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
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2001	3	6	1071	178.3	44	545	32	8/84	17.03	3.05	33.46	1	4	2
CR Miller (AUS)	2000-2001	4	8	1190	198.2	44	566	26	5/32	21.76	2.85	45.76	1	2	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2000-2001	7	14	1605	267.3	71	762	33	6/40	23.09	2.84	48.63	0	2	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2000-2001	5	9	2085	347.3	94	681	26	6/39	26.19	1.95	80.19	2	2	1
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2001	11	21	2589	431.3	155	889	45	6/30	19.75	2.06	57.53	3	2	0
AJ Bichel (AUS)	2000-2000	2	4	261	43.3	9	124	7	5/60	17.71	2.85	37.28	0	1	0
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2000	2	4	355	59.1	21	177	11	5/61	16.09	2.99	32.27	0	1	0
Manjural Islam (BAN)	2001-2001	2	3	468	78.0	23	215	6	6/81	35.83	2.75	78.00	0	1	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2001	2	4	474	79.0	21	204	8	5/73	25.50	2.58	59.25	0	1	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2000	2	4	560	93.2	28	221	11	5/31	20.09	2.36	50.90	0	1	0
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2001-2001	2	4	562	93.4	22	245	8	5/36	30.62	2.61	70.25	0	1	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2001	5	8	588	98.0	7	411	9	5/98	45.66	4.19	65.33	0	1	0
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2001	3	5	610	101.4	28	296	9	6/132	32.88	2.91	67.77	0	1	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	3	5	779	129.5	27	316	13	8/109	24.30	2.43	59.92	0	1	1
J Srinath (IND)	2000-2001	4	8	920	153.2	42	418	17	5/60	24.58	2.72	54.11	1	1	0
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2000-2001	4	8	936	156.0	39	501	16	7/104	31.31	3.21	58.50	0	1	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2001	5	9	1067	177.5	38	462	17	6/73	27.17	2.59	62.76	1	1	0
SB Joshi (IND)	2000-2000	3	6	1203	200.3	43	575	14	5/142	41.07	2.86	85.92	0	1	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2000-2001	4	8	1218	203.0	56	495	10	5/90	49.50	2.43	121.80	0	1	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2001	7	12	1326	221.0	52	787	28	5/71	28.10	3.56	47.35	3	1	0
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2001	10	17	1639	273.1	85	738	30	6/66	24.60	2.70	54.63	1	1	0
D Ramnarine (WI)	2001-2001	5	10	1743	290.3	93	617	20	5/78	30.85	2.12	87.15	0	1	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2000-2001	6	10	1819	303.1	85	719	24	5/75	29.95	2.37	75.79	3	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2001	11	21	1899	316.3	99	733	29	6/67	25.27	2.31	65.48	1	1	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	2000-2001	8	16	1921	320.1	129	620	38	6/17	16.31	1.93	50.55	2	1	1
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2001	6	11	2112	352.0	89	763	29	8/164	26.31	2.16	72.82	2	1	0
CA Walsh (WI)	2000-2001	10	18	2780	463.2	133	973	36	6/61	27.02	2.10	77.22	1	1	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2001	6	1	6	1.0	0	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2000-2001	4	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
JL Langer (AUS)	2000-2001	8	1	6	1.0	0	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2001	7	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
HJH Marshall (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2001	6	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
Faisal Iqbal (PAK)	2001-2001	3	1	6	1.0	0	7	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2001	5	1	6	1.0	0	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	2000-2001	8	1	12	2.0	1	4	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
SS Das (IND)	2000-2001	6	1	18	3.0	0	7	0	-	-	2.33	0.00	0	0	0
S Ramesh (IND)	2000-2001	6	1	18	3.0	0	14	0	-	-	4.66	0.00	0	0	0
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2000-2001	9	1	24	4.0	0	13	0	-	-	3.25	0.00	0	0	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	2000-2001	7	2	24	4.0	1	8	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	2000-2001	6	1	42	7.0	0	15	0	-	-	2.14	0.00	0	0	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2000-2001	3	1	48	8.0	0	39	0	-	-	4.87	0.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	2001-2001	4	3	48	8.0	4	12	0	-	-	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
CJ Drum (NZ)	2001-2001	1	1	48	8.0	1	21	1	1/21	21.00	2.62	48.00	0	0	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2000-2001	8	3	54	9.0	0	40	0	-	-	4.44	0.00	0	0	0
MH Richardson (NZ)	2000-2001	9	2	60	10.0	0	17	1	1/16	17.00	1.70	60.00	0	0	0
GA Hick (ENG)	2000-2001	5	2	72	12.0	0	50	1	1/42	50.00	4.16	72.00	0	0	0
RL Sanghvi (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	74	12.2	3	78	2	2/67	39.00	6.32	37.00	0	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	2001-2001	1	1	75	12.3	3	51	2	2/51	25.50	4.08	37.50	0	0	0
