Captains who have five wicket hauls on five or more occasions – JO Holder of West Indies joins the elite list

Captains who have five wicket hauls on five or more occasions – JO Holder of West Indies joins the elite list

JO Holder of West Indies returned with figures of 5 for 56 against India in the just concluded test at Hyd-RGS to provide the fifth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in a test innings as West Indies captain, He became the  eighth captain in the  annals  of test cricket to capture five-wicket hauls on five or more occasions. He also became the second West Indies captain to capture five-wicket hauls on five or more occasion after CA Walsh. CA Walsh has seven five-wicket hauls to his credit. The feats of these eight captains are tabulated below. It is  interesting to note that the list includes lone Indian captain BS Bedi who has five-wicket hauls on eight occasions        

No Player Team Span Mat Inns Balls Runs W Ave 5 10
1 Imran Khan Pak 1982-1988 11 12 1957 845 73 11.57 12 4
2 R Benaud Aus 1959-1963 9 9 2260 735 47 15.63 9 0
3 BS Bedi Ind 1976-1977 7 8 1616 587 41 14.31 8 1
4 CA Walsh Win 1994-1997 6 7 1099 527 39 13.51 7 1
5 DL Vettori NZl 2008-2010 6 6 1099 451 31 14.54 6 0
6 Fazal Mahmood Pak 1959-1961 4 5 823 271 27 10.03 5 1
7 JO Holder Win 2016-2018 4 5 468 230 26 8.84 5 1
8 Intikhab Alam Pak 1969-1974 4 5 1292 477 28 17.03 5 2

 

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