Bowling Most 5wi Career

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings Held in England for Tests

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	106	202	22926	3821.0	1018	10692	438	7/42	24.41	2.79	52.34	17	24	3
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	59	96	12243	2040.3	475	6226	226	8/34	27.54	3.05	54.17	9	17	2
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	47	90	10295	1715.5	367	4590	229	8/31	20.04	2.67	44.95	13	14	3
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	98	188	19979	3329.5	740	10320	398	8/15	25.92	3.09	50.19	17	14	3
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	32	60	9700	1616.4	430	3600	167	7/44	21.55	2.22	58.08	5	13	4
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	12	23	3566	594.2	144	1605	83	6/128	19.33	2.70	42.96	2	10	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	41	73	8121	1353.3	295	4137	176	8/43	23.50	3.05	46.14	8	10	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	42	73	9973	1662.1	631	3515	145	8/51	24.24	2.11	68.77	6	10	4
SF Barnes (ENG)	1902-1912	10	17	2265	377.3	129	843	63	8/29	13.38	2.23	35.95	1	9	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1997-2005	15	30	3793	632.1	164	1773	93	8/38	19.06	2.80	40.78	3	8	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	23	46	7070	1178.2	338	2968	135	7/165	21.98	2.51	52.37	11	8	3
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1926-1934	13	23	5641	940.1	285	2007	67	6/167	29.95	2.13	84.19	2	7	1
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	23	40	5865	977.3	246	2624	90	5/42	29.15	2.68	65.16	3	7	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	32	57	6836	1139.2	231	3473	120	6/65	28.94	3.04	56.96	8	7	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1958	29	55	7397	1232.5	472	2442	135	10/53	18.08	1.98	54.79	10	7	3
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	37	70	8760	1460.0	399	3370	148	7/39	22.77	2.30	59.18	4	7	1
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1896	4	8	1215	243.0	78	595	34	7/168	17.50	2.93	35.73	-	6	3
C Blythe (ENG)	1905-1909	6	12	1344	224.0	56	589	48	8/59	12.27	2.62	28.00	-	6	2
AA Donald (SA)	1994-1999	10	19	2412	402.0	106	1211	58	8/71	20.87	3.01	41.58	1	6	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	14	25	4115	685.5	170	1746	70	6/53	24.94	2.54	58.78	4	6	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	18	35	4293	715.3	177	1758	94	7/22	18.70	2.45	45.67	2	6	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	1994-2006	13	22	4336	722.4	206	1638	74	9/65	22.13	2.26	58.59	2	6	3
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1981	16	32	4815	802.3	245	1974	96	7/89	20.56	2.45	50.15	7	6	2
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2009	22	38	5119	853.1	179	2330	81	6/37	28.76	2.73	63.19	3	6	1
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1963	28	50	6450	1075.0	449	2030	104	7/35	19.51	1.88	62.01	6	6	2
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2002	33	56	7313	1218.5	263	3850	128	5/14	30.07	3.15	57.13	6	6	-
WH Lockwood (ENG)	1893-1902	7	9	1230	-	69	544	38	7/71	14.31	2.65	32.36	2	5	1
J Briggs (ENG)	1886-1899	10	17	1915	-	194	695	51	6/45	13.62	2.17	37.54	1	5	2
AP Freeman (ENG)	1928-1929	6	11	1969	328.1	97	849	44	7/71	19.29	2.58	44.75	2	5	3
CTB Turner (AUS)	1888-1893	8	13	2051	-	184	735	38	6/67	19.34	2.15	53.97	-	5	1
CL Cairns (NZ)	1997-2004	11	21	2484	414.0	99	1244	51	6/77	24.39	3.00	48.70	1	5	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1984	13	26	3076	512.4	134	1331	63	8/92	21.12	2.59	48.82	2	5	1
