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
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2008	14	26	4302	717.0	95	2496	74	8/141	33.72	3.48	58.13	3	7	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2008	13	25	4312	718.4	129	2141	77	8/84	27.80	2.97	56.00	2	7	3
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	2000-2008	13	22	3451	575.1	114	1704	51	7/87	33.41	2.96	67.66	1	6	1
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	2004-2007	6	11	2275	379.1	54	1206	37	6/59	32.59	3.18	61.48	1	4	1
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2002-2005	5	8	723	120.3	18	448	20	5/21	22.40	3.71	36.15	0	3	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2004-2004	3	6	601	100.1	7	431	14	5/101	30.78	4.30	42.92	0	2	1
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	5	9	654	109.0	17	410	19	6/53	21.57	3.76	34.42	0	2	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2009	5	8	925	154.1	25	544	18	6/91	30.22	3.52	51.38	0	2	0
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2002-2005	5	8	1268	211.2	28	804	19	7/188	42.31	3.80	66.73	0	2	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2008-2009	6	12	1574	262.2	45	945	34	5/67	27.79	3.60	46.29	2	2	1
AR Caddick (ENG)	2001-2003	9	15	2092	348.4	52	1438	35	7/94	41.08	4.12	59.77	0	2	1
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2008	13	24	2518	419.4	77	1432	34	5/91	42.11	3.41	74.05	2	2	0
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2009	15	26	2963	493.5	73	1660	50	5/78	33.20	3.36	59.26	4	2	0
M Ntini (SA)	2001-2009	15	29	3438	573.0	110	2015	58	6/100	34.74	3.51	59.27	3	2	1
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2009-2009	1	2	306	51.0	13	180	5	5/79	36.00	3.52	61.20	0	1	0
AJ Tudor (ENG)	2001-2002	3	5	443	73.5	9	339	9	5/44	37.66	4.59	49.22	0	1	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	2000-2001	3	5	487	81.1	15	291	11	5/51	26.45	3.58	44.27	0	1	0
RW Price (ZIM)	2003-2003	2	3	538	89.4	11	371	6	6/121	61.83	4.13	89.66	0	1	0
JJC Lawson (WI)	2003-2005	4	8	652	108.4	8	490	15	7/78	32.66	4.50	43.46	0	1	0
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2004-2005	4	7	685	114.1	15	535	12	6/119	44.58	4.68	57.08	1	1	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2006-2006	2	3	713	118.5	26	305	11	5/62	27.72	2.56	64.81	1	1	0
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2008	3	6	732	122.0	29	337	14	5/71	24.07	2.76	52.28	0	1	0
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2009	4	5	747	124.3	12	494	11	5/92	44.90	3.96	67.90	0	1	0
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2003-2008	15	18	816	136.0	19	408	9	5/104	45.33	3.00	90.66	0	1	0
VC Drakes (WI)	2003-2003	4	7	907	151.1	17	513	11	5/93	46.63	3.39	82.45	0	1	0
D Gough (ENG)	2001-2001	5	8	931	155.1	24	657	17	5/103	38.64	4.23	54.76	0	1	0
C White (ENG)	2001-2002	7	8	1013	168.5	21	721	15	5/127	48.06	4.27	67.53	1	1	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2001	6	11	1209	201.3	32	834	20	5/146	41.70	4.13	60.45	0	1	0
FH Edwards (WI)	2005-2008	6	12	1212	202.0	29	796	23	5/104	34.60	3.94	52.69	0	1	0
