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In cricket, a ten-wicket haul occurs when a bowler takes ten wickets in either a single innings[1][2] or across both innings of a two-innings match.[3][4] The phrase ten wickets in a match is also used, and this is commonly abbreviated as 10wM.[5][6]
Taking ten wickets in a match at Lord's earns the bowler a place on the Lord's honours boards, and many other grounds have their own honours boards where earning this achievement will be listed.[7]
Ten wickets in a single innings
[edit]Taking all ten wickets in a single innings is exceptionally rare. It has happened only three times in Test cricket.
The only players to achieve this feat are Jim Laker of England, Anil Kumble of India, and Ajaz Patel of New Zealand.
Ten wickets across both innings of a match
[edit]Taking ten wickets across both innings of a match is, naturally, more common, but it is still a notably impressive achievement. The bowler to achieve this feat the most in Test cricket was Muttiah Muralitharan, who did so 22 times.[6]
Ten-wicket haul in limited-overs cricket
[edit]In 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Mehboob Alam from Nepal took all ten wickets in a 50-over innings against Mozambique, becoming the first to do it in an ICC-organized limited overs match.[8][9]
In 2010, another Nepali bowler, Avinash Karn, became the first bowler to do it in domestic cricket history, while playing for Region No. 2 Birgunj against Region No. 6 Baitadi in Nepal's National U19 Tournament.[10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Watch: Every wicket in Ajaz Patel's astonishing, history-making 10-for". Wisden. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
Ajaz also became the only bowler to snap up a ten wicket-haul in the first innings of a Test
- ↑ "Now isn't that something?". ESPNcricinfo. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
Richard Stokes was taken by his father to the 1956 Ashes Test at Old Trafford, and watched Jim Laker complete his ten-wicket haul.
- ↑ "T.G. Southee 10-108 v England". Lord's. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
Tim Southee became just the second New Zealander to take a ten-wicket haul at Lord's when he finished their 2013 Test v England with figures of 10-108
- ↑ "Steyn's ten-wicket-haul decimates Warriors". ESPN. 18 March 2006. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ↑ Playfair (2025). Marshall, Ian (ed.). Playfair Cricket Annual. Headline. ISBN 978-1-0354-1179-5.
- 1 2 "Most ten-wickets-in-a-match in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ↑ "About The Honours Boards". Lords.org. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
By scoring a century, taking five wickets in an innings or ten wickets in a match, a player ensures that their name is added to one of the famous Honours Boards in the Pavilion.
- ↑ "First bowler to take 10 wickets in a limited overs international". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ↑ "Nepal star bags a perfect 10 in amazing solo effort". International Cricket Council. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ "Avinash Karn's magical performance: Second Nepalese bowler to grab 10-wicket haul". Cricnepal. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ "Perfect 10 for Avinash Karn". myRepublica. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2026.