Best ever ODI bowling figures were registered on Dec 8, 2001
Former Sri Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas picked up eight wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in an ODI in Colombo on December 8, 2001, claiming the best bowling figures in the history of ODI cricket. Vaas took his first ODI hat-trick in the match and ended with figures of 8-3-19-8. Four of his scalps were dismissed for a duck each.