Bowling Most 4wi Career

England vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Most 4 wickets in Career

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10	4+
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2007	36	72	10757	1792.5	488	4535	195	8/71	23.25	2.52	55.16	15	11	4	26
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1982	29	57	8516	-	361	3507	167	7/89	21.00	2.47	50.99	11	11	4	22
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	34	63	8284	1380.4	383	3082	164	8/45	18.79	2.23	50.51	13	8	2	21
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2007	30	60	7280	1213.2	331	3286	157	8/38	20.92	2.70	46.36	7	10	-	17
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	31	55	7895	-	448	2945	141	8/65	20.88	2.23	55.99	8	9	3	17
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2007	16	30	6613	1102.1	348	2247	112	9/65	20.06	2.03	59.04	8	8	4	16
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-2000	36	68	8818	1469.4	359	3683	145	6/74	25.40	2.50	60.81	10	5	1	15
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	30	5179	-	457	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.27	3	11	2	14
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	21	35	5853	-	232	2399	97	6/26	24.73	2.45	60.34	6	8	2	14
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	31	43	6391	-	434	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.04	7	7	1	14
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	18	30	4185	1046.1	416	1731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.52	6	7	4	13
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	17	32	4717	786.1	192	2117	100	6/47	21.17	2.69	47.17	2	11	1	13
JR Thomson (AUS)	1974-1985	21	39	4951	-	166	2418	100	6/46	24.18	2.93	49.51	8	5	-	13
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1938	19	33	7864	-	439	2587	102	7/54	25.36	1.97	77.09	5	8	3	13
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1934	22	39	9164	-	427	3439	106	6/37	32.44	2.25	86.45	2	11	2	13
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1987	16	28	5593	-	235	2049	82	9/56	24.98	2.19	68.20	4	8	4	12
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1995	17	27	4048	674.4	112	2210	84	8/97	26.30	3.27	48.19	3	8	1	11
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	30	4517	1129.1	452	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.91	5	6	2	11
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	26	50	5790	965.0	232	2436	127	7/22	19.18	2.52	45.59	5	6	1	11
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	23	38	6199	1033.1	249	2591	95	8/79	27.27	2.50	65.25	3	8	-	11
R Ashwin (IND)	2012-2024	24	45	6383	1063.5	171	3161	114	6/55	27.72	2.97	55.99	3	8	1	11
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	12	23	3268	544.4	108	1620	64	5/28	25.31	2.97	51.06	5	5	-	10
AA Donald (SA)	1994-2000	17	30	3912	652.0	170	1982	86	6/53	23.04	3.03	45.48	1	9	1	10
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	19	36	4359	726.3	139	2237	79	5/75	28.31	3.07	55.17	9	1	-	10
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1926	18	28	5201	-	90	2935	86	9/121	34.12	3.38	60.47	4	6	2	10
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1960	15	24	5286	-	297	1658	75	9/113	22.10	1.88	70.48	3	7	1	10
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2026	27*	52	5346	891.0	143	3261	126	7/58	25.88	3.65	42.42	4	6	1	10
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	21	37	5460	910.0	196	2763	97	7/81	28.48	3.03	56.28	3	7	1	10
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	39	66	6895	-	353	2860	115	7/17	24.86	2.48	59.95	1	9	2	10
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	16	28	3464	577.2	63	1916	67	7/148	28.59	3.31	51.70	3	6	-	9
TA Boult (NZ)	2013-2022	14	27	3648	608.0	147	1767	70	6/32	25.24	2.90	52.11	4	5	-	9
