South Africa vs England Test Series : Bowlers who have conceded "Nelson" without capturing a wicket in a test innings

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

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