Bowling Most 5wi Career - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
R Ashwin (IND)	2013-2013	4	8	1448	241.2	74	583	29	7/103	20.10	2.41	49.93	0	4	1
M Morkel (SA)	2012-2012	3	5	654	109.0	23	399	14	5/146	28.50	3.66	46.71	0	1	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2012-2013	3	5	808	134.4	16	407	12	5/95	33.91	3.02	67.33	1	1	0
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2013	4	8	1160	193.2	53	419	24	5/58	17.45	2.16	48.33	0	1	0
D Elgar (SA)	2012-2012	1	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
HM Amla (SA)	2012-2012	3	1	12	2.0	0	9	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2013-2013	4	1	12	2.0	0	2	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
AN Petersen (SA)	2012-2012	3	1	18	3.0	0	20	0	-	-	6.66	0.00	0	0	0
GC Smith (SA)	2012-2012	3	1	54	9.0	0	36	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
F du Plessis (SA)	2012-2012	2	3	60	10.0	0	60	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2012-2012	3	2	93	15.3	4	49	2	2/19	24.50	3.16	46.50	0	0	0
N Pradeep (SL)	2013-2013	1	2	132	22.0	1	128	2	2/114	64.00	5.81	66.00	0	0	0
RJ Peterson (SA)	2012-2012	1	2	169	28.1	3	171	6	3/44	28.50	6.07	28.16	0	0	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2013-2013	1	2	180	30.0	5	113	1	1/18	113.00	3.76	180.00	0	0	0
Imran Tahir (SA)	2012-2012	1	2	222	37.0	1	260	0	-	-	7.02	0.00	0	0	0
KTGD Prasad (SL)	2012-2013	2	2	222	37.0	2	159	3	3/106	53.00	4.29	74.00	0	0	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2012-2013	3	4	228	38.0	8	117	2	2/60	58.50	3.07	114.00	0	0	0
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	2012-2012	1	2	264	44.0	5	104	0	-	-	2.36	0.00	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2012-2013	3	5	348	58.0	5	185	3	1/38	61.66	3.18	116.00	0	0	0
RK Kleinveldt (SA)	2012-2012	2	3	361	60.1	7	243	4	3/65	60.75	4.03	90.25	0	0	0
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	2012-2012	2	3	376	62.4	10	257	6	3/89	42.83	4.10	62.66	0	0	0
RMS Eranga (SL)	2012-2012	2	3	378	63.0	7	252	5	3/109	50.40	4.00	75.60	0	0	0
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2013	4	7	384	64.0	9	239	6	3/31	39.83	3.73	64.00	0	0	0
VD Philander (SA)	2012-2012	2	3	402	67.0	11	199	4	2/41	49.75	2.97	100.50	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2013-2013	2	4	504	84.0	17	204	5	2/52	40.80	2.42	100.80	0	0	0
PP Ojha (IND)	2013-2013	2	4	517	86.1	19	238	7	2/19	34.00	2.76	73.85	0	0	0
I Sharma (IND)	2013-2013	4	8	582	97.0	23	265	7	3/72	37.85	2.73	83.14	0	0	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2012-2012	3	5	657	109.3	22	370	12	4/40	30.83	3.37	54.75	1	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]