Bowling Most 4wi Career

Players

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+
R Benaud (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1937	242.1	56	658	30	5/49	21.93	2.03	64.56	2	4	0	6
Ghulam Ahmed (HYD)	1957-1958	4	6	1185	197.3	72	370	28	6/30	13.21	1.87	42.32	0	5	2	5
BK Bose (BIHAR)	1957-1958	3	5	807	134.3	57	229	26	8/43	8.80	1.70	31.03	1	3	2	4
CS Nayudu (UP)	1957-1957	3	5	1021	170.1	51	402	23	7/85	17.47	2.36	44.39	1	3	1	4
VV Kumar (MADRS)	1957-1958	4	7	1213	202.1	59	398	28	6/40	14.21	1.96	43.32	0	4	1	4
AH Desai ()	1957-1957	4	8	1275	212.3	35	569	23	5/82	24.73	2.67	55.43	1	3	1	4
WT Walmsley (QLD)	1957-1958	6	9	1778	222.2	36	822	22	4/60	37.36	2.77	80.81	4	0	0	4
B Dooland (SOA)	1957-1958	7	13	2289	286.1	43	962	29	6/97	33.17	2.52	78.93	3	1	0	4
P Bhandari (DELHI)	1957-1957	3	5	540	90.0	23	218	13	5/47	16.76	2.42	41.53	2	1	0	3
L Amarnath (Pt'la)	1957-1957	3	5	930	155.0	61	255	18	7/39	14.16	1.64	51.66	1	2	0	3
BN Krishnamurthy (HYD)	1957-1958	4	6	962	160.2	48	326	16	4/29	20.37	2.03	60.12	3	0	0	3
BP Gupte (BENG)	1957-1958	5	8	978	163.0	38	444	22	7/70	20.18	2.72	44.45	1	2	0	3
R Gilchrist (WI)	1958-1958	5	9	1123	187.1	32	636	21	4/32	30.28	3.39	53.47	3	0	0	3
DG Phadkar (BENG)	1957-1958	5	9	1255	209.1	83	339	26	6/46	13.03	1.62	48.26	0	3	0	3
RA Gaunt (AUS/WA)	1957-1958	7	11	1457	182.1	29	608	25	5/77	24.32	2.50	58.28	1	2	0	3
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2	0	3
RR Lindwall (QLD)	1957-1958	8	12	1825	228.1	34	670	26	5/105	25.76	2.20	70.19	2	1	0	3
IW Quick (VIC)	1957-1958	8	14	2527	315.7	87	891	32	7/47	27.84	2.11	78.96	0	3	0	3
Fazal Mahmood (Pak)	1958-1958	7	12	2533	422.1	147	952	30	6/83	31.73	2.25	84.43	1	2	0	3
SP Gupte (BENG)	1958-1958	1	2	164	27.2	6	59	10	6/30	5.90	2.15	16.40	1	1	1	2
K Bavanna (AP)	1957-1958	2	3	264	44.0	14	119	12	5/21	9.91	2.70	22.00	0	2	1	2
BR Thakore (GUJ)	1957-1957	3	5	483	80.3	11	308	10	6/80	30.80	3.82	48.30	1	1	0	2
S Rama Rao (AP)	1957-1958	3	6	520	86.4	30	196	12	4/34	16.33	2.26	43.33	2	0	0	2
VP Dixit (MP)	1957-1958	3	5	594	99.0	10	397	11	5/106	36.09	4.01	54.00	1	1	0	2
A Rajbanshi (ASSAM)	1957-1957	3	4	611	101.5	22	308	14	7/39	22.00	3.02	43.64	1	1	0	2
GM Guard ()	1957-1957	4	8	682	113.4	28	293	20	5/48	14.65	2.57	34.10	0	2	0	2
JM Ghorpade (BRODA)	1957-1958	5	5	758	126.2	31	326	14	5/106	23.28	2.58	54.14	1	1	0	2
BR Mohan Rai (MADRS)	1957-1958	4	6	784	130.4	34	316	11	4/27	28.72	2.41	71.27	2	0	0	2
HG Gaekwad (MP)	1957-1958	3	5	860	143.2	48	298	15	7/68	19.86	2.07	57.33	1	1	1	2
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1958-1958	4	5	888	148.0	19	504	13	5/89	38.76	3.40	68.30	1	1	0	2
M Mehra (DELHI)	1957-1957	3	5	924	154.0	62	231	13	5/14	17.76	1.50	71.07	0	2	0	2
ES Atkinson (BDOS/WI)	1958-1958	4	7	953	158.5	29	391	16	5/42	24.43	2.46	59.56	1	1	0	2
CG Joshi (RAJ)	1957-1958	4	7	960	160.0	38	390	15	5/57	26.00	2.43	64.00	1	1	0	2
PS Heine (SA)	1957-1958	4	7	995	124.3	19	321	17	6/58	18.88	1.93	58.52	0	2	0	2