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1948-1956	14	23	3382	563.4	148	1258	60	6/20	20.96	2.23	56.36	2	5	-
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	13	25	3391	-	124	1411	61	6/33	23.13	2.49	55.59	2	5	-
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1902	16	28	3487	-	229	1364	67	8/65	20.35	2.34	52.04	3	5	3
LR Gibbs (WI)	1963-1973	16	30	4962	827.0	280	1618	62	6/39	26.09	1.95	80.03	2	5	2
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	34	54	6703	1117.1	193	3849	131	6/42	29.38	3.44	51.16	8	5	-
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	32	61	6845	1140.5	219	3787	133	6/19	28.47	3.31	51.46	9	5	1
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	39	75	6966	1161.0	259	3533	148	6/17	23.87	3.04	47.06	4	5	1
HH Streak (ZIM)	1994-2005	37	59	8084	1347.2	369	3464	136	6/73	25.47	2.57	59.44	10	5	-
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2025	8	16	1406	234.2	41	921	45	7/45	20.46	3.93	31.24	1	4	1
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1936	10	17	1866	311.0	65	989	36	7/80	27.47	3.18	51.83	1	4	1
AME Roberts (WI)	1976-1980	8	16	1962	327.0	93	799	39	6/37	20.48	2.44	50.30	-	4	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	12	22	2860	476.4	107	1336	51	5/64	26.19	2.80	56.07	1	4	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1987	12	19	2919	486.3	116	1158	47	7/40	24.63	2.38	62.10	-	4	1
WE Hollies (ENG)	1947-1950	10	18	2996	499.2	152	1115	34	5/63	32.79	2.23	88.11	-	4	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1992-2002	14	24	3065	510.5	99	1697	66	5/52	25.71	3.32	46.43	5	4	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1934-1938	9	15	3580	596.4	206	1308	50	7/54	26.16	2.19	71.60	2	4	2
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1957	9	14	3836	639.2	248	1151	40	7/49	28.77	1.80	95.90	1	4	1
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	21	36	4060	676.4	122	2350	68	9/57	34.55	3.47	59.70	1	4	1
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	18	33	4361	726.5	181	1792	75	5/27	23.89	2.46	58.14	3	4	-
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2002	27	46	5607	934.3	184	2956	101	7/43	29.26	3.16	55.51	7	4	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	39	69	6274	1045.4	134	3945	113	6/53	34.91	3.77	55.52	5	4	1
IK Pathan (IND)	2005-2005	2	4	391	65.1	14	237	21	7/59	11.28	3.63	18.61	1	3	1
PM Pollock (SA)	1965-1965	3	6	986	164.2	55	366	20	5/34	18.30	2.22	49.30	-	3	1
A Cotter (AUS)	1905-1909	8	13	1498	249.4	23	792	30	7/148	26.40	3.17	49.93	1	3	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1997	7	14	1517	252.5	59	689	30	6/71	22.96	2.72	50.56	-	3	-
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	30	30	1746	291.0	77	764	31	5/20	24.64	2.62	56.32	-	3	1
FH Edwards (WI)	2003-2012	10	18	1787	297.5	28	1198	28	6/92	42.78	4.02	63.82	-	3	-
CC Griffith (WI)	1963-1966	10	19	2210	368.2	81	957	46	6/36	20.80	2.59	48.04	1	3	-
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2023	10	19	2215	369.1	97	1013	50	5/49	20.26	2.74	44.30	2	3	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2013-2022	11	22	2674	445.4	104	1300	54	5/57	24.07	2.91	49.51	4	3	-
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2005	15	25	2729	454.5	95	1613	50	5/73	32.26	3.54	54.58	1	3	-
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2008	13	25	2888	481.2	107	1732	44	5/75	39.36	3.59	65.63	2	3	1
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2025	15	28	2903	483.5	69	1910	65	6/111	29.38	3.94	44.66	2	3	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1960	10	14	3006	501.0	192	1022	38	5/60	26.89	2.03	79.10	2	3	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1960	10	18	3106	517.4	227	942	42	5/31	22.42	1.81	73.95	1	3	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1950	15	28	3203	-	110	1652	49	5/80	33.71	3.09	65.36	1	3	1
