270 |
|
Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka)
|
46.97 |
5 Wickets for 44 Runs in 2nd inns for Sri Lanka vs South Africa at Colombo on 14-Jul-2000 (SR-12 | ER-4.4) |
271 |
|
Lance Cairns (New Zealand)
|
46.97 |
5 Wickets for 28 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs England at Scarborough on 15-Jul-1978 (SR-13 | ER-2.5) |
274 |
|
Praveen Kumar (India)
|
46.91 |
4 Wickets for 46 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Australia at Brisbane on 04-Mar-2008 (SR-15 | ER-4.6) |
276 |
|
Abdul Qadir (Pakistan)
|
46.77 |
5 Wickets for 44 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Leeds on 16-Jun-1983 (SR-14 | ER-3.7) |
278 |
|
Clint McKay (Australia)
|
46.76 |
5 Wickets for 28 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Sri Lanka at Adelaide on 08-Mar-2012 (SR-11 | ER-3.1) |
279 |
|
Steve Harmison (England)
|
46.75 |
5 Wickets for 33 Runs in 1st inns for England vs Australia at Bristol on 19-Jun-2005 (SR-12 | ER-3.3) |
280 |
|
Glenn McGrath (Australia)
|
46.73 |
5 Wickets for 27 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Pakistan at Sydney on 06-Feb-2005 (SR-9 | ER-3.5) |
281 |
|
Madan Lal (India)
|
46.71 |
3 Wickets for 31 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs West Indies at London on 25-Jun-1983 (SR-24 | ER-2.6) |
283 |
|
Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
|
46.69 |
5 Wickets for 38 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs South Africa at Tangier on 12-Aug-2002 (SR-12 | ER-3.8) |
284 |
|
Aaqib Javed (Pakistan)
|
46.69 |
5 Wickets for 19 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs India at Sharjah on 07-Apr-1995 (SR-11 | ER-2.1) |
285 |
|
Sanjeev Sharma (India)
|
46.67 |
5 Wickets for 26 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs West Indies at Sharjah on 16-Oct-1988 (SR-9 | ER-3.5) |
286 |
|
Courtney Walsh (West Indies)
|
46.67 |
4 Wickets for 40 Runs in 2nd inns for West Indies vs Pakistan at Lahore on 16-Oct-1987 (SR-15 | ER-4.0) |
287 |
|
Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka)
|
46.62 |
4 Wickets for 25 Runs in 2nd inns for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Mumbai on 18-Mar-2011 (SR-12 | ER-3.1) |
288 |
|
Imran Tahir (South Africa)
|
46.60 |
4 Wickets for 29 Runs in 1st inns for South Africa vs Afghanistan at Cardiff on 15-Jun-2019 (SR-11 | ER-4.1) |
289 |
|
Brett Lee (Australia)
|
46.59 |
5 Wickets for 41 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs England at London on 10-Jul-2005 (SR-12 | ER-4.1) |
290 |
|
Suraj Randiv (Sri Lanka)
|
46.57 |
5 Wickets for 42 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs England at Manchester on 09-Jul-2011 (SR-12 | ER-4.2) |
291 |
|
Oshane Thomas (West Indies)
|
46.57 |
5 Wickets for 21 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs England at Gros Islet on 02-Mar-2019 (SR-6 | ER-4.1) |
292 |
|
Yasir Shah (Pakistan)
|
46.57 |
6 Wickets for 26 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 01-Oct-2015 (SR-9 | ER-2.9) |
293 |
|
Umesh Yadav (India)
|
46.48 |
4 Wickets for 31 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Bangladesh at Melbourne on 19-Mar-2015 (SR-14 | ER-3.4) |
294 |
|
Ravi Bopara (England)
|
46.36 |
3 Wickets for 20 Runs in 1st inns for England vs India at Birmingham on 23-Jun-2013 (SR-8 | ER-5.0) |
295 |
|
Paul van Meekeren (Netherlands)
|
46.34 |
4 Wickets for 23 Runs in 2nd inns for Netherlands vs Bangladesh at Kolkata on 28-Oct-2023 (SR-11 | ER-3.1) |
