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Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
Players Taking Most Wickets in Series with
2 Matches
3 Matches
4 Matches
5 Matches
6 Matches
Player
Country
O
M
R
W
Avg
Best
5w
Series
1
Abdul Qadir
Pakistan
234.4
68
437
30
14.57
9/56
3
1987-1988 Pakistan v. England
2
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
231.4
109
320
26
12.31
7/46
1
2003-2004 Sri Lanka v. England
3
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
227.4
52
480
26
18.46
7/84
3
2000-2001 Sri Lanka v. South Africa
4
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
217.4
53
536
24
22.33
6/81
3
2001-2002 Sri Lanka v. West Indies
5
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
213.1
50
516
26
19.85
6/71
1
1999-2000 Pakistan v. Sri Lanka
6
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
209.1
37
649
28
23.18
6/59
4
2003-2004 Sri Lanka v. Australia
7
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
203.1
84
294
30
9.80
9/51
2
2001-2002 Sri Lanka v. Zimbabwe
8
Yasir Shah*
Pakistan
190.5
37
552
29
19.03
8/41
3
2018-2019 Pakistan v. New Zealand
9
Yasir Shah*
Pakistan
188.2
40
549
25
21.96
7/94
3
2016-2017 West Indies v. Pakistan
10
Harbhajan Singh
India
178.3
44
545
32
17.03
8/84
4
2000-2001 India v. Australia
11
Yasir Shah*
Pakistan
176.3
28
464
24
19.33
7/76
3
2015 Sri Lanka v. Pakistan
12
T Richardson
England
175.0
58
439
24
18.29
7/168
4
1896 England v. Australia
13
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
169.3
42
401
33
12.15
9/52
5
1985-1986 Australia v. New Zealand
14
S K Warne
Australia
168.0
37
521
26
20.04
5/43
4
2003-2004 Sri Lanka v. Australia
15
B A W Mendis
Sri Lanka
163.1
24
478
26
18.38
6/117
2
2008-2009 Sri Lanka v. India
16
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
159.4
41
431
25
17.24
7/119
2
1993-1994 New Zealand v. Pakistan
17
D L Underwood
England
150.0
70
220
24
9.17
7/32
3
1969 England v. New Zealand
18
Saeed Ajmal
Pakistan
147.0
39
353
24
14.71
7/55
1
2011-2012 Pakistan v. England
19
R Ashwin*
India
146.3
28
480
27
17.78
7/59
3
2016-2017 India v. New Zealand
20
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
146.2
35
405
24
16.88
8/70
2
2006 England v. Sri Lanka
21
H M R K B Herath
Sri Lanka
145.0
41
357
28
12.75
7/64
3
2016 Sri Lanka v. Australia
22
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
144.4
50
315
29
10.86
7/76
3
1990-1991 Pakistan v. New Zealand
23
A V Bedser
England
144.2
33
298
24
12.42
7/49
2
1946 England v. India
24
I T Botham
England
142.1
42
337
24
14.04
6/34
3
1978 England v. New Zealand
25
R J Sidebottom
England
141.0
34
410
24
17.08
7/47
3
2007-2008 New Zealand v. England
26
M A Holding
West Indies
140.3
37
344
24
14.33
6/62
4
1981-1982 Australia v. West Indies
27
W P U J C Vaas
Sri Lanka
140.2
32
401
26
15.42
7/71
2
2001-2002 Sri Lanka v. West Indies
28
C B Llewellyn
South Africa
132.4
23
448
25
17.92
6/92
4
1902-1903 South Africa v. Australia
29
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
130.4
31
373
27
13.81
7/91
4
1993-1994 Pakistan v. Zimbabwe
30
S K Warne
Australia
124.0
29
342
27
12.67
7/94
2
2002-2003 Pakistan v. Australia
31
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
112.5
33
282
26
10.85
6/28
3
2007-2008 Sri Lanka v. Bangladesh
32
R Peel
England
110.0
48
181
24
7.54
7/31
1
1888 England v. Australia
33
G A Lohmann
England
103.4
38
203
35
5.80
9/28
4
1895-1896 South Africa v. England
34
M A Starc*
Australia
103.2
28
364
24
15.17
6/50
3
2016 Sri Lanka v. Australia
35
C Blythe
England
100.3
26
270
26
10.38
8/59
3
1907 England v. South Africa
36
D Olivier*
South Africa
88.0
16
353
24
14.71
6/37
3
2018-2019 South Africa v. Pakistan
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