Bowlers conceding 150 plus runs without a wicket in a test innings

Bowlers conceding 150 plus runs without a wicket in a test innings

TG Southee of New Zealand returned with figures of none for 154 in England’s first innings in the ongoing test at Nottingham to provide the 33rd occasion of a bowler conceding 150 plus runs without a capturing a wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppGroundMon/Year
1AP Freeman01692EngSAFThe OvalAug 1929
2AM Moir01591NZlSAFWellingtonMar 1953
3Khan Mohammad02592PakWinKingstonFeb 1958
4DG Phadkar01731IndWinKolkataDec 1958
5MH Mankad01672IndWinDelhiFeb 1959
6EAS Prasanna01871IndEngLeedsJun 1967
7PI Pocock01522EngWinKingstonFeb 1974
8Iqbal Qasim01561PakAusFaisalabadMar 1980
9Arshad Ayub01822IndPakLahoreDec 1989
10ML Su’a01791NZlWinWellingtonFeb 1995
11MN Hart01811NZlWinWellingtonFeb 1995
12Mushtaq Ahmed01531PakAusPeshawarOct 1998
13RW Price01921ZimSAFHarareSep 2001
14RW Price01871ZimAusPerthOct 2003
15A Kumble01591IndPakBengaluruMar 2005
16Harbhajan Singh01761IndPakLahoreJan 2006
17N Boje02212SAFSrlCol-SSCJul 2006
18Danish Kaneria01831PakSrlLahoreMar 2009
19Harbhajan Singh01521IndEngLord’sJul 2011
20S Sreesanth01582IndEngBirminghamAug 2011
21A Mishra01701IndEngThe OvalAug 2011
22R Ashwin01572IndAusSydneyJan 2012
23GP Swann01512EngSAFThe OvalJul 2012
24Imran Tahir01801SAFAusAdelaideNov 2012
25I Sharma01643IndNZlWellingtonFeb 2014
26AU Rashid01631EngPakAbu DhabiOct 2015
27MD Craig01561NZlAusBrisbaneNov 2015
28MM Ali01552EngSAFCape TownJan 2016
29MH Miraz01781BanSAFP’stroomSep 2017
30Yasir Shah01971PakAusAdelaideNov 2019
31Zafar Gohar01592PakNZlCh’churchJan 2021
32MJ Swepson01564AusPakKarachiMar 2022
33TG Southee01542NZlEngNottinghamJun 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of a New Zealand bowler conceding 150 plus runs without a capturing a wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppGroundMon/Year
1AM Moir01591NZlSAFWellingtonMar 1953
2ML Su’a01791NZlWinWellingtonFeb 1995
3MN Hart01811NZlWinWellingtonFeb 1995
4MD Craig01561NZlAusBrisbaneNov 2015
5TG Southee01542NZlEngNottinghamJun 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of a bowler conceding 150 plus runs without a capturing a wicket in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppGroundMon/Year
6EAS Prasanna01871IndEngLeedsJun 1967
19Harbhajan Singh01521IndEngLord’sJul 2011
20S Sreesanth01582IndEngBirminghamAug 2011
21A Mishra01701IndEngThe OvalAug 2011
33TG Southee01542NZlEngNottinghamJun 2022

Harbhajan Singh of India and RW Price of Zimbabwe are the only two bowlers in the annals of test cricket to concede 150 plus runs without a wicket in a test innings on two occasions.

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppGroundMon/Year
1Harbhajan Singh01761IndPakLahoreJan 2006
2Harbhajan Singh01521IndEngLord’sJul 2011
         
1RW Price01921ZimSAFHarareSep 2001
2RW Price01871ZimAusPerthOct 2003

Test cricket has witnessed just one occasion of two bowlers conceding 150 plus runs without a wicket from the same team and same innings. ML Su’a {none for 179} and MN Hart {none for 181} of New Zealand conceded 150 plus runs without a wicket against West Indies at Wellington in Feb 1995.

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppGroundMon/Year
1ML Su’a01791NZlWinWellingtonFeb 1995
2MN Hart01811NZlWinWellingtonFeb 1995
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