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
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-1990	8	8	360	60.0	5	217	22	5/11	9.86	3.61	16.36	0	3	0
EO Simons (WPR)	1990-1990	6	5	230	38.2	2	147	17	6/8	8.64	3.83	13.52	1	2	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1990-1990	8	3	66	11.0	2	48	7	5/35	6.85	4.36	9.42	0	1	0
BR Jurangpathy (SL-A)	1991-1991	3	3	140	23.2	0	100	9	5/20	11.11	4.28	15.55	0	1	0
WJ Holdsworth (NSW)	1990-1990	4	4	214	35.4	3	176	9	5/28	19.55	4.93	23.77	0	1	0
AH Gray (WI)	1991-1991	4	4	222	37.0	0	206	8	6/50	25.75	5.56	27.75	0	1	0
CR Matthews (WPR)	1990-1990	6	6	305	50.5	5	164	10	5/11	16.40	3.22	30.50	0	1	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1990-1991	10	10	521	86.5	8	367	16	5/32	22.93	4.22	32.56	0	1	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 Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]