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
M Muralidaran (SL)	2000-2000	6	9	2050	341.4	80	786	38	7/84	20.68	2.30	53.94	1	4	1
CA Walsh (WI)	2000-2000	8	14	2060	343.2	118	728	48	6/74	15.16	2.12	42.91	4	4	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	6	10	1271	211.5	58	498	24	6/61	20.75	2.35	52.95	0	3	1
C White (ENG)	2000-2000	4	6	489	81.3	14	236	13	5/32	18.15	2.89	37.61	0	2	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2000	7	13	1294	215.4	66	554	30	5/14	18.46	2.56	43.13	2	2	0
ESH Giddins (ENG)	2000-2000	3	4	288	48.0	14	161	8	5/15	20.12	3.35	36.00	0	1	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	3	509	84.5	27	182	9	6/87	20.22	2.14	56.55	0	1	0
N Boje (SA)	2000-2000	3	5	607	101.1	20	273	10	5/62	27.30	2.69	60.70	0	1	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2000	3	5	762	127.0	34	259	6	5/121	43.16	2.03	127.00	0	1	0
D Gough (ENG)	2000-2000	7	13	1340	223.2	39	704	34	5/109	20.70	3.15	39.41	3	1	0
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	2000-2000	4	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2000	3	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2000	5	1	12	2.0	0	16	0	-	-	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	2000-2000	6	2	12	2.0	1	13	0	-	-	6.50	0.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2000-2000	5	2	24	4.0	0	16	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	2000-2000	3	2	24	4.0	0	17	1	1/10	17.00	4.25	24.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2000	6	2	32	5.2	1	34	2	2/32	17.00	6.37	16.00	0	0	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2000	4	3	48	8.0	3	25	0	-	-	3.12	0.00	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2000	2	2	72	12.0	4	20	0	-	-	1.66	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2000	1	1	78	13.0	3	49	0	-	-	3.76	0.00	0	0	0
CP Schofield (ENG)	2000-2000	2	1	108	18.0	2	73	0	-	-	4.05	0.00	0	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2000	1	2	113	18.5	1	67	2	2/53	33.50	3.55	56.50	0	0	0
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2000	1	1	114	19.0	1	73	1	1/73	73.00	3.84	114.00	0	0	0
PDRL Perera (SL)	2000-2000	1	2	120	20.0	3	73	2	2/60	36.50	3.65	60.00	0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2000-2000	1	2	159	26.3	7	84	4	2/36	21.00	3.16	39.75	0	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	1	162	27.0	4	86	0	-	-	3.18	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2000	6	5	163	27.1	5	84	1	1/71	84.00	3.09	163.00	0	0	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	2000-2000	1	1	174	29.0	6	116	1	1/116	116.00	4.00	174.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	2000-2000	4	3	197	32.5	10	69	1	1/49	69.00	2.10	197.00	0	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	3	204	34.0	10	88	8	3/14	11.00	2.58	25.50	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2000	3	3	216	36.0	13	83	1	1/48	83.00	2.30	216.00	0	0	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2000-2000	1	1	216	36.0	7	115	0	-	-	3.19	0.00	0	0	0
ML Nkala (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	2	252	42.0	11	104	5	3/82	20.80	2.47	50.40	0	0	0
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2000	1	2	258	43.0	14	92	3	2/63	30.66	2.13	86.00	0	0	0
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	3	296	49.2	13	112	3	1/19	37.33	2.27	98.66	0	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2000-2000	4	6	312	52.0	10	124	6	2/30	20.66	2.38	52.00	0	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2000	3	5	322	53.4	17	136	4	2/18	34.00	2.53	80.50	0	0	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	3	324	54.0	14	159	3	2/41	53.00	2.94	108.00	0	0	0
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	3	324	54.0	19	134	2	2/40	67.00	2.48	162.00	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2000	6	7	324	54.0	8	163	5	2/45	32.60	3.01	64.80	0	0	0
M Hayward (SA)	2000-2000	2	4	336	56.0	10	171	7	2/15	24.42	3.05	48.00	0	0	0
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2000	3	5	361	60.1	15	149	3	2/34	49.66	2.47	120.33	0	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2000-2000	3	4	426	71.0	11	212	5	3/58	42.40	2.98	85.20	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2000-2000	2	2	456	76.0	17	177	3	2/53	59.00	2.32	152.00	0	0	0
PR Adams (SA)	2000-2000	3	4	468	78.0	11	326	4	3/184	81.50	4.17	117.00	0	0	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2000-2000	3	6	493	82.1	11	262	9	2/21	29.11	3.18	54.77	0	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2000	3	5	564	94.0	30	247	11	3/40	22.45	2.62	51.27	0	0	0
FA Rose (WI)	2000-2000	4	7	630	105.0	18	387	7	2/43	55.28	3.68	90.00	0	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	8	11	648	108.0	23	278	6	2/5	46.33	2.57	108.00	0	0	0
DG Cork (ENG)	2000-2000	4	8	659	109.5	31	245	20	4/23	12.25	2.23	32.95	2	0	0
NAM McLean (WI)	2000-2000	4	6	832	138.4	28	501	12	3/60	41.75	3.61	69.33	0	0	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	5	834	139.0	32	317	12	4/62	26.41	2.28	69.50	1	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2000	6	9	846	141.0	30	346	9	3/35	38.44	2.45	94.00	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2000-2000	6	10	859	143.1	25	456	16	4/40	28.50	3.18	53.68	1	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	5	8	936	156.0	21	502	9	3/91	55.77	3.21	104.00	0	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2000	6	9	948	158.0	47	323	6	4/85	53.83	2.04	158.00	1	0	0
RD King (WI)	2000-2000	7	12	1069	178.1	42	535	20	4/48	26.75	3.00	53.45	2	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	2000-2000	8	14	1798	299.4	105	536	28	4/30	19.14	1.78	64.21	4	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]