How many times in county or test matches has the same bowler dismissed all 10 of the opposing teams batsmen?

Question

How many times in county or test matches has the same bowler dismissed all 10 of the opposing teams batsmen?

Answer 1

It has happened 79 times in first class cricket (2 times in test cricket).

Hedley Verity took 10 wickets for the least amount of runs! he took 10 wickets for 10 runs playing for Yorkshire

It has happened 3 times in a 12 a side matches too!

Interesting facts about it

1. Wisden's 10 wickets were all bowled

2. No analyses are available for the first two ever instances (by Hinkly and Wisden)

3. In EM Grace's match one batsman was absent, so he took all 10 wickets to fall

4. AP Freeman achieved the feat three times, at which time he was 42, 43 and 44

5. AE Moss took all ten in the first innings of his first-class debut. He only played four matches in all

6. The oldest man to achieve the feat is Billy Bestwick in 1921 when he was 46 years and 116 days old. He achieved his ten-for on June 20, 1921, and on the same day Jack White took all ten wickets for Somerset at Worcester

7. The youngest man is Imran Adil in 1989-90 when he was 18 years 344 days old

8. Jim Laker is the only man to achieve the feat twice in one season (1956), both times against Australia. On both occasions Colin McDonald top scored with 89

P.S- Lets hope Jimmy Anderson can add his name to the list tomorrow :)

Answer 2

In Test Cricket a bowler has taken allthe 10 wickets in an innings only twice, as per details given below:

1)  J.C. Laker of England against Australia in the 4th Test of

      1956 season played at t Old Trafford, Manchester from

      26th to 31stJuly 1956.  He took 10 wickets for 53runs

      from 51.2overs in the 2nd innings of the match. He also

      took 9 wickets in the first ionnings of the match.

2)  Anil Kumble of India against Pakistan in the 2nd test

      of 1998/99 season played at  at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi,

      from 4th to 7th February, 1999.   He took 10 wickets for

      74 runs from 26.3 overs in the 2nd innings of that match.

For full details of bowlers taking 10 wickets in an innings, please check the followinglink:

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/rec...

on 4,5,6,7 February 1999 (5-day match)

Answer 3

KooKees' right , it has happened 79 times at first class level and twice in internationals.

Tomorrow it will have happened 3 times -  ha ha ha.