JM Anderson rewrites the English record for most five plus wickets in a test innings.
JM Anderson of England captured five wickets conceding 40 runs against South Africa in the ongoing test at Cape Town. These figures represent his 28th five or more wicket hauls in a test innings. He now holds the record for most five wicket hauls by an England pace bowler. He rewrote the record held by IT Botham. IT Botham had taken five or more wickets in an innings on 27 occasions
| Bowler | No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| JM Anderson | 1 | 16.0 | 4 | 73 | 5 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Lord’s | 22 May 2003 |
| JM Anderson | 2 | 27.5 | 4 | 102 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 |
| JM Anderson | 3 | 24.2 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 2 | v India | Lord’s | 19 Jul 2007 |
| JM Anderson | 4 | 20.0 | 4 | 73 | 5 | 2 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 13 Mar 2008 |
| JM Anderson | 5 | 21.3 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 2 | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 05 Jun 2008 |
| JM Anderson | 6 | 26.3 | 5 | 87 | 5 | 2 | v West Indies | Ch-le-St | 14 May 2009 |
| JM Anderson | 7 | 24.0 | 7 | 80 | 5 | 1 | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 2009 |
| JM Anderson | 8 | 21.1 | 1 | 63 | 5 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2010 |
| JM Anderson | 9 | 22.0 | 7 | 54 | 5 | 2 | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2010 |
| JM Anderson | 10 | 15.0 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 4 | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2010 |
| JM Anderson | 11 | 28.0 | 7 | 65 | 5 | 4 | v India | Lord’s | 21 Jul 2011 |
| JM Anderson | 12 | 20.3 | 5 | 72 | 5 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 26 Mar 2012 |
| JM Anderson | 13 | 24.0 | 11 | 47 | 5 | 2 | v New Zealand | Lord’s | 16 May 2013 |
| JM Anderson | 14 | 24.0 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 2 | v Australia | Nottingham | 10 Jul 2013 |
| JM Anderson | 15 | 31.5 | 11 | 73 | 5 | 4 | v Australia | Nottingham | 10 Jul 2013 |
| JM Anderson | 16 | 26.1 | 10 | 53 | 5 | 2 | v India | Southampton | 27 Jul 2014 |
| JM Anderson | 17 | 12.4 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 2 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 01 May 2015 |
| JM Anderson | 18 | 14.4 | 2 | 47 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Birmingham | 29 Jul 2015 |
| JM Anderson | 19 | 11.4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 19 May 2016 |
| JM Anderson | 20 | 13.3 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 19 May 2016 |
| JM Anderson | 21 | 27.0 | 9 | 58 | 5 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Ch-le-St | 27 May 2016 |
| JM Anderson | 22 | 23.2 | 6 | 72 | 5 | 1 | v South Africa | Nottingham | 14 Jul 2017 |
| JM Anderson | 23 | 29.0 | 7 | 76 | 5 | 2 | v West Indies | Leeds | 25 Aug 2017 |
| JM Anderson | 24 | 20.1 | 5 | 42 | 7 | 3 | v West Indies | Lord’s | 07 Sep 2017 |
| JM Anderson | 25 | 22.0 | 7 | 43 | 5 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 02 Dec 2017 |
| JM Anderson | 26 | 13.2 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 09 Aug 2018 |
| JM Anderson | 27 | 30.0 | 13 | 46 | 5 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 23 Jan 2019 |
| JM Anderson | 28 | 19.0 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2020 |
| Bowler | No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| IT Botham | 1 | 20.0 | 5 | 74 | 5 | 1 | v Australia | Nottingham | 28 Jul 1977 |
| IT Botham | 2 | 11.0 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 2 | v Australia | Leeds | 11 Aug 1977 |
| IT Botham | 3 | 24.7×8 | 6 | 73 | 5 | 2 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1978 |
| IT Botham | 4 | 34.0×8 | 4 | 109 | 5 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 04 Mar 1978 |
| IT Botham | 5 | 20.5 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 3 | v Pakistan | Lord’s | 15 Jun 1978 |
| IT Botham | 6 | 21.0 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 2 | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1978 |
| IT Botham | 7 | 38.0 | 13 | 101 | 6 | 1 | v New Zealand | Lord’s | 24 Aug 1978 |
| IT Botham | 8 | 18.1 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 3 | v New Zealand | Lord’s | 24 Aug 1978 |
| IT Botham | 9 | 29.0 | 8 | 70 | 5 | 3 | v India | Birmingham | 12 Jul 1979 |
| IT Botham | 10 | 19.0 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 02 Aug 1979 |
| IT Botham | 11 | 35.0 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Perth | 14 Dec 1979 |
| IT Botham | 12 | 45.5 | 14 | 98 | 5 | 3 | v Australia | Perth | 14 Dec 1979 |
| IT Botham | 13 | 22.5 | 7 | 58 | 6 | 1 | v India | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
| IT Botham | 14 | 26.0 | 7 | 48 | 7 | 3 | v India | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
| IT Botham | 15 | 39.2 | 11 | 95 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Leeds | 16 Jul 1981 |
| IT Botham | 16 | 14.0 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 |
| IT Botham | 17 | 47.0 | 13 | 125 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | The Oval | 27 Aug 1981 |
| IT Botham | 18 | 22.3 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 3 | v India | Mumbai | 27 Nov 1981 |
| IT Botham | 19 | 19.4 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 2 | v India | Lord’s | 10 Jun 1982 |
| IT Botham | 20 | 30.0 | 8 | 74 | 5 | 3 | v Pakistan | Leeds | 26 Aug 1982 |
| IT Botham | 21 | 27.4 | 8 | 59 | 5 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 |
| IT Botham | 22 | 27.4 | 6 | 103 | 8 | 2 | v West Indies | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1984 |
| IT Botham | 23 | 23.0 | 8 | 72 | 5 | 1 | v West Indies | The Oval | 09 Aug 1984 |
| IT Botham | 24 | 27.0 | 6 | 90 | 6 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Lord’s | 23 Aug 1984 |
| IT Botham | 25 | 24.0 | 2 | 109 | 5 | 2 | v Australia | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1985 |
| IT Botham | 26 | 24.1 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 03 Apr 1986 |
| IT Botham | 27 | 16.0 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1986 |
JM Anderson now occupies the third place in the list of pace bowlers who have captured most five or more wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket. The first two places are occupied by RJ Hadlee {36} and GD McGrath {29}. JM Anderson occupied the third place by surpassing IT Botham who had captured five or more wickets in an innings on 27 occasions. The following table furnishes the list of pace bowlers who have captured five or more wickets on 25 or more occasions.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | RJ Hadlee | NZl | 086 | 150 | 21918 | 09611 | 431 | 9/052 | 15/123 | 22.29 | 36 | 9 |
| 2 | GD McGrath | Aus | 124 | 243 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/024 | 10/027 | 21.64 | 29 | 3 |
| 3 | JM Anderson | Eng | 151 | 281 | 32671 | 15647 | 582 | 7/042 | 11/071 | 26.88 | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | IT Botham | Eng | 102 | 168 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/034 | 13/106 | 28.40 | 27 | 4 |
| 5 | DW Steyn | SAF | 093 | 171 | 18608 | 10077 | 439 | 7/051 | 11/060 | 22.95 | 26 | 5 |
| 6 | Wasim Akram | Pak | 104 | 181 | 22627 | 09779 | 414 | 7/119 | 11/110 | 23.62 | 25 | 5 |