Australian bowlers capturing 13 or more wickets in test – NM Lyon joins the elite list

Australian bowlers capturing 13 or more wickets in test – NM Lyon joins the elite list

NM Lyon of Australia captured 13 wickets conceding 154 runs against Bangladesh at Chittagong to provide the 55th occasion of a bowler capturing 13 or more wickets in a test. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian bowler accomplishing such a feat in tests. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No Player Overs M Runs W Opposition Ground Start Date
1 FR Spofforth 60.0×4 25 110 13 v England Melbourne 02 Jan 1879
2 FR Spofforth 64.3x 33 90 14 v England The Oval 28 Aug 1882
3 MA Noble 33.4 7 77 13 v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1902
4 AA Mailey 76.2 9 236 13 v England Melbourne 11 Feb 1921
5 CV Grimmett 96.2 28 199 14 v South Africa Adelaide 29 Jan 1932
6 CV Grimmett 93.0 41 173 13 v South Africa Durban 28 Feb 1936
7 RAL Massie 60.1 16 137 16 v England Lord’s 22 Jun 1972
8 MG Hughes 73.1 16 217 13 v West Indies Perth 02 Dec 1988
9 BA Reid 61.0 20 148 13 v England Melbourne 26 Dec 1990
10 NM Lyon 69.2 18 154 13 v Bangladesh Chittagong 04 Sep 2017

 

NM Lyon became the fifth bowler to capture 12 or more wickets in a test against Bangladesh and  is the  first bowler to capture 13 wickets  in a test against Bangladesh. M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka had the previous best figures of 12 for 82 against Bangladesh – the effort coming at Kandy in Jul 2007

 

No Player O M Runs W Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 NM Lyon 69.2 18 154 13 Aus Ban Chittagong 04 Sep 2017
2 M Muralitharan 35.5 11 082 12 Srl Ban Kandy 11 Jul 2007
3 Danish Kaneria 28.0 06 094 12 Pak Ban Multan 29 Aug 2001
4 HMRKB Herath 64.3 15 157 12 Srl Ban Colombo (RPS) 16 Mar 2013
5 DL Vettori 60.4 21 170 12 NZl Ban Chittagong 26 Oct 2004

 

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