Bowlers who have captured seven or more wickets in the third innings of a test after enforcing the follow on

Bowlers who have captured seven or more wickets in the third innings of a test after enforcing the follow on

R Ashwin’s 7 for 83 in the just concluded North Sound test against West Indies provides the 15th occasion of a bowler capturing seven or more wickets in the third innings of a test after enforcing the follow on. All such occasions are listed below. M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka is the only bowler in the list to accomplish the feat twice – against Zimbabwe at Kandy in Jan 98 and against South Africa at Galle in Jul 2000

No Player Overs M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 W Bates 33.0×4 14 074 7 3 Eng Aus Melbourne 19 Jan 1883
2 J Briggs 14.2×4 05 011 8 3 Eng SAF Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
3 H Verity 22.3 08 043 8 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 22 Jun 1934
4 GOB Allen 20.0 03 080 7 3 Eng Ind The Oval 15 Aug 1936
5 RR Lindwall 16.5×8 04 038 7 3 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
6 JC Laker 51.2 23 053 10 3 Eng Aus Manchester 26 Jul 1956
7 IT Botham 20.5 08 034 8 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 15 Jun 1978
8 Abdul Qadir 50.5 12 142 7 3 Pak Aus Faisalabad 30 Sep 1982
9 PCR Tufnell 46.1 25 047 7 3 Eng NZl Christchurch 18 Jan 1992
10 A Kumble 27.3 09 059 7 3 Ind Srl Lucknow 18 Jan 1994
11 M Muralitharan 42.5 13 094 7 3 Srl Zim Kandy 07 Jan 1998
12 M Muralitharan 35.0 05 084 7 3 Srl SAF Galle 20 Jul 2000
13 CL Cairns 18.2 02 053 7 3 NZl Ban Hamilton 18 Dec 2001
14 Harbhajan Singh 28.3 12 048 7 3 Ind Win Mumbai 09 Oct 2002
15 R Ashwin 25.0 08 083 7 3 Ind Win North Sound 21 Jul 2016

 

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