Yasir Shah becomes the sixth Pakistan spin bowler to capture five wickets in an innings on ten or more occasions

Yasir Shah becomes the sixth Pakistan spin bowler to capture five wickets in an innings on ten or more occasions

 Yasir Shah

Yasir Shah of Pakistan captured 6 for 90 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Bridgetown. This effort provides the tenth five wicket haul in tests. He became the sixth Pakistan spin bowler to capture ten or more five wicket hauls in a test innings. Others are – Abdul Qadir {15|, Danish Kaneria {15}, Saqlain Mushtaq {13}, Mushtaq Ahmed {10} and Saeed Ajmal {10}. The performance of these six bowlers are listed below

No Player Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 Abdul Qadir 67 111 17126 7742 236 9/056 13/101 32.80 15 5
2 Danish Kaneria 61 112 17697 9082 261 7/077 12/094 34.79 15 2
3 Saqlain Mushtaq 49 86 14070 6206 208 8/164 10/155 29.83 13 3
4 Mushtaq Ahmed 52 89 12532 6100 185 7/056 10/106 32.97 10 3
5 Saeed Ajmal 35 67 11592 5003 178 7/055 11/111 28.10 10 4
6 Yasir Shah 25 48 07899 4235 140 7/076 10/141 30.25 10 2

The following table lists Yasir Shah’s ten five wicket hauls in a test innings arranged in the chronological order

No Overs M Runs W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 21.0 01 079 5 3 v New Zealand Dubai (DSC) 17 Nov 2014
2 30.1 06 076 7 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 17 Jun 2015
3 41.3 05 096 6 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 25 Jun 2015
4 31.5 04 078 5 1 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
5 29.0 06 072 6 2 v England Lord’s 14 Jul 2016
6 29.0 04 071 5 3 v England The Oval 11 Aug 2016
7 43.0 15 121 5 2 v West Indies Dubai (DSC) 13 Oct 2016
8 39.0 05 124 6 4 v West Indies Abu Dhabi 21 Oct 2016
9 21.4 04 063 6 3 v West Indies Kingston 21 Apr 2017
10 39.0 12 090 6 3 v West Indies Bridgetown 30 Apr 2017

 

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