Australian bowlers capturing five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test helping Australia’s win against England

Australian bowlers capturing five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test helping Australia’s win against England

MA Starc returned with five for 88 in the fourth innings of the Adelaide test against England in the just concluded test to provide the 43rd occasion of an Australian bowler to capture five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test against England helping Australia to win the test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 TK Kendall 33.1×4 12 055 7 4 Eng Melbourne 15 Mar 1877
2 FR Spofforth 28.0×4 15 044 7 4 Eng The Oval 28 Aug 1882
3 FR Spofforth 48.1×4 22 090 6 4 Eng Sydney 20 Feb 1885
4 CTB Turner 24.0×4 08 036 5 4 Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 1888
5 JJ Ferris 23.0×4 11 026 5 4 Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 1888
6 CTB Turner 33.2 14 051 5 4 Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1892
7 G Giffen 28.0 10 072 6 4 Eng Sydney 29 Jan 1892
8 AE Trott 27.0 10 043 8 4 Eng Adelaide 11 Jan 1895
9 MA Noble 26.0 05 060 6 4 Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1902
10 MA Noble 33.0 04 098 6 4 Eng Melbourne 28 Feb 1902
11 MA Noble 21.0 04 052 6 4 Eng Sheffield 03 Jul 1902
12 H Trumble 25.0 09 053 6 4 Eng Manchester 24 Jul 1902
13 H Trumble 06.5 00 028 7 4 Eng Melbourne 05 Mar 1904
14 JV Saunders 21.4 04 065 5 4 Eng Adelaide 10 Jan 1908
15 JDA O’Connor 21.0 06 040 5 4 Eng Adelaide 10 Jan 1908
16 JV Saunders 35.1 05 082 5 4 Eng Sydney 21 Feb 1908
17 A Cotter 16.0 02 038 5 4 Eng Leeds 01 Jul 1909
18 HV Hordern 42.2 11 090 7 4 Eng Sydney 15 Dec 1911
19 AA Mailey 29.2 03 142 5 4 Eng Adelaide 14 Jan 1921
20 AA Mailey 24.0×8 02 092 5 4 Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
21 CV Grimmett 19.4×8 03 037 6 4 Eng Sydney 27 Feb 1925
22 WJ O’Reilly 24.0 05 066 5 4 Eng Melbourne 30 Dec 1932
23 WJ O’Reilly 41.4 24 054 7 4 Eng Nottingham 08 Jun 1934
24 CV Grimmett 26.3 10 064 5 4 Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
25 LO Fleetwood-Smith 25.6×8 02 124 5 4 Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1937
26 LO Fleetwood-Smith 30.0×8 01 110 6 4 Eng Adelaide 29 Jan 1937
27 ERH Toshack 20.1 06 040 5 4 Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1948
28 KR Miller 36.0 12 080 5 4 Eng Lord’s 21 Jun 1956
29 R Benaud 32.0 11 070 6 4 Eng Manchester 27 Jul 1961
30 JR Thomson 17.5×8 03 046 6 4 Eng Brisbane 29 Nov 1974
31 DK Lillee 34.4×8 07 139 5 4 Eng Melbourne 12 Mar 1977
32 RM Hogg 17.0×8 05 036 5 4 Eng Melbourne 29 Dec 1978
33 G Dymock 17.2 04 034 6 4 Eng Perth 14 Dec 1979
34 PR Sleep 35.0 14 072 5 4 Eng Sydney 10 Jan 1987
35 TM Alderman 20.0 07 044 5 4 Eng Leeds 08 Jun 1989
36 SK Warne 50.2 22 071 8 4 Eng Brisbane 25 Nov 1994
37 CJ McDermott 16.5 05 042 5 4 Eng Melbourne 24 Dec 1994
38 CJ McDermott 15.0 04 038 6 4 Eng Perth 03 Feb 1995
39 SCG MacGill 20.1 04 050 7 4 Eng Sydney 02 Jan 1999
40 RJ Harris 11.0 01 047 6 4 Eng Perth 16 Dec 2010
41 MG Johnson 21.1 07 042 5 4 Eng Brisbane 21 Nov 2013
42 RJ Harris 09.4 04 025 5 4 Eng Sydney 03 Jan 2014
43 MA Starc 19.2 03 088 5 4 Eng Adelaide 02 Dec 2017

 

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