Bowlers capturing seven or more wickets in the fourth innings of the test
HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka captured seven for 48 in the fourth innings of the recently concluded Galle test against India to provide the 50th occasion of a bowler capturing seven or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | TK Kendall | 33.1×4 | 12 | 55 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 |
| 2 | FR Spofforth | 28.0×4 | 15 | 44 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 28 Aug 1882 |
| 3 | RG Barlow | 34.2×4 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 26 Jan 1883 |
| 4 | AE Trott | 27.0 | 10 | 43 | 8 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 11 Jan 1895 |
| 5 | GA Lohmann | 9.4×5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | Eng | SAF | Port Elizabeth | 13 Feb 1896 |
| 6 | JV Saunders | 11.0 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 4 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 18 Oct 1902 |
| 7 | W Rhodes | 15.0 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 |
| 8 | H Trumble | 6.5 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Ent | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 |
| 9 | BJT Bosanquet | 32.4 | 2 | 107 | 8 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 |
| 10 | SJ Snooke | 31.4 | 8 | 70 | 8 | 4 | SAF | Eng | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 |
| 11 | C Blythe | 22.4 | 9 | 40 | 7 | 4 | Eng | SAF | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 12 | AEE Vogler | 22.0 | 2 | 94 | 7 | 4 | SAF | Eng | Johannesburg | 01 Jan 1910 |
| 13 | HV Hordern | 42.2 | 11 | 90 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 15 Dec 1911 |
| 14 | AE Hall | 37.3 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 4 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 |
| 15 | JC White | 64.5 | 21 | 126 | 8 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 |
| 16 | W Voce | 37.2 | 15 | 70 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Win | Port of Spain | 01 Feb 1930 |
| 17 | WJ O’Reilly | 41.4 | 24 | 54 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Nottingham | 08 Jun 1934 |
| 18 | AV Bedser | 25.0 | 4 | 52 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Ind | Manchester | 20 Jul 1946 |
| 19 | HJ Tayfield | 37.1 | 13 | 81 | 7 | 4 | SAF | Aus | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 |
| 20 | FH Tyson | 12.3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 |
| 21 | JB Statham | 29.0 | 12 | 39 | 7 | 4 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1955 |
| 22 | JH Wardle | 19.0 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 4 | Eng | SAF | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 |
| 23 | HJ Tayfield | 37.0 | 11 | 113 | 9 | 4 | SAF | Eng | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 |
| 24 | FS Trueman | 14.3 | 2 | 44 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Win | Birmingham | 04 Jul 1963 |
| 25 | DL Underwood | 31.3 | 19 | 50 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 22 Aug 1968 |
| 26 | DL Underwood | 31.0 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 4 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1969 |
| 27 | JA Snow | 17.5 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 09 Jan 1971 |
| 28 | Sarfraz Nawaz | 35.4 | 7 | 86 | 9 | 4 | Pak | Aus | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 |
| 29 | RGD Willis | 15.1 | 3 | 43 | 8 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Leeds | 16 Jul 1981 |
| 30 | ND Hirwani | 15.2 | 3 | 75 | 8 | 4 | Ind | Win | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 |
| 31 | CEL Ambrose | 22.4 | 10 | 45 | 8 | 4 | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 05 Apr 1990 |
| 32 | MR Whitney | 12.1 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Ind | Perth | 01 Feb 1992 |
| 33 | SK Warne | 23.2 | 8 | 52 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Win | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 34 | SK Warne | 50.2 | 22 | 71 | 8 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 25 Nov 1994 |
| 35 | DG Cork | 19.3 | 5 | 43 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Win | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1995 |
| 36 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 34.4 | 13 | 56 | 7 | 4 | Pak | NZl | Christchurch | 08 Dec 1995 |
| 37 | L Klusener | 21.3 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 4 | SAF | Ind | Kolkata | 27 Nov 1996 |
| 38 | SCG MacGill | 20.1 | 4 | 50 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Ent | Sydney | 02 Jan 1999 |
| 39 | A Kumble | 26.3 | 9 | 74 | 10 | 4 | Ind | Pak | Delhi | 04 Feb 1999 |
| 40 | AR Caddick | 22.0 | 5 | 94 | 7 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 02 Jan 2003 |
| 41 | MS Kasprowicz | 17.4 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Srl | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 |
| 42 | GD McGrath | 16.0 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 4 | Aus | Pak | Perth | 16 Dec 2004 |
| 43 | MJ Hoggard | 18.3 | 5 | 61 | 7 | 4 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 |
| 44 | A Kumble | 38.0 | 16 | 63 | 7 | 4 | Ind | Pak | Kolkata | 16 Mar 2005 |
| 45 | M Muralitharan | 16.2 | 4 | 46 | 8 | 4 | Srl | Win | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 |
| 46 | M Muralitharan | 30.0 | 10 | 70 | 8 | 4 | Srl | Eng | Nottingham | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 47 | SCJ Broad | 11.0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 4 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 16 May 2013 |
| 48 | I Sharma | 23.0 | 6 | 74 | 7 | 4 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 17 Jul 2014 |
| 49 | NM Lyon | 34.1 | 5 | 152 | 7 | 4 | Aus | Ind | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 50 | HMRKB Herath | 21.0 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 4 | Srl | Ind | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |