Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket Records in 1980s 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
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	13	24	3824	637.2	159	1689	84	6/128	20.10	2.65	45.52	2	10	1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1982-1987	13	23	4537	756.1	204	1744	70	9/56	24.91	2.30	64.81	3	7	4
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	21	37	5460	910.0	196	2763	97	7/81	28.48	3.03	56.28	3	7	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1988	19	38	4403	733.5	179	1862	104	7/22	17.90	2.53	42.33	4	6	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1988	11	18	3082	513.4	143	1231	52	6/53	23.67	2.39	59.26	2	5	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1987	8	13	2079	346.3	81	845	42	7/40	20.11	2.43	49.50	0	4	1
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1982	10	20	3125	520.5	140	1392	65	7/89	21.41	2.67	48.07	5	4	2
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1984-1985	5	9	1647	274.3	63	723	23	6/64	31.43	2.63	71.60	0	3	1
MA Holding (WI)	1980-1986	17	34	3529	588.1	135	1675	68	6/67	24.63	2.84	51.89	2	3	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1986	17	31	4224	704.0	140	2101	55	6/91	38.20	2.98	76.80	2	3	0
C Sharma (IND)	1984-1986	5	8	918	153.0	26	500	20	6/58	25.00	3.26	45.90	2	2	1
JR Thomson (AUS)	1982-1985	6	11	1102	183.4	26	686	25	5/50	27.44	3.73	44.08	0	2	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1980-1981	7	14	1571	261.5	59	761	33	6/74	23.06	2.90	47.60	1	2	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1981-1986	10	17	1692	282.0	69	771	23	5/23	33.52	2.73	73.56	0	2	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1988	8	11	1777	296.1	33	1049	34	8/141	30.85	3.54	52.26	3	2	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1983-1984	7	12	1782	297.0	89	712	28	7/74	25.42	2.39	63.64	0	2	1
DR Doshi (IND)	1980-1982	10	16	2724	454.0	148	992	36	6/102	27.55	2.18	75.66	3	2	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1980-1980	1	2	151	25.1	5	64	5	5/52	12.80	2.54	30.20	0	1	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1982	2	4	312	52.0	20	117	7	5/40	16.71	2.25	44.57	0	1	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1988-1988	3	4	482	80.2	14	269	8	5/69	33.62	3.34	60.25	0	1	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1988	2	3	534	89.0	27	238	12	6/78	19.83	2.67	44.50	1	1	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1986	4	7	638	106.2	14	321	13	5/40	24.69	3.01	49.07	0	1	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1987-1987	3	6	686	114.2	33	268	10	5/83	26.80	2.34	68.60	0	1	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1980	3	6	773	128.5	23	373	16	5/59	23.31	2.89	48.31	1	1	0
RG Holland (AUS)	1985-1985	4	6	1032	172.0	41	465	6	5/68	77.50	2.70	172.00	0	1	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1986-1988	4	6	1086	181.0	51	430	12	5/72	35.83	2.37	90.50	1	1	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1989	12	17	1130	188.2	46	595	15	5/69	39.66	3.15	75.33	0	1	0
RA Harper (WI)	1984-1988	10	15	1174	195.4	73	394	22	6/57	17.90	2.01	53.36	0	1	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1982-1987	12	18	1218	203.0	53	502	16	6/32	31.37	2.47	76.12	1	1	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1980-1981	6	12	1256	209.2	52	513	19	5/72	27.00	2.45	66.10	0	1	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1980-1981	6	11	1426	237.4	97	484	12	5/68	40.33	2.03	118.83	0	1	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1982-1983	5	10	1754	292.2	91	793	22	5/107	36.04	2.71	79.72	2	1	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1983-1988	10	16	2391	398.3	128	899	33	5/95	27.24	2.25	72.45	3	1	0
J Garner (WI)	1980-1986	19	38	4428	738.0	211	1650	92	5/55	17.93	2.23	48.13	8	1	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1982	10	1	3	0.3	0	4	0	-	0.00	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1980-1980	1	1	6	1.0	0	3	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1980-1980	5	1	6	1.0	0	3	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1984	13	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1988	10	1	6	1.0	1	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1987	6	1	6	1.0	1	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1984-1985	3	1	6	1.0	0	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1986	6	1	6	1.0	0	8	0	-	0.00	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1985-1987	10	1	6	1.0	0	10	0	-	0.00	10.00	0.00	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1988	8	1	6	1.0	0	5	0	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1988	23	2	12	2.0	0	6	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
AO Malhotra (IND)	1982-1985	4	1	12	2.0	0	3	0	-	0.00	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1982	6	1	18	3.0	2	1	0	-	0.00	0.33	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1988	23	1	18	3.0	2	4	0	-	0.00	1.33	0.00	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	3	1	18	3.0	0	4	0	-	0.00	1.33	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1983-1986	10	1	18	3.0	1	3	0	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
