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Most five-wickets-in-an-innings
Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
AV Bedser (Eng) 1946-1952 7 12 308.1 90 577 44 7/49 11/93 13.11 1.87 42.0 4 2
GOB Allen (Eng) 1936-1936 3 6 100.0 19 330 20 7/80 10/78 16.50 3.30 30.0 3 1
IT Botham (Eng) 1979-1982 7 12 272.3 65 792 29 5/35 7/156 27.31 2.90 56.3 3 0
C Sharma (India) 1986-1986 2 4 102.3 20 300 16 6/58 10/188 18.75 2.92 38.4 2 1
M Nissar (India) 1932-1936 4 7 128.0 23 478 18 5/93 6/135 26.55 3.73 42.6 2 0
L Amarnath (India) 1946-1946 3 5 157.0 50 330 13 5/96 8/167 25.38 2.10 72.4 2 0
ARC Fraser (Eng) 1990-1990 3 5 159.1 41 460 16 5/104 8/143 28.75 2.89 59.6 2 0
Surendranath (India) 1959-1959 5 7 203.4 85 426 16 5/75 5/75 26.62 2.09 76.3 2 0
FS Trueman (Eng) 1952-1959 9 17 297.2 78 787 53 8/31 9/40 14.84 2.64 33.6 2 0
MH Mankad (India) 1946-1952 6 9 312.5 108 678 20 5/101 7/146 33.90 2.16 93.8 2 0
JM Anderson (Eng) 2007-2011 7 14 313.3 72 1038 35 5/42 7/125 29.65 3.31 53.7 2 0
R Illingworth (Eng) 1959-1971 8 15 358.0 144 592 31 6/29 7/29 19.09 1.65 69.2 2 0
BS Chandrasekhar (India) 1967-1979 9 15 386.3 80 1053 31 6/38 8/114 33.96 2.72 74.8 2 0
N Kapil Dev (India) 1979-1990 13 22 563.1 129 1685 43 5/125 8/168 39.18 2.99 78.5 2 0
P Lever (Eng) 1971-1971 1 2 33.0 7 84 5 5/70 5/84 16.80 2.54 39.6 1 0
JM Sims (Eng) 1936-1936 1 2 43.5 2 168 7 5/73 7/168 24.00 3.83 37.5 1 0
R Pollard (Eng) 1946-1946 1 2 52.0 26 87 7 5/24 7/87 12.42 1.67 44.5 1 0
RMH Binny (India) 1986-1986 3 6 87.2 11 251 12 5/40 7/58 20.91 2.87 43.6 1 0
CM Old (Eng) 1974-1974 3 6 89.0 19 249 18 5/21 9/88 13.83 2.79 29.6 1 0
TT Bresnan (Eng) 2011-2011 3 6 91.3 20 261 16 5/48 7/96 16.31 2.85 34.3 1 0
JB Statham (Eng) 1959-1959 3 6 112.2 44 223 17 5/31 7/77 13.11 1.98 39.6 1 0
RP Singh (India) 2007-2011 4 7 126.3 27 465 12 5/59 7/117 38.75 3.67 63.2 1 0
T Greenhough (Eng) 1959-1959 3 6 139.1 47 255 14 5/35 7/66 18.21 1.83 59.6 1 0
GP Swann (Eng) 2011-2011 4 8 142.0 18 529 13 6/106 9/208 40.69 3.72 65.5 1 0
BKV Prasad (India) 1996-1996 3 5 142.3 39 375 15 5/76 7/130 25.00 2.63 57.0 1 0
SCJ Broad (Eng) 2011-2011 4 8 151.2 44 346 25 6/46 8/76 13.84 2.28 36.3 1 0
DR Doshi (India) 1982-1982 3 5 157.1 38 455 13 6/102 6/102 35.00 2.89 72.5 1 0
P Kumar (India) 2011-2011 3 5 158.3 38 443 15 5/106 7/169 29.53 2.79 63.4 1 0
Ghulam Ahmed (India) 1952-1952 4 6 185.0 57 371 15 5/100 7/137 24.73 2.00 74.0 1 0
RB Desai (India) 1959-1959 5 7 189.4 40 602 12 5/89 6/118 50.16 3.17 94.8 1 0
CC Lewis (Eng) 1990-1996 5 9 196.4 41 637 20 5/72 7/116 31.85 3.23 59.0 1 0
L Amar Singh (India) 1932-1936 4 7 199.5 56 476 14 6/35 6/71 34.00 2.38 85.6 1 0
Harbhajan Singh (India) 2002-2011 5 9 205.2 28 697 14 5/115 5/139 49.78 3.39 88.0 1 0
RGD Willis (Eng) 1974-1982 7 12 226.0 42 725 30 6/101 9/142 24.16 3.20 45.2 1 0
Z Khan (India) 2002-2011 8 14 296.5 81 867 31 5/75 9/134 27.96 2.92 57.4 1 0
BS Bedi (India) 1967-1979 12 18 524.4 133 1333 35 6/226 6/111 38.08 2.54 89.9 1 0
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v India at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 18-22, 2011 [Test # 2004]
England v India at Birmingham, 3rd Test, Aug 10-13, 2011 [Test # 2003]
England v India at Nottingham, 2nd Test, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2011 [Test # 2001]
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