2025 Records

2025 Stats: Best Bowling Figures in Test Cricket

Player Bowling Figures Against Venue Date
Jomel Warrican (WI) 7/32 Pakistan Multan 17 Jan 2025
Blessing Muzarabani (ZIM) 7/58 Ireland Bulawayo 06 Feb 2025
Rashid Khan (AFG) 7/66 Zimbabwe Bulawayo 02 Jan 2025
Noman Ali (PAK) 6/41 West Indies Multan 25 Jan 2025
Scott Boland (AUS) 6/45 India Sydney 03 Jan 2025
Matthew Humphreys (IRE) 6/57 Zimbabwe Bulawayo 06 Feb 2025
Taijul Islam (BAN) 6/60 Zimbabwe Chattogram 28 Apr 2025
Blessing Muzarabani (ZIM) 6/72 Bangladesh Sylhet 20 Apr 2025
Shoaib Bashir (ENG) 6/81 Zimbabwe Nottingham 22 May 2025
Blessing Muzarabani (ZIM) 6/95 Afghanistan Bulawayo 02 Jan 2025

Key Stats

In the first 3 months of 2025, there have been 12 five-wicket hauls picked up by 9 different bowlers. West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican, Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani and Pakistan’s Noman Ali are the trio who have captured a fifer more than once in Tests in 2025.

Matthew Kuhnemann of Australia (5/63) and Prabath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka (5/151) took a fifer each when their teams faced off against each other at Galle. There are 13 other instances of a bowler picking 4 or more wickets in Tests in 2025.

Warrican (7/32) has best innings figures in Tests in the current calendar year and it came against Pakistan at Multan. Blessing Muzarabani and Rashid are the others to take a seven wicket haul in Tests in 2025.

Only 4 bowlers have taken a ten-wicket haul in Tests in 2025. Rashid Khan (11/160) has the best match figures with Scott Boland, Noman Ali and Jomel Warrican being the others to capture a 10-fer in a Test match.