name figures match rating 1 G Gilmour 6-14 Aust v Eng, Headingley, 1975 205.6 2 Aqib Javed 7-37 Pak v India, Sharjah, 1991-92 202.3 3 Waqar Younis 7-36 Pak v Eng, Headingley, 2001 181.3 4 WPUJC Vaas 8-19 SL v Zim, Colombo (SSC) 2001-02 174.9 5 WPUJC Vaas 5-14 SL v India, Sharjah, 2000-01 173.9 6 J Garner 5-38 WI v Eng, Lord's, 1979 172.8 7 SB Joshi 5-6 India v SA, Nairobi, 1999-2000 169.4 8 SM Pollock 5-36 SA v Aust, Edgbaston, 1999 162.0 9 M Muralitharan 7-30 SL v India, Sharjah, 2000-01 160.0 10 Madan Lal 3-31 India v WI, Lord's, 1983 158.5

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