Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
Most Wickets in an Innings by Captain
  Player Country O M R W Versus Match Ground
1 D S E Atkinson West Indies 40 21 53 7 New Zealand 09/03/1956 Eden Park
2 J R Reid New Zealand 35 15 60 6 South Africa 28/02/1964 Carisbrook
3 G S A Sobers West Indies 33.6 12 73 6 Australia 06/12/1968 Brisbane Cricket Ground
4 R Benaud Australia 32 11 70 6 England 27/07/1961 Old Trafford
5 Imran Khan Pakistan 25.3 11 52 7 England 29/07/1982 Edgbaston
6 M A Noble Australia 41.1 10 100 7 England 26/02/1904 Sydney Cricket Ground
7 I W Johnson Australia 22.2 10 44 7 West Indies 26/04/1955 Bourda
8 A R Border Australia 26 10 46 7 West Indies 26/01/1989 Sydney Cricket Ground
9 Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 27 10 66 6 West Indies 06/03/1959 Bangabandhu National Stadium
10 G O Rabone New Zealand 38.7 10 68 6 South Africa 01/01/1954 Newlands
11 S M Pollock South Africa 21.4 10 56 6 India 03/11/2001 Mangaung Oval
12 Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 18.3 9 34 6 West Indies 06/03/1959 Bangabandhu National Stadium
13 Waqar Younis Pakistan 34.1 8 91 7 Zimbabwe 01/12/1993 Defence Housing Authority Stadium
14 Wasim Akram Pakistan 20 8 48 6 Zimbabwe 24/10/1996 Iqbal Stadium
15 C A Walsh West Indies 15.2 8 18 6 New Zealand 10/02/1995 Basin Reserve
16 C A Walsh West Indies 20.4 7 37 7 New Zealand 10/02/1995 Basin Reserve
17 Waqar Younis Pakistan 21.5 7 44 6 Zimbabwe 01/12/1993 Defence Housing Authority Stadium
18 D L Vettori New Zealand 25 7 56 6 West Indies 11/12/2008 University Oval
19 Rashid Khan* Afghanistan 21.4 6 49 6 Bangladesh 05/09/2019 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
20 J O Holder* West Indies 20 6 42 6 England 08/07/2020 The Rose Bowl
21 Kapil Dev India 30.3 6 83 9 West Indies 12/11/1983 Narendra Modi Stadium
22 H M R K B Herath Sri Lanka 23 6 63 8 Zimbabwe 06/11/2016 Harare Sports Club
23 Kapil Dev India 38 6 106 8 Australia 13/12/1985 Adelaide Oval
24 S M Pollock South Africa 13.4 6 30 6 Sri Lanka 02/01/2001 Newlands
25 Shakib Al Hasan* Bangladesh 17 5 33 6 West Indies 12/07/2018 Sabina Park
26 Imran Khan Pakistan 19.1 5 40 7 England 02/07/1987 Headingley
27 H M R K B Herath Sri Lanka 20.2 5 59 6 Bangladesh 07/03/2017 Galle International Stadium
28 C A Walsh West Indies 22 4 79 6 India 18/11/1994 Wankhede Stadium
29 Imran Khan Pakistan 20.1 4 60 8 India 23/12/1982 National Stadium (Karachi)
30 A E R Gilligan England 6.3 4 7 6 South Africa 14/06/1924 Edgbaston
31 B S Bedi India 21.3 4 71 6 England 28/01/1977 M Chinnaswamy Stadium
32 J O Holder* West Indies 13 3 59 6 Bangladesh 12/07/2018 Sabina Park
33 Imran Khan Pakistan 17.2 3 35 6 India 14/01/1983 Niaz Stadium
34 Intikhab Alam Pakistan 21 3 52 7 New Zealand 07/02/1973 Carisbrook
35 G O B Allen England 20 3 80 7 India 15/08/1936 Kennington Oval
36 E P Nupen South Africa 25.3 3 87 6 England 24/12/1930 Old Wanderers
37 Imran Khan Pakistan 22.4 2 80 7 West Indies 02/04/1988 Bourda
38 Waqar Younis Pakistan 16.2 2 55 6 Bangladesh 09/01/2002 Bangabandhu National Stadium
39 Imran Khan Pakistan 22.3 2 46 6 West Indies 20/11/1986 National Stadium (Karachi)
40 Kapil Dev India 31 2 77 6 West Indies 29/10/1983 Arun Jaitley Stadium

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