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1966 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Best bowling figures in an innings

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	NJN Hawke	33.7	6	105	7	2.32	Australia	1	v England	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
🥇 1	BS Chandrasekhar	61.5	17	157	7	2.53	India	2	v West Indies	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
🥉 3	LR Gibbs	19.0	6	39	6	2.05	West Indies	3	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
🥉 3	GD McKenzie	21.7	4	48	6	1.64	Australia	1	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
🥉 3	TL Goddard	32.5	14	53	6	1.61	South Africa	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
🥉 3	K Higgs	33.0	9	91	6	2.75	England	1	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
🥉 3	IJ Jones	29.0	3	118	6	3.05	England	2	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
8	LR Gibbs	28.1	13	37	5	1.31	West Indies	2	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
8	GS Sobers	19.3	4	41	5	2.10	West Indies	2	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
8	GD McKenzie	21.5	6	46	5	2.10	Australia	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
8	LR Gibbs	37.0	17	51	5	1.37	West Indies	2	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
8	NJN Hawke	21.0	6	54	5	1.92	Australia	3	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
8	DJ Brown	17.0	1	63	5	2.77	England	2	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
8	GD McKenzie	33.0	10	65	5	1.96	Australia	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
8	LR Gibbs	41.0	16	69	5	1.68	West Indies	3	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
8	FJ Titmus	35.0	10	83	5	2.37	England	1	v West Indies	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
8	EJ Barlow	33.3	9	85	5	2.53	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
8	DA Allen	47.5	12	123	5	2.57	England	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
19	K Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	0.55	England	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
19	CC Griffith	13.3	3	34	4	2.51	West Indies	4	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
19	FJ Titmus	17.3	4	40	4	1.72	England	3	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
19	DA Allen	33.0	17	46	4	1.39	England	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
19	DA Allen	20.0	8	47	4	1.76	England	3	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
19	KD Walters	19.0	3	53	4	2.09	Australia	1	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966	Test # 601
19	GS Sobers	20.0	2	56	4	2.80	West Indies	3	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
19	LR Gibbs	24.5	3	67	4	2.69	West Indies	3	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
19	IJ Jones	28.4	9	71	4	2.47	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
19	K Higgs	25.4	3	71	4	2.76	England	1	v West Indies	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
19	BS Chandrasekhar	31.0	7	78	4	2.51	India	4	v West Indies	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
19	JA Snow	25.0	7	82	4	3.28	England	1	v West Indies	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
19	GS Sobers	49.0	12	90	4	1.83	West Indies	2	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
19	K Higgs	43.0	11	94	4	2.18	England	1	v West Indies	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
19	WW Hall	34.3	8	105	4	3.04	West Indies	2	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
19	WW Hall	36.0	2	106	4	2.94	West Indies	2	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
35	V Pollard	5.0	2	3	3	0.60	New Zealand	2	v England	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
35	GD McKenzie	6.0	2	17	3	2.12	Australia	3	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966	Test # 601
35	K Higgs	28.0	11	27	3	0.96	England	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
35	IJ Jones	25.0	9	28	3	1.12	England	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
35	K Higgs	20.0	6	29	3	1.45	England	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
35	DAJ Holford	15.0	4	34	3	2.26	West Indies	2	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
35	GS Sobers	20.1	5	39	3	1.93	West Indies	3	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
35	EJ Barlow	17.0	3	39	3	2.29	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
35	JA Snow	13.0	5	40	3	3.07	England	3	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	Test # 609
35	GS Sobers	28.5	16	42	3	1.45	West Indies	2	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
35	IJ Jones	26.0	11	46	3	1.76	England	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
35	BR Taylor	21.0	6	46	3	2.19	New Zealand	2	v England	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
35	GS Sobers	25.0	9	46	3	1.84	West Indies	1	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
35	WW Hall	17.0	5	47	3	2.76	West Indies	2	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
35	RW Barber	15.0	3	49	3	3.26	England	1	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	Test # 609
35	K Higgs	30.0	6	51	3	1.70	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
