Most Instances of 5 Test Wickets in an Innings


Rank Name Mat 5i
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 130 66
2 SK Warne (Aus) 145 37
3 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 86 36
4 A Kumble (Ind) 132 35
5 GD McGrath (Aus) 124 29
6 IT Botham (Eng) 102 27
7 Wasim Akram (Pak) 104 25
8 SF Barnes (Eng) 27 24
9 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 78 23
= Imran Khan (Pak) 88 23
= N Kapil Dev (Ind) 131 23
= DK Lillee (Aus) 70 23
13 CA Walsh (WI) 132 22
= CEL Ambrose (WI) 98 22
= MD Marshall (WI) 81 22
= Waqar Younis (Pak) 87 22
17 CV Grimmett (Aus) 37 21
18 AA Donald (SAf) 72 20
19 M Ntini (SAf) 99 18
= LR Gibbs (WI) 79 18
= DL Vettori (NZ) 94 18
22 FS Trueman (Eng) 67 17
= DL Underwood (Eng) 86 17
24 BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) 58 16
= R Benaud (Aus) 63 16
= RGD Willis (Eng) 90 16
= SM Pollock (SAf) 108 16
= GD McKenzie (Aus) 60 16
29 Abdul Qadir (Pak) 67 15
= AV Bedser (Eng) 51 15
31 CJ McDermott (Aus) 71 14
= BS Bedi (Ind) 67 14
= AK Davidson (Aus) 44 14
= HJ Tayfield (SAf) 37 14
= TM Alderman (Aus) 41 14
36 Danish Kaneria (Pak) 54 13
= ARC Fraser (Eng) 46 13
= MA Holding (WI) 60 13
= Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 34 13
= Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 49 13
= CL Cairns (NZ) 62 13
= AR Caddick (Eng) 62 13

 

Most Instances of 10 Test Wickets in a Match


Rank Name Mat 10m
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 130 22
2 SK Warne (Aus) 145 10
3 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 86 9
4 A Kumble (Ind) 132 8
5 CV Grimmett (Aus) 37 7
= DK Lillee (Aus) 70 7
= SF Barnes (Eng) 27 7
8 DL Underwood (Eng) 86 6
= Imran Khan (Pak) 88 6
10 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 78 5
= Abdul Qadir (Pak) 67 5
= Wasim Akram (Pak) 104 5
= GA Lohmann (Eng) 18 5
= Waqar Younis (Pak) 87 5
= AV Bedser (Eng) 51 5
16 MD Marshall (WI) 81 4
= Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 34 4
= J Briggs (Eng) 33 4
= T Richardson (Eng) 14 4
= IT Botham (Eng) 102 4
= C Blythe (Eng) 19 4

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