Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career
| Player | Span | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) | 1992-2009 | 132 | 43669 | 17989 | 792 | 9/51 | 16/220 | 22.71 | 2.47 | 55.1 | 66 | 22 |
| SK Warne (Aus) | 1992-2007 | 145 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 12/128 | 25.41 | 2.65 | 57.4 | 37 | 10 |
| Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 1973-1990 | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 15/123 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 36 | 9 |
| A Kumble (India) | 1990-2008 | 132 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 29.65 | 2.69 | 65.9 | 35 | 8 |
| GD McGrath (Aus) | 1993-2007 | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 10/27 | 21.64 | 2.49 | 51.9 | 29 | 3 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | 1977-1992 | 102 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 13/106 | 28.40 | 2.99 | 56.9 | 27 | 4 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1985-2002 | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 414 | 7/119 | 11/110 | 23.62 | 2.59 | 54.6 | 25 | 5 |
| SF Barnes (Eng) | 1901-1914 | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 17/159 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.6 | 24 | 7 |
| Harbhajan Singh (India) | 1998-2010 | 83 | 23401 | 10985 | 355 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 30.94 | 2.81 | 65.9 | 24 | 5 |
| DK Lillee (Aus) | 1971-1984 | 70 | 18467 | 8493 | 355 | 7/83 | 11/123 | 23.92 | 2.75 | 52.0 | 23 | 7 |
| Imran Khan (Pak) | 1971-1992 | 88 | 19458 | 8258 | 362 | 8/58 | 14/116 | 22.81 | 2.54 | 53.7 | 23 | 6 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 1978-1994 | 131 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 29.64 | 2.78 | 63.9 | 23 | 2 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | 1989-2003 | 87 | 16224 | 8788 | 373 | 7/76 | 13/135 | 23.56 | 3.25 | 43.4 | 22 | 5 |
| MD Marshall (WI) | 1978-1991 | 81 | 17584 | 7876 | 376 | 7/22 | 11/89 | 20.94 | 2.68 | 46.7 | 22 | 4 |
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | 1988-2000 | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 405 | 8/45 | 11/84 | 20.99 | 2.30 | 54.5 | 22 | 3 |
| CA Walsh (WI) | 1984-2001 | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 7/37 | 13/55 | 24.44 | 2.53 | 57.8 | 22 | 3 |
| CV Grimmett (Aus) | 1925-1936 | 37 | 14513 | 5231 | 216 | 7/40 | 14/199 | 24.21 | 2.16 | 67.1 | 21 | 7 |
| AA Donald (SA) | 1992-2002 | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 12/139 | 22.25 | 2.83 | 47.0 | 20 | 3 |
| M Ntini (SA) | 1998-2009 | 101 | 20834 | 11242 | 390 | 7/37 | 13/132 | 28.82 | 3.23 | 53.4 | 18 | 4 |
| DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 1997-2010 | 98 | 24352 | 10688 | 318 | 7/87 | 12/149 | 33.61 | 2.63 | 76.5 | 18 | 3 |
| LR Gibbs (WI) | 1958-1976 | 79 | 27115 | 8989 | 309 | 8/38 | 11/157 | 29.09 | 1.98 | 87.7 | 18 | 2 |
| FS Trueman (Eng) | 1952-1965 | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 12/119 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.4 | 17 | 3 |
| DL Underwood (Eng) | 1966-1982 | 86 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 13/71 | 25.83 | 2.10 | 73.6 | 17 | 6 |
| BS Chandrasekhar (India) | 1964-1979 | 58 | 15963 | 7199 | 242 | 8/79 | 12/104 | 29.74 | 2.70 | 65.9 | 16 | 2 |
| RGD Willis (Eng) | 1971-1984 | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 9/92 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.4 | 16 | 0 |
| GD McKenzie (Aus) | 1961-1971 | 60 | 17681 | 7328 | 246 | 8/71 | 10/91 | 29.78 | 2.48 | 71.8 | 16 | 3 |
