Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket in Test+ODI+T20I matches

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2011	42	52	5298	883.0	163	2641	120	8/46	22.00	2.99	44.15	2	9	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1995-2007	53	76	6970	1161.4	320	3058	146	6/17	20.94	2.63	47.73	7	9	2
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	39	50	4261	710.1	115	2444	103	7/71	23.72	3.44	41.36	3	6	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1954-1963	18	33	4584	764.0	176	2018	86	7/44	23.46	2.64	53.30	4	6	2
Imran Khan (PAK)	1977-1991	67	74	5657	942.5	144	3254	134	7/80	24.28	3.45	42.21	6	6	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1960-1961	4	8	1391	173.7	25	612	33	6/53	18.54	2.63	42.15	-	5	1
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2016-2021	7	14	2382	397.0	79	1172	46	7/94	25.47	2.95	51.78	1	5	1
AR Caddick (ENG)	1994-2000	18	27	2947	491.1	117	1511	56	6/65	26.98	3.07	52.62	1	5	-
M Ntini (SA)	2001-2008	36	47	4138	689.4	136	2486	92	7/37	27.02	3.60	44.97	2	5	1
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	32	43	4520	753.2	177	2185	85	8/53	25.70	2.90	53.17	3	5	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2011	45	54	4680	780.0	143	2469	91	7/48	27.13	3.16	51.42	2	5	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2004-2020	47	66	5584	930.4	223	2978	124	7/42	24.01	3.19	45.03	4	5	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-2008	54	69	5867	977.5	232	2762	117	6/35	23.60	2.82	50.14	6	5	-
A Kumble (IND)	1991-2007	43	53	6031	1005.1	188	3177	115	6/12	27.62	3.16	52.44	4	5	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	81	96	6854	1142.2	162	3921	168	6/61	23.33	3.43	40.79	9	5	1
PP Ojha (IND)	2009-2013	6	11	1480	246.4	55	657	32	6/47	20.53	2.66	46.25	1	4	1
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2024	27	34	2030	338.2	64	1354	75	5/20	18.05	4.00	27.06	3	4	-
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-2008	29	36	3014	502.2	109	1400	81	7/71	17.28	2.78	37.20	4	4	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1979-1987	22	29	3040	506.4	116	1431	62	6/50	23.08	2.82	49.03	3	4	1
JA Snow (ENG)	1966-1976	14	27	3594	599.0	112	1917	72	7/49	26.62	3.20	49.91	6	4	1
SP Gupte (IND)	1953-1959	10	17	3852	642.0	158	1716	49	9/102	35.02	2.67	78.61	3	4	1
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2006-2022	48	56	3988	664.4	102	2196	92	6/33	23.86	3.30	43.34	4	4	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2002	56	67	4258	709.4	77	2901	115	5/46	25.22	4.08	37.02	8	4	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1966-1979	15	24	4293	715.3	155	2179	65	7/157	33.52	3.04	66.04	4	4	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2005	46	60	5582	930.2	188	2992	115	7/52	26.01	3.21	48.53	5	4	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	67	83	6692	1115.2	213	3458	132	9/83	26.19	3.10	50.69	6	4	1
SE Bond (NZ)	2002-2007	16	17	1344	224.0	41	847	37	5/69	22.89	3.78	36.32	-	3	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2007-2009	9	13	1606	267.4	55	757	29	6/129	26.10	2.82	55.37	1	3	1
Taijul Islam (BAN)	2014-2022	8	15	1969	328.1	71	896	38	6/33	23.57	2.73	51.81	2	3	-
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2013-2024	25	32	2058	343.0	96	1108	64	5/35	17.31	3.23	32.15	3	3	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1951-1955	10	20	2157	-	53	1039	40	6/107	25.97	2.89	53.92	-	3	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2007-2015	26	33	2430	405.0	65	1494	75	6/34	19.92	3.68	32.40	4	3	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1973-1980	12	19	2520	-	102	1036	43	6/114	24.09	2.46	58.60	3	3	-