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1958	4	7	1001	166.5	47	392	17	5/80	23.05	2.34	58.88	1	1	0	2
JH Vin (BRODA)	1957-1958	6	10	1094	182.2	55	389	21	5/52	18.52	2.13	52.09	1	1	0	2
VS Hazare (BRODA)	1957-1958	6	8	1107	184.3	77	267	17	4/12	15.70	1.44	65.11	2	0	0	2
CG Borde (BRODA)	1957-1958	6	10	1110	185.0	45	397	20	6/31	19.85	2.14	55.50	1	1	0	2
B Fisher (QLD)	1957-1958	7	10	1298	162.2	32	419	18	4/29	23.27	1.93	72.11	2	0	0	2
VM Muddiah (SVCS)	1957-1958	5	7	1364	227.2	52	486	21	5/73	23.14	2.13	64.95	1	1	0	2
JW Martin (NSW)	1957-1958	8	14	1412	176.4	17	691	25	7/59	27.64	2.93	56.48	1	1	0	2
Nasim-ul-Ghani (Pak)	1958-1958	6	10	1435	239.1	52	648	20	6/67	32.40	2.70	71.75	0	2	0	2
PI Philpott (NSW)	1957-1958	8	13	1696	212.0	35	804	23	5/81	34.95	2.84	73.73	1	1	0	2
Haseeb Ahsan (Pak)	1958-1958	6	9	1763	293.5	41	923	17	5/126	54.29	3.14	103.70	1	1	0	2
JN Edwards (VIC)	1957-1958	6	10	1825	228.1	71	522	20	6/18	26.10	1.71	91.25	1	1	0	2
G Chauhan (BIHAR)	1957-1957	1	2	90	15.0	5	32	4	4/20	8.00	2.13	22.50	1	0	0	1
VD Purohit (SAU)	1957-1957	1	1	137	22.5	1	103	4	4/103	25.75	4.51	34.25	1	0	0	1
K Chakravarthy (BIHAR)	1957-1957	2	3	146	24.2	6	53	5	4/23	10.60	2.17	29.20	1	0	0	1
YM Chowdhury (DELHI)	1957-1957	3	3	150	25.0	7	63	5	4/45	12.60	2.52	30.00	1	0	0	1
L Shyam Lal (MP)	1958-1958	1	2	192	32.0	2	106	4	4/95	26.50	3.31	48.00	1	0	0	1
MK Murugesh (MADRS)	1957-1957	2	3	220	36.4	5	107	5	4/35	21.40	2.91	44.00	1	0	0	1
VP Desai (GUJ)	1957-1957	4	2	234	39.0	2	138	5	5/136	27.60	3.53	46.80	0	1	0	1
RO Scarlett (JAM)	1958-1958	1	2	246	41.0	7	114	5	4/44	22.80	2.78	49.20	1	0	0	1
SC Stayers (GYANA)	1958-1958	1	2	286	47.4	8	158	5	4/77	31.60	3.31	57.20	1	0	0	1
B Ram Kishen (Pt'la)	1957-1957	3	5	314	52.2	11	169	7	6/44	24.14	3.22	44.85	0	1	0	1
MH Sathe (VIDAR)	1957-1958	2	3	318	53.0	11	161	5	4/121	32.20	3.03	63.60	1	0	0	1
LI Parija (ODSA)	1957-1958	3	3	389	64.5	15	195	6	4/65	32.50	3.00	64.83	1	0	0	1
PM Anandan (KER)	1957-1957	2	3	396	66.0	25	105	6	4/75	17.50	1.59	66.00	1	0	0	1
W Ghosh ()	1957-1957	3	3	396	66.0	20	171	6	5/125	28.50	2.59	66.00	0	1	0	1
TK Madhavan (KER)	1957-1957	3	4	398	66.2	17	166	7	5/30	23.71	2.50	56.85	0	1	0	1
JO Taylor (Trini/WI)	1958-1958	2	3	419	69.5	8	238	7	5/109	34.00	3.40	59.85	0	1	0	1
A Som Prakash ()	1957-1957	3	4	420	70.0	13	226	5	5/82	45.20	3.22	84.00	0	1	0	1
CM Varadaraj (MYS)	1957-1957	2	4	443	73.5	17	165	7	4/34	23.57	2.23	63.28	1	0	0	1
S Aaron (KER)	1957-1957	3	3	474	79.0	18	168	7	4/67	24.00	2.12	67.71	1	0	0	1
B Marfatia (MP)	1957-1958	3	5	474	79.0	21	185	5	4/125	37.00	2.34	94.80	1	0	0	1
ML Jaisimha (HYD)	1957-1958	4	6	488	81.2	16	197	8	4/37	24.62	2.42	61.00	1	0	0	1
NN Swamy (ODSA)	1957-1958	3	3	490	81.4	15	184	10	6/58	18.40	2.25	49.00	0	1	0	1
BC Alva (MYS)	1957-1958	4	6	496	82.4	20	181	13	4/12	13.92	2.18	38.15	1	0	0	1
G Abraham (KER)	1957-1957	3	4	510	85.0	13	197	10	4/107	19.70	2.31	51.00	1	0	0	1
NP Kumar (AP)	1957-1958	3	6	588	98.0	19	300	11	4/96	27.27	3.06	53.45	1	0	0	1
