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+
RM Hogg (AUS/SOA)	1978-1979	14	26	3483	435.3	98	1249	76	6/74	16.43	2.15	45.82	5	6	2	11
AG Hurst (AUS/VIC)	1978-1979	14	26	3548	443.4	85	1353	65	5/28	20.81	2.28	54.58	5	3	0	8
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1979	9	13	1461	243.3	53	717	37	6/42	19.37	2.94	39.48	3	3	1	6
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	9	16	1915	239.3	44	848	44	5/51	19.27	2.65	43.52	4	2	0	6
JD Higgs (AUS/VIC)	1978-1979	13	25	3392	424.0	97	1083	51	6/85	21.23	1.91	66.50	3	3	0	6
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1979	8	15	2591	-	75	1043	38	9/86	27.44	2.41	68.18	3	2	1	5
MR Magiet ()	1978-1979	6	10	863	107.7	22	282	27	7/35	10.44	1.96	31.96	3	1	0	4
DD Parsana (IND/ROI/WEZ)	1978-1979	6	11	1706	284.2	71	662	30	6/50	22.06	2.32	56.86	1	3	0	4
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	10	15	1709	284.5	64	903	33	5/34	27.36	3.17	51.78	3	1	0	4
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1979	8	13	1842	307.0	64	876	33	5/16	26.54	2.85	55.81	2	2	0	4
PR Sleep (AUS/SOA)	1978-1979	12	22	2368	296.0	50	1125	45	8/133	25.00	2.85	52.62	1	3	0	4
B Yardley (AUS/WA)	1978-1979	11	21	2402	300.2	41	1002	39	5/27	25.69	2.50	61.58	0	4	0	4
DW Hourn (NSW)	1978-1979	10	17	2785	348.1	52	1328	42	9/77	31.61	2.86	66.30	2	2	1	4
D Jacobs ()	1978-1979	6	10	761	95.1	12	287	23	7/31	12.47	2.26	33.08	1	2	0	3
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1979-1979	3	6	942	117.6	13	414	18	5/62	23.00	2.63	52.33	1	2	0	3
S Gabriels ()	1978-1979	6	9	1176	147.0	24	429	21	4/54	20.42	2.18	56.00	3	0	0	3
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1979	8	11	1197	-	27	540	17	5/59	31.76	2.70	70.41	2	1	0	3
PH Carlson (AUS/QLD)	1978-1979	10	17	1704	213.0	57	484	31	5/27	15.61	1.70	54.96	1	2	1	3
BS Chandrasekhar (IND/KNTKA)	1978-1979	9	13	2004	334.0	60	1105	28	5/116	39.46	3.30	71.57	2	1	0	3
KD Ghavri (IND/WEZ)	1978-1979	9	16	2070	345.0	61	1049	38	5/51	27.60	3.04	54.47	2	1	0	3
JE Emburey (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	9	16	2089	261.1	73	563	31	5/67	18.16	1.61	67.38	2	1	0	3
S Venkataraghavan (IND/ROI/SOZ)	1978-1979	8	14	2097	349.3	121	754	28	4/43	26.92	2.15	74.89	3	0	0	3
GR Beard (NSW)	1978-1979	8	14	2185	273.1	72	676	26	5/47	26.00	1.85	84.03	1	2	0	3
Imran Khan (PAK)	1978-1979	7	13	2388	-	82	981	31	5/106	31.64	2.46	77.03	2	1	0	3
WM Clark (AUS/WA)	1978-1979	11	22	2712	339.0	69	1059	35	6/39	30.25	2.34	77.48	0	3	0	3
G Dymock (AUS/QLD)	1978-1979	12	23	3053	381.5	75	1000	38	5/45	26.31	1.96	80.34	2	1	0	3
K Majola ()	1978-1979	6	8	365	45.5	7	153	16	6/69	9.56	2.51	22.81	0	2	0	2
