Bowling Most 5wi Career IN Sri Lanka

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings for England vs Sri Lanka in Tests IN Sri Lanka

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2012-2018	3	6	1002	167.0	28	478	22	6/74	21.72	2.86	45.54	0	3	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2007	10	20	4296	716.0	240	1325	64	7/46	20.70	1.85	67.12	7	3	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2012-2012	2	4	727	121.1	13	355	16	6/82	22.18	2.92	45.43	1	2	1
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2021	7	13	1246	207.4	49	599	18	6/40	33.27	2.88	69.22	0	2	0
MJ Leach (ENG)	2018-2021	5	10	1521	253.3	30	740	28	5/83	26.42	2.91	54.32	2	2	0
MDK Perera (SL)	2018-2021	5	10	1573	262.1	29	795	27	5/75	29.44	3.03	58.25	2	2	0
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2018-2018	1	2	228	38.0	1	171	7	5/95	24.42	4.50	32.57	0	1	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1982-1982	1	2	335	55.5	21	95	8	5/28	11.87	1.70	41.87	0	1	0
A Dananjaya (SL)	2018-2018	2	4	467	77.5	5	378	10	6/115	37.80	4.85	46.70	0	1	0
DM Bess (ENG)	2021-2021	2	4	511	85.1	10	255	12	5/30	21.25	2.99	42.58	1	1	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1982-1993	2	4	552	92.0	20	253	10	6/33	25.30	2.75	55.20	0	1	0
AU Rashid (ENG)	2018-2018	3	6	594	99.0	7	338	12	5/49	28.16	3.41	49.50	0	1	0
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2021-2021	2	4	714	119.0	16	415	15	7/137	27.66	3.48	47.60	0	1	1
AF Giles (ENG)	2001-2003	6	10	1912	318.4	79	848	25	5/116	33.92	2.66	76.48	3	1	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2001-2007	9	18	1951	325.1	79	838	40	6/73	20.95	2.57	48.77	3	1	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1993-2003	4	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2001-2001	3	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
J Mubarak (SL)	2007-2007	2	1	6	1.0	0	8	0	-	-	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2001-2012	11	1	12	2.0	1	4	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2003	6	1	12	2.0	0	10	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
MD Gunathilaka (SL)	2018-2018	1	1	12	2.0	0	5	0	-	-	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
DW Lawrence (ENG)	2021-2021	2	1	12	2.0	0	10	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1993	2	1	18	3.0	0	11	0	-	-	3.66	0.00	0	0	0
B Warnapura (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	24	4.0	1	10	0	-	-	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1993-2001	4	2	36	6.0	3	7	0	-	-	1.16	0.00	0	0	0
MD Shanaka (SL)	2021-2021	1	1	42	7.0	1	22	0	-	-	3.14	0.00	0	0	0
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1993-1993	1	1	48	8.0	2	22	0	-	-	2.75	0.00	0	0	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2003-2012	5	3	48	8.0	3	20	0	-	-	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1993-1993	1	2	66	11.0	4	19	2	2/7	9.50	1.72	33.00	0	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2001-2001	1	2	72	12.0	2	51	0	-	-	4.25	0.00	0	0	0
PJW Allott (ENG)	1982-1982	1	1	78	13.0	4	44	0	-	-	3.38	0.00	0	0	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2001-2007	7	5	78	13.0	0	33	0	-	-	2.53	0.00	0	0	0
GA Hick (ENG)	1993-2001	3	3	84	14.0	0	46	0	-	-	3.28	0.00	0	0	0
LPC Silva (SL)	2007-2007	3	2	90	15.0	2	60	1	1/57	60.00	4.00	90.00	0	0	0
PW Hasaranga (SL)	2021-2021	1	2	96	16.0	1	67	0	-	-	4.18	0.00	0	0	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1993-1993	1	2	120	20.0	2	82	1	1/66	82.00	4.10	120.00	0	0	0
LWS Kaluperuma (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	126	21.0	4	69	0	-	-	3.28	0.00	0	0	0
KADM Fernando (SL)	2003-2003	2	4	126	21.0	2	107	1	1/29	107.00	5.09	126.00	0	0	0
KTGD Prasad (SL)	2012-2012	1	1	138	23.0	8	63	1	1/63	63.00	2.73	138.00	0	0	0
RL Johnson (ENG)	2003-2003	1	2	144	24.0	7	82	1	1/54	82.00	3.41	144.00	0	0	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2012	5	4	144	24.0	0	90	0	-	-	3.75	0.00	0	0	0
AM Fernando (SL)	2021-2021	2	2	144	24.0	3	75	2	2/44	37.50	3.12	72.00	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1982-1982	1	2	149	24.5	2	65	3	3/28	21.66	2.61	49.66	0	0	0
RS Bopara (ENG)	2007-2007	3	4	156	26.0	6	81	1	1/39	81.00	3.11	156.00	0	0	0
RTM Mendis (SL)	2021-2021	1	2	156	26.0	1	96	2	1/48	48.00	3.69	78.00	0	0	0
