South Africa vs England Test Series : Bowlers who have conceded "Nelson" without capturing a wicket in a test innings
JM Anderson returned with figures of 30.0-4-111-0 in England’s first innings against South Africa in the ongoing test at Johannesburg providing the 13th occasion of a bowler conceding Nelson with out capturing a wicket in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. He is the third England bowler to earn this dubious distinction, after DR Smith {vs India at Kanpur in Dec 1961} and GG Arnold {vs West Indies at Lord’s in Aug 1973. The complete list of eleven occasions are listed below
| No | Bowlers | 0 | M | R | W | Inns |
| Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year | |||
| 1 | VI Smith | 25.0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| SAF | Aus | CapeTown | Dec 1949 | |||
| 2 | FazalMahmood | 39.0 | 10 | 111 | 0 | 2 |
| Pak | Ind | Mum-BS | Nov 1952 | |||
| 3 | DR Smith | 44.0 | 11 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| Eng | Ind | Kanpur | Dec 1961 | |||
| 4 | GG Arnold | 35.0 | 6 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| Eng | Win | Lord’s | Aug 1973 | |||
| 5 | N Kapil Dev | 27.0 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| Ind | Pak | Hyd-Pak | Jan 1983 | |||
| 6 | MD Marshall | 37.0 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| Win | Aus | Sydney | Dec 1984 | |||
| 7 | AA Donald | 35.0 | 10 | 111 | 0 | 2 |
| SAF | Aus | CapeTown | Mar 1994 | |||
| 8 | IR Bishop | 35.0 | 5 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| Win | Eng | TheOval | Aug 1995 | |||
| 9 | AB Agarkar | 24.0 | 4 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| Ind | Eng | TheOval | Sep 2002 | |||
| 10 | SM Pollock | 34.0 | 5 | 111 | 0 | 2 |
| SAF | Win | StJohn’s | Apr 2005 | |||
| 11 | AG Cremer | 24.0 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 2 |
| Zim | NZl | Bulawayo | Aug 2005 | |||
| 12 | RP Singh | 23.0 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| Ind | SAF | Chennai | Mar 2008 | |||
| 13 | JM Anderson | 30.0 | 4 | 111 | 0 | 2 |
| Eng | SAF | Jo’burg | Jan 2010 |