296 |
|
Dale Steyn (South Africa)
|
46.17 |
5 Wickets for 25 Runs in 2nd inns for South Africa vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 08-Nov-2013 (SR-12 | ER-2.5) |
297 |
|
Matt Henry (New Zealand)
|
46.16 |
3 Wickets for 37 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs India at Manchester on 09-Jul-2019 (SR-20 | ER-3.7) |
299 |
|
Paul Strang (Zimbabwe)
|
46.13 |
4 Wickets for 40 Runs in 2nd inns for Zimbabwe vs West Indies at Hyderabad on 16-Feb-1996 (SR-11 | ER-5.3) |
301 |
|
Chris Harris (New Zealand)
|
46.10 |
5 Wickets for 42 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs Pakistan at Sialkot on 06-Dec-1996 (SR-12 | ER-4.2) |
302 |
|
Mohammed Shami (India)
|
46.06 |
4 Wickets for 35 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Pakistan at Adelaide on 15-Feb-2015 (SR-14 | ER-3.9) |
303 |
|
Tim de Leede (Netherlands)
|
46.04 |
4 Wickets for 35 Runs in 1st inns for Netherlands vs India at Paarl on 12-Feb-2003 (SR-14 | ER-3.8) |
304 |
|
Ajit Agarkar (India)
|
45.98 |
4 Wickets for 53 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Colombo on 07-Jul-1998 (SR-15 | ER-5.3) |
305 |
|
Hasan Ali (Pakistan)
|
45.97 |
3 Wickets for 35 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs England at Cardiff on 14-Jun-2017 (SR-20 | ER-3.5) |
306 |
|
Venkatesh Prasad (India)
|
45.96 |
3 Wickets for 27 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs New Zealand at Nairobi on 15-Oct-2000 (SR-14 | ER-3.9) |
307 |
|
Anderson Cummins (Canada/West Indies)
|
45.95 |
4 Wickets for 33 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs India at Wellington on 10-Mar-1992 (SR-15 | ER-3.3) |
308 |
|
Sourav Ganguly (India)
|
45.93 |
5 Wickets for 16 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Pakistan at Toronto on 18-Sep-1997 (SR-12 | ER-1.6) |
311 |
|
Yuzvendra Chahal (India)
|
45.86 |
4 Wickets for 51 Runs in 1st inns for India vs South Africa at Southampton on 05-Jun-2019 (SR-15 | ER-5.1) |
312 |
|
Madan Lal (India)
|
45.83 |
4 Wickets for 20 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Australia at Chelmsford on 20-Jun-1983 (SR-13 | ER-2.4) |
313 |
|
Mahedi Hasan (Bangladesh)
|
45.80 |
4 Wickets for 71 Runs in 1st inns for Bangladesh vs England at Dharamsala on 10-Oct-2023 (SR-12 | ER-8.9) |
314 |
|
Lance Klusener (South Africa)
|
45.80 |
5 Wickets for 21 Runs in 1st inns for South Africa vs Kenya at Amstelveen on 26-May-1999 (SR-10 | ER-2.5) |
315 |
|
Douglas Hondo (Zimbabwe)
|
45.80 |
4 Wickets for 45 Runs in 1st inns for Zimbabwe vs England at Colombo on 18-Sep-2002 (SR-9 | ER-7.5) |
317 |
|
Mohammed Shami (India)
|
45.72 |
4 Wickets for 16 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs West Indies at Manchester on 27-Jun-2019 (SR-10 | ER-2.5) |
319 |
|
James Anderson (England)
|
45.68 |
4 Wickets for 29 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs Pakistan at Cape Town on 22-Feb-2003 (SR-15 | ER-2.9) |
320 |
|
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
|
45.66 |
5 Wickets for 19 Runs in 2nd inns for Afghanistan vs South Africa at Sharjah on 20-Sep-2024 (SR-11 | ER-2.1) |
321 |
|
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pakistan)
|
45.62 |
4 Wickets for 44 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs West Indies at Birmingham on 11-Jun-1975 (SR-18 | ER-3.7) |
325 |
|
Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka)
|
45.47 |
