Wasim Akram of Pakistan owns the record for witnessing most ten wicket haul in a test going in vain – three. DL Vettori, H Truble, M Muralitharan, Saeed Ajmal, SK Warne and T Richardson are the other bowlers who have witnessed two of their ten plus wickets in a test in losing cause. T Richardson is the only bowler in this list to concede 200 plus runs on both occasions when the test was lost.  The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Player	Wkts	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Wasim Akram	10	128	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	Feb 1985
2	Wasim Akram	11	160	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1990
2	Wasim Akram	11	110	Pak	Win	St John’s	May 2000
1	DL Vettori	12	149	NZl	Aus	Auckland	Mar 2000
2	DL Vettori	10	183	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Dec 2006
1	H Trumble	12	089	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1896
2	H Trumble	12	173	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
1	M Muralitharan	11	212	Srl	Aus	Galle	Mar 2004
2	M Muralitharan	10	115	Srl	Eng	Birmingham	May 2006
1	Saeed Ajmal	11	111	Pak	Win	Providence	May 2011
2	Saeed Ajmal	10	147	Pak	SAF	Cape Town	Feb 2013
1	SK Warne	12	128	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 1994
2	SK Warne	10	162	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 2005
1	T Richardson	13	244	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1896
2	T Richardson	10	204	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1898