Bowling Most 5wi Career

South Africa vs other countries Tests+ODIs+T20Is Bowling Records - Most 5 wickets in Career

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	14	2124	354.0	94	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.59	1	12	6
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2009	47	59	7675	1279.1	233	3455	153	7/84	22.58	2.70	50.16	6	12	4
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1931-1936	10	18	3913	652.1	248	1199	77	7/40	15.57	1.83	50.81	2	8	4
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2006	69	89	10392	1732.0	390	4860	190	7/56	25.57	2.80	54.69	10	7	2
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	19	2461	410.1	132	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.71	-	6	3
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	33	45	3756	626.0	132	1993	75	7/66	26.57	3.18	50.08	3	5	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	13	24	4136	517.0	116	1413	52	5/49	27.17	2.04	79.53	4	5	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	54	76	7360	1226.4	240	3880	137	5/23	28.32	3.16	53.72	4	5	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2
RA Jadeja (IND)	2009-2024	27	33	2781	463.3	113	1362	61	6/138	22.32	2.93	45.59	3	4	-
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	16	26	2814	469.0	99	1575	57	6/76	27.63	3.35	49.36	2	4	1
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2025	32	41	2841	473.3	80	1776	81	6/28	21.92	3.75	35.07	2	4	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	32	3931	-	154	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.97	-	4	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2015	40	47	5009	834.5	100	2814	95	7/87	29.62	3.37	52.72	3	4	-
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2001	46	58	5059	843.1	143	2974	92	6/21	32.32	3.52	54.98	1	4	-
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2007-2012	8	10	737	122.5	22	583	22	6/113	26.50	4.74	33.50	-	3	-
Taijul Islam (BAN)	2015-2024	5	8	1268	211.2	24	771	23	6/135	33.52	3.64	55.13	-	3	-
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1931-1932	4	8	1331	221.5	112	296	31	6/18	9.54	1.33	42.93	2	3	1
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	7	12	1924	320.4	76	946	36	7/71	26.27	2.95	53.44	1	3	2
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	8	15	2055	342.3	89	875	50	6/17	17.50	2.55	41.10	5	3	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2017-2024	23	30	2235	372.3	51	1259	58	6/61	21.70	3.37	38.53	1	3	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1999	12	17	2252	375.2	96	1001	37	5/42	27.05	2.66	60.86	1	3	1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	17	28	2276	379.2	73	1251	62	5/28	20.17	3.29	36.70	1	3	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1995-2001	26	32	2334	389.0	46	1462	50	6/104	29.24	3.75	46.68	1	3	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	18	2687	-	153	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.41	3	3	1
DG Cork (ENG)	1994-1998	19	24	2724	454.0	82	1453	53	6/119	27.41	3.20	51.39	3	3	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	39	43	2961	493.3	49	2134	82	6/78	26.02	4.32	36.10	4	3	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1953	10	19	3420	427.4	90	1129	44	6/44	25.65	1.98	77.72	2	3	-
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2004-2018	25	33	3488	581.2	121	1606	57	6/98	28.17	2.76	61.19	2	3	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1963-1970	13	24	3745	-	105	1646	41	5/46	40.14	2.63	91.34	1	3	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2014	30	41	4096	682.4	101	2456	91	8/61	26.98	3.59	45.01	6	3	2
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1955	13	26	4221	-	148	1457	54	7/58	26.98	2.07	78.16	2	3	1
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	35	49	4247	707.5	118	2693	90	5/22	29.92	3.80	47.18	5	3	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2022	44	65	5756	959.2	202	3117	121	6/17	25.76	3.24	47.57	6	3	-
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2008	61	79	9068	1511.2	272	4143	130	6/53	31.86	2.74	69.75	5	3	-
JJ Ferris (ENG)	1892-1892	1	2	272	54.2	27	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.92	-	2	1
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	4	391	97.3	51	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.61	1	2	1
AS Joseph (WI)	2023-2024	7	9	513	85.3	4	409	26	5/40	15.73	4.78	19.73	-	2	-
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2025	9	10	523	87.1	7	500	23	6/40	21.73	5.73	22.73	-	2	-
A Dananjaya (SL)	2018-2021	17	18	871	145.1	5	808	29	6/29	27.86	5.56	30.03	-	2	-
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	898	149.4	18	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1955-1957	4	7	1010	-	33	358	22	6/28	16.27	2.12	45.90	-	2	-
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2021	16	20	1168	194.4	27	951	34	5/54	27.97	4.88	34.35	-	2	1
G Geary (ENG)	1924-1929	5	7	1182	197.0	69	390	19	7/70	20.52	1.97	62.21	-	2	1
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1924	6	11	1317	219.3	59	527	26	6/7	20.26	2.40	50.65	-	2	1
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2007-2007	11	15	1391	231.5	52	749	24	5/76	31.20	3.23	57.95	-	2	-
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2018	4	8	1430	238.2	61	578	32	6/32	18.06	2.42	44.68	4	2	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	9	14	1431	238.3	41	880	31	7/61	28.38	3.68	46.16	-	2	1
