Bowlers capturing twelve or more wickets in a test conceding less than 100 runs
SNJ O’Keefe of Australia returned with match figures of 11 for 70 to provide the 23rd occasion of a bowler capturing 12 or more wickets conceding less than 100 runs in a match. All such occasions are listed below
No | Player | Overs | M | R | W | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | J Briggs | 33.3×4 | 16 | 28 | 15 | Eng | SAF | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
2 | GA Lohmann | 25.3×5 | 11 | 45 | 15 | Eng | SAF | Port Elizabeth | 13 Feb 1896 |
3 | CA Walsh | 36.0 | 15 | 55 | 13 | Win | NZl | Wellington | 10 Feb 1995 |
4 | SF Barnes | 37.4 | 14 | 57 | 13 | Eng | SAF | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
5 | SNJ O’Keefe | 28.1 | 6 | 70 | 12 | Aus | Ind | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
6 | GA Lohmann | 31.2 | 10 | 71 | 12 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | 02 Mar 1896 |
7 | DL Underwood | 48.5 | 25 | 71 | 13 | Eng | Pak | Lord’s | 08 Aug 1974 |
8 | MA Noble | 33.4 | 7 | 77 | 13 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 |
9 | M Muralitharan | 35.5 | 11 | 82 | 12 | Srl | Ban | Kandy | 11 Jul 2007 |
10 | R Ashwin | 43.2 | 14 | 85 | 12 | Ind | NZl | Hyd-RGS | 23 Aug 2012 |
11 | CTB Turner | 88.0×4 | 50 | 87 | 12 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 |
12 | H Trumble | 65.0×5 | 19 | 89 | 12 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
13 | JH Wardle | 42.6×8 | 12 | 89 | 12 | Eng | SAF | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 |
14 | FR Spofforth | 64.3×4 | 33 | 90 | 14 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 28 Aug 1882 |
15 | JC Laker | 68.0 | 27 | 90 | 19 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 |
16 | JJ Ferris | 54.2 | 27 | 91 | 13 | Eng | SAF | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 |
17 | Fazal Mahmood | 51.4 | 19 | 94 | 12 | Pak | Ind | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 |
18 | Danish Kaneria | 28.0 | 6 | 94 | 12 | Pak | Ban | Multan | 29 Aug 2001 |
19 | DL Underwood | 44.1×8 | 14 | 97 | 12 | Eng | NZl | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1971 |
20 | R Ashwin | 46.0 | 13 | 98 | 12 | Inf | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
21 | C Blythe | 38.3 | 10 | 99 | 15 | Eng | SAF | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
22 | AV Bedser | 55.5 | 23 | 99 | 14 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 |
23 | Fazal Mahmood | 60.0 | 27 | 99 | 12 | Pa | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1954 |
SNJ O’Keefe became the second bowler to capture 12 wickets in a test conceding less than 100 runs against India after Fazal Mahmood. Fazal Mahmood had figures of 12 for 94 at Lucknow in Oct 1952. Thus it took 67 years for another bowler to capture 12 wickets conceding less than 100 runs against India
No | Player | Overs | M | R | W | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | SNJ O’Keefe | 28.1 | 6 | 70 | 12 | Aus | Ind | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
2 | Fazal Mahmood | 51.4 | 19 | 94 | 12 | Pak | Ind | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 |
SNJ O’Keefe became the fifth Australian bowler to capture 12 wickets in a test conceding less than 100 runs. He became the first Australian bowler to perform such a feat against India. All the other four bowler has chosen England as their opposition. All the five occasions are listed below
No | Player | Overs | M | R | W | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | SNJ O’Keefe | 28.1 | 6 | 70 | 12 | Aus | Ind | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
2 | MA Noble | 33.4 | 7 | 77 | 13 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 |
3 | CTB Turner | 88.0×4 | 50 | 87 | 12 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 |
4 | H Trumble | 65.0×5 | 19 | 89 | 12 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
5 | FR Spofforth | 64.3×4 | 33 | 90 | 14 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 28 Aug 1882 |
SNJ O’Keefe’s feat has come after 115 years after MA Noble’s feat. MA Noble had captured 13 for 77 against England at Melbourne in Jan 1902
No | Player | Overs | M | R | W | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | SNJ O’Keefe | 28.1 | 6 | 70 | 12 | Aus | Ind | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
2 | MA Noble | 33.4 | 7 | 77 | 13 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 |