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2025	20	38	4365	727.3	150	2311	97	6/91	23.82	3.17	45.00	7	2	-	9
J Garner (WI)	1980-1986	19	38	4428	738.0	211	1650	92	5/55	17.93	2.23	48.13	8	1	-	9
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	22	41	5214	869.0	167	2833	78	6/43	36.32	3.26	66.84	5	4	1	9
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	29	48	5717	-	225	1949	87	7/60	22.40	2.04	65.71	6	3	1	9
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	29	51	6728	-	216	2559	114	7/63	22.44	2.28	59.01	3	6	-	9
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	18	32	7154	1192.2	464	2201	80	7/49	27.51	1.84	89.42	4	5	1	9
BS Bedi (IND)	1967-1979	22	36	7173	1195.3	373	2539	85	6/71	29.87	2.12	84.38	5	4	-	9
R Benaud (AUS)	1953-1963	27	48	7284	-	289	2641	83	6/70	31.81	2.17	87.75	5	4	-	9
NM Lyon (AUS)	2013-2025	32	57	7311	1218.3	264	3393	115	6/49	29.50	2.78	63.57	7	2	-	9
LR Gibbs (WI)	1963-1974	26	47	8841	1473.3	496	2889	100	6/39	28.89	1.96	88.41	2	7	2	9
JJ Ferris (AUS)	1887-1890	8	14	2030	-	224	684	48	5/26	14.25	2.02	42.29	4	4	-	8
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	25	2536	422.4	91	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.26	3	5	1	8
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1983	11	21	2629	-	94	952	56	6/74	17.00	2.17	46.94	3	5	2	8
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2015-2020	9	16	2760	460.0	67	1465	45	6/72	32.55	3.18	61.33	6	2	1	8
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	17	30	3086	514.2	104	1472	68	7/84	21.64	2.86	45.38	4	4	-	8
KAJ Roach (WI)	2012-2022	16	31	3352	558.4	131	1698	61	5/17	27.83	3.03	54.95	6	2	-	8
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2015	19	34	3765	627.3	117	2246	87	7/40	25.81	3.57	43.27	3	5	-	8
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1952	11	19	4102	683.4	259	1249	54	8/55	23.12	1.82	75.96	5	3	1	8
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	21	42	4486	747.4	189	2031	96	8/92	21.15	2.71	46.72	2	6	1	8
PM Siddle (AUS)	2009-2019	24	44	4740	790.0	190	2385	80	6/54	29.81	3.01	59.25	4	4	-	8
WA Johnston (AUS)	1948-1955	17	34	5263	-	224	1818	75	5/35	24.24	2.07	70.17	5	3	-	8
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2007	19	36	6434	1072.2	258	2815	92	7/115	30.59	2.62	69.93	4	4	1	8
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	25	46	7486	-	233	3009	96	7/153	31.34	2.41	77.97	2	6	-	8
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1991	9	15	2273	378.5	93	959	47	7/51	20.40	2.53	48.36	5	2	1	7
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1992-2001	11	18	2425	404.1	70	1352	50	5/52	27.04	3.34	48.50	4	3	-	7
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2022	12	22	2553	425.3	70	1669	66	7/112	25.28	3.92	38.68	3	4	1	7
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2021-2025	16	30	2592	432.0	66	1684	50	6/70	33.68	3.89	51.84	5	2	-	7
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	17	31	3551	591.5	126	1694	74	6/45	22.89	2.86	47.98	2	5	-	7
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	18	34	4253	708.5	150	2405	70	5/75	34.35	3.39	60.75	4	3	1	7
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1968	19	35	4271	711.5	139	2121	65	7/69	32.63	2.97	65.70	5	2	-	7
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	18	30	4531	755.1	154	1967	72	6/51	27.31	2.60	62.93	4	3	-	7
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2005	23	42	5719	953.1	325	2160	91	6/39	23.73	2.26	62.84	4	3	-	7
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	25	45	5993	-	221	1996	84	6/64	23.76	1.99	71.34	2	5	-	7
J Cowie (NZ)	1937-1949	8	12	1902	317.0	57	929	39	6/67	23.82	2.93	48.76	3	3	1	6
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1	6
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1994-1998	12	21	2419	403.1	85	1238	48	6/66	25.79	3.07	50.39	3	3	1	6
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2015	12	22	2764	460.4	92	1581	50	5/51	31.62	3.43	55.28	4	2	-	6
LN Constantine (WI)	1928-1939	13	22	2818	-	110	1339	50	5/75	26.78	2.85	56.36	4	2	-	6
NAT Adcock (SA)	1955-1960	14	25	3488	-	138	1152	57	6/65	20.21	1.98	61.19	4	2	-	6
EP Nupen (SA)	1922-1931	14	26	3789	631.3	127	1545	47	6/46	32.87	2.44	80.61	1	5	1	6
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1993	20	38	4586	764.2	183	2269	75	5/92	30.25	2.96	61.14	5	1	-	6
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	25	5193	-	136	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.16	2	4	-	6
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	25	46	6153	1025.3	196	2787	77	7/48	36.19	2.71	79.90	4	2	1	6
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1993	27	48	6343	1057.1	227	3174	85	6/91	37.34	3.00	74.62	2	4	-	6
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	5	10	1048	174.4	31	492	32	6/38	15.37	2.81	32.75	1	4	1	5
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1974	7	12	1301	216.5	45	618	30	6/77	20.60	2.85	43.36	3	2	1	5
EA Martindale (WI)	1933-1939	10	17	1605	-	40	804	37	5/22	21.72	3.00	43.37	2	3	-	5
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2010-2012	6	11	1633	272.1	58	706	36	7/55	19.61	2.59	45.36	3	2	1	5
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1912	5	9	1665	277.3	42	780	32	7/90	24.37	2.81	52.03	1	4	2	5
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2010-2016	6	11	1719	286.3	59	849	29	5/85	29.27	2.96	59.27	3	2	-	5
EA McDonald (AUS)	1921-1921	8	15	1991	331.5	42	1060	33	5/32	32.12	3.19	60.33	3	2	-	5
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2003	6	12	2126	354.2	68	964	39	7/50	24.71	2.72	54.51	2	3	1	5
LO Fleetwood-Smith (AUS)	1937-1938	7	12	2359	-	54	1190	33	6/110	36.06	3.02	71.48	3	2	1	5
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-2004	14	24	2547	424.3	85	1424	47	6/52	30.29	3.35	54.19	1	4	-	5
DR Doshi (IND)	1980-1982	10	16	2724	454.0	148	992	36	6/102	27.55	2.18	75.66	3	2	-	5
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1968	15	26	2913	485.3	113	1291	57	6/36	22.64	2.65	51.10	1	4	-	5
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2011-2018	11	19	2981	496.5	76	1431	43	6/74	33.27	2.88	69.32	2	3	1	5
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2023	14	25	3159	526.3	102	1788	57	5/44	31.36	3.39	55.42	3	2	-	5
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1969-1984	14	22	3216	-	131	1133	37	5/39	30.62	2.11	86.91	4	1	-	5
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2005	18	35	3221	536.5	123	1887	65	7/37	29.03	3.51	49.55	2	3	-	5
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1977	13	22	3475	579.1	142	1327	41	4/16	32.36	2.29	84.75	5	-	-	5
E Jones (AUS)	1894-1902	18	29	3586	-	153	1757	60	7/88	29.28	2.93	59.76	2	3	1	5
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2023	18	33	3613	602.1	125	1974	76	5/30	25.97	3.27	47.53	2	3	-	5
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	14	25	4234	-	231	1297	42	6/59	30.88	1.83	100.80	4	1	-	5
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1961-1974	20	32	4884	814.0	183	2145	49	5/116	43.77	2.63	99.67	4	1	-	5
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	21	36	4888	-	109	2364	70	7/69	33.77	2.90	69.82	2	3	-	5
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1977	16	30	4912	-	200	1858	56	8/143	33.17	2.26	87.71	3	2	-	5
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	36	62	8771	1461.5	411	3323	102	5/41	32.57	2.27	85.99	2	3	-	5
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1899	4	7	908	181.3	57	371	23	5/51	16.13	2.45	39.47	2	2	-	4

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616 - Live]
>> 219/4 (51.1 ov, JG Bethell 106*, BJ Webster 1/15) - Drinks

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

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]