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A world record for Pathan

Rajneesh Gupta | September 22, 2005 22:11 IST

Irfan Pathan [Images] 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 [Images] Johnny Briggs and fellow teammate Anil Kumble [Images].

 

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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