Spin bowlers sharing the new ball capturing six or more wickets in a test innings
SR Harmer of South Africa captured six wickets conceding 50 runs in the just concluded Rawalpindi Test against Pakistan to provide the 78th occasion of a spin bowler sharing the new ball capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GE Palmer | 58.0×4 | 36 | 68 | 7 | 1 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 17 Feb 1882 |
| 2 | GE Palmer | 52.2×4 | 25 | 65 | 7 | 2 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 |
| 3 | E Peate | 40.0×4 | 14 | 85 | 6 | 1 | England | v Australia | Lord’s | 21 Jul 1884 |
| 4 | GE Palmer | 75.0×4 | 26 | 111 | 6 | 2 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 21 Jul 1884 |
| 5 | R Peel | 26.2×4 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 2 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 |
| 6 | J Briggs | 14.2×4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| 7 | J Briggs | 21.5 | 4 | 49 | 6 | 2 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Mar 1892 |
| 8 | J Briggs | 28.0 | 7 | 87 | 6 | 3 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Mar 1892 |
| 9 | R Peel | 30.0 | 9 | 67 | 6 | 4 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Dec 1894 |
| 10 | H Trumble | 40.0×5 | 10 | 59 | 6 | 1 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
| 11 | H Trumble | 25.0×5 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 3 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
| 12 | H Trumble | 44.0 | 18 | 74 | 6 | 3 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 17 Jan 1902 |
| 13 | W Rhodes | 11.0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 2 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 29 May 1902 |
| 14 | H Trumble | 25.0 | 9 | 53 | 6 | 4 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 24 Jul 1902 |
| 15 | H Trumble | 31.0 | 13 | 65 | 8 | 2 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 16 | W Rhodes | 15.2 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 2 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 |
| 17 | W Rhodes | 15.0 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 4 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 |
| 18 | LC Braund | 29.1 | 6 | 81 | 8 | 1 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 |
| 19 | C Blythe | 32.0 | 13 | 68 | 6 | 1 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 |
| 20 | C Blythe | 15.5 | 1 | 59 | 8 | 2 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 21 | C Blythe | 22.4 | 9 | 40 | 7 | 4 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 22 | C Blythe | 23.0 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 1 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 27 May 1909 |
| 23 | CG Macartney | 25.3 | 6 | 58 | 7 | 2 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 01 Jul 1909 |
| 24 | C Blythe | 18.0 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 2 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 |
| 25 | GA Faulkner | 27.1 | 4 | 84 | 7 | 2 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| 26 | CV Grimmett | 44.1 | 9 | 131 | 6 | 3 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 27 | H Ironmonger | 15.3 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 3 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 |
| 28 | AL Valentine | 26.3 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 3 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 |
| 29 | PR Umrigar | 58.0 | 25 | 74 | 6 | 2 | India | v Pakistan | Bahawalpur | 15 Jan 1955 |
| 30 | Zulfiqar Ahmed | 46.3 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 3 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 13 Oct 1955 |
| 31 | BS Bedi | 21.3 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 4 | India | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 |
| 32 | Iqbal Qasim | 28.5 | 14 | 40 | 6 | 3 | Pakistan | v India | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 |
| 33 | DN Patel | 40.4 | 12 | 113 | 6 | 2 | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 01 Nov 1992 |
| 34 | HDPK Dharmasena | 24.1 | 4 | 72 | 6 | 1 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Galle | 03 Jun 1998 |
| 35 | DL Vettori | 33.0 | 10 | 64 | 6 | 3 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Col-SSC | 10 Jun 1998 |
| 36 | A Kumble | 68.4 | 15 | 143 | 6 | 2 | India | v South Africa | Bengaluru | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 37 | R Ashwin | 21.3 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 3 | India | v West Indies | Delhi | 06 Nov 2011 |
| 38 | PP Ojha | 27.0 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 3 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 22 Nov 2011 |
| 39 | Sohag Gazi | 23.2 | 2 | 74 | 6 | 3 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Mirpur | 13 Nov 2012 |
| 40 | MS Panesar | 22.0 | 3 | 81 | 6 | 3 | England | v India | Wankhede | 23 Nov 2012 |
| 41 | HMRKB Herath | 30.2 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 |
| 42 | HMRKB Herath | 21.0 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 43 | R Ashwin | 29.5 | 7 | 66 | 7 | 4 | India | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 44 | MDK Perera | 23.0 | 5 | 70 | 6 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v Australia | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 |
