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1 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
AN Hornby 7.0x4 7 0 1 England v Australia Melbourne 2 Jan 1879 Test # 3
G Ulyett 3.0x5 3 0 1 England v Australia Lord's 21 Jul 1890 Test # 33
TW Hayward 2.0x5 2 0 1 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896 Test # 47
AW Nourse 1.0 1 0 1 South Africa v England Durban 21 Jan 1910 Test # 107
FE Woolley 0.1 0 0 1 England v Australia Melbourne 30 Dec 1911 Test # 117
WW Armstrong 3.0 3 0 1 Australia v England Nottingham 28 May 1921 Test # 140
W Barber 0.2 0 0 1 England v South Africa Leeds 13 Jul 1935 Test # 244
CL McCool 0.2 0 0 1 Australia v New Zealand Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
JH Wardle 5.0 5 0 1 England v New Zealand Auckland 25 Mar 1955 Test # 402
RG Nadkarni 6.1 6 0 1 India v England Chennai 10 Jan 1962 Test # 520
RG Pollock 4.0 4 0 1 South Africa v England Lord's 22 Jul 1965 Test # 594
JH du Preez 2.0 2 0 1 South Africa v Australia Port Elizabeth 24 Feb 1967 Test # 617
R Illingworth 2.0 2 0 1 England v India Lord's 22 Jun 1967 Test # 619
BAG Murray 1.0 1 0 1 New Zealand v India Wellington 29 Feb 1968 Test # 632
KR Stackpole 1.2 1 0 1 Australia v India Mumbai (BS) 4 Nov 1969 Test # 664
AI Kallicharran 4.0 4 0 1 West Indies v New Zealand Auckland 29 Feb 1980 Test # 877
IVA Richards 0.2 0 0 1 West Indies v Pakistan Faisalabad 8 Dec 1980 Test # 888
Wasim Raja 1.0 1 0 1 Pakistan v Australia Perth 13 Nov 1981 Test # 909
Wasim Raja 2.3 2 0 1 Pakistan v England Birmingham 29 Jul 1982 Test # 931
HA Gomes 2.0 2 0 1 West Indies v Australia Melbourne 22 Dec 1984 Test # 1005
GRJ Matthews 3.0 3 0 1 Australia v New Zealand Christchurch 28 Feb 1986 Test # 1038
Aamer Malik 2.0 2 0 1 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 15 Sep 1988 Test # 1104
PAJ DeFreitas 2.0 2 0 1 England v New Zealand Nottingham 7 Jun 1990 Test # 1145
Asif Mujtaba 3.0 3 0 1 Pakistan v England Lord's 18 Jun 1992 Test # 1190
WJ Cronje 0.3 0 0 1 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 4 Mar 1994 Test # 1252
G Kirsten 2.0 2 0 1 South Africa v New Zealand Durban 26 Dec 1994 Test # 1280
RT Ponting 1.5 1 0 1 Australia v West Indies Brisbane 22 Nov 1996 Test # 1340
PL Symcox 2.0 2 0 1 South Africa v Pakistan Sheikhupura 17 Oct 1997 Test # 1381
JC Adams 2.0 2 0 1 West Indies v England Port of Spain 13 Feb 1998 Test # 1399
CD McMillan 1.4 1 0 1 New Zealand v India Wellington 26 Dec 1998 Test # 1435
DR Martyn 1.0 1 0 1 Australia v England Perth 29 Nov 2002 Test # 1629
A Flintoff 1.3 1 0 1 England v West Indies Lord's 22 Jul 2004 Test # 1707
FH Edwards 1.2 1 0 1 West Indies v Pakistan Bridgetown 26 May 2005 Test # 1752
KP Pietersen 0.3 0 0 1 England v South Africa Lord's 10 Jul 2008 Test # 1880
Raqibul Hasan 1.0 1 0 1 Bangladesh v India Dhaka 24 Jan 2010 Test # 1950
MEK Hussey 1.0 1 0 1 Australia v Sri Lanka Pallekele 8 Sep 2011 Test # 2007
CS Martin 1.0 1 0 1 New Zealand v Australia Brisbane 1 Dec 2011 Test # 2020
GP Swann 1.0 1 0 1 England v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 3 Feb 2012 Test # 2034
2 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
