From: XSNAIK@FULLERTON.EDU (Sanjay Naik)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: 5 wickets+, etc.
Date: 6 Sep 92 04:21:11 GMT
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Hi Everyone,

	Just got back and managed to catch up on all my unread rsc postings -
all 10,000 of them !! :-)

Here's a few bowlers with 5+ wickets per test over their entire test career:

			M	R	W	Av	Type
Sydney F. Barnes (E)	27	3,106	189	16.43	Right-arm Medium
Charles T.B. Turner (A)	17	1,670	101	16.53   Right-arm Medium Fast
Robert Peel (E)		20	1,715	102	16.81	Left-arm Slow
Fred Spofforth (A)	18	1,731	94	18.41	Right-arm Fast Medium
C. Blythe (E)		19	1,863	100	18.63	
Richard J. Hadlee (NZ)	86	9,611	431	22.29	Right-arm Medium Fast
Bill J. O'Reilly (A)	27	3,253	144	22.59	RA leg-break/googly
Dennis K. Lillee (A)	70	8,493	355	23.92	Right-arm Fast
Clarrie V. Grimmett (A)	37	5,230	216	24.21	RA leg-break/googly

* Barnes averaged a sensational 7 wickets/match. No wonder, many acknowledge 
  him to be the greatest bowler of all time. Although he represented both
  Lancs and Warwicks, he preferred to play league cricket, which makes his test
  performances all the more remarkable. Barnes also has the second best match 
  figures of all time (after Laker), 17-159 vs. SA at Johannesburg, 1913-14.

* Turner formed a formidable bowling partnership with J.J. Ferris. In the first 
  test of the 1886-87 series against England at Sydney, Turner and Ferris 
  shared all ten wickets as England were bundled out for their lowest ever 
  total to date - 45 with, Turner returning 6-15. England still won the game by 
  13 runs !! All of Turner's 101 wickets were against England.

* All of Peel's 102 wickets were against Australia.

* Spofforth is a particular favourite of mine. Also known as the 'Demon 
  Bowler', Spofforth destroyed England in the only test of the 1882 tour, 
  returning 14-90 in the match. The game played at the Oval was won by 
  the Australians by 7 runs. This was a truly historic game indeed, leading a 
  journalist (Reginald Shirley Brooks) to write the following obituary in the
  Sporting Times:
 ______							______
(		IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE                   )
		      	     OF
		       ENGLISH CRICKET
		   which died at the Oval
		 	     on
 	              29th August, 1882,

        Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
    		   friends and aquaintances
                            R.I.P

      N.B. - The body will be cremated, and the ashes
                    taken to Australia.			     	
(_______						______)

* Clarrie Grimmett was born on Christmas Day, in Dunedin, NZ, but played Test 
  cricket for Australia, making his debut at the age of 33 !! He went on to 
  become the first player to take 200 Test wickets.

There must be a few others, especially those players who played just a few
games. What about Johnny Briggs, George Lohmann ?

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Regarding the most runs scored by a team without a century-maker, a lot of 
netters mentioned the India-NZ game:

	2nd Test at Kanpur.
	India 524-9 dec (Amarnath 70, Vishwanath 68, Gavaskar 66, Kirmani 64, 
			 Mankad 50, Bedi 50)

	Yes, even Bedi got a half-century in this game!!. NZ just hung on to 
	get a draw in this game.

(______


BTW, who won the county championship in England ?? Was it my team, Warwicks by 
any chance ?? I bet it was Essex. Damn them !!! Please e-mail me and let me 
know.

Bye,

    _                            Sanjay Naik
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