Ten plus wickets by Australian bowlers going in vain – MA Starc joins the list
Australia’s MA Starc’s 11 for 94 in just concluded test against Sri Lanka was in a losing cause to provide the 72nd occasion of a bowler’s ten plus wickets in test went in vain in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 18th occasion of an Australian bowlers ten or more wickets in a test going in vain. All such occasions are listed below.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | FR Spofforth | 92.1×4 | 42 | 117 | 11 | Eng | Sydney | 26 Jan 1883 |
| 2 | CTB Turner | 88.0×4 | 50 | 087 | 12 | Eng | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 |
| 3 | H Trumble | 65.0×5 | 19 | 089 | 12 | Eng | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
| 4 | H Trumble | 64.5 | 17 | 173 | 12 | Eng | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 5 | HV Hordern | 62.0 | 13 | 161 | 10 | Eng | Sydney | 23 Feb 1912 |
| 6 | CV Grimmett | 62.0 | 10 | 201 | 10 | Eng | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1930 |
| 7 | AK Davidson | 77.4 | 30 | 124 | 12 | Ind | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 |
| 8 | NJN Hawke | 52.4 | 15 | 115 | 10 | Win | Georgetown | 14 Apr 1965 |
| 9 | RM Hogg | 47.5×8 | 11 | 122 | 10 | Eng | Perth | 15 Dec 1978 |
| 10 | G Dymock | 63.4 | 12 | 166 | 12 | Ind | Kanpur | 02 Oct 1979 |
| 11 | RJ Bright | 57.5 | 22 | 111 | 10 | Pak | Karachi | 27 Feb 1980 |
| 12 | GF Lawson | 64.0 | 13 | 181 | 11 | Win | Adelaide | 07 Dec 1984 |
| 13 | MG Hughes | 73.1 | 16 | 217 | 13 | Win | Perth | 02 Dec 1988 |
| 14 | SK Warne | 69.0 | 25 | 128 | 12 | SAF | Sydney | 02 Jan 1994 |
| 15 | SK Warne | 48.3 | 11 | 162 | 10 | Eng | Birmingham | 04 Aug 2005 |
| 16 | JJ Krejza | 74.5 | 4 | 358 | 12 | Ind | Nagpur | 06 Nov 2008 |
| 17 | MG Johnson | 58.2 | 9 | 159 | 11 | SAF | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 |
| 18 | MA Starc | 28.4 | 8 | 094 | 11 | Srl | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 |
CTB Turner {12 for 87}, H Trumble {12 for 89} and MA Starc {11 for 94} are the three Australian bowlers to concede less than 100 runs and capture ten plus wickets in the list of Australian bowlers whose ten plus wickets in a test went in vain.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | CTB Turner | 88.0×4 | 50 | 087 | 12 | Eng | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 |
| 2 | H Trumble | 65.0×5 | 19 | 089 | 12 | Eng | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
| 3 | MA Starc | 28.4 | 8 | 094 | 11 | Srl | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 |
MA Starc became the first Australian bowler and third bowler after DL Vettori of New Zealand and R Ashwin of India to witness their ten wicket haul going in vain in test against Sri Lanka. MA Starc has the best bowling figures – both in terms of runs conceded and also wickets taken – amongst these three bowlers
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | DL Vettori | 56.3 | 7 | 183 | 10 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 2 | R Ashwin | 42.0 | 8 | 160 | 10 | Ind | Srl | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 3 | MA Starc | 28.4 | 8 | 094 | 11 | Aus | Srl | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 |