SL Shastri (CEZ)	1978-1978	3	6	690	115.0	29	301	15	5/74	20.06	2.61	46.00	1	1	0	2
G Singh ()	1978-1979	6	9	728	91.0	15	288	12	5/57	24.00	2.37	60.66	0	2	0	2
JF Leehane (VIC)	1978-1979	4	8	786	98.2	14	389	23	4/41	16.91	2.96	34.17	2	0	0	2
N Edwards ()	1978-1979	6	9	1004	125.4	20	457	18	5/69	25.38	2.73	55.77	1	1	0	2
GT Ross (VIC)	1978-1979	5	10	1004	125.4	19	426	21	5/48	20.28	2.54	47.80	1	1	0	2
TV Hohns (QLD)	1978-1979	10	17	1056	132.0	31	378	18	6/56	21.00	2.14	58.66	0	2	1	2
CM Old (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	6	11	1104	138.0	24	452	21	6/42	21.52	2.45	52.57	1	1	0	2
RS Hans (CEZ/IBPXI)	1978-1979	4	8	1157	192.5	31	459	19	6/60	24.15	2.38	60.89	1	1	0	2
DC Schuller (QLD)	1978-1979	8	15	1375	171.7	37	496	22	6/35	22.54	2.16	62.50	0	2	0	2
J Simmons (TAS)	1978-1979	6	8	1394	174.2	35	512	18	7/59	28.44	2.20	77.44	1	1	0	2
RGD Willis (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	10	19	1683	210.3	34	696	34	5/44	20.47	2.48	49.50	1	1	0	2
AT Sincock (SOA)	1978-1979	11	19	1884	235.4	23	949	33	5/83	28.75	3.02	57.09	1	1	0	2
N Kapil Dev (IND/NOZ/ROI)	1978-1979	11	20	2068	344.4	52	1180	36	7/65	32.77	3.42	57.44	1	1	0	2
G Miller (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	11	18	2217	277.1	74	607	36	6/56	16.86	1.64	61.58	0	2	0	2
GR Attenborough (SOA)	1978-1979	11	20	2548	318.4	42	1191	36	6/75	33.08	2.80	70.77	1	1	0	2
C Arnold ()	1979-1979	1	2	136	17.0	1	56	4	4/43	14.00	2.47	34.00	1	0	0	1
NS Yadav (IBPXI)	1979-1979	1	2	179	29.5	10	85	8	6/64	10.62	2.84	22.37	0	1	0	1
AP Kuiper ()	1978-1978	1	2	221	36.5	4	116	6	6/96	19.33	3.14	36.83	0	1	0	1
S Jassiem ()	1978-1979	3	5	222	27.6	2	87	7	4/27	12.42	2.35	31.71	1	0	0	1
PK Shivalkar (WEZ)	1978-1978	1	2	229	38.1	4	105	5	4/22	21.00	2.75	45.80	1	0	0	1
R Goel (NOZ)	1978-1978	1	2	246	41.0	16	73	6	6/65	12.16	1.78	41.00	0	1	0	1
A Jabaar ()	1978-1978	1	2	248	31.0	11	56	7	5/28	8.00	1.35	35.42	0	1	0	1
ES Gordon (WPR)	1978-1978	1	2	290	48.2	11	131	8	6/47	16.37	2.71	36.25	0	1	0	1
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	4	5	332	41.4	9	130	8	4/68	16.25	2.34	41.50	1	0	0	1
GA Shaikh (InU22)	1978-1978	1	2	370	61.4	14	187	5	5/130	37.40	3.03	74.00	0	1	0	1
B Vijayakrishna (KNTKA)	1978-1979	2	4	410	68.2	6	236	9	6/79	26.22	3.45	45.55	0	1	0	1
D Govindjee ()	1978-1979	3	6	526	65.6	16	135	7	4/13	19.28	1.53	75.14	1	0	0	1
S Madan Lal (IBPXI/NOZ)	1978-1979	4	8	535	89.1	23	230	7	4/22	32.85	2.57	76.42	1	0	0	1
JH Frans ()	1978-1979	4	8	555	69.3	20	148	16	7/41	9.25	1.60	34.68	0	1	0	1
M Govender ()	1978-1979	4	7	560	70.0	11	215	10	5/48	21.50	2.30	56.00	0	1	0	1
C Nicholson ()	1978-1979	4	8	565	70.5	10	188	15	5/41	12.53	1.99	37.66	0	1	0	1
I Hendricks ()	1978-1979	5	9	573	71.5	27	135	15	5/14	9.00	1.41	38.20	0	1	0	1
N Abrahams ()	1978-1979	4	5	576	72.0	7	215	10	4/40	21.50	2.23	57.60	1	0	0	1
RC Shukla (NOZ)	1978-1979	3	5	626	104.2	32	249	9	4/84	27.66	2.38	69.55	1	0	0	1
E Amod ()	1978-1979	6	9	632	79.0	15	265	16	5/21	16.56	2.51	39.50	0	1	0	1
S Draai ()	1978-1979	4	8	656	82.0	21	192	13	6/32	14.76	1.75	50.46	0	1	0	1
MM Khan ()	1978-1979	6	9	666	83.2	12	243	9	4/64	27.00	2.18	74.00	1	0	0	1
MV Narasimha Rao (IND/ROI/SOZ)	1978-1979	5	8	673	112.1	15	343	10	5/86	34.30	3.05	67.30	0	1	0	1
DA Johnston (SOA)	1978-1979	5	8	739	92.3	16	391	12	4/46	32.58	3.17	61.58	1	0	0	1
AL Adams ()	1979-1979	3	5	754	94.2	20	254	14	4/86	18.14	2.02	53.85	1	0	0	1
PH Sharma (CEZ/IBPXI)	1978-1979	4	8	859	143.1	26	321	20	5/85	16.05	2.24	42.95	0	1	0	1
IW Callen (VIC)	1978-1978	5	9	944	118.0	13	452	13	4/32	34.76	2.87	72.61	1	0	0	1
JK Lever (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	6	12	945	118.1	18	377	13	4/28	29.00	2.39	72.69	1	0	0	1
PH Edmonds (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	7	11	1176	147.0	34	397	11	5/52	36.09	2.02	106.90	0	1	0	1
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1979	7	11	1181	-	23	596	16	4/67	37.25	3.02	73.81	1	0	0	1
TM Alderman (WA)	1978-1979	7	14	1237	154.5	30	486	26	6/63	18.69	2.35	47.57	0	1	0	1
TJ Laughlin (AUS/VIC)	1978-1979	10	18	1421	177.5	46	481	23	5/38	20.91	2.03	61.78	0	1	0	1
GG Watson (NSW)	1978-1979	7	11	1424	178.0	23	649	13	4/98	49.92	2.73	109.53	1	0	0	1
M Hendrick (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	8	15	1476	184.4	40	399	28	5/11	14.25	1.62	52.71	0	1	0	1
GD Porter (WA)	1978-1979	10	18	1720	215.0	58	561	26	4/59	21.57	1.95	66.15	1	0	0	1
VA Holder (WI)	1978-1979	11	16	1728	288.0	60	732	13	4/94	56.30	2.54	132.92	1	0	0	1
GF Lawson (NSW)	1978-1979	10	18	1830	228.6	28	920	25	4/71	36.80	3.01	73.20	1	0	0	1

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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:

Andhra vs Bengal at Kalyani, Ranji Trophy 3rd quarter final, Feb 6-10, 2026 [First-class]

Easterns (Eastern Transvaal) vs Knights at Bloemfontein, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 Final, Feb 6-10, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 479/8 (140.0 ov, T van Vuuren 28*, T Simelane 4/91) - Stumps

Water and Power Development Authority vs Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited at Lahore, President's Trophy Grade-I Final, Feb 8-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>>