When Shohadat Hossain and Shakib Al Hasan captured 5 for 71 and 5 for 62 respectively in the first innings of the first test between Bangladesh and India at Chittagong in the on going test series their feat provided the 52nd instance of two bowlers sharing wickets equally in a test innings. It is the very first occasion of Bangladesh bowlers shared the wickets equally in a test innings. The break up read thus

Australian	Bowlers	16	Occasions
Bangladesh	Bowlers	01	Occasion
England	Bowlers	16	Occasions
Indian	Bowlers	05	Occasions
New Zealand	Bowlers	02	Occasions
Pakistan	Bowlers	05	Occasions
South African	Bowlers	03	Occasion
Sri Lankan	Bowlers	03	Occasions
West Indian	Bowlers	01	Occasion
Total	Bowlers	52	Occasions

It is rather strange to see that West Indian bowlers figure only once in this list. The lone occasion of West Indian bowlers sharing wickets equally was when Curtly Ambrose and Ian Bishop captured 5 for 35 and 5/041 in the first innings against Pakistan at Lahore in 1990/91

The complete list of 52 instances are listed thus in the order of its occurrence with details of names of the bowlers with their figures, match details, ground, series and innings

No	Bowler	W/R	Bowler	W/R
	Match	Ground	Series	Ins
1	JJ Ferris	5/071	CTB Turner	5/041
	Aus vs Eng	Sydney	1886/87	FI
2	GA Lohmann	5/017	R Peel	5/018
	Eng vs Aus	Sydney	1887/88	FI
3	JJ Ferris	5/028	CTB Turner	5/026
	Aus vs Eng	Lord’s	1888	SI
4	G Giffen	5/076	ST Callaway	5/037
	Aus vs Eng	Adelaide	1894/95	FI
5	T Richardson	5/134	JT Hearne	5/036
	Eng vs Aus	Lord’s	1896	SI
6	MA Noble	5/084	CC McLeod	5/065
	Aus vs Eng	Adelaide	1897/98	SI
7	MA Noble	5/054	JV Saunders	5/043
	Aus vs Eng	Sydney	1901/02	SI
8	JV Saunders	5/050	MA Noble	5/051
	Aus vs Eng	Sheffield	1902	FI
9	JV Saunders	5/065	JDAO’Connor	5/040
	Aus vs Eng	Adelaide	1907/08	SI
10	GH Hirst	5/050	C Blythe	5/058
	Eng vs Aus	Edgbaston	1909	SI
11	SF Barnes	5/056	C Blythe	5/063
	Eng vs Aus	Manchester	1909	FI
12	AEE Vogler	5/087	GA Faulkner	5/120
	SAF vs Eng	Johannesburg	1909/10	FI
13	FR Foster	5/016	SF Barnes	5/025
	Eng vs SAF	Lord’s	1912	FI
14	SF Barnes	5/028	FE Woolley	5/041
	Eng vs SAF	The Oval	1912	FI
15	SF Barnes	5/030	FE Woolley	5/029
	Eng vs Aus	The Oval	1912	FI
16	G Geary	5/068	WR Hammond	5/036
	Eng vs SAF	Johannesburg	1927/28	SI
17	WE Bowes	5/055	EW Clark	5/098
	Eng v Aus	The Oval	1934	SI
18	LAmaranath	5/096	MH Mankad	5/101
	Ind vs Eng	Manchester	1946	FI
19	J Cowie	5/107	TB Burtt	5/097
	NZl vs Eng	Lord’s	1949	FI
20	AV Bedser	5/044	FR Brown	5/049
	Eng vs Aus	Melbourne	1950/51	FI
21	AV Bedser	5/041	FS Trueman	5/048
	Eng vs Ind	The Oval	1952	FI
22	SP Gupte	5/180	MH Mankad	5/226
	Ind vs Win	Kingston	1952/53	FI
23	Khan Mohd	5/073	Fazal Mahmood	5/048
	Pak vs Ind	Karachi	1954/55	FI
24	TL Goddard	5/069	HJ Tayfield	5/094
	Eng vs SAF	Leeds	1955	SI
25	AK Davidson	5/036	R Benuad	5/082
	Aus vs SAF	PElizabeth	1957/57	FI
26	BS Bedi	5/037	EAS Prasanna	5/042
	Ind vs Aus	Delhi	1969/70	SI
27	MHN Walker	5/075	TJ Jenner	5/090
	Aus vs Win	Trinidad	1972/73	FI
28	N Gifford	5/055	Birkenshaw	5/057
	Eng vs Pak	Karachi	1972/73	SI
29	DK Lillee	5/015	MHN Walker	5/048
	Aus vs Eng	Manchester	1975	FI
30	DK Lillee	5/063	GJ Gilmour	5/034
	Aus vs Win	Melbourne	1975/76	FI
31	S Bakht	5/056	Ehteshamuddin	5/047
	Pak vs Ind	Kanpur	1979/80	FI
32	Kapil Dev	5/097	KD Ghavri	5/107
	Ind vs Aus	Sydney	1980/81	FI
33	DK Lillee	5/046	TM Alderman	5/062
	Aus vs Eng	Nottingham	1981	SI
34	Kapil Dev	5/073	Madanlal	5/023
	Ind vs Eng	Bom/WS	1981/82	SI
35	GF Lawson	5/087	JRThomson	5/073
	Aus vs Eng	Brisbane	1982/83	SI
36	RJ Hadlee	5/073	EW Chatfield	5/063
	NZl vs Srl	Col/CCC	1983/84	FI
37	GRJMatthews	5/146	RJ Bright	5/094
	Aus vs Ind	Madras	1986/87	SI
38	G Small	5/048	IT Botham	5/041
	Eng vs Aus	Melbourne	1986/87	FI
39	Iqbal Qasim	5/048	Tausif Ahmed	5/054
	Pak vs Ind	Bangalore	1986/87	FI
40	CE Ambrose	5/035	I Bishop	5/041
	Win vs Pak	Lahore	1990/91	FI
41	Wasim kram	5/045	Waqar Younis	5/022
	Pak vs NZl	Hamilton	1992/93	SI
42	TBA May	5/089	SK Warne	5/082
	Aus vs Eng	Birmingham	1993	SI
43	C Vaas	5/043	Muralitharan	5/064
	Srl vs NZl	Napier	1994/95	SI
44	AR Caddick	5/067	A Fraser	5/040
	Eng vs Win	Trinidad	1997/98	FI
45	SM Pollock	5/053	AA Donald	5/071
	SAF vs Eng	Leeds	1998	SI
46	JN Gillespie	5/098	CR Miller	5/081
	Aus vs Win	Adelaide	2000/01	FI
47	RD Fernando	5/098	Muralitharan	5/122
	Srl vs SAF	Durban	2000/01	FI
48	Muralitharan	5/067	ST Jayasuriya	5/043
	Srl vs Zim	Galle	2001/02	FI
49	Shoiab Aktar	5/109	D Kaneria	5/125
	Pak vs Aus	Melbourne	2004/05	FI
50	M Ntini	5/051	DW Steyn	5/046
	SAF v NZl	Centurion	2005/06	SI
51	MJ Hoggard	5/057	MS Panesar	5/072
	Eng v Pak	Manchester	2006	SI
52	ShahadatHossain	5/071	ShakibAliHassan	5/062
	Ban v Ind	Chittagong	2009/10	Fi

