[caption id="attachment_747592" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<img class="size-full wp-image-747592" alt="Shahbaz Nadeem Rahul Sanghvi best List A figures Jharkhand Rajasthan" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-09-19.jpg" width="628" height="355" /> Shahbaz Nadeem en route history (photo: agencies)[/caption] <p></p> <p></p><a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/Shahbaz-Nadeem" target="_blank">Shahbaz Nadeem</a> now holds the <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/best-list-a-figures" target="_blank">best figures for anyone in the history of List A cricket</a>. Playing for <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/jharkhand" target="_blank">Jharkhand</a> in a <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/Vijay-Hazare-Trophy-2018-19" target="_blank">Vijay Hazare Trophy</a> match at Murugappa Ground, <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/chennai" target="_blank">Chennai</a>, Nadeem wrecked <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/rajasthan" target="_blank">Rajasthan</a> with figures of 10-4-10-8. Nadeem broke the record of <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/rahul-sanghvi" target="_blank">Rahul Sanghvi</a>, who had <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/rahul-sanghvi-takes-8-for-15-registers-best-list-a-figures-288485" target="_blank">taken 8 for 15</a> for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh at Una, back in 1997-98. Nadeem took the first eight Rajasthan wickets to fall before Anukul Roy dismissed Rahul Chahar to end the sequence. Here are the best figures in List A cricket: <p></p><table style="width: 599px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup> <col width="56" /> <col width="113" /> <col width="102" /> <col width="117" /> <col width="148" /> <col width="63" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td colspan="6" width="599" height="20"><strong>Eight-wicket hauls in List A cricket</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20"><strong>Figures</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong>Bowler</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong>Team</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong>Against</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong>Venue</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong>Season</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/10</td> <p></p><td>Shahbaz Nadeem</td> <p></p><td>Jharkhand</td> <p></p><td>Rajasthan</td> <p></p><td>Chennai (Murugappa)</td> <p></p><td>2018-19</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/15</td> <p></p><td>Rahul Sanghvi</td> <p></p><td>Delhi</td> <p></p><td>Himachal Pradesh</td> <p></p><td>Una</td> <p></p><td>1997-98</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/19</td> <p></p><td>Chaminda Vaas</td> <p></p><td>Sri Lanka</td> <p></p><td>Zimbabwe</td> <p></p><td>Colombo (SSC)</td> <p></p><td>2001-02</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/20</td> <p></p><td>Tharaka Kottehewa</td> <p></p><td>Nondescripts</td> <p></p><td>Ragama</td> <p></p><td>Colombo (Moors)</td> <p></p><td>2007-08</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/21</td> <p></p><td>Michael Holding</td> <p></p><td>Derbyshire</td> <p></p><td>Sussex</td> <p></p><td>Hove</td> <p></p><td>1988</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/26</td> <p></p><td>Keith Boyce</td> <p></p><td>Essex</td> <p></p><td>Lancashire</td> <p></p><td>Old Trafford</td> <p></p><td>1971</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/30</td> <p></p><td>Romesh Eranga</td> <p></p><td>Burgher</td> <p></p><td>Sri Lanka Army</td> <p></p><td>Colombo (Colts)</td> <p></p><td>2007-08</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/31</td> <p></p><td>Derek Underwood</td> <p></p><td>Kent</td> <p></p><td>Scotland</td> <p></p><td>Edinburgh</td> <p></p><td>1987</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/38</td> <p></p><td>Brandon Mavuta</td> <p></p><td>Rising Stars</td> <p></p><td>Manicaland</td> <p></p><td>Harare (Takashinga)</td> <p></p><td>2017-18</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/40</td> <p></p><td>Yeasin Arafat</td> <p></p><td>Gazi Group</td> <p></p><td>Abahani Limited</td> <p></p><td>Fatullah</td> <p></p><td>2017-18</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/43</td> <p></p><td>Shaun Tait</td> <p></p><td>South Australia</td> <p></p><td>Tasmania</td> <p></p><td>Adelaide</td> <p></p><td>2003-04</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/52</td> <p></p><td>Kevin Stoute</td> <p></p><td>West Indies A</td> <p></p><td>Lancashire</td> <p></p><td>Old Trafford</td> <p></p><td>2010</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/66</td> <p></p><td>Simon Francis</td> <p></p><td>Somerset</td> <p></p><td>Derbyshire</td> <p></p><td>Derby</td> <p></p><td>2004</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p><a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/keith-boyce" target="_blank">Keith Boyce</a> (8 for 26) was the first to take an eight-wicket haul, back in 1971, in the early days of limited-overs cricket. <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/derek-underwood" target="_blank">Derek Underwood</a> (8 for 31) was the second, in 1987, and Boyce's record was broken the next year, by <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/michael-holding" target="_blank">Michael Holding</a> (8 for 21). Sanghvi went past Holding over twenty years ago. <p></p> <p></p>Of the above, <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/chaminda-vaas" target="_blank">Chaminda Vaas</a> is the only one to take eight wickets in an ODI. <p></p> <p></p><strong>Brief scores:</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Rajasthan</strong> 73 in 28.3 overs (Ankit Lamba 20; Shahbaz Nadeem 8 for 10) vs <strong>Jharkhand</strong>.