FE Woolley 2.0 1 1 2 England v Australia Sydney 23 Feb 1912 Test # 120
OG Smith 1.5 1 1 2 West Indies v New Zealand Christchurch 18 Feb 1956 Test # 422
Wasim Raja 3.0 2 1 2 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 5 Mar 1982 Test # 923
RR Sarwan 1.0 0 1 2 West Indies v India Bridgetown 2 May 2002 Test # 1601
DL Vettori 2.4 2 1 2 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Aug 2005 Test # 1759
SK Raina 2.0 1 1 2 India v New Zealand Nagpur 20 Nov 2010 Test # 1978
Wasim Raja 3.3 1 2 2 Pakistan v England Karachi 2 Mar 1984 Test # 978
WKM Benjamin 5.0 4 2 2 West Indies v England Leeds 21 Jul 1988 Test # 1101
CA Walsh 5.5 3 2 2 West Indies v India Nagpur 1 Dec 1994 Test # 1277
A Kumble 4.0 2 2 2 India v Bangladesh Chittagong 17 Dec 2004 Test # 1727
A Kumble 2.0 1 2 2 India v South Africa Johannesburg 15 Dec 2006 Test # 1823
3 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
R Benaud 3.4 3 0 3 Australia v India Delhi 12 Dec 1959 Test # 482
AJ Hall 2.0 1 1 3 South Africa v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 8 Nov 2002 Test # 1624
V Pollard 5.0 2 3 3 New Zealand v England Auckland 11 Mar 1966 Test # 604
Alok Kapali 2.1 1 3 3 Bangladesh v Pakistan Peshawar 27 Aug 2003 Test # 1657
RES Wyatt 13.0 10 4 3 England v South Africa Durban 21 Jan 1928 Test # 170
Nasim-ul-Ghani 7.0 5 4 3 Pakistan v West Indies Dhaka 6 Mar 1959 Test # 471
KF Barrington 3.1 1 4 3 England v South Africa Cape Town 1 Jan 1965 Test # 573
MJ Clarke 1.5 0 5 3 Australia v India Sydney 2 Jan 2008 Test # 1857
EJ Barlow 5.0x8 2 6 3 South Africa v Australia Adelaide 24 Jan 1964 Test # 553
Danish Kaneria 6.0 2 6 3 Pakistan v New Zealand Wellington 3 Dec 2009 Test # 1938
LG Hylton 7.3 3 8 3 West Indies v England Bridgetown 8 Jan 1935 Test # 238
LJ Johnson 5.2x8 2 8 3 Australia v India Melbourne 6 Feb 1948 Test # 295
JC Laker 18.0 14 8 3 England v Australia The Oval 23 Aug 1956 Test # 429
Mudassar Nazar 11.0 5 8 3 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 16 Nov 1984 Test # 998
RK Chauhan 11.0 8 8 3 India v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 8 Feb 1994 Test # 1247
PL Symcox 9.3 5 8 3 South Africa v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997 Test # 1382
CEL Ambrose 11.0 6 8 3 West Indies v Zimbabwe Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 Test # 1490
L Klusener 9.3 5 8 3 South Africa v New Zealand Port Elizabeth 30 Nov 2000 Test # 1519
4 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
AG Cremer 5.2 1 4 4 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Harare 17 Apr 2013 Test # 2086
Pervez Sajjad 12.0 8 5 4 Pakistan v New Zealand Rawalpindi 27 Mar 1965 Test # 585
K Higgs 9.0 7 5 4 England v New Zealand Christchurch 25 Feb 1966 Test # 602
PH Edmonds 8.0 6 6 4 England v Pakistan Lord's 15 Jun 1978 Test # 826
JC White 6.3 2 7 4 England v Australia Brisbane 30 Nov 1928 Test # 176
JH Wardle 5.0 2 7 4 England v Australia Manchester 9 Jul 1953 Test # 374
R Appleyard 6.0 3 7 4 England v New Zealand Auckland 25 Mar 1955 Test # 402
AJL Hill 8.0x5 4 8 4 England v South Africa Cape Town 21 Mar 1896 Test # 49
RJ Hadlee 7.0 4 8 4 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Kandy 9 Mar 1984 Test # 980