5 Wickets for 30 Runs in 2nd inns for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Napier on 31-Jan-2001 (SR-9 | ER-4.2) |
327 |
1
|
Jerome Taylor (West Indies)
|
45.44 |
3 Wickets for 71 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington on 21-Mar-2015 (SR-14 | ER-10.1) |
328 |
1
|
Duncan Fletcher (Zimbabwe)
|
45.41 |
4 Wickets for 42 Runs in 2nd inns for Zimbabwe vs Australia at Nottingham on 09-Jun-1983 (SR-17 | ER-3.8) |
329 |
1
|
Pat Cummins (Australia)
|
45.38 |
4 Wickets for 29 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs India at Nagpur on 05-Mar-2019 (SR-14 | ER-3.2) |
330 |
1
|
Eddo Brandes (Zimbabwe)
|
45.37 |
4 Wickets for 21 Runs in 2nd inns for Zimbabwe vs England at Albury on 18-Mar-1992 (SR-15 | ER-2.1) |
331 |
1
|
Sajid Mahmood (England)
|
45.32 |
4 Wickets for 50 Runs in 1st inns for England vs Sri Lanka at North Sound on 04-Apr-2007 (SR-14 | ER-5.6) |
332 |
1
|
Shaun Pollock (South Africa)
|
45.32 |
5 Wickets for 20 Runs in 2nd inns for South Africa vs England at Johannesburg on 13-Feb-2000 (SR-11 | ER-2.2) |
334 |
1
|
Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
|
45.28 |
6 Wickets for 44 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs New Zealand at Sharjah on 13-Nov-1996 (SR-10 | ER-4.4) |
335 |
1
|
Mohammad Sami (Pakistan)
|
45.27 |
5 Wickets for 10 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs New Zealand at Lahore on 01-Dec-2003 (SR-9 | ER-1.4) |
336 |
1
|
Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh)
|
45.12 |
6 Wickets for 26 Runs in 1st inns for Bangladesh vs Kenya at Nairobi on 15-Aug-2006 (SR-10 | ER-2.6) |
337 |
1
|
Jason Gillespie (Australia)
|
45.07 |
5 Wickets for 22 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Pakistan at Nairobi on 30-Aug-2002 (SR-12 | ER-2.2) |
340 |
1
|
Tim Southee (New Zealand)
|
45.06 |
3 Wickets for 57 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Colombo on 29-Mar-2011 (SR-20 | ER-5.7) |
342 |
1
|
Andy McBrine (Ireland)
|
45.04 |
5 Wickets for 29 Runs in 1st inns for Ireland vs Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi on 21-Jan-2021 (SR-12 | ER-2.9) |
343 |
1
|
Harbhajan Singh (India)
|
45.03 |
5 Wickets for 56 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Colombo on 14-Sep-2009 (SR-12 | ER-5.8) |
344 |
1
|
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
|
44.98 |
5 Wickets for 44 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs England at Dambula on 13-Oct-2018 (SR-12 | ER-4.4) |
345 |
1
|
Adam Zampa (Australia)
|
44.98 |
4 Wickets for 53 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Pakistan at Bengaluru on 20-Oct-2023 (SR-15 | ER-5.3) |
346 |
1
|
Paul Stirling (Ireland)
|
44.91 |
6 Wickets for 55 Runs in 1st inns for Ireland vs Afghanistan at Greater Noida on 17-Mar-2017 (SR-10 | ER-5.5) |
348 |
1
|
Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)
|
44.89 |
4 Wickets for 50 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Jaipur on 17-Oct-2006 (SR-11 | ER-6.8) |
349 |
1
|
Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka)
|
44.89 |
4 Wickets for 27 Runs in 2nd inns for Sri Lanka vs Australia at Brisbane on 15-Jan-2003 (SR-15 | ER-2.7) |
350 |
1
|
Chris Pringle (New Zealand)
|
44.86 |
5 Wickets for 45 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs England at Birmingham on 19-May-1994 (SR-13 | ER-4.1) |
352 |
1
|
Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka)
|
44.78 |
5 Wickets for 22 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs Australia at Brisbane on 18-Jan-2013 (SR-12 | ER-2.2) |
