Four Wickets with Consecutive balls in First-Class Cricket

Four Wickets with Consecutive balls in First-Class Cricket

A Nabi of North Zone captured four wickets in consecutive deliveries against North Zone in the ongoing Duleep Trophy at Bangalore’s new ground CEG-1 to provide the 48th occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in consecutive deliveries in first class cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerTeamsVenueSeason
1J WellsKent v SussexHove1862
2G UlyettLord Harris’ XI v New South WalesAG-Sydney1878/79
3G NashLancashire v SomersetManchester1882
4JB HideSussex v Marylebone Cricket ClubLord’s1890
5FJ ShacklockNottinghamshire v SomersetNottingham1893
6AD DownesOtago v AucklandDunedin1893/94
7F MartinMarylebone Cricket Club v DerbyshireLord’s1895
8AW MoldLancashire v NottinghamshireNottingham1895
9W BrearleyLancashire v SomersetManchester1905
10S HaighMarylebone Cricket Club v South Africa ArmyPretoria1905/06
11FA TarrantMiddlesex v GloucestershireBristol1907
12AE TrottMiddlesex v SomersetLord’s1907
13A DrakeYorkshire v DerbyshireChesterfield1914
14SG SmithNorthamptonshire v WarwickshireBirmingham1914
15HA PeachSurrey v SussexThe Oval1924
16AF BorlandNatal v Griqualand WestKimberley1926/27
17JEH HookerNew South Wales v VictoriaSydney1928/29
18RK TyldesleyLancashire v DerbyshireDerby1929
19RJ CrispWestern Province v Griqualand WestJohannesburg1931/32
20RJ CrispWestern Province v NatalDurban1933/34
21AR GoverSurrey v WorcestershireWorcester1935
22WH CopsonDerbyshire v WarwickshireDerby1937
23WA HendersonNorth Eastern Transvaal v Orange Free StateBloemfontein1937/38
24F RidgwayKent v DerbyshireFolkestone1951
25AK WalkerNottinghamshire v LeicestershireLeicester1956
26SN MoholIBPXI v MSS Minister’s and LIC Chairman’s Comb XIPoona-Club of Poona1965/66
27D RobinsSouth Australia v New South WalesAdelaide1965/66
28PI PocockSurrey v SussexEastbourne1972
29SS SainiDelhi v Himachal PradeshDelhi1988/89
30D DiasWestern Province Suburbs v Central ProvinceNondescripts CCG Colombo1990/91
31Ali GauharKarachi Blues v United Bank LimitedPeshawar1994/95
32KD JamesHampshire v IndiansSouthampton1996
33GP ButcherSurrey v DerbyshireThe Oval2000
34Fazl-e-AkbarPakistan International Airlines v Habib Bank LimitedLahore2001/02
35CM WilloughbyCape Cobras v DolphinsSahara Stadium, Durban2005/06
36Kamran HussainHabib Bank Limited v Lahore ShalimarLahore2009/10
37Tabish KhanKarachi Whites v Zarai Taraqiati Bank LimitedUBLS Complex, Karachi2009/10
38N WagnerOtago v WellingtonQEC-Queenstown2010/11
39Khalid UsmanAbbottabad v Karachi BluesKarachi2011/12
40MahmudullahCentral Zone v North ZoneBangladesh KSPG 3 Savar2013/14
41AC ThomasSomerset v SussexTaunton2014
42NGRP JayasuriyaColts Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports ClubMaggona2015/16
43KR SmutsEastern Province v BolandPaarl2015/16
44Taj WaliPeshawar v Port Qasim AuthorityPeshawar2015/16
45Mohd MudhasirJammu and Kashmir v RajasthanJaipur2018/19
46Jalat KhanSouthern Rocks v TuskersHarare2023/24
47K KhejroliyaMadhya Pradesh v BarodaIndore2023/24
48A NabiNorth Zone v East ZoneCEG 1, Bangalore2025/26

It also provides the fourth occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in Indian First class cricket matches. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerTeamsVenueSeason
1SN MoholIBPXI v MSS Minister’s and LIC Chairman’s Comg XIPoona-Club of Poona1965/66
2SS SainiDelhi v Himachal PradeshDelhi1988/89
3K KhejroliyaMadhya Pradesh v BarodaIndore2023/24
4A NabiNorth Zone v East ZoneCEG 1, Bangalore2025/26

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