Spin bowlers sharing the new ball capturing six or more wickets in a test innings

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.

NoPlayerOversMRunsWITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1GE Palmer58.0×4366871Australiav EnglandSydney17 Feb 1882
2GE Palmer52.2×4256572Australiav EnglandMelbourne30 Dec 1882
3E Peate40.0×4148561Englandv AustraliaLord’s21 Jul 1884
4GE Palmer75.0×42611162Australiav EnglandLord’s21 Jul 1884
5R Peel26.2×4173172Englandv AustraliaManchester30 Aug 1888
6J Briggs14.2×451183Englandv South AfricaCape Town25 Mar 1889
7J Briggs21.544962Englandv AustraliaAdelaide24 Mar 1892
8J Briggs28.078763Englandv AustraliaAdelaide24 Mar 1892
9R Peel30.096764Englandv AustraliaSydney14 Dec 1894
10H Trumble40.0×5105961Australiav EnglandThe Oval10 Aug 1896
11H Trumble25.0×593063Australiav EnglandThe Oval10 Aug 1896
12H Trumble44.0187463Australiav EnglandAdelaide17 Jan 1902
13W Rhodes11.031772Englandv AustraliaBirmingham29 May 1902
14H Trumble25.095364Australiav EnglandManchester24 Jul 1902
15H Trumble31.0136582Australiav EnglandThe Oval11 Aug 1902
16W Rhodes15.235672Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1904
17W Rhodes15.006884Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1904
18LC Braund29.168181Englandv AustraliaMelbourne05 Mar 1904
19C Blythe32.0136861Englandv South AfricaCape Town24 Mar 1906
20C Blythe15.515982Englandv South AfricaLeeds29 Jul 1907
21C Blythe22.494074Englandv South AfricaLeeds29 Jul 1907
22C Blythe23.064461Englandv AustraliaBirmingham27 May 1909
23CG Macartney25.365872Australiav EnglandLeeds01 Jul 1909
24C Blythe18.054672Englandv South AfricaCape Town11 Mar 1910
25GA Faulkner27.148472South Africav EnglandThe Oval12 Aug 1912
26CV Grimmett44.1913163Australiav EnglandBrisbane30 Nov 1928
27H Ironmonger15.371863Australiav South AfricaMelbourne12 Feb 1932
28AL Valentine26.3103963West Indiesv EnglandThe Oval12 Aug 1950
29PR Umrigar58.0257462Indiav PakistanBahawalpur15 Jan 1955
30Zulfiqar Ahmed46.3214263Pakistanv New ZealandKarachi13 Oct 1955
31BS Bedi21.347164Indiav EnglandBengaluru28 Jan 1977
32Iqbal Qasim28.5144063Pakistanv IndiaWankhede16 Dec 1979
33DN Patel40.41211362New Zealandv ZimbabweBulawayo01 Nov 1992
34HDPK Dharmasena24.147261Sri Lankav New ZealandGalle03 Jun 1998
35DL Vettori33.0106463New Zealandv Sri LankaCol-SSC10 Jun 1998
36A Kumble68.41514362Indiav South AfricaBengaluru02 Mar 2000
37R Ashwin21.354763Indiav West IndiesDelhi06 Nov 2011
38PP Ojha27.054763Indiav West IndiesWankhede22 Nov 2011
39Sohag Gazi23.227463Bangladeshv West IndiesMirpur13 Nov 2012
40MS Panesar22.038163Englandv IndiaWankhede23 Nov 2012
41HMRKB Herath30.2114863Sri Lankav PakistanGalle06 Aug 2014
42HMRKB Herath21.064874Sri Lankav IndiaGalle12 Aug 2015
43R Ashwin29.576674Indiav South AfricaNagpur25 Nov 2015
44MDK Perera23.057064Sri Lankav AustraliaGalle04 Aug 2016
45HMRKB Herath18.136474Sri Lankav AustraliaCol-SSC13 Aug 2016
46R Ashwin35.3513264Indiav New ZealandKanpur22 Sep 2016
47MH Miraz39.578061Bangladeshv EnglandChattogram20 Oct 2016
48MH Miraz28.028262Bangladeshv EnglandMirpur28 Oct 2016
49MH Miraz21.327764Bangladeshv EnglandMirpur28 Oct 2016
50HMRKB Herath23.066384Sri Lankav ZimbabweHarare06 Nov 2016
51SNJ O’Keefe13.123562Australiav IndiaPune23 Feb 2017
52R Ashwin12.444164Indiav AustraliaBengaluru04 Mar 2017
53HMRKB Herath39.1513363Sri Lankav ZimbabweCol-RPS14 Jul 2017
54NM Lyon36.279471Australiav BangladeshChattogram04 Sep 2017
55NM Lyon33.0116063Australiav BangladeshChattogram04 Sep 2017
56HMRKB Herath21.444364Sri Lankav PakistanAbu Dhabi28 Sep 2017
57MDK Perera14.043264Sri Lankav South AfricaGalle12 Jul 2018
58HMRKB Herath32.559864Sri Lankav South AfricaCol-SSC20 Jul 2018
59Taijul Islam39.3710861Bangladeshv ZimbabweSylhet03 Nov 2018
60MH Miraz16.015872Bangladeshv West IndiesMirpur30 Nov 2018
61NM Lyon20.054964Australiav EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2019
62Sikandar Raza43.0811372Zimbabwev Sri LankaHarare27 Jan 2020
63L Embuldeniya42.0613772Sri Lankav EnglandGalle22 Jan 2021
64R Ashwin17.326163Indiav EnglandChennai05 Feb 2021
65Amir Hamza25.037562Afghanistanv ZimbabweAbu Dhabi02 Mar 2021
66Rashid Khan62.51713773Afghanistanv ZimbabweAbu Dhabi10 Mar 2021
67KA Maharaj10.003274South Africav BangladeshDurban31 Mar 2022
68KA Maharaj12.034074South Africav BangladeshGqeberha08 Apr 2022
69AY Patel18.015763New Zealandv BangladeshMirpur06 Dec 2023
70AY Patel30.089063New Zealandv Sri LankaGalle18 Sep 2024
71KN Peiris33.4417063Sri Lankav New ZealandGalle26 Sep 2024
72Sajid Khan26.2111172Pakistanv EnglandMultan15 Oct 2024
73Noman Ali16.314684Pakistanv EnglandMultan15 Oct 2024
74Sajid Khan29.2412861Pakistanv EnglandRawalpindi24 Oct 2024
75Noman Ali18.224263Pakistanv EnglandRawalpindi24 Oct 2024
76AY Patel14.115764New Zealandv IndiaWankhede01 Nov 2024
77Noman Ali35.0311262Pakistanv South AfricaLahore12 Oct 2025
78SR Harmer20.055063South Africav PakistanRawalpindi20 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.

NoPlayerOversMRunsWITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1GA Faulkner27.148472South Africav EnglandThe Oval12 Aug 1912
2KA Maharaj10.003274South Africav BangladeshDurban31 Mar 2022
3KA Maharaj12.034074South Africav BangladeshGqeberha08 Apr 2022
4SR Harmer20.055063South Africav PakistanRawalpindi20 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.

NoPlayerOversMRunsWITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1PR Umrigar58.0257462Indiav PakistanBahawalpur15 Jan 1955
2HMRKB Herath30.2114863Sri Lankav PakistanGalle06 Aug 2014
3HMRKB Herath21.444364Sri Lankav PakistanAbu Dhabi28 Sep 2017
4SR Harmer20.055063South Africav PakistanRawalpindi20 Oct 2025
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