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by **Aslam Siddiqu** » Sat, 14 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Here are all instances where two bowlers took five wickets each in one
Test innings.

Aus v Eng Sydney 1886-87 (1st innings)
CTB Turner (5/41) & JJ Ferris (5/71)

Eng v Aus Sydney 1887-88 (1st)
GA Lohmann (5/17) & R Peel (5/18)

Aus v Eng Lord's 1888 (2nd)
JJ Ferris (5/26) & CTB Turner (5/36)

Aus v Eng Adelaide 1894-95 (1st)
ST Callaway (5/37) & G Giffen (5/76)

Eng v Aus Lord's 1896 (2nd)
JT Hearne (5/76) & T Richardson (5/134)

Aus v Eng Adelaide 1897-98 (2nd)
CE McLeod (5/65) & MA Noble (5/84)

Aus v Eng Sydney 1901-02 (2nd)
JV Saunders (5/43) & MA Noble (5/54)

Aus v Eng Sheffield 1902 (1st)
JV Saunders (5/50) & MA Noble (5/51)

Aus v Eng Adelaide 1907-08 (2nd)
JDA O'Connor (5/40) & JV Saunders (5/65)

Eng v Aus Birmingham 1909 (2nd)
GH Hirst (5/58) & C Blythe (5/58)

Eng v Aus Manchester 1909 (1st)
SF Barnes (5/56) & C Blythe (5/63)

RSA v Eng Johannesburg 1909-10 (1st)
AEE Vogler (5/87) & GA Faulkner (5/120)

Eng v RSA Manchester 1912 (1st)
FR Foster (5/16) & SF Barnes (5/25)

Eng v RSA The Oval 1912 (1st)
SF Barnes (5/28) & FE Woolley (5/41)

Eng v Aus The Oval 1912 (1st)
FE Woolley (5/29) & SF Barnes (5/30)

Eng v RSA Johannesburg 1927-28 (2nd)
WR Hammond (5/36) & G Geary (5/60)

Eng v Aus The Oval 1934 (2nd)
WE Bowes (5/55) & EW Clark (5/98)

Ind v Eng Manchester 1946 (1st)
L Amarnath (5/96) & MH Mankad (5/101)

NZ v Eng Leeds 1949 (1st)
TB Burtt (5/97) & J Cowie (5/127)

Eng v Aus Melbourne 1950-51 (1st)
AV Bedser (5/46) & FR Brown (5/49)

Eng v Ind The Oval 1952 (1st)
AV Bedser (5/41) & FS Trueman (5/48)

Ind v WI Kingston 1952-53 (1st)
SP Gupte (5/180) & MH Mankad (5/223)

Pak v Ind Karachi 1954-55 (1st)
Fazal Mahmood (5/48) & Khan Mohammad (5/73)

RSA v Eng Leeds 1955 (2nd)
TL Goddard (5/31) & HJ Tayfield (5/94)

Aus v RSA Port Elizabeth 1957-58 (2nd)
AK Davidson (5/38) & R Benaud (5/82)

Aus v WI Port-of-Spain 1972-73 (1st)
MHN Walker (5/75) & T Jenner (5/90)

Aus v Eng Birmingham 1975 (1st)
DK Lillee (5/15) & MHN Walker (5/48)

Aus v WI Melbourne 1975-76 (1st)
GJ Gilmour (5/34) & DK Lillee (5/63)

Pak v Ind Kanpur 1979-80 (1st)
Ehteshamuddin (5/47) & Sikander Bakht (5/56)

Ind v Aus Sydney 1980-81 (1st)
Kapil Dev (5/97) & KD Ghavri (5/107)

Aus v Eng Nottingham 1981 (2nd)
DK Lillee (5/46) & TM Alderman (5/62)

Ind v Eng Bombay 1981-82 (2nd)
Madan Lal (5/23) & Kapil Dev (5/70)

Aus v Eng Brisbane 1982-83 (2nd)
JR Thomson (5/73) & GF Lawson (5/87)

NZ v SL Colombo 1983-84 (1st)
EJ Chatfield (5/63) & RJ Hadlee (5/73)

Aus v Ind Madras 1986-87 (2nd)
RJ Bright (5/94) & GRJ Matthews (5/146)

Eng v Aus Melbourne 1986-87 (1st)
IT Botham (5/41) & GC Small (5/48)

Pak v Ind Bangalore 1986-87 (1st)
Iqbal Qasim (5/48) & Tauseef Ahmed (5/54)

WI v Pak Lahore 1990-91 (1st)
CEL Ambrose (5/35) & IR Bishop (5/41)

Pak v NZ Hamilton 1992-93 (2nd)
Waqar Younis (5/22) & Wasim Akram (5/45)

Aus v Eng Birmingham 1993 (2nd)
SK Warne (5/82) & TBA May (5/89)

SL v NZ Napier 1994-95 (2nd)
WPUCJ Vaas (5/43) & M Muralitharan (5/64)

Eng v WI Port-of-Spain 1997-98 (1st)
AR Caddick (5/67) & ARC Fraser (5/40)

aslam
GO PACERS!!!

by **Mike Holman** » Sat, 14 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>Here are all instances where two bowlers took five wickets each in one
>Test innings.
>Pak v Ind Kanpur 1979-80 (1st)
>Ehteshamuddin (5/47) & Sikander Bakht (5/56)

Blimey. What sort of a wicket, and what sort of awful batting, could
give rise to figures like that?

