Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GD McGrath (AUS)	2001-2007	17	34	4199	699.5	196	1864	91	7/76	20.48	2.66	46.14	4	7	0
SK Warne (AUS)	2001-2007	18	36	4924	820.4	150	2422	108	7/165	22.42	2.95	45.59	10	7	3
M Muralidaran (SL)	2001-2007	14	26	5564	927.2	292	1854	91	8/70	20.37	1.99	61.14	7	6	3
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2008	11	21	3124	520.4	97	1393	41	5/51	33.97	2.67	76.19	1	3	0
M Ntini (SA)	2003-2009	16	30	3767	627.5	123	2195	64	5/75	34.29	3.49	58.85	3	3	1
A Kumble (IND)	2001-2007	12	23	4106	684.2	159	1895	63	7/115	30.07	2.76	65.17	3	3	1
CA Walsh (WI)	2000-2000	5	9	1322	220.2	92	436	34	6/74	12.82	1.97	38.88	4	2	1
FH Edwards (WI)	2004-2009	15	27	2455	409.1	39	1672	38	6/92	44.00	4.08	64.60	1	2	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2002-2008	11	18	2552	425.2	73	1191	28	5/66	42.53	2.80	91.14	1	2	0
CK Langeveldt (SA)	2005-2005	1	2	198	33.0	7	96	5	5/46	19.20	2.90	39.60	0	1	0
AA Donald (SA)	2000-2000	1	2	220	36.4	15	82	6	5/47	13.66	2.23	36.66	0	1	0
DJG Sammy (WI)	2007-2007	1	2	231	38.3	9	98	8	7/66	12.25	2.54	28.87	0	1	0
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2008	2	3	379	63.1	15	198	5	5/55	39.60	3.13	75.80	0	1	0
RP Singh (IND)	2007-2007	3	6	555	92.3	20	347	12	5/59	28.91	3.75	46.25	0	1	0
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2002-2004	3	6	607	101.1	23	362	12	6/54	30.16	3.57	50.58	0	1	0
A Nel (SA)	2005-2008	3	6	614	102.2	27	308	10	6/81	30.80	3.00	61.40	0	1	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	2002-2004	4	7	699	116.3	19	445	15	5/79	29.66	3.81	46.60	1	1	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2001-2005	4	7	826	137.4	22	482	18	5/71	26.77	3.50	45.88	0	1	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2003	4	5	936	156.0	47	345	16	6/87	21.56	2.21	58.50	1	1	0
Umar Gul (PAK)	2006-2006	4	7	950	158.2	21	614	18	5/123	34.11	3.87	52.77	1	1	0
PM Siddle (AUS)	2009-2009	5	9	970	161.4	24	616	20	5/21	30.80	3.81	48.50	1	1	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2009	5	9	973	162.1	15	651	20	5/69	32.55	4.01	48.65	0	1	0
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2002-2003	2	4	1014	169.0	36	486	12	5/152	40.50	2.87	84.50	0	1	0
PL Harris (SA)	2008-2009	6	9	1327	221.1	51	658	16	5/123	41.12	2.97	82.93	0	1	0
JE Taylor (WI)	2007-2009	9	15	1364	227.2	37	850	17	5/11	50.00	3.73	80.23	0	1	0
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2007	8	13	1417	236.1	44	831	22	6/55	37.77	3.51	64.40	1	1	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2001	4	8	1684	280.4	79	585	24	8/164	24.37	2.08	70.16	1	1	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	20	26	1719	286.3	53	817	21	5/34	38.90	2.85	81.85	0	1	0
Z Khan (IND)	2002-2008	9	17	2132	355.2	92	1017	37	5/75	27.48	2.86	57.62	2	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2009	16	26	2189	364.5	75	1132	31	6/54	36.51	3.10	70.61	0	1	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2001-2005	13	26	2537	422.5	101	1444	42	5/53	34.38	3.41	60.40	2	1	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2005	11	21	2761	460.1	163	1054	43	6/39	24.51	2.29	64.20	2	1	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2001-2007	15	28	3386	564.2	118	1537	49	6/73	31.36	2.72	69.10	3	1	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2001-2008	13	1	6	1.0	0	5	0	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
MH Richardson (NZ)	2002-2004	6	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
DS Smith (WI)	2004-2009	15	1	6	1.0	0	3	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2008	8	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
J Mubarak (SL)	2006-2007	3	1	6	1.0	0	8	0	-	0.00	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2009	10	1	6	1.0	0	5	0	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
RS Morton (WI)	2007-2007	4	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
JM How (NZ)	2008-2008	6	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2001-2007	15	1	12	2.0	1	4	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	2002-2003	6	2	12	2.0	1	1	0	-	0.00	0.50	0.00	0	0	0
SC Joseph (WI)	2004-2007	3	1	12	2.0	0	8	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2006-2006	3	2	12	2.0	0	8	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2006-2006	1	1	12	2.0	0	8	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Redmond (NZ)	2008-2008	3	1	12	2.0	1	4	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	2000-2003	4	3	18	3.0	0	10	0	-	0.00	3.33	0.00	0	0	0
Salman Butt (PAK)	2005-2006	5	1	24	4.0	0	18	0	-	0.00	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2006-2006	1	1	24	4.0	1	13	0	-	0.00	3.25	0.00	0	0	0
