History repeats itself after 135 years and seven months

History repeats itself after 135 years and seven months

It is interesting to note that there are only two occasions of a bowler capturing eight wickets in an innings when only two bowlers bowling unchanged in a completed innings of a test. The first such occasion was in March 1889 when J Briggs of England returned with figures of 8 for 11 against South Africa at Cape Town. The difference in dates of these two matches is 135 years and 07 months. It is intereting to note that both J Briggs and Noman Ali are spin bowlers

NoBowlerW/RBowlerW/RITeamOppGroundDate
1J Briggs8/11AJ Fothergill1/303Engv SAFCape Town25 Mar 1889
2Sajid Khan2/93Noman Ali8/464Pakv EngMultan15 Oct 2024

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