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1948 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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List of five-wickets-in-an-innings

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	JC Laker	37.0	9	103	7	2.78	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
🥈 2	R Howorth	41.0	8	124	6	3.02	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
🥉 3	RR Lindwall	16.5x8	4	38	7	1.71	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
4	W Ferguson	39.0	5	137	5	3.51	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
5	W Ferguson	34.2	4	92	6	2.67	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
6	JDC Goddard	14.2	5	31	5	2.16	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	03 Mar 1948	Test # 297
6	W Ferguson	40.0	6	116	5	2.90	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	03 Mar 1948	Test # 297
6	HHH Johnson	34.5	13	41	5	1.17	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
6	HHH Johnson	31.0	11	55	5	1.77	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
6	WA Johnston	25.0	11	36	5	1.44	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
6	RR Lindwall	27.4	7	70	5	2.53	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
6	ERH Toshack	20.1	6	40	5	1.98	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
13	RR Lindwall	16.1	5	20	6	1.23	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
14	WE Hollies	56.0	14	131	5	2.33	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
14	CR Rangachari	29.4	4	107	5	3.60	India	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
16	NBF Mann	37.4x8	14	59	6	1.18	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
16	CN McCarthy	12.0x8	2	43	6	2.68	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306

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Additional Information

Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures