Test cricket has witnessed 23 occasions of a bowler’s eight plus wickets in a test innings on a losing side. All such occasions are furnished below in the order of descending wickets and ascending runs.

India’s N Kapil Dev has the best figures in this category of statistics. His nine for 83 against West Indies at Ahmedabad in Nov 1983 could not fetch India a win

No	Player	W	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	N Kapil Dev	9	083	3	Ind	Win	Ahmedabad	Nov 1983
2	JM Noreiga	9	095	2	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1971
3	SP Gupte	9	102	1	Ind	Win	Kanpur	Dec 1958
4	KA Maharaj	9	129	1	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2018
5	D Bishoo	8	049	3	Win	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	Oct 2016
6	NM Lyon	8	050	1	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	Mar 2017
7	ARC Fraser	8	053	2	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Feb 1998
8	GA Lohmann	8	058	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1892
9	MG Johnson	8	061	2	Aus	SAF	Perth	Dec 2008
10	H Trumble	8	065	2	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
11	BS Chandrasekhar	8	079	2	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Dec 1972
12	LC Braund	8	081	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1904
13	JR Ratnayeke	8	083	2	Srl	Pak	Sialkot	Oct 1985
14	J Srinath	8	086	3	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	Feb 1999
15	MG Hughes	8	087	3	Aus	Win	Perth	Dec 1988
16	T Richardson	8	094	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1898
17	IT Botham	8	103	2	Eng	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1984
18	AL Valentine	8	104	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1950
19	NA Foster	8	107	2	Eng	Pak	Leeds	Jul 1987
20	PA Strang	8	109	2	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	Sep 2000
21	GF Lawson	8	112	1	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Dec 1984
22	MHN Walker	8	143	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Feb 1975
23	JJ Krejza	8	215	1	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008