Bowlers who have bowled five or more maiden overs in an innings in World Cup – BS Bedi’s distinction – only bowler to bowl five or more maiden overs on two occasions

Bowlers who have bowled five or more maiden overs in an innings in World Cup – BS Bedi’s distinction – only bowler to bowl five or more maiden overs on two occasions

The following list shows the bowlers who have bowed five or more maiden overs in their spell in an innings in the World Cup games. There are 20 such occasions. BS Bedi of India owns the record for bowling most maiden overs – eight – against East Africa at Leeds on 11.06.75

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BS Bedi 12.0 8 06 1 1 Ind EAF Leeds 11 Jun 1975
2 RJ Hadlee 12.0 6 10 0 2 NZl EAF Birmingham 07 Jun 1975
3 JA Snow  12.0 6 11 4 2 Eng Win Birmingham 14 Jun 1975
4 BS Bedi 12.0 6 28 1 2 Ind NZl Manchester 14 Jun 1975
5 GJ Gilmour 12.0 6 14 6 1 Aus Eng Leeds 18 Jun 1975
6 M Hendrick 12.0 6 15 4 2 Eng Pak Leeds 16 Jun 1979
7 AY Karim 08.2 6 07 3 2 Ken Aus Durban 15 Mar 2003
8 RO Collinge 12.0 5 23 1 2 NZl Win Birmingham 07 Jun 1975
9 AME Roberts 12.0 5 16 2 1 Win Srl Manchester 07 Jun 1975
10 S Abid Ali 12.0 5 22 2 1 Ind EAF Leeds 11 Jun 1975
11 JR Thomson 12.0 5 22 1 2 Aus Srl The Oval 11 Jun 1975
12 DL Underwood 10.0 5 11 0 2 Eng EAF Birmingham 14 Jun 1975
13 BD Julien 12.0 5 27 4 1 Win NZl The Oval 18 Jun 1975
14 Sikander Bakht 12.0 5 18 1 1 Pak Can Leeds 09 Jun 1979
15 IT Botham 09.0 5 12 1 1 Eng Can Manchester 13 Jun 1979
16 CM Old 10.0 5 08 4 1 Eng Can Manchester 13 Jun 1979
17 Sarfraz Nawaz 11.0 5 22 0 2 Pak Eng Lord’s 13 Jun 1983
18 DS de Silva 12.0 5 11 2 1 Srl NZl Derby 18 Jun 1983
19 DR Pringle 08.2 5 08 3 1 Eng Pak Adelaide 01 Mar 1992
20 SM Pollock 08.0 5 13 1 2 RSA Can East London 27 Feb 2003

BS Bedi, AY Karim, CM Old and DR Pringle are the four  bowlers who have conceded single digit runs while bowling  five or more maiden overs in their spell in an innings in the World Cup games.. All the four occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BS Bedi 12.0 8 06 1 1 Ind EAF Leeds 11 Jun 1975
2 AY Karim 08.2 6 07 3 2 Ken Aus Durban 15 Mar 2003
3 CM Old 10.0 5 08 4 1 Eng Can Manchester 13 Jun 1979
4 DR Pringle 08.2 5 08 3 1 Eng Pak Adelaide 01 Mar 1992

BS Bedi of India remains  the only bowler to bowl five or more maiden overs in his spell on two occasions – eight against East Africa at Leeds on 11.06.75 and six against New Zealand at Manchester on 14.06.75

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BS Bedi 12.0 8 06 1 1 Ind EAF Leeds 11 Jun 1975
2 BS Bedi 12.0 6 28 1 2 Ind NZl Manchester 14 Jun 1975

JA Snow, M Hendrick, BD Julien, CM Old and GJ Gilmour are the  five bowlers who have captured four or more wickets while bowling  five or more maiden overs in their spell in an innings in the World Cup games.. All the five occasions are tabulated below.  GJ Gilmour of Australia is the only bowler in this category of statistics to capture six wickets. He returned with figures of 12.0-6-14-6 against England at Leeds on 18.06.75

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 JA Snow  12.0 6 11 4 2 Eng Win Birmingham 14 Jun 1975
2 M Hendrick 12.0 6 15 4 2 Eng Pak Leeds 16 Jun 1979
3 BD Julien 12.0 5 27 4 1 Win NZl The Oval 18 Jun 1975
4 CM Old 10.0 5 08 4 1 Eng Can Manchester 13 Jun 1979
5 GJ Gilmour 12.0 6 14 6 1 Aus Eng Leeds 18 Jun 1975
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