B Warnapura (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	24	4.0	1	10	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1982-1987	11	1	24	4.0	2	10	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1986	18	4	34	5.4	0	28	0	-	0.00	4.94	0.00	0	0	0
EH Mattis (WI)	1981-1981	4	2	36	6.0	1	14	0	-	0.00	2.33	0.00	0	0	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1982-1985	10	2	36	6.0	2	18	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1980-1980	5	2	42	7.0	1	24	0	-	0.00	3.42	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1980-1981	7	1	48	8.0	2	17	0	-	0.00	2.12	0.00	0	0	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1986	9	2	48	8.0	1	21	0	-	0.00	2.62	0.00	0	0	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1982-1983	5	4	48	8.0	2	20	0	-	0.00	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1986-1988	3	3	54	9.0	1	17	0	-	0.00	1.88	0.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1983-1984	7	2	60	10.0	3	19	0	-	0.00	1.90	0.00	0	0	0
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1987-1987	2	3	60	10.0	0	46	0	-	0.00	4.60	0.00	0	0	0
CL King (WI)	1980-1980	1	1	72	12.0	3	32	0	-	0.00	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1984-1987	11	2	72	12.0	4	23	1	1/9	23.00	1.91	72.00	0	0	0
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1982-1982	1	1	84	14.0	4	46	1	1/46	46.00	3.28	84.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1988	3	3	94	15.4	8	20	2	1/6	10.00	1.27	47.00	0	0	0
MAWR Madurasinghe (SL)	1988-1988	1	1	96	16.0	4	41	0	-	0.00	2.56	0.00	0	0	0
LWS Kaluperuma (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	126	21.0	4	69	0	-	0.00	3.28	0.00	0	0	0
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	1	2	126	21.0	2	78	3	3/40	26.00	3.71	42.00	0	0	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1985-1985	1	1	126	21.0	2	96	1	1/96	96.00	4.57	126.00	0	0	0
WW Davis (WI)	1984-1984	1	2	138	23.0	3	77	2	2/71	38.50	3.34	69.00	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-1988	5	4	144	24.0	3	57	0	-	0.00	2.37	0.00	0	0	0
GD Campbell (AUS)	1989-1989	1	2	144	24.0	0	124	1	1/82	124.00	5.16	144.00	0	0	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1988-1988	1	1	164	27.2	3	86	2	2/86	43.00	3.14	82.00	0	0	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1985	2	3	174	29.0	4	102	1	1/68	102.00	3.51	174.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1984-1986	7	7	192	32.0	8	69	2	2/36	34.50	2.15	96.00	0	0	0
MJ Bennett (AUS)	1985-1985	1	1	192	32.0	8	111	1	1/111	111.00	3.46	192.00	0	0	0
MAR Samarasekera (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	192	32.0	5	104	3	2/38	34.66	3.25	64.00	0	0	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1982-1982	1	2	200	33.2	11	96	2	2/61	48.00	2.88	100.00	0	0	0
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	9	6	204	34.0	3	116	2	1/28	58.00	3.41	102.00	0	0	0
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1988-1988	1	1	216	36.0	10	98	1	1/98	98.00	2.72	216.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1981-1986	14	5	228	38.0	14	57	1	1/4	57.00	1.50	228.00	0	0	0
Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1984-1984	2	3	228	38.0	9	106	1	1/71	106.00	2.78	228.00	0	0	0
SV Nayak (IND)	1982-1982	2	3	231	38.3	6	132	1	1/16	132.00	3.42	231.00	0	0	0
VB John (SL)	1984-1984	1	1	235	39.1	12	98	4	4/98	24.50	2.50	58.75	1	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1983	8	9	249	41.3	14	101	4	2/36	25.25	2.43	62.25	0	0	0
DA Stirling (NZ)	1986-1986	2	3	264	44.0	8	181	3	2/48	60.33	4.11	88.00	0	0	0
GRA de Silva (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	282	47.0	18	98	4	2/46	24.50	2.08	70.50	0	0	0
KBJ Azad (IND)	1981-1981	3	4	288	48.0	10	153	1	1/35	153.00	3.18	288.00	0	0	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	294	49.0	7	143	4	4/119	35.75	2.91	73.50	1	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1983-1988	13	8	354	59.0	8	202	2	2/35	101.00	3.42	177.00	0	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1988	2	3	366	61.0	9	173	2	2/107	86.50	2.83	183.00	0	0	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1987-1987	1	2	395	65.5	15	153	5	3/79	30.60	2.32	79.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1982-1984	4	6	402	67.0	20	128	4	2/2	32.00	1.91	100.50	0	0	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1988-1988	3	6	402	67.0	17	151	12	4/52	12.58	2.25	33.50	1	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1984	2	3	403	67.1	16	213	9	4/70	23.66	3.17	44.77	2	0	0
CD Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	2	4	421	70.1	14	233	6	3/95	38.83	3.32	70.16	0	0	0
G Sharma (IND)	1985-1985	1	2	426	71.0	20	132	3	3/115	44.00	1.85	142.00	0	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1986-1986	2	4	437	72.5	18	196	4	2/51	49.00	2.69	109.25	0	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1982-1982	2	4	450	75.0	19	179	3	2/47	59.66	2.38	150.00	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 Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]