Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket in FC matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Z Khan	27.0	7	138	9	5.11	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Jun 2006	First-class
GJ Smith	23.0	6	53	8	2.30	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	08 May 2002	First-class
GJ Batty	27.0	6	68	8	2.51	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 May 2014	First-class
DA Renneberg	20.4	3	72	8	3.48	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	26 Jun 1968	First-class
MJ Leach	48.0	16	85	8	1.77	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	19 Aug 2018	First-class
JM De Caires	39.2	8	106	8	2.69	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	04 Sep 2023	First-class
Saeed Ajmal	13.5	6	19	7	1.37	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	18 May 2014	First-class
GA Cope	18.1	8	36	7	1.98	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	25 Jul 1970	First-class
H Verity	12.4	2	40	7	3.15	Yorkshire	v Essex	Sheffield	18 May 1938	First-class
RM Cowper	20.0	7	42	7	2.10	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	26 Jun 1968	First-class
PF Jackson	24.2	9	44	7	1.80	Worcs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	01 Jun 1938	First-class
LN Constantine	14.0	0	49	7	2.62	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 1939	First-class
FA Ward	23.3	6	51	7	2.17	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	04 Jun 1938	First-class
TB Mitchell	16.2	3	51	7	3.12	Derbyshire	v Essex	Clacton-on-Sea	24 Aug 1938	First-class
C Overton	25.0	6	57	7	2.28	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	14 Apr 2022	First-class
TS Roland-Jones	27.1	7	61	7	2.24	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	06 Apr 2023	First-class
LA Dawson	28.5	6	68	7	2.35	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	26 Jun 2022	First-class
JD Shantry	18.2	6	69	7	3.76	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	28 May 2013	First-class
JM Anderson	31.5	6	77	7	2.41	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	22 Sep 2015	First-class
Harbhajan Singh	32.0	5	83	7	2.59	Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Aug 2002	First-class
DVP Wright	31.3	7	107	7	3.39	Kent	v Essex	Colchester	13 Jul 1938	First-class
SCG MacGill	28.0	5	109	7	3.89	Notts	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	28 Jul 2004	First-class
Abdul Razzaq	33.4	4	133	7	3.95	Middlesex	v Essex	Southgate	18 Jul 2002	First-class
MS Panesar	56.3	15	181	7	3.20	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	10 Jul 2005	First-class
PM Hornibrook	9.0	4	11	6	1.22	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	07 May 1930	First-class
BJ Trott	9.5	4	13	6	1.32	Kent	v Essex	Tunbridge Wells	30 May 2001	First-class
KJ Abbott	11.0	7	20	6	1.81	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	19 Sep 2017	First-class
WW Hall	9.0	3	22	6	2.44	West Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	29 Jun 1963	First-class
LJ Fletcher	16.0	7	24	6	1.50	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	06 May 2021	First-class
SL Watkin	14.2	6	26	6	1.81	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	15 Jun 2000	First-class
C Overton	13.0	3	30	6	2.30	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	14 Apr 2022	First-class
LC Norwell	18.5	5	33	6	1.75	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	03 May 2015	First-class
D Evans	14.4	6	35	6	2.38	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	07 May 2008	First-class
IWG Johnson	21.0	6	37	6	1.76	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	15 May 1948	First-class
CJ White	17.0	6	38	6	2.23	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	26 Sep 2022	First-class
WA Johnston	21.5	5	39	6	1.78	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	12 Aug 1953	First-class
SA Patterson	18.0	3	40	6	2.22	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	04 May 2018	First-class
LN Constantine	14.3	2	42	6	2.19	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 1939	First-class
GJF Ferris	12.5	3	43	6	3.35	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	10 Aug 1983	First-class
TJ Murtagh	16.2	6	44	6	2.69	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	06 Jun 2008	First-class
JM Anderson	20.5	5	44	6	2.11	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 Apr 2010	First-class
GEM Heath	18.0	4	45	6	2.50	Hampshire	v Essex	Portsmouth	02 Jul 1938	First-class
MN Malik	19.3	6	46	6	2.35	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 May 2008	First-class
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	5	46	6	2.70	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 Jun 2011	First-class
J Lewis	22.0	10	47	6	2.13	Gloucs	v Essex	Bristol	06 Jun 2000	First-class
ST Clarke	24.1	10	48	6	1.98	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	27 Aug 1983	First-class
PCR Tufnell	35.2	19	48	6	1.35	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	02 Aug 2000	First-class
MJ Hoggard	23.3	6	51	6	2.17	Yorkshire	v Essex	Scarborough	12 Sep 2001	First-class
CL Hooper	32.0	13	51	6	1.59	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	02 Jul 2003	First-class
J Louw	14.0	4	51	6	3.64	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	11 May 2005	First-class
