Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket Records in 1970s 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
MHN Walker (AUS)	1973-1976	8	15	2262	-	97	859	37	6/114	23.21	2.27	61.13	2	3	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1979	12	22	2275	-	46	1500	53	6/50	28.30	3.95	42.92	3	3	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1973-1976	13	20	2462	410.2	72	1281	36	8/86	35.58	3.12	68.38	0	3	1
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1974-1979	12	19	3112	518.4	103	1666	47	6/120	35.44	3.21	66.21	2	3	0
BR Taylor (NZ)	1972-1972	4	8	1034	172.2	39	478	27	7/74	17.70	2.77	38.29	1	2	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1973-1973	5	5	224	37.2	7	101	7	5/66	14.42	2.70	32.00	0	1	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	2	4	316	52.4	10	202	6	5/101	33.66	3.83	52.66	0	1	0
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1975-1976	5	9	782	97.6	17	406	20	5/34	20.30	3.11	39.10	1	1	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1975-1977	7	10	908	-	36	404	14	5/28	28.85	2.66	64.85	1	1	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1976	6	9	993	165.3	29	607	18	5/42	33.72	3.66	55.16	1	1	0
TJ Jenner (AUS)	1973-1975	5	8	1019	-	37	437	15	5/90	29.13	2.57	67.93	1	1	0
GG Arnold (ENG)	1973-1974	6	9	1192	198.4	48	538	17	5/113	31.64	2.70	70.11	1	1	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1977-1977	5	10	1417	236.1	54	790	25	6/90	31.60	3.34	56.68	1	1	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1974-1976	6	10	1566	261.0	65	723	13	5/110	55.61	2.77	120.46	0	1	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1973-1980	8	15	1648	-	27	1056	34	5/63	31.05	3.84	48.47	2	1	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	9	16	1668	278.0	52	950	36	5/51	26.38	3.41	46.33	3	1	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1975-1977	6	11	1729	-	59	845	24	6/89	35.20	2.93	72.04	1	1	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1976	9	16	2347	391.1	91	1074	26	5/70	41.30	2.74	90.26	4	1	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1973-1976	12	20	2969	494.5	142	1275	30	5/39	42.50	2.57	98.96	1	1	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	16	28	4890	815.0	232	1870	56	5/95	33.39	2.29	87.32	4	1	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	16	28	4949	824.5	251	1935	55	5/82	35.18	2.34	89.98	2	1	0
PM Toohey (AUS)	1978-1980	4	1	2	0.2	0	4	0	-	0.00	12.00	0.00	0	0	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1973-1974	7	1	5	0.5	0	5	0	-	0.00	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	16	1	6	1.0	0	9	0	-	0.00	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1972-1972	4	1	6	1.0	1	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1979	6	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	2	1	6	1.0	1	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1975-1977	5	1	8	-	1	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	8	2	11	1.5	0	10	0	-	0.00	5.45	0.00	0	0	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1972-1972	5	1	12	2.0	1	5	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1971	5	1	18	3.0	0	12	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1976-1978	7	1	18	-	1	8	0	-	0.00	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
DS Steele (ENG)	1976-1976	5	1	18	3.0	0	18	0	-	0.00	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
J Benaud (AUS)	1973-1973	1	1	24	4.0	1	12	2	2/12	6.00	3.00	12.00	0	0	0
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1973-1973	2	1	24	4.0	2	12	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
P Willey (ENG)	1976-1976	2	2	24	4.0	0	15	0	-	0.00	3.75	0.00	0	0	0
AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1975	4	1	30	5.0	0	33	0	-	0.00	6.60	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1980	2	1	30	5.0	1	19	0	-	0.00	3.80	0.00	0	0	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1979-1979	1	1	30	5.0	2	15	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
Aftab Baloch (PAK)	1975-1975	1	1	32	4.0	0	15	0	-	0.00	2.81	0.00	0	0	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1973	1	1	36	6.0	1	26	0	-	0.00	4.33	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1972-1972	5	2	42	7.0	3	27	0	-	0.00	3.85	0.00	0	0	0
JA Jameson (ENG)	1974-1974	2	1	42	7.0	2	17	1	1/17	17.00	2.42	42.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1979	11	4	42	7.0	0	30	0	-	0.00	4.28	0.00	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1975-1977	7	4	70	-	2	45	0	-	0.00	3.85	0.00	0	0	0
JC Balderstone (ENG)	1976-1976	2	1	96	16.0	0	80	1	1/80	80.00	5.00	96.00	0	0	0
GE Vivian (NZ)	1972-1972	4	4	108	18.0	4	56	0	-	0.00	3.11	0.00	0	0	0
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1973-1973	4	3	108	18.0	7	41	1	1/27	41.00	2.27	108.00	0	0	0
