R Ashwin’s 6 for 132 in the second innings of the just concluded Kanpur test against New Zealand provides the tenth occasion of his five wicket haul when he has shared the new ball as a spin bowler. He became the first bowler under the captioned parameters to capture ten wickets in the annals of test cricket. The previous record for most five wicket hauls by a spin bowler sharing the new ball was eight occasions which was shared by C Blythe of England and H Trumble of Australia. R Ashwin’s ten five wicket hauls are listed below

No	O	M	R	W	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	21.3	5	47	6	2	3	West Indies	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	32.0	6	95	5	1	3	Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
3	28.0	12	63	5	2	3	Australia	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	25.0	6	87	5	2	2	Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	16.0	6	42	5	1	4	Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	20 Aug 2015
6	24.0	5	51	5	1	2	South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
7	29.5	7	66	7	2	4	South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
8	16.1	6	32	5	2	2	South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
9	49.1	26	61	5	2	4	South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
10	35.3	5	132	6	2	4	New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016

R Ashwin became the third bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 75 plus wickets when a spin bowler has shared the new ball. Others are H Trumble of Australia {93} and R Peel of England {88}

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/89	16.25	08	3
2	R Peel	Eng	1884-1896	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/68	17.27	04	1
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2016	16	20	2756	1348	76	7/66	12/98	17.73	10	4

R Ashwin of India and C Blythe of England share the record for most ten wicket hauls when a spin bowler has opened the bowling in an innings.  Both the bowlers have captured ten wickets in a match on four occasions.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2016	16	20	2756	1348	76	7/66	12/98	17.73	10	4
2	C Blythe	Eng	1902-1910	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/99	17.82	08	4

R Ashwin thus equalled  the 106-year-old record of C Blythe who had captured his fourth ten wicket haul – as a spin bowler while sharing the new ball – against South Africa at Cape Town in Mar 1910. R Ashwin’s fourth ten wicket haul – as a spin bowler while sharing the new ball – came against New Zealand in Sep 2016 – 106 years later

R ASHWIN’S TEN WICKETS IN A MATCH
No	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	74.0	18	198	12	16.50	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
2	42.0	8	160	10	16.00	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	46.0	13	98	12	8.16	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
4	66.2	12	225	10	22.50	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
C BLYTHE’S TEN WICKETS HAULS IN A MATCH
No	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	60.5	23	118	11	10.72	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906
2	38.3	10	99	15	6.60	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907
3	47.0	9	102	11	9.27	v Australia	Birmingham	27 May 1909
4	48.0	18	104	10	10.40	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910