What are the best bowling figures in Test cricket?

The official best Test bowling innings, independent of scorecard coverage.

Jim Laker holds the official Test bowling record: 10/53 for England. v Australia, Old Trafford, 1956

Explore the underlying records

Browse official and archive innings · Career records

This answer is generated from Cricket Wicket’s validated international dataset. Career figures and available scorecard figures are kept as separate layers; see the methodology page for definitions and coverage dates.