353 |
1
|
Jake Ball (England)
|
44.75 |
5 Wickets for 51 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs Bangladesh at Mirpur on 07-Oct-2016 (SR-11 | ER-5.6) |
354 |
1
|
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
|
44.75 |
4 Wickets for 30 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs West Indies at Mirpur on 23-Mar-2011 (SR-14 | ER-3.2) |
355 |
1
|
Nuwan Pradeep (Sri Lanka)
|
44.74 |
4 Wickets for 31 Runs in 2nd inns for Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan at Cardiff on 04-Jun-2019 (SR-14 | ER-3.4) |
356 |
1
|
Abdul Qadir (Pakistan)
|
44.72 |
4 Wickets for 9 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs New Zealand at Sharjah on 15-Apr-1986 (SR-15 | ER-0.9) |
357 |
1
|
Chris Woakes (England)
|
44.69 |
4 Wickets for 54 Runs in 1st inns for England vs Australia at Ahmedabad on 04-Nov-2023 (SR-14 | ER-5.7) |
358 |
1
|
Mohammed Shami (India)
|
44.68 |
4 Wickets for 22 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs England at Lucknow on 29-Oct-2023 (SR-11 | ER-3.1) |
359 |
1
|
Charlie Lock (Zimbabwe)
|
44.68 |
5 Wickets for 44 Runs in 2nd inns for Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Napier on 03-Feb-1996 (SR-10 | ER-5.4) |
360 |
1
|
Hardik Pandya (India)
|
44.65 |
3 Wickets for 3 Runs in 1st inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Colombo on 17-Sep-2023 (SR-5 | ER-1.3) |
361 |
1
|
Brett Lee (Australia)
|
44.62 |
5 Wickets for 42 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs New Zealand at Gqeberha on 11-Mar-2003 (SR-11 | ER-4.6) |
364 |
1
|
Arshad Ayub (India)
|
44.53 |
5 Wickets for 21 Runs in 1st inns for India vs Pakistan at Dhaka on 31-Oct-1988 (SR-11 | ER-2.3) |
365 |
1
|
Allan Donald (South Africa)
|
44.53 |
4 Wickets for 40 Runs in 1st inns for South Africa vs Australia at Sydney on 23-Jan-1994 (SR-15 | ER-4.0) |
366 |
1
|
Rubel Hossain (Bangladesh)
|
44.48 |
4 Wickets for 53 Runs in 2nd inns for Bangladesh vs England at Adelaide on 09-Mar-2015 (SR-14 | ER-5.6) |
367 |
1
|
Chandika Hathurusinghe (Sri Lanka)
|
44.48 |
4 Wickets for 57 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs West Indies at Berri on 13-Mar-1992 (SR-12 | ER-7.1) |
368 |
1
|
Logan van Beek (Netherlands)
|
44.43 |
4 Wickets for 74 Runs in 1st inns for Netherlands vs Australia at Delhi on 25-Oct-2023 (SR-15 | ER-7.4) |
370 |
1
|
John Mooney (Ireland)
|
44.43 |
4 Wickets for 63 Runs in 1st inns for Ireland vs England at Bengaluru on 02-Mar-2011 (SR-14 | ER-7.0) |
371 |
1
|
Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan)
|
44.39 |
4 Wickets for 65 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs New Zealand at Nairobi on 11-Oct-2000 (SR-15 | ER-6.5) |
373 |
1
|
Glenn McGrath (Australia)
|
44.28 |
5 Wickets for 49 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Pakistan at Sydney on 04-Feb-2000 (SR-11 | ER-5.2) |
375 |
1
|
Paul Jarvis (England)
|
44.27 |
5 Wickets for 35 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs India at Bengaluru on 26-Feb-1993 (SR-10 | ER-4.0) |
376 |
1
|
Andy Roberts (West Indies)
|
44.23 |
5 Wickets for 22 Runs in 2nd inns for West Indies vs England at Adelaide on 16-Jan-1980 (SR-12 | ER-2.2) |
377 |
1
|
Gerald Coetzee (South Africa)
|
44.23 |
4 Wickets for 44 Runs in 1st inns for South Africa vs Afghanistan at Ahmedabad on 10-Nov-2023 (SR-15 | ER-4.4) |
378 |
1
|
Adam Zampa (Australia)
|
44.22 |
