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Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
Players Taking Most 5 Wickets in an Innings in a Series
Player
Country
Series
Mat
O
M
R
W>
Avg
Best
5w
1
S F Barnes
England
1913-1914 South Africa v. England
4
226
56
536
49
10.94
9/103
7
2
J C Laker
England
1956 England v. Australia
5
283.5
127
442
46
9.61
10/53
4
3
C V Grimmett
Australia
1935-1936 South Africa v. Australia
5
346.1
140
642
44
14.59
7/40
5
4
T M Alderman
Australia
1981 England v. Australia
6
325
76
893
42
21.26
6/135
4
5
R M Hogg
Australia
1978-1979 Australia v. England
6
218.2
60
527
41
12.85
6/74
5
6
T M Alderman
Australia
1989 England v. Australia
6
269.2
68
712
41
17.37
6/128
6
7
Imran Khan
Pakistan
1982-1983 Pakistan v. India
6
223.1
69
558
40
13.95
8/60
4
8
S F Barnes
England
1912 Triangular Series
6
190
64
404
39
10.36
8/29
6
9
A V Bedser
England
1953 England v. Australia
5
265.1
58
682
39
17.49
7/44
5
10
M W Tate
England
1924-1925 Australia v. England
5
317
62
881
38
23.18
6/99
5
11
H J Tayfield
South Africa
1956-1957 South Africa v. England
5
285.4
105
636
37
17.19
9/113
4
12
A E E Vogler
South Africa
1909-1910 South Africa v. England
5
224.5
33
783
36
21.75
7/94
4
13
A A Mailey
Australia
1920-1921 Australia v. England
5
244.1
27
946
36
26.28
9/121
4
14
G A Lohmann
England
1895-1896 South Africa v. England
3
103.4
38
203
35
5.80
9/28
4
15
B S Chandrasekhar
India
1972-1973 India v. England
5
291.1
83
662
35
18.91
8/79
4
16
S P Gupte
India
1955-1956 India v. New Zealand
5
356.4
152
669
34
19.68
7/128
4
17
F S Trueman
England
1963 England v. West Indies
5
236.4
53
594
34
17.47
7/44
4
18
G F Lawson
Australia
1982-1983 Australia v. England
5
230.4
51
687
34
20.21
6/47
4
19
A K Davidson
Australia
1960-1961 Australia v. West Indies
4
174.5
25
612
33
18.55
6/53
5
20
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
1985-1986 Australia v. New Zealand
3
169.3
42
401
33
12.15
9/52
5
21
A A Donald
South Africa
1998 England v. South Africa
5
243.2
69
653
33
19.79
6/88
4
22
T Richardson
England
1894-1895 Australia v. England
5
291.1
63
849
32
26.53
6/104
4
23
M A Noble
Australia
1901-1902 Australia v. England
5
230
68
608
32
19.00
7/17
4
24
H V Hordern
Australia
1911-1912 Australia v. England
5
277.3
42
780
32
24.38
7/90
4
25
C J McDermott
Australia
1994-1995 Australia v. England
5
232.5
56
675
32
21.09
6/38
4
26
Harbhajan Singh
India
2000-2001 India v. Australia
3
178.3
44
545
32
17.03
8/84
4
27
G D McGrath
Australia
2001 England v. Australia
5
194.2
56
542
32
16.94
7/76
4
28
R Ashwin*
India
2015-2016 India v. South Africa
4
164.4
56
345
31
11.13
7/66
4
29
R Benaud
Australia
1957-1958 South Africa v. Australia
5
242.3
56
658
30
21.93
5/49
4
30
G D McGrath
Australia
1998-1999 West Indies v. Australia
4
199.4
59
508
30
16.93
5/28
4
31
C V Grimmett
Australia
1930 England v. Australia
5
349.4
78
925
29
31.90
6/167
4
32
R Ashwin*
India
2012-2013 India v. Australia
4
241.2
74
583
29
20.10
7/103
4
33
M D Marshall
West Indies
1984-1985 Australia v. West Indies
5
215.2
45
554
28
19.79
5/38
4
34
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
2003-2004 Sri Lanka v. Australia
3
209.1
37
649
28
23.18
6/59
4
35
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
1993-1994 Pakistan v. Zimbabwe
3
130.4
31
373
27
13.81
7/91
4
36
A R Patel*
India
2020-2021 India v. England
3
127.4
27
286
27
10.59
6/38
4
37
S K Warne
Australia
2003-2004 Sri Lanka v. Australia
3
168
37
521
26
20.04
5/43
4
38
C B Llewellyn
South Africa
1902-1903 South Africa v. Australia
3
132.4
23
448
25
17.92
6/92
4
39
T Richardson
England
1896 England v. Australia
3
175
58
439
24
18.29
7/168
4
40
M A Holding
West Indies
1981-1982 Australia v. West Indies
3
140.3
37
344
24
14.33
6/62
4
41
C T B Turner
Australia
1888 England v. Australia
3
168
62
261
21
12.43
6/112
4
42
Saqlain Mushtaq
Pakistan
1998-1999 India v. Pakistan
2
149.5
38
403
20
20.15
5/93
4
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