Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records in AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
W Rhodes	30.2	3	124	15	4.08	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
W Bates	59.2x4	28	102	14	2.57	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
SF Barnes	80.1	22	163	13	2.03	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Test # 66
HJ Tayfield	66.5x8	22	165	13	1.85	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
BS Chandrasekhar	34.1x8	5	104	12	2.28	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
MA Holding	38.3	8	107	11	2.77	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Sarfraz Nawaz	57.2x8	13	125	11	1.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
Wasim Akram	71.4	21	160	11	2.23	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test # 1134
AV Bedser	42.3x8	9	105	10	1.85	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
DW Steyn	49.2	9	154	10	3.12	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
Sir RJ Hadlee	75.0	20	176	10	2.34	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
CEL Ambrose	36.5	11	72	9	1.95	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
W Barnes	88.3x4	53	81	9	1.36	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885	Test # 18
JJ Bumrah	34.5	7	86	9	2.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
LC Braund	33.1	7	87	9	2.62	England	v Australia	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	Test # 82
BP Patterson	35.1	5	88	9	2.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
FH Tyson	33.3x8	3	95	9	2.13	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
P Lever	27.0x8	3	103	9	2.86	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
AA Donald	56.0	14	133	9	2.37	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Sir RJ Hadlee	66.2	15	146	9	2.20	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
MW Tate	78.3x8	18	241	9	2.30	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
T Richardson	87.2	14	242	9	2.77	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895	Test # 46
JB Statham	33.0x8	7	68	8	1.54	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
A Shaw	89.3x4	50	89	8	1.48	England	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
JN Crawford	48.5	8	120	8	2.45	England	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1908	Test # 99
SF Barnes	55.1	16	140	8	2.53	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
ERH Fuller	49.2x8	8	140	8	2.13	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953	Test # 365
A Fielder	53.0	5	145	8	2.73	England	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1908	Test # 99
FS Trueman	43.0x8	2	145	8	2.52	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
NG Cowans	42.0	6	146	8	3.47	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
JW Sharpe	105.0	45	165	8	1.57	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
RJ Shastri	84.0	26	179	8	2.13	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
JN Crawford	62.0	7	204	8	3.29	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908	Test # 97
T Emmett	59.0x4	31	68	7	1.72	England	v Australia	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879	Test # 3
G Ulyett	38.0x4	14	77	7	3.03	England	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Mar 1885	Test # 21
GC Small	37.4	10	88	7	2.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
JB Statham	27.3x8	1	98	7	2.68	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
FR Foster	41.0	5	115	7	2.80	England	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912	Test # 119
ARC Fraser	59.0	14	115	7	1.94	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
Arif Butt	27.0x8	1	118	7	3.27	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964	Test # 570
D Gough	51.0	15	119	7	2.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994	Test # 1279
SF Barnes	49.1	10	121	7	2.46	England	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912	Test # 119
L Amarnath	41.0x8	6	130	7	2.37	India	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
Z Khan	51.0	10	130	7	2.54	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2025
N Wagner	55.2	12	133	7	2.40	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
FR Foster	54.0	11	143	7	2.64	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
CM Old	39.6x8	6	143	7	2.69	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
MW Tate	41.5x8	8	145	7	2.61	England	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	Test # 161
Iqbal Qasim	79.0	28	148	7	1.87	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
D Gough	43.4	9	150	7	3.43	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
T Richardson	63.0	16	157	7	2.49	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894	Test # 43
UT Yadav	46.0	9	176	7	3.82	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2025
A Kumble	50.0	6	186	7	3.72	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
R Peel	94.0	29	203	7	2.15	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895	Test # 46
Iqbal Qasim	46.0x8	7	230	7	3.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977	Test # 790
N Kapil Dev	35.4	11	69	6	1.93	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
TT Bresnan	34.4	14	75	6	2.16	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1986
AV Bedser	35.3x8	5	80	6	1.69	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
FR Brown	27.0x8	5	81	6	2.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
CEL Ambrose	40.0	12	81	6	2.02	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
WW Hall	21.4x8	2	83	6	2.89	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
Mir Hamza	40.1	11	83	6	2.06	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2519
TE Bailey	32.1x8	8	87	6	2.03	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
CEH Croft	35.3	6	88	6	2.47	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
JR Gunn	45.0	17	91	6	2.02	England	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
K Farnes	28.5x8	5	96	6	2.51	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937	Test # 259
MA Holding	37.0	10	101	6	2.72	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
James Lillywhite	70.0x4	32	106	6	2.27	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
IT Botham	35.1x8	8	109	6	2.32	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
JJ Bumrah	43.0	10	110	6	2.55	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
JT Hearne	42.4	16	117	6	2.74	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Jan 1898	Test # 56
RGD Willis	35.7x8	6	117	6	2.44	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
AW Greig	42.0x8	4	119	6	2.12	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
R Peel	146.1x4	82	123	6	1.26	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885	Test # 18
AB Agarkar	45.0	10	127	6	2.82	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
LC Braund	36.1	6	128	6	3.53	England	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
BS Bedi	31.1x8	7	129	6	3.10	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
IR Bishop	49.0	7	129	6	2.63	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1205
CA Walsh	60.0	17	133	6	2.21	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1205
G Geary	101.0	41	136	6	1.34	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
AL Valentine	53.0x8	17	138	6	1.95	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
EAS Prasanna	34.0x8	6	141	6	3.11	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967	Test # 625
LR Gibbs	79.4x8	37	142	6	1.33	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
BR Knight	47.5x8	6	145	6	2.28	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1965	Test # 598
DW Headley	42.0	8	146	6	3.47	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
NS Yadav	66.4	25	148	6	2.22	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
CB Llewellyn	26.0	0	150	6	5.76	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
A Nel	51.0	9	155	6	3.03	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
Shaheen Shah Afridi	54.0	9	161	6	2.98	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2519
AJ Bell	62.1	15	170	6	2.73	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
JC White	113.5	50	171	6	1.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
HJ Tayfield	67.4x8	12	202	6	2.24	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953	Test # 365
A Kumble	57.2	8	219	6	3.81	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
Mohammed Shami	57.0	8	230	6	4.03	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2152
AV Bedser	65.3x8	8	275	6	3.15	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
JWHT Douglas	17.5	6	46	5	2.57	England	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912	Test # 119
FR Brown	21.0x8	2	54	5	1.92	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
Sarfraz Nawaz	29.0	13	54	5	1.86	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
J Trim	22.0x8	5	59	5	2.01	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
IT Botham	23.0	5	60	5	2.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2023 [Test # 2519]

Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2022 [Test # 2485]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 26-28, 2021 [Test # 2442]