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1951	5	10	1568	261.2	99	439	21	7/52	20.90	1.67	74.66	-	2	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1949-1953	8	14	1835	229.3	31	631	31	5/32	20.35	2.06	59.19	2	2	-
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2024	32	33	1909	318.1	23	1412	39	6/99	36.20	4.43	48.94	-	2	-
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1964	8	15	1942	323.4	85	819	29	5/48	28.24	2.53	66.96	-	2	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1992-1999	21	25	1969	328.1	65	901	36	6/34	25.02	2.74	54.69	-	2	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1970	7	13	1990	-	67	788	26	6/47	30.30	2.37	76.53	-	2	-
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	16	23	2030	338.2	50	1367	40	5/40	34.17	4.04	50.75	2	2	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1936	7	13	2046	341.0	140	634	34	5/20	18.64	1.85	60.17	3	2	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	16	2191	-	107	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.46	1	2	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2000-2012	19	21	2374	395.4	57	1293	37	5/54	34.94	3.26	64.16	1	2	-
SJ Benn (WI)	2009-2016	21	24	2481	413.3	60	1446	28	6/81	51.64	3.49	88.60	-	2	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2024	35	41	2570	428.2	67	1815	59	6/53	30.76	4.23	43.55	4	2	1
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1949	10	20	2860	-	80	1326	37	5/80	35.83	2.78	77.29	1	2	1
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2013	32	36	2989	498.1	59	1706	65	6/96	26.24	3.42	45.98	4	2	1
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2025	28	35	3052	508.4	98	1815	66	6/89	27.50	3.56	46.24	2	2	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2025	33	42	3095	515.5	67	2237	79	6/154	28.31	4.33	39.17	4	2	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1992-2001	15	25	3120	520.0	145	1199	55	6/61	21.80	2.30	56.72	4	2	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2005	45	51	4725	787.3	123	2740	94	6/42	29.14	3.47	50.26	6	2	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	58	73	6337	1056.1	266	2938	115	6/86	25.54	2.78	55.10	3	2	-
Ahsan Malik (NED)	2013-2014	2	2	84	14.0	-	100	5	5/19	20.00	7.14	16.80	-	1	-
CV Varun (IND)	2024-2024	4	4	96	16.0	-	138	12	5/17	11.50	8.62	8.00	-	1	-
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	2	154	38.2	16	61	7	5/19	8.71	2.37	22.00	-	1	-
C Heseltine (ENG)	1896-1896	2	3	157	31.2	3	84	5	5/38	16.80	3.21	31.40	-	1	-
C Green (AUS)	2022-2025	5	4	172	28.4	3	138	7	5/27	19.71	4.81	24.57	-	1	-
SP Narine (WI)	2013-2016	4	4	221	36.5	-	148	9	6/27	16.44	4.01	24.55	-	1	-
FA Rose (WI)	1998-1998	1	2	222	37.0	6	115	7	7/84	16.42	3.10	31.71	-	1	-
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2019-2019	2	3	249	41.3	4	143	6	5/66	23.83	3.44	41.50	-	1	-
SR Patel (ENG)	2008-2012	11	7	280	46.4	2	214	7	5/41	30.57	4.58	40.00	-	1	-
Tanvir Ahmed (PAK)	2010-2013	2	4	288	48.0	11	209	7	6/120	29.85	4.35	41.14	-	1	-
S Joseph (WI)	2024-2024	6	7	288	48.0	6	224	13	5/33	17.23	4.66	22.15	-	1	-
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	297	49.3	8	176	15	7/34	11.73	3.55	19.80	1	1	-
Rashid Khan (AFG)	2016-2025	7	7	297	49.3	4	249	9	5/19	27.66	5.03	33.00	-	1	-
EG Arnold (ENG)	1907-1907	2	4	312	52.0	17	99	6	5/37	16.50	1.90	52.00	-	1	-
AC Agar (AUS)	2016-2023	7	8	324	54.0	5	239	10	5/24	23.90	4.42	32.40	-	1	-
W O'Rourke (NZ)	2024-2025	4	5	325	54.1	8	260	12	5/34	21.66	4.80	27.08	1	1	-
OE Robinson (ENG)	2022-2022	2	4	349	58.1	11	180	12	5/49	15.00	3.09	29.08	1	1	-
Rahat Ali (PAK)	2013-2015	3	4	362	60.2	3	267	9	6/127	29.66	4.42	40.22	-	1	-
Arshdeep Singh (IND)	2022-2024	13	13	366	61.0	1	401	28	5/37	14.32	6.57	13.07	1	1	-
TS Roland-Jones (ENG)	2017-2017	3	5	370	61.4	14	256	11	5/57	23.27	4.15	33.63	-	1	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	384	64.0	16	174	14	5/81	12.42	2.71	27.42	1	1	-
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	474	94.4	37	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	-
Noman Ali (PAK)	2021-2021	2	4	477	79.3	26	172	8	5/35	21.50	2.16	59.62	-	1	-
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1911	2	4	483	80.3	7	295	14	5/66	21.07	3.66	34.50	1	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	523	87.1	26	205	6	5/126	34.16	2.35	87.16	-	1	-
JDF Larter (ENG)	1965-1965	2	4	534	89.0	25	207	7	5/68	29.57	2.32	76.28	-	1	-
FR Foster (ENG)	1912-1912	3	6	553	92.1	32	184	11	5/16	16.72	1.99	50.27	-	1	-
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	2011-2012	3	4	556	92.4	19	288	9	5/52	32.00	3.10	61.77	-	1	-
J Nyumbu (ZIM)	2014-2014	6	7	569	94.5	9	405	13	5/157	31.15	4.27	43.76	-	1	-
RTD Perks (ENG)	1939-1939	1	2	584	73.0	11	199	6	5/100	33.16	2.04	97.33	-	1	-

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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:

Samoa vs Malaysia at Singapore, Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy 11th Match, Jul 24, 2025 [T20I # 3358]

Hong Kong vs Singapore at Singapore, Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy 12th Match, Jul 24, 2025 [T20I # 3359]

New Zealand vs Zimbabwe at Harare, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series 6th Match, Jul 24, 2025 [T20I # 3360]