HMRKB Herath became the sixth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture fifty plus wickets as a spinner who shared the new ball. At the end of the just concluded Col-SSC test against Australia his tally of wickets under the captioned category of statistics read 56. Australian captain SPD Smith became his 50^th victim. Other bowlers to capture 50 plus wickets are – H Trumble {93}, R Peel {88}, C Blythe {74}, R Ashwin {09}, GE Palmer {62}. The following table lists the performance of these six bowlers. HMRKB Herath became the first Sri Lankan bowler to accomplish such a feat

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	R Peel	Eng	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
3	C Blythe	Eng	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
4	R Ashwin	Ind	15	19	2543	1216	70	7/66	12/098	17.37	9	3
5	GE Palmer	Aus	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
6	HMRKB Herath	Srl	13	16	2296	0952	56	7/48	13/145	17.00	6	2

HMRKB Herath became the third left arm spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets as a left arm spin bowler who shared the new ball. Other are R Peel {88} and C Blythe {74}

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	R Peel	Eng	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
2	C Blythe	Eng	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
3	HMRKB Herath	Srl	13	16	2296	0952	56	7/48	13/145	17.00	6	2