In Kuala Lumpur, Garry Sobers ran through the hosts with 5 wickets in 5 balls on March 28, 1964. In Kuala Lumpur, of all places, Garry Sobers ran through the hosts with 5 wickets in 5 balls on March 28, 1964. Abhishek Mukherjee takes a look at an oft-forgotten amazing feat.
Who took 5 wickets in 6 balls?
Left-arm spinner Virandeep Singh took 5 wickets in this over. It also includes a hat-trick. Such records are rarely seen on the field. Especially in bowling, hat-tricks are a bit tricky to record.
Who has taken 6 wickets in 6 balls?
Bowler produces 'perfect over' with 6 wickets in 6 balls. In a rare instance, a bowler named Aled Carey produced the 'perfect over' by taking six wickets in six balls while playing club cricket in Australia.
Who took 5 wickets in T20?
Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah completes first ever five-wicket haul in T20s.
Who took 19 wickets in a Test match?
Jim Laker will always be remembered for his bowling in the Test match at Old Trafford in 1956, when he took 19 Australian wickets for 90, 9 for 37 in the first innings and 10 for 53 in the second. No other bowler has taken more than seventeen wickets in a first-class match, let alone in a Test match.
16 related questions foundWho take most wicket in one over?
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) took 4 wickets in an over in an ODI match against South Africa in 2007.
Who took maximum wickets?
The leading wicket-taker of all time in men's international tests is Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. The spin bowler took 800 wickets in a test career spanning from 1992 to 2010.
Who hit 6 sixes in an over?
Herschelle Gibbs hits six sixes in an over in ODI cricket
While Shastri and Sobers were the first two batsmen to reach the milestone, it is former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs who was the first to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket.
Is 4 wickets a double hat-trick?
While a double hat-trick might generally suggest six wickets in six balls, a double hat-trick in cricketing terminology refers to when a bowler dismisses four batters in consecutive balls in the same match.
Who took 500 wickets in Test cricket?
MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN (SRI LANKA) – 87 TESTS
Sri Lankan legendary off-spinner and the holder of the most Test wickets Muralitharan tops the list to reach 500 wickets with an average of 22.89. He got to this milestone in 87 Tests. He was the first Sri Lankan to take 100 wickets in Test cricket.
Who got 4 wickets in 4 balls?
4 wickets in 4 balls: Jason Holder achieves rare feat to join exclusive club featuring Malinga - WATCH. The Kieron Pollard-led Windies unit also won the five-match T20I series against England 3-2.
Is Jim Laker Indian?
James Charles Laker (9 February 1922 – 23 April 1986) was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1946 to 1959 and represented England in 46 Test matches. He was born in Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, and died in Wimbledon, London.
Was Jim Laker a good bowler?
Laker also formed the backbone of the Surrey side that won the County Championship seven times in a row between 1952 and 1958. Put a 150-wicket cut-off, and you will find that Laker has the best bowling average among all spinners in the history of Test cricket. Yes, he was that good.
