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
| No | Bowler | W/R | Bowler | W/R | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | J Briggs | 8/11 | AJ Fothergill | 1/30 | 3 | Eng | v SAF | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| 2 | Sajid Khan | 2/93 | Noman Ali | 8/46 | 4 | Pak | v Eng | Multan | 15 Oct 2024 |