SJ Benn (WI)	2008-2009	4	7	1236	206.0	36	595	15	5/155	39.66	2.88	82.40	0	1	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2004	7	13	1385	230.5	36	916	19	6/41	48.21	3.96	72.89	0	1	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2004-2007	6	11	1385	230.5	43	715	19	5/31	37.63	3.09	72.89	0	1	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2009	8	14	1508	251.2	56	955	17	5/80	56.17	3.79	88.70	1	1	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2001-2008	8	13	1607	267.5	46	1038	14	5/152	74.14	3.87	114.78	0	1	0
DJ Bravo (WI)	2005-2009	8	14	1608	268.0	49	891	29	6/84	30.72	3.32	55.44	2	1	0
PL Harris (SA)	2008-2009	6	12	1660	276.4	45	782	24	6/127	32.58	2.82	69.16	0	1	0
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2002-2006	12	21	2200	366.4	57	1334	35	7/109	38.11	3.63	62.85	2	1	0
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	17	30	3224	537.2	94	1886	45	5/43	41.91	3.50	71.64	1	1	0
HH Kanitkar (IND)	2000-2000	1	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2003-2006	4	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2004-2004	1	1	6	1.0	0	9	0	-	0.00	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2009	12	1	6	1.0	0	12	0	-	0.00	12.00	0.00	0	0	0
AB Barath (WI)	2009-2009	2	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
JL Ontong (SA)	2002-2002	1	1	12	2.0	0	10	0	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
XM Marshall (WI)	2008-2008	2	1	12	2.0	2	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2001-2001	1	2	18	3.0	0	10	1	1/8	10.00	3.33	18.00	0	0	0
CEW Silverwood (ENG)	2002-2002	1	1	24	4.0	0	29	0	-	0.00	7.25	0.00	0	0	0
D Ganga (WI)	2000-2003	8	2	30	5.0	0	10	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002-2005	10	1	30	5.0	0	21	0	-	0.00	4.20	0.00	0	0	0
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2002	3	3	36	6.0	1	18	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2004-2008	4	3	36	6.0	0	21	0	-	0.00	3.50	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Redmond (NZ)	2008-2008	2	1	36	6.0	0	47	2	2/47	23.50	7.83	18.00	0	0	0
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2009	13	1	42	7.0	0	41	1	1/41	41.00	5.85	42.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2003-2006	4	3	42	7.0	0	42	0	-	0.00	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
Aftab Ahmed (BAN)	2006-2006	2	1	42	7.0	1	28	1	1/28	28.00	4.00	42.00	0	0	0
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	2001-2001	4	2	48	8.0	0	31	0	-	0.00	3.87	0.00	0	0	0
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2009	11	1	48	8.0	0	50	0	-	0.00	6.25	0.00	0	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2004-2004	2	1	48	8.0	1	33	0	-	0.00	4.12	0.00	0	0	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2005-2009	13	3	48	8.0	2	32	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
RS Bopara (ENG)	2009-2009	4	1	50	8.2	1	44	0	-	0.00	5.28	0.00	0	0	0
U Afzaal (ENG)	2001-2001	3	1	54	9.0	0	49	1	1/49	49.00	5.44	54.00	0	0	0
Rajin Saleh (BAN)	2006-2006	2	2	54	9.0	0	37	0	-	0.00	4.11	0.00	0	0	0
NB Mahwire (ZIM)	2003-2003	1	1	60	10.0	1	61	0	-	0.00	6.10	0.00	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2004-2004	5	4	60	10.0	4	19	2	2/4	9.50	1.90	30.00	0	0	0
DE Bernard (WI)	2003-2003	1	1	66	11.0	1	61	0	-	0.00	5.54	0.00	0	0	0