SK Warne 15.0 12 8 4 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 12 Mar 1993 Test # 1217
MG Melle 10.0 6 9 4 South Africa v England The Oval 16 Aug 1951 Test # 338
W Voce 8.0x8 1 10 4 England v Australia Sydney 18 Dec 1936 Test # 256
ER Dexter 9.1 3 10 4 England v Pakistan Leeds 5 Jul 1962 Test # 532
GD McGrath 13.0 9 10 4 Australia v West Indies Brisbane 23 Nov 2000 Test # 1516
TM Dilshan 4.2 1 10 4 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Chittagong 3 Jan 2009 Test # 1905
Harbhajan Singh 7.2 2 10 4 India v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2010 Test # 1987
5 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
ERH Toshack 2.3x8 1 2 5 Australia v India Brisbane 28 Nov 1947 Test # 290
H Ironmonger 7.2 5 6 5 Australia v South Africa Melbourne 12 Feb 1932 Test # 216
VD Philander 6.0 3 7 5 South Africa v New Zealand Cape Town 2 Jan 2013 Test # 2069
TBA May 6.5 3 9 5 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 23 Jan 1993 Test # 1210
IT Botham 14.0 9 11 5 England v Australia Birmingham 30 Jul 1981 Test # 906
JE Taylor 9.0 4 11 5 West Indies v England Kingston 4 Feb 2009 Test # 1906
M Muralitharan 9.4 4 13 5 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC) 6 Sep 2001 Test # 1561
Harbhajan Singh 4.3 0 13 5 India v West Indies Kingston 30 Jun 2006 Test # 1808
GOB Allen 13.0 7 14 5 England v New Zealand The Oval 29 Jul 1931 Test # 210
TW Wall 15.1 7 14 5 Australia v South Africa Brisbane 27 Nov 1931 Test # 212
WJ O'Reilly 12.0 5 14 5 Australia v New Zealand Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
AR Caddick 11.2 5 14 5 England v West Indies Leeds 17 Aug 2000 Test # 1508
DK Lillee 15.0 8 15 5 Australia v England Birmingham 10 Jul 1975 Test # 760
DR Parry 10.4 4 15 5 West Indies v Australia Port of Spain 15 Apr 1978 Test # 823
ESH Giddins 7.0 2 15 5 England v Zimbabwe Lord's 18 May 2000 Test # 1495
M Muralitharan 7.3 3 15 5 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC) 25 Jun 2007 Test # 1837
VD Philander 7.0 3 15 5 South Africa v Australia Cape Town 9 Nov 2011 Test # 2016
6 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
JJC Lawson 6.5 4 3 6 West Indies v Bangladesh Dhaka 8 Dec 2002 Test # 1630
AER Gilligan 6.3 4 7 6 England v South Africa Birmingham 14 Jun 1924 Test # 153
DW Steyn 8.1 6 8 6 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 1 Feb 2013 Test # 2072
MJ Clarke 6.2 0 9 6 Australia v India Mumbai 3 Nov 2004 Test # 1720
S Haigh 11.4x5 6 11 6 England v South Africa Cape Town 1 Apr 1899 Test # 59
Shoaib Akhtar 8.2 4 11 6 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 1 May 2002 Test # 1600
DL Underwood 11.6x8 7 12 6 England v New Zealand Christchurch 25 Feb 1971 Test # 681
SLV Raju 17.5 13 12 6 India v Sri Lanka Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1156
HJ Tayfield 14.0x8 7 13 6 South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 29 Jan 1954 Test # 381
CTB Turner 18.0x4 11 15 6 Australia v England Sydney 28 Jan 1887 Test # 25
MHN Walker 16.0x8 8 15 6 Australia v Pakistan Sydney 6 Jan 1973 Test # 707
7 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