DR Pringle (ENG)	1984-1992	22	29	2548	424.4	93	1340	39	5/95	34.35	3.15	65.33	-	3	-
I Sharma (IND)	2009-2019	21	32	2575	429.1	85	1454	54	6/55	26.92	3.38	47.68	1	3	1
AW Greig (ENG)	1973-1976	17	24	2635	439.1	74	1421	39	8/86	36.43	3.23	67.56	-	3	1
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)	2018-2022	28	34	2697	449.3	69	1542	69	7/58	22.34	3.43	39.08	6	3	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1958-1959	8	14	2783	463.5	152	1097	41	6/34	26.75	2.36	67.87	2	3	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2005	22	33	3185	530.5	143	1391	63	6/40	22.07	2.62	50.55	1	3	-
MG Hughes (AUS)	1988-1993	22	33	3251	541.5	106	1796	67	8/87	26.80	3.31	48.52	6	3	1
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2004-2009	27	39	3506	584.2	100	2050	69	7/12	29.71	3.50	50.81	2	3	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1983	28	40	3524	-	64	2404	82	6/50	29.31	4.09	42.97	5	3	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1973-1983	29	40	3676	-	84	2186	79	7/83	27.67	3.56	46.53	4	3	1
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2012	42	54	4121	686.5	133	2667	119	5/30	22.41	3.88	34.63	6	3	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2020	43	58	4678	779.4	161	2716	105	7/72	25.86	3.48	44.55	4	3	2
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1992	45	52	4947	824.3	150	3084	92	8/103	33.52	3.74	53.77	3	3	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2011	66	85	5089	848.1	194	2566	94	6/67	27.29	3.02	54.13	2	3	-
CS Marriott (ENG)	1933-1933	1	2	247	41.1	8	96	11	6/59	8.72	2.33	22.45	-	2	1
GTS Stevens (ENG)	1930-1930	2	4	412	68.4	9	241	11	5/90	21.90	3.50	37.45	-	2	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2016-2019	11	13	595	99.1	19	362	29	6/27	12.48	3.65	20.51	1	2	-
RTM Mendis (SL)	2021-2021	2	4	644	107.2	20	275	18	6/70	15.27	2.56	35.77	1	2	1
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2019	13	12	664	110.4	5	508	34	7/45	14.94	4.59	19.52	2	2	-
C White (ENG)	1995-2000	9	11	693	115.3	15	370	17	5/32	21.76	3.20	40.76	-	2	-
RC Motz (NZ)	1969-1969	3	5	712	89.0	11	381	17	6/69	22.41	3.21	41.88	-	2	-
AP Freeman (ENG)	1928-1928	3	6	840	140.0	50	302	22	5/39	13.72	2.15	38.18	2	2	1
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1975-1976	7	11	918	-	19	502	27	5/34	18.59	3.28	34.00	1	2	-
DK Morrison (NZ)	1992-1996	9	11	1020	170.0	29	615	20	6/69	30.75	3.61	51.00	-	2	-
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2023	18	21	1036	172.4	35	731	37	6/50	19.75	4.23	28.00	-	2	-
CL Cairns (NZ)	1996-2006	18	19	1044	174.0	36	581	32	7/27	18.15	3.33	32.62	-	2	1
CR Miller (AUS)	1999-2001	4	8	1088	181.2	52	431	23	5/32	18.73	2.37	47.30	1	2	1
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2021-2021	4	7	1183	197.1	62	456	17	5/35	26.82	2.31	69.58	-	2	-
WE Hollies (ENG)	1935-1950	5	8	1272	212.0	62	485	20	7/50	24.25	2.28	63.60	-	2	-
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1992	12	15	1280	213.2	15	828	30	8/61	27.60	3.88	42.66	1	2	1
AF Giles (ENG)	2004-2004	9	12	1363	227.1	44	689	24	5/57	28.70	3.03	56.79	2	2	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1930-1931	5	10	1436	239.2	61	593	33	7/87	17.96	2.47	43.51	3	2	1
BR Taylor (NZ)	1969-1972	7	13	1533	-	43	746	32	7/74	23.31	2.91	47.90	1	2	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1991-1994	13	16	1553	258.5	37	824	32	5/60	25.75	3.18	48.53	2	2	-
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2008-2014	21	23	1562	260.2	48	842	42	6/42	20.04	3.23	37.19	-	2	1
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1959	8	13	1705	284.1	82	721	30	6/67	24.03	2.53	56.83	1	2	-
