 7/116 | 42.13 | 2.85 | 88.60 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| John GoddardWI | 1948-1957 | 27 | 36 | 2931b | 148 | 1050 | 33 | 5/31 | 6/74 | 31.82 | 2.15 | 88.82 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen BoockNZ | 1978-1989 | 30 | 48 | 6598b | 327 | 2564 | 74 | 7/87 | 8/156 | 34.65 | 2.33 | 89.16 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny HayesNZ | 1951-1958 | 15 | 19 | 445.5 | 86 | 1217 | 30 | 4/36 | 4/36 | 40.57 | 2.73 | 89.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude HendersonSA | 2001-2002 | 7 | 12 | 327 | 79 | 928 | 22 | 4/116 | 7/176 | 42.18 | 2.84 | 89.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arshad AyubIND | 1987-1989 | 13 | 22 | 610.3 | 150 | 1438 | 41 | 5/50 | 8/104 | 35.07 | 2.36 | 89.34 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig McMillanNZ | 1997-2004 | 55 | 50 | 417 | 101 | 1257 | 28 | 3/48 | 3/48 | 44.89 | 3.01 | 89.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de SilvaSL | 1985-2002 | 91 | 58 | 432.3 | 77 | 1208 | 29 | 3/30 | 3/34 | 41.66 | 2.79 | 89.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeetan PatelNZ | 2006-2017 | 24 | 42 | 972 | 200 | 3078 | 65 | 5/110 | 6/151 | 47.35 | 3.17 | 89.72 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Saeed AhmedPAK | 1958-1972 | 41 | 41 | 1980b | 89 | 802 | 22 | 4/64 | 6/108 | 36.45 | 2.43 | 90.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry GomezWI | 1948-1954 | 29 | 46 | 5236b | 289 | 1590 | 58 | 7/55 | 10/113 | 27.41 | 1.82 | 90.28 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mudassar NazarPAK | 1978-1989 | 76 | 96 | 5967b | 217 | 2532 | 66 | 6/32 | 6/38 | 38.36 | 2.55 | 90.41 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinoo MankadIND | 1946-1959 | 44 | 70 | 14686b | 777 | 5236 | 162 | 8/52 | 13/131 | 32.32 | 2.14 | 90.65 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Bernard JulienWI | 1973-1977 | 24 | 45 | 4542b | 192 | 1868 | 50 | 5/57 | 5/66 | 37.36 | 2.47 | 90.84 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John ReidNZ | 1949-1965 | 58 | 72 | 7725b | 444 | 2835 | 85 | 6/60 | 6/60 | 33.35 | 2.20 | 90.88 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND | 1983-1986 | 9 | 16 | 394.3 | 74 | 1145 | 26 | 6/64 | 12/181 | 44.04 | 2.90 | 91.04 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Paul JarvisENG | 1988-1993 | 9 | 16 | 318.4 | 61 | 965 | 21 | 4/107 | 4/154 | 45.95 | 3.03 | 91.05 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy WhittallZIM | 1993-2002 | 46 | 52 | 781 | 208 | 2088 | 51 | 4/18 | 5/61 | 40.94 | 2.67 | 91.88 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry SobersWI | 1954-1974 | 93 | 159 | 21599b | 974 | 7999 | 235 | 6/73 | 8/80 | 34.04 | 2.22 | 91.91 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Rusi SurtiIND | 1960-1969 | 26 | 45 | 3870b | 115 | 1962 | 42 | 5/74 | 6/161 | 46.71 | 3.04 | 92.14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sachin TendulkarIND | 1989-2013 | 199 | 145 | 706.4 | 83 | 2492 | 46 | 3/10 | 3/14 | 54.17 | 3.53 | 92.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warwick ArmstrongAUS | 1902-1921 | 50 | 80 | 1337 | 407 | 2923 | 87 | 6/35 | 7/166 | 33.60 | 2.19 | 92.21 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Collie SmithWI | 1955-1959 | 26 | 37 | 738.3 | 229 | 1625 | 48 | 5/90 | 8/184 | 33.85 | 2.20 | 92.31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| David AllenENG | 1960-1966 | 39 | 65 | 11297b | 685 | 3779 | 122 | 5/30 | 9/162 | 30.98 | 2.01 | 92.60 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul WisemanNZ | 1998-2005 | 25 | 45 | 943.2 | 209 | 2903 | 61 | 5/82 | 8/144 | 47.59 | 3.08 | 92.79 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Alf ValentineWI | 1950-1962 | 36 | 63 | 12953b | 789 | 4215 | 139 | 8/104 | 11/204 | 30.32 | 1.95 | 93.19 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Virender SehwagIND | 2001-2012 | 104 | 91 | 621.5 | 65 | 1894 | 40 | 5/104 | 5/118 | 47.35 | 3.05 | 93.28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil TufnellENG | 1990-2001 | 42 | 70 | 1881.2 | 505 | 4560 | 121 | 7/47 | 11/93 | 37.69 | 2.42 | 93.29 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Maninder SinghIND | 1982-1993 | 35 | 52 | 1369.4 | 359 | 3288 | 88 | 7/27 | 10/107 | 37.36 | 2.40 | 93.39 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Norman GiffordENG | 1964-1973 | 15 | 21 | 514 | 174 | 1026 | 33 | 5/55 | 8/127 | 31.09 | 2.00 | 93.45 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce MitchellSA | 1929-1949 | 42 | 39 | 2525b | 26 | 1380 | 27 | 5/87 | 5/87 | 51.11 | 3.28 | 93.52 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tapash BaisyaBAN | 2002-2005 | 21 | 29 | 561.4 | 93 | 2137 | 36 | 4/72 | 6/117 | 59.36 | 3.80 | 93.61 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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