AY Patel’s 14 for 225 in the test at Mum-WS between India and New Zealand was in a losing cause to provide the 77^th occasion of a bowler’s ten plus wickets in a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of wickets captured by the bowler.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	J Srinath	13-132	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	Feb 1999
3	SF Barnes	13-163	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1902
4	MG Hughes	13-217	Aus	Win	Perth	Dec 1988
5	T Richardson	13-244	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1896
6	CTB Turner	12-087	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1888
7	H Trumble	12-089	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1896
8	AME Roberts	12-121	Win	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1975
9	AK Davidson	12-124	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	Dec 1959
10	SK Warne	12-128	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 1994
11	DL Vettori	12-149	NZl	Aus	Auckland	Mar 2000
12	G Dymock	12-166	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	Oct 1979
13	H Trumble	12-173	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
14	KA Maharaj	12-283	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2018
15	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
16	WH Lockwood	11-076	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1902
17	NGB Cook	11-083	Eng	Pak	Karachi	Mar 1984
18	MA Starc	11-094	Aus	Srl	Galle	Aug 2016
19	CR Woakes	11-102	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	Jul 2016
20	MA Holding	11-107	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1981
21	ARC Fraser	11-110	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Feb 1998
22	Wasim Akram	11-110	Pak	Win	St John’s	May 2000
23	Saeed Ajmal	11-111	Pak	Win	Providence	May 2011
24	AE Hall	11-112	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 1923
25	FR Spofforth	11-117	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1883
26	RG Nadkarni	11-122	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Oct 1964
27	CD Collymore	11-134	Win	Pak	Kingston	Jun 2005
28	C Pringle	11-152	NZl	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct 1990
29	MG Johnson	11-159	Aus	SAF	Perth	Dec 2008
30	Wasim Akram	11-160	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1990
31	Taijul Islam	11-170	Ban	Zim	Sylhet	Nov 2018
32	IT Botham	11-176	Eng	Aus	Perth	Dec 1979
33	GF Lawson	11-181	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Dec 1984
34	SF Burke	11-196	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 1962
35	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1950
36	Muralitharan	11-212	Srl	Aus	Galle	Mar 2004
37	DL Underwood	11-215	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
38	Harbhajan Singh	11-224	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	Oct 2004
39	MW Tate	11-228	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
40	BS Chandrasekhar	11-235	Ind	Win	Mumb-BS	Dec 1966
41	TG Southee	10-108	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	May 2013
42	RJ Bright	10-111	Aus	Pak	Karachi	Feb 1980
43	GE Gomez	10-113	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1952
44	NJN Hawke	10-115	Aus	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1965
45	Muralitharan	10-115	Srl	Eng	Birmingham	May 2006
46	CB Llewellyn	10-116	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Oct 1902
47	CA Walsh	10-117	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 2000
48	RM Hogg	10-122	Aus	Eng	Perth	Dec 1978
49	Maninder Singh	10-126	Ind	Pak	Bengaluru	Mar 1987
50	Wasim Akram	10-128	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	Feb 1985
51	Ghulam Ahmed	10-130	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	Nov 1956
52	Waqar Younis	10-133	Pak	SAF	P Elizabeth	Mar 1998
53	N Kapil Dev	10-135	Ind	Win	Ahmedabad	Nov 1983
54	RJ Sidebottom	10-139	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2008
55	J Cowie	10-140	NZl	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1937
56	GA Lohmann	10-142	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1892
57	Mushtaq Ahmed	10-143	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Nov 1996
58	Saeed Ajmal	10-146	Pak	SAF	Cape Town	Feb 2013
59	BKV Prasad	10-153	Ind	SAF	Durban	Dec 1996
60	PA Strang	10-158	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	Sep 2000
61	R Ashwin	10-160	Ind	Srl	Galle	Aug 2015
62	HV Hordern	10-161	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1912
63	SK Warne	10-162	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 2005
64	EAS Prasanna	10-174	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Dec 1969
65	D Bishoo	10-174	Win	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2016
66	Iqbal Qasim	10-175	Pak	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1979
67	M Ntini	10-178	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Mar 2006
68	K Farnes	10-179	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1934
69	DL Vettori	10-184	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Dec 2006
70	BS Bedi	10-194	Ind	Aus	Perth	Dec 1977
71	CV Grimmett	10-201	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1930
72	T Richardson	10-204	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1898
73	BAW Mendis	10-209	Srl	Ind	Galle	Jul 2008
74	L Embuldeniya	10-210	Srl	Eng	Galle	Jan 2021
75	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Pak	Ind	Delhi	Feb 1999
76	S Shillingford	10-219	Win	Aus	Roseau	Apr 2012
77	SP Gupte	10-223	Ind	Win	Kanpur	Dec 1958

It also provides the sixth occasion of a New Zealand bowler’s ten plus wickets in a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	DL Vettori	12-149	NZl	Aus	Auckland	Mar 2000
3	C Pringle	11-152	NZl	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct 1990
4	TG Southee	10-108	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	May 2013
5	J Cowie	10-140	NZl	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1937
6	DL Vettori	10-184	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Dec 2006

It also provides the eighth occasion of a bowler’s ten plus wickets in a test going in vain against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	AME Roberts	12-121	Win	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1975
3	AK Davidson	12-124	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	Dec 1959
4	G Dymock	12-166	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	Oct 1979
5	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
6	Iqbal Qasim	10-175	Pak	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1979
7	BAW Mendis	10-209	Srl	Ind	Galle	Jul 2008
8	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Pak	Ind	Delhi	Feb 1999

DL Vettori {02}, H Trumble {02}, M Muralitharan {02}, Saeed Ajmal {02}, SK Warne {02}, T Richardson {02} and Wasim Akram {03} are the bowlers who have witnessed two or more occasions of their ten wicket haul in a losing cause. Wasim Akram has witnessed most number of occasions – three.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DL Vettori	12-149	NZl	Aus	Auckland	Mar 2000
2	DL Vettori	10-184	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	Muralitharan	11-212	Srl	Aus	Galle	Mar 2004
2	Muralitharan	10-115	Srl	Eng	Birmingham	May 2006
1	Saeed Ajmal	11-111	Pak	Win	Providence	May 2011
2	Saeed Ajmal	10-146	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
1	Wasim Akram	11-110	Pak	Win	St John’s	May 2000
2	Wasim Akram	11-160	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1990
3	Wasim Akram	10-128	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	Feb 1985

The following table lists 18 occasions of bowlers conceding 200 plus runs for their ten plus wickets which have gone in vain. J Kreza of Australia is the only bowler to concede 350 plus runs in this list. His 12 for 358 against India at Nagpur in Nov 2008 was in losing cause.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	T Richardson	13-244	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1896
3	MG Hughes	13-217	Aus	Win	Perth	Dec 1988
4	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
5	KA Maharaj	12-283	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2018
6	BS Chandrasekhar	11-235	Ind	Win	Mumb-BS	Dec 1966
7	MW Tate	11-228	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
8	Harbhajan Singh	11-224	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	Oct 2004
9	DL Underwood	11-215	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
10	Muralitharan	11-212	Srl	Aus	Galle	Mar 2004
11	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1950
12	SP Gupte	10-223	Ind	Win	Kanpur	Dec 1958
13	S Shillingford	10-219	Win	Aus	Roseau	Apr 2012
14	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Pak	Ind	Delhi	Feb 1999
15	L Embuldeniya	10-210	Srl	Eng	Galle	Jan 2021
16	BAW Mendis	10-209	Srl	Ind	Galle	Jul 2008
17	T Richardson	10-204	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1898
18	CV Grimmett	10-201	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1930