Javagal Srinath owns the record for the best match bowling figures when a test was lost
Test cricket has witnessed 75 occasions of a bowler’s ten plus wickets in a test on a losing side. All such occasions are furnished below in the order of descending wickets and ascending runs.
India’s J Srinath has the best figures in this category of statistics. His 13 for 132 against Pakistan in Feb 99 could not fetch India win.
No | Player | Runs | Wkts | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
1 | J Srinath | 132 | 13 | Ind | Pak | Kolkata | Feb 1999 |
2 | SF Barnes | 163 | 13 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | Jan 1902 |
3 | MG Hughes | 217 | 13 | Aus | Win | Perth | Dec 1988 |
4 | T Richardson | 244 | 13 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | Jul 1896 |
5 | CTB Turner | 087 | 12 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | Feb 1888 |
6 | H Trumble | 089 | 12 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1896 |
7 | AME Roberts | 121 | 12 | Win | Ind | Chennai | Jan 1975 |
8 | AK Davidson | 124 | 12 | Aus | Ind | Kanpur | Dec 1959 |
9 | SK Warne | 128 | 12 | Aus | SAF | Sydney | Jan 1994 |
10 | DL Vettori | 149 | 12 | NZl | Aus | Auckland | Mar 2000 |
11 | G Dymock | 166 | 12 | Aus | Ind | Kanpur | Oct 1979 |
12 | H Trumble | 173 | 12 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1902 |
13 | KA Maharaj | 283 | 12 | SAF | Srl | Col-SSC | Jul 2018 |
14 | JJ Krejza | 358 | 12 | Aus | Ind | Nagpur | Nov 2008 |
15 | WH Lockwood | 076 | 11 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | Jul 1902 |
16 | NGB Cook | 083 | 11 | Eng | Pak | Karachi | Mar 1984 |
17 | MA Starc | 094 | 11 | Aus | Srl | Galle | Aug 2016 |
18 | CR Woakes | 102 | 11 | Eng | Pak | Lord’s | Jul 2016 |
19 | MA Holding | 107 | 11 | Win | Aus | Melbourne | Dec 1981 |
20 | ARC Fraser | 110 | 11 | Eng | Win | Trinidad | Feb 1998 |
21 | Wasim Akram | 110 | 11 | Pak | Win | St John’s | May 2000 |
22 | Saeed Ajmal | 111 | 11 | Pak | Win | Providence | May 2011 |
23 | AE Hall | 112 | 11 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | Jan 1923 |
24 | FR Spofforth | 117 | 11 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | Jan 1883 |
25 | RG Nadkarni | 122 | 11 | Ind | Aus | Chennai | Oct 1964 |
26 | CD Collymore | 134 | 11 | Win | Pak | Kingston | Jun 2005 |
27 | C Pringle | 152 | 11 | NZl | Pak | Faisalabad | Oct 1990 |
28 | MG Johnson | 159 | 11 | Aus | SAF | Perth | Dec 2008 |
29 | Wasim Akram | 160 | 11 | Pak | Aus | Melbourne | Jan 1990 |
30 | Taijul Islam | 170 | 11 | Ban | Zim | Sylhet | Nov 2018 |
31 | IT Botham | 176 | 11 | Eng | Aus | Perth | Dec 1979 |
32 | GF Lawson | 181 | 11 | Aus | Win | Adelaide | Dec 1984 |
33 | SF Burke | 196 | 11 | SAF | NZl | Cape Town | Jan 1962 |
34 | AL Valentine | 204 | 11 | Win | Eng | Manchester | Jun 1950 |
35 | M Muralitharan | 212 | 11 | Srl | Aus | Galle | Mar 2004 |
36 | DL Underwood | 215 | 11 | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | Jan 1975 |
37 | Harbhajan Singh | 224 | 11 | Ind | Aus | Bengaluru | Oct 2004 |
38 | MW Tate | 228 | 11 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | Dec 1924 |
39 | BS Chandrasekhar | 235 | 11 | Inf | Win | Mumbai (BS) | Dec 1966 |
40 | TG Southee | 108 | 10 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | May 2013 |
41 | RJ Bright | 111 | 10 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | Feb 1980 |
42 | GE Gomez | 113 | 10 | Win | Aus | Sydney | Jan 1952 |
43 | NJN Hawke | 115 | 10 | Aus | Win | Georgetown | Apr 1965 |
44 | M Muralitharan | 115 | 10 | Srl | Eng | Birmingham | May 2006 |
45 | CB Llewellyn | 116 | 10 | SAF | Aus | Johannesburg | Oct 1902 |
46 | CA Walsh | 117 | 10 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 2000 |
47 | RM Hogg | 122 | 10 | Aus | Eng | Perth | Dec 1978 |
48 | Maninder Singh | 126 | 10 | Ind | Pak | Bengaluru | Mar 1987 |
49 | Wasim Akram | 128 | 10 | Pak | NZl | Dunedin | Feb 1985 |
50 | Ghulam Ahmed | 130 | 10 | Ind | Aus | Kolkata | Nov 1956 |
51 | Waqar Younis | 133 | 10 | Pak | SAF | Port Elizabeth | Mar 1998 |
52 | N Kapil Dev | 135 | 10 | Ind | Win | Ahmedabad | Nov 1983 |
53 | RJ Sidebottom | 139 | 10 | Eng | NZl | Hamilton | Mar 2008 |
54 | J Cowie | 140 | 10 | NZl | Eng | Manchester | Jul 1937 |
55 | GA Lohmann | 142 | 10 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | Jan 1892 |
56 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 143 | 10 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | Nov 1996 |
57 | Saeed Ajmal | 147 | 10 | Pak | SAF | Cape Town | Feb 2013 |
58 | BKV Prasad | 153 | 10 | Ind | SAF | Durban | Dec 1996 |
59 | PA Strang | 158 | 10 | Zim | NZl | Bulawayo | Sep 2000 |
60 | R Ashwin | 160 | 10 | Ind | Srl | Galle | Aug 2015 |
61 | HV Hordern | 161 | 10 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | Feb 1912 |
62 | SK Warne | 162 | 10 | Aus | Eng | Birmingham | Aug 2005 |
63 | EAS Prasanna | 174 | 10 | Ind | Aus | Chennai | Dec 1969 |
64 | D Bishoo | 174 | 10 | Win | Pak | Dubai (DSC) | Oct 2016 |
65 | Iqbal Qasim | 175 | 10 | Pak | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 1979 |
66 | M Ntini | 178 | 10 | SAF | Aus | Johannesburg | Mar 2006 |
67 | K Farnes | 179 | 10 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | Jun 1934 |
68 | DL Vettori | 183 | 10 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | Dec 2006 |
69 | BS Bedi | 194 | 10 | Ind | Aus | Perth | Dec 1977 |
70 | CV Grimmett | 201 | 10 | Aus | Eng | Nottingham | Jun 1930 |
71 | T Richardson | 204 | 10 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | Feb 1898 |
72 | BAW Mendis | 209 | 10 | Srl | Ind | Galle | Jul 2008 |
73 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 216 | 10 | Pak | Ind | Delhi | Feb 1999 |
74 | S Shillingford | 219 | 10 | Win | Aus | Roseau | Apr 2012 |
75 | SP Gupte | 223 | 10 | Ind | Win | Kanpur | Dec 1958 |