Bowling Most 4wi Career

South Africa vs other countries Tests+ODIs+T20Is 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+
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2009	47	59	7675	1279.1	233	3455	153	7/84	22.58	2.70	50.16	6	12	4	18
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2006	69	89	10392	1732.0	390	4860	190	7/56	25.57	2.80	54.69	10	7	2	17
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	14	2124	354.0	94	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.59	1	12	6	13
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1931-1936	10	18	3913	652.1	248	1199	77	7/40	15.57	1.83	50.81	2	8	4	10
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2014	30	41	4096	682.4	101	2456	91	8/61	26.98	3.59	45.01	6	3	2	9
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	13	24	4136	517.0	116	1413	52	5/49	27.17	2.04	79.53	4	5	-	9
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2022	44	65	5756	959.2	202	3117	121	6/17	25.76	3.24	47.57	6	3	-	9
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	54	76	7360	1226.4	240	3880	137	5/23	28.32	3.16	53.72	4	5	-	9
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	8	15	2055	342.3	89	875	50	6/17	17.50	2.55	41.10	5	3	-	8
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	33	45	3756	626.0	132	1993	75	7/66	26.57	3.18	50.08	3	5	1	8
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	35	49	4247	707.5	118	2693	90	5/22	29.92	3.80	47.18	5	3	-	8
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2005	45	51	4725	787.3	123	2740	94	6/42	29.14	3.47	50.26	6	2	-	8
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2008	61	79	9068	1511.2	272	4143	130	6/53	31.86	2.74	69.75	5	3	-	8
RA Jadeja (IND)	2009-2024	27	33	2781	463.3	113	1362	61	6/138	22.32	2.93	45.59	3	4	-	7
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	39	43	2961	493.3	49	2134	82	6/78	26.02	4.32	36.10	4	3	1	7
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2015	40	47	5009	834.5	100	2814	95	7/87	29.62	3.37	52.72	3	4	-	7
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2018	4	8	1430	238.2	61	578	32	6/32	18.06	2.42	44.68	4	2	1	6
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	19	2461	410.1	132	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.71	-	6	3	6
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2024	35	41	2570	428.2	67	1815	59	6/53	30.76	4.23	43.55	4	2	1	6
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	18	2687	-	153	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.41	3	3	1	6
DG Cork (ENG)	1994-1998	19	24	2724	454.0	82	1453	53	6/119	27.41	3.20	51.39	3	3	-	6
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	16	26	2814	469.0	99	1575	57	6/76	27.63	3.35	49.36	2	4	1	6
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2025	32	41	2841	473.3	80	1776	81	6/28	21.92	3.75	35.07	2	4	-	6
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2013	32	36	2989	498.1	59	1706	65	6/96	26.24	3.42	45.98	4	2	1	6
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2025	33	42	3095	515.5	67	2237	79	6/154	28.31	4.33	39.17	4	2	-	6
CA Walsh (WI)	1992-2001	15	25	3120	520.0	145	1199	55	6/61	21.80	2.30	56.72	4	2	-	6
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1931-1932	4	8	1331	221.5	112	296	31	6/18	9.54	1.33	42.93	2	3	1	5
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1998-2010	22	26	1502	250.2	22	1093	46	5/43	23.76	4.36	32.65	4	1	-	5
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-	5
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1936	7	13	2046	341.0	140	634	34	5/20	18.64	1.85	60.17	3	2	-	5
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1953	10	19	3420	427.4	90	1129	44	6/44	25.65	1.98	77.72	2	3	-	5
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2004-2018	25	33	3488	581.2	121	1606	57	6/98	28.17	2.76	61.19	2	3	-	5
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1955	13	26	4221	-	148	1457	54	7/58	26.98	2.07	78.16	2	3	1	5
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2001	46	58	5059	843.1	143	2974	92	6/21	32.32	3.52	54.98	1	4	-	5
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	58	73	6337	1056.1	266	2938	115	6/86	25.54	2.78	55.10	3	2	-	5
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	474	94.4	37	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	-	4
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2	4
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2018-2024	16	16	646	107.4	3	534	33	5/17	16.18	4.95	19.57	3	1	-	4
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1931	5	9	1504	250.4	65	561	23	5/58	24.39	2.23	65.39	3	1	-	4
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2025	29	32	1680	280.0	20	1438	54	4/47	26.62	5.13	31.11	4	-	-	4
SL Malinga (SL)	2004-2019	34	37	1790	298.2	14	1651	52	5/54	31.75	5.53	34.42	3	1	-	4
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1949-1953	8	14	1835	229.3	31	631	31	5/32	20.35	2.06	59.19	2	2	-	4
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	7	12	1924	320.4	76	946	36	7/71	26.27	2.95	53.44	1	3	2	4
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	16	23	2030	338.2	50	1367	40	5/40	34.17	4.04	50.75	2	2	-	4
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2017-2024	23	30	2235	372.3	51	1259	58	6/61	21.70	3.37	38.53	1	3	-	4
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1999	12	17	2252	375.2	96	1001	37	5/42	27.05	2.66	60.86	1	3	1	4
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	17	28	2276	379.2	73	1251	62	5/28	20.17	3.29	36.70	1	3	-	4
BKV Prasad (IND)	1995-2001	26	32	2334	389.0	46	1462	50	6/104	29.24	3.75	46.68	1	3	1	4
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1964	15	22	2918	-	151	991	37	6/60	26.78	2.03	78.86	3	1	-	4
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2025	28	35	3052	508.4	98	1815	66	6/89	27.50	3.56	46.24	2	2	-	4
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1963-1970	13	24	3745	-	105	1646	41	5/46	40.14	2.63	91.34	1	3	-	4
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	32	3931	-	154	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.97	-	4	1	4
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	4	391	97.3	51	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.61	1	2	1	3
YS Chahal (IND)	2018-2022	17	16	680	113.2	1	679	29	5/22	23.41	5.99	23.44	2	1	-	3
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2007-2012	8	10	737	122.5	22	583	22	6/113	26.50	4.74	33.50	-	3	-	3
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	898	149.4	18	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	-	3
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2006	12	15	1134	189.0	36	726	27	5/55	26.88	3.84	42.00	2	1	-	3
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2017-2024	13	16	1167	194.3	12	1014	27	6/122	37.55	5.21	43.22	2	1	-	3
MVT Fernando (SL)	2019-2024	8	13	1232	205.2	23	781	30	5/101	26.03	3.80	41.06	2	1	-	3
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-	3
Taijul Islam (BAN)	2015-2024	5	8	1268	211.2	24	771	23	6/135	33.52	3.64	55.13	-	3	-	3
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-2000	17	19	1281	213.3	24	812	28	5/6	29.00	3.80	45.75	2	1	-	3
FS Trueman (ENG)	1955-1960	6	12	1293	215.3	35	620	27	5/27	22.96	2.87	47.88	2	1	-	3
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1961-1962	5	8	1347	224.3	60	617	22	4/59	28.04	2.74	61.22	3	-	-	3
ST Finn (ENG)	2012-2017	13	16	1384	230.4	30	862	27	4/42	31.92	3.73	51.25	3	-	-	3
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2022	30	31	1433	238.5	25	1325	39	5/24	33.97	5.54	36.74	2	1	-	3
IAR Peebles (ENG)	1927-1931	8	14	1510	251.4	45	712	23	6/63	30.95	2.82	65.65	2	1	-	3
KD Mills (NZ)	2004-2014	30	32	1575	262.3	30	1284	43	5/25	29.86	4.89	36.62	2	1	-	3
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2	-	3
KR Miller (AUS)	1949-1953	9	15	1801	225.1	34	631	30	5/40	21.03	2.10	60.03	2	1	-	3
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1965	6	11	1876	312.4	115	559	21	5/41	26.61	1.78	89.33	2	1	-	3
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2012	23	26	1887	314.3	23	1454	31	5/98	46.90	4.62	60.87	2	1	-	3
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-2003	19	21	2054	342.2	43	1323	34	5/129	38.91	3.86	60.41	2	1	-	3
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2013-2019	25	31	2132	355.2	61	1340	43	5/63	31.16	3.77	49.58	2	1	-	3
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1992-2002	28	31	2187	364.3	44	1225	48	5/16	25.52	3.36	45.56	2	1	-	3
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	16	2191	-	107	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.46	1	2	1	3
GP Swann (ENG)	2000-2012	19	21	2374	395.4	57	1293	37	5/54	34.94	3.26	64.16	1	2	-	3
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1999	36	39	2462	410.2	66	1279	42	4/13	30.45	3.11	58.61	3	-	-	3
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1992-2003	20	24	2463	410.3	76	1381	35	6/78	39.45	3.36	70.37	2	1	-	3
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2021	45	47	2549	424.5	56	1837	51	4/19	36.01	4.32	49.98	3	-	-	3
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2003-2007	8	15	2763	460.3	94	1133	37	5/46	30.62	2.46	74.67	2	1	-	3
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1949	10	20	2860	-	80	1326	37	5/80	35.83	2.78	77.29	1	2	1	3
M Dillon (WI)	1997-2004	24	34	2954	492.2	66	1759	44	4/32	39.97	3.57	67.13	3	-	-	3
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2009	59	61	3099	516.3	67	1867	54	5/34	34.57	3.61	57.38	2	1	-	3
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2016	13	25	3380	563.2	162	1544	46	5/59	33.56	2.74	73.47	2	1	-	3
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2013	32	41	3522	587.0	98	2134	68	4/62	31.38	3.63	51.79	3	-	-	3
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	14	25	3601	600.1	176	1185	53	6/42	22.35	1.97	67.94	2	1	-	3
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2007	45	54	3732	622.0	112	2044	67	6/29	30.50	3.28	55.70	2	1	-	3
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2008	32	45	4149	691.3	143	2170	69	4/44	31.44	3.13	60.13	3	-	-	3
JJ Ferris (ENG)	1892-1892	1	2	272	54.2	27	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.92	-	2	1	2
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	297	49.3	8	176	15	7/34	11.73	3.55	19.80	1	1	-	2
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1992-1999	15	8	317	52.5	-	273	13	4/44	21.00	5.16	24.38	2	-	-	2
W O'Rourke (NZ)	2024-2025	4	5	325	54.1	8	260	12	5/34	21.66	4.80	27.08	1	1	-	2
OE Robinson (ENG)	2022-2022	2	4	349	58.1	11	180	12	5/49	15.00	3.09	29.08	1	1	-	2
Arshdeep Singh (IND)	2022-2024	13	13	366	61.0	1	401	28	5/37	14.32	6.57	13.07	1	1	-	2
WP Howell (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	384	64.0	16	174	14	5/81	12.42	2.71	27.42	1	1	-	2
Avesh Khan (IND)	2022-2024	13	12	388	64.4	4	365	12	4/18	30.41	5.64	32.33	2	-	-	2
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	391	65.1	14	143	8	4/47	17.87	2.19	48.87	2	-	-	2
MR Adair (IRE)	2021-2024	13	12	445	74.1	2	565	19	4/31	29.73	7.61	23.42	2	-	-	2
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1911	2	4	483	80.3	7	295	14	5/66	21.07	3.66	34.50	1	1	-	2

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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:

Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]

South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, South Africa in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Jul 6-8, 2025 [Test # 2593]