Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket in FC matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
C Overton	38.0	9	87	13	2.28	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	14 Apr 2022	First-class
LN Constantine	28.3x8	2	91	13	2.40	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 1939	First-class
Saeed Ajmal	40.1	11	94	13	2.34	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	18 May 2014	First-class
PF Jackson	42.2	17	69	11	1.62	Worcs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	01 Jun 1938	First-class
GJ Smith	33.0	9	74	11	2.24	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	08 May 2002	First-class
FA Ward	37.3	12	77	11	2.05	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	04 Jun 1938	First-class
BJ Trott	35.5	11	78	11	2.17	Kent	v Essex	Tunbridge Wells	30 May 2001	First-class
ST Clarke	42.2	15	111	11	2.62	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	27 Aug 1983	First-class
DJ Worrall	36.5	8	122	11	3.31	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	19 Jul 2022	First-class
DA Cosker	67.4	25	126	11	1.86	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	10 Sep 2009	First-class
IJ Harvey	40.0	6	154	11	3.85	Gloucs	v Essex	Gloucester	26 Jun 2002	First-class
AP Freeman	85.1	28	176	11	2.06	Kent	v Essex	Brentwood	30 May 1934	First-class
AW Wellard	65.0	10	194	11	2.98	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	15 Jun 1938	First-class
Z Khan	54.0	8	260	11	4.81	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Jun 2006	First-class
PM Hornibrook	31.0	14	40	10	1.29	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	07 May 1930	First-class
H Verity	37.0	15	53	10	1.43	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	15 Jun 1932	First-class
LC Norwell	30.5	8	65	10	2.10	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	03 May 2015	First-class
GA Cope	39.1	16	80	10	2.04	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	25 Jul 1970	First-class
H Verity	26.4	4	92	10	3.45	Yorkshire	v Essex	Sheffield	18 May 1938	First-class
DJ Balcombe	32.0	7	102	10	3.18	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	31 Aug 2011	First-class
H Trumble	59.2x5	17	108	10	2.18	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	14 May 1896	First-class
MJ Leach	67.0	25	112	10	1.67	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	19 Aug 2018	First-class
SP Kirby	36.5	7	116	10	3.14	Gloucs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	08 Aug 2007	First-class
M Muralidaran	87.0	36	123	10	1.41	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	19 Jun 2001	First-class
MD Marshall	45.2	10	124	10	2.73	Hampshire	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	13 Jul 1983	First-class
JD Lewry	48.4	13	124	10	2.54	Sussex	v Essex	Arundel	09 Jul 2003	First-class
TJ Murtagh	41.2	11	127	10	3.07	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	06 Jun 2008	First-class
LA Dawson	47.4	10	139	10	2.91	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	26 Jun 2022	First-class
OD Gibson	42.2	15	147	10	3.47	Leics	v Essex	Leicester	21 Jul 2004	First-class
MT Coles	37.0	9	154	10	4.16	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	24 Sep 2013	First-class
M Kartik	49.0	11	168	10	3.42	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	09 Sep 2005	First-class
JM De Caires	66.2	12	190	10	2.86	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	04 Sep 2023	First-class
SCG MacGill	63.0	14	233	10	3.69	Notts	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	28 Jul 2004	First-class
WMH Rhodes	32.4	12	55	9	1.68	Warwickshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	13 Jul 2019	First-class
Waqar Younis	27.0	10	68	9	2.51	Pakistanis	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 Aug 1996	First-class
GHS Garton	22.3	6	76	9	3.37	Sussex	v Essex	Hove	15 Aug 2020	First-class
MA Starc	28.2	7	77	9	2.71	Australians	v Essex	Chelmsford	01 Jul 2015	First-class
Saqlain Mushtaq	27.2	8	81	9	2.96	Pakistanis	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 Aug 1996	First-class
CL Hooper	48.5	20	81	9	1.65	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	02 Jul 2003	First-class
WE Bowes	35.4	6	85	9	2.38	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	15 Jun 1932	First-class
N Gifford	45.3	16	86	9	1.89	Warwickshire	v Essex	Nuneaton	09 Jul 1983	First-class
CM Willoughby	31.3	9	89	9	2.82	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	05 Sep 2007	First-class
PCR Tufnell	66.2	33	93	9	1.40	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	02 Aug 2000	First-class
JM Anderson	42.5	12	97	9	2.26	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 Apr 2010	First-class
JC Tongue	38.5	15	98	9	2.52	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	11 May 2018	First-class
CJ White	36.0	10	98	9	2.72	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	26 Sep 2022	First-class
DA Renneberg	33.4	8	100	9	2.97	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	26 Jun 1968	First-class
TF Smailes	30.2	6	101	9	3.32	Yorkshire	v Essex	Sheffield	18 May 1938	First-class
M Davies	36.0	12	101	9	2.80	Durham	v Essex	Chester-le-Street	09 Jun 2005	First-class
W Voce	56.2	12	109	9	1.93	Notts	v Essex	Worksop	20 Jul 1938	First-class
