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 |