Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket Records in 1950s 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
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1957	10	18	4161	-	229	1204	63	9/113	19.11	1.73	66.04	2	7	1
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1957	14	24	5663	943.5	381	1710	63	7/49	27.14	1.81	89.88	3	5	1
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1950-1959	20	35	4414	-	139	1662	69	5/54	24.08	2.25	63.97	1	3	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1954-1954	4	5	990	165.0	50	408	20	6/46	20.40	2.47	49.50	2	2	1
Surendranath (IND)	1959-1959	5	7	1222	203.4	85	426	16	5/75	26.62	2.09	76.37	0	2	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1951-1959	8	9	1282	213.4	42	609	20	6/155	30.45	2.85	64.10	0	2	0
GWA Chubb (SA)	1951-1951	5	8	1425	237.3	63	577	21	6/51	27.47	2.42	67.85	1	2	0
AMB Rowan (SA)	1951-1951	5	8	1449	241.3	48	619	18	5/68	34.38	2.56	80.50	0	2	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1952	6	10	1657	276.1	83	581	25	5/70	23.24	2.10	66.28	1	2	0
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1957	9	18	2679	-	80	1011	39	5/60	25.92	2.26	68.69	2	2	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1952	8	14	3263	543.5	219	957	43	8/55	22.25	1.75	75.88	5	2	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	12	24	3407	-	133	1188	48	5/35	24.75	2.09	70.97	2	2	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1957	10	19	3618	-	229	898	40	5/31	22.45	1.48	90.45	1	2	0
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1957	9	15	3836	639.2	283	1140	40	8/104	28.50	1.78	95.90	2	2	2
KR Miller (AUS)	1950-1956	19	31	3909	-	167	1314	58	5/72	22.65	2.01	67.39	5	2	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1953-1959	18	30	4133	-	155	1465	51	5/83	28.72	2.12	81.03	5	2	0
ESM Kentish (WI)	1954-1954	1	2	258	43.0	16	72	5	5/49	14.40	1.67	51.60	0	1	0
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1954-1954	2	2	330	55.0	6	216	8	5/61	27.00	3.92	41.25	0	1	0
I Meckiff (AUS)	1958-1959	4	8	898	112.2	24	292	17	6/38	17.17	1.95	52.82	0	1	0
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	8	1108	138.4	29	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.76	2	1	0
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1959	5	7	1138	189.4	40	602	12	5/89	50.16	3.17	94.83	0	1	0
SG Shinde (IND)	1951-1952	5	8	1281	213.3	57	583	11	6/91	53.00	2.73	116.45	0	1	0
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	9	11	1571	261.5	76	583	24	5/64	24.29	2.22	65.45	2	1	0
FMM Worrell (WI)	1950-1957	13	20	1774	295.4	70	718	18	7/70	39.88	2.42	98.55	0	1	0
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	12	21	2445	-	126	761	35	5/53	21.74	1.86	69.85	2	1	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	15	26	2905	-	105	944	37	6/64	25.51	1.94	78.51	0	1	0
RJ Christiani (WI)	1950-1954	5	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
BH Pairaudeau (WI)	1954-1957	4	1	6	1.0	0	3	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1959-1959	1	1	6	1.0	0	8	0	-	0.00	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
EAB Rowan (SA)	1951-1951	5	1	11	1.5	0	7	0	-	0.00	3.81	0.00	0	0	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	10	2	12	-	0	8	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
VJ Scott (NZ)	1951-1951	2	1	12	2.0	0	5	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1951-1951	5	1	12	2.0	0	9	0	-	0.00	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
CS Nayudu (IND)	1952-1952	1	1	12	2.0	0	14	0	-	0.00	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1955-1955	2	1	12	2.0	0	4	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1958-1959	5	1	16	2.0	1	8	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1959	25	1	18	-	2	2	0	-	0.00	0.66	0.00	0	0	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1951-1959	10	2	18	3.0	0	11	0	-	0.00	3.66	0.00	0	0	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1955	14	3	23	-	0	15	1	1/5	15.00	3.91	23.00	0	0	0
CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1954	5	1	24	4.0	2	16	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	24.00	0	0	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	24	4.0	1	19	0	-	0.00	4.75	0.00	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1951-1959	14	2	26	4.2	3	5	0	-	0.00	1.15	0.00	0	0	0
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	1	29	4.5	2	4	0	-	0.00	0.82	0.00	0	0	0
RS Modi (IND)	1951-1951	1	1	30	5.0	1	14	0	-	0.00	2.80	0.00	0	0	0
GA Headley (WI)	1954-1954	1	1	30	5.0	0	23	0	-	0.00	4.60	0.00	0	0	0
HJ Keith (SA)	1955-1957	7	1	36	-	2	19	0	-	0.00	3.16	0.00	0	0	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1950-1957	13	3	42	7.0	1	39	0	-	0.00	5.57	0.00	0	0	0
Maqsood Ahmed (PAK)	1954-1954	4	2	42	7.0	0	39	0	-	0.00	5.57	0.00	0	0	0