DG Phadkar (IND)	1948-1959	9	12	1776	296.0	70	814	23	7/159	35.39	2.75	77.21	1	2	-
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1982	10	16	1854	309.0	81	862	38	7/98	22.68	2.78	48.78	3	2	1
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1993	92	42	1858	309.4	50	1029	39	7/46	26.38	3.32	47.64	1	2	1
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2002-2007	8	14	1988	331.2	73	1051	29	5/46	36.24	3.17	68.55	-	2	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1968-1969	5	10	2006	250.6	57	844	26	5/61	32.46	2.52	77.15	1	2	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1957	11	18	2078	346.2	100	857	29	7/34	29.55	2.47	71.65	1	2	1
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2009	27	29	2130	355.0	68	1169	47	5/19	24.87	3.29	45.31	-	2	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	19	25	2193	365.3	85	1170	46	5/57	25.43	3.20	47.67	-	2	-
RW Price (ZIM)	2001-2013	20	23	2238	373.0	66	1186	32	6/73	37.06	3.17	69.93	2	2	1
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1951-1955	10	20	2288	-	44	1121	41	6/95	27.34	2.93	55.80	3	2	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2015	29	36	2440	406.4	50	1700	61	5/29	27.86	4.18	40.00	1	2	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2002	23	28	2455	409.1	89	1097	52	5/54	21.09	2.68	47.21	3	2	-
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	21	26	2693	448.5	76	1355	31	5/104	43.70	3.01	86.87	1	2	-
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	26	34	2697	449.3	86	1463	64	5/49	22.85	3.25	42.14	4	2	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	23	29	2750	458.2	81	1754	48	5/42	36.54	3.82	57.29	2	2	-
NM Lyon (AUS)	2012-2024	14	24	2903	483.5	124	1319	58	6/128	22.74	2.72	50.05	2	2	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2022	27	38	3045	507.3	97	1751	84	7/34	20.84	3.45	36.25	5	2	1
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	26	35	3080	513.2	109	1773	71	6/32	24.97	3.45	43.38	1	2	1
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1965-1969	10	20	3185	-	83	1435	47	8/71	30.53	2.70	67.76	2	2	1
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1989-2000	43	50	3273	545.3	62	2007	62	5/35	32.37	3.67	52.79	1	2	1
GAR Lock (ENG)	1954-1968	13	24	3432	572.0	182	1323	39	6/20	33.92	2.31	88.00	-	2	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2015	37	41	3672	612.0	135	1761	72	6/56	24.45	2.87	51.00	4	2	-
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1999-2008	16	30	3730	621.4	134	2045	60	7/104	34.08	3.28	62.16	1	2	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1995	34	39	3878	646.2	149	1930	55	5/78	35.09	2.98	70.50	1	2	-
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	38	46	3957	659.3	100	2247	63	8/112	35.66	3.40	62.80	-	2	1
D Wiese (SA)	2015-2016	4	4	86	14.2	-	105	10	5/23	10.50	7.32	8.60	-	1	-
Karim Janat (AFG)	2017-2019	5	5	96	16.0	-	116	8	5/11	14.50	7.25	12.00	-	1	-
MF Maharoof (SL)	2005-2006	3	3	168	28.0	10	58	9	6/14	6.44	2.07	18.66	-	1	-
James Langridge (ENG)	1933-1933	2	3	198	33.0	6	102	7	7/56	14.57	3.09	28.28	-	1	-
MJ McClenaghan (ICC/NZ)	2013-2018	6	6	199	33.1	1	219	9	5/58	24.33	6.60	22.11	-	1	-
N Chopra (IND)	1999-1999	6	5	242	40.2	7	130	12	5/21	10.83	3.22	20.16	-	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:

Bahrain v Cambodia at Al Amerat, ACC Men's Premier Cup 16th match, Apr 16, 2024 [T20I # 2570]

Qatar v Saudi Arabia at Al Amerat, ACC Men's Premier Cup 15th match, Apr 16, 2024 [T20I # 2569]

Bahrain v Kuwait at Al Amerat, ACC Men's Premier Cup 14th match, Apr 15, 2024 [T20I # 2568]