Spin bowlers capturing eight plus wickets in a test innings
Yasir Shah of Pakistan captured eight wickets conceding 41 runs in the ongoing test against New Zealand at Dubai {DSC} to provide the 97th occasion of a bowler capturing eight plus wickets in test innings. It also provides the seventh occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing eight plus wickets in test innings and also provides the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing eight plus wickets in test innings against New Zealand.
Yasir Shah’s feat provides the 48th occasion of a spin bowler capturing eight plus wickets in test innings. It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing eight plus wickets in test innings and also provides the fourth occasion of a spin bowler capturing eight plus wickets in a test innings against New Zealand. All such combinations are furnished below
| SPIN BOWLERS CAPTURING EIGHT PLUS WICKETS IN A TEST INNINGS | ||||||||||
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | J Briggs | 14.2×4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | Eng | SAF | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| 2 | H Trumble | 31.0 | 13 | 65 | 8 | 2 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 3 | W Rhodes | 15.0 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 |
| 4 | LC Braund | 29.1 | 6 | 81 | 8 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 |
| 5 | BJT Bosanquet | 32.4 | 2 | 107 | 8 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 |
| 6 | C Blythe | 15.5 | 1 | 59 | 8 | 2 | Eng | SAF | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 7 | AA Mailey | 47.0 | 8 | 121 | 9 | 3 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 |
| 8 | JC White | 64.5 | 21 | 126 | 8 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 |
| 9 | H Verity | 22.3 | 8 | 43 | 8 | 3 | Eng | Aus | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1934 |
| 10 | AL Valentine | 50.0 | 14 | 104 | 8 | 1 | Win | Eng | Manchester | 08 Jun 1950 |
| 11 | MH Mankad | 38.5 | 15 | 55 | 8 | 1 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 06 Feb 1952 |
| 12 | MH Mankad | 47.0 | 27 | 52 | 8 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 |
| 13 | JC Laker | 16.4 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 |
| 14 | JC Laker | 51.2 | 23 | 53 | 10 | 3 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 |
| 15 | HJ Tayfield | 37.7×8 | 14 | 69 | 8 | 3 | SAF | Eng | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 |
| 16 | HJ Tayfield | 37.0×8 | 11 | 113 | 9 | 4 | SAF | Eng | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 |
| 17 | SP Gupte | 34.3 | 11 | 102 | 9 | 1 | Ind | Win | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 |
| 18 | JM Patel | 35.5 | 16 | 69 | 9 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 |
| 19 | LR Gibbs | 53.3 | 37 | 38 | 8 | 3 | Win | Ind | Bridgetown | 23 Mar 1962 |
| 20 | S Venkataraghavan | 51.1 | 26 | 72 | 8 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Delhi | 19 Mar 1965 |
| 21 | JM Noreiga | 49.4 | 16 | 95 | 9 | 2 | Win | Ind | Port of Spain | 06 Mar 1971 |
| 22 | BS Chandrasekhar | 41.5 | 18 | 79 | 8 | 2 | Ind | Eng | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 |
| 23 | AA Mallett | 23.6×8 | 6 | 59 | 8 | 3 | Aus | Pak | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1972 |
| 24 | DL Underwood | 34.5 | 17 | 51 | 8 | 3 | Eng | Pak | Lord’s | 08 Aug 1974 |
| 25 | EAS Prasanna | 23.0×8 | 5 | 76 | 8 | 3 | Ind | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 26 | Abdul Qadir | 37.0 | 13 | 56 | 9 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 |
| 27 | ND Hirwani | 18.3 | 3 | 61 | 8 | 2 | Ind | Win | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 |
| 28 | ND Hirwani | 15.2 | 3 | 75 | 8 | 4 | Ind | Win | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 |
| 29 | SK Warne | 50.2 | 22 | 71 | 8 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 25 Nov 1994 |
| 30 | M Muralitharan | 54.2 | 27 | 65 | 9 | 3 | Srl | Eng | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 |
| 31 | A Kumble | 26.3 | 9 | 74 | 10 | 4 | Ind | Pak | Delhi | 04 Feb 1999 |
| 32 | PA Strang | 51.5 | 12 | 109 | 8 | 2 | Zim | NZl | Bulawayo | 12 Sep 2000 |
| 33 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 74.0 | 20 | 164 | 8 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Lahore | 15 Nov 2000 |
| 34 | Harbhajan Singh | 41.5 | 20 | 84 | 8 | 3 | Ind | Aus | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
| 35 | M Muralitharan | 34.1 | 9 | 87 | 8 | 1 | Srl | Ind | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Aug 2001 |
| 36 | M Muralitharan | 40.0 | 19 | 51 | 9 | 1 | Srl | Zim | Kandy | 04 Jan 2002 |
| 37 | A Kumble | 46.5 | 7 | 141 | 8 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 02 Jan 2004 |
| 38 | M Muralitharan | 16.2 | 4 | 46 | 8 | 4 | Srl | Win | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 |
| 39 | SCG MacGill | 33.3 | 2 | 108 | 8 | 1 | Aus | Ban | Fatullah | 09 Apr 2006 |
| 40 | M Muralitharan | 30.0 | 10 | 70 | 8 | 4 | Srl | Eng | Nottingham | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 41 | JJ Krejza | 43.5 | 1 | 215 | 8 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Nagpur | 06 Nov 2008 |
| 42 | HMRKB Herath | 33.1 | 3 | 127 | 9 | 2 | Srl | Pak | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Aug 2014 |
| 43 | Taijul Islam | 16.5 | 7 | 39 | 8 | 3 | Ban | Zim | Dhaka | 25 Oct 2014 |
| 44 | D Bishoo | 13.5 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 3 | Win | Pak | Dubai (DSC) | 13 Oct 2016 |
| 45 | HMRKB Herath | 23.0 | 6 | 63 | 8 | 4 | Srl | Zim | Harare | 06 Nov 2016 |
| 46 | NM Lyon | 22.2 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 |
| 47 | KA Maharaj | 41.1 | 10 | 129 | 9 | 1 | SAF | Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2018 |
| 48 | Yasir Shah | 12.3 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 2 | Pak | NZl | Dubai (DSC) | 24 Nov 2018 |
| PAKISTAN SPIN BOWLERS CAPTURING EIGHT PLUS WICKETS IN A TEST INNINGS | ||||||||||
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Abdul Qadir | 37.0 | 13 | 56 | 9 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 |
| 2 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 74.0 | 20 | 164 | 8 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Lahore | 15 Nov 2000 |
| 3 | Yasir Shah | 12.3 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 2 | Pak | NZl | Dubai (DSC) | 24 Nov 2018 |
| SPIN BOWLERS CAPTURING EIGHT PLUS WICKETS IN A TEST INNINGS AGAINST NEW ZEALAND | ||||||||||
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | S Venkataraghavan | 51.1 | 26 | 72 | 8 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Delhi | 19 Mar 1965 |
| 2 | EAS Prasanna | 23.0×8 | 5 | 76 | 8 | 3 | Ind | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 3 | PA Strang | 51.5 | 12 | 109 | 8 | 2 | Zim | NZl | Bulawayo | 12 Sep 2000 |
| 4 | Yasir Shah | 12.3 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 2 | Pak | NZl | Dubai (DSC) | 24 Nov 2018 |