West Indies left arm spinners capturing five or more wickets in a test innings
V Permaul of West Indies captured five of 35 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Galle to provide the 17th occasion of a West Indies left arm spinner capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. He also became the fourth West Indies left arm spinner to perform such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | W-R | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AL Valentine | 8-104 | 1 | Eng | Manchester | 08 Jun 1950 |
| 2 | AL Valentine | 6-039 | 3 | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 |
| 3 | AL Valentine | 5-099 | 2 | Aus | Brisbane | 09 Nov 1951 |
| 4 | AL Valentine | 6-102 | 3 | Aus | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1951 |
| 5 | AL Valentine | 5-088 | 4 | Aus | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 |
| 6 | AL Valentine | 5-127 | 1 | Ind | Georgetown | 11 Mar 1953 |
| 7 | AL Valentine | 5-064 | 1 | Ind | Kingston | 28 Mar 1953 |
| 8 | AL Valentine | 5-032 | 3 | NZl | Ch’church | 18 Feb 1956 |
| 9 | Inshan Ali | 5-059 | 2 | NZl | Trinidad | 20 Apr 1972 |
| 10 | JC Adams | 5-017 | 1 | NZl | Bridgetown | 19 Apr 1996 |
| 11 | SJ Benn | 5-155 | 2 | Aus | Adelaide | 04 Dec 2009 |
| 12 | SJ Benn | 5-120 | 1 | SAF | Trinidad | 10 Jun 2010 |
| 13 | SJ Benn | 6-081 | 2 | SAF | Bridgetown | 26 Jun 2010 |
| 14 | SJ Benn | 5-093 | 1 | NZl | Bridgetown | 26 Jun 2014 |
| 15 | SJ Benn | 5-039 | 2 | Ban | Kingstown | 05 Sep 2014 |
| 16 | SJ Benn | 5-072 | 4 | Ban | Gros Islet | 13 Sep 2014 |
| 17 | V Permaul | 5-035 | 1 | Srl | Galle | 29 Nov 2021 |