Bowling Most 5wi Career

Players

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1980	13	25	2832	472.0	116	1276	63	7/56	20.25	2.70	44.95	4	5	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1980	4	8	1332	222.0	76	477	32	7/48	14.90	2.14	41.62	1	4	2
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1980	13	21	2922	487.0	115	1258	53	7/67	23.73	2.58	55.13	4	4	1
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1979-1980	5	10	1269	211.3	47	641	24	8/69	26.70	3.03	52.87	0	3	1
DK Lillee (AUS)	1979-1980	9	16	2264	377.2	84	1056	38	6/60	27.78	2.79	59.57	3	3	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1980	3	6	969	161.3	50	361	19	6/68	19.00	2.23	51.00	1	2	1
RJ Bright (AUS)	1979-1980	5	8	1247	207.5	68	495	17	7/87	29.11	2.38	73.35	0	2	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1980	7	11	1250	208.2	52	509	25	5/63	20.36	2.44	50.00	2	2	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1979-1980	9	15	2657	442.5	143	1043	33	7/49	31.60	2.35	80.51	3	2	2
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1980	13	25	3515	585.5	172	1203	46	6/103	26.15	2.05	76.41	1	2	0
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1979-1980	4	6	856	142.4	36	329	15	5/47	21.93	2.30	57.06	1	1	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1980	3	6	929	154.5	46	419	12	6/85	34.91	2.70	77.41	0	1	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1980-1980	3	6	973	162.1	50	371	18	6/95	20.61	2.28	54.05	1	1	1
J Garner (WI)	1979-1980	6	11	1499	249.5	68	536	28	6/56	19.14	2.14	53.53	2	1	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1979-1980	8	10	1579	263.1	66	827	17	7/143	48.64	3.14	92.88	0	1	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1979-1980	13	25	2450	408.2	86	1236	31	5/52	39.87	3.02	79.03	1	1	0
PM Toohey (AUS)	1979-1980	2	1	2	0.2	0	4	0	-	-	12.00	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1980	3	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	8	1	12	2.0	1	3	0	-	-	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1979-1980	3	1	12	2.0	0	7	0	-	-	3.50	0.00	0	0	0
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1980	3	1	18	3.0	0	8	0	-	-	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	2	18	3.0	1	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.00	0	0	0
DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	5	1	30	5.0	2	11	0	-	-	2.20	0.00	0	0	0
LG Rowe (WI)	1979-1980	6	1	30	5.0	2	4	0	-	-	0.80	0.00	0	0	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1979-1980	2	1	30	5.0	2	15	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	4	1	30	5.0	0	28	1	1/28	28.00	5.60	30.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1980	3	1	30	5.0	0	32	1	1/32	32.00	6.40	30.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1980	13	3	36	6.0	1	22	0	-	-	3.66	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1979-1980	13	3	42	7.0	1	21	1	1/11	21.00	3.00	42.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1979-1979	1	2	42	7.0	2	12	0	-	-	1.71	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	15	2	54	9.0	2	19	0	-	-	2.11	0.00	0	0	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1979-1980	12	2	54	9.0	1	22	1	1/11	22.00	2.44	54.00	0	0	0
Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1979-1979	1	1	54	9.0	1	29	0	-	-	3.22	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1980	9	3	54	9.0	0	35	0	-	-	3.88	0.00	0	0	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1979-1980	9	1	60	10.0	1	51	0	-	-	5.10	0.00	0	0	0
JM Wiener (AUS)	1979-1980	6	2	78	13.0	4	41	0	-	-	3.15	0.00	0	0	0
P Willey (ENG)	1979-1980	3	4	114	19.0	2	56	0	-	-	2.94	0.00	0	0	0
GB Stevenson (ENG)	1980-1980	1	2	114	19.0	2	72	2	2/59	36.00	3.78	57.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1980	9	8	126	21.0	2	91	1	1/21	91.00	4.33	126.00	0	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	126	21.0	2	66	0	-	-	3.14	0.00	0	0	0
DR Parry (WI)	1980-1980	1	1	132	22.0	6	63	2	2/63	31.50	2.86	66.00	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1980	3	3	138	23.0	8	39	2	2/16	19.50	1.69	69.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1979-1980	6	3	172	28.4	5	48	3	2/16	16.00	1.67	57.33	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1980	3	2	192	32.0	4	104	1	1/71	104.00	3.25	192.00	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1980	6	4	218	36.2	15	72	2	1/3	36.00	1.98	109.00	0	0	0
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1979-1979	2	3	234	39.0	4	120	2	2/46	60.00	3.07	117.00	0	0	0
CL King (WI)	1979-1980	4	5	234	39.0	8	137	1	1/50	137.00	3.51	234.00	0	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1979	2	2	246	41.0	8	145	0	-	-	3.53	0.00	0	0	0
GR Beard (AUS)	1980-1980	3	4	259	43.1	17	109	1	1/26	109.00	2.52	259.00	0	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1980-1980	3	5	300	50.0	11	150	2	1/31	75.00	3.00	150.00	0	0	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	2	2	312	52.0	11	144	0	-	-	2.76	0.00	0	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1980	2	4	318	53.0	5	143	3	2/47	47.66	2.69	106.00	0	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	4	354	59.0	12	193	7	3/90	27.57	3.27	50.57	0	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1979-1979	3	4	360	60.0	17	173	2	1/27	86.50	2.88	180.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1980	15	11	420	70.0	21	165	4	2/60	41.25	2.35	105.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1980	9	11	492	82.0	16	286	5	3/100	57.20	3.48	98.40	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1979-1980	8	13	540	90.0	21	251	3	1/18	83.66	2.78	180.00	0	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1979-1980	9	9	558	93.0	34	168	8	3/49	21.00	1.80	69.75	0	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1980	3	6	588	98.0	26	224	3	1/26	74.66	2.28	196.00	0	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1980-1980	2	4	623	103.5	23	276	8	4/111	34.50	2.65	77.87	1	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1979-1980	9	12	642	107.0	27	286	3	3/55	95.33	2.67	214.00	0	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1980-1980	3	5	666	111.0	30	255	2	2/119	127.50	2.29	333.00	0	0	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1980-1980	2	4	684	114.0	22	360	5	2/77	72.00	3.15	136.80	0	0	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1980	3	6	806	134.2	21	424	13	4/80	32.61	3.15	62.00	1	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1980	7	12	839	139.5	24	469	12	3/53	39.08	3.35	69.91	0	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1980	3	5	866	144.2	29	356	12	4/64	29.66	2.46	72.16	1	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	3	6	876	146.0	44	308	6	3/77	51.33	2.10	146.00	0	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1979-1979	3	5	954	159.0	49	381	10	4/91	38.10	2.39	95.40	2	0	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1979-1980	4	8	1004	167.2	49	433	13	3/71	33.30	2.58	77.23	0	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1979-1980	5	9	1104	184.0	34	492	14	3/43	35.14	2.67	78.85	0	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1979-1980	6	11	1230	205.0	45	555	21	4/40	26.42	2.70	58.57	2	0	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1979-1980	6	11	1347	224.3	37	643	26	4/57	24.73	2.86	51.80	2	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1980	8	11	1382	230.2	47	716	13	4/66	55.07	3.10	106.30	1	0	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1980	11	21	2131	355.1	82	972	32	4/35	30.37	2.73	66.59	3	0	0

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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]

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]