Bowlers who have captured ten or more wickets in a test against West Indies

Bowlers who have captured ten or more wickets in a test against West Indies

R Ashwin’s 12 for 131 against West Indies in the just concluded test at Roseau provides the 60th occasion of a bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test match against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1AP Freeman51.462309310EngWinManchester21 Jul 1928
2GTS Stevens53.460619510EngWinBridgetown11 Jan 1930
3W Voce65.262014911EngWinPort of Spain01 Feb 1930
4CV Grimmett86.062618311AusWinAdelaide12 Dec 1930
5H Ironmonger37.061107911AusWinMelbourne13 Feb 1931
6CS Marriott41.160809611EngWinThe Oval12 Aug 1933
7TE Bailey43.061409811EngWinLord’s20 Jun 1957
8GAR Lock37.461904811EngWinThe Oval22 Aug 1957
9SP Gupte57.361322310IndWinKanpur12 Dec 1958
10Fazal Mahmood45.361910012AusWinDhaka06 Mar 1959
11AK Davidson54.680622211EngWinBrisbane09 Dec 1960
12FS Trueman70.062515211EngWinLord’s20 Jun 1963
13FS Trueman40.360711912EngWinBirmingham04 Jul 1963
14NJN Hawke52.461511510AusWinGeorgetown14 Apr 1965
15BS Chandrasekhar92.562423511IndWinBrabourne13 Dec 1966
16JA Snow43.060214210EngWinGeorgetown28 Mar 1968
17GD McKenzie48.080715910AusWinMelbourne26 Dec 1968
18AW Greig69.161715613EngWinPort of Spain30 Mar 1974
19Sir RJ Hadlee56.062210211NZlWinDunedin08 Feb 1980
20GB Troup60.361616610NZlWinAuckland29 Feb 1980
21DK Lillee53.461112710AusWinMelbourne26 Dec 1981
22B Yardley58.060918510AusWinSydney02 Jan 1982
23N Kapil Dev57.361513510IndWinAhmedabad12 Nov 1983
24GF Lawson64.061318111AusWinAdelaide07 Dec 1984
25RG Holland55.061514410AusWinSydney30 Dec 1984
26EJ Chatfield50.061512410NZlWinPort of Spain29 Mar 1985
27ND Hirwani33.560613616IndWinChennai11 Jan 1988
28Imran Khan37.260212111PakWinGeorgetown02 Apr 1988
29MG Hughes73.161621713AusWinPerth02 Dec 1988
30AR Border44.461309611AusWinSydney26 Jan 1989
31DE Malcolm46.260613710EngWinPort of Spain23 Mar 1990
32MG Bevan32.360511310AusWinAdelaide25 Jan 1997
33Mushtaq Ahmed41.361210610PakWinPeshawar17 Nov 1997
34ARC Fraser43.161011011EngWinPort of Spain05 Feb 1998
35GD McGrath24.060607810AusWinPort of Spain05 Mar 1999
36CL Cairns53.562110010NZlWinHamilton16 Dec 1999
37Wasim Akram56.261911011PakWinSt John’s25 May 2000
38GD McGrath33.062102710AusWinBrisbane23 Nov 2000
39CR Miller52.561911310AusWinAdelaide15 Dec 2000
40M Muralidaran85.162117011SrlWinGalle13 Nov 2001
41M Muralidaran59.362113510SrlWinKandy21 Nov 2001
42WPUJC Vaas57.260819114SrlWinColombo (SSC)29 Nov 2001
43RW Price75.262416110ZimWinHarare04 Nov 2003
44M Ntini47.561013213SAFWinPort of Spain08 Apr 2005
45A Nel37.460608810SAFWinBridgetown21 Apr 2005
46M Muralidaran25.360408310SrlWinKandy22 Jul 2005
47MS Panesar68.361818710EngWinManchester07 Jun 2007
48Saeed Ajmal56.562011111PakWinProvidence12 May 2011
49I Sharma41.261110810IndWinBridgetown28 Jun 2011
50SCJ Broad58.561216511EngWinLord’s17 May 2012
51PP Ojha29.260808910IndWinWankhede14 Nov 2013
52TA Boult27.560708010NZlWinWellington11 Dec 2013
53HMRKB Herath55.061414710SrlWinGalle14 Oct 2015
54Yasir Shah67.461121010PakWinAbu Dhabi21 Oct 2016
55UT Yadav38.560613310IndWinHyderabad12 Oct 2018
56Mehidy Hasan Miraz36.060311712BanWinMirpur30 Nov 2018
57SCJ Broad22.160506710EngWinManchester24 Jul 2020
58Shaheen Shah Afridi34.561209410PakWinKingston20 Aug 2021
59RTM Mendis59.261413611SrlWinGalle29 Nov 2021
60R Ashwin46.061313112IndWinRoseau12 Jul 2023

