HMRKB Herath’s wicket aggregate read 91 while opening the bowling at the end of the just concluded test against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi. He became the third bowler in the annals of test cricket to total 90 plus wickets when a spin bowler shared the new ball. Others are – R Ashwin of India {105} and H Trumble {93}. The performance of all the three bowlers are tabulated below

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	5	10
R Ashwin	Ind	23	29	4220	2040	105	7/66	12/98	12	4
H Trumble	Aus	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/89	08	3
HMRKB Herath	Srl	19	23	3536	1547	91	8/63	13/145	10	5

HMRKB Herath captured 6 for 43 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi while sharing the new ball. It is his tenth five wicket haul when he shared the new ball. He became the second spin bowler to capture ten or more wickets when a spinner has opened the bowling in a test innings after R Ashwin. R Ashwin has captured 12 five wicket hauls as a spinner sharing the new ball. The performance of these two bowlers are furnished below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	HMRKB Herath	38.1	8	125	5	2	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	16.01.14
2	HMRKB Herath	45.0	30	40	5	4	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	24.07.14
3	HMRKB Herath	30.2	11	48	6	3	Srl	Pak	Galle	06.08.14
4	HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	48	7	4	Srl	Ind	Galle	12.08.15
5	HMRKB Herath	33.3	16	54	5	4	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	26.07.16
6	HMRKB Herath	18.1	3	64	7	4	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	13.08.16
7	HMRKB Herath	26.0	4	89	5	2	Srl	Zim	Harare	06.11.16
8	HMRKB Herath	23.0	6	63	8	4	Srl	Zim	Harare	06.11.16
9	HMRKB Herath	39.1	5	133	6	3	Srl	Zim	Col-RPS	14.07.17
10	HMRKB Herath	21.4	4	43	6	4	Srl	Pak	Abu Dhabi	28.09.17
1	R Ashwin	21.3	5	47	6	3	Ind	Win	Delhi	06.11.11
2	R Ashwin	32.0	6	95	5	3	Ind	Aus	Chennai	22.02.13
3	R Ashwin	28.0	12	63	5	3	Ind	Aus	Hyd-LBS	02.03.13
4	R Ashwin	25.0	6	87	5	2	Ind	Ban	Fatullah	10.06.15
5	R Ashwin	16.0	6	42	5	4	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	20.08.15
6	R Ashwin	24.0	5	51	5	2	Ind	SAF	Mohali	05.11.15
7	R Ashwin	16.1	6	32	5	2	Ind	SAF	Nagpur	25.11.15
8	R Ashwin	29.5	7	66	7	4	Ind	SAF	Nagpur	25.11.15
9	R Ashwin	49.1	26	61	5	4	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03.12.15
10	R Ashwin	35.3	5	132	6	4	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	22.09.16
11	R Ashwin	12.4	4	41	6	4	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.17
12	R Ashwin	16.4	3	69	5	2	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	03.08.17

HMRKB Herath captured 11 for 136 in the just concluded test against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi while sharing the new ball. It is was his fifth ten wicket haul when he shared the new  ball. He now owns the record for most ten wicket hauls among the bowlers who have captured ten or more wickets on most occasions while opening the bowling in a test innings. HMRKB Herath went past R Ashwin and C Blythe  who have captured ten or more wickets on four occasions while sharing the new ball on his  way to own the record in this category of statistics. The performance of these three bowlers are detailed below {Note – criteria for ten or more wickets in a test in this category of statistics is that if the bowler has opened the bowling in either innings of a test }

R Herath of Sri Lanka
No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	55.2	05	184	14	Pak	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
2	56.2	14	145	13	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
3	49.0	10	152	13	Zim	Harare	06 Nov 2016
4	71.1	09	249	11	Zim	Col-RPS	14 Jul 2017
5	61.4	16	136	11	Pak	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
R Ashwin of India
No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	74.0	18	198	12	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
2	42.0	08	160	10	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	46.0	13	98	12	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
4	66.2	12	225	10	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
C Blythe of England
No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	38.3	10	99	15	SAF	Leeds	29 Jul 1907
2	47.0	09	102	11	Aus	Birmingham	27 May 1909
3	60.5	23	118	11	SAF	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906
4	48.0	18	104	10	SAF	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910