DT Mutendera (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	1	84	14.0	4	29	0	-	-	2.07	0.00	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2001	6	1	84	14.0	1	34	1	1/34	34.00	2.42	84.00	0	0	0
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	1	84	14.0	2	51	0	-	-	3.64	0.00	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2001	8	3	90	15.0	3	43	0	-	-	2.86	0.00	0	0	0
Qaiser Abbas (PAK)	2000-2000	1	1	96	16.0	3	35	0	-	-	2.18	0.00	0	0	0
KP Walmsley (NZ)	2000-2000	1	2	108	18.0	4	47	2	1/7	23.50	2.61	54.00	0	0	0
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2001	8	3	111	18.3	5	50	3	2/23	16.66	2.70	37.00	0	0	0
PDRL Perera (SL)	2001-2001	1	1	114	19.0	3	73	1	1/73	73.00	3.84	114.00	0	0	0
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	2000-2000	5	3	120	20.0	0	75	1	1/40	75.00	3.75	120.00	0	0	0
Ranjan Das (BAN)	2000-2000	1	2	132	22.0	3	72	1	1/64	72.00	3.27	132.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	2001-2001	1	1	132	22.0	1	106	0	-	-	4.81	0.00	0	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2001	6	2	156	26.0	9	57	0	-	-	2.19	0.00	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2001	6	6	158	26.2	5	94	1	1/44	94.00	3.56	158.00	0	0	0
D Hettiarachchi (SL)	2001-2001	1	2	162	27.0	7	41	2	2/36	20.50	1.51	81.00	0	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2001	3	3	168	28.0	7	88	1	1/47	88.00	3.14	168.00	0	0	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	2001-2001	1	2	180	30.0	4	99	1	1/55	99.00	3.30	180.00	0	0	0
SV Bahutule (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	180	30.0	3	102	2	1/32	51.00	3.40	90.00	0	0	0
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	2	194	32.2	10	80	2	2/58	40.00	2.47	97.00	0	0	0
PR Adams (SA)	2001-2001	1	2	197	32.5	8	97	2	2/54	48.50	2.95	98.50	0	0	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	198	33.0	6	102	0	-	-	3.09	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Nash (NZ)	2000-2000	1	2	207	34.3	19	53	1	1/25	53.00	1.53	207.00	0	0	0
SLV Raju (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	210	35.0	5	116	1	1/58	116.00	3.31	210.00	0	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahman (BAN)	2001-2001	2	3	222	37.0	7	112	0	-	-	3.02	0.00	0	0	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	1	2	228	38.0	16	60	3	2/31	20.00	1.57	76.00	0	0	0
GE Bradburn (NZ)	2001-2001	2	1	252	42.0	10	124	1	1/124	124.00	2.95	252.00	0	0	0
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2001-2001	1	2	264	44.0	4	147	3	3/119	49.00	3.34	88.00	0	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	2000-2001	8	5	282	47.0	10	121	4	3/40	30.25	2.57	70.50	0	0	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	2001-2001	1	2	288	48.0	8	178	2	2/39	89.00	3.70	144.00	0	0	0
Enamul Haque (BAN)	2001-2001	1	2	294	49.0	15	102	3	2/94	34.00	2.08	98.00	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	312	52.0	23	79	1	1/79	79.00	1.51	312.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2000-2000	1	2	318	53.0	12	120	3	3/117	40.00	2.26	106.00	0	0	0
NM Kulkarni (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	318	53.0	16	137	1	1/70	137.00	2.58	318.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2001	6	4	320	53.2	9	167	4	3/76	41.75	3.13	80.00	0	0	0
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2001-2001	2	4	329	54.5	13	150	7	4/26	21.42	2.73	47.00	1	0	0
Hasibul Hossain (BAN)	2000-2001	2	3	330	55.0	9	216	3	2/125	72.00	3.92	110.00	0	0	0
NC McGarrell (WI)	2001-2001	1	2	348	58.0	22	113	5	4/72	22.60	1.94	69.60	1	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	2	4	354	59.0	20	123	2	1/1	61.50	2.08	177.00	0	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2000	3	6	355	59.1	13	136	4	2/21	34.00	2.29	88.75	0	0	0
CEL Stuart (WI)	2000-2001	2	4	360	60.0	10	239	6	2/52	39.83	3.98	60.00	0	0	0
RW Price (ZIM)	2001-2001	1	2	360	60.0	18	165	7	4/71	23.57	2.75	51.42	1	0	0
M Kartik (IND)	2000-2000	2	4	363	60.3	18	108	3	2/26	36.00	1.78	121.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Sharif (BAN)	2001-2001	2	3	382	63.4	9	256	3	2/108	85.33	4.02	127.33	0	0	0
M Ngam (SA)	2000-2001	3	5	392	65.2	15	189	11	3/26	17.18	2.89	35.63	0	0	0
JM Kemp (SA)	2001-2001	3	6	395	65.5	20	151	8	3/33	18.87	2.29	49.37	0	0	0
Fazl-e-Akbar (PAK)	2001-2001	2	3	398	66.2	12	198	6	3/85	33.00	2.98	66.33	0	0	0
BT Watambwa (ZIM)	2001-2001	2	4	401	66.5	15	194	9	4/64	21.55	2.90	44.55	1	0	0
MI Black (WI)	2000-2000	3	4	402	67.0	8	257	6	4/83	42.83	3.83	67.00	1	0	0
CE Cuffy (WI)	2001-2001	2	4	402	67.0	20	170	4	2/58	42.50	2.53	100.50	0	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2001	5	7	406	67.4	17	181	2	2/43	90.50	2.67	203.00	0	0	0
MN Samuels (WI)	2000-2001	7	9	407	67.5	13	200	3	2/49	66.66	2.94	135.66	0	0	0
IDK Salisbury (ENG)	2000-2000	3	5	414	69.0	8	193	1	1/32	193.00	2.79	414.00	0	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]