DJ Balcombe	15.4	3	51	6	3.25	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	31 Aug 2011	First-class
MA Starc	20.2	5	51	6	2.50	Australians	v Essex	Chelmsford	01 Jul 2015	First-class
DM Bess	18.0	2	51	6	2.83	M.C.C.	v Essex	Bridgetown	27 Mar 2018	First-class
M Muralidaran	48.0	22	53	6	1.10	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	19 Jun 2001	First-class
RH Joseph	13.2	0	55	6	4.12	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	29 Apr 2009	First-class
NGB Cook	42.2	18	56	6	1.32	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Sep 1988	First-class
DJ Worrall	19.0	6	56	6	2.94	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	19 Jul 2022	First-class
TF Smailes	18.2	5	59	6	3.21	Yorkshire	v Essex	Sheffield	18 May 1938	First-class
TE Bailey	22.2	7	59	6	2.64	Lancashire	v Essex	Blackpool	10 Jul 2023	First-class
AP Freeman	34.2	13	60	6	1.74	Kent	v Essex	Brentwood	30 May 1934	First-class
DI Stevens	27.0	8	60	6	2.22	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	08 Apr 2011	First-class
M Muralidaran	28.1	6	61	6	2.16	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	30 Jul 2003	First-class
H Trumble	39.2	12	62	6	1.88	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	14 May 1896	First-class
KP Dutch	16.0	5	62	6	3.87	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	28 Jun 2000	First-class
MJ Hoggard	29.0	8	66	6	2.27	Leics	v Essex	Leicester	21 Jun 2013	First-class
SL Watkin	26.4	7	67	6	2.51	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	15 Aug 2001	First-class
IJ Harvey	25.2	6	68	6	2.68	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	24 Apr 2002	First-class
AAP Atkinson	19.2	3	68	6	3.51	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	04 May 2023	First-class
MG Hogan	25.3	7	70	6	2.74	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	15 May 2013	First-class
GJ Batty	34.2	9	71	6	2.06	Worcs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	10 Jul 2002	First-class
MT Coles	19.1	5	71	6	3.70	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	24 Sep 2013	First-class
GOB Allen	35.0	14	72	6	2.05	Cambridge U	v Essex	Colchester	24 Jun 1922	First-class
L Gregory	27.0	5	72	6	2.66	Somerset	v Essex	Lord's	23 Sep 2020	First-class
MD Marshall	28.2	6	73	6	2.57	Hampshire	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	13 Jul 1983	First-class
JS Patel	45.3	16	73	6	1.60	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	10 Sep 2019	First-class
OD Gibson	22.0	5	74	6	3.36	Leics	v Essex	Leicester	21 Jul 2004	First-class
SC Kerrigan	38.3	10	74	6	1.92	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	24 May 2010	First-class
Saeed Ajmal	26.2	5	75	6	2.84	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	18 May 2014	First-class
HM McGirr	29.0	8	77	6	2.65	N Zealanders	v Essex	Leyton	14 May 1927	First-class
MJ Friedlander	23.2	3	78	6	3.34	Cambs UCCE	v Essex	Cambridge	09 May 2007	First-class
AR Caddick	24.0	5	80	6	3.33	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	25 May 2004	First-class
Kabir Ali	22.2	5	83	6	3.71	Worcs	v Essex	Colchester	20 Aug 2008	First-class
TJ Murtagh	29.0	11	84	6	2.89	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	11 Aug 2009	First-class
RA Harper	30.1	3	85	6	2.81	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 Jun 1984	First-class
RJ Kirtley	29.0	7	85	6	2.93	Sussex	v Essex	Arundel	12 Jul 2000	First-class
IJ Harvey	17.5	1	90	6	5.04	Gloucs	v Essex	Gloucester	26 Jun 2002	First-class
DA Cosker	31.4	6	91	6	2.87	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	10 Sep 2009	First-class
BJ Griffiths	39.0	10	92	6	2.35	Northants	v Essex	Ilford	22 Jun 1983	First-class
TP Milnes	32.0	4	93	6	2.90	Derbyshire	v Essex	Derby	13 Aug 2016	First-class
IDK Salisbury	29.4	1	100	6	3.37	Warwickshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 Sep 2008	First-class
WA White	27.5	6	113	6	4.05	Derbyshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Jun 2015	First-class
AW Wellard	38.0	4	124	6	3.26	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	15 Jun 1938	First-class
WHR Andrews	32.0	6	125	6	3.90	Somerset	v Essex	Bath	22 Jun 1938	First-class
CE Waller	42.1	7	126	6	2.98	Sussex	v Essex	Hove	27 Jul 1983	First-class
SJ Marshall	33.0	2	128	6	3.87	Cambs UCCE	v Essex	Cambridge	20 Apr 2002	First-class
N Gifford	5.1	3	2	5	0.38	Warwickshire	v Essex	Nuneaton	09 Jul 1983	First-class
RDB Croft	8.1	4	6	5	0.73	Glamorgan	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	30 Jul 2008	First-class
H Verity	7.0	3	8	5	1.14	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	15 Jun 1932	First-class
G Chapple	7.2	4	9	5	1.22	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	12 Jun 2013	First-class
MA Ealham	14.0	8	13	5	0.92	Kent	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	18 Jul 2001	First-class

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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
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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Gloucestershire v Derbyshire at Bristol, County Championship Division Two 25th match, May 24-27, 2024 [First-class]

Kent v Essex at Canterbury, County Championship Division One 33rd match, May 24-27, 2024 [First-class]

Lancashire v Warwickshire at Manchester, County Championship Division One 34th match, May 24-27, 2024 [First-class]