Bowling Most 5wi Career - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2012-2012	2	4	352	58.4	9	251	11	6/113	22.81	4.27	32.00	-	2	-
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2011	5	6	220	36.4	3	162	7	5/17	23.14	4.41	31.42	-	1	-
SL Malinga (SL)	2012-2012	5	5	270	45.0	2	248	11	5/54	22.54	5.51	24.54	-	1	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2011	6	7	450	75.0	10	319	17	6/79	18.76	4.25	26.47	-	1	-
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	2011-2012	3	4	556	92.4	19	288	9	5/52	32.00	3.10	61.77	-	1	-
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2011-2012	7	8	891	148.3	22	429	12	5/79	35.75	2.88	74.25	1	1	-

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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:

Bangladesh vs Ireland at Mirpur, Ireland in Bangladesh 2nd Test, Nov 19-23, 2025 [Test # 2607]

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609 - Live]
>> 9/0 (6.1 ov, KL Rahul 2*, YBK Jaiswal 7*, M Jansen 0/9) - Stumps

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe at Rawalpindi, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 4th Match, Nov 23, 2025 [T20I # 3586 - Live]
>> 107/9 (16.4 ov, R Ngarava 1*, RP Burl 53*, Naseem Shah 1/30)