Invariably with such a bowling performance by the bowlers, the teamto which the bowlers belong to would end up with a win. However there are three tests which were lost by the teams, despite their bowler sharing the wickets equally in a test innings. The following are the three instances which have ended in a defeat for the side when the bowlers shared the wickets equally

No	Bowler	W/R	Bowler	W/R
	Match	Ground	Series	Ins
1	JJ Ferris	5/071	CTBTurner	5/041
	AusvsEng	Sydney	1886/87	FI
	England	won by	71	runs
2	Kapil Dev	5/097	KD Ghavri	5/107
	IndvsAus	Sydney	1980/81	FI
	Australia	wonbyinns	and 05	runs
3	ShoiabAktar	5/109	DKaneria	5/125
	PakvsAus	Melbourne	2004/05	FI
	Australia	won by	09	wkts

MA Noble-CTB Turner of Australia, SF Barnes-FE Woolley of England and MA Noble-JV Saunders of Australia have the distinction of sharing the wickets equally on two separate occasions.

No	Bowler	W/R	Bowler	W/R
	Match	Ground	Series	Ins
1	JJFerris	5/071	CTBTurner	5/041
	AusvsEng	Sydney	1886/87	FI
2	JJFerris	5/028	CTBTurner	5/026
	AusvsEng	Lord’s	1888	SI
1	MANoble	5/054	JVSaunders	5/043
	AusvsEng	Sydney	1901/02	SI
2	MANoble	5/051	JVSaunders	5/050
	AusvsEng	Sheffield	1902	FI
1	SFBarnes	5/028	FEWoolley	5/041
	EngvsSAF	TheOval	1912	FI
2	SFBarnes	5/030	FEWoolley	5/029
	EngvsAus	TheOval	1912	FI

SF Barnes has the distinction of being one of the bowlers to be involved in such a feat on most number of occasions-four

No	Bowler	W/R	Bowler	W/R
	Match	Ground	Series	Ins
1	SFBarnes	5/056	CBlythe	5/063
	EngvsAus	Manchester	1909	FI
2	SFBarnes	5/025	FRFoster	5/016
	EngvsSAF	Lord’s	1912	FI
3	SFBarnes	5/028	FEWoolley	5/041
	EngvsSAF	The Oval	1912	FI
4	SFBarnes	5/030	FEWoolley	5/029
	EngvsAus	The Oval	1912	FI

Sheffied {Barmall Lane} which has staged the only one test in the annals of test cricket between England and Australia in 1902 also figures in this long list. Australian pair JV Saunders {5/050} and MA Noble {5/051} were the bowlers.

No	Bowler	W/R	Bowler	W/R
	Match	Ground	Series	Ins
1	JVSaunders	5/050	MANoble	5/051
	AusvsEng	Sheffield	1902	FI

The following are the two occasions when both the bowlers have conceded 100 plus runs while performing the feat

No	Bowler	W/R	Bowler	W/R
	Match	Ground	Series	Ins
1	SPGupte	5/180	MHMankad	5/226
	IndvsWin	Kingston	1952/53	FI
2	ShoiabAktar	5/109	DKaneria	5/125
	PakvsAus	Melbourne	2004/05	FI

MH Mankad remains th e only bowler to concede 200 plus runs in this category of statistics while SP Gupte and MH Mankad remains the only pair of bowlers to concede 175 plus runs while sharing the wickets equally in a test innings