Ehteshamuddin heads my personal Clown XI. I have never seen as bad a
bowler in a Test match as him, excluding deliberate jokes like David
Gower. I'd have thought he'd be unable to get 5 for less than about 150,
let alone 47. And it's not as though Sikander is going to make it into
many people's lists of Great Players I Have Seen either, though he
wasn't yer actual clown.

Anyone able to throw any light on this match?

Cheers,

Mike

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by **Uday Raja** » Sun, 15 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> >Here are all instances where two bowlers took five wickets each in one
> >Test innings.
> >Pak v Ind Kanpur 1979-80 (1st)
> >Ehteshamuddin (5/47) & Sikander Bakht (5/56)

> Blimey. What sort of a wicket, and what sort of awful batting, could
> give rise to figures like that?

> Ehteshamuddin heads my personal Clown XI. I have never seen as bad a
> bowler in a Test match as him, excluding deliberate jokes like David
> Gower. I'd have thought he'd be unable to get 5 for less than about 150,
> let alone 47. And it's not as though Sikander is going to make it into
> many people's lists of Great Players I Have Seen either, though he
> wasn't yer actual clown.

> Anyone able to throw any light on this match?

Hmm...I don't remember too much about this match. Perhaps my
subconscious has erased it completely from my memory, deeming it
too painful to be remembered. I do remember rain, damp conditions
(though I don't think the wicket was affected), and awful batting
by India. And I remember Wasim Raja playing a princely innings when
Pakistan batted.
In any case, I disagree with your assessments about the players :-).
In my book, Sikander Bakht goes down as a clown as well. Ehteshamuddin
was actually half-decent in that series. Bakht picked up 8/60 in
a previous Test (don't ask me how; that innings is even more painful),
as well as a 5/55 in yet another Test, but looked like a clown all the
same. The latter being quite a feat for someone who picks up 25 or so
wickets in a series.
And if Ehteshamuddin is the worst you've seen in a Test, you can
count yourself fortunate to have missed Paras Mhambrey when India toured
England in 1996...

by **Offi** » Sun, 15 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>>Test innings.
>>Pak v Ind Kanpur 1979-80 (1st)
>>Ehteshamuddin (5/47) & Sikander Bakht (5/56)

>Blimey. What sort of a wicket, and what sort of awful batting, could
>give rise to figures like that?

>Ehteshamuddin heads my personal Clown XI. I have never seen as bad a
>bowler in a Test match as him, excluding deliberate jokes like David
>Gower. I'd have thought he'd be unable to get 5 for less than about 150,
>let alone 47. And it's not as though Sikander is going to make it into
>many people's lists of Great Players I Have Seen either, though he
>wasn't yer actual clown.

>Anyone able to throw any light on this match?

>Cheers,

>Mike

Jevver heard of Cricinfo, have you? Useful little site, it is :-)

Sadiq [ checking the Bible ] Yusuf

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Test # 866
India v Pakistan, 4th Test.
Green Park, Kanpur.
25,26,27,29,30 December 1979.

Result: Match drawn
India leads the 6-Test series 1-0.

Toss: India
Umpires:

Close of Play:

India 1st innings
*SM Gavaskar b Sikander Bakht 2
CPS Chauhan c Zaheer Abbas b Sikander Bakht 6
DB Vengsarkar c Wasim Bari b Sikander Bakht 0
GR Viswanath c Mudassar Nazar b Ehtesham-ud-Din 2
Yashpal Sharma c Wasim Bari b Ehtesham-ud-Din 16
RMH Binny b Sikander Bakht 29
+SMH Kirmani b Ehtesham-ud-Din 0
N Kapil Dev c Mudassar Nazar b Sikander Bakht 2
KD Ghavri not out 45
NS Yadav c Majid Khan b Ehtesham-ud-Din 25
DR Doshi c Wasim Bari b Ehtesham-ud-Din 20
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 13) 15
Total (all out) 162

FoW: 1-4, 2-4, 3-11, 4-17, 5-58,
6-67, 7-69, 8-69, 9-117, 10-162.