R Ashwin’s 12 for 131 against West Indies in the just concluded test at Roseau provides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test match against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1SP Gupte57.361322310IndWinKanpur12 Dec 1958
2BS Chandrasekhar92.562423511IndWinBrabourne13 Dec 1966
3N Kapil Dev57.361513510IndWinAhmedabad12 Nov 1983
4ND Hirwani33.560613616IndWinChennai11 Jan 1988
5I Sharma41.261110810IndWinBridgetown28 Jun 2011
6PP Ojha29.260808910IndWinWankhede14 Nov 2013
7UT Yadav38.560613310IndWinHyderabad12 Oct 2018
8R Ashwin46.061313112IndWinRoseau12 Jul 2023

FS Trueman {02}, GD McGrath {02}, M Muralidaran {03} and SCJ Broad {02} are the four bowlers who have captured ten or more wickets in a match on two or more occasions against West Indies.The following table lists the performance of these four bowlers.

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1FS Trueman70.062515211EngWinLord’s20 Jun 1963
2FS Trueman40.360711912EngWinBirmingham04 Jul 1963
           
1GD McGrath24.060607810AusWinPort of Spain05 Mar 1999
2GD McGrath33.062102710AusWinBrisbane23 Nov 2000
           
1M Muralidaran85.162117011SrlWinGalle13 Nov 2001
2M Muralidaran59.362113510SrlWinKandy21 Nov 2001
3M Muralidaran25.360408310SrlWinKandy22 Jul 2005
           
1SCJ Broad58.561216511EngWinLord’s17 May 2012
2SCJ Broad22.160506710EngWinManchester24 Jul 2020

M Muralidaran owns the record for capturing ten or more wickets in a match on most occasions against West Indies – on three occasions.The following table lists the performance of M Muralidaran

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1M Muralidaran85.162117011SrlWinGalle13 Nov 2001
2M Muralidaran59.362113510SrlWinKandy21 Nov 2001
3M Muralidaran25.360408310SrlWinKandy22 Jul 2005

TE Bailey,FS Trueman and SCJ Broad of England are the three bowlers to capture ten or more wickets in a match against West Indies at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1TE Bailey43.061409811EngWinLord’s20 Jun 1957
2FS Trueman70.062515211EngWinLord’s20 Jun 1963
3SCJ Broad58.561216511EngWinLord’s17 May 2012

R Ashwin became the second Indian bowler to capture ten or more wickets in a test against West Indies in West Indies. I Sharma has taken 11 for 108 at Bridgetown in Jun 2011. Thus R Ashwin’s 12 for 131 represent the best bowling effort by an Indian bowler against West Indies in West Indies.

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1I Sharma41.261110810IndWinBridgetown28 Jun 2011
2R Ashwin46.061313112IndWinRoseau12 Jul 2023

The following is the list of 16 bowlers who have captured ten or more wickets in a test against West Indies in West

Indies.

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1GTS Stevens53.460619510EngWinBridgetown11 Jan 1930
2W Voce65.262014911EngWinPort of Spain01 Feb 1930
3NJN Hawke52.461511510AusWinGeorgetown14 Apr 1965
4JA Snow43.060214210EngWinGeorgetown28 Mar 1968
5AW Greig69.161715613EngWinPort of Spain30 Mar 1974
6EJ Chatfield50.061512410NZlWinPort of Spain29 Mar 1985
7Imran Khan37.260212111PakWinGeorgetown02 Apr 1988
8DE Malcolm46.260613710EngWinPort of Spain23 Mar 1990
9ARC Fraser43.161011011EngWinPort of Spain05 Feb 1998
10GD McGrath24.060607810AusWinPort of Spain05 Mar 1999
11Wasim Akram56.261911011PakWinSt John’s25 May 2000
12M Ntini47.561013213SAFWinPort of Spain08 Apr 2005
13A Nel37.460608810SAFWinBridgetown21 Apr 2005
14Saeed Ajmal56.562011111PakWinProvidence12 May 2011
15I Sharma41.261110810IndWinBridgetown28 Jun 2011
16R Ashwin46.061313112IndWinRoseau12 Jul 2023

R Ashwin became the third bowler to capture 12 or more wickets in a test against West Indies in West Indies. AW Greig of England and M Ntini of South Africa are the other two bowlers who have captured 13 wickets in a test against West Indies in West Indies

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWTeamOppGroundStart Date
1AW Greig69.161715613EngWinPort of Spain30 Mar 1974
2M Ntini47.561013213SAFWinPort of Spain08 Apr 2005
3R Ashwin46.061313112IndWinRoseau12 Jul 2023
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