Out of the many modes of dismissals in cricket, the Leg Before Wicket (LBW) is one of the most regular ones. The Wikipedia defines it as – “Following an appeal by the fielding side, the umpire may rule a batsman out lbw if the ball would have struck the wicket, but was instead intercepted by any part of the batsman’s body (except the hand holding the bat). The umpire’s decision will depend on a number of criteria, including where the ball pitched, whether the ball hit in line with the wickets, and whether the batsman was attempting to hit the ball.”
So here is a list of Test matches with most batsmen lbw in an innings:
There are as many as 75 instances when five batsmen from a team were dismissed LBW in an innings of a Test. West Indies lead this list with 19 occurrences of such instances.
Here is the team-wise list:
| Teams | Number of times 5 batsmen were out LBW |
| West Indies | 19 |
| England | 12 |
| Pakistan | 9 |
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| India | 4 |
| Australia | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 3 |
Here is the full list:
| Teams | Score | Number of LBWs | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| West Indies | 184 | 5 | v England | Georgetown | 14 Feb 1935 |
| South Africa | 208 | 5 | v England | The Oval | 26 Aug 1965 |
| West Indies | 214 | 5 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 15 Feb 1975 |
| England | 315 | 5 | v Australia | Lord’s | 31 Jul 1975 |
| Australia | 442 | 5 | v India | Kolkata | 26 Oct 1979 |
| England | 296 | 5 | v India | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
| England | 300/9d | 5 | v West Indies | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1984 |
| Sri Lanka | 420 | 5 | v India | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |
| England | 430 | 5 | v Australia | Leeds | 8 Jun 1989 |
| England | 260 | 5 | v Australia | Manchester | 27 Jul 1989 |
| India | 288 | 5 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1989 |
| England | 191 | 5 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 5 Apr 1990 |
| New Zealand | 194 | 5 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 10 Oct 1990 |
| West Indies | 195 | 5 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| West Indies | 382 | 5 | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 16 Apr 1993 |
| Pakistan | 165 | 5 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 16 Apr 1993 |
| Zimbabwe | 289 | 5 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 1 Dec 1993 |
| Pakistan | 204 | 5 | v Australia | Sydney | 30 Nov 1995 |
| Zimbabwe | 375 | 5 | v Pakistan | Sheikhupura | 17 Oct 1996 |
| Zimbabwe | 200 | 5 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1996 |
| New Zealand | 155 | 5 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 21 Nov 1996 |
| New Zealand | 311 | 5 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 21 Nov 1996 |
| New Zealand | 168 | 5 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 28 Nov 1996 |
| South Africa | 214 | 5 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1997 |
| West Indies | 211 | 5 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 17 Nov 1997 |
| Pakistan | 417 | 5 | v West Indies | Karachi | 6 Dec 1997 |
| South Africa | 195 | 5 | v England | Leeds | 6 Aug 1998 |
| Pakistan | 145 | 5 | v Australia | Rawalpindi | 1 Oct 1998 |
| West Indies | 170 | 5 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1998 |
| West Indies | 167 | 5 | v Australia | Port of Spain | 5 Mar 1999 |
| West Indies | 187 | 5 | v Zimbabwe | Port of Spain | 16 Mar 2000 |
| Zimbabwe | 123 | 5 | v England | Lord’s | 18 May 2000 |
| Sri Lanka | 256 | 5 | v Pakistan | Galle | 21 Jun 2000 |
| England | 281 | 5 | v West Indies | The Oval | 31 Aug 2000 |
| New Zealand | 148 | 5 | v South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 30 Nov 2000 |
| England | 189 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 22 Feb 2001 |
| Australia | 212 | 5 | v India | Kolkata | 11 Mar 2001 |
| West Indies | 501 | 5 | v India | Georgetown | 11 Apr 2002 |
| Pakistan | 221 | 5 | v Australia | Sharjah | 19 Oct 2002 |
| Bangladesh | 274 | 5 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 20 Aug 2003 |
| India | 239 | 5 | v Australia | Bangalore | 6 Oct 2004 |
| Bangladesh | 184 | 5 | v India | Dhaka | 10 Dec 2004 |
| West Indies | 113 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Jul 2005 |
| West Indies | 219 | 5 | v India | Kingston | 30 Jun 2006 |
| West Indies | 591 | 5 | v Pakistan | Multan | 19 Nov 2006 |
| West Indies | 437 | 5 | v England | Lord’s | 17 May 2007 |
| England | 298 | 5 | v India | Lord’s | 19 Jul 2007 |
| West Indies | 294 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Port of Spain | 3 Apr 2008 |
| India | 268 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 8 Aug 2008 |
| West Indies | 749/9d | 5 | v England | Bridgetown | 26 Feb 2009 |
| West Indies | 181 | 5 | v Bangladesh | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 |
| South Africa | 343 | 5 | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 |
| South Africa | 290 | 5 | v India | Kolkata | 14 Feb 2010 |
| England | 354 | 5 | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2010 |
| West Indies | 303/8 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 1 Dec 2010 |
| West Indies | 226 | 5 | v Pakistan | Providence | 12 May 2011 |
| Pakistan | 160 | 5 | v West Indies | Providence | 12 May 2011 |
| West Indies | 304 | 5 | v India | Delhi | 6 Nov 2011 |
| England | 192 | 5 | v Pakistan | Dubai (DSC) | 17 Jan 2012 |
| England | 327 | 5 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 25 Jan 2012 |
| Pakistan | 365 | 5 | v England | Dubai (DSC) | 3 Feb 2012 |
| Pakistan | 100 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 22 Jun 2012 |
| Sri Lanka | 337 | 5 | v Pakistan | Pallekele | 8 Jul 2012 |
| New Zealand | 164 | 5 | v India | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 23 Aug 2012 |
| New Zealand | 365 | 5 | v India | Bangalore | 31 Aug 2012 |
| New Zealand | 412 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 |
| India | 272 | 5 | v Australia | Delhi | 22 Mar 2013 |
| Zimbabwe | 120 | 5 | v Pakistan | Harare | 3 Sep 2013 |
| Zimbabwe | 262 | 5 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 12 Nov 2014 |
| Pakistan | 215 | 5 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 3 Jul 2015 |
| Sri Lanka | 353 | 5 | v Australia | Pallekele | 26 Jul 2016 |
| Zimbabwe | 132 | 5 | v New Zealand | Bulawayo | 6 Aug 2016 |
| New Zealand | 204 | 5 | v India | Kolkata | 30 Sep 2016 |
| Bangladesh | 263 | 5 | v England | Chittagong | 20 Oct 2016 |
| Australia | 361 | 5 | v South Africa | Perth | 3 Nov 2016 |
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