PHT Kaushal of Sri Lanka returned with figures of 1 for 153 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against Pakistan at Pallekele to provide the fifth occasion of a bowler conceding 150 plus runs in the fourth innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below.  PHT Kaushal became the first Sri Lankan bowler to suffer such an ignominy

 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Mailey	32.0×8	0	179	3	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
2	N Gordon	55.2×8	10	174	1	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
3	Haseeb Ahsan	41.0	7	151	1	4	Pak	Win	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
4	NM Lyon	34.1	5	152	7	4	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
5	PHT Kaushal	31.0	1	153	1	4	Srl	Pak	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015

 

PHT Kaushal now stands third in the list of bowlers who have conceded most  runs in the fourth innings of the test.

 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Mailey	32.0×8	0	179	3	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
2	N Gordon	55.2×8	10	174	1	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
3	PHT Kaushal	31.0	1	153	1	4	Srl	Pak	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
4	NM Lyon	34.1	5	152	7	4	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
5	Haseeb Ahsan	41.0	7	151	1	4	Pak	Win	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958

 

PHT Kaushal has become the most expensive Sri Lankan bowler in the fourth innings of a test. The previous expensive figures was credited to M Muralitharan who had figures of 4 for 141 runs against Bangladesh at Dhaka in Dec 2008. The following table lists the Sri Lankan bowlers who have conceded 100 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test.

 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	PHT Kaushal	31.0	1	153	1	4	v Pakistan	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
2	M Muralitharan	48.0	9	141	4	4	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
3	HMRKB Herath	48.0	9	139	5	4	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009
4	M Muralitharan	45.0	6	112	3	4	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008
5	KTGD Prasad	25.2	5	105	3	4	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
6	HMRKB Herath	19.0	0	100	0	4	v Pakistan	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014