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1952	4	1	48	8.0	2	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.00	0	0	0
MEZ Ghazali (PAK)	1954-1954	2	1	48	8.0	1	18	0	-	0.00	2.25	0.00	0	0	0
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1951	3	2	72	9.0	1	26	0	-	0.00	2.16	0.00	0	0	0
MG Melle (SA)	1951-1951	1	2	78	13.0	6	17	4	4/9	4.25	1.30	19.50	1	0	0
CT Sarwate (IND)	1951-1951	1	1	78	13.0	2	27	0	-	0.00	2.07	0.00	0	0	0
DT Dewdney (WI)	1957-1957	1	1	90	15.0	2	43	1	1/43	43.00	2.86	90.00	0	0	0
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1954-1954	2	2	114	19.0	4	43	1	1/35	43.00	2.26	114.00	0	0	0
Khalid Hasan (PAK)	1954-1954	1	1	126	21.0	1	116	2	2/116	58.00	5.52	63.00	0	0	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1950-1954	9	6	138	23.0	4	72	3	2/14	24.00	3.13	46.00	0	0	0
GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	9	6	150	-	8	46	1	1/10	46.00	1.84	150.00	0	0	0
AH Kardar (PAK)	1954-1954	4	1	168	28.0	4	110	1	1/110	110.00	3.92	168.00	0	0	0
VI Smith (SA)	1955-1955	1	1	180	30.0	9	62	1	1/62	62.00	2.06	180.00	0	0	0
JC Watkins (SA)	1956-1957	2	3	192	24.0	5	79	0	-	0.00	2.46	0.00	0	0	0
LF Kline (AUS)	1958-1959	2	2	200	25.0	6	77	0	-	0.00	2.31	0.00	0	0	0
PEW Jones (WI)	1950-1950	2	3	232	38.4	7	105	1	1/13	105.00	2.71	232.00	0	0	0
KN Slater (AUS)	1959-1959	1	2	256	32.0	9	101	2	2/40	50.50	2.36	128.00	0	0	0
SW Sohoni (IND)	1951-1951	1	2	258	43.0	12	88	2	1/16	44.00	2.04	129.00	0	0	0
DT Ring (AUS)	1953-1953	1	2	258	43.0	7	127	2	2/84	63.50	2.95	129.00	0	0	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1958-1958	2	3	281	46.5	17	127	5	4/46	25.40	2.71	56.20	1	0	0
W Ferguson (WI)	1954-1954	1	1	282	47.0	7	155	1	1/155	155.00	3.29	282.00	0	0	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	14	8	288	-	15	83	2	2/26	41.50	1.72	144.00	0	0	0
NR Chowdhury (IND)	1951-1951	1	2	294	49.0	15	75	0	-	0.00	1.53	0.00	0	0	0
PNF Mansell (SA)	1951-1955	6	6	312	52.0	7	141	1	1/33	141.00	2.71	312.00	0	0	0
CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1957	14	8	348	58.0	25	110	4	3/52	27.50	1.89	87.00	0	0	0
CG Borde (IND)	1959-1959	4	4	348	58.0	7	205	4	2/53	51.25	3.53	87.00	0	0	0
Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1954	3	3	366	61.0	13	160	4	3/127	40.00	2.62	91.50	0	0	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1954-1954	2	3	375	62.3	15	178	5	4/58	35.60	2.84	75.00	1	0	0
HHH Johnson (WI)	1950-1950	2	3	394	65.4	13	142	3	3/59	47.33	2.16	131.33	0	0	0
JC Hill (AUS)	1953-1953	2	3	396	66.0	18	158	7	3/35	22.57	2.39	56.57	0	0	0
GF Cresswell (NZ)	1951-1951	2	3	402	67.0	24	124	7	3/18	17.71	1.85	57.42	0	0	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	13	9	414	69.0	18	141	0	-	0.00	2.04	0.00	0	0	0
ERH Fuller (SA)	1955-1955	2	3	456	76.0	19	126	6	3/59	21.00	1.65	76.00	0	0	0
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	2	462	77.0	23	175	6	3/79	29.16	2.27	77.00	0	0	0
JT Sparling (NZ)	1958-1959	5	4	480	80.0	23	210	2	1/46	105.00	2.62	240.00	0	0	0
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1957	10	9	490	-	8	249	5	2/38	49.80	3.04	98.00	0	0	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	8	7	504	-	20	123	4	1/7	30.75	1.46	126.00	0	0	0
OG Smith (WI)	1957-1957	5	4	534	89.0	14	223	5	2/61	44.60	2.50	106.80	0	0	0
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	4	565	70.5	17	165	8	3/23	20.62	1.75	70.62	0	0	0
TB Burtt (NZ)	1951-1951	2	3	584	97.2	47	181	6	3/46	30.16	1.85	97.33	0	0	0
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1958	4	5	608	101.2	40	193	5	2/27	38.60	1.90	121.60	0	0	0
FM King (WI)	1954-1954	3	5	662	110.2	41	247	8	3/97	30.87	2.23	82.75	0	0	0
L Amarnath (IND)	1951-1952	3	6	667	111.1	26	207	3	3/61	69.00	1.86	222.33	0	0	0
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1952	9	13	696	116.0	43	203	5	2/53	40.60	1.75	139.20	0	0	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1952	4	6	782	130.2	31	304	4	2/61	76.00	2.33	195.50	0	0	0
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	9	12	796	132.4	47	250	8	4/25	31.25	1.88	99.50	1	0	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1959	4	5	799	133.1	48	304	9	2/48	33.77	2.28	88.77	0	0	0
RW Blair (NZ)	1955-1959	6	7	888	148.0	28	417	6	2/85	69.50	2.81	148.00	0	0	0
R Gilchrist (WI)	1957-1957	4	6	915	152.3	19	466	10	4/115	46.60	3.05	91.50	1	0	0
RV Divecha (IND)	1951-1952	4	6	930	155.0	40	325	9	3/102	36.11	2.09	103.33	0	0	0
NBF Mann (SA)	1951-1951	4	6	932	155.2	62	264	10	4/24	26.40	1.69	93.20	1	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1957	6	7	983	163.5	34	436	9	4/75	48.44	2.66	109.22	1	0	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1959	11	12	1035	172.3	68	345	13	4/36	26.53	2.00	79.61	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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]