The 7 best Test innings bowling figures in 2024

Jonhenry Wilson 22 Dec 2024

Noman Ali took eight wickets in one innings against England in Multan.

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7. Matt Henry, New Zealand – 7/67 vs Australia

The scene was Christchurch and the opposition Australia, as Matt Henry took seven for 67 in the visitors’ first innings. His solid effort was not good enough to prevent defeat for the Black Caps, though, as the Australians completed a 2-0 series win.

Henry, however, was named Player of the Series on the back of 17 wickets and 101 runs across the two Tests.

6. Tom Hartley, England – 7/62 vs India

Tom Hartley was on debut against India in Hyderabad in January. England really wanted to take advantage of conditions that were expected to yield a lot of turn.

In the fourth innings, the pitch was really proving conducive to spin bowling. Hartley loved it all, moving to figures of seven for 62 as England completed a famous win on the sub-continent.

5. Washington Sundar, India – 7/59 vs New Zealand

Washington Sundar didn’t play much Test match cricket in 2024 for reasons vast and varied. But when he did get his chance against the Black Caps in Pune in October, he grabbed it with both hands.

Sundar romped to figures of seven for 59 in the visitors’ first innings. He bowled well in partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin and was responsible for ending a promising half-century from Rachin Ravindra.

4. Mitchell Santner, New Zealand – 7/53 vs India

Mitchell Santner was second only to Henry in terms of the best Test innings bowling figures by a New Zealander in 2024. Santner’s seven, like that of Sundar, also happened in the Pune Test.

The Black Caps won the match by 113 runs and Santner was named Player of the Match because he added another six wickets in the second innings to the seven he took in the first.

3. Gus Atkinson, England – 7/45 vs West Indies

Gus Atkinson had one of the best debuts in the history of Test cricket at Lord’s – the home of cricket. He came on as a first-change bowler after Chris Woakes and James Anderson had opened the bowling.

What followed was a lethal spell of fast bowling with outright pace and big bounce. He took seven wickets in the West Indies‘ first innings and five more in the second for the Player of the Match accolade.

2. Marco Jansen, South Africa – 7/13 vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka had little to no answer to Proteas pace ace Marco Jansen when they were skittled for a paltry 42 at Kingsmead in Durban. Jansen’s tall frame, left-arm angle and genuine pace was highly effective.

He bowled fewer than seven overs for his seven for 13. Three of his victims were bowled – and the four others caught. Jansen needed this after bowling poorly during South Africa‘s lost to India in the T20 World Cup final earlier in the year.

1. Noman Ali, Pakistan – 8/46 vs England

Pakistan used just two bowlers in the fourth innings against the English in Multan. Noman Ali was one of them and used his chance to full effect en route to figures for eight for 46.

Pakistan won the match, but Ali was not named Player of the Match. That award instead went to Sajid Khan, who took seven wickets in England‘s first innings and two more in the second.