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Most five-wickets-in-an-innings
Player Span Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
SF Barnes (Eng) 1912-1914 7 14 2124 818 83 9/103 17/159 9.85 2.31 25.5 12 6
AA Donald (SA) 1994-2000 17 30 3912 1982 86 6/53 11/127 23.04 3.03 45.4 9 1
HJ Tayfield (SA) 1955-1960 15 24 5286 1658 75 9/113 13/192 22.10 1.88 70.4 7 1
C Blythe (Eng) 1906-1910 10 19 2461 986 59 8/59 15/99 16.71 2.40 41.7 6 3
AEE Vogler (SA) 1906-1910 13 25 2536 1279 60 7/94 12/181 21.31 3.02 42.2 5 1
EP Nupen (SA) 1922-1931 14 26 3789 1545 47 6/46 11/150 32.87 2.44 80.6 5 1
GA Lohmann (Eng) 1896-1896 3 6 520 203 35 9/28 15/45 5.80 2.34 14.8 4 2
PM Pollock (SA) 1964-1965 8 13 2001 811 32 5/34 10/87 25.34 2.43 62.5 4 1
GA Faulkner (SA) 1906-1924 17 30 3086 1472 68 7/84 9/75 21.64 2.86 45.3 4 0
JB Statham (Eng) 1951-1965 16 32 3931 1426 69 7/39 11/97 20.66 2.17 56.9 4 1
AMB Rowan (SA) 1947-1951 15 25 5193 2084 54 5/68 8/232 38.59 2.40 96.1 4 0
AP Freeman (Eng) 1927-1929 7 12 1924 946 36 7/71 12/171 26.27 2.95 53.4 3 2
ARC Fraser (Eng) 1994-1998 10 15 2132 924 35 5/42 10/122 26.40 2.60 60.9 3 1
DG Cork (Eng) 1995-1998 10 15 2184 1058 37 6/119 9/162 28.59 2.90 59.0 3 0
AE Hall (SA) 1923-1931 7 14 2361 886 40 7/63 11/112 22.15 2.25 59.0 3 1
JH Wardle (Eng) 1951-1957 9 18 2687 803 46 7/36 12/89 17.45 1.79 58.4 3 1
JM Blanckenberg (SA) 1913-1924 15 21 3248 1452 48 6/76 9/135 30.25 2.68 67.6 3 0
AV Bedser (Eng) 1947-1955 13 26 4221 1457 54 7/58 12/112 26.98 2.07 78.1 3 1
M Ntini (SA) 1998-2009 18 34 4253 2405 70 5/75 10/220 34.35 3.39 60.7 3 1
CL Vincent (SA) 1927-1935 18 30 4531 1967 72 6/51 8/149 27.31 2.60 62.9 3 0
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2005 23 42 5719 2160 91 6/39 8/80 23.73 2.26 62.8 3 0
TL Goddard (SA) 1955-1965 20 35 5807 1622 63 5/31 7/93 25.74 1.67 92.1 3 0
JJ Ferris (Eng) 1892-1892 1 2 272 91 13 7/37 13/91 7.00 2.00 20.9 2 1
J Briggs (Eng) 1889-1889 2 4 391 101 21 8/11 15/28 4.80 1.54 18.6 2 1
GHT Simpson-Hayward (Eng) 1910-1910 5 10 898 420 23 6/43 8/102 18.26 2.80 39.0 2 0
J Middleton (SA) 1896-1899 4 7 908 371 23 5/51 9/130 16.13 2.45 39.4 2 0
GF Bissett (SA) 1927-1928 4 8 989 469 25 7/29 9/90 18.76 2.84 39.5 2 0
FH Tyson (Eng) 1955-1957 4 7 1010 358 22 6/28 8/78 16.27 2.12 45.9 2 0
G Geary (Eng) 1924-1929 5 7 1182 390 19 7/70 12/130 20.52 1.97 62.2 2 1
MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2004-2005 5 10 1203 663 26 7/61 12/205 25.50 3.30 46.2 2 1
WS Lees (Eng) 1906-1906 5 9 1256 467 26 6/78 9/163 17.96 2.23 48.3 2 0
AER Gilligan (Eng) 1922-1924 6 11 1317 527 26 6/7 11/90 20.26 2.40 50.6 2 1
GWA Chubb (SA) 1951-1951 5 8 1425 577 21 6/51 6/123 27.47 2.42 67.8 2 0
R Tattersall (Eng) 1951-1951 5 10 1568 439 21 7/52 12/101 20.90 1.67 74.6 2 1
AS Kennedy (Eng) 1922-1923 5 9 1683 599 31 5/76 8/169 19.32 2.13 54.2 2 0
N Gordon (SA) 1938-1939 5 8 1966 807 20 5/103 7/162 40.35 2.46 98.3 2 0
GP Swann (Eng) 2009-2012 6 10 2002 967 25 5/54 9/164 38.68 2.89 80.0 2 0
L Tuckett (SA) 1947-1949 9 17 2104 980 19 5/68 6/195 51.57 2.79 110.7 2 0
JC Laker (Eng) 1951-1957 8 16 2191 616 32 6/55 10/119 19.25 1.68 68.4 2 1
CN McCarthy (SA) 1948-1951 10 17 2347 974 31 6/43 7/164 31.41 2.48 75.7 2 0
DW Steyn (SA) 2004-2012 11 20 2590 1501 46 5/51 7/115 32.63 3.47 56.3 2 0
PS Heine (SA) 1955-1957 9 18 2679 1011 39 5/60 8/157 25.92 2.26 68.6 2 0
DVP Wright (Eng) 1938-1949 10 20 2860 1326 37 5/80 10/175 35.83 2.78 77.2 2 1
D Gough (Eng) 1994-2003 16 22 3026 1656 43 6/42 9/100 38.51 3.28 70.3 2 0
NAT Adcock (SA) 1955-1960 14 25 3488 1152 57 6/65 8/119 20.21 1.98 61.1 2 0
JM Anderson (Eng) 2003-2012 17 30 4078 2170 57 5/63 8/161 38.07 3.19 71.5 2 0
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v South Africa at Lord's, 3rd Test, Aug 16-20, 2012 [Test # 2053]
England v South Africa at Leeds, 2nd Test, Aug 2-6, 2012 [Test # 2051]
England v South Africa at The Oval, 1st Test, Jul 19-23, 2012 [Test # 2049]
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