M Zondeki (SA)	2003-2003	1	2	29	4.5	0	25	0	-	0.00	5.17	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2001-2002	6	2	30	5.0	1	9	0	-	0.00	1.80	0.00	0	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2006	7	1	30	5.0	0	27	0	-	0.00	5.40	0.00	0	0	0
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2002-2002	3	1	30	5.0	0	11	0	-	0.00	2.20	0.00	0	0	0
PC Strydom (SA)	2000-2000	1	1	36	6.0	0	27	0	-	0.00	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2001-2006	17	3	36	6.0	2	23	1	1/0	23.00	3.83	36.00	0	0	0
Rajin Saleh (BAN)	2003-2005	3	4	42	7.0	1	27	0	-	0.00	3.85	0.00	0	0	0
Alok Kapali (BAN)	2003-2003	2	2	42	7.0	1	16	0	-	0.00	2.28	0.00	0	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	2000-2000	2	2	48	8.0	5	20	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
KEA Upashantha (SL)	2002-2002	1	1	48	8.0	0	65	1	1/65	65.00	8.12	48.00	0	0	0
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2005	10	2	48	8.0	2	29	1	1/1	29.00	3.62	48.00	0	0	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2003-2006	5	3	48	8.0	3	20	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
RL Powell (WI)	2004-2004	1	1	48	8.0	0	36	0	-	0.00	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2009-2009	3	2	48	8.0	0	49	0	-	0.00	6.12	0.00	0	0	0
Z de Bruyn (SA)	2004-2004	1	1	54	9.0	1	31	0	-	0.00	3.44	0.00	0	0	0
MN Samuels (WI)	2007-2007	1	2	54	9.0	0	47	0	-	0.00	5.22	0.00	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2001-2009	25	3	60	10.0	2	17	1	1/9	17.00	1.70	60.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2000-2009	19	1	66	11.0	1	43	0	-	0.00	3.90	0.00	0	0	0
Shahadat Hossain (BAN)	2005-2005	1	1	72	12.0	0	101	0	-	0.00	8.41	0.00	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2001-2007	9	4	78	13.0	2	59	0	-	0.00	4.53	0.00	0	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	2001-2001	5	5	78	13.0	1	69	1	1/40	69.00	5.30	78.00	0	0	0
PP Chawla (IND)	2006-2006	1	2	85	14.1	3	53	1	1/8	53.00	3.74	85.00	0	0	0
Tapash Baisya (BAN)	2005-2005	1	1	90	15.0	2	80	0	-	0.00	5.33	0.00	0	0	0
LPC Silva (SL)	2007-2007	3	2	90	15.0	2	60	1	1/57	60.00	4.00	90.00	0	0	0
Qaiser Abbas (PAK)	2000-2000	1	1	96	16.0	3	35	0	-	0.00	2.18	0.00	0	0	0
Aftab Ahmed (BAN)	2005-2005	2	2	96	16.0	1	101	1	1/56	101.00	6.31	96.00	0	0	0
TJ Friend (ZIM)	2003-2003	2	2	102	17.0	2	75	1	1/49	75.00	4.41	102.00	0	0	0
M Hayward (SA)	2000-2000	1	1	103	17.1	3	61	3	3/61	20.33	3.55	34.33	0	0	0
IR Siddiqui (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	114	19.0	5	48	1	1/32	48.00	2.52	114.00	0	0	0
CM Willoughby (SA)	2003-2003	1	1	120	20.0	7	46	0	-	0.00	2.30	0.00	0	0	0
Sarandeep Singh (IND)	2001-2001	1	1	126	21.0	5	54	3	3/54	18.00	2.57	42.00	0	0	0
KADM Fernando (SL)	2003-2003	2	4	126	21.0	2	107	1	1/29	107.00	5.09	126.00	0	0	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2001-2009	11	5	132	22.0	3	77	1	1/36	77.00	3.50	132.00	0	0	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	2002-2004	5	6	132	22.0	2	107	0	-	0.00	4.86	0.00	0	0	0
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	2007-2007	1	2	132	22.0	2	76	4	2/17	19.00	3.45	33.00	0	0	0
DR Smith (WI)	2004-2004	2	2	138	23.0	4	80	1	1/30	80.00	3.47	138.00	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2006-2008	4	3	144	24.0	4	65	2	1/12	32.50	2.70	72.00	0	0	0
GD Elliott (NZ)	2008-2008	1	2	144	24.0	3	85	1	1/27	85.00	3.54	144.00	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2003	9	6	150	25.0	8	43	2	1/2	21.50	1.72	75.00	0	0	0
SM Ervine (ZIM)	2003-2003	2	2	150	25.0	5	112	2	2/95	56.00	4.48	75.00	0	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	1	162	27.0	4	86	0	-	0.00	3.18	0.00	0	0	0
D Hettiarachchi (SL)	2001-2001	1	2	162	27.0	7	41	2	2/36	20.50	1.51	81.00	0	0	0
LMP Simmons (WI)	2009-2009	3	4	180	30.0	1	139	1	1/60	139.00	4.63	180.00	0	0	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2006-2007	3	5	186	31.0	8	79	2	2/8	39.50	2.54	93.00	0	0	0
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	1	2	190	31.4	5	105	6	3/44	17.50	3.31	31.66	0	0	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2008	11	10	192	32.0	2	117	1	1/32	117.00	3.65	192.00	0	0	0
D Mohammed (WI)	2004-2004	1	2	192	32.0	2	102	0	-	0.00	3.18	0.00	0	0	0
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2005-2005	1	2	196	32.4	7	79	5	4/54	15.80	2.41	39.20	1	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	3	204	34.0	10	88	8	3/14	11.00	2.58	25.50	0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2001-2001	2	2	204	34.0	12	85	4	4/50	21.25	2.50	51.00	1	0	0

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]