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| Rank | Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | SM Boland | 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2021 | Test # 2442 |
🥈 2 | H Trumble | 6.5 | - | 28 | 7 | 5.85 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 | Test # 82 |
🥉 3 | MA Noble | 7.4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6.57 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 | Test # 66 |
4 | H Ironmonger | 7.2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | Test # 216 |
5 | PJ Cummins | 11.0 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 11.00 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2337 |
6 | W Rhodes | 15.0 | - | 68 | 8 | 11.25 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 |
7 | IWG Johnson | 5.7x8 | - | 35 | 4 | 11.75 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 |
8 | C Green | 10.4 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 12.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 | Test # 2485 |
9 | H Trumble | 10.5 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 13.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 |
10 | W Rhodes | 15.2 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 13.14 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 |
11 | FH Tyson | 12.3x8 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 14.14 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 |
12 | P Lever | 11.0x8 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 14.66 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 08 Feb 1975 | Test # 755 |
13 | W Bates | 26.2x4 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 15.14 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 | Test # 11 |
14 | A Cotter | 15.2 | 2 | 40 | 6 | 15.33 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 | Test # 82 |
15 | H Ironmonger | 15.3 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 15.50 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | Test # 216 |
16 | JJ Bumrah | 15.5 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 15.83 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2337 |
17 | WJ Whitty | 16.0 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 16.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1910 | Test # 112 |
17 | GJ Gilmour | 10.0x8 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 16.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Jan 1976 | Test # 770 |
19 | SF Barnes | 16.1 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 16.16 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 | Test # 66 |
20 | AJ Bichel | 13.3 | 2 | 60 | 5 | 16.20 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1525 |
21 | FR Spofforth | 25.0x4 | 9 | 48 | 6 | 16.66 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 02 Jan 1879 | Test # 3 |
22 | MA Noble | 17.0 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 17.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1898 | Test # 54 |
22 | DW Headley | 17.0 | 5 | 60 | 6 | 17.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1998 | Test # 1436 |
22 | JN Gillespie | 17.0 | 5 | 40 | 6 | 17.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1525 |
22 | GD McGrath | 11.2 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 17.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1729 |
26 | JM Gregory | 20.0 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 17.14 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 | Test # 136 |
26 | H Ironmonger | 20.0 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 17.14 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 205 |
28 | HV Hordern | 14.2 | 2 | 66 | 5 | 17.20 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 17 Feb 1911 | Test # 114 |
29 | JR Thomson | 11.0x8 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 17.60 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1975 | Test # 766 |
30 | CT Tremlett | 11.5 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 17.75 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2010 | Test # 1986 |
31 | DK Lillee | 13.3x8 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 17.83 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1977 | Test # 800 |
32 | MW Sievers | 11.2x8 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 18.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1937 | Test # 257 |
32 | E Jones | 12.0 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 18.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Jan 1898 | Test # 56 |
32 | LJ Nash | 12.0 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 18.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | Test # 216 |
32 | CEL Ambrose | 12.0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 18.00 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1346 |
36 | DK Lillee | 11.3x8 | - | 63 | 5 | 18.20 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Jan 1976 | Test # 770 |
36 | BP Patterson | 15.1 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 18.20 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1988 | Test # 1112 |
38 | JV Saunders | 15.2 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 18.40 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1908 | Test # 99 |
39 | BS Chandrasekhar | 14.1x8 | 2 | 52 | 6 | 18.83 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 | Test # 812 |
40 | W Bates | 33.0x4 | 14 | 74 | 7 | 18.85 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 | Test # 11 |
40 | BA Reid | 22.0 | 12 | 51 | 7 | 18.85 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1990 | Test # 1159 |
42 | TK Kendall | 33.1x4 | 12 | 55 | 7 | 19.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 | Test # 1 |
43 | J Trim | 12.0x8 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 19.20 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 | Test # 345 |
43 | IT Botham | 16.0 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 19.20 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1986 | Test # 1062 |
45 | FR Spofforth | 35.0x4 | 16 | 62 | 7 | 20.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 02 Jan 1879 | Test # 3 |
45 | SK Warne | 23.2 | 8 | 52 | 7 | 20.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1992 | Test # 1205 |
45 | N Kapil Dev | 16.4 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 20.00 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 |
45 | G Giffen | 20.0x4 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 20.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 | Test # 10 |
45 | WA Johnston | 10.0x8 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 20.00 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 |
45 | MA Starc | 13.2 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 20.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2023 | Test # 2519 |
51 | GH Hirst | 16.5 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 20.20 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 | Test # 82 |
