R Ashwin’s feat – joins the list of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets on six or more occasions in a calendar year

R Ashwin’s feat – joins the list of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets on six or more occasions in a calendar year

R Ashwin’s 7 for 66 in the South Africa’s second innings in the just concluded test between India and South Africa at Nagpur provide his sixth five wicket haul in the calendar year 2015. Hid feat provides the 22nd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more five wicket hauls in a calendar year. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5 Year
1 MD Marshall Win 13 25 3251 1471 73 7/53 10/107 20.15 9 1984
2 M Muralitharan Srl 11 21 3532 1521 90 8/70 12/225 16.90 9 2006
3 SF Barnes Eng 9 15 2201 863 61 8/29 13/57 14.14 8 1912
4 AA Donald SAF 14 26 3232 1571 80 6/88 8/74 19.63 7 1998
5 M Muralitharan Srl 8 16 3302 1256 68 9/65 16/220 18.47 7 1998
6 M Muralitharan Srl 10 17 3740 1463 75 7/84 13/171 19.50 7 2000
7 M Muralitharan Srl 12 23 4688 1699 80 8/87 11/170 21.23 7 2001
8 HMRKB Herath Srl 10 18 3224 1417 60 6/43 12/171 23.61 7 2012
9 CTB Turner Aus 4 6 1008 348 33 7/43 12/87 10.54 6 1888
10 MA Noble Aus 12 21 2208 989 51 7/17 13/77 19.39 6 1902
11 SP Gupte Ind 9 17 3288 1000 46 7/128 8/120 21.73 6 1955
12 IT Botham Eng 12 23 2877 1201 66 8/34 11/140 18.19 6 1978
13 RJ Hadlee NZl 10 18 2588 1116 64 9/52 15/123 17.43 6 1985
14 TM Alderman Aus 10 18 2592 1067 50 6/128 10/151 21.34 6 1989
15 Waqar Younis Pak 7 12 1626 838 55 7/91 13/135 15.23 6 1993
16 SK Warne Aus 10 19 3774 1274 70 8/71 12/128 18.20 6 1994
17 SM Pollock SAF 14 25 3592 1411 69 7/87 9/103 20.44 6 1998
18 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 8/84 15/217 25.95 6 2001
19 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3680 1838 74 8/141 13/181 24.83 6 2004
29 SK Warne Aus 15 30 4336 2114 96 6/46 12/246 22.02 6 2005
21 GP Swann Eng 14 25 3456 1662 64 6/65 10/217 25.96 6 2010
22 R Ashwin Ind 8 15 1884 980 55 7/66 12/98 17.81 6 2015

 

R Ashwin’s 7 for 66 in the South Africa’s second innings in the just concluded test between India and South Africa at Nagpur provide his sixth five wicket haul in the calendar year 2015. He became the fourth Indina bowler to perform the feat of capturing five wickets haul on six occasions after SP Gupte, Harbhajan Singh and A Kumble. The performance of these four bowlers are listed below

 

No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5 Year
1 SP Gupte Ind 9 17 3288 1000 46 7/128 8/120 21.73 6 1955
2 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 8/84 15/217 25.95 6 2001
3 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3680 1838 74 8/141 13/181 24.83 6 2004
4 R Ashwin Ind 8 15 1884 980 55 7/66 12/98 17.81 6 2015

 

 

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