RB Strauss (WA)	1958-1958	2	4	598	74.6	16	204	10	5/51	20.40	2.04	59.80	0	1	0	1
AG Kripal Singh (MADRS)	1957-1958	3	6	606	101.0	31	195	8	4/8	24.37	1.93	75.75	1	0	0	1
SS Jhanji (UP)	1957-1957	3	5	667	111.1	48	205	12	6/25	17.08	1.84	55.58	0	1	0	1
S Nyalchand (SAU)	1957-1957	3	3	744	124.0	31	324	6	4/90	54.00	2.61	124.00	1	0	0	1
RG Nadkarni (MAHA)	1957-1957	4	5	793	132.1	42	274	16	6/17	17.12	2.07	49.56	0	1	0	1
WD Sane (VIDAR)	1957-1958	3	5	815	135.5	48	297	11	4/38	27.00	2.18	74.09	1	0	0	1
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1958-1958	3	5	834	139.0	28	525	8	5/72	65.62	3.77	104.25	0	1	0	1
GN Kunzru (SVCS)	1957-1958	5	7	876	146.0	24	385	14	4/75	27.50	2.63	62.57	1	0	0	1
PR Umrigar ()	1957-1957	4	8	888	148.0	57	269	9	5/38	29.88	1.81	98.66	0	1	0	1
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1958	5	8	907	113.3	31	245	15	4/33	16.33	1.62	60.46	1	0	0	1
NCL O'Neill (NSW)	1957-1958	8	14	948	118.4	3	531	26	4/40	20.42	3.36	36.46	1	0	0	1
L Germaine (VIC)	1957-1958	4	7	951	118.7	18	421	10	4/117	42.10	2.65	95.10	1	0	0	1
JM Patel (GUJ)	1957-1957	4	5	966	161.0	42	399	9	4/145	44.33	2.47	107.33	1	0	0	1
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1958	4	7	1044	130.4	24	353	11	5/125	32.09	2.02	94.90	0	1	0	1
NAT Adcock (SA)	1957-1958	5	8	1048	131.0	15	410	14	6/43	29.28	2.34	74.85	0	1	0	1
AE Wyatt (NSW)	1957-1958	8	14	1233	154.1	23	515	15	5/36	34.33	2.50	82.20	0	1	0	1
DE Hoare (WA)	1957-1958	7	12	1344	168.0	25	658	20	4/74	32.90	2.93	67.20	1	0	0	1
AH Kardar (PAK)	1958-1958	9	12	1366	227.4	61	598	9	4/27	66.44	2.62	151.77	1	0	0	1
OG Smith (JAM/WI)	1958-1958	6	11	1560	260.0	81	534	16	4/71	33.37	2.05	97.50	1	0	0	1
JL Salmon (VIC)	1957-1958	8	14	1819	227.3	42	694	24	4/34	28.91	2.28	75.79	1	0	0	1
AA Bedford (SOA)	1957-1958	8	14	1820	227.4	49	689	18	4/113	38.27	2.27	101.11	1	0	0	1
JW Beagley (SOA)	1957-1958	8	15	1914	239.2	23	878	20	4/82	43.90	2.75	95.70	1	0	0	1
KN Slater (WA)	1957-1958	8	15	2173	271.5	71	757	23	4/91	32.91	2.09	94.47	1	0	0	1
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1957-1958	5	8	2211	276.3	100	639	17	5/120	37.58	1.73	130.05	0	1	0	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:

Chilaw Marians Cricket Club vs Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Maggona, Major League Tournament Plate Group, Feb 5-7, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 259/4 (58.0 ov, S Sadamal 10*, DM Sarathchandra 35*, M Hasanka 0/72) - Stumps

Badureliya Sports Club vs Panadura Sports Club at Galle, Major League Tournament Plate Group, Feb 5-7, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 146/3 (32.3 ov, BOP Fernando 58*, KDV Vimukthi 5*, BB Sanjeewa 1/46) - Stumps

Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club vs Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Kurunegala, Major League Tournament Plate Group, Feb 5-7, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 417/6 (123.0 ov, S Shanmuganathan 51*, SMLD Samarakoon 11*, BGS Mendis 3/71) - Stumps