Spin bowlers capturing six or more wickets in a test innings while sharing the new ball – SN O’keefe’s feat against India at Pune provides the 50th such occasion

Spin bowlers capturing six or more wickets in a test innings while sharing the new ball – SN O’keefe’s feat against India at Pune provides the 50th such occasion

Stephen Norman John O'Keefe

SNJ O’Keefe of Australia shared the new ball as a spin bowler and captured six wickets in the ongoing test against India at Pune to provide the 50th occasion of a spin bowler sharing the new ball and capturing six or more wickets in  an innings. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GE Palmer 58.0×4 36 68 7 1 Aus Eng Sydney 17 Feb 1882
2 GE Palmer 52.2×4 25 65 7 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 30 Dec 1882
3 E Peate 40.0×4 14 85 6 1 Eng Aus Lord’s 21 Jul 1884
4 GE Palmer 75.0×4 26 111 6 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 21 Jul 1884
5 R Peel 26.2×4 17 31 7 2 Eng Aus Manchester 30 Aug 1888
6 J Briggs 14.2×4 5 11 8 3 Eng SAF Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
7 J Briggs 21.5 4 49 6 2 Eng Aus Adelaide 24 Mar 1892
8 J Briggs 28.0 7 87 6 3 Eng Aus Adelaide 24 Mar 1892
9 R Peel 30.0 9 67 6 4 Eng Aus Sydney 14 Dec 1894
10 H Trumble 40.0×5 10 59 6 1 Aus Eng The Oval 10 Aug 1896
11 H Trumble 25.0×5 9 30 6 3 Aus Eng The Oval 10 Aug 1896
12 H Trumble 44.0 18 74 6 3 Aus Eng Adelaide 17 Jan 1902
13 W Rhodes 11.0 3 17 7 2 Eng Aus Birmingham 29 May 1902
14 H Trumble 25.0 9 53 6 4 Aus Eng Manchester 24 Jul 1902
15 H Trumble 31.0 13 65 8 2 Aus Eng The Oval 11 Aug 1902
16 W Rhodes 15.2 3 56 7 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1904
17 W Rhodes 15.0 0 68 8 4 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1904
18 LC Braund 29.1 6 81 8 1 Eng Aus Melbourne 05 Mar 1904
19 C Blythe 32.0 13 68 6 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 24 Mar 1906
20 C Blythe 15.5 1 59 8 2 Eng SAF Leeds 29 Jul 1907
21 C Blythe 22.4 9 40 7 4 Eng SAF Leeds 29 Jul 1907
22 C Blythe 23.0 6 44 6 1 Eng Aus Birmingham 27 May 1909
23 CG Macartney 25.3 6 58 7 2 Aus Eng Leeds 01 Jul 1909
24 C Blythe 18.0 5 46 7 2 Eng SAF Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
25 GA Faulkner 27.1 4 84 7 2 SAF Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1912
26 CV Grimmett 44.1 9 131 6 3 Aus Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
27 AL Valentine 26.3 10 39 6 3 Win Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1950
28 PR Umrigar 58.0 25 74 6 2 Ind Pak Bahawalpur 15 Jan 1955
29 Zulfiqar Ahmed 46.3 21 42 6 3 Pak NZl Karachi 13 Oct 1955
30 BS Bedi 21.3 4 71 6 4 Ind Eng Bangalore 28 Jan 1977
31 Iqbal Qasim 28.5 14 40 6 3 Pak Ind Mumbai 16 Dec 1979
32 DN Patel 40.4 12 113 6 2 NZl Zim Bulawayo 01 Nov 1992
33 HDPK Dharmasena 24.1 4 72 6 1 Srl NZl Galle 03 Jun 1998
34 DL Vettori 33.0 10 64 6 3 NZl Srl Col-SSC 10 Jun 1998
35 A Kumble 68.4 15 143 6 2 Ind SAF Bangalore 02 Mar 2000
36 R Ashwin 21.3 5 47 6 3 Ind Win Delhi 06 Nov 2011
37 PP Ojha 27.0 5 47 6 3 Ind Win Mumbai 22 Nov 2011
38 Sohag Gazi 23.2 2 74 6 3 Ban Win Dhaka 13 Nov 2012
39 MS Panesar 22.0 3 81 6 3 Eng Ind Mumbai 23 Nov 2012
40 HMRKB Herath 30.2 11 48 6 3 Srl Pak Galle 06 Aug 2014
41 HMRKB Herath 21.0 6 48 7 4 Srl Ind Galle 12 Aug 2015
42 R Ashwin 29.5 7 66 7 4 Ind SAF Nagpur 25 Nov 2015
43 MDK Perera 23.0 5 70 6 4 Srl Aus Galle 04 Aug 2016
44 HMRKB Herath 18.1 3 64 7 4 Srl Aus Col-SSC 13 Aug 2016
45 R Ashwin 35.3 5 132 6 4 Ind NZl Kanpur 22 Sep 2016
46 M Hasan Miraz 39.5 7 80 6 1 Ban Eng Chittagong 20 Oct 2016
47 M Hasan Miraz 28.0 2 82 6 2 Ban Eng Dhaka 28 Oct 2016
48 Mi Hasan Miraz 21.3 2 77 6 4 Ban Eng Dhaka 28 Oct 2016
49 HMRKB Herath 23.0 6 63 8 4 Srl Zim Harare 06 Nov 2016
50 SNJ O’Keefe 13.1 2 35 6 2 Aus Ind Pune 23 Feb 2017

SNJ O’keefe’s feat provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian spin bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings while sharing the new ball. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GE Palmer 58.0×4 36 68 7 1 Aus Eng Sydney 17 Feb 1882
2 GE Palmer 52.2×4 25 65 7 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 30 Dec 1882
3 GE Palmer 75.0×4 26 111 6 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 21 Jul 1884
4 H Trumble 40.0×5 10 59 6 1 Aus Eng The Oval 10 Aug 1896
5 H Trumble 25.0×5 9 30 6 3 Aus Eng The Oval 10 Aug 1896
6 H Trumble 44.0 18 74 6 3 Aus Eng Adelaide 17 Jan 1902
7 H Trumble 25.0 9 53 6 4 Aus Eng Manchester 24 Jul 1902
8 H Trumble 31.0 13 65 8 2 Aus Eng The Oval 11 Aug 1902
9 CG Macartney 25.3 6 58 7 2 Aus Eng Leeds 01 Jul 1909
10 CV Grimmett 44.1 9 131 6 3 Aus Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
11 SNJ O’Keefe 13.1 2 35 6 2 Aus Ind Pune 23 Feb 2017

SNJ O’keefe’s feat provides the fourth occasion of a spin bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings while sharing the new ball against India. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Iqbal Qasim 28.5 14 40 6 3 Pak Ind Mumbai 16 Dec 1979
2 MS Panesar 22.0 3 81 6 3 Eng Ind Mumbai 23 Nov 2012
3 HMRKB Herath 21.0 6 48 7 4 Srl Ind Galle 12 Aug 2015
4 SNJ O’Keefe 13.1 2 35 6 2 Aus Ind Pune 23 Feb 2017

 

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