| 45 | HMRKB Herath | 18.1 | 3 | 64 | 7 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v Australia | Col-SSC | 13 Aug 2016 |
| 46 | R Ashwin | 35.3 | 5 | 132 | 6 | 4 | India | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 |
| 47 | MH Miraz | 39.5 | 7 | 80 | 6 | 1 | Bangladesh | v England | Chattogram | 20 Oct 2016 |
| 48 | MH Miraz | 28.0 | 2 | 82 | 6 | 2 | Bangladesh | v England | Mirpur | 28 Oct 2016 |
| 49 | MH Miraz | 21.3 | 2 | 77 | 6 | 4 | Bangladesh | v England | Mirpur | 28 Oct 2016 |
| 50 | HMRKB Herath | 23.0 | 6 | 63 | 8 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 06 Nov 2016 |
| 51 | SNJ O’Keefe | 13.1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 2 | Australia | v India | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
| 52 | R Ashwin | 12.4 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 4 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 |
| 53 | HMRKB Herath | 39.1 | 5 | 133 | 6 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Col-RPS | 14 Jul 2017 |
| 54 | NM Lyon | 36.2 | 7 | 94 | 7 | 1 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 04 Sep 2017 |
| 55 | NM Lyon | 33.0 | 11 | 60 | 6 | 3 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 04 Sep 2017 |
| 56 | HMRKB Herath | 21.4 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 28 Sep 2017 |
| 57 | MDK Perera | 14.0 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 |
| 58 | HMRKB Herath | 32.5 | 5 | 98 | 6 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Col-SSC | 20 Jul 2018 |
| 59 | Taijul Islam | 39.3 | 7 | 108 | 6 | 1 | Bangladesh | v Zimbabwe | Sylhet | 03 Nov 2018 |
| 60 | MH Miraz | 16.0 | 1 | 58 | 7 | 2 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Mirpur | 30 Nov 2018 |
| 61 | NM Lyon | 20.0 | 5 | 49 | 6 | 4 | Australia | v England | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2019 |
| 62 | Sikandar Raza | 43.0 | 8 | 113 | 7 | 2 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 |
| 63 | L Embuldeniya | 42.0 | 6 | 137 | 7 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v England | Galle | 22 Jan 2021 |
| 64 | R Ashwin | 17.3 | 2 | 61 | 6 | 3 | India | v England | Chennai | 05 Feb 2021 |
| 65 | Amir Hamza | 25.0 | 3 | 75 | 6 | 2 | Afghanistan | v Zimbabwe | Abu Dhabi | 02 Mar 2021 |
| 66 | Rashid Khan | 62.5 | 17 | 137 | 7 | 3 | Afghanistan | v Zimbabwe | Abu Dhabi | 10 Mar 2021 |
| 67 | KA Maharaj | 10.0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 4 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Durban | 31 Mar 2022 |
| 68 | KA Maharaj | 12.0 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 4 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Gqeberha | 08 Apr 2022 |
| 69 | AY Patel | 18.0 | 1 | 57 | 6 | 3 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 06 Dec 2023 |
| 70 | AY Patel | 30.0 | 8 | 90 | 6 | 3 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 18 Sep 2024 |
| 71 | KN Peiris | 33.4 | 4 | 170 | 6 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Galle | 26 Sep 2024 |
| 72 | Sajid Khan | 26.2 | 1 | 111 | 7 | 2 | Pakistan | v England | Multan | 15 Oct 2024 |
| 73 | Noman Ali | 16.3 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 4 | Pakistan | v England | Multan | 15 Oct 2024 |
| 74 | Sajid Khan | 29.2 | 4 | 128 | 6 | 1 | Pakistan | v England | Rawalpindi | 24 Oct 2024 |
| 75 | Noman Ali | 18.2 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 3 | Pakistan | v England | Rawalpindi | 24 Oct 2024 |
| 76 | AY Patel | 14.1 | 1 | 57 | 6 | 4 | New Zealand | v India | Wankhede | 01 Nov 2024 |
| 77 | Noman Ali | 35.0 | 3 | 112 | 6 | 2 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Lahore | 12 Oct 2025 |
| 78 | SR Harmer | 20.0 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 3 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 20 Occt 2025 |
SR Harmer of South Africa captured six wickets conceding 50 runs in the just concluded Rawalpindi Test against Pakistan to provide the fourth occasion of a South African spin bowler sharing the new ball capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GA Faulkner | 27.1 | 4 | 84 | 7 | 2 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| 2 | KA Maharaj | 10.0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 4 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Durban | 31 Mar 2022 |
| 3 | KA Maharaj | 12.0 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 4 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Gqeberha | 08 Apr 2022 |
| 4 | SR Harmer | 20.0 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 3 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 20 Oct 2025 |
SR Harmer of South Africa captured six wickets conceding 50 runs in the just concluded Rawalpindi Test against Pakistan to provide the fourth occasion of a spin bowler sharing the new ball capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | PR Umrigar | 58.0 | 25 | 74 | 6 | 2 | India | v Pakistan | Bahawalpur | 15 Jan 1955 |
| 2 | HMRKB Herath | 30.2 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 |
| 3 | HMRKB Herath | 21.4 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 28 Sep 2017 |
| 4 | SR Harmer | 20.0 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 3 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 20 Oct 2025 |