| R Benaud (Aus) | 1952-1964 | 63 | 19108 | 6704 | 248 | 7/72 | 11/105 | 27.03 | 2.10 | 77.0 | 16 | 1 |
| SM Pollock (SA) | 1995-2008 | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 10/147 | 23.11 | 2.39 | 57.8 | 16 | 1 |
| AV Bedser (Eng) | 1946-1955 | 51 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 14/99 | 24.89 | 2.21 | 67.4 | 15 | 5 |
| Abdul Qadir (Pak) | 1977-1990 | 67 | 17126 | 7742 | 236 | 9/56 | 13/101 | 32.80 | 2.71 | 72.5 | 15 | 5 |
| Danish Kaneria (Pak) | 2000-2010 | 58 | 17157 | 8705 | 254 | 7/77 | 12/94 | 34.27 | 3.04 | 67.5 | 15 | 2 |
| TM Alderman (Aus) | 1981-1991 | 41 | 10181 | 4616 | 170 | 6/47 | 10/151 | 27.15 | 2.72 | 59.8 | 14 | 1 |
| AK Davidson (Aus) | 1953-1963 | 44 | 11587 | 3819 | 186 | 7/93 | 12/124 | 20.53 | 1.97 | 62.2 | 14 | 2 |
| HJ Tayfield (SA) | 1949-1960 | 37 | 13568 | 4405 | 170 | 9/113 | 13/165 | 25.91 | 1.94 | 79.8 | 14 | 2 |
| CJ McDermott (Aus) | 1984-1996 | 71 | 16586 | 8332 | 291 | 8/97 | 11/157 | 28.63 | 3.01 | 56.9 | 14 | 2 |
| BS Bedi (India) | 1966-1979 | 67 | 21364 | 7637 | 266 | 7/98 | 10/194 | 28.71 | 2.14 | 80.3 | 14 | 1 |
| DW Steyn (SA) | 2004-2010 | 38 | 7778 | 4609 | 196 | 7/51 | 10/91 | 23.51 | 3.55 | 39.6 | 13 | 4 |
| Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 1952-1962 | 34 | 9834 | 3434 | 139 | 7/42 | 13/114 | 24.70 | 2.09 | 70.7 | 13 | 4 |
| ARC Fraser (Eng) | 1989-1998 | 46 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 11/110 | 27.32 | 2.66 | 61.4 | 13 | 2 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) | 1989-2004 | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 10/100 | 29.40 | 3.28 | 53.6 | 13 | 1 |
| MA Holding (WI) | 1975-1987 | 60 | 12680 | 5898 | 249 | 8/92 | 14/149 | 23.68 | 2.79 | 50.9 | 13 | 2 |
| AR Caddick (Eng) | 1993-2003 | 62 | 13558 | 6999 | 234 | 7/46 | 10/215 | 29.91 | 3.09 | 57.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 1995-2004 | 49 | 14070 | 6206 | 208 | 8/164 | 10/155 | 29.83 | 2.64 | 67.6 | 13 | 3 |
| Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) | 1997-2007 | 46 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 11/78 | 25.69 | 3.37 | 45.7 | 12 | 2 |
| SCG MacGill (Aus) | 1998-2008 | 44 | 11237 | 6038 | 208 | 8/108 | 12/107 | 29.02 | 3.22 | 54.0 | 12 | 2 |
| SP Gupte (India) | 1951-1961 | 36 | 11284 | 4403 | 149 | 9/102 | 10/223 | 29.55 | 2.34 | 75.7 | 12 | 1 |
| RR Lindwall (Aus) | 1946-1960 | 61 | 13650 | 5251 | 228 | 7/38 | 9/70 | 23.03 | 2.30 | 59.8 | 12 | 0 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 1994-2009 | 111 | 23438 | 10501 | 355 | 7/71 | 14/191 | 29.58 | 2.68 | 66.0 | 12 | 2 |
| Records includes the following current or recent matches: |
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New Zealand v Bangladesh at Hamilton, Only Test, Feb 15-19, 2010
[Test # 1953] |
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India v South Africa at Kolkata, 2nd Test, Feb 14-18, 2010
[Test # 1952] |
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India v South Africa at Nagpur, 1st Test, Feb 6-9, 2010
[Test # 1951] |
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Did you know?
Only six times have two bowlers shared all 20 opposition wickets in a Test match. The most recent such instance was at Lord's in 1972, when Australia's Bob Massie (16 for 137) and Dennis Lillee (4 for 140) combined to rout England by eight wickets. Australia and England have done this twice, with South Africa and Pakistan being the other teams to achieve it.
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