Top 5 best bowling figures by left-arm spinners in ODIs

Sanath Jayasuriya 6 for 29

One could wonder how he made into this list. Yes, he was a left-arm spinner in his early days and this performance came in 1993. Those were the days when he was put into bat down the order.

Later he transformed himself into an attacking top-order batsman. He is the one who showed how one should play the first 15 over of the one-day Internationals. He is the one who changed the face of the ODIs by his diabolic attacking skills top of the order

He also had an impeccable skill in spin bowling. He has scored over 20000 runs and picked up 440 wickets in his international career. His best bowling figures came against the English side in 1993 as he scalped 6 pomes with his left-arm Orthodox. Eventually, Sri Lanka won that match by 8 wickets.

It was the first Man-of-the-Match performance from young Jayasuriya. Now, it is the 3rd best performance by a left arm tweaker in ODIs.

Stat: 9.5 - 6 - 29 - 6 - 2.94 against England in 1993

(Order beingOvers - Maidens - Runs - Wickets - Economy)