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1926	24	33	3214	-	139	1419	67	7/17	21.17	2.64	47.97	4	3	-
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	20	31	3551	591.5	206	1166	40	6/35	29.15	1.97	88.77	-	3	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1991-2001	14	23	3581	596.5	146	1586	55	7/66	28.83	2.65	65.10	2	3	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2011	15	24	3691	615.1	167	1436	52	5/66	27.61	2.33	70.98	2	3	-
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	22	40	3740	623.2	118	2233	79	6/79	28.26	3.58	47.34	5	3	-
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	15	25	3776	629.2	136	1906	63	7/81	30.25	3.02	59.93	1	3	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1968	13	23	3894	649.0	174	1572	53	7/153	29.66	2.42	73.47	1	3	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	21	32	4239	706.3	148	2097	78	6/154	26.88	2.96	54.34	8	3	-
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1992	25	42	4496	749.2	164	2142	61	5/95	35.11	2.85	73.70	2	3	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-2001	18	30	4504	750.4	168	1973	70	6/67	28.18	2.62	64.34	2	3	-
RW Price (ZIM)	1999-2011	17	28	4667	777.5	186	2153	63	6/73	34.17	2.76	74.07	5	3	1
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	20	37	4911	818.3	230	1828	88	6/52	20.77	2.23	55.80	7	3	-
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1981	24	44	5046	841.0	196	2303	85	7/50	27.09	2.73	59.36	4	3	-
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1995	23	40	5106	851.0	185	2481	84	7/70	29.53	2.91	60.78	6	3	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1988-2000	21	40	5128	854.4	231	2127	87	6/74	24.44	2.48	58.94	8	3	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1958	33	53	5160	860.0	228	2228	62	7/44	35.93	2.59	83.22	2	3	1
GS Sobers (WI)	1957-1973	21	36	5171	861.5	224	1958	62	5/41	31.58	2.27	83.40	1	3	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2025	53	82	6522	1087.0	184	3664	123	6/22	29.78	3.37	53.02	4	3	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	43	71	8778	1463.0	568	2769	102	6/29	27.14	1.89	86.05	4	3	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	37	71	9004	1500.4	327	4090	140	5/57	29.21	2.72	64.31	9	3	-
CS Marriott (ENG)	1933-1933	1	2	247	41.1	8	96	11	6/59	8.72	2.33	22.45	-	2	1
F Martin (ENG)	1890-1890	1	2	287	57.2	21	102	12	6/50	8.50	2.13	23.91	-	2	1
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1973	3	5	589	98.1	22	294	19	6/77	15.47	2.99	31.00	2	2	1
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1994-1999	3	4	610	101.4	17	279	13	7/116	21.46	2.74	46.92	-	2	-
C Sharma (IND)	1986-1986	2	4	615	102.3	20	300	16	6/58	18.75	2.92	38.43	1	2	1
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2018-2021	4	7	630	105.0	24	316	20	5/27	15.80	3.00	31.50	2	2	-
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2011-2016	3	6	706	117.4	18	406	14	5/68	29.00	3.45	50.42	-	2	-
DN Patel (NZ)	1992-1992	2	4	715	119.1	31	304	15	6/50	20.26	2.55	47.66	-	2	-
G Motie (WI)	2023-2024	4	6	746	124.2	26	361	22	7/37	16.40	2.90	33.90	1	2	1
M Nissar (IND)	1932-1936	4	7	768	128.0	23	478	18	5/93	26.55	3.73	42.66	-	2	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1924	4	7	801	133.3	38	322	17	6/7	18.94	2.41	47.11	-	2	1
SR Watson (AUS)	2009-2015	11	17	818	136.2	43	392	13	6/33	30.15	2.87	62.92	-	2	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]