4 Wickets for 47 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs Sri Lanka at Lucknow on 16-Oct-2023 (SR-12 | ER-5.9) |
379 |
1
|
Jason Holder (West Indies)
|
44.19 |
5 Wickets for 27 Runs in 2nd inns for West Indies vs India at North Sound on 02-Jul-2017 (SR-12 | ER-2.8) |
380 |
1
|
Javagal Srinath (India)
|
44.18 |
4 Wickets for 35 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 10-Mar-2003 (SR-14 | ER-3.9) |
381 |
1
|
Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
|
44.18 |
6 Wickets for 26 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah on 29-Apr-1990 (SR-10 | ER-2.6) |
382 |
1
|
Aaqib Javed (Pakistan)
|
44.18 |
5 Wickets for 61 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 21-May-1997 (SR-12 | ER-6.1) |
383 |
1
|
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
|
44.17 |
6 Wickets for 38 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Colombo on 01-Mar-2011 (SR-8 | ER-5.0) |
385 |
1
|
Stuart Broad (England)
|
44.14 |
4 Wickets for 39 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs New Zealand at Johannesburg on 29-Sep-2009 (SR-12 | ER-4.8) |
386 |
1
|
Corey Collymore (West Indies)
|
44.08 |
5 Wickets for 51 Runs in 2nd inns for West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Colombo on 11-Dec-2001 (SR-11 | ER-5.5) |
387 |
1
|
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
|
44.05 |
4 Wickets for 53 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs South Africa at Ahmedabad on 24-Oct-2006 (SR-14 | ER-5.9) |
388 |
1
|
Shane Bond (New Zealand)
|
44.04 |
5 Wickets for 23 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs Australia at Wellington on 16-Feb-2007 (SR-11 | ER-2.4) |
389 |
1
|
Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
|
44.04 |
5 Wickets for 20 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs New Zealand at Sharjah on 01-May-1990 (SR-11 | ER-2.2) |
390 |
1
|
Mike Hendrick (England)
|
44.03 |
4 Wickets for 15 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs Pakistan at Leeds on 16-Jun-1979 (SR-18 | ER-1.3) |
391 |
1
|
Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand)
|
44.01 |
4 Wickets for 37 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs Afghanistan at Taunton on 08-Jun-2019 (SR-14 | ER-4.0) |
393 |
1
|
Rubel Hossain (Bangladesh)
|
44.00 |
6 Wickets for 26 Runs in 2nd inns for Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Mirpur on 29-Oct-2013 (SR-5 | ER-5.0) |
394 |
1
|
Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
|
44.00 |
5 Wickets for 31 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs South Africa at Perth on 16-Nov-2014 (SR-12 | ER-3.2) |
396 |
1
|
Ben Hilfenhaus (Australia)
|
43.98 |
5 Wickets for 33 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs India at Brisbane on 19-Feb-2012 (SR-11 | ER-3.5) |
397 |
1
|
Virender Sehwag (India)
|
43.98 |
3 Wickets for 25 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs South Africa at Colombo on 25-Sep-2002 (SR-10 | ER-5.0) |
398 |
1
|
Nathan McCullum (New Zealand)
|
43.97 |
3 Wickets for 24 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs South Africa at Mirpur on 25-Mar-2011 (SR-20 | ER-2.4) |
Listing top 1,000 individual match performances as per our scorecards. Each scored using contextual logic—factoring in opposition strength, match pressure, conditions, game importance etc. The list is scientifically based, so some lesser-known performances may outrank legendary ones. No manual adjustments are made; everything is merit-based. Updated - 31st Jul 2025.