Irfan Pathan by getting five wickets in Zimbabwe's second innings of Harare Test got a world record on his name.The five-fer took Pathan's wicket-aggregate to 21 in the series. Pathan now shares the world record of capturing most wickets in a two-match series, levelling with England's Johnny Briggs and fellow teammate Anil Kumble.
The accompanying table lists the highest wicket-takers in a two-match series:
|
Wkts |
Bowler |
For |
Vs |
Series |
in |
M |
Balls |
Mdns |
Runs |
Best |
Ave |
5WI |
10WM |
|
21 |
J Briggs |
Eng |
SA |
1888-89 |
SA |
2 |
391 |
51 |
101 |
8-11 |
4.81 |
2 |
1 |
|
21 |
A Kumble |
Ind |
Pak |
1998-99 |
Ind |
2 |
587 |
24 |
312 |
10-74 |
14.86 |
2 |
1 |
|
21 |
IK Pathan |
Ind |
Zim |
2005-06 |
Zim |
2 |
391 |
14 |
237 |
7-59 |
11.29 |
3 |
1 |
|
20 |
Saqlain Mushtaq |
Pak |
Ind |
1998-99 |
Ind |
2 |
899 |
37 |
403 |
5-93 |
20.15 |
4 |
2 |
|
20 |
DL Vettori |
NZ |
Ban |
2004-05 |
Ban |
2 |
670 |
49 |
224 |
6-28 |
11.20 |
3 |
1 |
|
19 |
RW Price |
Zim |
WI |
2003-04 |
Zim |
2 |
836 |
32 |
396 |
6-73 |
20.84 |
2 |
1 |
|
18 |
CJ McDermott |
Aus |
Eng |
1990-91 |
Aus |
2 |
586 |
12 |
360 |
8-97 |
20.00 |
2 |
1 |
|
18 |
Mushtaq Ahmed |
Pak |
NZ |
1996-97 |
Pak |
2 |
637 |
22 |
282 |
6-84 |
15.67 |
2 |
1 |
|
18 |
Enamul Haque jnr |
Ban |
Zim |
2004-05 |
Ban |
2 |
722 |
31 |
300 |
7-95 |
16.67 |
3 |
1 |
|
18 |
IK Pathan |
Ind |
Ban |
2004-05 |
Ban |
2 |
378 |
19 |
214 |
6-51 |
11.89 |
3 |
1 |
|
18 |
C Blythe |
Eng |
Aus |
1909 |
Eng |
2 |
549 |
19 |
242 |
6-44 |
13.44 |
3 |
1 |
|
18 |
CS Martin |
NZ |
SA |
2003-04 |
NZ |
2 |
554 |
20 |
300 |
6-76 |
16.67 |
3 |
1 |
|
18 |
JJ Ferris |
Aus |
Eng |
1886-87 |
Aus |
2 |
735 |
86 |
243 |
5-71 |
13.50 |
2 |
0 |
|
18 |
Mushtaq Ahmed |
Pak |
Aus |
1995-96 |
Aus |
2 |
806 |
26 |
384 |
5-95 |
21.33 |
2 |
0 |
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