List of England Test cricket records
Best figures in a match

List of England Test cricket records

Section Title: Best figures in a match
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date

1	19/90 ♠	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	26 July 1956

2	17/159	Sydney Barnes	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	26 December 1913

3	15/28	Johnny Briggs	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	25 March 1889

4	15/45	George Lohmann	South Africa	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	13 February 1896

5	15/99	Colin Blythe	South Africa	Headingley, Leeds, England	29 July 1907

Last updated: 30 July 2018

Sentence(s)

Sydney Barnes's figures of 17/159, taken in 1913, is the second-best in Test cricket history.

final_sentence: Sydney Barnes's figures of 17/159, taken in 1913, is the second-best in Test cricket history.