R Vijay Bharadwaj (IND)	2000-2000	1	1	72	12.0	1	35	0	-	0.00	2.91	0.00	0	0	0
KS Lokuarachchi (SL)	2004-2004	1	1	72	12.0	2	33	0	-	0.00	2.75	0.00	0	0	0
RL Sanghvi (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	74	12.2	3	78	2	2/67	39.00	6.32	37.00	0	0	0
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2008	2	3	78	13.0	2	48	2	2/7	24.00	3.69	39.00	0	0	0
GM Ewing (ZIM)	2003-2003	1	2	84	14.0	1	73	0	-	0.00	5.21	0.00	0	0	0
JM Kemp (SA)	2005-2005	1	2	84	14.0	0	71	1	1/58	71.00	5.07	84.00	0	0	0
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2005	7	2	96	16.0	1	45	0	-	0.00	2.81	0.00	0	0	0
GD Elliott (NZ)	2008-2008	1	2	96	16.0	5	44	1	1/15	44.00	2.75	96.00	0	0	0
JA Rudolph (SA)	2005-2006	6	2	106	17.4	1	78	0	-	0.00	4.41	0.00	0	0	0
DR Smith (WI)	2005-2005	1	2	111	18.3	3	60	1	1/59	60.00	3.24	111.00	0	0	0
J Botha (SA)	2006-2006	1	2	117	19.3	2	103	2	1/26	51.50	5.28	58.50	0	0	0
DJ Terbrugge (SA)	2002-2002	1	2	120	20.0	3	82	4	2/21	20.50	4.10	30.00	0	0	0
TL Best (WI)	2003-2003	1	1	120	20.0	1	99	0	-	0.00	4.95	0.00	0	0	0
Anwar Hossain Monir (BAN)	2003-2003	1	1	126	21.0	4	95	0	-	0.00	4.52	0.00	0	0	0
DG Cork (ENG)	2001-2001	1	1	138	23.0	3	84	1	1/84	84.00	3.65	138.00	0	0	0
AS Jaggernauth (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	138	23.0	0	96	1	1/74	96.00	4.17	138.00	0	0	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2002-2009	4	4	144	24.0	2	99	0	-	0.00	4.12	0.00	0	0	0
Manjural Islam (BAN)	2003-2003	1	1	144	24.0	4	78	1	1/78	78.00	3.25	144.00	0	0	0
N Deonarine (WI)	2009-2009	1	2	144	24.0	4	75	2	2/74	37.50	3.12	72.00	0	0	0
L Klusener (SA)	2001-2001	2	3	150	25.0	5	82	2	2/44	41.00	3.28	75.00	0	0	0
D Pretorius (SA)	2002-2002	1	2	150	25.0	6	132	1	1/60	132.00	5.28	150.00	0	0	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2005-2009	11	6	150	25.0	1	113	1	1/38	113.00	4.52	150.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Khalil (PAK)	2004-2004	1	2	152	25.2	0	97	0	-	0.00	3.82	0.00	0	0	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2004-2004	1	1	156	26.0	8	99	1	1/99	99.00	3.80	156.00	0	0	0
TR Gripper (ZIM)	2003-2003	2	2	159	26.3	0	144	2	2/142	72.00	5.43	79.50	0	0	0
GC Tonge (WI)	2009-2009	1	2	168	28.0	3	113	1	1/28	113.00	4.03	168.00	0	0	0
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2005-2005	1	2	174	29.0	3	135	3	3/107	45.00	4.65	58.00	0	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2005-2005	1	2	174	29.0	3	115	0	-	0.00	3.96	0.00	0	0	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2009	12	6	174	29.0	2	125	0	-	0.00	4.31	0.00	0	0	0
SV Bahutule (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	180	30.0	3	102	2	1/32	51.00	3.40	90.00	0	0	0
DJ Nash (NZ)	2001-2001	1	1	180	30.0	6	93	0	-	0.00	3.10	0.00	0	0	0
Sanuar Hossain (BAN)	2003-2003	1	1	180	30.0	2	128	2	2/128	64.00	4.26	90.00	0	0	0
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	2006-2006	1	1	180	30.0	5	99	0	-	0.00	3.30	0.00	0	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	2001-2001	1	2	183	30.3	10	99	2	1/34	49.50	3.24	91.50	0	0	0
SM Ervine (ZIM)	2003-2003	1	1	186	31.0	4	146	4	4/146	36.50	4.70	46.50	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]