Taijul Islam registered his 19th five-wicket haul during the ongoing Test vs Zimbabwe to overtake Mitchell Starc on the list of left-arm bowlers with most five-fors in the format.
The Bangladesh left-arm spinner picked up seven wickets in the first innings of the ongoing one-off Test against Zimbabwe, his 19th five-for in the format and the third time he took seven or more scalps in an innings. He bowled a staggering 40.2 overs and conceded 138 runs as the visitors were made to toil hard by Innocent Kaia and Co. in Harare.
Despite Taijul's record effort, Bangladesh have been left chasing the game. They were first skittled out for just 140 in the first innings before Zimbabwe rode on Kaia’s brilliant knock to post 410 and take a 270-run first-innings lead. At the time of writing, Bangladesh had gone down to 130-6 in their second innings, still trailing by 140 runs.
Most Test five-fors for left-arm bowlers: Taijul Islam overtakes Mitchell Starc
With his 19th five-wicket haul, Taijul surpassed Starc on the list of left-arm bowlers with the most five-wicket hauls in Test history. He is now joint-fourth on the list with his former teammate Shakib Al Hasan. Rangana Herath is on top of the charts with 34 five-wicket hauls in 93 Tests. Wasim Akram and Daniel Vettori are second and third, respectively, with 25 and 20 five-wicket hauls.
Player | Matches | Innings | Five-wicket hauls | Wickets |
Rangana Herath | 93 | 170 | 34 | 433 |
Wasim Akram | 104 | 181 | 25 | 414 |
Daniel Vettori | 113 | 187 | 20 | 362 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 71 | 121 | 19 | 246 |
Taijul Islam | 60 | 107 | 19 | 270 |
Mitchell Starc | 105 | 202 | 18 | 433 |
Derek Underwood | 86 | 151 | 17 | 297 |
Ravindra Jadeja | 89 | 167 | 15 | 348 |
Bishan Singh Bedi | 67 | 118 | 14 | 266 |
Alan Davidson | 44 | 82 | 14 | 186 |
Taijul is also the leading wicket-taker in Tests for Bangladesh with 270 wickets in 60 matches at 30.21 each and a strike-rate of 59.24. He has two 10-wicket match hauls, on top of the 19 five-fors.
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