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