10 Wickets haul in Test, how difficult?

[BallOil]

Taking 10 or more wickets in a Test match is no easy task. How many and how often this happens in Test cricket?

[BallOil]

When was the last time a Windian took 10-fer and who was it?

[The Black Prince]

Taking 10 or more wickets in a Test match is no easy task. How many and how often this happens in Test cricket?

2 examples:

The great Shane Warne played in 145 tests---he took 10 wickets in a match 10 times----so in only 6.9% of tests played Warne took 10+ wkts.

The great Curtley Ambrose played in 98 tests---he took 10 wkts in a match 3 times---so in only 3.06% of tests played Ambrose too 10+ wkts.

Bottom line---a 10+ wkt haul by a bowler in a test is a very rare occurence.


Check this:

Only great bowlers average 4 or more wkts per test at the end of their careers.

In 98 tests Ambrose took 405 wkts---that's an average of 4.13 wkts per test.

Go and check out shythounds like Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor and Dwayne Bravo----tell me how many wkts per test they average.

Hint: all average less than 3 wkts per test---now you know why the WI has struggled to win 1 test per calendar year the past 8 years.

[BallOil]

Check this:

Only great bowlers average 4 or more wkts per test at the end of their careers.

In 98 tests Ambrose took 405 wkts---that's an average of 4.13 wkts per test.

Go and check out shythounds like Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor and Dwayne Bravo----tell me how many wkts per test they average.

Hint: all average less than 3 wkts per test---now you know why the WI has struggled to win 1 test per calendar year the past 8 years.

The bowlers close to 4 wickets average per match in the last 12 years, are Ramnarine, Lawson Roach,and Bishoo.

what do you think about Akram?

[The Black Prince]

The bowlers close to 4 wickets average per match in the last 12 years, are Ramnarine, Lawson Roach,and Bishoo.

what do you think about Akram?

Bally:

Let me refine what I said above:

"All great bowlers at the end of their test careers average either 4+ wkts per match or 2+ wkts per innings."


RE: WASIM AKRAM

In 104 tests(181 innings) he took 414 wickets ---that's an average of 3.98 wkts per test or 2.28 wkts per innings. So Akram is a bowling great---he satisfies the minimum 2+ wkts per innings average.

RE: COURTNEY WALSH

In 132 tests(242 innings) he took 519 wkts---that's an average of 3.93 wkts per test or 2.14 wkts per innings---he didn't average 4+ wkts per test---but he satisfies the 2+ wkts per innings

RE: LAWSON

He was a chucker--so he doesn't qualify.


RE: RAMNARINE

In 12 tests(22 innings) he took 45 wickets--that's an average of 3.75 wkts per test or 2.04 wkts per innings---he satisfies the 2+ wkts per innings requirement---but he only played in 12 tests.

RE: ROACH & BISHOO

Too early to tell

[BallOil]

What about Sobers, Kapil Dev, Bob Willis and Vaas ?