da doce： Harbhajan Singh’s recent marvelous feats against Australia, claiming 13 for 196 at Calcutta and 15 for 217 at Chennai , prompted me to take a look at instances of 11 or more wickets in a Test by Pakistani bowlers
Arshad Chughtai31-May-2001Harbhajan Singh’s recent marvelous feats against Australia, claiming 13 for 196 at Calcutta and 15 for 217 at Chennai, prompted me to take a look at instances of 11 or more wickets in a Test by Pakistani bowlers. The results of this study are:Eleven or more wickets in a Test Match
14-116Imran KhanSri LankaLahore1981-8213-101Abdul QadirEnglandLahore1987-8813-114Fazal MahmoodAustraliaKarachi1956-5713-135Waqar YounisZimbabweKarachi1993-9412-94Fazal MahmoodIndiaLucknow1952-5312-99Fazal MahmoodEnglandThe Oval195412-100Fazal MahmoodWest IndiesDhaka1958-5912-130Waqar YounisNew ZealandFaisalabad1990-9112-165Imran KhanAustraliaSydney1976-7711-79Zulfiqar AhmedNew ZealandKarachi1955-5611-79Imran KhanIndiaKarachi1982-8311-110Wasim AkramWest IndiesAntigua1999-200011-118Iqbal QasimAustraliaKarachi1979-8011-119Waqar YounisSri LankaKandy1994-9511-121Imran KhanWest IndiesGeorgetown1987-8811-125Sarfraz NawazAustraliaMelburne1978-7911-130Intikhab AlamNew ZealandDunedin1972-7311-130Mohammad ZahidNew ZealandRawalpindi1996-9711-160Wasim AkramAustraliaMelburne1989-9011-179Wasim AkramNew ZealandWellington1993-9411-180Imran KhanIndiaFaisalabad1982-8311-190Sikandar BakhtIndiaNew Delhi1979-8011-218Abdul QadirAustraliaFaisalabad1982-83Notes:
Imran Khan claimed 11 or more wickets on 5 occasions Fazal Mahmood on 4 occasions Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis on 3 occasions Abdul Qadir on 2 occasions Mohammad Zahid achieved the feat on his debut Pakistan bowlers have claimed 11 or more wickets on 6 occasions against Australia, 5 times against New Zealand, 4 times against India, 3 times against West Indies, twice against England and Sri Lanka and once against Zimbabwe.