35	GA Bartlett	33.2	6	63	3	1.89	New Zealand	1	v England	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
35	CC Griffith	21.0	6	63	3	3.00	West Indies	1	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
35	GD McKenzie	39.3	11	67	3	1.69	Australia	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
35	DJ Brown	30.0	3	80	3	2.66	England	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
35	RC Motz	31.0	9	83	3	2.67	New Zealand	1	v England	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
35	LR Gibbs	48.0	16	83	3	1.72	West Indies	4	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
35	WW Hall	31.0	8	85	3	2.74	West Indies	2	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	Test # 609
35	GS Sobers	42.0	11	87	3	2.07	West Indies	3	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
35	K Higgs	31.0	5	94	3	3.03	England	1	v West Indies	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
35	DAJ Holford	39.0	7	94	3	2.41	West Indies	3	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
35	GS Sobers	54.0	23	104	3	1.92	West Indies	2	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	Test # 609
35	BS Chandrasekhar	46.0	11	107	3	2.32	India	1	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
35	K Higgs	38.0	6	109	3	2.86	England	3	v West Indies	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
35	FJ Titmus	37.0	6	116	3	2.35	England	2	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
35	IJ Jones	29.0	1	145	3	3.75	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966	Test # 601
35	JA Snow	42.0	6	146	3	3.47	England	1	v West Indies	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
67	PH Parfitt	6.0	3	5	2	0.83	England	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
67	RB Simpson	4.0	1	10	2	2.50	Australia	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
67	K Higgs	13.0	7	12	2	0.92	England	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
67	BR Taylor	12.0	4	20	2	1.66	New Zealand	4	v England	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
67	R Illingworth	15.0	9	22	2	1.46	England	3	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	Test # 609
67	CH Lloyd	14.0	5	23	2	1.64	West Indies	3	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
67	IJ Jones	15.0	4	32	2	2.13	England	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
67	KR Stackpole	14.0	3	33	2	1.76	Australia	3	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
67	K Higgs	28.0	13	33	2	1.17	England	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
67	LR Gibbs	30.4	8	36	2	1.17	West Indies	3	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
67	CC Griffith	12.0	2	37	2	3.08	West Indies	2	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
67	TL Goddard	26.0	11	39	2	1.50	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
67	N Puna	14.0	2	40	2	2.85	New Zealand	2	v England	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
67	R Illingworth	15.0	7	40	2	2.66	England	1	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	Test # 609
67	BR Knight	32.0	14	41	2	1.28	England	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
67	DA Allen	19.0	5	42	2	1.65	England	2	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
67	CC Griffith	11.0	2	43	2	3.90	West Indies	4	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
67	LR Gibbs	37.3	18	48	2	1.28	West Indies	2	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
67	RS Cunis	28.0	7	49	2	1.75	New Zealand	2	v England	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
67	IJ Jones	20.0	6	51	2	1.91	England	2	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
67	BL D'Oliveira	30.0	14	51	2	1.70	England	1	v West Indies	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
67	IJ Jones	21.0	4	52	2	2.47	England	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
67	WW Hall	16.0	3	52	2	3.25	West Indies	4	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
67	WW Hall	19.0	4	54	2	2.84	West Indies	1	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
67	DA Renneberg	16.0	3	54	2	3.37	Australia	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
67	RB Simpson	24.0	9	59	2	2.45	Australia	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
67	CC Griffith	20.0	5	62	2	3.10	West Indies	2	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
67	RS Cunis	31.0	9	63	2	2.03	New Zealand	1	v England	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
67	BR Knight	21.0	-	63	2	3.00	England	1	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
67	WW Hall	14.0	1	65	2	4.64	West Indies	4	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
67	JA Snow	20.5	1	66	2	3.16	England	1	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	Test # 609
67	RB Simpson	16.1	3	66	2	4.08	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
67	TL Goddard	29.1	10	67	2	2.29	South Africa	4	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
67	DA Allen	27.4	9	68	2	2.45	England	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603

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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