DD Parsana (IND)	1979-1979	2	3	120	20.0	6	50	1	1/32	50.00	2.50	120.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1977-1977	1	2	130	21.4	7	53	1	1/22	53.00	2.44	130.00	0	0	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1971-1971	3	3	144	24.0	4	64	0	-	0.00	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
A Ward (ENG)	1976-1976	1	2	144	24.0	2	128	4	2/25	32.00	5.33	36.00	0	0	0
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1975-1975	1	1	152	19.0	1	90	1	1/90	90.00	3.55	152.00	0	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1976	1	1	162	27.0	4	106	1	1/106	106.00	3.92	162.00	0	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1977-1977	1	2	168	28.0	3	126	5	3/55	25.20	4.50	33.60	0	0	0
MG Webb (NZ)	1972-1972	1	2	180	30.0	5	120	0	-	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1980	1	2	204	34.0	2	111	4	4/106	27.75	3.26	51.00	1	0	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	216	36.0	12	105	1	1/97	105.00	2.91	216.00	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1980	2	3	216	36.0	8	125	2	2/11	62.50	3.47	108.00	0	0	0
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1978-1979	2	3	229	38.1	7	107	1	1/43	107.00	2.80	229.00	0	0	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1973-1976	11	10	234	-	12	102	3	1/7	34.00	2.61	78.00	0	0	0
J Birkenshaw (ENG)	1974-1974	2	3	240	40.0	9	96	2	1/24	48.00	2.40	120.00	0	0	0
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1976-1976	5	6	240	40.0	2	194	1	1/25	194.00	4.85	240.00	0	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	6	7	276	-	9	135	1	1/14	135.00	2.93	276.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1975-1977	7	6	282	-	20	70	4	4/45	17.50	1.48	70.50	1	0	0
RW Morgan (NZ)	1972-1972	3	4	288	48.0	12	130	1	1/38	130.00	2.70	288.00	0	0	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1972-1972	2	3	300	50.0	13	164	1	1/5	164.00	3.28	300.00	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1977	2	4	336	56.0	20	132	2	1/26	66.00	2.35	168.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	6	8	342	57.0	8	197	4	2/53	49.25	3.45	85.50	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1975-1977	7	8	348	-	10	178	7	3/22	25.42	3.06	49.71	0	0	0
SA Durani (IND)	1971-1971	3	4	366	61.0	13	161	3	2/21	53.66	2.63	122.00	0	0	0
MWW Selvey (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	402	67.0	8	263	6	4/41	43.83	3.92	67.00	1	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	414	69.0	14	192	4	2/48	48.00	2.78	103.50	0	0	0
Asif Masood (PAK)	1975-1975	2	3	415	51.7	4	209	5	2/63	41.80	3.02	83.00	0	0	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1976	6	11	481	80.1	16	202	6	4/22	33.66	2.51	80.16	1	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	5	8	600	100.0	18	366	7	3/45	52.28	3.66	85.71	0	0	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1975-1977	3	5	626	-	13	296	8	3/122	37.00	2.83	78.25	0	0	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1977-1977	3	5	660	110.0	22	276	8	3/33	34.50	2.50	82.50	0	0	0
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1973-1973	5	8	691	115.1	28	303	6	4/57	50.50	2.63	115.16	1	0	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1973-1973	3	5	772	128.4	39	311	6	3/50	51.83	2.41	128.66	0	0	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	4	7	904	150.4	26	461	15	4/65	30.73	3.05	60.26	2	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	5	8	919	153.1	50	377	15	4/35	25.13	2.46	61.26	2	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1973-1980	13	16	926	-	46	325	8	2/10	40.62	2.10	115.75	0	0	0
JA Snow (ENG)	1973-1976	4	8	934	155.4	28	556	18	4/53	30.88	3.57	51.88	3	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	6	10	934	155.4	27	561	17	4/38	33.00	3.60	54.94	1	0	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1975-1976	6	10	953	119.1	19	506	11	3/73	46.00	3.18	86.63	0	0	0
JR Hammond (AUS)	1973-1973	5	10	1031	171.5	47	488	15	4/38	32.53	2.83	68.73	2	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	5	8	1044	174.0	37	506	18	4/91	28.11	2.90	58.00	1	0	0
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1976	10	16	1062	177.0	29	550	8	2/43	68.75	3.10	132.75	0	0	0
RS Cunis (NZ)	1972-1972	5	10	1098	183.0	33	617	6	1/21	102.83	3.37	183.00	0	0	0
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	7	13	1190	198.2	31	683	12	3/70	56.91	3.44	99.16	0	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1972-1972	5	9	1200	200.0	49	446	13	3/56	34.30	2.23	92.30	0	0	0
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1976	7	11	1201	200.1	29	712	15	3/80	47.46	3.55	80.06	0	0	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1972-1972	5	10	2028	338.0	100	703	14	3/70	50.21	2.07	144.85	0	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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]