| Test
Match Cricket - Best Innings Balling |
| 1 |
10-53 |
JC
Laker |
England
v Australia at Manchester |
1956 |
| 2 |
10-74 |
A
Kumble |
India
v Pakistan at Delhi |
1999 |
| 3 |
9-28 |
GA
Lohmann |
England
v South Africa at Johannesburg |
1895-96 |
| 4 |
9-37 |
JC
Laker |
England
v Australia at Manchester |
1956 |
| 5 |
9-52 |
RJ
Hadlee |
New
Zealand v Australia at Brisbane |
1985-86 |
| 6 |
9-56 |
Abdul
Qadir |
Pakistan
v England at Lahore |
1987-88 |
| 7 |
9-57 |
DE
Malcolm |
England
v South Africa at The Oval |
1994 |
| 8 |
9-65 |
M
Muralitharan |
Sri
Lanka v England at The Oval |
1998 |
| 9 |
9-69 |
JM
Patel |
India
v Australia at Kanpur |
1959-60 |
| 10 |
9-83 |
Kapil
Dev |
India
v West Indies at Ahmedabad |
1983-84 |
| 11 |
9-86 |
Sarfraz
Nawaz |
Pakistan
v Australia at Melbourne |
1978-79 |
| 12 |
9-95 |
JM
Noreiga |
West
Indies v India at Port-of-Spain |
1970-71 |
| 13 |
9-102 |
SP
Gupte |
India
v West Indies at Kanpur |
1958-59 |
| 14 |
9-103 |
SF
Barnes |
England
v South Africa at Johannesburg |
1913-14 |
| 15 |
9-113 |
HJ
Tayfield |
South
Africa v England at Johannesburg |
1956-57 |
| 16 |
9-121 |
AA
Mailey |
Australia
v England at Melbourne |
1920-21 |
| 17 |
8-7 |
GA
Lohmann |
England
v South Africa at Port Elizabeth |
1895-96 |
| 18 |
8-11 |
J
Briggs |
England
v South Africa at Cape Town |
1888-89 |
| 19 |
8-29 |
SF
Barnes |
England
v South Africa at The Oval |
1912 |
| 20 |
8-29 |
CEH
Croft |
West
Indies v Pakistan at Port-of-Spain |
1976-77 |
| 21 |
8-31 |
F
Laver |
Australia
v England at Manchester |
1909 |
| 22 |
8-31 |
FS
Trueman |
England
v India at Manchester |
1952 |
| 23 |
8-34 |
IT
Botham |
England
v Pakistan at Lord's |
1978 |
| 24 |
8-35 |
GA
Lohmann |
England
v Australia at Sydney |
1886-87 |
| 25 |
8-38 |
LR
Gibbs |
West
Indies v India at Bridgetown |
1961-62 |
| 26 |
8-38 |
GD
McGrath |
Australia
v England at Lord's |
1997 |
| 27 |
8-43 |
AE
Trott |
Australia
v England at Adelaide |
1894-95 |
| 28 |
8-43 |
H
Verity |
England
v Australia at Lord's |
1934 |
| 29 |
8-43 |
RGD
Willis |
England
v Australia at Leeds |
1981 |
| 30 |
8-45 |
CEL
Ambrose |
West
Indies v England at Bridgetown |
1989-90 |