Bowling O M R W
Sikander Bakht 24 9 56 5
Ehtesham-ud-Din 26.4 11 47 5
Mudassar Nazar 10 0 22 0
Asif Iqbal 8 3 22 0

Pakistan 1st innings
Mudassar Nazar c Kirmani b Kapil Dev 6
Sadiq Mohammad c Kirmani b Ghavri 47
Zaheer Abbas c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev 5
Javed Miandad lbw b Kapil Dev 8
Majid Khan lbw b Kapil Dev 19
*Asif Iqbal c Viswanath b Doshi 11
Wasim Raja not out 94
+Wasim Bari b Binny 0
Iqbal Qasim b Kapil Dev 32
Sikander Bakht c Kirmani b Kapil Dev 4
Ehtesham-ud-Din b Binny 2
Extras (lb 11, nb 10) 21
Total (all out) 249

FoW: 1-12, 2-35, 3-63, 4-92, 5-108,
6-131, 7-132, 8-214, 9-226, 10-249.

Bowling O M R W
Kapil Dev 28 5 63 6
Ghavri 21 5 42 1
Binny 18.5 2 76 2
Doshi 17 8 26 1
Yadav 5 1 21 0

India 2nd innings
*SM Gavaskar c Mudassar Nazar b Ehtesham-ud-Din 81
CPS Chauhan c Sadiq Mohammad b Wasim Raja 61
DB Vengsarkar not out 16
GR Viswanath not out 17
Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 13) 18
Total (2 wickets) 193

DNB: Yashpal Sharma, RMH Binny, +SMH Kirmani, N Kapil Dev,
KD Ghavri, NS Yadav, DR Doshi.

FoW: 1-125, 2-168.

Bowling O M R W
Sikander Bakht 23.2 5 63 0
Ehtesham-ud-Din 26 9 40 1
Mudassar Nazar 3 1 19 0
Iqbal Qasim 16 7 28 0
Wasim Raja 9 2 25 1

by **Mike Holman** » Tue, 17 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>>>Test innings.
>>>Pak v Ind Kanpur 1979-80 (1st)
>>>Ehteshamuddin (5/47) & Sikander Bakht (5/56)

>>Blimey. What sort of a wicket, and what sort of awful batting, could
>>give rise to figures like that?

>>Ehteshamuddin heads my personal Clown XI. I have never seen as bad a
>>bowler in a Test match as him, excluding deliberate jokes like David
>>Gower. I'd have thought he'd be unable to get 5 for less than about 150,
>>let alone 47. And it's not as though Sikander is going to make it into
>>many people's lists of Great Players I Have Seen either, though he
>>wasn't yer actual clown.

>>Anyone able to throw any light on this match?

>Jevver heard of Cricinfo, have you? Useful little site, it is :-)

>Sadiq [ checking the Bible ] Yusuf

Of course I've heard of CricInfo, dummy. I'd invite you to explain how,
from the scorecard which you've dredged up, the question I asked is to
be answered. As far as I can make out, it only gives the scores for each
batsman, their mode of dismissal, and the bowling figures. It doesn't
say what the pitch was like, what the weather was like, whether the
Indian team all had massive hangovers, or anything else which gives a
clue to why a reasonably useful batting side were dismissed for peanuts
by a couple of bowlers with almost no talent or ability.

All that the statistics can do is make you ask a question, Which brings
us back to where we started.

Cheers,

Mike

The exciting AFU FAQ, and many other things, may be found at
http://www.urbanlegends.com

by **Harish Chandramou** » Tue, 17 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>Jevver heard of Cricinfo, have you? Useful little site, it is :-)

>Sadiq [ checking the Bible ] Yusuf
>>Of course I've heard of CricInfo, dummy. I'd invite you to explain how,

~~~~~~
Mike, I don't quite know whether you were *trying* to be funny or not, but
either way, your above comment had me in near hysterics for quite some
time.

Not that it makes it any less the funnier to KNOW that at least one other
person around shares my sentiments, mind you.

Cheers,

Harish (in eager anticipation of the "dummy"'s defense as well :-)

by **Rohan Chandr** » Wed, 18 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>>Sadiq [ checking the Bible ] Yusuf

>Of course I've heard of CricInfo, dummy. I'd invite you to explain how,
>from the scorecard which you've dredged up, the question I asked is to
>be answered. As far as I can make out, it only gives the scores for each
>batsman, their mode of dismissal, and the bowling figures.

Looks like you've got dummy here worked out, Mike. Our friend dummy
subscribes to the theory that "the scores for each batsman, their mode
if dismissal, and the bowling figures" can tell you everything you
need to know (for example it can illustrate Rahul Dravid's inability
to play fast bowling :-) ).

Thanks for the laugh by the way. Calling dummy a dummy made my day :-D

cheers,

Rohan.
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