BA Raine	38.1	7	109	9	2.85	Durham	v Essex	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2021	First-class
JH Cornford	49.0	10	112	9	2.28	Sussex	v Essex	Hove	09 Jul 1938	First-class
GE Gomez	60.0	21	113	9	1.88	West Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	23 Aug 1950	First-class
H Verity	64.5	22	124	9	1.91	Yorkshire	v Essex	Ilford	11 May 1938	First-class
TE Bailey	37.2	8	130	9	3.48	Lancashire	v Essex	Blackpool	10 Jul 2023	First-class
DI Stevens	47.0	11	136	9	2.89	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	08 Apr 2011	First-class
GJ Batty	77.2	21	142	9	1.83	Worcs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	10 Jul 2002	First-class
CIJ Smith	62.4	13	152	9	2.42	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	18 Jun 1938	First-class
NGB Cook	67.2	20	156	9	2.31	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Sep 1988	First-class
DJ Balcombe	45.0	9	160	9	3.55	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	04 Sep 2012	First-class
RO Schwarz	23.1	4	49	8	2.11	Sth Africans	v Essex	Leyton	23 May 1907	First-class
WW Hall	19.0	4	50	8	2.63	West Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	29 Jun 1963	First-class
SP Jones	18.4	6	55	8	2.94	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	30 May 2008	First-class
G Chapple	26.4	11	56	8	2.10	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	12 Jun 2013	First-class
LJ Fletcher	37.2	17	66	8	1.76	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	06 May 2021	First-class
KJ Abbott	24.1	7	67	8	2.77	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	15 Jun 2014	First-class
GJ Batty	27.0	6	68	8	2.51	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 May 2014	First-class
JM Gregory	27.0	7	75	8	2.77	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	18 May 1921	First-class
K Farnes	28.3	6	75	8	2.63	Cambridge U	v Essex	Chelmsford	24 Jun 1933	First-class
R Clarke	26.0	4	75	8	2.88	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	04 Sep 2018	First-class
HT Waters	36.0	8	80	8	2.22	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	02 May 2012	First-class
CJ McKay	36.3	11	84	8	2.30	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jun 2016	First-class
G Goonesena	27.0	6	86	8	3.18	Pearce's XI	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 May 1952	First-class
MJ Hoggard	33.3	9	86	8	2.56	Yorkshire	v Essex	Scarborough	12 Sep 2001	First-class
JM Anderson	37.5	10	90	8	2.37	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	22 Sep 2015	First-class
C Rushworth	29.0	7	90	8	3.10	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	11 May 2023	First-class
SL Watkin	45.2	18	91	8	2.00	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	15 Jun 2000	First-class
TJ Murtagh	31.2	7	91	8	2.90	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	24 May 2011	First-class
J Allenby	28.5	5	93	8	3.22	Glamorgan	v Essex	Swansea	15 Aug 2014	First-class
RJ Gleeson	33.0	8	96	8	2.90	M.C.C.	v Essex	Bridgetown	27 Mar 2018	First-class
TB Mitchell	31.2	4	100	8	3.19	Derbyshire	v Essex	Clacton-on-Sea	24 Aug 1938	First-class
G Welch	52.0	21	100	8	1.92	Derbyshire	v Essex	Derby	07 Aug 2002	First-class
FH Edwards	31.3	4	100	8	3.17	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	05 Apr 2019	First-class
S Ramadhin	62.5	25	102	8	1.62	West Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	23 Aug 1950	First-class
JM Gregory	37.0	8	103	8	2.78	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	27 Jul 1921	First-class
AAP Atkinson	32.2	6	105	8	3.24	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	04 May 2023	First-class
Harbhajan Singh	40.0	7	106	8	2.65	Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Aug 2002	First-class
TD Groenewald	37.0	10	106	8	2.86	Derbyshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	13 Apr 2014	First-class
BA Raine	45.0	15	107	8	2.37	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 2015	First-class
KJ Abbott	36.0	11	108	8	3.00	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	19 Sep 2017	First-class
DM Bess	33.0	4	108	8	3.27	M.C.C.	v Essex	Bridgetown	27 Mar 2018	First-class
TE Linley	37.0	5	109	8	2.94	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	07 Sep 2011	First-class
DJ Willey	36.1	10	110	8	3.04	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	17 Apr 2013	First-class
RA Harper	48.1	13	111	8	2.30	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 Jun 1984	First-class
RL Johnson	38.0	8	112	8	2.94	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	05 Sep 2001	First-class
GD McGrath	36.5	11	115	8	3.12	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jul 2000	First-class
Azeem Rafiq	32.0	7	115	8	3.59	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Sep 2012	First-class
BA Carse	34.5	4	119	8	3.41	Durham	v Essex	Chelmsford	15 Apr 2021	First-class
ST Finn	38.3	9	124	8	3.22	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	06 Jun 2009	First-class
L Gregory	48.3	10	124	8	2.55	Somerset	v Essex	Lord's	23 Sep 2020	First-class

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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
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]