Five or more wickets by a visiting spin bowler at Lord’s – Yasir Shah of Pakistan joins the elite list

Five or more wickets by a visiting spin bowler at Lord’s – Yasir Shah of Pakistan joins the elite list

Yasir Shah of Pakistan captured five for 64 on the second day of the ongoing first test at Lord’s between England and Pakistan to provide the 13th occasion of a visiting spin bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings at Lord’s. He became the 12th visiting spin bowler to perform such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GE Palmer 75.0×4 26 111 6 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 21.07.1884
2 CV Grimmett 53.0 13 167 6 3 Aus Eng Lord’s 27.06.1930
3 XC Balaskas 32.0 8 49 5 2 SAF Eng Lord’s 29.06.1935
4 S Ramadhin 43.0 27 66 5 2 Win Eng Lord’s 24.06.1950
5 S Ramadhin 72.0 43 86 6 4 Win Eng Lord’s 24.06.1950
6 MH Mankad 73.0 24 196 5 2 Ind Eng Lord’s 19.06.1952
7 HJ Tayfield 38.5 12 80 5 3 SAF Eng Lord’s 23.06.1955
8 BS Chandrasekhar 53.0 9 127 5 2 Ind Eng Lord’s 22.06.1967
9 BS Bedi 64.2 8 226 6 1 Ind Eng Lord’s 20.06.1974
10` RG Holland 32.0 12 68 5 3 Aus Eng Lord’s 27.06.1985
11 Mushtaq Ahmed 38.0 15 57 5 4 Pak Eng Lord’s 25.07.1996
12 DL Vettori 22.3 4 69 5 2 NZl Eng Lord’s 15.05.2008
13 Yasir Shah 25.0 5 64 5 2 Pak Eng Lord’s 14.07.2016

Yasir Shah is the second Pakistan spin bowler to capture five or more wickets in a test innings at Lord’s after Mushtaq Ahmed. Mushtaq Ahmed had returned with figures of 5 for 57 in Jul 1996

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Mushtaq Ahmed 38.0 15 57 5 4 Pak Eng Lord’s 25.07.1996
2 Yasir Shah 25.0 5 64 5 2 Pak Eng Lord’s 14.07.2016

 

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