D Hettiarachchi (SL)	2001-2001	1	2	162	27.0	7	41	2	2/36	20.50	1.51	81.00	0	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1982	1	2	168	28.0	10	70	3	2/46	23.33	2.50	56.00	0	0	0
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1993-1993	1	2	168	28.0	8	71	0	-	-	2.53	0.00	0	0	0
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2021	5	6	173	28.5	2	65	3	2/0	21.66	2.25	57.66	0	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	181	30.1	6	103	5	4/70	20.60	3.41	36.20	1	0	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2018-2018	3	5	186	31.0	4	102	5	3/30	20.40	3.29	37.20	0	0	0
PW Jarvis (ENG)	1993-1993	1	2	203	33.5	3	90	3	3/76	30.00	2.66	67.66	0	0	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2007	5	6	209	34.5	6	100	3	2/25	33.33	2.87	69.66	0	0	0
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2012-2012	1	2	210	35.0	8	71	2	2/47	35.50	2.02	105.00	0	0	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2018-2018	3	6	211	35.1	3	110	0	-	-	3.12	0.00	0	0	0
ST Finn (ENG)	2012-2012	1	2	227	37.5	5	81	3	2/30	27.00	2.14	75.66	0	0	0
CC Lewis (ENG)	1993-1993	1	2	234	39.0	6	87	5	4/66	17.40	2.23	46.80	1	0	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1993-1993	1	2	244	40.4	6	142	3	2/34	47.33	3.49	81.33	0	0	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	257	42.5	16	92	3	3/54	30.66	2.14	85.66	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2001-2012	8	5	274	45.4	8	159	3	2/73	53.00	3.48	91.33	0	0	0
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	2007-2012	2	4	276	46.0	6	162	5	2/17	32.40	3.52	55.20	0	0	0
GRA de Silva (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	282	47.0	18	98	4	2/46	24.50	2.08	70.50	0	0	0
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	4	7	303	50.3	8	164	4	2/37	41.00	3.24	75.75	0	0	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2021-2021	2	3	330	55.0	10	154	3	3/84	51.33	2.80	110.00	0	0	0
SR Patel (ENG)	2012-2012	2	4	354	59.0	15	122	3	2/27	40.66	2.06	118.00	0	0	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2003-2003	2	4	378	63.0	18	148	2	2/82	74.00	2.34	189.00	0	0	0
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1993-1993	1	2	391	65.1	15	188	8	4/90	23.50	2.88	48.87	2	0	0
C White (ENG)	2001-2001	3	4	415	69.1	13	237	4	2/42	59.25	3.42	103.75	0	0	0
S Randiv (SL)	2012-2012	2	4	427	71.1	6	223	7	4/74	31.85	3.13	61.00	1	0	0
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2007-2007	2	2	455	75.5	13	215	6	3/104	35.83	2.83	75.83	0	0	0
RJ Kirtley (ENG)	2003-2003	2	3	486	81.0	18	302	6	2/62	50.33	3.72	81.00	0	0	0
D Gough (ENG)	2001-2001	3	5	492	82.0	16	274	14	4/50	19.57	3.34	35.14	2	0	0
PM Pushpakumara (SL)	2018-2018	2	4	492	82.0	10	282	9	3/28	31.33	3.43	54.66	0	0	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2001-2001	3	5	523	87.1	24	225	9	4/55	25.00	2.58	58.11	1	0	0
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2003-2007	3	5	558	93.0	18	287	8	4/29	35.87	3.08	69.75	1	0	0
SL Malinga (SL)	2007-2007	3	6	576	96.0	14	308	6	3/78	51.33	3.20	96.00	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2003-2003	3	5	582	97.0	20	221	9	3/42	24.55	2.27	64.66	0	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2001-2007	5	10	600	100.0	13	331	9	3/27	36.77	3.31	66.66	0	0	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2021	4	7	648	108.0	26	283	6	3/20	47.16	2.62	108.00	0	0	0
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2007-2007	3	4	660	110.0	18	318	5	3/100	63.60	2.89	132.00	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2001-2001	3	5	666	111.0	28	258	9	4/56	28.66	2.32	74.00	1	0	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2012-2021	6	10	684	114.0	29	380	5	3/73	76.00	3.33	136.80	0	0	0
MM Ali (ENG)	2018-2018	3	6	744	124.0	14	441	18	4/66	24.50	3.55	41.33	4	0	0
GJ Batty (ENG)	2003-2003	3	5	746	124.2	20	396	6	3/55	66.00	3.18	124.33	0	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2001-2003	4	8	960	160.0	35	399	7	1/21	57.00	2.49	137.14	0	0	0
MS Panesar (ENG)	2007-2012	4	6	1092	182.0	36	506	10	3/46	50.60	2.78	109.20	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1993-2007	8	16	1564	260.4	69	530	24	4/24	22.08	2.03	65.16	3	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]