SJ Harmison 12.3 8 12 7 England v West Indies Kingston 11 Mar 2004 Test # 1687
J Briggs 19.1x4 11 17 7 England v South Africa Cape Town 25 Mar 1889 Test # 32
MA Noble 7.4 2 17 7 Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1902 Test # 66
W Rhodes 11.0 3 17 7 England v Australia Birmingham 29 May 1902 Test # 70
MD Marshall 15.4 5 22 7 West Indies v England Manchester 30 Jun 1988 Test # 1100
H Ironmonger 20.0 7 23 7 Australia v West Indies Melbourne 13 Feb 1931 Test # 205
HJ Tayfield 8.4x8 1 23 7 South Africa v Australia Durban 20 Jan 1950 Test # 320
RJ Hadlee 8.3x8 0 23 7 New Zealand v India Wellington 13 Feb 1976 Test # 772
SK Warne 16.1 9 23 7 Australia v Pakistan Brisbane 9 Nov 1995 Test # 1311
GR Hazlitt 21.4 8 25 7 Australia v England The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
CEL Ambrose 18.0 9 25 7 West Indies v Australia Perth 30 Jan 1993 Test # 1212
8 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
GA Lohmann 9.4x5 5 7 8 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896 Test # 47
J Briggs 14.2x4 5 11 8 England v South Africa Cape Town 25 Mar 1889 Test # 32
GD McGrath 16.0 8 24 8 Australia v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004 Test # 1726
SF Barnes 16.4 4 29 8 England v South Africa The Oval 12 Aug 1912 Test # 128
CEH Croft 18.5 7 29 8 West Indies v Pakistan Port of Spain 4 Mar 1977 Test # 799
FJ Laver 18.2 7 31 8 Australia v England Manchester 26 Jul 1909 Test # 104
FS Trueman 8.4 2 31 8 England v India Manchester 17 Jul 1952 Test # 353
IT Botham 20.5 8 34 8 England v Pakistan Lord's 15 Jun 1978 Test # 826
GA Lohmann 27.1x4 12 35 8 England v Australia Sydney 25 Feb 1887 Test # 26
LR Gibbs 53.3 37 38 8 West Indies v India Bridgetown 23 Mar 1962 Test # 527
GD McGrath 20.3 8 38 8 Australia v England Lord's 19 Jun 1997 Test # 1370
9 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
GA Lohmann 14.2x5 6 28 9 England v South Africa Johannesburg 2 Mar 1896 Test # 48
JC Laker 16.4 4 37 9 England v Australia Manchester 26 Jul 1956 Test # 428
M Muralitharan 40.0 19 51 9 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Kandy 4 Jan 2002 Test # 1583
RJ Hadlee 23.4 4 52 9 New Zealand v Australia Brisbane 8 Nov 1985 Test # 1029
Abdul Qadir 37.0 13 56 9 Pakistan v England Lahore 25 Nov 1987 Test # 1081
DE Malcolm 16.3 2 57 9 England v South Africa The Oval 18 Aug 1994 Test # 1266
M Muralitharan 54.2 27 65 9 Sri Lanka v England The Oval 27 Aug 1998 Test # 1423
JM Patel 35.5 16 69 9 India v Australia Kanpur 19 Dec 1959 Test # 483
10 wicket analyses
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
JC Laker 51.2 23 53 10 England v Australia Manchester 26 Jul 1956 Test # 428
A Kumble 26.3 9 74 10 India v Pakistan Delhi 4 Feb 1999 Test # 1443

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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Only two batsmen have been dismissed by one bowler five times in a row in one-day internationals. Gary Kirsten fell to Dominic Cork in five successive innings in January 1999, while Zimbabwean legspinner Graeme Cremer dismissed Collins Obuya of Kenya five times in a row early in 2009.

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