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 |