51 | CJ McDermott | 16.5 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 20.20 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1994 | Test # 1279 |
53 | I Meckiff | 15.2x8 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 20.33 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 462 |
54 | MA Holding | 17.0 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 20.40 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 |
54 | NM Lyon | 17.0 | 3 | 50 | 5 | 20.40 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2013 | Test # 2110 |
54 | PJ Cummins | 17.0 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 20.40 | Australia | v New Zealand | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2376 |
57 | SK Warne | 17.2 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 20.80 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2006 | Test # 1824 |
58 | AG Fairfax | 14.0 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 21.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 205 |
58 | MA Holding | 14.0 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 21.00 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1979 | Test # 867 |
58 | MG Johnson | 14.0 | 2 | 63 | 4 | 21.00 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2012 | Test # 2068 |
61 | JWHT Douglas | 17.5 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 21.40 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 09 Feb 1912 | Test # 119 |
62 | MA Holding | 21.3 | 5 | 62 | 6 | 21.50 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 |
63 | B Lee | 18.0 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 21.60 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1479 |
63 | PJ Cummins | 18.0 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 21.60 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2023 | Test # 2519 |
65 | LC Braund | 29.1 | 6 | 81 | 8 | 21.87 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 | Test # 82 |
66 | MA Noble | 15.0 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 22.50 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 | Test # 82 |
66 | A Cotter | 15.0 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 22.50 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1910 | Test # 112 |
66 | SR Clark | 15.0 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 22.50 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2007 | Test # 1855 |
66 | JL Pattinson | 15.0 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 22.50 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2011 | Test # 2025 |
70 | DK Lillee | 26.3 | 3 | 83 | 7 | 22.71 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 |
71 | G Ulyett | 23.0x4 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 23.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 21 Mar 1885 | Test # 21 |
71 | WW Armstrong | 15.2 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 23.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 | Test # 136 |
71 | MA Starc | 15.2 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 23.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2016 | Test # 2242 |
74 | CTB Turner | 20.0 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 24.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1894 | Test # 43 |
74 | PJ Cummins | 20.0 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 24.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2023 | Test # 2519 |
74 | C Blythe | 16.0 | 2 | 64 | 4 | 24.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 | Test # 66 |
74 | TW Hayward | 16.0 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 24.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 28 Feb 1902 | Test # 69 |
74 | CB Llewellyn | 16.0 | - | 81 | 4 | 24.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1910 | Test # 112 |
74 | FR Brown | 12.0x8 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 24.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 22 Dec 1950 | Test # 328 |
74 | WW Hall | 12.0x8 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 24.00 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1960 | Test # 500 |
74 | JM Anderson | 16.0 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 24.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2010 | Test # 1986 |
74 | JJ Bumrah | 16.0 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 24.00 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2398 |
83 | DW Steyn | 20.2 | 3 | 67 | 5 | 24.40 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2008 | Test # 1902 |
84 | GD McKenzie | 21.4x8 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 24.57 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1967 | Test # 625 |
85 | JN Gillespie | 16.3 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 24.75 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2002 | Test # 1634 |
86 | JR Thomson | 12.5x8 | - | 80 | 4 | 25.25 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Jan 1976 | Test # 770 |
87 | SP Jones | 25.2x4 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 25.50 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1885 | Test # 18 |
87 | JR Gunn | 17.0 | 6 | 38 | 4 | 25.50 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 28 Feb 1902 | Test # 69 |
87 | H Ironmonger | 17.0 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 25.50 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 205 |
90 | W Barnes | 38.3x4 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 25.83 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1885 | Test # 18 |
91 | MA Noble | 26.0 | 5 | 60 | 6 | 26.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 | Test # 66 |
91 | NG Cowans | 26.0 | 6 | 77 | 6 | 26.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1982 | Test # 943 |
93 | JB Statham | 16.3x8 | - | 60 | 5 | 26.20 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 |
94 | MR Marsh | 17.3 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 26.25 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2015 | Test # 2195 |
95 | BA Reid | 26.2 | 7 | 66 | 6 | 26.33 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1991 | Test # 1180 |
96 | BS Chandrasekhar | 20.0x8 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 26.66 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 | Test # 812 |
97 | AA Donald | 27.0 | 8 | 59 | 6 | 27.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1997 | Test # 1392 |
97 | A Hill | 27.0x4 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 27.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Mar 1877 | Test # 2 |
99 | A Shaw | 34.0x4 | 16 | 38 | 5 | 27.20 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 | Test # 1 |
99 | RM Hogg | 17.0x8 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 27.20 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1978 | Test # 838 |
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