KA Maharaj  collected a pair  and returned with 5 for 123 in the first innings of the ongoing test between South Africa and  Australia at Durban to provide the 44^th occasion of a cricketer collecting a pair and capture five or more wickets  in an innings or in both  innings of the same test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	W	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	0	0	7	38	8	07	Eng	SAF	Port Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	R Peel	0	0	6	23			Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
3	JV Saunders	0	0	5	82			Aus	Eng	Sydney	21 Feb 1908
4	CV Grimmett	0	0	5	107	5	94	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930
5	CIJ Smith	0	0	5	16			Eng	Win	Bridgetown	08 Jan 1935
6	J Cowie	0	0	6	67			NZl	Aus	Manchester	24 Jul 1937
7	CN McCarthy	0	0	6	43			SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Dec 1948
8	AL Valentine	0	0	8	104			Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
9	J Trim	0	0	5	34			Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
10	JW Gleeson	0	0	5	125			Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970
11	EAS Prasanna	0	0	5	70			Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1975
12	DL Underwood	0	0	7	113			Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
13	BS Chandrasekhar	0	0	6	52	6	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
14	AG Hurst	0	0	5	28			Aus	Eng	Sydney	06 Jan 1979
15	BL Cairns	0	0	5	87			NZl	Aus	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980
16	DE Malcolm	0	0	5	46			Eng	NZl	Birmingham	05 Jul 1990
17	Waqar Younis	0	0	7	76	5	54	Pak	NZl	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990
18	CEL Ambrose	0	0	5	35			Win	Pak	Lahore	06 Dec 1990
19	ML Su’a	0	0	5	73			NZl	Pak	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
20	CJ McDermott	0	0	5	49			Aus	Pak	Sydney	30 Nov 1995
21	SB Doull	0	0	5	75			NZl	Eng	Wellington	06 Feb 1997
22	BKV Prasad	0	0	5	82			Ind	Win	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997
23	D Gough	0	0	5	149			Eng	Aus	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
24	CA Walsh	0	0	5	143			Win	Pak	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997
25	AR Caddick	0	0	5	67			Eng	Win	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998
26	SB O’Connor	0	0	5	51			NZl	Aus	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000
27	CA Walsh	0	0	6	61			Win	SAF	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001
28	SK Warne	0	0	7	94			Aus	Pak	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002
29	Z Khan	0	0	5	29			Ind	NZl	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002
30	M Muralitharan	0	0	6	59	5	153	Srl	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004
31	CS Martin	0	0	5	152			NZl	Aus	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004
32	DBL Powell	0	0	5	25			Win	Srl	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
33	SL Malinga	0	0	5	68			Srl	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
34	M Muralitharan	0	0	6	87			Srl	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
35	MR Gillespie	0	0	5	136			NZl	SAF	Centurion	16 Nov 2007
36	Rubel Hossain	0	0	5	166			Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
37	MG Johnson	0	0	6	73			Aus	NZl	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010
38	Mohammad Asif	0	0	5	77			Pak	Eng	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
39	Mohammad Amir	0	0	6	84			Pak	Eng	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
40	ST Finn	0	0	6	125			Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
42	HMRKB Herath	0	0	5	125			Srl	Pak	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
42	KTGD Prasad	0	0	5	50			Srl	Eng	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
43	JE Taylor	0	0	6	47			Win	Aus	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
44	KA Maharaj	0	0	5	123			SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

It also provides the second such occasion by a South African cricketer. It is noted that KA Maharaj emulated CN McCarthy after an interval of 70 years.

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CN McCarthy	0	0	6	43	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Dec 1948
2	KA Maharaj	0	0	5	123	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

It also provides the twelfth such occasion by a cricketer against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. KA Maharaj became the first South African cricketer to collect a pair and capture five wickets in an innings or in both innings in the same test against Australia.

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	W	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	R Peel	0	0	6	23			Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
2	J Cowie	0	0	6	67			NZl	Aus	Manchester	24 Jul 1937
3	J Trim	0	0	5	34			Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
4	DL Underwood	0	0	7	113			Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
5	BS Chandrasekhar	0	0	6	52	6	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
6	BL Cairns	0	0	5	87			NZl	Aus	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980
7	D Gough	0	0	5	149			Eng	Aus	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
8	SB O’Connor	0	0	5	51			NZl	Aus	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000
9	M Muralitharan	0	0	6	59	5	153	Srl	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004
10	CS Martin	0	0	5	152			NZl	Aus	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004
11	JE Taylor	0	0	6	47			Win	Aus	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
12	KA Maharaj	0	0	5	123			SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

South African soil has witnessed five occasions of a cricketer collecting a pair and captures five wickets in an innings or in both innings of the same test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	W	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	0	0	7	38	8	07	Eng	SAF	Port Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	CN McCarthy	0	0	6	43			SAF	Aus	Durban	16 Dec 1948
3	JW Gleeson	0	0	5	125			Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970
4	MR Gillespie	0	0	5	136			NZl	SAF	Centurion	16 Nov 2007
5	KA Maharaj	0	0	5	123			SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

Durban has witnessed two occasions of a cricketer collecting a pair and captures five wickets in an innings or in both innings of the same test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CN McCarthy	0	0	6	43	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Dec 1948
2	KA Maharaj	0	0	5	123	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

GA Lohmann of England, CV Grimmett of Australia, BS Chandrasekhar of India, Waqar Younis of Pakistan and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka are the five cricketers in the  annals of test cricket who have collected a pair and captured five wickets in each innings of the same  test. The performance of these five cricketers is furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	W	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	0	0	7	38	8	07	Eng	SAF	Port Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	CV Grimmett	0	0	5	107	5	94	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930
3	BS Chandrasekhar	0	0	6	52	6	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
4	Waqar Younis	0	0	7	76	5	54	Pak	NZl	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990
5	M Muralitharan	0	0	6	59	5	153	Srl	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004