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1950s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Best bowling figures in a match

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	JC Laker	68.0	27	90	19	1.32	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
🥈 2	AV Bedser	55.5	23	99	14	1.77	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
🥈 2	JM Patel	61.3	23	124	14	2.01	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
4	Fazal Mahmood	75.0	28	114	13	1.52	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
4	MH Mankad	71.2	30	131	13	1.83	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
4	HJ Tayfield	66.5x8	22	165	13	1.85	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
4	HJ Tayfield	74.0x8	26	192	13	1.94	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
8	JH Wardle	42.6x8	12	89	12	1.56	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
8	Fazal Mahmood	51.4	19	94	12	1.81	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
8	Fazal Mahmood	60.0	27	99	12	1.65	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
8	Fazal Mahmood	45.3	19	100	12	2.19	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
8	R Tattersall	60.2	24	101	12	1.67	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
8	MH Mankad	69.4	24	108	12	1.55	India	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
8	AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
8	AK Davidson	77.4	30	124	12	1.59	Australia	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
16	GAR Lock	37.4	19	48	11	1.27	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
16	GAR Lock	53.3	33	65	11	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
16	Zulfiqar Ahmed	83.5	40	79	11	0.94	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
16	GAR Lock	54.2	28	84	11	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
16	TE Bailey	43.0	14	98	11	2.27	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
16	R Benaud	53.2	16	105	11	1.96	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
16	JC Laker	70.3	31	113	11	1.60	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
16	WW Hall	60.4	16	126	11	2.07	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
16	S Ramadhin	115.0	70	152	11	1.32	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
16	AL Valentine	106.0	36	204	11	1.92	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
26	AV Bedser	42.3x8	9	105	10	1.85	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
26	GE Gomez	36.2x8	6	113	10	2.33	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
26	JC Laker	65.0	20	119	10	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
26	FH Tyson	31.4x8	3	130	10	3.09	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
26	Ghulam Ahmed	49.3	11	130	10	2.62	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
26	KR Miller	70.1	21	152	10	2.16	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
26	AL Valentine	90.3	31	160	10	1.76	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
26	SP Gupte	57.3	13	223	10	3.87	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
34	GAR Lock	24.0	15	29	9	1.20	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
34	FS Trueman	16.4	7	40	9	2.40	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
34	R Gilchrist	44.0	20	73	9	1.65	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
34	S Ramadhin	57.4	30	81	9	1.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	03 Feb 1956	Test # 421
34	AK Davidson	46.1x8	14	82	9	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
34	PJ Loader	34.3	11	86	9	2.49	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
34	JB Statham	56.0	21	88	9	1.57	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
34	HJ Tayfield	61.7x8	31	90	9	1.09	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
34	MJ Hilton	54.5	21	93	9	1.69	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
34	FH Tyson	33.3x8	3	95	9	2.13	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
34	HJ Tayfield	62.1x8	29	97	9	1.17	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
34	AK Davidson	40.5x8	9	105	9	1.93	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
34	I Meckiff	39.2x8	7	107	9	2.04	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
34	R Berry	57.5	25	116	9	2.00	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
34	S Ramadhin	75.0	32	125	9	1.66	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Feb 1952	Test # 349
34	FS Trueman	65.0	13	143	9	2.20	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
34	R Benaud	56.0x8	12	144	9	1.92	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
34	SP Gupte	85.3	40	145	9	1.69	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
34	R Benaud	61.2x8	8	154	9	1.88	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
34	AV Bedser	85.4	26	159	9	1.85	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
34	HJ Tayfield	78.1	29	164	9	2.09	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
34	MG Melle	46.5x8	2	166	9	2.67	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
34	HJ Tayfield	57.4x8	6	167	9	2.17	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
34	R Benaud	56.0x8	16	173	9	2.31	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
34	R Benaud	66.4x8	17	177	9	1.99	Australia	v England	Sydney	09 Jan 1959	Test # 464
34	AL Valentine	94.5	31	213	9	2.24	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
34	S Ramadhin	129.0	51	228	9	1.76	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
34	RO Jenkins	94.2	19	290	9	3.07	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
62	Khan Mohammad	46.2	25	41	8	0.88	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
62	HB Cave	40.4	26	43	8	1.05	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
62	JC Laker	58.0	34	44	8	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
62	TE Bailey	30.4x8	11	53	8	1.30	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
62	HJ Tayfield	43.0x8	19	61	8	1.06	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
62	JB Statham	33.0x8	7	68	8	1.54	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
62	R Benaud	49.4	21	76	8	1.53	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
62	WW Hall	29.5	7	77	8	2.58	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
62	FH Tyson	40.0x8	13	78	8	1.46	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
62	ES Atkinson	39.0	13	78	8	2.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
62	FH Tyson	45.3	12	79	8	1.73	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
62	IWG Johnson	31.2	11	86	8	2.74	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
62	NAT Adcock	33.0x8	6	87	8	1.97	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
62	DEJ Ironside	39.5x8	14	88	8	1.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
62	TE Bailey	41.0	18	88	8	2.14	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
62	LF Kline	56.0	27	90	8	1.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480
62	GAR Lock	57.0	23	96	8	1.68	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
62	HJ Tayfield	72.4	36	99	8	1.36	South Africa	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
62	GAR Lock	55.0	25	101	8	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
62	AR MacGibbon	51.0	19	105	8	2.05	New Zealand	v England	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
62	R Benaud	77.3	36	111	8	1.43	Australia	v Pakistan	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
62	RR Lindwall	34.2x8	4	112	8	2.45	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
62	WA Johnston	49.4x8	11	114	8	1.72	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
62	Fazal Mahmood	41.0	11	118	8	2.87	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
62	SP Gupte	47.5	14	120	8	2.50	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
62	Nasim-ul-Ghani	53.0	15	120	8	2.26	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
62	MH Mankad	90.0	42	124	8	1.37	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
62	R Tattersall	48.5	10	125	8	2.55	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
62	SP Gupte	83.4	45	128	8	1.52	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955	Test # 417
62	JH Wardle	36.4x8	7	130	8	2.67	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1955	Test # 399
62	R Benaud	49.3	15	131	8	2.64	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
62	DT Ring	30.0x8	4	132	8	3.30	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
62	WE Hollies	68.2	24	133	8	1.94	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
62	ERH Fuller	49.2x8	8	140	8	2.13	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953	Test # 365
62	SP Gupte	94.4	42	156	8	1.64	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
62	PS Heine	56.0	12	157	8	2.80	South Africa	v England	Manchester	07 Jul 1955	Test # 410
62	RR Lindwall	89.0	29	158	8	1.77	Australia	v England	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
62	KR Miller	44.2	6	165	8	3.72	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
62	I Meckiff	57.0x8	6	177	8	2.32	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444

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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